Paul Sprinsky

Founded in 1996, Investrend, Inc. is a research firm headquartered in Forest Hills, New York. The firm specializes in an integrated, interdependent approach, pulling together research, broadcast, forums and information platforms as needed to create a cohesive platform to enhance events, conferences, research, publications and information distributions worldwide with services skewed toward shareholder empowerment.

Direct Surety, Inc. provides contract surety bonds. Its products include DirectServ, DirectServ Plus and Private RFP. The company was founded by David Druml and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

JJG Advisory LLC operates as an investment consulting company. It offers insurance investment governance, institutional investment consulting, and asset management consulting services. The company is headquartered in Cromwell, CT.

Middlesex Health System, Inc. operates general hospitals. The non-profit company is based in Middletown, CT.

Founded in 2002 by Robert G. Byron and Peter Stelian, Blue Vista capital Management LLC is a private equity firm located in Chicago.

Middlesex Hospital, located in Middletown, CT, provides healthcare services to patients and families. The hospital prides itself on providing quality care and treating patients like family.

New England Asset Management, Inc. (NEAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as General Re New England Asset Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Re Corp., which is wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK). NEAM provides investment management services primarily to insurance companies (affiliated and unaffiliated with NEAM). The firm also provides investment management services for governmental entities, a pension/profit sharing plan account, pooled investment vehicles and high-net-worth individuals. NEAM manages assets of an insurance company client that includes a charitable organization account.

Founded in 2003, Fundamental Research Corp. is an independent equity research firm located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm provides fundamental research on small-cap and micro-cap companies from a value-based perspective. They focus on the biotechnology, healthcare, mining, energy and special situations/industrials sectors. Fundamental Research Corp. provides equity research services through interactive valuation models, access to analysts and industry experts, research reports on public and private companies and fundamental analysis. The firm's clients include individual and institutional investors.

General Reinsurance Corp. is engaged in the provision of life and non-life reinsurance solutions. Its solution areas encompass aviation, life and health, treaty, and facultative insurance solutions. The firm also offers risk assessment, management, and business consulting services. The company was founded on February 28, 1973 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Part of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Allied World Financial Services Ltd. provides financial services.

Part of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Allied World Financial Services, Inc. provides financial services.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Founded by Michael L. Green in 1989, EverGreen Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor firm based in Omaha, Nebraska

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

GSAM Stable Value LLC (GSAM SV) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. The firm was founded in 1983 as Dwight Asset Management Co. LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP, ultimately held by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GSAM SV offers strategies focused on fixed income investment management services for institutional clients.