Sanjay Kumar Shrestha

Founded in 1972 by Candace King, C.L. King & Associates, Inc. is a self-clearing, service-oriented broker/dealer and investment bank located in Albany, New York with additional offices in Boston and New York City. The firm delivers investment research, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, prime brokerage, investment advisor and clearing services to institutional and high net-worth clients and to other broker/dealers. For corporations, they underwrite securities and provide strategic advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alternatives and valuation. C.L. King & Associates is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. C.L. King & Associates follows 120 names in 9 sectors. They seek to discover uncovered investment opportunities by seeking out companies that may be ignored by other Wall Street research providers and by identifying value and growth that may be unrecognized by institutional equity investors. The firm provides comprehensive trading services including capital commitment, market making and listed block positioning for their institutional equity clients. C.L. King & Associates' fixed-income group focuses on trading fixed-income securities, primarily in the secondary market. They offer a broad cross section of agencies, convertibles, investment-grade corporates, mortgage-backed securities, municipals, CDs and preferred stock to other broker/Dealers and institutional investors. The firm's investment banking group provides strategic M&A advice and capital raising services to emerging and mid-cap companies, both public and private. In addition, they act as a WBE underwriter in stock and bond offerings by large corporate issuers. C.L. King & Associates' corporate services group offers specialized services to assist corporate clients and their executives in handling delicate stock holding matters. Their services include guiding clients through restricted stock/rule 144 transactions, developing customized rule 10b5-1 trading plans and managing corporate share repurchase programs. The firm's equity research is based on a fundamental, value-oriented approach that focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. The firm offers research on the following sectors: special situations, building materials companies, specialty retail/apparel/footwear, industrials/cyclicals, restaurants/franchising, business services/staffing companies, telecommunications equipment and medical technology/devices/supplies.

AmberWave, Inc. provides research, development and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing industries. Its technology Ultra-Thin Silicon (UTSi) enables lightweight, robust glass free modules. The company was founded by Anthony J. Lochtefeld and is headquartered in Salem, NH.

Fusemachines, Inc. develops and delivers artificial intelligence as a service and machine learning software solutions. The company offers Fuse Anna which is an artificial intelligence assistant for follow ups through daily reminders; and Fuse Prospector which is an artificial intelligence sales platform. The company was founded by Sameer Maskey in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.

Part of The Walt Disney Co., Institutional Investor is a financial publication and event producer for institutional investors. The company is based in New York, NY. For over 50 years, Institutional Investor has been providing exclusive memberships, forums, industry benchmarks, award-winning content, and custom research to the world's financial decision-makers. The company's custom research lab works with clients in the asset management, professional services, and technology industries to develop insightful primary research on asset markets, portfolio management, and investment decision making. Institutional Investor also offers highly-respected proprietary benchmark research and rankings, as well as independent sell-side and corporate performance research and rankings, spanning across all-Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

FM Partners Holdings LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was formerly known as Lazard Capital Markets LLC.. They are a subsidiary of LFCM Holdings LLC.

Acciona Generación Renovable SA engages in the development and construction of power generation facilities. It operates and maintains wind farms, solar parks, hydroelectric stations, and biomass production plants located throughout Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It also provides technical and environmental consulting services, as well as project management and renewable technology research. The company was founded on December 9, 2002 and is headquartered in Sarriguren, Spain.

FBR & Co. provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage and research services through its subsidiaries. The company operates through two segments: Capital Markets and Principal Investing. The Capital Markets segment includes investment banking, institutional brokerage and research. It also provides investment banking services, including capital raising and financial advisory services for its corporate issuer clients, and institutional brokerage services including sales, trading, research, and securities lending services to its institutional investor clients. The Principal Investing segment activities consist primarily of investments in merchant banking and other equity investments, investment funds and corporate debt investments. The company was founded in June 2006 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.