William John Maze

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

Founded in 1992, Ecofin, Inc. is a hedge fund manager located in New York City. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ecofin Limited, a London-based investment firm. Ecofin provides discretionary fund management services and investment advice to institutional and corporate clients including separately incorporated investment funds managed by the firm. They do not provide fund management services or investment advice directly to private clients or retail investors. The firm Ecofin manages four funds and a number of managed accounts. Ecofin's funds include: the Ecofin Special Situations Utilities Master Fund Ltd., the Ecofin North American Utilities Master Fund Ltd., the Ecofin Global Utilities Master Fund Ltd and the Ecofin China Power & Infrastructure Fund.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

ELCO Management Co. LLC (ELCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Paul Elliot in 1995. ELCO provides investment supervisory services to two investment limited partnership and separately managed accounts.

Founded in 1989, Burnham Asset Management Corp. (BAM) is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAM Holdings LLC, who in 2015 purchased 100% of BAM's outstanding capital stock from their previous parent company, Burnham Financial Group, Inc. BAM is an affiliate of Burnham Securities Inc. , a broker-dealer and member of FINRA. BAM provides portfolio management services to individuals (including trusts, estates, 401(k) plans and IRAs), high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, corporations and other business entities. The firm also provides investment management services to the Burnham Investors Trust, a family of registered mutual funds, and serves as the investment manager of Burnham Emerging Managers Fund LP, a private investment fund previously known as Revere Emerging Managers Founders Fund LP.