François Michaud

Highland Capital Management LP (Highland) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by James (Jim) Dondero and Mark Okada in 1993. They are owned by the Highland Claimant Trust. Highland acts as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to structured product vehicles (which include but not limited to CLOs and Collateralized Debt Obligations unregistered investment funds, and single Client accounts).

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

Whitebox Advisors LLC (Whitebox) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative asset manager headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1999, Whitebox manages and advises private investment funds. They also offers advisory services to separately managed accounts.

Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, dba Barrow Hanley Global Investors (Barrow Hanley), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Michael C. Mewhinney in 1979. They are a subsidiary of Perpetual US Holding Co., Inc., ultimately held by Perpetual Ltd. (ASX: PPT) in Australia. The firm provides US and global equity and fixed income management strategies to institutional investors, mutual funds, and other clients. Barrow Hanley is a signatory to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Gestion Bio Innovation Inc (Gestion Bio Innovation) is a venture capital subsidiary of Centre Québécois de Valorisation des Biotechnologies founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Odotech, Inc. develops odor monitoring products. It offers electronic nose specializing in the measurement and monitoring of odors at waste water treatment plants, composting sites, landfills, rendering plants and industrial odor producing plants. The firm also provides odor audit and studies, dispersion modelling reports, and consulting. The company was founded by Christophe Guy and Thierry Page in 1998 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Société de développement Angus engages in real estate developments. It specializes in concept development and planning, legal and financial engineering services, acquisition of land and buildings, and marketing, leasing and sales of developed spaces. The company was founded by Christian Yaccarini in 1995 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Biogen MA, Inc. is a biotechnology company principally engaged in discovering and developing drugs for human healthcare through genetic engineering. The company’s research and development activities used to focus on novel products for multiple sclerosis, inflammatory, respiratory, kidney and cardiovascular diseases, developmental biology and gene therapy. The company was founded by Daniel D. Adams in 1976 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Twinstrand Therapeutics Inc. manufactures and distributes biological drugs. It focuses on discovering, developing and commercializing of therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, hepatitis A, cytomegalovirus, malaria, schistosomiasis, and fungal diseases. The company was founded in 1995 and is located in North Vancouver, Canada.

Hydro-Qu?bec engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power. It supplies residential and businesses. The company was founded on April 14, 1944 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Founded in 2009 by Winston Black, Jody Staggs and Brett Pope, PBS Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Addison, Texas

iA Private Wealth, Inc. is a Canadian wealth management firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc., which is owned by iA Financial Corp., Inc. (TSE: IAG; OTCMKTS: IAFNF). iA Private Wealth offers holistic, tailored wealth solutions through a network of more than 500 independent Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager teams.

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP engages in the provision of tax, recovery and organization, management consulting, financial advisory, digital and technology, assurance and human resource consulting services. It serves the tourism, leisure and culture, natural resources, mining and forestry, manufacturing, and retail and distribution industry. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Montmagny Hospital Foundation operates as a hospital foundation. The private company is based in Quebec, Canada.

Familiprix, Inc. owns and operates pharmacies in Canada. It specializes in the distribution and retail sale of pharmaceutical products. Its brands include biomedic and essentiel. The firm also offers cosmetic products. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Gescopharm, Inc. operates drug stores. The private company is based in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada.

FOLIA BIOTECH, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm focuses on exploiting its proprietary immuno-therapeutic platform to bring to market efficacious therapeutic products that fulfill large unmet needs principally in oncology and certain infectious diseases. The company was founded by Denis Leclerc in 2006 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

NanoQuébec provides funding and support for the research and development of nanotechnology infrastructure. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Beaufield Resources, Inc. is a resource exploration company. It is engaged in the exploration, and evaluation of gold, base metals and iron located in the province of Quebece and eastern Canada. The firm focuses on building shareholder wealth by acquiring, exploring and developing high-quality exploration prospects resulting in discovery. It holds interests in the Troilus-Tortigny, Eleonore-Opinaca, Urban, Launay, and Hemlo properties. The company was founded on May 6, 1980 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.