Tom Bauer

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.

Founded in 2002, Natixis Securities Americas LLC is an investment bank and SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered New York City with offices in several leading U.S. cities and affiliate offices in London and Paris. The firm is a division of Natixis and a subsidiary of Natixis SA. Their client base is located throughout North America and Europe and ranges from the largest mutual fund and pension fund managers to specialist hedge funds. Natixis Securities Americas' sales and trading teams are located in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Houston. Natixis Securities Americas' research efforts focus on identifying new insights about companies that are not fully reflected in their stock prices. The firm also seeks to provide clients with access to the managements of listed companies and to other industry experts. They arrange for such marketing opportunities, in the form of road shows, conferences, meetings and conference calls. Natixis Securities Americas' institutional trading desk offers clients trading capabilities in equities all over the world. The firm focuses on specific global markets to provide clients with the best possible execution worldwide. Natixis Securities Americas employs a transatlantic approach that examines the effects of technological, market and regulatory developments across both continents on the companies under coverage. In the U.S., they provide in-depth sector coverage on energy (oil services, exploration and production, alternative energy and coal), healthcare (large-cap pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare services) and media (media conglomerates, content creators, interactive TV and new media, as well as technical analysis. In Europe, Natixis Securities Americas applies a country-wide approach to all of the key sectors of France, Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. Combined, the firm's product offering includes more than 600 stocks. Natixis Securities Americas global trading group specializes in the trading, execution and settlement of international equities. The firm provides 24-hour access to 55 global markets. They cater to broker/dealer and institutional clients, providing ADR and ordinary share executions on an agency or proprietary basis. The firm can accommodate most client trading requirements from basket trading to block orders. To complement their international trading reach, Natixis Securities Americas domestic bulletin board trading group currently markets over 2000 U.S.-based companies. The firm offers their clients innovative trading technology through a proprietary Direct Market Access (DMA) platform, Enabler Direct. This product allows immediate access to a variety of liquidity sources through one anonymous interface. Natixis Securities Americas' global brokerage services group offers services to a select group of professional clients. The firm seeks to partner with banks, broker/dealers, hedge funds and high net-worth clients that can utilize their blend of international capabilities and traditional brokerage services to support and enhance their success. Their global brokerage services group is prominent in international securities, equity trading and brokerage operations in over 55 countries around the world. They have experience in both the pre-trade and post-trade requirements in each of these countries.

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC engages in the provision of recruitment and staffing services. It offers information technology (IT) staffing for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hiring through its network of agencies, Jobspring partners and Workbridge associates. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Wynnchurch Capital LLC (Wynnchurch Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by John A. Hatherly. The firm is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois.

Founded in 1999 by Todd Banks, Blackthorn Investment Group LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Overland Park, Kansas. They manage the Blackthorn Fund LP and the Blackthorn Partners LP.

Citigroup Investments, Inc. provides investment services. It offers financial and investment advisory services. The company was founded on November 6, 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

3PAR, Inc. provides utility storage solutions. It also provides platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service. The company was founded by Jeffrey Price and Ashok Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Plante Moran Financial Advisors LLC (PMFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. The firm was founded by Elorion Plante and Frank Moran in 1997. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of P&M Holding Group LLP. PMFA provides investment advisory, financial planning, and estate planning services to individuals and other entities which includes institutions, and not-for-profit entities.

SVB Asset Management is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA). SVB Asset Management provides discretionary investment management services for corporate clients in the innovation economy, specifically in the technology and life science/healthcare industries.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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

Virtus Fund Advisers LLC (VFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1985, the firm was originally named Trusco Capital Management, Inc. and later became RidgeWorth Capital Management, Inc. and RidgeWorth Capital Management LLC. They were formerly a majority-owned subsidiary of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI). They became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), when the latter acquired the firm in June 2017 and subsequently changed their name into Virtus Fund Advisers LLC. VFA provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services to institutional clients including pension and profit-sharing plans, endowments and foundations, governmental entities, and other corporate entities as well as high net-worth clients.

Susquehanna International Group LLP engages in the provision of investment and other financial services. It offers institutional brokerage, trading, research, and market making services for equities. The company was founded by Lon Taylor and Gordon Apple in 1987 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

RBS, Inc. (doing business as Graham Feed Co.) is a woman-owned business that provides manufactures and distributes animal food. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Terre Haute, HI.

Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Colliers International Group, Inc. founded in 2005 by Christopher Nelson Merrill, Chris B. Galvin and Mike P. Galvin. Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

Alvarez & Marsal, Inc. engages in the provision of consulting services. It offers business advisory, performance improvement, turnaround management, and interim management services. The company was founded by Antonio Clemente Alvarez II and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Advisor LLC performs property management and related services for Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Bluerock Real Estate LLC operates as a real estate investment firm. It provides institutional real estate investment products for individual/private investors. The company was founded in 2002 by Robert Ramin Kamfar and is headquartered in Bloomingdale, IL.