Brian Conn

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sandler O'Neill & Partners Corp. and their ultimate parent is SOP Holdings LLC. Sandler O'Neill & Partners' Equity Sales & Trading team seeks to enhance liquidity, execute complex transactions, distribute securities and provide institutional investor exposure for hundreds of financial institutions. Sandler O'Neill is a market maker for over 425 NASDAQ financial stocks and trades equities on all active exchanges including the NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets. They work with CEOs, CFOs and management teams on corporate buybacks, portfolio valuations, rebalancings and liquidations. Sandler O'Neill publishes detailed equity research on approximately 270 financial services companies. They primarily cover small- and mid-sized companies that are not widely followed by large Wall Street firms. Their research coverage focuses on the following industries: (1) banks and thrifts (2) specialty finance and credit card companies (3) asset management (4) e-Finance (5) investment banking firms and broker/dealers (6) REITS (7) mortgage REITs and (8) insurance.

MicroIslet, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company, which researches, develops, and commercializes patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. The company was founded on August 21, 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Verdezyne, Inc. operates as an industrial biotechnology company. It designs and engineers enzymes, metabolic pathways, and microorganisms that produce target chemicals. The firm offers Biolon DDDA, Adipic acid, and Sebacic Acid. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

CHEMICON International, Inc. manufactures & markets biological research products. Its products are used in fields such as life science & cell research, neuroscience, apoptosis (programmed cell death) and oncology. It also makes diagnostic tests that detect herpes, enter viruses and other infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1981 and is located in Temecula, CA.

Serologicals Corp. researches, develops and markets biological products for the life sciences market. The firm focuses in areas such as are cell culture supplements, molecular reagents and diagnostic antibodies. Its applications include cardiology, hematology, infectious diseases, immunology, molecular biology and oncology. It has operations in Australia, Canada, Scotland, and United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1971 by Samuel A. Penninger and is located in Norcross, GA.

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Ra Medical Systems, Inc. engages in the design, development and commercialization of excimer lasers for the treatment of vascular immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Its product, the Destruction of Arteriosclerotic Blockages by laser Radiation Ablation (DABRA) laser and single-use catheter, together referred to as DABRA, is used as a tool in the treatment of peripheral artery disease which commonly occurs in the legs. The company was founded by Dean Irwin and Melissa Burstein on September 4, 2002 and is headquartered in Fort Mill, SC.