Aaron R. Steele

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Founded in 1997, Oak Ridge Financial Services Group, Inc. is an independent, full-service financial services firm and SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Golden Valley, Minnesota. The firm was formerly known as Equity Securities Investments, Inc. Oak Ridge Financial Services Group provides a full array of trading and execution services to individual, institutional and corporate clients. They do not provide any internal research. They are a member of FINRA. The firm maintains clearing relationships with both Southwest Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.

Founded in 1984, Aegis Capital Corp. is a broker-dealer located in New York City. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research

A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners Corp. (AGP) is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. Formerly known as Euro Pacific Capital, Inc., the firm was founded by Peter Schiff in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Global LLC. AGP provides prime brokerage services to hedge funds, family offices, professional traders and top tier small/mid-cap investment funds. It offers multi-clearing, cloud based, high-touch client service solutions tailored to each client’s business needs.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

South Dakota Investment Council (SDIC) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The firm was founded by the South Dakota Legislature in 1971. SDIC manages investment of the financial assets of the State of South Dakota. These include public retirement systems, public trust funds, and other financial assets.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Avera Health provides healthcare services. Its services include management and consultation, educational programs, employee benefit programs, insurance coverages, legal services, medical record coding and consultation services. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Windber Hospital, Inc. is a non-profit hospital located in Windber, PA that has been providing quality care and customer service for over 100 years. The private company offers cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs, as well as hospice bereavement care services. Additionally, they specialize in low dose 3D mammography for early detection of breast cancer.

Part of MeritCare Health System, Sanford Medical Center is a healthcare provider that offers emergency medical services. The company is based in Fargo, ND.

Part of Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Capital Markets, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Albany, NY.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

Founded in 2012, Lake Street Capital Markets LLC is a broker/dealer located in Minneapolis. Minnesota. Their coverage universe includes: new energy, storage/network infrastructure, cloud software/services, e-Commerce services/technology, intellectual property/licensing, special opportunities, consumer and healthcare.

Bain Capital Double Impact LP (Bain Capital Double Impact) is a private equity subsidiary of Bain Capital Private Equity LP founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Massachusetts, Boston.

NantCell, Inc. focuses on treating immunology diseases. It offers cell-based treatments at the molecular level. The firm develops molecularly designed drugs for genomics and proteomics and identify patients and their tumor signature at the granular cellular, DNA and protein levels. The company was founded by Patrick Soon-Shiong in 2014 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

Colliers Securities LLC (Investment Management) (Colliers-IM) is the investment management arm of Colliers Securities LLC, a broker/dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1997 and formerly known as Dougherty & Co. LLC. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Colliers Mortgage Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Colliers International Group, Inc. (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI), a diversified investment company based in Canada. Colliers-IM provides advisory and other financial services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations or other businesses.