Andrew A. Beaurline

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

American Home Shield Corp. provides repairs and maintenance services to home appliances. It offers home warranty protection to home systems, air conditioners, electrical, refrigerator, washer dryer, furnaces plumbing, and heating appliances. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Brighton Jones LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded by Charles Brighton and Jon Jones in 1999. The firm provides investment management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, business entities, and trusts.

Providence Medical Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures medical devices. It offers DTRAX spinal systems, cavux cervical cages, ally screw systems, and biologix allograft bone. The company was founded by Jeff Smith and Bruce McCormack in 2008 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

FLG Partners LLC is a CFO solutions, CEO, and board advisory services provider based in Silicon Valley. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers financial and operational leadership to a wide range of companies, from newly funded startups to Fortune 100 companies, across various sectors, including technology, life sciences, and consumer products. The firm's partners engage clients in interim or long-term assignments in leadership roles that typically are consulting engagements. FLG Partners has helped raise over $6 billion in growth financing, IPO, and M&A transactions for the firm's clients since January 2021. The company was founded by Douglas J. Lehrmann, Jeffrey S. Kuhn, Kyle W. Smith.

Part of Accor SA, Worldres Ltd. is a company that provides online booking for hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, and resorts worldwide. The company is based in Scottsdale, AZ.