Peter Charles Friedland

Founded in 1999 by Malcolm Fairbairn, Ascend Capital LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager located in Orinda, California. The firm generally provides investment advice to private investment funds and institutional separate accounts. Investors in the funds include: pension and profit sharing plans; trusts, estates and charitable organizations; funds-of hedge-funds (whether organized as partnerships, corporations or other entity types); and high net-worth individuals and family offices.

Founded in 2003, Soleil Securities Corp. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Ticonderoga Securities LLC and their ultimate parent is Cayman Islands-based GEROVA Financial Group Ltd. (NYSE: GFC). Soleil Securities Corp. is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. The firm offers in-depth company-specific equity research to institutional clients. They provide coverage across a variety of significant growth sectors of the economy. Soleil Securities Corp.'s research process integrates macroeconomic considerations with investment-relevant policy insights. They seek to produce alpha-generating, actionable information that can help their clients achieve their investment objectives. The firm covers the following industries: (1) basic materials including agricultural chemicals, specialty chemicals and paper/forest products (2) capital goods and industrials including autos and auto parts (3) consumer including gaming, lodging, eTravel, agribusiness, sustainable agriculture, specialty foods, specialty retail, homebuilders and retailing/automotive (4) financial institutions including financial services, property and casualty and regional banks (5) healthcare including pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology and medical devices (6) special situations (7) strategy and policy (8) technology including software/Internet, semiconductors and solar power (9) telecommunications and telecommunications equipment (10) transportation (11) airlines and (12) utilities

Founded in 2003, Seasons Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager based in San Francisco. They manage the Seasons Core Fund LP, the Seasons Institutional Core Fund LP, the Seasons Aggressive Fund LP, the Seasons Core Fund Ltd., the Seasons Aggressive Fund Ltd., the Seasons Leveraged Core Fund LP, the Seasons Leveraged Core Fund Ltd., the Seasons Core Master Fund LP, the Seasons Aggressive Master Fund LP, the Seasons Pinnacle Fund LP, the Seasons Pinnacle Fund Ltd. and the Seasons Summer Fund LP

Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

Part of ING Groep NV, ING Barings Furman Selz LLC is a financial services provider. The company is based in New York, NY.

Founded in 2011 by Ashish Shah, Josh Wyss, Jonathan Kahn, Scott Devinsky and Kathlyne Kiaie, First Oak Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in San Francisco. The firm manages the First Oak Acorn Fund LP.