HOUSTON and NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC (DRG&E), a leading provider of advanced investor relations counsel and innovative analytical services for public and private companies, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with WJB Capital Group, Inc. (WJB), a privately held institutional broker-dealer and a Member of the NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and other principal exchanges. Under this strategic partnership, WJB will provide DRG&E's clients enhanced access to institutional investors and exceptional logistics on non-deal roadshows and events throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Ken Dennard, co-founder and managing partner of DRG&E, stated, "We are very pleased to announce this unprecedented strategic relationship with WJB Capital, a leader in Corporate Access Services. For over a decade, DRG&E has been pioneering the next generation of best practices in investor relations services from the traditional agency model to a more transparent and compliance-based model created by the combination of proactive investor relations consulting and superior analytical services. While we have been marketing our clients to Wall Street since 1997, this new partnership with WJB's Corporate Access team will greatly enhance our clients' visibility on Wall Street while at the same time helping each lower costs associated with being a public company."

Craig Rothfeld, WJB's Managing Partner and Executive Director, added, "WJB Capital Group's premier trading and execution platform has been fueled by a robust institutional Corporate Access model which has grown exponentially since 2005. WJB does not engage in investment banking or writing proprietary equity research linked to investment banking and instead serves as an unbiased conduit to foster relationships between corporate management teams and our institutional customers. This strategic partnership with DRG&E significantly advances our Corporate Access Group's mission to partner with publicly traded companies within the small and mid-cap space. The synergies created by this collaboration allow our institutional customers greater access to management via conference calls, site tours, field trips and customized non-deal roadshows. We have already completed successful non-deal roadshows and events with several of DRG&E's publicly-traded clients, and are very excited to begin introducing and facilitating events for all their clients to a qualified U.S., European, and Asian institutional investor pool largely untouched by bulge bracket firms."

About DRG&E

Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC, headquartered in Houston with offices in Atlanta and San Antonio, provides a full range of investor relations and analytical services, financial media communications services and strategic counsel to enhance the visibility, transparency and credibility of its clients within the investment and business communities.

DRG&E expanded its traditional IR Counsel® in 2002 by introducing InsideOutlook® and IR+®, ground-breaking services staffed by experienced former sell-side research analysts. InsideOutlook provides public companies unprecedented 24/7 access to experienced analysts who assist clients in developing enhanced public disclosures that increase operational and financial transparency, build management credibility, and help clients effectively communicate the correct message to the investment community. IR+ provides clients with a first-hand perspective on the way professional investors think and work. DRG&E analysts offer both ongoing and project-specific strategic consulting services. They also prepare quarterly packages featuring valuation, peer group activity, trading and institutional ownership data for internal use by management and their board of directors; along with a fact sheet written specifically for professional investors that is a valuable external tool for institutional investor marketing programs.

Founded in 1997, DRG&E currently represents over 30 public companies totaling over $28 billion in cumulative revenues, over $15 billion in cumulative market capitalization and an aggregate workforce of over 77,000 employees. For more information regarding DRG&E clients or its services, visit the website at http://www.drg-e.com or call 713-529-6600.

About WJB Capital Group

WJB Capital Group, Inc. is a privately held institutional broker-dealer and a member of the NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and other principal exchanges. Founded in 1993, WJB offers an extensive suite of global trading and execution services; agency equity and derivative executions, a dedicated corporate access team, macro, technical, derivative, TMT and financial strategists, and comprehensive commission management solutions. WJB operates its own live trading desks on all major U.S. equity and option exchanges as well as in the global market centers of Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and South Africa.

Since 1993, WJB Capital has employed a partnership philosophy that focuses on customer-centric trading and execution solutions to the buy-side. WJB prides itself on building strong long-term relationships with customers and proactively anticipating their needs. As a result, WJB has built equity and derivative products and services that are mission critical to today's money managers. For more information regarding WJB please visit http://www.wjbcapital.com or call 646-344-4300.

IR Counsel, IR+ and InsideOutlook are ® registered trademarks of Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC in the United States

    Contacts:  DRG&E / 713-529-6600               WJB Capital / 646-344-4300
               Ken Dennard / ksdennard@drg-e.com  Charles Moreau /
               Steve Gray / sgray@drg-e.com        cmoreau@wjbcap.com
                                                  Deena Sullivan /
                                                   dsullivan@wjbcap.com

SOURCE DRG&E

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