Danielle Frances Hughes

Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. (VIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS).The firm was originally formed in 1975 as Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc. They completed a spin-off in 2009 to become independent of the Phoenix Companies. VIA serves as investment adviser to the Virtus mutual funds and closed-end funds.

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (GGHC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Richard Gilder in 1968. GGHC provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, LLC’s, partnerships, pension and profit-sharing plans, and investment clubs.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Magna Securities Corp. provides research on technology, media, telecommunications, healthcare and special situations sectors. It offers fundamental analysis, technical analysis, industry reports, and peer analysis. The firm caters to institutional investors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered 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.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2002 by Hunter Thompson and William Davis, Thompson Davis & Co. (TD & Co.) is an independent investment research firm and broker/dealer located in Richmond, Virginia with an additional office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. TD & Co. provides unbiased, original research and services to institutional and retail investors. They do not perform research on companies for investment banking opportunities. TD & Co. also offers a full-range of financial services ranging from financial planning and private money management to corporate and municipal bonds. TD & Co.'s research team employs a focused methodology. They seek to identified, under followed, undervalued growth companies. The firm uses computer screens that look for companies with sequential revenue and earnings growth and strong balance sheets that are selling at a discount to their growth rates. Specifically, TD& Co. looks for companies with several characteristics: (1) 20% + revenue and earnings growth (2) sequential revenue and earnings growth, i.e., quarter over quarter improvement in both the top and bottom line (3) top management is buying the company's stock in the open market with their own money (4) significant management ownership of the stock (5) strong balance sheets with little or no debt or manageable declining debt, strong cash position or debt reduction efforts (6) operating in a growing market sector (no deep cyclicals or natural resource sectors) (7) gross margin expansion and market share gains and (8) selling at a discount to the company growth rate, allowing for p/e expansion toward growth rate.

Argus Research Co. (ARC) is a research firm headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1934. The firm is a subsidiary of Argus Research Group, Inc. ARC produces, distributes and markets investment and economic research.

Part of F. Marc de Lacharrière (Fimalac) SE, Thomson Bankwatch, Inc. provides international banking ratings services.

Founded in 1990 by Liam Dalton, Axiom Capital Management, Inc. is a full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm offers traditional fixed-income and equity services including separately managed accounts through mutual funds, hedge funds, fund of funds and exchange funds. They serve high net-worth individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and other institutions. Axiom Capital Management is member of FINRA/SIPC. Axiom assists start-up and transitional hedge funds in selecting the prime broker best suited for their funds. The firm's services include: soft dollar reimbursements, execution of foreign market derivatives, turnkey information technology infrastructure solutions. Axiom can meet the needs of hedge funds worth up to $1 billion. Axiom is an experienced soft-dollar broker. The firm works their large, diverse institutional customer base to arrange equitable and compliant soft-dollar agreements. The firm's trading desk adheres to the highest compliance standards combining state-of-the-art technology and experienced traders to deliver quality executions in most domestic and international products.

Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets.

PARADIGM Global Advisors LLC provides investment management services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

TVR Communications LLC provides interactive patient education, entertainment, and communication services. Its products and services include analog and digital television sets; digital terrestrial and cable high definition television solutions; digital satellite television systems; meeting room, training room, and video conferencing solutions; event broadcast closed circuit systems, including rental services; and cable plan distribution planning, upgrades, and installation. The company was founded by Edward Koch in 1950 and is headquartered in Elmhurst, NY.

Part of StarInvest Group, Inc., EXX.COM LLC develops customized trading software. The company is based in Ramsey, NJ. The CEO of the company is Robert H. Cole. EXX.COM was acquired by StarInvest Group, Inc. on October 16, 2009 for $2.05 million.

New York Foundling, Inc. provides child welfare services. It offers services to children in the foster care systems, families struggling with instability, adults with developmental disabilities, youth involved in the juvenile justice systems, infants and toddlers born into difficult circumstances, per-schoolers in head start programs, and young scholars in low income communities. The company was founded by Mary Irene Fitzgibbon on October 11, 1869 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Susan M. DeGiulio.

Sills Cummis & Gross PC is a private company that provides legal services. The company is based in Newark, NJ.

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.

Equity Group, Inc. is an investor relations firm founded in 1974 with expertise in strategic communications, investment community outreach and relations, and market intelligence and advisory. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in comprehensive programs for micro-cap, small-cap, and mid-cap public companies in a range of industries. The company was founded in 1974 by Robert D. Goldstein.

Laidlaw, Adams & Peck, Inc. is an American company that provides women's apparel manufacturing services.