Richard Anderson

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. Formerly SMBC Securities, Inc., the firm is a subsidiary of SMBC Americas Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316) in Japan. SMBC Nikko Securities America provides investment securities and other financial services to corporate and institutional clients, focusing on North America and Latin America. The firm caters to institutional investors such as mutual funds, hedge funds, and other investment advisors.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide.

Founded in 1989, Harris Nesbitt Gerard, formerly Gerard Klauer Mattison, is an investment bank and broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. The firm is a division of BMO Capital Markets (United States) and their ultimate parent is the Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO). Their services include US equity research, sales and trading, equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending/project financing, M&A advisory services, merchant banking and cash management services. Harris Nesbitt Gerard's research focuses on the consumer, healthcare and technology sectors.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Maxcor Financial, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide research and execution to the institutional money management community, corporations with publicly-traded securities and other institutional clients. They specialize in municipal securities, corporate bonds (including high grade and high yield), convertible securities and equities. Their analysts provide trading ideas and market insights to the client base. Maxcor is a subsidiary of Maxcor Financial Group, Inc.