OTC Markets Group Announces the 2016 OTCQX Best 50

NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2016

The OTCQX Best 50 is an annual ranking of the top 50 U.S. and international companies traded on the OTCQX Best Market, based on an equal weighting of one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth.  Companies in the 2016 OTCQX Best 50 were ranked based on their performance during the 2015 calendar year. 

"Our OTCQX Best 50 ranking annually recognizes outstanding companies on the OTCQX Best Market, issuers that are not only growing and enhancing shareholder value but are committed to providing an efficient and transparent market for their investors," said Jason Paltrowitz, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group.  "We are pleased to congratulate our 2016 OTCQX Best 50 companies and look forward to supporting them in their continued success."

About the 2016 OTCQX Best 50
2016 OTCQX Best 50 companies traded an aggregate $20.1 billion in dollar volume in 2015.  The companies delivered an average total return of 33%.  Twenty-nine of the 50 companies paid a dividend in 2015.

The #1 ranked company overall was Nemaska Lithium, Inc. (TSX-V: NMX; OTCQX: NMKEF), a Canadian lithium company, which had a total return of 106%.  The top performing U.S.-based company at #2 was AltiGen Communications, Inc. (OTCQX: ATGN) and the top performing non-Canadian global company at #14 was Germany's Infineon Technologies AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: IFX; OTCQX: IFNNY).  The best performing OTCQX bank at #3 was MainStreet Bank (OTCQX: MNSB) of Fairfax, Virginia.

Ten companies that were ranked on the OTCQX Best 50 last year remained on the list in 2016: Coastal Banking Company, Inc. (OTCQX: CBCO), Cortland Bancorp (OTCQX: CLDB), First BancTrust Corp. (OTCQX: FIRT), First Resource Bank (OTCQX: FRSB), Freedom Bank of Virginia (OTCQX: FDVA), Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: FRE; OTCQX: FSNUY), Heineken N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: HEIA; OTCQX: HEINY), Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. (OTCQX: MHGU), ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI; OTCQX: PFSCF) and WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: WIR.U; OTCQX: WPTIF).

The 2016 OTCQX Best 50 companies are: