Stephen D. Nimer

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.

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (dba GMO) is a privately-held, SEC-registered global investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. GMO was founded was founded in 1977 and provides investment advice to a wide variety of clients.

Third Avenue Management LLC (TAM) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered New York City. The firm was founded by Martin J. Whitman in 1986 as EQSF Advisers, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Third Avenue Holdings Delaware LLC, ultimately held by Affiliated Manager's Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). TAM provides investment advice to registered investment companies, private funds, offshore funds, individuals, corporations, pension plans, trusts, estates, educational institutions, endowments and foundations.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Founded in 1997, Choate Investment Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP. They provide comprehensive, integrated wealth management services primarily to high net-worth individuals.

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.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets injectable pharmaceutical products with a primary focus on the oncology, anti-infective, anesthetic/analgesic and critical care markets. It offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios used in hospitals, long-term care facilities, alternate care sites and clinics within North America and manufactures a comprehensive range of dosage formulations. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

NantWorks LLC develops technology based semiconductor and advanced networks for healthcare improvements. Its solution is for life threatening diseases such as cancer, infectious diseases and Alzheimer’s. The company was founded by Patrick Soon-Shiong in September 2011 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

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.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. They also sub-advice funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

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.

Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp. (LOAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 and do-business-as Lombard Odier Investment Managers. The firm is a subsidiary of LO Holding SA and their ultimate parent is Switzerland-based Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA. LOAM provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private pooled investment vehicles (Funds) and investment advisory accounts. The investors in the Funds consist of endowments, foundations, insurance companies, high net-worth individuals, funds of funds, public and corporate pensions, and other sophisticated investors.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Eli Lilly Canada, Inc. is a healthcare leader that focuses on oncology, diabetes, autoimmunity, neurodegeneration, and pain. The company is based in Scarborough, Canada. Established in 1938, the Canadian company collaborates with scientists to produce innovative medicines that make life better for people around the world. The company's mission is to discover and bring life-changing medicines to people who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and contribute to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Abraxis Health is establishing as a fully-integrated, next-generation, evidence-based, and personalized healthcare company. It plans to develop a proprietary model for the delivery of healthcare. Abraxis Health is designing and acquiring the necessary infrastructure and plans to acquire and internally develop the hardware and software modules to organize and integrate the data streams that form the foundation of an interactive database. The firm will develop, test, and validate diagnostics and drugs to target pre-selected patients based on molecular profiles that predict drug response to particular therapeutics.

Avogy, Inc. provides total systems solutions for power electronics applications utilizing GaN on GaN discrete devices, modules, and systems. It focuses on developing and manufacturing vertical power semiconductor devices built in homoepitaxial GaN layers formed on bulk GaN substrates. The company was founded by Isik C. Kizilyalli in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. preserves and maintains Monticello. It also conducts programs that focus on archeology, world history, agriculture and gardening, food and cooking, science and exploration, and papers on Thomas Jefferson. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

United Test & Assembly Center Ltd. provides integrated circuits assembling and testing services for semiconductor devices. The company was founded in November 1997 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Hack VC Management Company LLC (Hack VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Ed Roman and Alexander Pack. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.