Catharine Trebnick

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp., formerly FTN Midwest Securities Corp., is an institutional equity research, sales and trading firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. They provide institutional investors with bottom-up, fundamental research on domestic companies in a broad array of industries including consumer, health care, manufacturing, business services, technology and financial services. The firm is also a full-service investment banking firm offering equity and debt underwriting and mergers and acquisition services. FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp is a registered broker/dealer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Tennessee Bank NA, which is owned by First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN). The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Founded in 2003 by Benjamin Howe and Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America's Growth Capital LLC (ACG) is an emerging growth-focused, research, broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of America's Growth Capital Holdings LLC. They seek to identify small-cap opportunities and bring new investment opportunities to growth-oriented institutional and private equity investors. AGC completes investment banking transactions for emerging growth companies in the following industries: (1) technology including communications, data center, financial technology, information security, semiconductors and software (2) clean technology, (3) digital media/Internet and (4) business services. They have participated in transactions ranging in size from $6 million to $1 billion. These transactions have included buyouts, buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments, private placements, PIPEs, IPOs, follow-ons and fairness opinions. The firm's Capital Markets group provides analysis on leading emerging growth sectors with a focus on identifying dynamic changes and trends in their focus industries. They present ideas through: (1) white papers, which provide topical and industry-wide analysis by highlighting the leading small-cap public and private companies of influence (2) thought pieces, which illustrate the impact of current events such as legislation, market swings and (3) capital market updates which present comprehensive statistics and data on one or more product areas including IPOs, M&A, private placements, etc. that have an impact on the emerging growth universe. AGC maintains relationships across multiple pools of capital including institutional, private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, sovereign wealth and debt. They leverage those relationships to provide clients with the best sources of financing for their particular needs.

Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Minneapolis, Chicago and Boston, ThinkEquity Partners is a broker/dealer. The firm offers targeted research and investment banking services for institutional investors and corporate clients. They specialize in identifying, analyzing and understanding the technological, macroeconomic and cultural trends that impact key growth verticals, with a particular concentration on healthcare, technology, media/education and business/consumer services. The firm starts with a top-down analysis approach and then allocates resources based on a long-range research roadmap.

tw telecom, Inc. is a provider of managed network services, specializing in business Ethernet, data networking, converged, IP VPN, Internet access, voice, including VoIP, and network security services to enterprise organizations, including public sector entities, and carriers throughout the U.S., including their global locations. It also provides a broad range of traditional services, including a dedicated network service portfolio with private line, special access and private transport services, voice services and secure Internet access. tw telecom was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

Founded in 1998 by Avi Cohen, Avian Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Boston with an additional office in New York City. The firm is a member of FINRA, NQX, ARCA BATS and the SIPC. Avian Securities specializes in providing brokerage services and information technology research for institutional investors. Their clients range from very large mutual fund families to smaller hedge funds and cross-over funds. Avian Securities focuses on the following sectors: enterprise software, storage, telecommunications, semiconductors and PCs, LCD, RFID and special situations. The firm's research coverage universe includes companies located primarily in the U.S. and Asia.

ICG Communications, Inc. used to provide broadband internet infrastructure services. The company used to deliver data and voice services to corporate customers, internet service providers and telecommunication carriers using a network that it own and operate. The company was located in Englewood, CO

Northland Securities, Inc. (NSI) is a dually registered, full-service broker dealer and investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2002 and is owned by Northland Capital Holdings, Inc., which was acquired by First National of Nebraska, Inc. (OTCMKTS: FINN) in 2023. NSI is actively engaged in buying and selling securities for its own account as well as for clients.