Robert J. Brooks

Jones Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company. It engages in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas. The company was founded by Jonny Jones in 1988 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

Founded in 2005 by Edward Adams and Michael Monahan, Focus Capital Group, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with an additional office in New York City. The firm's services include general advisory, sell-side advisory, buy-side advisory, valuation and fairness opinions, cross-border transactions, capital raising and advisory and recapitalization and restructuring advisory. They participate in the private placements of securities. Focus Capital Group does not affect transactions in commodities, commodity futures or commodity options. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC