Robert John Kulperger

Park Hill Group LLC (PHG) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by Sean J. Keene and Tom H. Roberts. III. They are a subsidiary of PHG Holdings LLC, which is owned by PJT Partners, Inc. (NYSE: PJT). PHG provides global alternative asset advisory and fundraising services across four specialized verticals.

Fir Tree Capital Management LP, do-business-as Fir Tree Partners (Fir Tree), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffery Tannenbaum in 1994 and formerly known as Fir Tree, Inc. They are a subsidiary of FTCM GP LLC. Fir Tree manages assets on behalf of endowments, foundations, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.

Northwater Capital Management Inc (Northwater capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Northwater Capital Inc. founded in 1989 by David G. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

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.

Tremont Capital Management, Inc. provided investment advice. The firm worked closely with traditional consulting firms and financial advisers to provide custom and proprietary fund of funds products for institutions, trusts and family offices. The company was founded on June 18, 1987 and was headquartered in Rye, NY.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Arnold & Porter LLP is engaged in the provision of legal services. It offers transactional, regulatory, and litigation services in the areas of antitrust and competition, appellate and supreme court, attorney liability, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, compensation and benefits, congressional investigations, consumer product safety, consumer protection and advertising, corporate and securities, derivatives and commodities, financial services, government contracts, intellectual property, international arbitration, international trade, labor and employment, legislative and public policy, litigation, national and homeland security, private client services, product liability litigation, public international law, real estate, and white collar criminal defense. The company was founded by Thurman Wesley Arnold, Paul Aldermandt Porter, and Abraham Fortas in 1946 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.