Marissa I. Swesey

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Thomas H. Lee Partners LP (Thomas H Lee Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Thomas H. Lee Advisors LLC founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (Eagle) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1976 by Tom James and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillon Towers Advisers, Inc., which is wholly owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF). Eagle provides portfolio management services to institutions and high net-worth clients (individual investors, trusts and smaller employee benefit plans) and serves as the investment subadvisor to the Carillon Funds.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

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.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Ned Davis Research, Inc. (NDR) is an institutional investment research firm headquartered in Nokomis, Florida. The firm was founded by Ned Davis in 1980. They are wholly owned by Delinian Holdings US LLC, which is ultimately owned by Delinian Ltd. in Great Britain. NDR produces and publishes independent financial research and offers customized research services. The firm markets its research globally, primarily to registered investment advisers, brokerage firms, asset management firms, hedge funds, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other types of institutional investors. Their approach combines both fundamental and technical research disciplines.

Capital City Trust Co. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. The firm was founded in 1895 and is a subsidiary of Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCBG). Capital City Trust offers a full range of financial management services for individuals and families and institutions and foundations.

Inverness Graham Investments, Inc. (Inverness Graham) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group, Inc. (Pennsylvania) founded in 1994 by Kenneth Graham, Steven Wood, and Scott Kehoe. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

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.

Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc. provide precision optical products and services. It offers the aerospace and defense, display and imaging, lighting and entertainment, medical, and photovoltaic markets with precision flat glass optics and coating solutions. The company was founded on November 20, 1980 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, CA.

B+B SmartWorx, Inc. provides machine-to-machine and Internet of things connectivity solutions. It manufactures data communications products for commercial and industrial applications. The firm specializes in intelligent connectivity at the ‘edge’ of networks in remote and demanding environments, designs and builds products using Ethernet, serial, wireless, cellular and USB communication technologies. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Ottawa, IL.

TPG Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 1992 by William S. Price and James George Coulter. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth with additional offices in London and São Paulo.

Prime Risk Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of national insurance distribution platform. Its solutions include commercial insurance, personal insurance, employee benefits and insurance specialties. It also offers claims support, administration services and alternative risk solutions. The company was founded by Bret D. Quigley and Adam Meyerowitz in 2014 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Insurance Technologies LLC engages in the provision of sales and regulatory automation solutions to insurance and financial services industries. It offers ForeSight, a mobile point-of-sale illustration platform that supports key aspects of the insurance sales process for multiple lines of business across diverse distribution channels, and FireLight, multi-carrier software as a service (SaaS) e-application solution manages the application data collection and submission process for any line of business and product type on a single platform, generating in order business processing. The company was founded by Larry W. Wiedeman in 1995 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.

Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP (BCP) is a private equity subsidiary of Bernhard Capital Partners Management LLC founded in 2013 by James M. Bernhard, Jeff Jenkins and George P. Bevan. The firm is headquartered in baton Rouge, Louisiana.

AmeriLife Group LLC engages in the development, marketing, and distribution of life and health insurance, annuities and retirement planning solutions. Its products include fixed annuities, health insurance, supplemental health insurance, medicare, and life insurance. The company was founded by Gary Boesch in 1971 and is headquartered in Clearwater, FL.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

BankUnited NA engages in the provision of commercial and consumer banking services. The company was founded on May 21, 2009 and is headquartered in Miami Lakes, FL.

Federal Express Corp. engages in providing express shipping services. It operates under the FedEx brand name. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

Darwin Wealth Management LLC (Darwin) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Largo, Florida. The firm was founded by Robert B. Harwood in 2012 and formerly known as Harwood Advisory Group LLC and Darwin Advisors LLC. They are owned by Darwin Partners LLC, which is a subsidiary of MRM Equity Group Holdings LLC. Darwin offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, pensions and corporations or other business entities.

Bares Capital Management, Inc. (BCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Brian T. Bares in 2000. The firm provides investment management services predominantly for institutional, pooled investment vehicle, and family office clients, and a small subset of high net-worth individuals and trust programs.

Fifth Third Bank, NA (Investment Management) (Fifth Third Private Bank) is the private banking division of Fifth Third Bank, NA, ultimately owned by Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB). The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fifth Third Private Bank offers banking, investment and insurance products and services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and families.

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Newbridge Securities Corp. is a full-service securities brokerage and investment bank. They provide services to a broad based group of individuals and corporate clients. The core focus of their institutional research department is to identify companies with substantial, but realistic growth potential and whose shares are attractively valued. It is this attention to high-growth segments of the market that lead them to identify nanotechnology as an emerging trend that is spawning innovation in a range of industrial sectors. Newbridge is a member of the NASD and the SIPC. They are a subsidiary of Pershing LLC. Their ultimate parent is The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK).

The Coral Springs Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that serves as a platform for local businesses to connect, network, and grow. The Chamber of Commerce is based in Coral Springs, FL.

Equity Investment Corp. (EIC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1986 and formerly known as JFB Holdings Corp. EIC provides discretionary portfolio management for institutional and private investors through separate accounts.