Stephen C. Marcus

Founded in 1972 by Candace King, C.L. King & Associates, Inc. is a self-clearing, service-oriented broker/dealer and investment bank located in Albany, New York with additional offices in Boston and New York City. The firm delivers investment research, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, prime brokerage, investment advisor and clearing services to institutional and high net-worth clients and to other broker/dealers. For corporations, they underwrite securities and provide strategic advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alternatives and valuation. C.L. King & Associates is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. C.L. King & Associates follows 120 names in 9 sectors. They seek to discover uncovered investment opportunities by seeking out companies that may be ignored by other Wall Street research providers and by identifying value and growth that may be unrecognized by institutional equity investors. The firm provides comprehensive trading services including capital commitment, market making and listed block positioning for their institutional equity clients. C.L. King & Associates' fixed-income group focuses on trading fixed-income securities, primarily in the secondary market. They offer a broad cross section of agencies, convertibles, investment-grade corporates, mortgage-backed securities, municipals, CDs and preferred stock to other broker/Dealers and institutional investors. The firm's investment banking group provides strategic M&A advice and capital raising services to emerging and mid-cap companies, both public and private. In addition, they act as a WBE underwriter in stock and bond offerings by large corporate issuers. C.L. King & Associates' corporate services group offers specialized services to assist corporate clients and their executives in handling delicate stock holding matters. Their services include guiding clients through restricted stock/rule 144 transactions, developing customized rule 10b5-1 trading plans and managing corporate share repurchase programs. The firm's equity research is based on a fundamental, value-oriented approach that focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. The firm offers research on the following sectors: special situations, building materials companies, specialty retail/apparel/footwear, industrials/cyclicals, restaurants/franchising, business services/staffing companies, telecommunications equipment and medical technology/devices/supplies.

Established in 1977, Neidiger Tucker Bruner, Inc. (NTB) is a Denver-based brokerage and investment banking firm. NTB offers range of investment banking services include raising capital through the underwriting of Initial public offerings, secondary offerings and private placements. Primary department services include obtaining capital necessary to finance emerging growth and middle-market company's clients on a continuing basis. The corporate finance department seeks to tailor client needs, objectives and financial requirements to appropriate capitalization methods. NTB makes an underwriting commitment when the corporate finance department identifies a company which demonstrates growth potential, has experienced management and a financing can be structured which is equitable and attractive to both the company and investors. The firm is a member of FINRA and SPIC.

Founded in 1995 by Steven Bathgate, GVC Capital LLC, formerly Bathgate Capital Partners LLC, is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer located Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm focuses primarily on providing comprehensive investment banking services to underexposed and undervalued micro-cap companies. GVC Capital's brokerage services include retail investment sales, institutional equity and fixed-income securities. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. GVC Capital seeks to provide their retail clients with greater exposure to institutional investors as efficient means to raising capital in the form of institutional private placement financings and a variety of other investment products including municipal bonds, government securities, mutual funds, annuities, options and equities. The firm also offers accredited investors periodic opportunities to participate in private placements (Regulation D) and IPOs for select emerging growth companies. GVC Capital's accounts are maintained and cleared by First Southwest Company. The firm's fixed-income group seeks to provide their clients with best execution. They provide independent advisory services and research focusing on a diverse universe of fixed-income securities including corporate, government and municipal bonds, convertible and mortgage-backed securities and preferred stocks. GVC Capital's equity trading group focuses on efficient trade execution of micro-cap companies and identifying and creating liquidity in illiquid markets.