Swayampakula Ramakanth

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

H. C. Wainwright & Co. LLC (H. C. Wainwright) is a full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1868 and is a subsidiary of HCWHC, Inc. H. C. Wainwright delivers industry insights and real-time execution to both public and private small and middle-sized global emerging market companies. With a focus on identifying buyers and sellers in illiquid and difficult to trade equities, the firm specializes in block trading and providing liquidity in these securities with as little market impact as possible.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.

Founded in 2003 by Cliff Rodman and Charles Renshaw, Rodman & Renshaw LLC is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer located in New York City with an additional office in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group (NasdaqGM: RODM). The firm provides corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services to public and private companies across multiple sectors and regions. They also provide research and sales and trading services to institutional investors. Rodman & Renshaw is a leader in the PIPE and RD (registered direct offering) transaction markets. The firm's research focuses on Asia, clean technology, community & regional banks, energy, industrial and commercial services, life science/healthcare and metals and mining. Rodman & Renshaw is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Epoch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops therapeutic and pharmaceutical compounds that are used in diagnostic tests.

Life Science Analytics, Inc. is a research firm headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They are a subsidiary of Datamonitor Ltd. and their ultimate parent is Informa Plc (LON: INF) in Great Britain. The firm provides comprehensive pipeline and financial information on more than 13,000 biomedical companies worldwide. Their data and research products serve executives in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and financial industries.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., DSM Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. is a science-based company that specializes in nutrition, health, and bioscience. The private company is based in Parsippany, NJ. The company offers solutions for animal nutrition, human nutrition and care, food and beverage, and materials. DSM's companies cover a range of human and animal health and nutrition businesses. DSM's investor relations team provides key facts and figures, as well as shareholder information, to current and potential shareholders of DSM and to analysts.