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A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Arlington Asset Investment Corp. engages in the acquisition and holding a portfolio of residential mortgage-backed securities. Its portfolio consists of agency mortgage-backed securities and mortgage credit investments. The company was founded by Eric Francis Billings and William Russel Ramsey in 1989 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Allspring Global Investments LLC (Allspring) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to November 2021, the firm was known as Wells Capital Management, Inc. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Allspring provides investment management services to mutual funds, private funds, offshore funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), pooled vehicles and client accounts.

A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners Corp. (AGP) is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. Formerly known as Euro Pacific Capital, Inc., the firm was founded by Peter Schiff in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Global LLC. AGP provides prime brokerage services to hedge funds, family offices, professional traders and top tier small/mid-cap investment funds. It offers multi-clearing, cloud based, high-touch client service solutions tailored to each client’s business needs.

Founded by Michael Vanderhoof and Eric Richardson, Cambria Capital LLC is an independent, full service securities brokerage, registered investment advisor and investment banking firm located in El Segundo, California with additional offices in San Francisco and Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients who include domestic and international individuals, institutions, corporations and their executives. Cambria does not provide any internal research. The firm's clearing agent is Omaha, Nebraska-based Legent Clearing. Cambria's securities brokerage firm is registered with the SEC, the SIPC and FINRA. Cambria's Investment Banking Group specializes in raising capital for companies with market-caps of $25 million to $500 million. The firm assists clients with structuring and implementing various financial and strategic solutions that are designed to assist companies across all stages of the corporate lifecycle. Cambria focuses on providing high quality services, customized solutions and in-depth market knowledge to emerging growth and middle-market businesses. The firm has extensive experience advising and financing firms of all sizes throughout the

Digital Offering LLC is an investment bank that specializes in helping high-quality private and public growth companies access capital markets and achieve their growth objectives. Digital Offering is based in Newport Beach, CA. The private company applies best practices of traditional investment banking to new securities industry rules to enhance efficiency in capital raising. The company leverages their expertise, strategic alliances, and long-standing relationships in the broker-dealer and registered investment advisor industries to widely distribute their offerings to maximize deal awareness among the right investors. The company was founded in 2012 by Christopher Cruttenden, Louis Albert Bevilacqua, William Gordon McBean. Chad Jonas Cooper has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Hash Finance LLC engages in technology activities. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Laguna Beach, CA.