George Patras

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

National Securities Corp., a subsidiary of National Holdings Corp., is an international, full-service, independent brokerage firm with a diverse base of retail and institutional clients. National Securities was founded in 1947 in Seattle, Washington with the goal of providing a full suite of financial products and services to its registered representatives and clients. The firm and their subsidiaries are headquartered in New York City and Seattle and have a multitude of domestic and international offices that provide a broad range of securities brokerage, financial planning, and investment services, as well as corporate finance and investment banking services to corporations and businesses. National Securities' representatives are primarily independent contractors who operate their business with freedom and flexibility in advising their clients. The firm is a member FINRA/SIPC.