Gregory Parise

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

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 1989, PCS Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Edmonds, Washington. The firm is an introducing broker and clears securities transactions on a fully-disclosed basis with an independent clearing organization. PCS Securities provides independent research and directed brokerage arrangements for investment advisors, money managers and plan sponsors.

Pacific Rock Capital LLC (PRC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Cardiff by the Sea, California. The firm was founded by Christopher t. Donnelly in 2008. PRC provides investment advisory services which utilizes its proprietary trading strategy to a pooled investment vehicle structured as a Delaware limited Fund.

Clough Capital Partners LP (Clough Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Charles (Chuck) I. Clough, Jr. in 2000. Clough Capital provides advisory services through various investment vehicles including institutional separate accounts, pooled funds and mutual funds (both open and closed end).

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Founded by Richard J. Rosenblatt in 1979, Rosenblatt Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research