FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PETER SIDOTI

Peter Sidoti is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Sidoti & Company, LLC. He founded the firm in 1999, to focus on research of companies with small market capitalizations. In 1997, Mr. Sidoti joined Schroders, where he was responsible for research for the healthcare services group and for the Emerging Growth Group. In mid-1995, he began the research team at the Emerging Growth Industry. Prior to that, in 1990, Mr. Sidoti joined NatWest Markets to lead the research effort for the healthcare services and medical supplies industries, and in 1992 assumed responsibility for the REIT industry as well. He started working at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. in 1985 and was promoted to Senior Analyst for the healthcare services and medical supplies industries. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Sidoti was a Financial Analyst at The Value Line Investment Survey, where he was trained as a Fundamental Equity Analyst and subsequently covered stocks in the utilities, healthcare services, medical supplies, and textile, retail and home appliances industries. In 1984, he began managing the two newly formed tax-exempt funds at Value Line. Through the 1990s, he was directly involved with nearly 100 initial public offerings, secondary offerings and mergers in the nursing home, assisted-living and healthcare REIT sectors. Mr. Sidoti received his MBA (Finance) and BS (Accounting) from New York University. He holds FINRA Series 7,24,63,86 and 87 licenses.