John Charles Tumazos

Founded in 2007, John Tumazos Very Independent Research LLC (JTVIR) is an investment research firm located in Holmdel, New Jersey. The firm provides independent research reports to institutional clients for fixed and subscription fees. JTWIR serves institutional clients in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Florida. They perform fundamental research on commodities markets and common stocks in the metals and forest products sectors. JTVIR's affiliate, John Tumazos Very Independent Opinions LLC (JTVIO) provides advisory services to entities in connection with financing deals, mergers and acquisitions, mine services, valuations, fairness opinions, strategy, corporate services and capital raising.

HLS Boardwalk LLC owns and operates restaurants. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX.

A unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), Prudential Equity Group LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Chicago, Kansas City, Missouri, Menlo Park, California and San Francisco. The firm provides indpendent equity research, sales and trading to domestic and international institutional clients

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.