N. Gabriel Tolchinsky

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

FinAccess International, Inc. provides retail financial services. It offers money market funds, managed accounts and wealth management products directly to retail and institutional investors throughout Latin America. The firm has operations in Mexico and Venezuela. The company was founded in 1999 by N. Gabriel Tolchinsky & Mario Covo and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Richmond Hill Investments LLC (Richmond Hill) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Ryan Taylor in 2008 and is solely-owned by Essex Equity Holdings LLC. Richmond Hill provides discretionary investment management services to private pooled investment vehicles. The Funds’ investors are high net worth individuals or institutions, such as trusts, family offices, and other professional investors.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Founded in 1987, SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, New York City and Edmund, Oklahoma. The firm specializes in serving financial institutions. Their expertise lies in public finance and trading, institutional sales, taxable fixed-income trading, high yield and public funds management. SAMCO provides advisory services to issuers of municipal debt in the Southwest and Southeast U.S. Their traders and underwriters make primary and secondary markets in municipal bonds on a national basis. The firm provides advisory services to issuers of municipal debt in the Southwestern and Southeastern U.S. SAMCO's institutional sales department provides coverage of both tier-one national accounts, regional banks and trust departments. They are a leading distributor in the Southwestern U.S. for bank-qualified new issuances. The firm is active in trading and positioning taxable fixed-income securities, including U.S. Treasuries, Agencies, mortgage backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, corporate securities and municipal bonds, including high yield. SAMCO's public funds management group specializes in investment, financial management and banking for public entities such as counties, cities and school districts.

Greystone & Co., Inc. provides real estate lending, investment and advisory services. It offers mortgage finance solutions across multiple platforms, including FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, USDA, CMBS, bridge, mezzanine and other proprietary loan programs. The company was founded by Stephen Rosenberg in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Blackstone Group, Inc. provides marketing research services. It provides custom market research services for clients in industries as consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and technology. The firm's clients include eBay, Harris Bank and Pfizer. The company was founded by Ashref A. Hashim in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cedarview Capital Management LP (Cedarview) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative asset management firm headquartered in Woodmere, New York. The firm was founded by Burton Weinstein in 2004. Cedarview serves as the investment manager of privately offered alternative investment funds and separately managed accounts.

Island Drilling Co. AS engages in the operation of semi-submersible drilling rig. Its activities include coil tubing operations. The company was founded on March 24, 2006 and is headquartered in Sandsli, Norway.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Crawford Lake Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd. provides hedge fund services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Essex Equity Management LLC provides investment management services. The private company is based in Florham Park, NJ. John Don Liu has been the CEO of the company since 2008.

Part of Taubatkompaniet AS, OCV Recovery AS is a Norwegian company that provides offshore services to the marine industry in and internationally. The company is based in Trondheim, Norway. The CEO of the company is Helge Kvalvik.