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PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2014 Messaging & Corporate Positioning | Strategic Advisory | Crisis Management Capital Markets Navigation for Growth Companies Since 1999, our Team of Industry Veterans, Former Portfolio Managers & Analysts Have Supported Clients Across a Range of High‐Growth Verticals Consumer / Internet Retail Healthcare / Bio Pharma Digital Media / Software Technology Natural Resources Clean Technology Business Services Special Situations RIGHT MESSAGE RIGHT AUDIENCE RIGHT EXECUTION Given our extensive experience Our team leaders each have 13‐16 Premium valuations and a high‐ in investor relations, equity re‐ years of experience in investor quality shareholder base are search and portfolio manage‐ relations, providing an established achieved through persistent and ment, we understand the minds gateway between your company and well‐targeted delivery of your of Wall Street and will communi‐ investors that is supported by major message. cate the key metrics that most ef‐ influencers in the financial community. fectively tell your story. Scott Liolios, President (949) 574‐3860 [email protected] Liolios Group Investor Relations Newport Beach, CA [email protected] www.liolios.com Twitter: @LioliosGroup WELCOME! AGENDA Please note this schedule may change without notice. Please check in with the Thank you for joining us at the 3rd Annual Gateway Conference registration desk for any updates. being held at the historic Palace Hotel in the heart of San WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 Francisco’s financial district. 3:30 p.m. Registration Opens, Sunset Court The conference is designed to provide a unique gateway 4:30 p.m. IPO Readiness Panel, Twin Peaks Room between influential members of the investment community and 6:00 p.m. Welcome Reception, Sunset Court a select group of compelling publicly‐traded companies from across the country and around the world. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 Whether you are a fund manager, equity analyst or institutional 7:00 a.m. Registration Opens, Sunset Court trader, this forum was created with you in mind. 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Sunset Court 8:00 a.m. Company Presentations & One‐on‐One Meetings We encourage you to review the profiles included in this guide and pick at least one entirely new idea to pursue. 12:00 p.m. Boxed Lunches, Sunset Court 5:00 p.m. Closing Reception at the Roe Restaurant Our one‐on‐one desk can help you set meetings and print your 651 Howard Street, Tel (415) 227‐0288 schedule. Please check in regularly at the desk for any last‐ minute schedule changes. DIRECTIONS TO THE CLOSING RECEPTION When leaving the Palace Hotel, go right on New Montgomery St. At the end of the day, please join us at the Roe Restaurant to discuss your new investment ideas and share your insights into Walk four blocks down to Howard St. and take a right. the companies you follow. Roe Restaurant is one block down on the left corner at Howard and Hawthorne). We could not offer such a high‐quality event without the support of our sponsors, who, like Liolios Group, are dedicated to supporting you and your investments. So, on behalf of our presenting companies and attendees, we thank them for their generous support. 46 Minna See you around the conference! All the best, J. Scott Liolios Liolios Group, Inc. 2014 GATEWAY CONFERENCE SPONSORS Gold Sponsor Gold Sponsor Gold Sponsor Gold Sponsor WALL STREET CALENDAR Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsor Bronze Sponsor Bronze Sponsor Bronze Sponsor Scott Liolios, Founder & Principal Matt Glover, Director Scott is a seasoned investment advisor and Matt specializes in all aspects of the IR consulting corporate communications strategist. As founder process for Liolios Group's technology clients, and principal of Liolios Group, Scott has more than including corporate messaging, financial and 17 years of experience in capital formation, investment analysis, and institutional outreach. investment banking and investor relations. His expert council is Prior to joining Liolios Group in 2007, he provided financial relied upon by executives and directors of numerous emerging analysis for private and public companies, including growth, publicly‐traded companies, as well as some of the formulating business plans and capital formation. Previously, nation's leading investment banking firms. Scott was previously Matt served as a director of a boutique residential real estate co‐founder and managing director of Pacific Consulting developer based in Southern California. He was also the co‐ Corporate Finance, and vice president at both JDK Corporate founder of an Internet‐based classified ads company. Matt Finance and Prudential Securities. He also founded and holds a B.A. from the Hilton