Stuart Marc Pulvirent

Founded in 2004 by Stephan Vermut, Aaron Vermut and Charles Brama, Merlin Securities LLC is a broker/dealer located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo Securities LLC and their ultimate parent is Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). The firm provides advanced reporting, analytics, trading and operational services to over 400 hedge funds and managed account platforms. Merlin Securities is an introducing broker to J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp., Goldman Sachs Execution and Clearing (GSEC) and National Bank of Canada (NBCN) and is fully integrated with Northern Trust

Founded in 2006 by John Tinker, Brantwood Partners LP is a hedge fund company located in New York City. They are a subsidiary of ThinkEquity Partners and their ultimate parent is Panmure Gordon & Co. (London: PMR).

Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Minneapolis, Chicago and Boston, ThinkEquity Partners is a broker/dealer. The firm offers targeted research and investment banking services for institutional investors and corporate clients. They specialize in identifying, analyzing and understanding the technological, macroeconomic and cultural trends that impact key growth verticals, with a particular concentration on healthcare, technology, media/education and business/consumer services. The firm starts with a top-down analysis approach and then allocates resources based on a long-range research roadmap.

Beacon Trust Co. is a full-service wealth management firm headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of Provident Bank, which is owned by Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFS). Beacon Trust provides a comprehensive service such as investment advisory, financial planning, tax compliance and planning, trust and estate administration, and banking services through Provident Bank, the parent company of Beacon Trust.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Axia Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund firm located in Roseland, New Jersey.