Carl Byrnes

Headquartered in Minneapolis with additional offices throughout Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Arizona, Miller, Johnson, Steichen, Kinard, Inc. (MJSK) is a broker/dealer. The firm provides a full array of investment services including research, equity and fixed income investment banking, securities brokerage, asset management, and related financial services to individuals and institutions in the upper Midwest. Proprietary research covering a wide range of companies and industries helps MJSK clients identify new emerging growth opportunities. MJSK is a member of the NASD and the SIPC

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.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Pulse Trading, Inc. provided electronic brokerage services. The company was headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Agency Trading Group, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in Wayzata, Minnesota. The firm provides structural, equity execution and research services to institutional investors. Their wide area network allows clients to directly access multiple markets of liquidity. Agency has relationships on the floor of every major U.S. market and the Toronto stock exchange. They are a member of FINRA. Agency's lines of business include: technology services, long/short coverage, specialty equity trading, derivative execution, anonymous block trading, fundamental research, soft dollar management, capital formation and prime brokerage services. The firm has the ability to build out some or all of a client's trading technology, including the capabilities of LAVA and Sterling Technology. They provide on-line technical research and effective coverage of any or all client positions. Agency handles all orders with full anonymity and high touch execution by monitoring news events and any volume momentum that may move individual stocks. They also screen within sectors for trading ideas. The firm provides sophisticated spread trading for a range of products with a focus on efficient, low impact, anonymous execution. Agency has relationships with market makers and specialist firms to create an off floor liquidity pool that ensures the best execution. They have significant experience in handling options and sophisticated derivative strategies. In addition, Agency is able to effectively manage large block transactions. Agency seeks to provide high quality, objective, unbiased, timely, comprehensive fundamental research of the housing sector. The firm has extensive experience managing soft dollar budgets for customers of all sizes. They also work closely with clients to source capital from both internal and external sources. Agency provides a state-of-the-art prime brokerage platform through a partnership with Mid Atlantic Capital and National Financial Services.