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Founded in 2002, Continental Advisory Services CAS focuses primarily on these industries: LLC (“Continental”) is an investment and advisory firm specializing in middle market public and private companies valued with TEV up to $ 500 million. Oil, Gas, and Alternative Energy TMT/SDLC-Cybersecurity Health Care With over $ 10 billion in assets under shared Capital Equipment management, our flexible approach allows us to offer a Financial Services & Risk Management Real wide array of investment structures. Estate Capital Markets and Sales Professional engineering services provided by www.ulasinc.com Securities are offered through US Capital Global

Jacob H. Yahiayan, Managing Member

During his 30 years in corporate banking, Jacob H. Yahiayan, founder and Managing Member of Continental Advisory Services, LLC has successfully structured over USD 5 billion in corporate financing in North American and international markets. In his last management role, Mr. Yahiayan was the Assistant General Manager and Head of Corporate Banking at a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank, Plc. Previously Mr. Yahiayan was the Vice President of the Corporate and Institutional Group for Standard Chartered Bank’s New York Branch, and Head of Credit and Business Development for the New York Branch of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad. Mr. Yahiayan received his BA from New York University, MBA from New York Institute of Technology, International Management Certification from INSEAD, Fontainebleau-France, and an MS-Education from CUNY.

© 2021 Continental Advisory Services, LLC. All rights reserved. 3 Aldo Andreoli, Managing Director, PE: Mr. Andreoli has over 35 years experience in civil and environmental engineering working with Northville Industries, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Southampton Village, and other prominent WHO WE ARE institutions. Mr. Andreoli is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of New York and New Jersey, Joshua Maldonado, Managing Director : With over 30 years of and teaches at SUNY Stony Brook . Additionally, progressive and diverse experience in banking and financial services Mr. Andreoli has been awarded Engineer of the Year with Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mr. Maldonado brings a unique Award from the National Society of Professional perspective as a seasoned professional. His credentials are in bank Engineers and Civil Engineer of the Year Award from supervision and regulation with emphasis on accounting, finance, credit, the American Society of Professional Engineers. Mr. audit and internal controls, and risk management. As a Senior Relationship Andreoli received his MCE from NYU and a Fulbright Specialist, his continuous interaction with the management of foreign Grant Recipient, Laureate at the University of Naples. agencies and representative offices, commercial banks, broker/dealers, and investment Edge corporations, contributed to advanced risk knowledge in Carol McCrae, Managing Director: Ms. McCrae credit, market, liquidity, operations and legal compliance. Mr. Maldonado started her career in 1998 with a big four public has also coordinated, supervised and performed multiple risk assessments accounting firm until she left as an audit manager in of these institutions while training and coaching junior specialists. He 2006. In 2007, she started her own firm C.A MCCRAE, also has headed examination teams who conducted safety and soundness CPA, LLC, a M/WBE certified entity in both the examinations within the 2nd Federal Reserve District to assess risk State and City of New York. Carol is a member of the management, operational controls, asset quality and the financial condition American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), New York State Society of Certified Public of the institutions. Mr. Maldonado has participated in various training Accountants (NYSSCPA), amongst others. She holds programs at the Board of Governors of the FRS and the Federal Financial a Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Accounting from New Institutions Examination Council in Washington, D.C. He earned his BA York University and a Master of Science (M.S) in from Hunter College and MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a Taxation from LIU and has been a C.P.A since 2000. specialty in Bank Management. Ms. McCrae is replacing Dr. Bruce Fabrizio who has been a part of the Continental Advisory family for over 10 years.

© 2021 Continental Advisory Services, LLC. All rights reserved. 4 WHO WE ARE Tim Carroll, Managing Director: Aram Minasyan, Director: Mr. Karnik Minassian, Managing Jordan Hamad, Director, IT Mr. Carroll has 24 years experience. Minasyan has over 20 years of Director: Mr. Karnik Minassian, Solutions: With over 15 years in the He served as a project manager financial auditing expertise. Mr. the CEO of ALGEO Inc. is well technology industry, Mr. Hamad and lead energy engineer for Minasyan earned his Master Degree established in the IT industry with has worked as a strategist for the companies such as Clough in Radio-physics and electronics over 30 years expertise in all areas design and implementation of Harbour and Associates, a top 100 from Yervan State University in of technology delivering mission- complex software products. Having engineering firm and has worked as Yervan, Armenia. Mr. Minasyan is critical applications and global streamlined process and implement an independent consultant across fluent in 4 language and hold serveral transformation solutions for MNE’s technical solutions for Standard & NYS, NJ and New England. His certifications which include, ACCA such as Moody’s, KPMG, JPMC, Poor’s, Amgen Pharmaceuticals and project management experience (Chartered Certified Accountant Deutsche Bank, and BNY Mellon. nearly a hundred other companies, includes client identification,UK) and CIA (Certified Internal Mr. Minassian earned his Master’s Mr. Hamad is well versed in software scope development, proposal Auditor, US) qualified finance and Degree in Electrical Engineering development and related business presentation, contract negotiations accounting professional with 15+ from Pratt Institute. strategy and has led special-purpose and client relations. He is proficient years (including working for KPMG teams. In 2007, he and his team with various energy analysis Big 4 Audit and Coca-Cola HBC Ani Gesheva, Director: launched revolutionary enterprise, software programs as well as Energy FMCG) of international extensive Ms. Gesheva has over 15 years polymorphic security solutions Star Portfolio Manager. He has experience in Internal and External experience in international finance (both hardware and software). extensive experience in all facets of Auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX and econometrics, including asset Mr. Hamad graduated from the commercial, educational campus, 302/404) compliance, corporate management, C&IB, and monetary University of Idaho with a degree healthcare, industrial energy/water accounting and finance, riskpolicy. Ms. Gesheva has earned in Computer Science, and a focus in conservation and renewable energy management, FCPAs, COSO, SAP an MBA from Columbia Business Cryptography. industries. Mr. Carroll received his implementation projects, forensic School, BA in Economics & BS in Mechanical Engineering from investigations and IT controls. Mr. Business from American University the University of North Carolina Minasyan has a proven track record in Bulgaria and MA in Economics Charlotte and is a graduate of the of leading and building an audit from NYU where Ms. Gesheva also U.S. Naval Officer Candidate school. function to support large global received a Fulbright operations helping to develop Honors Scholarship. efficient and well-controlled processes across the enterprise.

