Michael Edward Flynn

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Monarch Capital Group LLC is a full-service investment banking firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is owned by Monarch Holdings LLC. Monarch Capital Group seeks to identify small- and micro-cap investment opportunities with substantial emerging-growth potential. They structure, manage and execute transactions in both foreign and domestic Debt and Equity Capital Markets for corporate, institutional and high-net-worth individual investors. Monarch Capital Group is a member of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

Founded in 2001, Divine Capital Markets LLC is an independent, woman-owned full-service brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm's clients include institutional fund managers, pension plan administrators, corporate treasurers, and accredited high net-worth individuals. Divine Capital Markets looks at relevant macroeconomic, industry and security fundamental and technical analysis and leveraged alternatives (convertible bonds, preferreds and covered calls) to provide long-term investment strategies. Their research philosophy is based on analyzing business cycles. The firm also focuses on emerging markets with a particular focus on Brazil, Russia, India and China. Divine Capital Markets is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Founded in 1988, Monarch Financial Corp. of America is a full-service, registered, broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, the Security Investors Protection Corporation and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. They are a correspondent firm of First Clearing LLC, a subsidiary of Wachovia Corp. (NYSE: WB). Monarch Financial Corp. firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Founded in 1984, Noble Financial Capital Markets is a broker/dealer headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm is a subsidiary of Noble Financial Group, Inc. Noble Financial Capital Markets' sales & trading team provides strategic insight and reliable solutions to nearly 500 of the dominant small-cap money managers in North America. They are members FINRA, SIPC and MSRB. Noble Financial Capital Markets offers a full array of investment services with a particular focus on under-followed, undervalued, out-of-favor small-cap emerging growth companies. Their research coverage universe includes healthcare, business services & software, defense/defense technology, energy, enterprise hardware, and media & entertainment.

Part of Lewis Asset Management Corp., Lewis Opportunity Fund LP acts as a private equity fund. The company is based in New York, NY.

MML Investors Services, Inc. (MMLIS) is a SEC-registered broker-dealer and investment advisor headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1981 and is principally owned by MassMutual Holding LLC, itself a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. MMLIS generally provides advice to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, endowments and foundations, Fidelity Charitable donor-advised accounts, business entities and/or qualified plans.

Thompson Davis & Co., Inc. (Investment Management), do-business-as Thompson Davis Asset Management (TDAM), is the investment management division of Thompson Davis & Co., Inc., a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. TDAM was founded in 2002 and provides discretionary investment supervisory and management services to individuals, corporations or other business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans.

RBC Wealth Management (RBCWM) is wealth management division of RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, which is ultimately owned by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE; TSE: RY). Formerly known as RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc., the firm was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RBCWM provides trusted advice and wealth management solutions to individuals, families and institutions.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services (UK) Ltd. is the Great Britain-based financial research subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI) in the US. Formerly known as McGraw-Hill Financial Research Europe Ltd., established in 1994 as Standard & Poor's LLC, the firm is located in London.

HSBC Bank Plc (Broker) (HSBC Bank-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of HSBC Bank Plc, which is owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. Headquartered in London, HSBC Bank-Broker was founded in 1880 and offers bespoke brokerage services across every major asset class for their corporate and institutional clients.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Singular Research is an independent research firm headquartered in Calabasas, California. Founded in 2004, the firm provides research on micro and small-cap companies, particularly those that are emerging, undervalued, and undercovered.

PA Capital LLC (PA Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of New York Life Investments Alternatives LLC founded in 1997 by Louis William Moelchert. The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Barrington Research Associates, Inc. (Barrington Research) is a full-service investment firm and broker-dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alex P. Paris in 1983. Barrington Research provides investment research, institutional sales & trading, corporate & executive services, investment banking and asset management services to institutional and corporate clients.

MAM Software, Inc. develops business management software for the automotive aftermarket. Its products include auto part, vast enterprise, vast retread, autocat +, openwebs, warehouse management software. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

Lewis Asset Management Corp. is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Austin W. Lewis in 2004 and manages private investment funds for high net worth investors.