Daniel Leland

SWS Group, Inc. is a diversified financial services holding company. The company delivers investment banking, commercial banking and related financial services to individual, corporate and institutional investors, broker/dealers, governmental entities and financial intermediaries. It operates through four segments: Clearing, Retail Brokerage, Institutional Brokerage and Banking. The Clearing segment provides clearing and execution services for general securities broker/dealers, for bank affiliated firms and firms specializing in high volume trading. The Retail Brokerage segment includes retail securities products and services, insurance products and managed accounts and encompasses the activities of its employee registered representatives and independent representatives. The Institutional Brokerage segment serves institutional customers in securities lending, investment banking and public finance, fixed income sales and trading, proprietary trading and agency execution services. The Banking segment offers traditional banking products and services and focuses on small business lending and short-term funding for mortgage bankers. SWS Group was founded by Donald A. Buchholz in 1972 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hilltop Securities, Inc. (dba HilltopSecurities) is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1946 as Southwest Securities, Inc. and they a subsidiary of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC. Hilltop Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients.

Part of Hilltop Holdings, Inc., Barre & Co., Inc. is a professional tax and accounting firm based in Union, NJ. The company offers a range of services, including assurance and advisory services, accounting, estate and trust planning, and tax preparation. Barre & Co. primarily services school districts, charter schools, litigation services, business valuations, non-profit, and other businesses or organizations in the greater metropolitan area. The company has been providing tax and audit services for over 30 years and has a 99.9% customer satisfaction rate. Barre & Co. was acquired by SWS Group, Inc. on March 27, 1995.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.