Michael J. Kruk

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.

Moore Capital Management LP (Moore Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Louis Bacon in 1989 and is a subsidiary of Moore Capital Advisors LLC, ultimately held by MCM Group Holdings, Inc. Moore Capital provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to US and non-US privately-offered investment funds sponsored by Moore Group.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Howe & Rusling, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1930, the firm provides investment management services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and self-insurance trusts.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

United Service Organizations, Inc. provides governmental support programs and services. The firm's programs aim to support the morale, welfare, social and entertainment needs of federal troops and its families. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Allen-Vanguard Corp. engages in the provision of customized and proprietary solutions for protection and counter-measures against hazardous devices. It offers 3XXX ECM, ANCILE (C-UAS), EQUINOX NG, and threat management. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Gary Goldberg Planning Services LLC (GGPS) is an investment management firm headquartered in Locust Valley, New York. The firm was founded by Gary Goldberg in 2014 as Bruderman Asset Management LLC. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Bruderman & Co. LLC. GGPS provides investment advisory services to mass affluent, affluent, and high net-worth individuals and families.

Village Global Management LLC (Village Global Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Walnut,California.

Valley National Bank provides retail and commercial banking services. The firm offers depository banking, consumer and commercial lending, trust and pension services. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Passaic, NJ.

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Raging Capital Management LLC (Raging Capital) is a registered independent investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Rocky Hill, New Jersey. The firm was founded by William C. Martin in 2006. Raging Capital provides investment advisory services to private funds intended for sophisticated investors and certain special purpose vehicles.

Rho, Inc. is a private company that specializes in providing integrated services for clinical trials. The company is based in Durham, NC and has subsidiaries in Latvia. The company's team of experts ensures that trials run efficiently from development through submissions and publishing. Rho was founded in 1984 by Ron Helms and Mary Helms. The CEO is Laura Helms Reece.

Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. (VCP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as DFG Investment Advisers, Inc., the firm was founded in 2006 by O. Volkan Kurtas, Moritz Hilf and Kimito Iwamoto. They became Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. in 2021. The firm is owned by Vibrant Capital Partners LLC. VCP discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to investors such as insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private investment funds, family offices, ad fund-of-funds, mainly in the form of pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts.

PA Capital LLC (PA Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of New York Life Investments Alternatives LLC founded in 1997 by Louis William Moelchert. The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

State Farm Insurance Cos. provides personal property and casualty insurance services. It also offers auto insurance quotes, auto, home, life and health policies. The firm also provides commercial auto insurance coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles. The company was founded by George Jacob Mecherle in 1922 and is headquartered in Bloomington, IL.

LibreMax Capital LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2010 by Greg Lippmann, Fred Brettschneider, Jordan Milman and Eugene Xu. The firm is wholly-owned by LibreMax Intermediate Holdings LP, which is owned by LibreMax Capital Holdings LP. LibreMax Capital provides advisory services to private investment funds and sub-advisory services to non-US investment funds. Investors in the private investment funds may include institutional investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, high net-worth individuals, private investment funds, corporations and other business entities.

Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd. (Glilot Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya.