Scott DeBenedett

Chanos & Co. LP is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by James S. Chanos in 1985 as Kynikos Associates LP and changed its name to Chanos & Co. LP in 2022. Chanos & Co. provides discretionary investment advisory services to domestic and offshore private funds and managed accounts. Investors in the private funds and managed account clients include individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, endowments and foreign sovereign wealth funds.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Lightyear Capital LLC (Lightyear Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Marron & Associates LLC founded in 2000 by Donald Baird Marron. The firm is headquartered in New York.