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2011
December 2011 GHS Acts as Financial Advisor in a Senior Secured Gold Stream Credit Agreement
December 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Financial Advisor in a Flow-Through Share Financing for Brigus.
December 2011 GHS initiates coverage of the cancer immunotherapy group of biotechnology companies with a bullish view of key catalysts we expect in the coming year. Incuding: AGEN, IMUC & VIGL.
December 2011 GHS initates coverage of Vista Gold Corp (AMEX:VGZ) with Buy rating and $6.75 price target
November 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Gryphon Minerals Limited.
November 2011 Global Hunter Securities intiatiates coverage of Forbes Energy Services (NASDAQ:FES) with a Buy rating and $10.00 price target: "Speaking of nobody's looking: Initiating coverage with Buy, $10 PT"
November 2011 Global Hunter Securities Initiates Coverage of Rex Energy Corporation (REXX) with a Buy Rating and $23 Price Target
November 2011 Global Hunter Securities Initiates Coverage of Gulfport Energy Corp. (GPOR) with a Neutral Rating and $38 Price Target
November 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Hornbeck Offshore Services.
November 2011 GHS initiates coverage of U.S. Antimony Corp. (OTCBB: UAMY) with a Speculative Buy rating and $4.50 Price Target.
November 2011 GHS initiates coverage of global oilfield service titans Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) with an Accumulate rating and $86 price target and Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT) with a Neutral rating and $17 price target.
November 2011 GHS initiates coverage of Batero Gold Corporation (TSXV:BAT; Neutral)with a Neutral rating
October 2011 GHS initiates cover of the refining sector with Buy ratings on CVI, DK, HFC, MPC and TSO, with an Accumulate rating on VLO, and with Neutral ratings on ALJ, SUN and WNR. Our top picks are HFC, CVI and TSO.
October 2011 GHS initiates coverage of Lufkin Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:LUFK) with a Buy rating and $68 Price Target. Earnings poised to lift.
October 2011 GHS initiated coverage of Tesco Corp. (NASDAQ: TESO) with an Accumulate Rating and $19 Price Target.
October 2011 GHS initiates coverage of Heckmann Corporation (NYSE:HEK) with an Accumulate rating and $7.50 price target: Growth and consolidation in the water service segment.
October 2011 GHS initiates coverage of Brigus Gold Corp (AMEX:BRD)with an Accumulate rating and $1.90 Price Target.
October 2011 GHS initiates coverage on Stone Energy (SGY) with a Buy Rating and $35 price target, based on 3.8x and 3.6x our respective 2011 and 2012 EBITDA estimates and supported by our estimated 2012 proved NAV per share of $38.88
October 2011 GHS initiates coverage of Precision Drilling Corp. (PDS) with an Accumulate rating and $13.00 price target.
October 2011 GHS initiates coverage of Aurizon Mines (AZK) with Accumulate rating and $7.75 price target.
October 2011 International investment bank Global Hunter Securities today announced a major expansion of its equity sales team, with the addition of John P. Walsh, John A. Hurd and Paul J. Coppola, all of whom joined from Madison Williams. Together, they bring more than a half-century of equity sales and marketing experience to GHS.
September 2011 GHS Acts as Financial Advisor for Raptor Pharmaceutical corp.
September 2011 We are initiating coverage of Uranium Energy Cop (UEC)with an Accumulate rating and a $4.45 price target.
July 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Pioneer Drilling Company.
July 2011 GHS acts as Sole U.S. Placement Agent in a Follow-On for GeoMega Resources.
July 2011 GHS Acted as Lead Book-Runner for Senior Secured Notes.
June 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Manager in an offering of Senior Notes for W&T Offshore Inc.
June 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Lead Book-Runner in an offering of Senior Secured Notes for TFS.
June 2011 GHS Initiates Coverage Of Revett Minerals Inc (RVM) With A Buy Rating And $6.75 Price Target.
