Raymond V. Duffy

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

PAR Capital Management, Inc. (PCM) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 1990. PCM serves as the investment advisor to PAR Investment Partners LP. Investors in the partnership include high net-worth individuals, family offices, trust programs, endowments and foundations, and private investment funds, including fund-of-funds.

Bankers Trust Co. is an asset management headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1917 and is a subsidiary of BTC Financial Corp. The firm serves as a trusted partner for individuals’ comprehensive financial planning, trust and fiduciary needs.

Kinetics Mutual Funds, Inc. provides mutual fund investment services. It offers common stocks, convertible and fixed-income securities such as bonds, debentures and warrants. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Founded in 1989, PCS Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Edmonds, Washington. The firm is an introducing broker and clears securities transactions on a fully-disclosed basis with an independent clearing organization. PCS Securities provides independent research and directed brokerage arrangements for investment advisors, money managers and plan sponsors.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

CNSX Markets, Inc. operates a stock exchange. It offers an alternative for companies looking to access the Canadian public capital markets. The company provides market access vendors, market data vendors, newswire services, network access providers, regulatory services and services for listed companies. The company was founded by Ian Bandeen in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 2002, Empirical Research Partners LLC (ERP) is an independent investment research firm located in New York City. The firm provides services to institutional clients. ERP's research approach is based on empirical evidence. They seek to combine the macro and micro and the short- and long-run evidence into a comprehensive viewpoint. The firm employs inclusive, proprietary databases and sophisticated stock selection models that are based on judgments about human nature. ERP's ongoing research effort attempts to determine how best to translate those judgments into useful decision-making rules. The firm's portfolio strategy is based on microeconomics and seeks to exploit a variety of anomalies to identify stocks that should outperform the market. These anomalies may include misvaluation, overinvestment or retrenchment by management and excessive extrapolation of trends by investors. ERP employs a proprietary, customized database that contains large quantities of company-level data. The firm looks for situations in which the current state of affairs is untenable and the reward for patience is great. ERP's quantitative research seeks to help active portfolio managers make better decisions by exploiting recurring aspects of human nature. Their tools quantify these variables and combine them into screens or formal multifactor models that identify companies with desirable or undesirable traits. The models balance conflicting signals in a dynamic fashion, putting greater emphasis on the factor with the highest expected return at each point in time. The firm's research approach with respect to the developed markets outside of the U.S. is similar, but not identical, to the process they use in researching U.S. companies. ERP's international research considers the economic, legal, accounting, cultural and historical differences within each region and covers the broad range of issues affecting stocks and markets globally. Their stock-selection models combine measures of valuation, capital deployment, earnings quality and market reaction into a single expected return. They compare each stock to its peers within the global sector, within the geographic region and to all stocks across the entire market.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

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.

Forteris Wealth Management, Inc. (Forteris) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Armonk, New York. The firm was founded by Jay W. Furst in 1993 as AFW Asset Management, Inc. Forteris offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services to include individuals, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

Horizon Kinetics LLC provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Painewebber & Co., Inc. provides stock brokerage and asset management services. The private company is based in Los Angeles and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Brent D. Williams.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Part of ORIX Corp., IL&FS Securities Services Ltd. is a subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS) and is based in Mumbai, India. The Indian company provides depository services, loan against shares, futures and options/derivatives clearing, custody, NRI services, national pension system, FPI cash management system, national skills registry, outsourcing solutions, data center services, branch/network rollout services, network/ent management, and business continuity/disaster recovery. The CEO of the company is Priya Prempal Shetty.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange Ltd. owns and operates electronic stock exchange. The firm offers listing and trading opportunities for international and domestic issuers of equity, debt, depository receipts, insurance securitization, and derivative warrants. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

IRTS Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which provides electronic media and communication services. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2014, Lamington Road DAC is an Irish financial services company that provides financial intermediation services. Part of Emergent Capital, Inc., the company is based in Dublin, Ireland.