School of Business at Loyola managed Newport Micro Fund and Newport Micro Fund II, Marymount University, with a concentration in finance and private hedge funds designed to make investments in micro‐ entrepreneurism, and a minor in journalism. He is also a cap public companies. He earned his B.A. from the University of chartered financial analyst ("CFA") candidate. California, Davis. Cody Slach, Director Ron Both, Senior Managing Director Cody specializes in all aspects of Liolios Group's A senior managing director of Liolios Group since proactive IR campaigns, including corporate 1999, Ron is an expert in understanding the messaging, financial and investment analysis, and investment strategies of brokers and institutional institutional outreach. As a Liolios Group director investors. Since joining Liolios Group in 1999, Ron since 2008, Cody has successfully managed four consumer has been a dynamic and highly‐effective corporate spokesman, buyouts (strategic & financial) at an average premium of 150%. able to champion investor relations campaigns with his Prior to Liolios Group, Cody was an associate investment unparalleled contacts in the investment community. Ron's banker at Roth Capital, executing a broad range of transactions extensive experience in the brokerage and banking industry in the consumer arena. Before Roth, Cody served as an equity spans three decades, including positions of branch manager research analyst for B. Riley and covered consumer retail and with HR Financial (Olde), institutional broker with B.C Ziegler, apparel companies. He earned his B.S. degree from the trader at La Salle St. Securities, and investment officer with M‐I Marshall School of Business at the Univ. of Southern California, Bank. Mr. Both graduated with a degree in economics from the and has received FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. University of Wisconsin. Christopher Tyson, Director Geoffrey Plank, Managing Director Chris brings to Liolios Group over 14 years of Geoffrey is an accomplished entrepreneur and experience in the securities industry. He is directly corporate communicator, expert in financial responsible for developing relationships with both writing, finance and investment analysis, public and private companies who will benefit corporate messaging and crisis management. He from Liolios Group's comprehensive model. Prior to joining the has applied these abilities in business development, capital team in 2010, Chris was senior vice president of institutional formation, investor relations and high‐tech retail in a multi‐ sales at Miller Tabak + Co., spear‐heading their business faceted career spanning more than 29 years. He made his first development efforts on the West Coast. Chris' success at Miller mark on the financial community as the managing editor of the Tabak was largely attributed to his past tenures as an venerable investment newsletter, OTC Growth Stock Watch, institutional salesman at Merriman Curhan Ford and Roth which was regularly quoted by CNBC, Fortune, Barron's, and Capital Partners. Chris graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Dick Davis Digest. Before joining Liolios Group in 2005, he was the Marshall College of Business at Penn State University. the founder of two financial communications companies and a consultancy for socially responsible startups, including VeteransAdvantage.com. Early in his career, he was founding partner and manager of the highly‐acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area retail chain, ComputerWare, which was twice highlighted in Inc. Magazine's list of the 500 Fastest Growing Privately‐Held Companies, once ranking 5th. Wojtek Nowak, CFA – Managing Director, Canada Sean Mansouri, Analyst Wojtek brings has more than 12 years of Sean specializes in many aspects of the IR experience spanning equity research, asset consulting process for Liolios Group, including management and investment banking. Based in financial and investment analysis, corporate Toronto, Wojtek is responsible for Canadian client messaging, and institutional outreach. Prior to services, including capital markets strategy and outreach joining the firm, Sean worked in Financial Reporting for programs within Canada and the U.S. on behalf of Liolios Group American Express, covering 22 international markets. He also clients. Wojtek has extensive experience as an equity research served as a senior analyst for Mercer Advisors, preparing analyst covering Canadian small and mid‐cap companies across business valuations and structuring leveraged buyouts for a range of sectors, with a strong understanding of Canadian privately‐held corporations. Sean holds a Bachelor of Science capital markets as well as a broad network of buy‐side and sell‐ degree in Finance from the W.P. Carey School of Business at side relationships. He has played a leading role on the research