Clark K. Yingst

Founded in 1997, Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC is a full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Joseph Gunnar Holding Co. LLC They provide financial advisory, brokerage and trading for investors in connection with listed equities, corporate and municipal bonds, preferred stock, mutual funds, IRA, pension plans and NASDAQ NMS securities.

Founded in 1993, Fagenson & Co., Inc. is a broker-dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services. They do not provide any internal research. Fagenson is a member of the NYSE and the NASD.

Part of Israel A. Englander & Co Holdings, Inc., SRT Securities LLC is a brokerage firm that specializes in institutional equities, options execution, and soft dollar services. The company was founded in 1977 by Stephen C. Tobias and is based in New York, NY. SRT Securities leverages deep-rooted relationships, leading-edge technology solutions, and high-touch service to optimize the client experience. The firm focuses on listed options execution and is a member of FINRA, CBOE, NYSE-AMER, NYSE-CHI, and BOX. SRT Securities has branch offices in Greenwich, CT, and Chicago. The company's core options execution business represents a significant share of the daily traded contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

Founded in 1997, Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC is a full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Joseph Gunnar Holding Co. LLC They provide financial advisory, brokerage and trading for investors in connection with listed equities, corporate and municipal bonds, preferred stock, mutual funds, IRA, pension plans and NASDAQ NMS securities.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.