Jerome S. Markowitz

Conifer Securities LLC is a broker/dealer located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of The Conifer Group LLC, The firm was established in 1989 as Genesis Merchant Group, a private investment partnership that acted as a holding company for the development of an investment advisory business. In addition, Genesis Merchant Group created a broker/dealer to provide corporate finance, equity sales and trading, research and investment management services to a select group of corporate clients, institutional customers and high net-worth individuals. In 1999, a group of management partners and investors, led by Phil Stapleton, renamed the firm Conifer Securities and shifted the firm's focus to the custom outsourcing of comprehensive services and support for independent money managers. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

United Services Management Corp. is a blank check company. It is seeking to acquire control of a government services or business services company. Ramius Capital Group LLC and Barington Capital Group LP assist the company in identifying and completing a business combination. The company will liquidate if it has not initiated a business combination within 24 months of its offering. United Services Management was organized in January 2008 and is located in New York, NY

Part of Rothschild & Co. The private company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc. is a company that provides banking services.

Cowen, Inc. engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through following the segments: Operating Company and Asset Company. The Operating Company segment consists of the Cowen Investment Management, Investment Banking, Markets, and Research divisions. The Asset Company segment consists of the firm’s private investments, private real estate investments, and other legacy investment strategies. The firm offers investment banking services, equity and credit research, sales and trading, prime brokerage, global clearing, commission management services, and actively managed alternative investment products. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.