Jason R. Wells

Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. (MFIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was established in 1986 and their sole shareholder is Mesirow Financial Services, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., a Chicago-based financial services firm that was founded in 1937. MFIM provides advisory services to individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified plans, state or municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (PAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a subsidiary of PanAgora Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW) in Canada. PAM is the sponsor and investment manager for certain private unregistered investment pools, such as funds organized under US tax-qualified group trusts, domestic private funds organized as limited liability companies, and offshore private funds organized as Cayman Islands exempted companies. They also provide investment advisory services to institutional separate account clients.

Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. (Pekin Hardy) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Rick Singer in 1990 as Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management, Inc. Pekin Hardy serves as the investment manager to the Appleseed Fund, a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and provides investment management services to separately managed accounts, retirement plans, and other client accounts.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is a wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

OneChicago LLC engages in providing electronic exchange services. It focuses on futures on individual stocks, narrow-based indexes, and ETFs. The firm offers single stock futures exchange services to invest and trade equity products for traders, brokers, and investors. It also provides market data, including quotes, list of market data vendors, market data vendor fees and licensing and various products. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Inventables, Inc. offers 3d carving software, machines and related raw materials. It develops Easel, a 3D platform which allows users to pair with 3D carving machine and X-carve and produce their first project in short time. The company was founded by Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

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.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

CreditSights, Inc. is an independent investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Paul Ciasullo, Reena Mithal, Glenn Reynolds and Peter Petas in 2000. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. CreditSights provides fundamental, in-depth credit research for buy-side decisionmakers, sell-side intermediaries and wealth managers and private banks globally. The firm actively covers more than 5,000 companies in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific representing over 56 countries.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

Biomedical Acoustics Research Co. develops acoustic technologies for medical diagnoses. The firm focuses on gastrointestinal diseases, including intestinal obstruction, delayed gastric emptying, and gastrointestinal perforation. The company was founded in 1990 and is located in Evanston, IL.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. provides commercial real estate services. Its services include agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, facility services, global occupier services, investment and asset management, project and development, tenant representation, and valuation and advisory. The company was founded by J. Clydesdale Cushman and Bernard Wakefield on October 31, 1917 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

EnerOne, Inc. generates fossil fuel energy. The firm manufactures, installs, and operates modular heat-generating machines and equipment for the production and management of steam and electricity. The company was founded in August 2007 and is headquartered in Gangnam-gu, South Korea.

Corazon Group LLC (Corazon Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Sam Yagan and Steven M. Farsht. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Sterling Fund Management LLC (Sterling Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1983 by Eric Becker, Michael Bronfein, Shoshana M. Vernick, Jeff Elburn. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Breckinridge Capital Management, Inc. (Breckinridge) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in San Diego, California. The firm was founded in 1993 by Peter Coffin. Breckinridge provides investment-grade fixed income portfolio management services for high-net-worth individuals and large institutions through a network of financial advisors, consultants, and family offices.

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP provides forensic, dispute, and other consulting services. It helps clients tackle complex and challenging issues such as mergers and acquisitions, fraud, litigation and reorganizations. The firm advises clients on managing business controversy and disputes, executing deals and maintaining regulatory compliance and investigates activities such as fraud or money laundering, value real estate and other assets, assist with corporate restructurings, consult on litigations, help execute strategic investments for mergers and acquisitions. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fairway Lawns, Inc. provides lawn care and pest control services. The company is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Conco Services LLC manufactures materials needed for plants and refineries. It provides condenser and heat exchanger services to the power generation and industrial process industries. The firm offers tube cleaners, plugs, inserts, tube cleaning systems and leak detection systems. Its services industrial cleaning services, condenser tube cleaning, air preheater cleaning and video probe inspection. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Verona, PA.

Pir Tano Construction Co., Inc. is a construction company that offers heavy highway construction, communication construction, and communication installation services. The company is based in Addison, IL and has been a leading provider of heavy construction services in the area for more than four decades. Pir Tano Construction Co. has twenty underground sewer and water crews deployed from their location, and their crews install aerial and underground cable, along with telephone and fiber optic projects. The company was founded in 1982 by Michael D. Piraino, Jack G. Horn, Joseph Pantano.