David M. DiPietro

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, together with its subsidiaries it provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients, and alternative asset management products and services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The company operates its business through five segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, Corporate Credit, Investment Income, Eliminations and Corporate Costs. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the company's hedge funds, hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations and small business loans. The Investment Income segment includes income from the company's principal investments in public and private securities, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate Costs segment includes expenses related to JMP Group Inc., the holding company, and JMP Group LLC, and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the company's credit facility with City National Bank. JMP Group was founded by Joseph A. Jolson and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Signal Hill Capital Group LLC provides brokerage services. It offers mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinion, due diligence, valuation, divestiture, transaction structuring, negotiation, private placement, restructuring, and capital structuring advisory services. The company was founded by Scott Alan Wieler in 2002 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Greenspring Associates Inc is a venture capital subsidiary of StepStone Group, Inc. founded in 2000 by C. Ashton Newhall. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Part of Raymond James Financial, Inc., Alex Brown, Inc. is a diversified financial services company based in Baltimore, MD. The private company offers financial planning, wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and capital markets services.

JMP Group LLC engages in providing investment banking, equity research, and sales and trading services to corporate and institutional clients. It conducts its services through its subsidiary JMP Securities. The company was founded by Joseph Andrew Jolson, Gerald L. Tuttle, Jr. and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.