Cynthia Houlton

Founded in 1997, HFP Capital Markets LLC is a full-service registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudson Financial Partners LLC, a financial services holding company that was founded in 2008. HFP Capital Markets provides investment products and investment banking services to corporations, institutions and high net-worth individuals. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. HFP's Equity Sales and Trading team provides market analytics, trade idea generation and execution services for their institutional equity sales and trading customers. The firm's Fixed-Income Sales & Trading team is involved in sales, trading and credit analysis. They provide market analytics, trade idea generation and execution services for institutional fixed-income sales and trading clients.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Founded in 1992, Utendahl Capital Partners LP is a broker/dealer located in New York City. Along with their affiliates in merchant banking, mezzanine finance and asset management, the firm offers a full range of investment banking products including equity, fixed-income, research, corporate finance and capital markets. Their research team focuses on small- to mid-cap companies in the business services, capital goods, consumer discretionary, consumer finance, consumer products, industrial machinery, media and entertainment and specialty finance sectors. The firm is a subsidiary of Utendahl Capital Group LLC.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a comprehensive range of equity execution services exclusively to institutional clients worldwide. Their clients include private banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, independent asset managers and investment advisors and other brokers.