John M. Selser

Founded by Dane C. Andreeff in 1996, Andreef Equity Advisors LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.

Gastar Exploration LLC engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas, condensate and natural gas liquids. Its principal business activities included the identification, acquisition, and subsequent exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties with an emphasis on unconventional reserves, such as shale resource plays. The company was founded by Thomas E. Robinson in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Founded in 1987, Johnson Rice & Co. LLC is an institutional research and brokerage firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, the firm began offering investment banking services. Johnson Rice & Co. focuses primarily on the energy and specialty retail sectors

Founded in 1996, Maple Leaf Partners LLC is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The firm is a subsidiary of Andreeff Equity Advisors LLC.

Founded in 2009, IBERIA Financial Services LLC is a broker/dealer located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBERIABANK Corp. (NasdaqGS: IBKC). The firm offers securities and other financial products to IBERIABANK Corp.'s clients' needs. Through their own subsidiary, Finesco LLC, IBERIA Financial Services offers insurance premium financing to retailers and other commercial customers.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of securities underwriting and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1946, Howard Weil, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New Orleans, Louisiana with an additional office in Houston, Texas. On November 1, 2012, Howard Weil became part of Scotia Capital (USA), Inc., a US registered broker-dealer and a member of FINRA and the NYSE. Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. is owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNA), aka Scotiabank. The firm is an energy investment boutique that provides equity research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services. They cover companies in the following energy sectors: major integrated oil, exploration and production, oilfield service, gas and power, independent refiners and coal producers. Howard Weil's sales force deals only with energy securities and covers institutional accounts in the US and internationally. Their trading expertise spans all sectors of the energy industry and includes small-, mid- and large-cap companies.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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.