Charlie W. Barber

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Clarksons Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 and formerly known as RS Platou Markets, Inc. and Clarksons Platou Securities, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Clarksons Securities AS, which is ultimately owned by Clarkson Plc (LON: CKN) in Great Britain. Clarksons Securities executes trades globally in equities, bonds, convertible notes, derivatives, OTC securities and certain forward freight instruments (FFA). They also offer foreign exchange services (FX) to existing clients. Clarksons Securities serves institutional investors globally.

Clarkson Capital Markets LLC (dba Clarksons Platou Securities) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 as CIS Capital Markets LLC. They are a subsidiary of Clarkson USA, Inc., ultimately held by Clarkson Plc (LON: CKN) in Great Britain. Clarksons Platou Securities offers services such as equity and fixed income sales and trading, equity and credit research, corporate access and corporate finance services, including advising clients on a range of equity and debt capital markets and M&A transactions. They have a broad and diverse global institutional client base, specializing in the Clarksons Group’s core maritime, oil services and natural resources sectors.

GRT Corp. provides information technology and consulting services. The company offers services such as customs application development, database management & support and data warehousing. It also provides project management, systems integration and network design services. GRT Corp. was founded by Gene Shklover & Viktor Litvinov in 1995 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.