Darren Mark Anderson

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.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

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.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

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.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

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.

Capitol Partners LLC (Capitol Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by TJ Jubeir. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

William Blair Investment Management LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2014 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair provides investment solutions to corporations, pension funds, governments and public agencies, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, and other institutional investors across the globe.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Angel Oak Capital Advisors LLC (Angel Oak) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 2009 by Michael Fierman, Sreeniwas Prabhu and Brad Friedlander. They are directly owned by Angel Oak Asset Management Holdings LLC, which is owned by Angel Oak Companies LP. Angel Oak provides investment advisory services to mutual funds and private funds as well as separate managed accounts. The firm is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG LLP (Michigan) is a company based in Detroit, MI.

1919 Investment Counsel LLC (1919ic) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). On November 2014, Stifel acquired 1919ic from Legg Mason, Inc. Prior to and as a result of this acquisition, the firm changed its name from Legg Mason Investment Counsel LLC to 1919 Investment Counsel LLC. 1919ic provides comprehensive investment counsel services to both individual and institutional clients, and financial planning and family office services to individual clients.

Panorama Insurance Group, Inc. is an insurance brokerage firm that offers a range of insurance solutions including property & casualty insurance, health, benefits, wealth and retirement solutions. The company is based in Encino, CA. The CEO of the company is Shivam Ashoka.

Tennenbaum Capital Partners (Private Equity) (Tennenbaum Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC founded in 1996 by Michael Ernest Tennenbaum, Mark Keith Holdsworth and Howard Marshall Levkowitz. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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.

Maryland Technology Development Corp (Maryland Technology Development) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

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.

Part of Huckabee & Associates, Inc., Huckabee Architects LP is a leading architecture and design services firm that specializes in providing cutting-edge, technology-driven education design and engineering solutions. The company is based in Palm Beach, FL. The firm's expertise ranges from early learning to higher education, the arts, athletics, and spaces where learners of all ages can expand their knowledge. Huckabee Architects has exclusively served the education market since 1967 and has six offices, plus the only educational research center in Texas: Learning Experience Labs at Baylor University. Founded in 1967, Huckabee Architects is the largest education architecture and design services firm in the state of Texas and consistently ranks among the top educational architecture firms in the nation.

Healthworx is a venture capital subsidiary of CareFirst, Inc. founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

ACON Investments LLC (ACON Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Kenneth R. Brotman, Bernard W. Aronson and Jonathan J. Ginns. The firm is headquartered in Washington D.C., the United States with additional offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Bogota, Madrid, Mexico City and Sao Paulo.

Pure Auto LLC owns and operates an online platform that provides value reports on used cars and trucks. It offers search, pay-per-click, site and display retargeting and advertising services. The firm provides drive traffic, optimize web, and convert sales solutions. The company was founded by Jeremy Anspach in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.