June 2011 GHS Initiates Coverage Of U.S. Silver Corp. (TSXV:USA) With An Accumulate rating and C$0.70 Price Target.
June 2011 GHS Initiates Coverage of Silver Bull Resources SVBL With An Accumulate Rating and $0.95 Price Target.
June 2011 GHS Initiates Coverage of Timberline Resources With An Accumulate Rating And $1.35 Price Target.
June 2011 GHS acts as Sole Book-Runner in a Follow-On for Mitcham Industries, Inc.
June 2011 GHS Initiates Coverage Of Torreador Resources with A Buy Rating And $7 Price Target.
June 2011 GHS Acts as Sole U.S. Placement Agent in a Bought Deal for Xtreme Coil Drilling Corp.
May 2011 GHS Acts as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Targacept.
May 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Lead Book-runner in an offering of Senior Secured Notes for Woodbine.
May 2011 GHS initiates coverage of ArQule, Inc. (ARQL) with an Accumulate, $11 PT: Tivantinib NSCLC success is key
May 2011 GHS initiates coverage Of Biodel Inc. (BIOD) with an Accumulate rating and $5 price target; Do-over in progress, key data 2H11
May 2011 GHS Initiates coverage of Trius Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRX) with a Buy, $11 PT: Key Torezolid phase III data in 1Q12
May 2011 NuStar Has Acquired The San Antonio Assets Of AGE Refining Inc.
April 2011 Global Hunter Securities (GHS), announced today that it has opened the doors of its Chicago Office, its first location in the Midwest. GHS Partner Tim Arthurs, the firm’s top institutional salesman and a native of the region, has relocated from Newport Beach, CA to head the new effort.
April 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Lead Book-runner in an offering of Senior Secured Notes for Sizzling Platter.
April 2011 Global Hunter Securities (GHS), announced today that it recently has completed a major expansion of its Healthcare Group with key new hires in both investment banking and equity research. The expansion has already resulted in the Group’s first completed transaction. John P. Calcagnini, a leading healthcare investment banker with more than two decades of experience, was named Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking. Additionally, Brian Lian, Ph.D., has joined GHS as a managing director and senior biotechnology analyst on the firm’s healthcare research team.
April 2011 NEW ORLEANS--(April 19, 2011)--Global Hunter Securities (GHS), a full-service investment bank with focus on the Energy, China, Healthcare and Metals & Mining sectors, announced today that fixed income analyst, Robert Goodman, has joined the firm as a Managing Director and High Yield Sales Analyst.
March 2011 GHS acts as Co-Manager in an offering of Senior Notes due 2019.
March 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Manager in an offering of Senior Secured Notes for AFREN.
March 2011 GHS acts as Lead Book-Runner in a Preferred Stock offering for Platinum Energy Solutions.
March 2011 GHS Acts as Lead Book-Runner for Platinum Energy Solutions.
March 2011 GHS acts as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Endeavour International Corporation.
March 2011 GHS acts as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Triangle Petroleum Corporation.
March 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Financial Advisor in a Registered Direct offering for Sinohub.
February 2011 Global Hunter Securities acts as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Discovery Labs.
February 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Manager in an offering of Senior Secured Notes due 2016 for AFREN.
February 2011 GHS acts as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for Callon Petroleum Company.
February 2011 Global Hunter Securities (GHS), a full-service investment bank with focus on the Energy, China, Healthcare and Metals & Mining sectors, announced today that fixed income securities professionals Jonathan Blatt and Matthew Gourlay have joined the firm and will oversee its high yield bond sales and trading operation in New York, NY. The GHS High Yield Desk continues to expand, and is still seeking additional sales and trading professionals.
February 2011 Global Hunter Securities acted as co-agent in a $50 million PIPE for Voyager Oil and Gas.
February 2011 Showcase of Energy, Metals & Mining and China companies for institutional investors at San Francisco’s InterContinental Hotel July 17-19, 2011
January 2011 GHS acts as Co-Manager in a Follow-On for GeoResources, Inc.
