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B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services announced that it acted as sole book-running manager in a $100,000,000 underwritten public offering for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS).

The public follow-on offering consisted of 20,000,000 shares of common stock priced at $5.00 per share. The transaction closed May 14, 2012.

Bryant Riley led the B. Riley banking team for this transaction.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com , a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services, announced that, in addition to 200 presenting public companies, its 13th Annual Investor Conference will include two expert led informational sessions. The invitation-only conference is scheduled for May 21-23, 2012 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

“Each year, the panel topics are chosen based on current market news and trends, and for their relevance to both our institutional investor clients and public company management teams,” said Ian Corydon, Director of Research.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services announced that it acted as sole book-running manager in an $11,000,000 underwritten public offering for Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.(NASDAQ: CIDM). 

The follow-on offering consisted of 7,857,143 shares of common stock priced at $1.40 per share, and included a fully exercised overallotment option of 714,286 shares.

Bryant Riley, Ryan Bernath and Salomon Kamalodine led the B. Riley banking team for this transaction.  In connection with the offering, Merriman Capital acted as co-manager.

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LOS ANGELES, CA--B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services to institutional, corporate and high net worth clients, announced the lineup of 200 public companies presenting at its 13th Annual Investor Conference, scheduled for May 21-23, 2012 at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

Industry sectors represented include: Technology, Telecom, Software & Services, Financials, Internet, Media & Entertainment, Optical, Consumer, Restaurants, Semiconductors, Healthcare, Automotive and Trucking, Special Situations, and Defense. 

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Film Fresh Inc., the only independently owned digital film retailer offering Hollywood, independent and international content, has announced that its board of directors is launching an institutional capital raise. The company has engaged B. Riley & Co., LLC as its exclusive financial advisor in connection with the growth financing.

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B. Riley has expanded this year’s conference to three days, 200 companies and more than 1,000 attendees. Institutional investors will hear presentations from management teams of companies in the following sectors: Technology, Telecom, Software & Services, Financials, Internet, Media & Entertainment, Consumer, Semiconductors, Automotive & Power Sports, Special Situations, and Aerospace & Defense.

Though this institutional investor conference has traditionally featured small and mid-cap companies, B. Riley will be opening this year’s event on Monday, May 21st with an afternoon dedicated to presentations by “Discovery” micro-cap companies currently not covered by B. Riley research.

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Entertainment To Feature Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation “Big Fighters, Big Cause Charity Fight Night”

LOS ANGELES, CA, February 16, 2012--B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. Riley) http://www.brileyco.com a lea,ding independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services announced that its 13th Annual Investor Conference will be held May 21-23, 2012 and has been expanded to feature 200 public companies in a three day format.

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Saehan Bancorp (OTCBB:SAEB) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hana Financial Group, based in Seoul, South Korea, for the sale of newly issued shares of common stock and a 51 percent ownership position on a fully diluted basis upon its proposed completion.

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We are pleased to announce a major expansion with the hiring of 8 professionals in Institutional Sales and Equity Research, significantly ramping up our presence in both the Bay Area and New York City.  The largest number of new hires — nine — join from Merriman Capital; the others come from Guggenheim Securities, Leerink Swann and Roth Capital. Almost all have held senior positions at their former firms; five have served as department heads.

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced that it has priced a private offering of $115 million aggregate principal amount of its 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”).

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B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services announced that it served as Placement Agent and Exclusive Financial Advisor to National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) (Nasdaq: NTSC) in a $14 Million private placement of debt and equity. B. Riley also provided a fairness opinion.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales and trading services announced that it has acted as placement agent in an approximately $31 million private placement for API Technologies (NASDAQ: ATNY).

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B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales, and trading services announced that it has acted as Co-Manager in a $16.8 Million Common Stock Offering for Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. (Nasdaq: OMEX).

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B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a full service securities broker dealer providing research and trading to institutional clients and investment banking services, announced that it has arranged a $23 million debt facility for The O’Gara Group.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a full service securities broker dealer providing research and trading to institutional clients and investment banking services, announced that it has arranged debt financing in support of the acquisition by Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) (Nasdaq: DRCO) of High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi).

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We are please to announce that Richard Eckert, CFA, will join our Financial Industries Group as a Senior Research Analyst.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a full service broker dealer providing research and trading to institutional clients and investment banking services, today announced that it has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Cardiogenesis Corporation (OTCQB: CGCP) in its sale to CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY).

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B. Riley & Co., LLC announced that its 12th Annual Investor Conference will include expert led informational sessions to complement the event that features 150 companies from a wide range of industries.

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We are pleased to announce the addition of four professionals to the firm.

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Tix Corporation (“Tix” or the “Company”) (OTCQX: TIXC), a leading entertainment company providing discount ticketing services and branded event merchandising announced that the Special Committee of its Board of Directors has retained B. Riley & Co., LLC as its financial advisor.

