Christopher DeLetto

Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Part of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., PepsiCo Food Systems, Inc. is a company that distributes and supplies food equipment and related products to restaurants. The company is based in Memphis, TN. PepsiCo Food Systems was acquired by AmeriServe Food Distribution, Inc. from PepsiCo, Inc. on July 29, 1997 for $830 million.

Oxford Financial Group Ltd. (Oxford) is a privately-held investment advisory firm headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. The firm was founded by Jeffrey H. Thomasson in 1981. Oxford provides a wide array of investment advisory services to families and institutions alike. Family clients span the range from individuals to multi-generational families. Their institutional clients include foundations, endowments and retirement plans.

Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Norwest Partners founded in 1961 by John E. Lindahl. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Vincent Group LC provides legal services. It specializes in significant corporate transactions and corporate counsel, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, venture capital and private equities, equity financing, public and private offerings, trademark and business licensing, entity formation, and the drafting of SEC registration statements. The company was founded on April 7, 2003 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors LLC (Grandeur Peak) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm was founded in 2011 by Robert Gardiner, Blake Walker and Eric Huefner. Grandeur Peak provides investment management services to registered investment companies (the Grandeur Peak Funds), private pooled investment vehicles (the Grandeur Peak LPs), and accredited investors (the Grandeur Peak SMAs). Investors within these investment vehicles include individuals, trusts, financial advisers, corporations, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, municipalities, registered investment companies, private investment funds, and other entities.

Princeton Global Asset Management LLC (Princeton Global) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Paul J. Gerard in 2008. Princeton Global provides US, International and Global investment strategies that are customized to their clients’ investment objectives and needs through equity, fixed income and balanced separately managed accounts.

Woodlawn Partners LLC (Woodlawn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Greg Bregstone and Evan Gobdel. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.