Charles Jones

Next Generation Equity Research LLC is an independent equity research firm located in Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of Hudson Securities, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Hudson Holding Corp. Next Generation Equity Research provides research on high quality small- to mid-cap growth companies. They seek to identify companies that have high and sustainable earnings growth and offer the potential to become market leaders within their sectors. The firm's research tends to focus on the industrial and transportation sectors.

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.