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Founded in 2010, MLV & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a direct subsidiary of FBR Capital Markets Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is FBR & Co. (NASDAQ: FBRC), which acquired the firm in 2015. Their research focuses on small to mid-sized companies with disruptive technologies that have the potential to drive significant market changes. MLV & Co.'s coverage universe includes the life sciences, oil & gas and metals & mining sectors.

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.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is the investment bank and brokerage subsidiary of CFS CF & Co. I Holdings LP, which is owned by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in the US. The firm was founded by Bernie Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald in 1945. Headquartered in New York City, Cantor Fitzgerald offers clients a global, multi-asset prime brokerage platform with a focus on the quality middle market.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.