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Wachovia Securities LLC offered equity, fixed income, and structured products. It was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Fenwal, Inc. is a global medical technology company focused on improving transfusion medicine through expertise in blood separation, collection, filtration, storage, and transfusion. It offers apheresis collections, manual collections, therapeutics, specialty products, platelet safety, data management, data management, and customer solutions The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Lake Zurich, IL.

Founded in 2010, MLV & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a direct subsidiary of FBR Capital Markets Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is FBR & Co. (NASDAQ: FBRC), which acquired the firm in 2015. Their research focuses on small to mid-sized companies with disruptive technologies that have the potential to drive significant market changes. MLV & Co.'s coverage universe includes the life sciences, oil & gas and metals & mining sectors.

TerraVia Holdings, Inc. engaged in the production of food, nutrition, and specialty ingredients from algae. It produced oils, specialty fats, and powdered ingredients using its microalgae-based technology platform. The company was founded by Jonathan S. Wolfson and Harrison F. Dillon on March 31, 2003 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Wm Smith & Co. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Denver, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Bill S. Smith.

Pacific Growth Equities LLC provided asset management services. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Founded by James Montgomery in 1986, Montgomery & Co. LLC, formerly Digital Coast Partners LLC, is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Santa Monica, California with an additional office in San Francisco. The firm provides a broad range of services including mergers & acquisitions, private placements and strategic advisory services. Montgomery & Co. is a member of the NASD and the SIPC. They focus on growth companies in the software, healthcare and media sectors. Within the software sector, the firm focuses on: (1) enterprise software (2) infrastructure software (3) vertical applications including healthcare information technology and human capital management and (4) business intelligence. Montgomery & Co.'s interests within the healthcare sector include: (1) information technology security (2) wireless (3) IP infrastructure and services (4) semiconductors/enterprise hardware (5) technology-enabled services (6) biotechnology (7) healthcare services (8) consumer healthcare (9) specialty pharmaceuticals (10) medical devices (11) tools and equipment and (12) reagents. Within the media sector, the firm focuses on: (1) advertising and marketing services (2) digital media services (3) entertainment, content and distribution (4) mobile media and (5) online services.