Lightwave Logic Retains Stonegate Securities as Investor Relations Advisor

NEWARK, Del., Sept. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTCQB: LWLG), a technology company focused on the development of a Next Generation Non Linear Optical Polymer Materials Platform for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing, announced today that it has retained the services of Stonegate Securities, a research and boutique investment banking firm located in Dallas, Texas.  Stonegate's primary task will be to introduce in the Company to institutional investors who focus on small-cap technology companies across the United States.

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Tom Zelibor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic commented, "With many positive developments in progress, I strongly believe now is the time to present the investment thesis to select institutional investors. Stonegate has the capabilities to provide third party research coverage and to expose our Company to highly targeted institutional investors.

"We have a compelling story as we approach an outstanding opportunity to penetrate enormous markets desperate for solutions to increase bandwidth while at the same time, lowering costs.  Institutional investors need to be made aware of organic, nonlinear electro-optical polymers and the future of organics in the electro-optic device markets." 

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Lightwave Logic, Inc. is a development stage company that produces prototype electro-optic demonstration devices and is moving toward commercialization of its high-activity, high-stability organic polymers for applications in electro-optical device markets. Electro-optical devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for use in high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications systems and optical computers. For more information, please visit the Company's website, www.lightwavelogic.com.

About Stonegate:

Stonegate Securities is a FINRA Member Broker-Dealer founded in 1972 and based in Dallas, Texas. Stonegate has a long history of providing research coverage, institutional sales/trading, and investment banking to small-cap public companies. In 2008, Stonegate formed an investor relations group with a specific focus on building and managing institutional ownership in the open market for client companies. For more information, please visit the Company's website, http://www.stonegateinc.com.

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