Jeanine Caruso

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.

Office Depot LLC engages in the provision of office products, services, supplies, and technology solutions. It operates through the following segments: Retail, Business Solutions, and CompuCom. The Retail segment involves in selling merchandise through chain of office supply stores and offers products and services in the categories of supplies, technology, and furniture and other. The Business Solutions segment trades branded and private branded products and services and provides copy and print services. The CompuCom segment comprises procurement, installation, and managing the life cycle of hardware and software businesses; and offers information technology (IT) support services including remote help desk, data centers, and on-site IT professionals. The company was founded by F. Patrick Sher, Stephen Dougherty, and Jack Kopkin in March 1986 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Part of Van der Moolen Holding NV, Van der Moolen Specialists USA LLC operates a trading platform. The company is based in New York, NY.

Founded in 1993, Auerbach Grayson & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer/located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Auerbach Grayson Holdings LLC. Through their worldwide network of broker partners, the firm offers research, execution and clearance in equities, derivatives and fixed-income instruments. They also provide and implements hedging and arbitrage strategies. Auerbach Grayson & Co. is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. They employ bottom-up research to identify undervalued, under-represented and misunderstood companies. The firm covers a broad range of small-cap, mid-cap and emerging market equities.

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.

Intersection Media Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interests in provides outdoor advertising services. It operates as a media company that offers sales, marketing, creative, research, and maintenance of advertising on bus, rail, bulletins, telephone kiosks and street banners. The company was founded by John Edward Stuart in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Part of Prudential Financial, Inc., Prudential Securities, Inc. (Michigan) is a company based in West Bloomfield, MI.

Full Circle Advisors LLC (Full Circle Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Full Circle Service Co. LLC provides solutions for ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. The private company is based in Rye Brook, NY.

Headgate Partners LLC provides investor relations and strategic consulting services. It specializes in the technology component manufacturing industry, primarily for capital equipment, materials, services and software companies serving the semiconductor, solar and data storage markets. The company was founded by Claire E. McAdams and Gary S. Grandfield in 2005 and is headquartered in Nevada City, CA.

HighTower Advisors LLC (HTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HTA provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

FundStrat Global Advisors is an independent research boutique that provides fundamental, technical, and quantitative research to a broad array of clients, including institutional investors, wealth advisors, pension funds, and high net worth individuals. The private company is based in New York, NY, and focuses on delivering analysis, not opinions, to aid in clients' investment process. The firm also has a retail-facing service for smaller investors called FSInsight. FundStrat's data-intensive approach seeks to exploit anomalies and identify sectors and stocks with a high likelihood of outperforming the market. Founded in 2014 by Thomas J. Lee and John Sungho Bai, the company is well-known for custom-tailoring research to clients' unique needs and interests.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.