Adam Salomon

TimesSquare Capital Management LLC (TimesSquare) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 by Grant Babyak, Ian Rosenthal, and Stephen Green. They are a subsidiary of TimesSquare Manager Member LLC, which is owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). TimesSquare provides investment advisory services to various types of institutional investors as well as certain high net-worth individuals and in limited instances to modeled portfolios.

CoreCommodity Management LLC (CoreCommodity) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Adam de Chiara and Bradford Klein in 2003 as Jefferies Asset Management LLC and changed their name to CoreCommodity Management LLC in 2012. They are a subsidiary of CoreCommodity Capital LLC, which is owned by CoreManagement LLC. CoreCommodity provides investment management services to sovereign wealth funds, public and corporate pensions, endowments and foundations, and other prominent institutional clients seeking commodities exposure.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.