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Our 11th Annual Investor Conference, scheduled May 24-26, 2010 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, will feature more than 125 companies.

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B. Riley & Co. was the top performing research provider on the Investars platform,  generating 117% return from its Buy recommendations and a further 39.6% from is sell recommendations. B. Riley & Co. is no stranger to this top position, having been at the top of the performance leader board multiple times over the last several years.

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B. Riley announced that it will hold its 12th Annual Investor Conference featuring 150 companies on May 23-25, 2011 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

To help support the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation and its work in juvenile diabetes, B. Riley will again co-host with Sugar Ray Leonard a Charity Boxing event on the evening of May 24th for conference attendees, special guests and foundation donors.

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We are pleased to announce the addition of six professionals to the firm.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC announced that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to Trojan Battery Company in completing a $100 million corporate financing for the Company.

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B. Riley & Co. is acting as the co-lead manager in a $64.75 million common stock offering of approximately 4.887 million shares for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Kratos) (NASDAQ: KTOS).

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The firm has been ranked #1 based on returns on its 2010 Buy recommendations—this according to the Research League Tables published by Investars.

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B. Riley acted as the sole underwriter for Advanced Photonix, Inc. (NYSE-AMEX: API), in a $4.6 million offering.  In a press release issued by API on January 6, 2011, the company reported that the offering included the sale of 2,702,703 shares of API’s Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $1.48 a share. B. Riley exercised its overallotment option to purchase an additional 405,405 shares of Class A Common Stock on the same terms and conditions.

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“B. Riley provided sound advice, canvassed the market and talked with every logical buyer for TPI,” said Mitchell Francis, Chairman, CEO and President of Tix Corporation. “Their efforts helped refocus our company on our core business, which positions us for future growth.”

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John Ahn has been named President and Head of Corporate Finance. The company also announced that Ryan J. Bernath and Bradley T. Nii have joined the firm as Managing Directors in Corporate Finance; all will be based in the Los Angeles office.

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acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Universal Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq: UEIC) in its acquisition of China-based Enson Assets Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of C.G. International Holdings Limited. The purchase was valued at $125.6 million.  The company, in a November 4, 2010 news release, announced a net purchase value of approximately $110 million.

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Our Research Department has earned #2 ranking in Integrity Research Associates’ 3-Year “Buy Batting Averages” Report.

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B. RIley acts as the sole underwriter in a $24.6 million common stock offering of approximately 2.3 million shares for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Kratos) (NASDAQ: KTOS).  Kratos also has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 230,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering, priced at $10.20 per share, is expected to close on October 12, 2010, subject to customary closing conditions.

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B. Riley & Co. served as a financial advisor to Semtek Innovation Solutions Corporation as part of its acquisition by VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) and provided a fairness opinion.  B. Riley Managing Director Michael Lowell and Vice President Dennis Alshuler led the banking team in this engagement.

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We will be expanding our research to cover the restaurant sector. We are also announcing that Conrad Lyon, CFA, CPA has joined the firm as a Senior Research Analyst dedicated to covering the sector with a focus on casual dining.

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We are serving as the exclusive financial advisor to Autobytel Inc. (NASDAQ: ABTL) in its acquisitions of Tampa, Florida-based Cyber Ventures, Inc. and Autotropolis, Inc.

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Research analysts Kevin Liu and Andy Stapp have received top honors in the just released 3rd Annual Forbes Blue Chip Analyst Awards published by Forbes in collaboration with Zacks Investment Research.

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We acted as sole underwriter in the successful completion of a $15.94 million common stock offering for BofI Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOFI). The offering consisted of 1,226,276 shares of BofI common stock at $13.00 per share.  The total shares sold in the offering included 159,949 shares purchased by B. Riley through the exercise of the over-allotment option.

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We will hold our 11th Annual Investor Conference, featuring more than 120 companies, on May 24-26, 2010 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.  To help support the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation and its work in underprivileged communities, B. Riley will co-host with Sugar Ray Leonard a Charity Boxing event on the evening of May 25th for its attendees.

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In connection with its listing on OTCQX, AltiGen has engaged B. Riley & Co., a full-service investment bank, to assist AltiGen in the formulation of disclosures as well as to help preserve liquidity in the stock and access to institutional investors.

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B. Riley & Co., LLC will serve as Flanders Corporation’s Investment Bank Designated Advisor for Disclosure (“DAD”) on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on listing requirements.

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ALDILA, INC. (NASDAQ: ALDA) announced that its Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan to voluntarily delist its common stock from the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) and to move its common stock listing to OTCQX U.S. Premier (“OTCQX”) over-the-counter market, operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. The Board of Directors also approved the appointment of B. Riley & Co., LLC (“B. Riley”) as the Company’s designated advisor for disclosure, a requirement of the OTCQX.

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