Brian James Evans

Founded by David W. Tice in 1988, Behind the Numbers LLC is a financial research firm located in Dallas, Texas. Behind the Numbers analyzes company fundamentals and reviews accounting policies looking for aggressive accounting, poor business models and instances in which Wall Street has extrapolated positive trends too far into the future, while ignoring or underestimating negative trends. They identify early signs of fundamental weakness, long before they are incorporated into Wall Street analysts' estimates. Behind the Numbers reviews companies for quality of earnings factors, including analysis of footnotes, operating earnings momentum, and balance sheet/cash flow ratios. Research is also conducted by talking with customers, suppliers, competitors and/or governmental agencies to determine if investors' expectations are justified.

Rady Asset Management LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in La Jolla, California. The firm was founded by Harry M. Rady in 1995. They provide investment management services to high net worth investors.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.