Mike C. Rypl

Founded in 1984, Noble Financial Capital Markets is a broker/dealer headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm is a subsidiary of Noble Financial Group, Inc. Noble Financial Capital Markets' sales & trading team provides strategic insight and reliable solutions to nearly 500 of the dominant small-cap money managers in North America. They are members FINRA, SIPC and MSRB. Noble Financial Capital Markets offers a full array of investment services with a particular focus on under-followed, undervalued, out-of-favor small-cap emerging growth companies. Their research coverage universe includes healthcare, business services & software, defense/defense technology, energy, enterprise hardware, and media & entertainment.

Polaris Investment Partners, Inc. provides investment advice. The company was founded by 10238528 and is headquartered in Johns Island, SC.

R4, Inc. provides fielding support and soldier-to-soldier total training solutions. The firm offers systems engineering acquisition and integration, airworthiness substantiation and certification, program management support, supplemental type certificate (STC) development and certification, contract field team (CFT) support, aircraft and ground systems modification, mechanical and electrical system designs, system testing design development, support, and integrated logistic support. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Edgewood, MD.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

A.G. Edwards, Inc. operate as a securities broker-dealer in the United States. It provides investment products and financial services including annuities, bonds, futures & commodities, mutual funds, banking and business services, education funding, and retirement planning. The company was founded by Albert Gallatin Edwards in 1887 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.