© 2021 Continental Advisory Services, LLC. All rights reserved. 5 WHO WE ARE Tony Hoyt, Director: Prior to Arsen Tavadyan, Board Member: Dr. Mosoian Arevik, Chief breast cancer research at SkinAxis. joining Continental Advisory CAS EurAsia CJSC: Mr. Tavady- Scientific Adviser: Mosoian She is passionate about finding Services, LLC, Tony worked for the an has over 10 years experience as Arevik, Ph.D, is the Chief Scientific groundbreaking approaches in past 15 years in a variety of Finance, Legal Counsel for International En- Officer at SkinAxis. Scientist with the drug discovery of immune- Accounting, and Consulting roles ergy Corporation CJSC, Lecturer profound knowledge gained from a modulatory, metabolism-related across the financial services, real of Law at Yerevan State University multinational and multidisciplinary therapies for different disease. estate, and advertising industries. as well as Senior Legal Counsel for career in top research institutions In addition, Tony served as a Peace the Legal and Business Consultative including Columbia University, Corps Volunteer, doing community Company “TER- TACHATYAN”. NYU, Mount Sinai School of Steven J. Shapiro, Ph.D, Senior development work in Ukraine. Mr. Tavadyan received his B.A in Medicine, with expertise in innate Advisor: Mr Shapiro has over Tony received his BBA from Faculty of Law from Yerevan State immunity and immunology, 30-years expertise in econometrics Ohio University, and an MBA in University in 2009, M.B.A in Law in virology, molecular biology and and financial risk expertise as Sustainability from Bard College. 2011, and his PhD in “Legal Regu- cancer biology. Her specialty is in well as several publications and lation of Anti-Competitive Agree- novel groundbreaking approaches white papers. Mr. Shapiro has a Rajen K. Tiberwala, Senior ments in RA in drug discovery of immune- Ph.D., Financial Economics from Advisor: modulatory therapies for serious Georgetown University, M.A., With over 40 years expertise in acute and chronic diseases. Dr. Economics from Georgetown MNE operations management Rob H.W. den Otter, Senior Mosoian is renowned for her Univeristy as well as a B.A. in expertise, Dr. Tiberwala brings a Advisor: Mr. den Otter has over pioneering scientific work inEconomics and Mathematics from measured growth strategy and EVA 20 years of international logistics screening and isolating innate University of Virginia. expertise to complicated projects. expertise, working with a range of inhibitors of HIV replication by Mr. Tiberwala has an Engineering multi-national companies, mainly establishing cell lines for isolation Science Doctorate from Columbia in retail and manufacturing/ of anti-HIV factors that Mount University,Masters in Industrial consumer business as well as various Sinai acquired patent on it. While Engineering from Columbia and a supply chain roles at Deloitte. working at NYU in New York Bacholor’s of Science in Mechanical Mr. den Otter earned his Master Dr. Mosoian isolated, cloned and Engineering from B.I.T.S. of Business Administration IT characterized primary breast management from State University cancer cell lines from breast cancer Groningen, the Netherlands tissue and received SBIR funding on

Jess S. Boronico, Ph.D., Executive Megan Wahnon, Media Analyst: Eileen O’Donnell, Associate: Advisor: Mr. Boronico has over Ms. Wahnon specializes in Media Ms. O’Donnell currently attends 20-years expertise in operations and Graphic Design. Her work Miami University in Oxford, research and measured growth includes but is not limited to Ohio studying Geography and strategies. Mr. Boronico has designing brochures, fliers, business Sustainable Development with earned his Doctor of Philosophy cards, business advertisements a minor in Chinese language, in Operations research and and web design. She has 10 Computer Science. Management Science from the years experience with digital 4k University of Pennsylvania, The photography, shooting events and Wharton School, Masters of such. She has earned her Bachelors Science and Bachelor of Science of Technology at New York City in Mathematics from Fairleigh College of Technology, City Dickinson University. University of New York (CUNY).

CAS provides commercial & investment advisory services:

• Securities executed by US Capital Global • Trade receivables securitization • Treasury policy and cash management • Mergers and acquisitions • Divestiture advisory (spin-offs) • Loan workout plans • Professional engineering services provided by www.ulasinc.com

CAS Certifications & Affiliations:

• Licensed New York State Real Estate Broker • Willis • TMA (Cornerstone 15) • Real Estate Board of New York • Building Materials Reuse Association • Association for Corporate Growth • Association of Financial Professionals • Associated Builders & Owners of Greater N.Y., Inc. • National Association of Home Builders • New York State Builders Association • American Planning Association • OSHA 30 – NYC Department of Buildings • Securities are offered through US Capital Global a fully licensed investment bank broker dealer

Investment Criteria: Continental maintains a close relationship to its clients US investment $ 10 - US $ 500 million to identify new opportunities and develop strategies to EBITDA between $ 5 -US $ 150 million promote business expansion.

Investment Structures: Our team has extensive experience in investments, which Senior Secured Convertible Notes are in various parts of maturity and economic cycles. Straight Equity / ESOP Mezzanine We pride ourselves on our ability to achieve goals quickly and creativity, and remain committed to build long-term Transaction Types: relationships with our customers to support the growth of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) their business. Refinancing Growth Capital (Capital Growth Strategy) Leveraged Buyout Recapitalization Investment restructuring

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