Nikhil Mahajan

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSX: RY) in Canada. The firm was created when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals as well as to registered investment companies, a private fund and institutional clients.

Founded in 1975, Rochdale Investment Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of City National Rochdale Investments and their ultimate parent is City National Corp. (NYSE: CYN).

Founded in 1995, Moloney Securities Co., Inc. is a dually-registered broker/dealer and investment advisor, as well as a licensed general insurance agency. The firm is headquartered in Manchester, Missouri. Moloney Securities Co., Inc., the registered investment advisor, has relationships with independent advisors who provide personalized investment advice to the firm's clients. These advisors do business as "Moloney" or under different dba names such as: St. Croix Capital Management, Warren Financial Services, Arlington Financial Services, Heritage Investment Management LLP, Synergistic Financial, Moloney Securities Asset Management and others. ^Moloney is member of FINRA, the SIPC and the MSRB. They provide a wide range of investment and insurance products and services to middle and upper income individuals, as well as small companies. Their products and services include stocks, mutual finds, managed portfolios, bonds, variable annuities, fixed annuities, preferred and convertibles, variable life products, long-term healthcare, health insurance, general insurance planning, in-house money management and investment planning. Moloney's clients include individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities.

Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sandler O'Neill & Partners Corp. and their ultimate parent is SOP Holdings LLC. Sandler O'Neill & Partners' Equity Sales & Trading team seeks to enhance liquidity, execute complex transactions, distribute securities and provide institutional investor exposure for hundreds of financial institutions. Sandler O'Neill is a market maker for over 425 NASDAQ financial stocks and trades equities on all active exchanges including the NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets. They work with CEOs, CFOs and management teams on corporate buybacks, portfolio valuations, rebalancings and liquidations. Sandler O'Neill publishes detailed equity research on approximately 270 financial services companies. They primarily cover small- and mid-sized companies that are not widely followed by large Wall Street firms. Their research coverage focuses on the following industries: (1) banks and thrifts (2) specialty finance and credit card companies (3) asset management (4) e-Finance (5) investment banking firms and broker/dealers (6) REITS (7) mortgage REITs and (8) insurance.