John Charles Michaelson

Aon Plc is engaged in the provision of a range of risk, retirement, and health solutions. It operates through Aon United segment. The Aon United segment gives advice and solutions to clients focused on risk, retirement, and health through five principal products and service revenue lines: Commercial Risk Solutions, Reinsurance Solutions, Retirement Solutions, Health Solutions, and Data and Analytic Services. The Commercial Risk Solutions includes retail brokerage, cyber solutions, global risk consulting, and captives. The Reinsurance Solutions comprises treaty and facultative reinsurance brokerage and capital markets. The Retirement Solutions consists core retirement, investment consulting, and talent, rewards and performance. The Health Solutions involves in heath and benefits brokerage and healthcare exchanges. The Data and Analytic Services composes of Affinity, Aon InPoint, and ReView. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Needham Funds, Inc. operates as a equity mutual fund. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bankers Trust Co. is an asset management headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1917 and is a subsidiary of BTC Financial Corp. The firm serves as a trusted partner for individuals’ comprehensive financial planning, trust and fiduciary needs.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

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.

Tekla Capital Management LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Formerly known as Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC, the firm serves as an investment adviser for four closed-end funds – Tekla Healthcare Investors, Tekla Life Sciences Investors, Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund and Tekla World Healthcare Fund.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. provides equipment rental solutions for industrial and construction markets. It offers general construction equipment, industrial tools, pumps and power generation equipment, trench shoring, scaffolding, and remediation and restoration equipment. The firm also offers digital services, technology integrations and rental protection plan for agriculture, aviation and aerospace, education, healthcare, hospitality, pharmaceutical, real estate, retail, and utilities industries. The company was founded by Thomas Smart, Jr. in 1983 and is headquartered in Fort Mill, SC.

Needham Capital Partners (Needham Capital Partner) is a private equity subsidiary of Needham Investment Management LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York.

RedChip Independent is an investment research firm located in Maitland, Florida. The firm is a division of RedChip Companies, Inc. and their ultimate parent is ProManage, Inc., an advanced software development process management and consulting firm located in Burlingame, Massachusetts. RedChip provides fundamental research on small-cap companies. They seek to identify undervalued and underfollowed small-cap companies that are profitable or near term profitable and have effective management teams, mass appeal, growing sales and improving margins. After considering these factors and looking at expectations implied by the stock's current price, RedChip issues a strong buy, buy, speculative buy, hold or sell rating. The rating combines the firm's projection of the stock's performance, their assessment of the company's financial strength, their confidence in the company's management team and their confidence in their forecast.

Griffith Co. provides commercial and heavy construction services. It offers material recycling, rock and asphalt plants, underground installation, minor structures, large structures, concrete work, grading, and paving services. The firm also works on flood control and water management structures, airports, institutional, and commercial projects. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

Part of The Needham Group, Inc., Needham Holdings LLC provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is George Austin Needham.

Hildene Capital Management LLC (Hildene) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Brett Jefferson in 2008 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary Hildene Holding Co. LLC. Hildene manages assets for a broad range of clients across its flagship private funds, tailored managed accounts and securitized asset structures.

PA Consulting Group, Inc. provides management consulting services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Michaelson Capital Partners, Michaelson Capital Special Finance LLC provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 2011.

Lirola Capital LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in Delray Beach, FL. The company was founded by Bernard H. Lirola. Bernard H. Lirola has been the CEO since incorporation.

Delta Capital Partners Management LLC (Delta Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Christopher DeLise. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.