2010
December 2010 Global Hunter Securities announced that it has acted as sole placement agent in a $7.5 million PIPE for Audio Interactive Video, a China-based company.
December 2010 Global Hunter Securities acted as sole placement agent in a $14.9 million PIPE for Silvermex Resources.
December 2010 Global Hunter Securities acted as book runner in the Initial Public Offering of Ossen Innovation Co., Ltd.
December 2010 GHS Acted as co-manager in a follow-on for Rare Element Resources.
December 2010 GHS Acted as Co-Manager in an offering of Senior Notes Due 2017
December 2010 GHS acts as co-manager of Senior Convertible Notes due 2015 for Shengdatech.
December 2010 GHS welcomes Merrill McHenry, CFA, to its Metals and Mining team. Mr. McHenry authored the Gold Pages sector report which we distributed on December 13.
December 2010 Global hunter Securities, LLC acts as bookrunner in a $5.8 million follow-on for Shengkai Innovations.
December 2010 Global Hunter Securities acts as sole placement agent for Senior Secured Notes due 2015 with warrants for Vitruvian Exploration, an independent oil and gas company focused on the exploration, development and production of onshore North American unconventional resources.
December 2010 GHS today announced it closed five separate transactions for four different clients at the end of November, totaling $418.8 million. The transactions represent a cross section of GHS' portfolio of expertise, with both debt and equity offerings for public and private companies...
November 2010 Global Hunter Securities, LLC acted as left joint book runner in a $13.5 million common stock offering for a China-based firm, Shengkai Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ:VALV) (“Shengkai”). This transaction which consisted of 2,456,800 shares priced at $5.50 on November 19. Shengkai is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of ceramic valves, high-tech ceramic materials and related services for the electric power, petrochemical and chemical, metallurgy, and other industries.
November 2010 Global Hunter Securities acted as left joint book runner on a $150 million senior secured notes offering for Black Elk Energy, a privately held independent oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, Texas with a focus on assets in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). This was GHS’ second deal of this size for a private GOM E&P company within the last two months, the first having been closed for RAAM Global Energy in September. GHS acted as left joint book runner on both transactions. The Black Elk transaction priced on November 17
November 2010 GHS acted as lead placement agent on a $7.9 million private placement for Zoom Technologies (NASDAQ: ZOOM) of China. Zoom sold 2,113,664 units at a price of $3.75 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one share of common stock of Zoom and warrants to purchase three-quarters of one common stock. Zoom Technologies is a holding company with subsidiaries that engage in the manufacturing, research and development, and sale of electronic and telecommunication products for the latest generation mobile phones, wireless communication circuitry, and related software products.
November 2010 Global Hunter Securities Acts as Placement Agent For Comstock Mining’s $35.75 Million Equity Raise
November 2010 On November 18, GHS acted as a co-manager on offerings of convertible senior notes and common stock for PDC Energy (NASDAQ: PETD). The convertible senior notes offering of $115.0 million priced at 3.25% and will mature in 2016. The common stock offering was increased in size from the originally announced 3,000,000 shares of common stock to 4,140,000 shares and priced at $32.00 per share, for total gross proceeds of $132.48 million. PDC Energy is an independent natural gas and oil company operating primarily in the Rocky Mountain region and the Appalachian Basin, and now moving into western Texas.
November 2010 On November 18, GHS acted as a co-manager on offerings of convertible senior notes and common stock for PDC Energy (NASDAQ: PETD). The convertible senior notes offering of $115.0 million priced at 3.25% and will mature in 2016. The common stock offering was increased in size from the originally announced 3,000,000 shares of common stock to 4,140,000 shares and priced at $32.00 per share, for total gross proceeds of $132.48 million. PDC Energy is an independent natural gas and oil company operating primarily in the Rocky Mountain region and the Appalachian Basin, and now moving into western Texas.
