Mark J. Friedmann

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Solaris Asset Management LLC (SAM) is a wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by Ralph Sinsheimer, Albert Bellas and Stephen Wells. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Solaris Group LLC, which is owned by Klingenstein, Fields & Co., LLP. SAM provides services to US and global institutional and private clients.

Savoy Capital, Inc. (Savoy) is a private investment firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Francisco A. Frank Lorenzo in 1990. Savoy manages the Savoy Special Situations Fund LP, a conservative long/short hedge fund, and in addition is an investor in an array of outside investment funds.