Jason Richard Rechel

Advisory Research, Inc. (ARI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by David Heller in 1974 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ostara, Inc. They provide discretionary investment management services to institutional and high-net-worth clients through separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, and model-based accounts.

Founded in 2002, Cupps Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Chicago, Illinois. The firm provides discretionary investment supervisory and management services affiliated non-registered private partnership funds, institutional separate accounts, and affiliated and unaffiliated registered mutual funds.

Ipreo Holdings LLC provides market intelligence, deal execution platforms and investor communications solutions. Its services include markets analytics, investment community profiles and contact information, deals data, data feeds and entity data management solutions. The firm has offices in New York, London, Maryland, and Delhi. The company was founded on December 18, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

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.