B. Riley & Co. Expects Record Attendance at Annual Consumer Conference

B. Riley & Co., LLC (“B. Riley”), a full service investment bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY), announced today that it is set to welcome senior management from over 50 companies to its Annual New York Consumer Conference today, September 28, 2017. Cohosted with its affiliates FBR Capital Markets & Co. ("FBR"), Wunderlich Securities and Great American Group, LLC, B. Riley is expecting attendance to be at capacity.

The conference will showcase company presentations, fireside chats and private meetings between senior management and qualified institutional investors. In addition, the conference will feature a panel, “Retail Bricks & Mortality: Survival in the Age of E-Commerce”, where industry experts will discuss how companies can compete more effectively in the digital world.

“The growth of this conference mirrors our firm’s expansion and evolution,” said Bryant Riley, Chairman and CEO of B. Riley Financial. “B. Riley, collectively with affiliates FBR and Wunderlich Securities, acquired earlier this year, now represents an industry-leading small cap investment bank and brokerage firm. This year’s Consumer Conference demonstrates our continued ability to be a disruptive force in the middle market equity space and provide investors and issuers with timely and collaborative solutions.”

About B. Riley & Co. B. Riley & Co., LLC is a leading investment bank which provides corporate finance, research and sales and trading to corporate, institutional and high net worth individual clients. Investment banking services include initial, secondary and follow-on offerings, institutional private placements and merger and acquisitions advisory services. The firm is nationally recognized for its highly ranked proprietary equity research. B. Riley & Co., LLC is a member of FINRA and SIPC.

B. Riley Financial, Inc. is a publicly traded, diversified financial services company which takes a collaborative approach to the capital raising and financial advisory needs of public and private companies and high net worth individuals. The Company operates through several wholly-owned subsidiaries, including B. Riley & Co., LLC, FBR Capital Markets & Co., Wunderlich Securities, Inc., Great American Group, LLC, B. Riley Capital Management, LLC (which includes B. Riley Asset Management, B. Riley Wealth Management, and Great American Capital Partners, LLC) and B. Riley Principal Investments, a group that makes proprietary investments in other businesses, such as the acquisition of United Online, Inc.

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