Kevin Bigoness

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

RFE Management Corp (RFE Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1979. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

State Farm Insurance Cos. provides personal property and casualty insurance services. It also offers auto insurance quotes, auto, home, life and health policies. The firm also provides commercial auto insurance coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles. The company was founded by George Jacob Mecherle in 1922 and is headquartered in Bloomington, IL.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1876 and offers a full suite of capital markets products and services, including proprietary equity research and a fixed-income trading desk. For institutional asset management clients, the firm provides liquidity, execution, high-quality idea-generating research, and access to corporate management teams. Their institutional coverage includes relationships with over asset management companies all over the world. To corporate clients, they bring access to investor capital, broad distribution capabilities and financial markets advisory. Ladenburg Thalmann is a leader in financing growing middle-market public companies across various industry verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Yield-Oriented Securities (BDCs, REITs, MLPs), Energy, Power & Infrastructure, and Telecom, Media & Technology.

Founded in 2008, Northcoast Research Partners LLC is an independent, full-service, institutional equity research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a subsidiary of Northcoast Research Holdings LLC. Their research coverage include: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial/basic materials and accounting/tax policy.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Farmers Insurance Group, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance. The company was founded by John C. Tyler and Thomas E. Leavey and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA.

Ancora Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded by Richard Barone in 2003 and is a subsidiary of The Ancora Group, Inc., ultimately owned by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). Ancora Advisors provides customized portfolio management for individual investors, high net worth investors, investment companies (mutual funds), and institutions such as pension/profit sharing plans, corporations, charitable & Not-for-Profit organizations, unions, and other investment advisers.

Blue Point Capital Partners LLC (Blue Point Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Charlotte and Seattle.

Epic Systems Corp. develops healthcare information systems. It offers inpatient clinical, electronic medical record, portable clinical information, core specialty support, operating room management, ICU/acute care support, and inpatient pharmacy services. The company also provides implementation, process engineering, training, optimization, architecture, and content services. Epic Systems was founded by Judith R. Faulkner in 1979 and is located in Verona, WI.

Invesco Capital Management LLC (ICM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2003 and was formerly known Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC. They are a direct subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). ICM serves as the investment adviser to the exchange-traded funds.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

Redwood Financial Network Corp. (Redwood) is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Solon, Ohio. Redwood offers financial and investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations or other businesses.

Aon Investments USA, Inc. (AIUSA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1981 and is wholly owned by Aon Consulting, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of its ultimate parent Aon Plc (NYSE: AON) in Ireland. AIUSA provides professional investment advisory and consulting services to institutional clients.

Part of Northern Trust Corp., Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services LLC is a company based in Wilmington, DE. The CEO of the company is R. Peter Sanchez.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Partners LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.

Candlewood Partners LLC (Candlewood Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Glenn C. Pollack and Bill W. Vogelgesang. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Ancora Family Wealth Advisors LLC (AFWA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Formerly known as Ancora Inverness LLC, the firm was founded by Rick Renner in 2003 as Inverness Investment Group LLC. They are wholly-owned by Inverness Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). AFWA specializes in customized portfolio management for individual investors, high net worth individuals, families, pensions and profit-sharing plans.