Eric Joseph Grubelich

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Highlander Capital Management LLC (HCM) is a privately owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey. HCM was founded by Douglas MacWright in 1996 to provide customized asset management services to individuals, corporations, and not-for-profit institutions.

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

Metro Phoenix Bank, Inc. provides banking services to commercial and real estate customers. It offers commercial loan products that include asset-based lines of credit, working capital loans/working capital lines of credit, equipment loans, loans to professionals (medical, legal, or CPAs), loans to non-profit and faith-based organizations, and other loans; real estate lending products, such as residential and commercial construction loans, and commercial term real estate loans; and SBA lending products. The company also provides personal banking services, such as personal checking accounts, now accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, certificate of deposit, CDARS, individual retirement arrangements, Visa debit cards, credit cards, and NetTeller personal online banking services; business banking services, including business deposits, business credit and debit cards, merchant services, treasury management, NetTeller business online banking, remote deposit capture, courier services, night drop and bank by mail, online payment solutions, positive pay, and lockbox services. Its business deposit accounts include business checking accounts, business analysis checking accounts, business NOW accounts, IOLTA accounts, business savings accounts, business money market accounts, certificates of deposits, and sweep accounts. In addition, it offers wires, merchant services, and cash management services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

MPB BHC, Inc. operates as a bank holding company which through its subsidiary Metro Phoenix Bank provides community banking services. Its services include commercial real estate lending, outdoor media lending, SBA financing solutions and a treasury management platform that includes a Homeowners Association (HOA)/Property Management specialty program. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.