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04/24/13 B. Riley News Briefs: April 2013 Featured

B. Riley has been expanding in major financial markets nationwide. The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized B. RILEY’S growth in the Los Angeles County market, listing B. RILEY in the #5 spot in its Annual Listing of Investment Banks published April 15, 2013. In describing the growth, the Los Angeles Business Journal wrote “B. Riley & Co. acquired brokerage Caris & Co. last year and was also one of only six investment banks nationwide to act as the sole underwriter in a $100 million public stock offering.”
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03/20/13 B. Riley News Briefs: March 2013 Monthly NewsBrief

B. RILEY Acted As Co-Manager in $141.3 Million Public Stock Offering For Kennedy Wilson Holdings, Inc.

B. RILEY has acted as Co-Manager in a $141.3 Million common stock offering for Kennedy Wilson Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KW). The underwritten public offering consisted of 9,000,000 shares priced at $15.70 per share. Kennedy Wilson also has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,350,000 additional shares of common stock. The transaction closed March 20, 2013.
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02/26/13 B. Riley News Briefs: February 2013 Monthly NewsBrief

B. Riley has acted as joint book-running manager in a $47.9 Million Common Stock Offering for CalAmp Corp. (Nasdaq: CAMP) which closed February 20, 2013. The underwritten public offering consisted of 5,175,000 shares priced at $9.25 per share, including an overallotment of 675,000 shares, which the underwriters exercised in full.B. Riley Managing Director Mark Davis, Senior Vice President Salomon Kamalodine and Associate Chris Sigala led the banking team on behalf of B. Riley.
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01/16/13 B. Riley News Briefs: January 2013 Featured

B. Riley begins 2013 as a much stronger and larger firm. The acquisition of brokerage firm Caris & Company, announced in December 2012, has allowed us to nearly double our distribution capabilities to the institutional investment community, strengthening our ability to source significant liquidity for clients needing growth capital. In the coming months, we’ll be introducing new members of our research, sales and trading teams.
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11/16/12 B. Riley News Briefs: November 2012 Featured

B. Riley Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Affinity Medical Technologies in Connection with its Corporate Sale to Molex Incorporated

B. Riley has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Affinity Medical Technologies, LLC (“Affinity”) in its acquisition by Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ: MOLX, MOLXA), (“Molex”).
B. Riley initiated, structured and negotiated the transaction on behalf of Affinity and its shareholders. The B. Riley transaction team was led by Senior Managing Director Greg Presson and Senior Vice President Adam Little. Senior Associate Grant Hustedt supported the effort.
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10/22/12 B. Riley News Briefs: October 2012 Featured

Mark your calendars for B. Riley’s 14th Annual Investor Conference, scheduled for May 20-22, 2013 at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. As part of our continued commitment to the small and mid-cap space, the conference will feature 200 public companies in a broad range of sectors including: Technology; Telecom; Software & Services; Financials; Internet, Media, & Entertainment; Consumer; Semiconductors; Auto, Trucking & Powersports; Special Situations; and Aerospace & Defense.
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09/24/12 B. Riley News Briefs: September 2012 Featured

Optical & Power Semiconductor, Action Retail Sports Tours Held: The Silicon Valley and Orange County, CA provided the backdrop for the B. Riley 3rd Annual Optical & Power Semi Bus Tour and the B. Riley 3rd Annual Action Sports Retail Tour. Tailored for B. Riley’s institutional clients, the tours allowed investors to meet with management teams and visit company facilities. The Action Sports Retail Tour was held September 19 in Orange County, California. Senior Research Analyst Jeff Van Sinderen led the tour, which included Tilly’s Inc. (TLYS), Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (PSUN) and Quicksilver Inc. (ZQK).
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08/20/12 B. Riley News Briefs: August 2012 Monthly NewsBrief

B. Riley Acted as Co-Manager in $112.1 Million Common Stock Offering for Kennedy Wilson (KW); B. Riley & Co. provided financial advisory services to Allied Cash Holdings in connection with its acquisition by CNG Holdings, Inc.; Upcoming B. Riley & Co. Hosted Events: Action Sports Retail & Optical/Power Semi Tours.
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06/19/12 B. Riley News Briefs: June 2012 Featured

Thank you to our institutional investor clients, presenting companies and sponsors for making the 13th Annual May 21-23, 2012 B. Riley Investor Conference our largest conference to date. It featured nearly 200 public companies, a wait-list of several dozen others, and an attendance of 1,000. B. Riley recognizes that your time is extremely valuable and appreciate that you chose to devote three days with us. We hope that all found the conference productive, met new potential business relationships, and most importantly, discovered interesting investment ideas.
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05/18/12 B. Riley News Briefs: May 2012 Featured

