1. 2 0 1 4 P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T C O N F E R E N C E Jennifer Bacarella Director of Firm Development

2. Things are changing…for the good? RCS Capital Corp., bought Cetera Financial Group, J.P. Turner, First Allied Securities, Investors Capital Corp., Summit Financial Services, VSR Group, and Girard Securities LPL bought Financial Telesis and Fortigent John Hancock bought Symetra investments National Holdings bought Gilman Ciocia, Inc. Cetera bought MetLife, Walnut Street Securities and Tower Square Securities Ladenburg Thalmann announced on Monday their purchase of Securities Service Network, and they purchased Sunset Financial in July

4. Things are changing…for the good! Poison Pill Clause – December 31 st, 2018 Beneficiary Clause Active Succession Planning 90 days commissions

5. The Good!!! Sigma wholly owned by Jerry Rydell since 1983 Parkland Securities fka Sammons Securities under common ownership since February 2002 and recently wholly owned by Jerry Rydell. Sigma Planning Corporation wholly owned by Jerry Rydell since 1984

6. What does this mean for you??? Common ownership under three entities allows for networking at joint conferences, succession planning across the firms and collaboration. No Proprietary Products…Independent to the core No Equity Partner No Shareholders to please quarterly Simply put taking care of your clients the best way we can!

7. Now for the Fun….

8. 2016 Leader’s Circle & Top Producer’s Conference Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Island

9. Highlights of Coronado Hotel del Coronado sits on 28 oceanfront acres Marilyn Monroe’s “Some Like it Hot” was filmed in 1958 National Historic landmark with 757 rooms built in 1888 Voted the Best Beach in America Constant warm sunny days average temp 74 degrees San Diego offers Balboa Park, the Opera, Gaslamp Quarter, World Famous San Diego Zoo, Sea World, the USS Midway, Seaport Village, and the Old Town Mexican quarter. Coronado Surfing Academy Coronado Naval Amphibious Base and Naval Air Station

10. Production Qualifications: $225,000 in calendar year paid GDC to qualify for Top Producer’s Conference June 21 st, 2016 through June 24 th 2016 $375,000 in calendar year paid GDC to qualify for Leader’s Circle Conference June 20 th, 2016 through June 24 th, 2016

12. See you in 2016…