John S. Wehrle

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.

Weitz Investment Management, Inc. (Weitz) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The firm was founded by Wallace R. Weitz in 1983 as Wallace R. Weitz & Co. Weitz provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to registered investment companies and to a number of separate accounts.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP provides legal services to financial institutions and corporations, government entities, charitable and health care organizations and individual private clients. It was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ESL Investments, Inc. is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor and registered investment adviser founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, ESL manages assets on a discretionary basis in one master fund, ESL Partners LP. They also offer investments in ESL Partners through ESL Limited, a Bermuda-based “feeder fund”. Investors in the funds are generally comprised of ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, but also include private and public pension plans, financial institutions, and other institutional investors.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.

Hicuity Health provides tele-ICU programs and consulting services. Its tele-ICU programs combine 24/7 monitoring by experienced intensivist-led care teams, a telemedicine technology that interfaces into key hospital systems, analyses real time patient data, and connects care teams to the bedside through two-way video conferencing, structured workflows that focus on practice compliance, and various process improvement programs for evidence-based practices in the ICU to improve patient care and safety. The company also provides various consulting services to identify performance improvement solutions for healthcare facilities. It serves hospitals, physicians, ICU nurses, patients, and others involved in the critical care. The company was founded in 2004 by Mary Jo Gorman, David N. Schopp and Isabelle C. Kopec and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CD&L, Inc. provides courier, distribution, and logistics services. Its services include rush delivery, facilities management, and contract logistics services. The firm's customers include commercial, industrial, and retail customers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in South Hackensack, NJ.

George K. Baum & Co. is an investment banking firm with an industry-leading municipal bond business. Its clients include both individual and institutions, and it approaches each one with commitment, energy, innovation and confidence. Its focus is on helping its clients achieve their goals. It does that by providing relevant products and services in every segment of its business. It is dedicated to combining quality service with integrity and creativity- a commitment it has maintained since the firm was founded in 1928. By choosing George K. Baum & Co. as an investment partner, clients gain access to a broad array of investment opportunities and expertise. It is a leader in municipal finance and consistently ranks as one of the nation's top underwriters of negotiated municipal bonds. The firm trades government, agency and mortgage-backed securities. The Firm's affiliate, George K. Baum Capital Advisors, Inc. helps clients realize superior value primarily through mergers and acquisitions and private capital raising assignments.

BZ Bank AG provides securities trading, investment advice and asset management services. The firm's services include brokerage, private banking, corporate advisory, asset management and investment funds. The company was founded by Martin Ebner in May 1985 and is headquartered in Wilen, Switzerland.

Ableco Finance LLC provides financial services. It invests in leveraged buyouts and leveraged rollups, bridge loans, recapitalizations, refinancing, debt restructurings, acquisitions and Chapter 11 reorganizations, including debtor-in-possession and exit financing services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cerberus Capital Management LP (Cerberus) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Stephen A. Feinberg and William L. Richter. It is headquartered in New York.

CRAIG/is Ltd. Corp. provides business process outsourcing services. The private company is based in Jacksonville, FL. The company was founded in 1993 by Jeffrey A. Craig. Jeffrey A. Craig has been the CEO since 1993.

Exponent Private Equity LLP (Exponent Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Chris Graham, Richard Campin, Hugh Richards and Tom Sweet-Escott. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

CSI Leasing, Inc. provides equipment leasing services. The firm's services include technology equipment, healthcare equipment, media and entertainment equipment, government and educational equipment and equipment disposal. The company was founded by Kenneth B. Steinback in 1972 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Accelerator Services Corp (Accelerator Services) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Carl Weissman and Rodney F. Burgar. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

SMS Securities Sigg Merkli Schrödel AG is a private company based in Zurich, Switzerland.

MD Witter Investments LLC (MD Witter) is an independent investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded in 2003 by Michael D. Witter and Sherry P. Witter. They offer asset management services, alternative and traditional investment products to institutional WRAP accounts, foundations and semi-institutional clients.

Echo Lake Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Ephraim Fields and they provide investment advice to high net-worth clients.

bNovate Technologies SA is a water monitoring company based in Ecublens, Switzerland. The Swiss company specializes in developing custom-made instruments for clients and creating cell detection instruments for drinking water. The company's innovative water monitoring solutions include bactosense, bactosense multi, and aqu@sense, which can be used for multi-point water monitoring to detect bacteria in water throughout the water process line. The company also offers solutions for monitoring the purification steps of drinking water treatment, such as pre-treatment and filtration, with bactosense online and bactosense multi. Additionally, they provide aqu@sense mb for taking control of the microbiological quality of pharmaceutical water supplies. The company was founded in 2011 by Simon Künzi.

Nomura Co, Inc. supplies seeds and distributes and markets rice. The private company is based in Burlingame, CA. The company was founded in 1946 by Tokuichi Nomura.

hC Bioscience, Inc. is a biotech company based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. A single trna therapy has the potential to treat many diseases, regardless of the gene or location of the mutation. hC Bioscience is dedicated to improving the lives of patients by developing first-in-class trna-based therapeutics that target protein dysfunction. The company's innovative approach to precision protein editing has the potential to treat genetically defined conditions that account for 10-15% of all human diseases. The lead platform in development is directed at restoring protein function in diseases caused by nonsense mutations or premature termination codons (PTCs). The company was founded in 2021 by Leslie J. Williams, who has been the CEO since then.