B. Riley & Co. Acted as Sole Book-Runner in $100 Million Underwritten Public Offering for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; B. Riley & Co. 13th Annual Investor Conference May 21-23 Features 200 Public Companies, Expert Led Informational Sessions on Capital Markets, Impact of JOBS Act on Public Companies. California State Controller & CalPERS, CalSTRS Board Member John Chiang to Speak.
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04/20/12 B. Riley News Briefs: April 2012 Featured

200 Company Lineup Set for B. Riley 13th Annual Investor Conference, May 21-23, 2012 in Santa Monica; B. Riley & Co. Acts as Co-Manager in $59.8 Million Underwriting for Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKEC); B. Riley & Co. Announces Sponsorship of Signature Group Holdings Inc. to OTCQX; B. Riley Acts As Exclusive Financial Advisor in Sale of Lead Tracking Solutions to Yardi Systems, Inc.
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03/23/12 B. Riley News Briefs: March 2012 Featured

200 Public Companies to Present at Expanded B. Riley 13th Annual Investor Conference May 21-23, 2012 in Santa Monica; B. Riley & Co. provided financial advisory services to Yard House USA, Inc.; B. Riley continues to add talented professionals who share our disciplined approach to Research, Sales, Trading and Banking.
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02/17/12 B. Riley News Briefs: February 2012 Featured

B Riley Research has earned #1 ranking from Integrity Research Associates for our Buy and Sell recommendations over the three years ending December 31, 2011, generating a 238% return to investors. Our analysts far outperformed the closest three competitors whose returns were listed at 151%, 139% and 83%.
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01/13/12 B. Riley News Briefs: January 2012 Monthly NewsBrief

B. Riley Continues to Lead in Investars League Tables and Introducing our 13th Annual Investor Conference: It’s good to start the year with high accolades. Once again, B. Riley Research continues to lead in the Investars Research League Tables, with our returns on Buy recommendations ranking us #1 in the Regional category at 71.24% for the 4-year period (1/02/2008-12/31/2011), outperforming by more than double the best of the Fundamental & Bulge Bracket firms.
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12/14/11 B. Riley Acts as Sole Underwriter in Completing $13.8 Million Common Stock Offering for BofI Holding Monthly NewsBrief

B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a full service securities broker dealer providing research, sales and trading, and investment banking services, announced that it has acted as the sole underwriter in the successful completion of a $13.8 million common stock offering for BofI Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOFI)
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11/18/11 B. Riley News Briefs: November 2011 Monthly NewsBrief

This month, we acted as exclusive financial advisor to Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) in its $17.5 Million Acquisition of SecureInfo, in addition to a few other engagements; from Research, we initiated research coverage of the media & entertainment industry and our Research tops the 3-year performance table by Investars. Three new hires join the 12 senior hires we added back in October.
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10/14/11 B. Riley News Briefs: October 2011 Monthly NewsBrief

B. Riley is pleased to report the hiring of 12 professionals in Institutional Sales and Equity Research, significantly ramping up our presence in both the Bay Area and New York City; Senior Research Analyst Laura McGuigan, CFA, has launched coverage of the life sciences & diagnostics sector with the initiation and “Buy” Rating on three stocks: Genomic Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: GHDX), Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) and Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRML); B. Riley’s first annual Defense & Cybersecurity Conference, held September 20 in Santa Monica, drew a standing room only audience of institutional investors, global defense company representatives and industry experts.
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09/16/11 B. Riley News Briefs: September 2011 Monthly NewsBrief

To provide investor clients with timely and actionable information on possible winners, B. Riley is hosting its First Annual Defense & Cybersecurity Conference September 20, 2011 at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica featuring presentations from 11 public companies. Also, Bloomberg Television’s Editor-at-Large Cory Johnson joined B. Riley investors and companies for a live broadcast from our Optical Bus Tour in San Francisco held September 8th. Dubbed by Bloomberg West Show news anchor Emily Chang as the “Magical Optical Tour in Silicon Valley”, Bloomberg viewers joined the tour around the peninsula with bus stops at Oplink Communications, JDS Uniphase, Finisar and Oclaro.
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08/19/11 B. Riley News Briefs: August 2011 Monthly NewsBrief

It’s been a busy last few months, with capital raising brisk in a variety of sectors. This month, we are launching our inaugural monthly News Briefs, to keep valued friends and clients apprised of what’s happening here at B. Riley. In this issue, we feature seven recently completed transactions as well as new additions to our firm. Call us if you’d like more details on any of these transactions or to see how our extensive experience in financial services can be put to work for you.
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Testimonials

"B. Riley was a great partner in this transaction, and their involvement helped us broaden our investor base."

Scott Slater
Chief Executive Officer
Cadiz, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDZI)
"B. Riley's depth of experience and relationships in the Optics and Aerospace and Defense industries played a key role in marketing to the appropriate suitors and in receiving the right value for our company. LightWorks received significant interest from multiple suitors and ultimately selected II-VI, which was an ideal fit because its culture, engineering and manufacturing expertise were similar to those of LightWorks."

