William Plovanic

Canaccord Adams, Inc. is an independent financial services firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Boston with additional offices in New York City, San Francisco, Evanston, Illinois and Houston, Texas. The firm provides research to help clients make informed investment decisions. Their analysts seek to identify opportunities and expose risk with a focus on emerging and small- to mid-cap growth companies. Canaccord Adams focuses on seven sectors, clarifying current events and anticipating market trends in high-quality daily, weekly and monthly research products. The seven sectors they focus on are: metals and mining, energy, technology, life sciences, real estate and gaming, consumer and industrial growth. Canaccord Adams is a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Canaccord Financial, Inc. They are a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. focuses on developing and commercializing medical devices to treat obese and overweight people by facilitating weight loss. Its product includes medical balloon technology for weight loss therapy which consists of a capsule containing a balloon that is swallowed and then remotely inflated. The company was founded on January 2, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.

StoneRidge PMG Advisors LLC (StoneRidge PMG) is a registered investment adviser headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Philip N. Gitler as PMG Advisors LLC in 1996 and is currently owned by Beltraith Capital LLC. StoneRidge PMG offers fixed income investment management solutions to institutional clients including public funds, pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments & foundations. The firm is focused to provide customized fixed income solutions for public entities, retirement plans, and corporations.

Founded in 1974, LaSalle Street Securities LLC is a privately owned broker/dealer headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois. The firm's product line includes access to individual securities, options, wrap programs, syndicate offerings/IPOs, mutual funds and insurance. LaSalle Street Securities clears through National Financial Services LLC. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. LaSalle Street Securities is a member of FINRA, the NASD and the SIPC. They are affiliated with Tilden Loucks & Woodnorth LLC and LaSalle Street Investment Advisors LLC.

Founded in 2006, Canaccord Genuity, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the U.S. arm of Toronto-based Canaccord Genuity Corp., the global capital markets division of Canaccord Financial, Inc. (CF: TSX / CF: AIM). Canaccord Genuity's research focuses on the following sectors of the global economy: metals/mining, energy, agriculture, technology, telecommunications, financials, consumer products, real estate, transportation, infrastructure, sustainability, life sciences, support services and investment trusts. Canaccord Genuity, Inc. is a member of FINRA/SIPC.

Canaccord Genuity LLC is an independent, full-service financial services firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to corporate and institutional clients. They cover a wide range of sectors globally with an emphasis on growth companies such as: Block chain, Business Services, Cannabis, Consumer and Retail, Energy, Financials, Gaming, Healthcare, Industrials, Metals and Mining, Real Estate, Sustainability and Technology.