November 2010 Head of New York Sales and Trading, Ryan Cournoyer was interviewed by Bertie Taylor for Oilandgasinvestor.com
October 2010 GHS Acts as Co-Agent in a $27.5 Million PIPE for Uranium Energy Corp.
October 2010 Global Hunter Securities Acts as Co-Managing Underwriter For $305 Million of BreitBurn Senior Notes.
October 2010 Acted as Co-Manager in a Follow-On Stock Offering
September 2010 Acted as Lead Book-Runner for Senior Secured Notes Due 2015
September 2010 Acted as Co-Manager in a Common Stock Offering
August 2010 PetroQuest Energy, LLC: Senior Notes Due 2017 Acted as Co-Manager
July 2010 PondelWilkinson to Video blog from Global Hunter Securities' Inaugural China Investment Conference in San Francisco
June 2010 Global Hunter Securities today announced that its inaugural GHS China Conference, scheduled for July 11-13, 2010 at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco, will feature approximately 100 China-based companies, most of which have shares that trade on U.S. exchanges.
June 2010 Global Hunter Securities acted as the sole U.S. placement agent in the private placement financing for Luna Gold Corp.
May 2010 Chile Mining Technologies - PIPE - Acted as Co-Agent
May 2010 GHS Press Release: Global Hunter Securities Opens San Francisco Office, Names Joe Maly and Al Kildani Managing Directors
May 2010 GHS Press Releases: China's Foremost Media Personality, Yang Lan, to appear at Global Hunter Securities' China Conference
April 2010 ATP: Lien Notes due 2015 on a Senior Second, GHS acted as Co-Managers
April 2010 Rare Element: US Sole Placement Agent
March 2010 Global Hunter Securities Starts Its Own Version Of March Madness With E&P Bracket
March 2010 GHS Press Releases: Global Hunter Securities has hired Michael D. Bodino as managing director and head of energy research
March 2010 GHS Press Releases: Michael Tu Joins Global Hunter Securities as Senior Analyst covering Healthcare
March 2010 GHS Press Releases: Global Hunter Securities Arranges Successful Sale of Assets for Bender Shipbuilding
March 2010 GHS Press Releases: Global Hunter Securities to Host China Investment Conference
February 2010 GHS Press Releases: Global Hunter Securities Research Team Hits Milestone of 100 Companies Under Coverage
February 2010 GHS Press Releases: Matthew Brown joins Global Hunter Securities as Senior Vice President in the investment banking group.
February 2010 Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. Financial Advisor
February 2010 Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. Debtor-in-Possession Financing Sole Placement Agent
February 2010 Silvermex Resources Ltd.: PIPE Co-Lead Placement Agent & Joint Book-running Manager
February 2010 Global Hunter Securities Advises on Asset Sale in Joint Transaction Valued at $310 Million
January 2010 GHS has hired Stephanie Rogers as Vice-President of Investment Banking out of New Orleans.
January 2010 GHS acted as Co-Lead in a private placement for China Marine Food Group
January 2010 Ravi Kamath joins Global Hunter Securities as Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Research.
January 2010 Berry Petroleum: Member of Selling Group
2009
December 2009 Bo McKenzie joins Global Hunter Securities as senior analyst, initiates coverage of eight energy sector companies.
December 2009 Jack Cooper Transport - Sole Placement Agent - $20,000,000 Senior Secured Loan
December 2009 GHS has opened a new branch office on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles, CA.
December 2009 GHS has hired Ravi Kamath as Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Research out of Houston, TX.
December 2009 GHS acted as a member of the selling group for a follow-on offering for GeoResources, Inc. (GEOI)
December 2009 GHS acted as lead placement agent for a Registered Direct offering of Houston American Energy Corporation (HUSA)
December 2009 GHS acted as co-manager for a follow-on offering for Chinacast Education Corporation (CAST)
December 2009 Novavax: Follow-On Public Offering Financial Advisor
November 2009 GHS has hired David Wishnow as Associate Analyst - Oilfield Services out of Houston, TX.
