Nicholas L. O'Grady

Highbridge Capital Management LLC (HCM Highbridge is a registered investment advisor and global alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). Highbridge manages capital for sophisticated investors, who include financial institutions, public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and family offices.

Hudson Bay Capital Management LP (Hudson Bay Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Sander Gerber and Yoav Roth in 2005. Hudson Bay Capital provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to privately offered investment vehicles. The Fund investors generally consist of institutions, “funds of funds” and high net-worth families and individuals.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Leucadia Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 as Jefferies Private Client Advisers LLC. They changed their name to Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC in 2006 and to Leucadia Asset Management LLC in 2021. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). LAM provides advisory services to high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

Sandell Asset Management Corp. (SAM) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager founded in 1997. The firm is a subsidiary of SAMC Partners LP. Headquartered in New York City, SAM provides discretionary investment management services to various pooled investment vehicles (both private and public) and managed accounts.

Founded by Matthew Grossman in 2008, Plural Investments LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City

Sigma Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm is a division of S.A.C. Capital Advisors LP.