Ladenburg Thalmann Enhances Investment Banking Team with Addition of Daniel Seiner, Daniel Hochstadt and Menashe Salomon

"We are extremely pleased to welcome these three talented individuals to Ladenburg and are confident that their respective experience and skill sets will make them strong assets to our investment banking team," said James Cassel, Vice Chairman and Co-Head of Investment Banking. "We look forward to their many contributions to the firm."

Ronald Pillar, Vice Chairman, Head of Institutional Client Group and Co-Head of Investment Banking, continued, "With Dani Seiner leading Ladenburg's initiative to service Florida corporations and its emerging markets practice, Dan Hochstadt leading Ladenburg's entry into the restructuring and capital structure advisory space, and Menashe Salomon adding valuable experience in Technology and Media investment banking, Ladenburg continues to add world class talent to further expand our capabilities and serve our growing client base."

Mr. Seiner joins Ladenburg from BroadSpan Capital, LLC, where he was a Managing Partner and Director. Prior to BroadSpan, Mr. Seiner headed the Latin American Telecommunications investment banking group at J.P. Morgan Chase in New York. Mr. Seiner's experience includes the origination and execution of advisory and capital raising transactions in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean. He received his B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his M.B.A. from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Mr. Hochstadt joins Ladenburg after serving as a founding member and Managing Director of Priority Capital Management. Previously, he worked at J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. as Executive Director in the Syndicated and Leveraged Finance group, where he was responsible for originating leverage loans and high yield bonds for companies operating in the healthcare, media, retail, technology, consumer products and telecommunications industries. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business where he graduated with honors, and B.S.E. and B.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and College of Arts and Sciences, respectively, where he graduated magna cum laude. He was a Certified Public Accountant prior to his finance career.

Mr. Salomon joins Ladenburg after serving as an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers and subsequently at Barclays Capital, where he focused on clients in the media and telecommunications industries. In this position, he gained expertise in M&A advisory, public and private equity offerings, equity-linked products, investment grade debt and high yield debt. Mr. Salomon worked with numerous high-profile companies including Discovery Communications, Take-Two Interactive Software and Yahoo! He received an M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from Virginia Tech.

About Ladenburg

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, included in the Russell 2000(R) and Russell 3000(R) indices, is engaged in investment banking, equity research, institutional sales and trading, independent brokerage and advisory services and asset management services through its principal subsidiaries, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Investacorp, Inc. and Triad Advisors, Inc. Founded in 1876 and a New York Stock Exchange member since 1879, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. is a full service investment banking and brokerage firm providing services principally for middle market and emerging growth companies and high net worth individuals. Investacorp, Inc., a leading independent broker-dealer headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, has been serving the independent registered representative community since 1978 and has approximately 500 independent financial advisors nationwide. Founded in 1998, Triad Advisors, Inc. is a leading independent broker-dealer and registered investment advisor headquartered in Norcross, Georgia that offers a broad menu of products, services and total wealth management solutions to approximately 400 independent financial advisors nationwide. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services is based in Miami, Florida. Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. is based in New York City, with regional offices in Miami and Boca Raton, Florida; Melville, New York; Lincolnshire, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; and Princeton, New Jersey. For more information, please visit www.ladenburg.com.

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