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Founded in 1932, Stanford Group Co. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Houston, Texas with offices nationwide. They are a subsidiary of Stanford Financial Services, Inc. and their ultimate parent is CBaySystems Holdings Ltd. The firm offers a full range of brokerage services for both domestic and international clients. They are a member of the NASD and the SIPC. Stanford's research includes both institutional equity research and Washington-focused policy research, offering a perspective on individual companies, sector-specific topics and national policy. Their equity analysts offer insight and opinions on companies in the consumer/retail, media, energy, financial institutions, healthcare, technology and water/environment sectors, targeting small- and mid-cap companies. Their policy analysts deliver investment relevant insights across a broad range of sectors, including geopolitics, international/trade, Federal Reserve board policy, health care (including services, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, telecom, media, financial services, water/environment, agribusiness/tobacco, energy) and technology (including information technology services, homeland security and biometrics/emerging technologies).

Mitchell Madison Group LLC provides global cost management consulting services. Its services include performance improvement, strategic services, business analytics and staff augmentation. The firm specializes in credit, market and operational risk, process reengineering, pricing optimization, and technology management. The company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Manila, Paris, Munich and Germany. The company was founded by Rolf Thrane in 1991 and is headquartered in Jackson, WY.

Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Minneapolis, Chicago and Boston, ThinkEquity Partners is a broker/dealer. The firm offers targeted research and investment banking services for institutional investors and corporate clients. They specialize in identifying, analyzing and understanding the technological, macroeconomic and cultural trends that impact key growth verticals, with a particular concentration on healthcare, technology, media/education and business/consumer services. The firm starts with a top-down analysis approach and then allocates resources based on a long-range research roadmap.

Detto Technologies, Inc. engaged in providing management consulting services. The company was headquartered in Orem, UT.

Founded in 2001, Global Crown Capital Securities is a broker/dealer located San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Global Crown Capital LLC. They offer a full array of investment services. Global Crown Capital provides global fundamental and technical research, as well as global macro and micro investing strategies. Their research is primarily focused on the following sectors: semiconductors, semiconductor equipment and materials, nanotechnology and MEMS, oil, oil drilling and gas, biotechnology, medical technology, telecommunications (wireless and wireline), electronic manufacturing services (EMS), software/Internet, financial services, retail and industrials. Global Crown Capital Securities is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

MKM Partners LLC (MKM) is a premier institutional equity trading, sales, and research firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Thomas G. Messina in 2002. They were acquired in 2023 by ROTH Capital Partners LLC, a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings LLC. MKM provides timely, insightful, and actionable proprietary research to hedge funds, mutual funds, family offices, endowments, corporates, private equity, pension plans, RIAs, etc. The firm combines high-impact fundamental analysis with macroeconomics, technical insights, derivatives strategies, event-driven commentary, alternative research, and first-rate execution. They take a client-centric approach to the trading desk and utilize both a top-down and bottom-up approach.