Thomas Ernst Germann

WMPartners Vermögensverwaltungs AG (WMPartners) is the wealth management subsidiary of Bank Julius Baer & Co. AG, itself a subsidiary of Julius Baer Gruppe AG (SW: BAER) in Switzerland. Founded as Walter Meier & Partner in 1971 by Walter Meier, the firm became WMPartners Wealth Management Ltd. in 2002. In 2014 they merged wuth Infidar Investment Advisory Ltd. WMPartners is based in Zurich and offers services to high-net worth individuals, families and foundations, aiming to preserve and augment wealth by aligning their financial understanding, their systematic and disciplined approach to developing investment ideas and their objective decision-making.

Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG (BJB) is the private banking subsidiary of Julius Bär Gruppe AG (SWX: BAER) in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, BJB was founded in 1890 and provides personal wealth management advice to private clients and family offices.

Zürcher Kantonalbank (Broker) (ZKB-Broker) is the brokerage business unit of Zürcher Kantonalbank, a state-owned full-service bank founded in 1870, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. They conduct all investment activities in-house including financial advisory services, research, trading, and asset management. ZKB-Broker is an active trader in securities, foreign currencies, banknotes, precious metals, commodity contracts and financial derivatives on their own account and on behalf of third-party customers. The bank provides underwriting services in domestic debt and equity markets, sales and trading of listed domestic warrants and structured derivatives, and Swiss Franc foreign exchange trading. The firm offers round-the-clock market-making in credit default swaps from Swiss issuers. Their research covers a broad international investment universe and maintains a successful equity, bonds and sustainability research capability, together with independent investment fund research.