Kenneth F. Puglisi

Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sandler O'Neill & Partners Corp. and their ultimate parent is SOP Holdings LLC. Sandler O'Neill & Partners' Equity Sales & Trading team seeks to enhance liquidity, execute complex transactions, distribute securities and provide institutional investor exposure for hundreds of financial institutions. Sandler O'Neill is a market maker for over 425 NASDAQ financial stocks and trades equities on all active exchanges including the NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets. They work with CEOs, CFOs and management teams on corporate buybacks, portfolio valuations, rebalancings and liquidations. Sandler O'Neill publishes detailed equity research on approximately 270 financial services companies. They primarily cover small- and mid-sized companies that are not widely followed by large Wall Street firms. Their research coverage focuses on the following industries: (1) banks and thrifts (2) specialty finance and credit card companies (3) asset management (4) e-Finance (5) investment banking firms and broker/dealers (6) REITS (7) mortgage REITs and (8) insurance.

Mellon Financial Corp. is a provider of financial services for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals around the globe. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Corporation’s businesses are divided into two overall reportable groups — Asset Management and Corporate & Institutional Services. The Asset Management group is comprised of the Institutional Asset Management, Mutual Funds and Private Wealth Management sectors. The Corporate & Institutional Services group is comprised of the Asset Servicing, Human Resources & Investor Solutions and Treasury Services sectors

Founded in 1985, Comerica Securities, Inc. is a full-service broker/dealer and registered investment advisor located in Detroit, Michigan. The firm offers debt/fixed-income underwriting, equity underwriting, asset-backed securities, medium-term notes and convertible debt and trust preferred securities. Comerica Securities is a subsidiary of Comerica Investment Services, Inc. Their ultimate parent is Comerica, Inc. (NYSE: CMA). Comerica Securities is a member of FINRA/SIPC.

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.