George Santana

Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Irvine, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Ascendiant Capital Partners LLC, which is owned by Ascendiant Capital Group LLC. Ascendiant Capital Markets was founded in 2010 and advises on and facilitates debt and equity securities offerings through private placements and provides assistance with mergers and acquisitions. The firm focuses on public and private growth companies, and institutional, accredited, and strategic investors.

Founded in 2005, Global Hunter Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm is a subsidiary of Seaport Global Holdings LLC. Global Hunter Securities employs a disciplined quantitative and qualitative research approach. They focus on small-cap companies with unique value and above average growth primarily in the following sectors: consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial services and technology. Global Hunter Securities also has analysts specifically focused on special situations and international opportunities.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

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.

Part of Builders FirstSource, Inc., The Campbell Cos. provides concrete and plumbing services to production homebuilders. The company is based in Las Vegas, NV. The Campbell Cos. was acquired by SelectBuild Construction, Inc. on August 31, 2005.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Merrill Lynch Private Client Group is a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). The firm is headquartered in Pennington, New Jersey.