ASCENTIER RESEARCH

Compiling and analyzing data for measuring the performance of financial markets, namely, compiling financial information from nontraditional sources and analyzing financial information for dislocations or inflection points that indicate investment opportunities for financial institutions; business services, namely, business marketplace research; channel research, namely, business research and data analyses of wholesale and retail sales outlets regarding supply chains and distribution methods; business observations, namely, conducting consultations, interviews, and analyses for evaluating business practices; business consultation services, namely, business research in the nature of conducting interviews, consultations, searches and evaluations pertaining to business matters; evaluations of business practices; conducting on-site and off-site research, namely, conducting observations, interviews, consultations, analyses, and evaluations regarding business practices; business research services for wholesale and retail sales outlets, namely, inspecting, analyzing and evaluating inventory levels, pricing issues, store and restaurant layouts, renovations, menus, pricing, customer services, store traffic and product placement within stores, promotions, trend identification, consumer tracking behavior research and consumer trend analysis; business research services, namely, providing analysis of retail data on specific business locations; providing market insight survey reports capturing qualitative and quantitative data points at scale and aggregating feedback from customers, partners and other relevant ecosystem professionals to assist clients in understanding a particular company, product set or industry

Financial research and financial consultation, namely, providing marketplace-based equity research for financial institutions.

Providing and moderating online forums for industry professionals and industry decision makers to discuss key trends and relevant companies influencing public markets.