John Fink

Founded by Kathryn I. Thompson in 2009, Thompson Research Group LLC (TRG) is an equity research firm located in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm offers original, fundamental research and analysis in the industrial and construction materials sectors. Specific industries in their coverage universe include, but aren't limited to building materials, building products, construction equipment, engineering & construction, household goods & services, industrial distribution, diversified industrials and recreation vehicles. TRG provides services to institutional investor and private equity clients. The firm does not provide equity trading or investment banking services.

Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp., formerly FTN Midwest Securities Corp., is an institutional equity research, sales and trading firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. They provide institutional investors with bottom-up, fundamental research on domestic companies in a broad array of industries including consumer, health care, manufacturing, business services, technology and financial services. The firm is also a full-service investment banking firm offering equity and debt underwriting and mergers and acquisition services. FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp is a registered broker/dealer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Tennessee Bank NA, which is owned by First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN). The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Founded in 1969, Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. is a full-service regional investment firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm is a subsidiary of Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF). They offer equity-oriented investment banking functions, securities brokerage, trust services, asset management, research, trading and institutional sales