October 2009 Global Hunter Securities acted as Co-Book-runner for a PIPE
October 2009 GHS has hired Bo McKenzie as Sr. Analyst - Energy Research out of Houston, TX.
October 2009 Zoom: PIPE - Sole Placement Agent
September 2009 GHS has hired Gary Meringer as General Counsel out of New Orleans, LA.
September 2009 ATP: Follow-on Public Offering - Co-Manager
September 2009 Accubuilt: Recapitalization - Financial Advisor to the Company
September 2009 GHS is now entering and executing orders for our clients. We believe this will allow us to more closely meet our clients' trading objectives and will allow us to provide a higher level of service to our clients.
September 2009 GHS headquarters has moved to the prestigious Texaco Center building in New Orleans located at 400 Poydras Street. Our new headquarters offices are in Suite 1510.
September 2009 GHS has hired two salesmen in Institutional Sales in the Newport Beach Office, Charlie Kirst & Richard Sosa.
September 2009 Investment Banker J. Barry joined GHS to establish the firm's Mining practice. Mr. Barry joined from Olympus Securities in New York.
September 2009 GHS has partnered with Hallgarten & Co's Christopher Ecclestone to expand our research coverage into the metals & mining sector.
September 2009 GHS has partnered with California Equity Research's Bud Leedom to expand our research coverage into the healthcare sector.
August 2009 GHS acted as Financial Advisor to Blaze Metals, LLC with respect to the restructuring of the Company.
August 2009 GHS hired Michael Stewart as an Institutional Salesman in the Newport Beach office. Mr. Stewart joins GHS from Morgan Stanley.
July 2009 GHS initiated coverage of Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA)
June 2009 GHS acted as Co-Manager for a Secondary Offering of the Common Stock of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation.
June 2009 GHS initiated coverage of: AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO)
April 2009 GHS hired Sieg Sylla as an Institutional Salesman in GHS' Newport Beach office. Mr. Sylla joins GHS after 18 years in the financial services industy, most recently at C.K. Cooper & Company.
April 2009 GHS initiated coverage of: Arena Resources Inc. (NYSE: ARD);
January 2009 GHS initiated coverage of: The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE: PBY)
2008
December 2008 $20,000,000
GHS acted as Finder for a PIPE for Raser Technologies.
December 2008 GHS initiated coverage of: SinoHub, Inc. (OTCBB: SIHI)
November 2008 GHS hired Eddie Polite as the Director of Trading. Mr. Polite has spent 20 years in the financial services industry and was most recently at North Nassau Advisors.
October 2008 GHS hired Brandon Winkler as an Institutional Salesman in GHS' Newport Beach office. Mr. Winkler previously worked at Roth Capital.
October 2008 GHS initiated coverage of: The Buckle, Inc.(NYSE: BKE); Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE: BRY)
September 2008 GHS initiated coverage of: Perry Ellis International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PERY)
July 2008 GHS initiated coverage on AirMedia Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMCN); Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings), Ltd. (HKSE: 682); China Automotive Systems, In (Nasdaq: CAAS); China Finance Online Co., Ltd (Nasdaq: JRJC); China Nepstar Retail Drugstore, Ltd (NYSE: NPD); China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CPHI); CKE Restaurants, Inc (NYSE: CKR) and Jack In The Box, Inc. (NYSE: JBX).
June 2008 GHS initiated coverage on Houston American Energy Corp. (HUSA), Keynote Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: KEYN), Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Nasdaq: QCOR), ShengdaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDTH), Volcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLCM) and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman), Inc (NYSE: WX).
May 2008 GHS hired Richard Hastings as Consumer Strategist. Mr. Hastings is well known in the Consumer Credit space from his many appearances on the financial news including CNBC, Bloomberg and others.
May 2008 GHS hired Gregory T. Tuerk as Head of Institutional Sales. Mr. Tuerk previously was the founder of Trabuco Capital, where he managed assets for wealthy individuals and small institutions.