Daniel Barber
Co-Founder, President and CEO
LightWorks Optics, Inc.
“We were extremely pleased with B. Riley’s advice and execution throughout the course of our strategic review process. The team was singularly focused on achieving the best possible outcome for Aldila and its shareholders and was instrumental in navigating the deal through various structural and strategic challenges.”

Peter Mathewson
CEO
Aldila, Inc.
“Our selection of B. Riley to represent Affinity was based on the firm’s keen perspectives into the dynamics of the medical interconnect industry, clear understanding of the Company’s value proposition and extensive experience in completing corporate sale transactions. Their skillful management and execution of the transaction was exceptional,”

Mary Phillipp
Founder and CEO
Affinity Medical Technologies
"B. Riley's knowledge of the optical components industry, relationships with investors who understand our sector, and distribution strength were key to EMCORE's decision to engage B. Riley,"

Hong Hou
Chief Executive Officer and Director
EMCORE Corporation
“The team’s knowledge of the various financing solutions available to Prestige allowed us maximum flexibility in structuring the right transaction and identifying the right capital partner. My team and I look forward to working with the B. Riley team going forward as we continue to grow Prestige."

Sang Cho
CEO
Prestige Corporation
“B. Riley’s in-depth knowledge and research coverage of the financial services industry provides an experience and expertise that has served us well [...] We continue to be impressed with the professionalism of the B. Riley banking team.”

Gregory Garrabrants,
Chief Executive Officer & President
BOFI Holding, Inc.
The execution of the B. Riley team was excellent and exceeded our expectations.

Gregory Garrabrants
Chief Executive Officer and President
BOFI Holding, Inc.
B. Riley provided sound advice, canvassed the market and talked with every logical buyer for TPI. Their efforts helped refocus our company on our core business, which positions us for future growth.

Mitchell Francis
Chairman, CEO and President
TIX Corporation
We appreciate working with B. Riley, the transaction was done expeditiously and professionally. The B. Riley team exceeded our expectations.

Richard Kurtz
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Advanced Photonix
B. Riley worked well with our team in developing and executing our strategic initiative. They were both professional and efficient in helping close this transaction.

Jeffrey H. Coats
President and CEO
Autobytel
Trojan has always viewed B. Riley as an integral part of our corporate team as it relates to our current and future growth plans. This transaction is yet another in a series of successful mandates they have completed for us over the last several years. We could not have done this without them.

Jeff Elder
President
Trojan Battery
We continue to be impressed with the B. Riley team’s skill of execution and insightful capital markets access and timing.

Rick Godber
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Trojan Battery
B. Riley helped us evaluate a number of funding alternatives, they worked with us very closely throughout the process and were instrumental in helping us navigate through the debt capital markets and in ultimately securing an important relationship with Monroe.

Bill O’Gara
Chief Executive Officer
The O’Gara Group
B. Riley is an important partner to Dynamics Research Corporation and their investment banking team moved swiftly in arranging our subordinated debt financing for this transaction. B. Riley’s knowledge of the financing markets, and the firm's relationships with leading debt and equity providers, were critical in getting us across the finish line.

Dave Keleher
SVP and CFO
Dynamics Research Corporation
The B. Riley team did an excellent job in representing Cardiogenesis, without B. Riley’s exceptional efforts, we would not have completed such a favorable transaction for our shareholders.

Paul McCormick
Chairman
Cardiogenesis
B. Riley’s banking team was efficient in identifying and coordinating the right combination of new and existing API investors to participate in our private placement. Their experience in the defense sector was a benefit to API.

Brian Kahn
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
API Technologies
We’ve known the B. Riley team for several years. Their extensive relationships with quality capital sources were instrumental in helping us secure funding for acquisitions and our overall growth needs.

Donald Tringali
Chairman of the Board
National Technical Systems, Inc.
B. Riley’s experience in the financing of defense and technology companies allowed us to secure needed capital quickly and efficiently.

William McGinnis
Chief Executive Officer
National Technical Systems, Inc.
For a company such as ours which is in a growth phase, we appreciate B. Riley coming to the table with their A-Team, who bring over 30 years of banking experience. This is in stark contrast to larger firms who do not bring this kind of talent to smaller deals. We’ve worked with B. Riley since the late 1990s, and they were integral in helping build one of my prior companies, Titan Corp., which was successfully sold to L3 Communications for approximately $2 billion dollars. We’ve found B. Riley to be relationship oriented and not transaction driven. For Kratos, the B. Riley team has represented us in three successful capital raises and two advisory engagements in the past 12 months. Each time, they have consistently exceeded our expectations. This offering was completed in 36 hours which is testimony to the strength of the existing Kratos shareholder base, the strength of B. Riley’s institutional relationships and the quality of our company’s fundamentals.

Eric DeMarco
President and CEO
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Disclaimer:
Testimonials may not be representative of the experience of other clients and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of future performance or success.