Andrew W. Stapp

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm is a subsidiary of HL Financial Services LLC. They provide a full array of investment services. J.J.B. Hilliard specializes in a variety of industries including banks, REITs, technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, utilities, telecommunications providers, entertainment and leisure. The firm focuses on companies that provide niche products or services not easily duplicated. The companies they recommend must exhibit a combination of attributes including high returns on assets and equity, reliable earnings that are growing and manageable debt. J.J.B. Hilliard also prefers companies that generate excess cash. Through its predecessors, the firm's origins can be traced to 1854. In 1965, J.J.B. Hilliard & Son and W.L. Lyons and Co. combined to become J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons. In 1972, Hilliard Lyons exchanged its traditional partnership form of business for a corporation model. Then, in 1998, Hilliard Lyons was acquired by PNC Financial Services GroupI. In 2008, ownership of Hilliard Lyons was transitioned from PNC Financial Services Group to joint ownership by Hilliard Lyons’ own employees and Houchens Industries, Inc. of Bowling Green, Kentucky, a diversified, employee-owned company.

Founded in 2012, MCG securities LLC is an investment research firm located in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The firm does business as Merion Capital Group and is a subsidiary of R5 Partners, Inc.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

Founded in 1999, BGB Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in Arlington, Virginia. They are a subsidiary of Aegis Financial Corp. and their ultimate parent is Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. (OTC: VTAIQ.PK). The firm clears equity transactions through National Financial, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments Company. BGB securities in a member of FINRA and the SIPC. BGB Securities specializes in researching inefficiently priced securities that are misunderstood or insufficiently covered by the marketplace. As contrarians, they seek to identify investments that are temporarily out of favor. The firm seeks to identify mispriced assets that are capable of producing significant future cash flows and looks for near term catalysts that may cause intrinsic values to be realized. BGB Securities favors companies trading at discounted levels with tangible assets that can be readily valued within a margin of safety. They also seek to identify mispriced companies with competitive advantages that allow for sustainable profit margins. The firm focuses on special situations across industries, favoring a fundamental-driven, analytical approach. BGB securities' research focuses on the following sectors: housing finance, homebuilders, REITs, consumer and diversified. In addition to executing equity trades for their clients, BGB Securities also assists clients with trades in a select number of fixed-income products.

Founded in 2007, Cohen & Co. Capital Markets LLC is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is also does business as FGC Securities. They are a subsidiary of Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. (NYSE Amex: IFMI), formerly known as Cohen & Co., Inc. The firm specializes in credit-related fixed-income investments. They provide a range of services to institutional investors and corporations. Cohen & Co.'s primary operating segments are Capital Markets and Asset Management. The Capital Markets segment consists of credit-related fixed income sales and trading, as well as new issue placements in corporate and securitized products. The Asset Management segment manages assets through listed and private companies, funds, managed accounts and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). Cohen & Co. manages fixed-income investments across a variety of asset classes including U.S. trust preferred securities, European hybrid capital securities, Asian commercial real estate debt and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. Clearing services are provided through Pershing LLC.