May 2008 GHS initiated coverage on American Oriental Bioengineering (NYSE: AOB), Real Goods Solar, Inc (Nasdaq: RSOL) and WaterWorld & Solar Technologies, Corp (OTCBB: WWAT). GHS launched our restaurant coverage, initiating coverage on BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq: BJRI), Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., (Nasdaq: BJRI), The Cheesecake Factory (Nasdaq: CAKE), California Pizza Kitchen (Nasdaq: CPKI), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (Nasdaq: RRGB) and Texas Roadhouse, Inc (Nasdaq: TXRH). GHS issued our first country report, China Impressions and followed that up with a China Special Report, focused on the effects of the earthquake disaster.
April 2008 GHS initiated coverage on Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTI), China Sky One Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: CSKI), GeoMet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMET), Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM), Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR), and Fossil, Inc (Nasdaq: FOSL).
April 2008 GHS hired Jeffrey S. Zolkin as Managing Director in the Debt Capital Markets Group. Mr. Zolkin previously worked at Jefferies & Company on a variety of assignments, including restructuring advisory engagements.
April 2008 GHS hired Christopher D. Heath as Vice President in the Debt Capital Markets Group. Mr. Heath previously worked at Jefferies & Company in the Leveraged Finance Group, as well as the Financial Sponsors Group.
March 2008 GHS hired Richard A. Goldenberg as Head of Debt Capital Markets, and established a Houston, TX office to house Mr. Goldenberg and his team. Mr. Goldenberg joined GHS from Jefferies & Company where he held a similar role.
March 2008 GHS hired Conrad Lyon, CFA, CPA as a Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering Restaurants. Mr. Lyon was previously a Senior Analyst at FTN Midwest Securities, covering Restaurants.
March 2008 GHS initiated coverage of AgFeed Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEED), Akeena Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKNS), China Ritar Power Co., Ltd. (OTCBB: CRTP), InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG), Shangtai Pharmaceutical, Inc (SGTI), Solar Power, Inc. (OTCBB: SOPW), Warnaco Group, Inc. (WRNC) and Websense, Inc. (WBSN).
February 2008 GHS initiated coverage of 3SBIO, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSRX), 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN), Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG), China Direct, Inc. (Amex: CDS), China Gengsheng Minerals (OTCBB: CHGS), China Housing & Land Development, Inc. (OTCBB: CHLN), DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX), Echelon Corporation (Nasdaq: ELON), Mindray Medicial International Ltd. (NYSE: MR), Ocean Power Technologies (Nasdaq: OPTT), and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA).
January 2008 GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $25MM PIPE for China Sky One Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: CSKI).
January 2008 GHS hosted its first Open House at the GHS office in Newport Beach.
January 2008 GHS initiated coverage of Actuate Corp (Nasdaq: ACTU), Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEC), Foothills Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: FTRS), Geo Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOI), Hartmarx Corp. (NYSE: HMX), Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICON), Jingwei International Ltd. (OTCBB: JNGW), Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST), True Religion Apparel Inc. (Nasdaq: TRLG), and W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI).
January 2008 GHS partnered with California Equity Research (CER), which will provide exclusive equity research focused on Special Situations for GHS. CER was founded by Bud Leedom, who has more than 15 years of experience as a sell-side analyst. Prior to founding CER, Mr. Leedom was Senior Vice President-Equity Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, LLC covering Healthcare Information Technology companies.
2007
November 2007 GHS initiated coverage of ChinaCast Education Corporation (Nasdaq: CAST), Harbin Electric, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRBN) and Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: WATG).
November 2007 GHS was a member of the selling group on a $235MM Secondary Offering for ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (Nasdaq: ATPG).
October 2007 GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $6MM PIPE for Crdentia Corp. (OTCBB: CRDT).
October 2007 GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $10.5MM PIPE for Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST; formerly OTCBB: SHNL).
