Eli Kantor

Founded in 1922, Weeden & Co. LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco. The firm offers a full array of investment services with independent value-added research covering various sectors. Weeden's research goal is to produce independent, actionable long/short ideas that are free from the inherent conflicts created by investment banking. The firm vigilantly monitors proprietary, quantitative and fundamental indicators across all asset classes to identify and communicate important inflection points within the marketplace to clients. Their equities trading division specializes in difficult-to-execute orders. They are a member of the FINRA, NASDAQ and the SIPC.

Founded in 2000 by Thomas Pritchard, Pritchard Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer located in Covington, Louisiana with additional offices in Atlanta, Houston, New York City and Falls Church, Virginia. They are a subsidiary of Glacier Partners Corp. The firm provides independent research to institutional investors. They focus on all segments of the energy industry including oil, natural gas and power. Pritchard Capital Partners is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Founded in 2009, IBERIA Financial Services LLC is a broker/dealer located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBERIABANK Corp. (NasdaqGS: IBKC). The firm offers securities and other financial products to IBERIABANK Corp.'s clients' needs. Through their own subsidiary, Finesco LLC, IBERIA Financial Services offers insurance premium financing to retailers and other commercial customers.

Silver Hill Hospital, Inc. is a nationally recognized psychiatric hospital that specializes in treating psychiatric and addiction disorders. The hospital is located on 44 scenic acres in New Canaan, CT, and is especially known for its expertise in treating complex conditions and co-occurring disorders in adults and adolescents. The hospital has 21 full-time board-certified psychiatrists and admits more than 3,000 adolescents and adults annually for disorders that include addiction, depression, trauma, anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, and schizophrenia, among others. The hospital offers programs for inpatient care, transitional living, and outpatient treatment.

Founded in 2006, Canaccord Genuity, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the U.S. arm of Toronto-based Canaccord Genuity Corp., the global capital markets division of Canaccord Financial, Inc. (CF: TSX / CF: AIM). Canaccord Genuity's research focuses on the following sectors of the global economy: metals/mining, energy, agriculture, technology, telecommunications, financials, consumer products, real estate, transportation, infrastructure, sustainability, life sciences, support services and investment trusts. Canaccord Genuity, Inc. is a member of FINRA/SIPC.

DIR Advisors LLC is an investment research firm. The American company was founded in 2016 by Eli Kantor.

Founded in 1993, IFS Securities, Inc. is an independent, full-service, registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a subsidiary of IFS Group, Inc. Their Capital Markets operations is managed from their Equity Trading Desk in Orlando, Florida and their Fixed Income Desk in Chicago. IFS Securities' institutional fixed-income sales and trading operations offer a high level of personalized oversight from pre-trade analysis to completion and settlement of a variety of securities. The fixed-income desk provides competitive bids and offers by maintaining constant contact with customer portfolios and the Street. Through their relationships with money managers, corporations, financial institutions, and corporate and public treasurers, the company can provide the best possible bid-offer spreads. The firm's trading desk is a diversified operation, offering such products as: Government securities, investment-grade corporate securities, corporate bonds, money-market instruments, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, and municipal securities. IFS Securities' equity sales and trading desk focuses on responsive order execution for exchange-listed services, as well as routinely executed third-market trades. Over-the-counter orders are executed on an agency basis through their access to the Level III NASDAQ system. Stock Repurchase Programs for major corporations are executed as directed by the client and in compliance with SEC Rule 10b.18. Sales and trading services include both domestic and international equity executions as well as stock buy-back services. The IFS Equity Research Group analyzes markets, securities and economics to provide insights and analysis for their clients. Services provided by the IFS Equity Research Group include: market analysis, theme reports, proprietary daily commentaries, company-specific initiating research reports/results updates, sector allocation and model portfolios, and integration of sector research with macro coverage of industries. IFS Securities covers companies with up to $1 billion market cap (average is $600 million) that have a double-digit growth rate objective. The 120 companies they track include: innovative/disruptive technologies (industrial, IT/internet and healthcare/life sciences) and public companies based in Georgia.