Gabriele Sorbara

Cox Enterprises, Inc. engages in the operation of a holding company which provides communications, media, and automotive services. It operates through the following brands: Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Manheim. The company was founded by James Middleton Cox in 1898 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. (Oberweis) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. The firm was founded by James D. Oberweis in 1989 to seek market inefficiencies in equities globally. Oberweis offers their active geographically focused strategies to institutional and individual investors through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and their own proprietary mutual fund family.

General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Contrarian Capital Management LLC (Contrarian) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1995 by Jon Bauer, Janice Stanton and Gil Tenzer. Contrarian provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to institutional investors and pooled investment vehicles.

Founded by Bufus Outlaw in 1997, BOE Securities, Inc. is a private, value-based SEC-registered brokerage firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of the BOE Group, Inc. They are affiliated with BOE Research Private Ltd., which is located in Mumbai, India. BOE Securities is a member of FINRA, the NASD and SPIC. BOE Securities provides research services to institutional investors. Their research products and services are designed for use by chief investment officers, portfolio managers and financial analysts. The firm can function as an off-site research department for firms or simply as an input into their clients' proprietary investment processes. BOE Securities' quantitative research is produced on a weekly basis. They provide weekly ratings on U.S. large-cap stocks based on a variety of investment styles including value, growth, GARP and momentum. The firm serves as an introducing broker to Goldman Sachs Executions and Clearing LP. BOE's research team covers over 500 stocks, producing 4 annual reports on each company. Their research methodology combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and seeks to provide clients with key information required to determine the real value of a company. The firm begins with rigorous fundamental analysis that incorporates economic, industry and company data which results in forecast assumptions of a stock and its sector. BOE Securities scrutinizes all publicly-available information including SEC Filings and company transcripts and examines each company's customers, suppliers and competitors to gain overlooked insights into a company. They determine each company's intrinsic value by: (1) modeling the company's future earnings (2) understanding the company's cash flow and the forces which impact it and (3) providing a consistent, disciplined valuation framework based on discounted free cash (DCF). BOE Securities also looks at the relative valuation of each security, assessing current and historical metrics, as well as industry comparables. The combined valuation methods determine whether a stock is fairly valued and if the market has fully incorporated all relevant news into the share price. The firm's economic profit analysis provides the key information needed to determine each company's ability to create wealth for shareholders. BOE Securities uses economic data as a basis for constructing and evaluating asset valuations relative to returns on those assets. Finally, BOE Securities continuously monitors the stocks on their coverage universe, with emphasis on the key valuation drivers, and seeks to identify events which may impact stock value over time. BOE Securities offers quantitative equity research ratings on 4,000 companies. Their quantitative ratings are based on an advanced academic study of investor behavioral biases that cause the mispricing of securities. The firm's reports consist of buy alerts and sell alerts highlighting the most critical, action items. BOE Securities scores stocks according to a 4-point system that incorporates long-term contrarian factors and short-term momentum factors including: (1) PE to Growth (PEG) rankings (2) fundamental momentum, based on estimate revisions (3) relative strength and (4) shareholder value creation as based on earnings above the cost of capital. By summarizing this data into a weighted, back-tested composite score, BOE Securities then ranks the equities according to their alpha-generating abilities. Their process enables them to quantitatively grade any security from which they develop alerts and reports.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. LLC provides municipal underwriting and financial advisory services. The company was founded by Suzanne Shank in 1996 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Magna Securities Corp. provides research on technology, media, telecommunications, healthcare and special situations sectors. It offers fundamental analysis, technical analysis, industry reports, and peer analysis. The firm caters to institutional investors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2008, Northcoast Research Partners LLC is an independent, full-service, institutional equity research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a subsidiary of Northcoast Research Holdings LLC. Their research coverage include: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial/basic materials and accounting/tax policy.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The Partnership for New York City operates as a charitable organization. It is a network of business leaders and corporations working for the economic and cultural betterment of all five boroughs of the city. The firm provides networking opportunities, conducts research, participates in policy making and lobbies government. The company was founded by David Rockefeller in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HSBC Bank USA NA engages in the provision of banking services. Its lines of business are Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Private Bank. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Founded in 2008, Wellington Shields & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Wellington Shields Holdings LLC. Wellington Shields & Co was formed as the result of a merger between Shields & Company and H.G. Wellington & Co., Inc. The firm offers a variety of products and services including equity research and equity and fixed-income investment capabilities. Wellington Shields & Co. is a member of the NYSE, NASDAQ, FINRA and the SIPC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Union Square Technology Group LLC provides information technology consulting services. The company was founded on December 18, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.