October 2007 GHS initiated coverage of ATP Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: ATPG), Canadian Superior Energy, Inc. (AMEX: SNG), Evolution Petroleum (AMEX: EPM), Petroleum Development Corp. (Nasdaq: PETD), and TXCO Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXCO).
September 2007 GHS received regulatory clearance to begin publishing research for our institutional clients. Accordingly, we published our first Initiation of Coverage reports on October 10, 2007.
September 2007 GHS hired Ron Bookbinder as a Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering Consumer companies. Mr. Bookbinder was previously a Senior Equity Analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach covering Consumer companies.
June 2007 GHS hired Ping Luo, CFA as a Vice President and Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering companies based in China. Ms. Luo was previously an Assistant Vice President at Misubishi UFJ Securities, focused primarily on M&A and corporate advisory services related to companies in both the U.S. and China.
June 2007 GHS hired Phil McPherson as a Senior Analyst in the Research Deparment, covering E&P companies in the Energy sector. Mr. McPherson was previously Director of Research at C. K. Cooper, a boutique investment bank and brokerage firm focused primarily on the oil & gas industry.
May 2007 GHS hired Justin Cable as Director of Research. Mr. Cable has seven years of sell-side experience and was previously Director of Research at B. Riley & Co., a small-cap and institutional focused boutique investment bank and brokerage firm. Mr. Cable is responsible for building GHS' Research department, which will include 10-15 senior analysts with combined coverage of 150-200 small-cap companies.
April 2007 GHS established a strategic partnership with Direct Trading, which will provide us with outsourced trading services for GHS' institutional clients.
April 2007 GHS opened an office in Newport Beach, CA to support the expansion of its existing Investment Banking department and to prepare for the launch of its Institutional Sales and Research departments.
April 2007 Ed Lainfiesta joined GHS as a Partner, Board Member, President and Director of Institutional Sales of GHS. Mr. Lainfiesta has over 20 years of experience and was previously Managing Director of Institutional Sales at Roth Capital, a small-cap and institutional focused investment bank and brokerage firm. Mr. Lainfiesta is responsible for building GHS' Institutional Sales & Trading department, which will include 20 to 25 institutional sales representatives.
February 2007 GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $4.9MM PIPE for Helpson (now China Pharma Holdings, Inc.; OTCBB: CPHI).
February 2007 GHS was a Finding Agent on a $12.25MM PIPE for China Ritar Power Corp. (OTCBB: CRTP).
February 2007 GHS was a Finding Agent on a $12MM PIPE for Sutor Steel Technology Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SUTR; formerly OTCBB: SUOT).
2006
November 2006 GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $12.43MM PIPE for Orion Ethanol, Inc. (OTCBB: OEHL).
June 2006 GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $20MM Alternative Public Offering for Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: WATG).
April 2006 GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $15MM Alternative Public Offering for Shengdatech, Inc. (Nasdaq:SDTH).
January 2006 GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $12MM Alternative Public Offering for China Agritech, Inc. (OTCBB: CAGC).
2005
December 2005 GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $12MM Alternative Public Offering for Winner Medical Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WMDG).
October 2005 GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $2.6MM Alternative Public Offering for Helpson (now China Pharma Holdings, Inc.; OTCBB: CPHI).
October 2005 The company's name was changed from Velocity Trading, LLC to Global Hunter Securities, LLC.
September 2005 The company was a Co-Placement Agent on a $43MM Alternative Public Offering for Shenzhen Bak Battery Co., Ltd. (now China BAK Battery, Inc.; Nasdaq: CBAK).
August 2005 The company was founded by Daniel Conwill in New Orleans, LA with the acquisition of Velocity Trading, LLC. Mr. Conwill was previously Executive Vice President and Co-Director of Corporate Finance at Jefferies & Company, Inc. While at Jefferies & Co, Mr. Conwill founded its oil and gas investment banking group and managed that group for 12 years. During that time, the group raised over $15 Billion in over 100 private and public equity and debt transactions and completed over 70 merger and acquisition transactions totaling over $10 billion in transaction value.
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