Susan Marie Sproule

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.

Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing LP (GSEC) is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1931. The firm is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GSEC provides brokerage services to their clients.

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Harvest Capital Strategies LLC (Harvest) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1999 and formerly known as JMP Asset Management LLC. They are wholly owned by JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Harvest provides discretionary investment advisory services to a number of private investment funds that operate as private investment funds.

PFM Health Sciences LP (PFM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Chris James in 2004 as Partner Fund Management LP. PFM serves as an investment advisor to private investment funds in which qualified investors invest directly.

Eastover Investment Advisors LLC, dba Eastover Capital Management (Eastover Capital), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded in 2009 when it purchased Eastover Capital Management, which was originally formed in 1988 by Donn Toney and Robert Pharr. Eastover Capital provides active portfolio management for individual and institutional clients throughout the country.

Founded in 2008, Odeon Capital Group LLC is an independent full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides advice and execution on fundamental value and catalyst-driven situations through sales and trading, research, investment banking and asset management services. Odeon Capital Group provides services related to fixed-income securities including corporate securities, ABS, RMBS, Auction Rate securities and other structured products. The firm serves institutional clients. Odeon Capital Group is a member of FINRA, the SIPC and the MSRB. Odeon Capital Group has expertise in both traditional and esoteric assets. The firm has placed both large and small volume transactions in every asset class. They seek to maximize value for their clients through in-depth analyses of sectors, asset classes and individual securities that are hard to value or trade. The firm's Structured Products and Corporate Groups focus on institutional sales, trading and analytics of secondary structured products, esoteric assets and special situations.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Rotary International, Inc. operates an international service organization. It states human rights for the purpose to bring together business and professional leaders in to provide humanitarian services, encourage ethical standards in all vocations. The company was founded by Paul P. Harris on February 23, 1905 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

NYU Elaine A. & Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center provides health care services. It offers treatments for bone, joint, and muscle disorders; brain and nervous system disorders cancers, tumors and blood disorders; genetic and chromosomal disorders and immune system disorders. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CORIX Infrastructure, Inc. provides water, wastewater and energy utility infrastructure solutions. Its activities include provision of multi-utility services that cover water, wastewater, gas, sustainable energy, and electric services and field metering services, provision of various services for water distribution systems, repair and maintenance of fire hydrants, preventative maintenance, inspection, fire flow testing, water meters testing and maintenance and design and building of custom water and wastewater treatment systems for municipal and industrial applications. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

American Transmission Co. owns and operates the high-voltage electric transmission system. It provides electric transmission services in portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois. It serves electricity producers and electric distribution companies. The company was founded by José M. Delgado in 2001 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI.

The Palmetto Conservation Foundation operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the preservation of South Carolina's natural and cultural resources. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Barington Capital Group LP provides investment advisory services. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The firm manages limited partnerships for its clients. The company was founded in 1991 by James Anthony Mitarotonda and is headquartered in New York, NY.