JMP Securities' investment banking group is composed of senior, industry-focused professionals with extensive transactional backgrounds and long-standing industry relationships.

Dedicated investment banking coverage groups serve each of JMP's targeted industries—Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Real Estate and Consumer—enabling the firm's investment bankers to develop expertise in specific sectors and markets and to form close relationships with senior executives of private and public companies, with private equity and venture capital firms and with other key industry participants.

JMP's success stems from its ability to evaluate and execute complex transactions that create long-term shareholder value. Since inception, JMP has closed more than 440 investment banking transactions totaling more than $49 billion.

JMP's capital raising services involve the structuring, marketing and execution of financing transactions in the public and private markets, including:

• Public stock offerings
• Convertible securities offerings
• PIPEs and registered direct offerings
• Private placements of equity and debt securities

• Public and private mergers and acquisitions
• Divestitures and exclusive sales
• Corporate restructurings and recapitalizations
• Valuations and fairness opinions

JMP maintains exceptional client focus both during and following a transaction, leading to a true advisory relationship and a pattern of assisting companies with multiple transactions. JMP's senior investment bankers play an active role in guiding clients through the transaction process and bring their industry knowledge and experience to bear to achieve management's objectives and benefit shareholders.