Spencer Eric Mitchell

Founded in 2008, Odeon Capital Group LLC is an independent full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides advice and execution on fundamental value and catalyst-driven situations through sales and trading, research, investment banking and asset management services. Odeon Capital Group provides services related to fixed-income securities including corporate securities, ABS, RMBS, Auction Rate securities and other structured products. The firm serves institutional clients. Odeon Capital Group is a member of FINRA, the SIPC and the MSRB. Odeon Capital Group has expertise in both traditional and esoteric assets. The firm has placed both large and small volume transactions in every asset class. They seek to maximize value for their clients through in-depth analyses of sectors, asset classes and individual securities that are hard to value or trade. The firm's Structured Products and Corporate Groups focus on institutional sales, trading and analytics of secondary structured products, esoteric assets and special situations.

Founded by Greg McClenon and Steve Allen, Sierra Tech Research is an independent research firm located in San Jose, California. Sierra Tech provides unbiased investment advice based on extensive long-standing relationships with over 100 people, throughout Silicon Valley. The firm offers insight into business trends in semiconductors used in networking, graphics, analog, testers and PCs. Analysts have extensive experience in engineering, applications, marketing and sales in Silicon Valley from which follows a detailed understanding of the space, the latest products and technology trends. Although Sierra Tech publishes research under the banner of Capstone Investments, the consultation product is distributed verbally. By using verbal communication, they control the distribution of their product and investment advice, eliminating the unauthorized forwarding of information. The service provided to the institution is SEC 28(e) eligible. Sierra Tech Research associated personnel are registered representatives of CapStone Investments, member NASD/SIPC.

Founded in 2000, M. S. Howells & Co. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with additional offices in Houston, Scottsdale, Arizona and Hampton, New Hampshire. The firm provides clients with a full array of investment services including portfolio reporting, research, direct access trading, trade desk access, portfolio risk analysis and administrative support. Their clients include established hedge funds, start-up hedge funds, Registered Investment Advisors, trading groups and money managers. The firm has a fully disclosed clearing arrangement with Jefferies & Co., Inc. and a secondary clearing agreement with Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing LP through Grace Financial Group LLC.