Jon R. Bottorff

HSBC USA, Inc. provides commercial banking services. Its customers include individuals, including high net worth individuals, small businesses, corporations, institutions and governments. The company operates through the following segments: Retail Banking and Wealth Management (RBWM), Commercial Banking (CB), Global Banking and Markets (GB&M), Private Banking (PB), and Corporate Center (CC). The RBWM segment provides banking and wealth products and services, including personal loans, MasterCard and Visa credit card loans, deposits, branch services and financial planning products and services such as mutual funds, investments and insurance. The CB segment offers domestic and international services and banking, insurance and investment products to companies, government entities and non-profit organizations. The GB&M segment provides tailored financial solutions to major government, corporate and institutional clients as well as private investors worldwide. The PB segment provides private banking and trustee services to individuals and families with local and international needs which include specialist advisory services, including banking, liquidity management, investment services, custody services, tailored lending, wealth planning, trust and fiduciary services, insurance, family wealth and philanthropy advisory services. The CC segment includes BSM and legacy structured credit products, as well as a portfolio of residential mortgage loans, including certain loan servicing activities performed on behalf of HSBC Finance. HSBC USA was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HSBC North America Holdings Inc. operates as a bank holding company. It serves customers in areas including personal financial services, credit cards, specialty insurance products, commercial banking, private banking, asset management, global banking and markets. Te company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in New York NY.

HSBC Finance Corp. operates as a holding company with interests in providing lending products. The company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL.

HSBC Bank USA NA engages in the provision of banking services. Its lines of business are Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Private Bank. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Part of Niederösterreichische GmbH, Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, Inc. is a company that provides financial services. The company is based in New York, NY.

ABN AMRO Bank NV, established in 1824, is an international bank based in Amsterdam ABN AMRO Bank NV, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO Holding NV (XA: AABA; NYSE: ABN). The firm's investment banking business unit provides commercial clients in local markets as well as multinational corporations and financial institutions with advisory, financing and operational services. They have global expertise in the international capital markets and eco-markets, as well as for transaction banking, asset management and private equity.

Windward Brands LLC provides dessert, ice cream, and frozen novelty food products. The company is headquartered in Glenview, IL.