Stuart J. Wagner

Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.

XCL Ltd. engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the People's Republic of China. The Company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Founded in 1987 by Steven Wishnia and Paul Berz, Highland Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm was formerly known as formerly Highland Capital Management Corp. and as First Tennessee Investment Management, Inc. Until 2011, they were a subsidiary of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN), the holding company for First Tennessee Bank NA. First Horizon sold Highland Capital Management to Steve Wishnia in 2011. In 2013, the firm was acquired by Argent Financial Group Inc. Highland Capital Management firm specializes in managing domestic equity and fixed-income portfolios for individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and endowments.

Foothills Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of oil and gas exploration activities. It owns, operates, and produces oil and gas assets. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (BMOCMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is wholly-owned by Bank of Montreal (TSE: BMO, NYSE: BMO), a Canadian chartered bank. BMOCMC provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to institutional clients only.

United States Commodity Funds Trust I is a Delaware statutory trust, which is managed and controlled by United States Commodity Funds LLC. The company is currently organized into multiple series, each of which intends to issue common units in such fund. The United States Sugar Fund, is a series of the Trust and is a commodity pool that will issue units representing fractional undivided beneficial interests. It founded on September 8, 2011 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Ubiterra Corp. operates as a cloud software company comprised of E&P professionals and software and cloud engineers. The firm specializes in cloud database for well and seismic data, multi-user geosteering cloud app and real-time drilling cloud app. The company was founded by Peter W. Flanagan in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

New York Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance products and services. It offers life insurance, retirement income, long term care, investments, and premier services. The company was founded on April 12, 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Argus Research Co. (ARC) is a research firm headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1934. The firm is a subsidiary of Argus Research Group, Inc. ARC produces, distributes and markets investment and economic research.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission engages in protecting market users and the public from fraud, manipulation related to the sale of commodity and financial futures, and options market. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

National Investor Relations Institute operates as an association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. The company was founded by DeWitt C. Morrill in 1969 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

National Futures Association is a self-regulatory organization for the derivatives industry. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company's focus is on providing innovative and effective regulatory programs. The company was founded by Leonid Adolfovich Melamed.

The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. operates as a financial services trade group and networking forum for wall street and provides Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

United States Commodity Funds LLC (USCF) is an asset management firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of USCF Investments, Inc., owned by The Marygold Cos, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN: MGLD). USCF offers exchange-traded products (ETP) and exchange-traded funds (ETF).

EnerCom, Inc. provides management consulting services. It engages in advising oil and gas exploration and oilfield services companies on corporate strategy, investor relations, analysis and valuation, media, branding, and visual communication design. The company was founded by Greg Barnett in 1994 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

CFA Society of San Francisco provides educational services. It offers a multi-review course which provides structured, classroom-based approach to preparing for the examination. The firm focuses on the assigned materials in the study guides from CFA Institute, with an emphasis on the Learning Outcome Statements (LOS). The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Fortis Energy Services, Inc. provides oil and gas services. It offers service rigs packages, completions including hybrid systems, down-hole repairs and maintenance, plugging and abandonment and trucking services. The company was founded by George C. Molski in 2004 and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

United States Commodity Index Funds Trust operates as a statuary trust. It operates a trust series which includes the United States Index Fund, the United States Copper Index Fund, the United States Metals Index Fund and the United States Agriculture Index Fund. The company was founded on December 21, 2009 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Part of Schroders Plc, IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Co. is a company that provides fund management services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Seelaus Asset Management LLC (Seelaus AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chatham, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Patrick L. Smith in 2009 and is owned by R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. Seelaus AM designs customized investment strategies for corporations, high-net-worth individuals, financial advisors, family offices, pension plans, foundations and other institutional investors.

Founded in 2012, KLR Group LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Houston, Texas. The firm is a subsidiary of KLR Group Holdings LLC, a full service investment and merchant bank. KLR focuses on the natural resources sector including oil & gas, metals & mining and agriculture. Their area of expertise includes exploration & production companies, service providers and midstream/infrastructure carriers and processors.