Samantha Higgins

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

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.

Ampersand Management LLC (Ampersand Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Richard A. Charpie. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Water Island Capital LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Orrico in 2000 and is owned by Water Island Capital Partners LP. They provide investment advisory services for both institutional and retail clients through registered investment companies (including mutual funds and an ETF), other pooled investment vehicles (hedge funds or private funds), and separately managed accounts.

Webster Financial Advisors (WFA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut. They are the bank management division of Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS). WFA provides investment advisory services to individuals and institutional investors.

Marathon Asset Management LP (Marathon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded by Bruce Richards and Louis Hanover in 1998. The firm provides investment advisory services to private investment funds and institutional managed accounts that are offered to high net worth financially sophisticated individual and institutional investors. Marathon is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) guidelines which allows them to further align their investment strategies with the client?s values.

Catterton Management Co. LLC (L Catterton) is a private equity subsidiary of L Catterton Management Ltd. founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Specialized Packaging Group, Inc. designs and manufactures paperboard packaging products. It deploys a range of printing and converting processes including primography, lithography, flexography, and rotogravure. The company was founded on September 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

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.

Bruegger's Enterprises, Inc. operates bakeries and cafes. Its menu includes boiled and baked bagels, salads, wraps, breads, soups, sandwiches, desserts, and coffee blends. The company was founded by Nord Brue and Mike Dressell in 1983 and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

Minuteman Press International, Inc. engages in the provision of design, print, and marketing services. It offers brand identity, copies, commercial printing, digital printing, finishing, foil stamping, folding, graphic design, infographics, large format printing, laser engraving, lead generation, list acquisition, logo design, and personalizes url services. The company was founded by Roy W. Titus and Robert R. Titus in 1973 and is headquartered in Farmingdale, NY.

Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. (VCP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as DFG Investment Advisers, Inc., the firm was founded in 2006 by O. Volkan Kurtas, Moritz Hilf and Kimito Iwamoto. They became Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. in 2021. The firm is owned by Vibrant Capital Partners LLC. VCP discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to investors such as insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private investment funds, family offices, ad fund-of-funds, mainly in the form of pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts.

Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc. provides health care services and medical courses. The firm’s clinical programs and services include advanced vascular imaging services, allergy and immunology, ambulatory services, bariatric surgery program, cardiac rehabilitation, dental services, dermatology services, diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose & throat (otolaryngology), electrophysiology and cardiac arrhythmia service and interventional cardiology. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Chloe Capital (Chloe Capital) is a venture capital firm founded by Elisa Miller-Out and Kathryn Cartinin in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Ithaca, New York.

Westerly Hospital provides surgical and medical services. It offers laboratory services, diagnostic imaging, surgery, emergency care, cardiac care, physical therapy, and rehabilitation.

Hartford Mezzanine & Private Equity Group (Hartford MPEG) is a Private Equity arm of Hartford Investment Management Co. founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.

AlloMek Therapeutics LLC develops and discovers pharmaceutical products for cancer therapies. It offers MEK kinase inhibitors that improve the biopharmaceutical properties of previous MEK inhibitors. The company was founded by Khire R. Uday and Barry Hart in 2010 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

EQT Partners, Inc. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of EQT Partners AB founded in 1994. EQT Partners, Inc. is headquartered in New York.

L Catterton Latin America Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on March 10, 2021 and is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

Credit Capital Investments LLC is an investment manager and advisor that provides independent and timely fixed income, equity, economic, and quantitative research. The private company is based in Short Hills, NJ, and was founded in 2003. CCI manages separate accounts and is an advisor to the Teak Hill Fund and the Teak Hill Indus Fund. Varkki P. Chacko has been the CEO of the American company since 2006.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Tangen Biosciences, Inc. develops portable instruments and methods for use in molecular diagnostics. Its instrument provides rapid nucleic acid detection, with the specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction amplification. The company was founded by John R. Nobile and John Davidson in 2013 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Part of Charlies Holdings, Inc., True Drinks, Inc. is a company that produces and sells beverages. The company is based in Irvine, CA.

PaperWorks Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture of paperboard products. It offers recycled coated or uncoated commodity-grade and specialty paperboards for carton manufacturing, food packaging, folding cartons, flexible packaging, litho-laminates, blister cards, printing, converting, structural design, lithography, web flexo, rotogravure, design, supply chain management, package testing, packaging audit, and inventory management services. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA.