Dan Patterson

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

RH Capital Associates LLC (RH Capital) is a private family office headquartered in Ancramdale, New York. The firm was founded by Robert Horwitz in 1983 and operated as an alternative investment management firm until 2006 when they transitioned to a family office. RH Capital manages assets of a single family.

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.

TradeStation Group, Inc. through its principal operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Forex, Inc. offers the TradeStation analysis and trading platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. The TradeStation platform offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies. TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member of the Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange and NASDAQ OMX. Its TradeStation Prime Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage services, including securities lending, to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. TradeStation Forex, Inc. (Member NFA) is a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) that exclusively provides the company’s forex brokerage offering. The company’s technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc. develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services. Its London-based subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited, an FSA-authorized brokerage firm, introduces UK and other European accounts to TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Forex, Inc. TradeStation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group, one of the largest online financial services providers in Japan. Monex Group acquired TradeStation in June 2011 as an important step in achieving its goal to become a leading global integrated online financial services group.

Founded in 1999 by Gregory Berlacher, Emerging Growth Equities Ltd. is a full service investment banking and brokerage firm located in located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The firm focuses on small-cap, emerging technology companies in high growth industries including: medical technology, healthcare services, semiconductor design and engineering, software products and consulting services and special situations. Emerging Growth Equities is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Part of Monex Group, Inc., TradeStation Securities, Inc. is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. TradeStation Securities offers a full suite of advanced trading technology, online brokerage services, and education. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services, and hosts the TradingApp® store. TradeStation Securities provides a premier investing experience for the trader on the go, with their mobile trading app. The company also offers a futures options trading platform, allowing traders to identify and seize market opportunities with advanced trading technology. Customers can trade stocks, ETFs, options, or futures online.

Headquartered in New York City, Investec Securities LLC is an international, specialist banking group that provides a diverse range of financial products and services to a select client base. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide an internal research. Investec is a subsidiary of Investec Plc

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

NorthPointe Capital LLC is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of NorthPointe Holdings LLC. NorthPointe Capital provides investment supervisory services relating to various investment strategies in equity securities.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Founded in 1999 by the late Thomas Watson, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (JMS) is a full-service financial services firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of Independence Square Properties LLC, itself a subsidiary of Penn Mutual Insurance Co. Their ultimate parent is Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. JMS is a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm provides comprehensive financial advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional investors. Their primary coverage verticals include the consumer, technology, financials and infrastructure sectors.

Part of Raymond James Financial, Inc., Roney & Co. is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Muskegon, MI. Roney was acquired by Raymond James Financial, Inc. from Bank One Corp. on April 14, 1999 for $80 million.

NWD Investment Management, Inc. provides asset management services to institutional and individual investors. It is an asset management firm for individuals and institutional clients, including corporate & public pension plans, foundations & endowments, mutual fund companies and insurance companies. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. (Broker) (Boenning & Scattergood-Broker) is the registered broker-dealer division of Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., a financial services firm headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Henry D. Boenning in 1914. Boenning & Scattergood-Broker provides retail investors, municipal clients, and institutions a full complement of financial services, including retail brokerage, investment advisory, equity research, equity and fixed income sales and trading, investment banking, public finance, and option strategy.

CIG Venture Management LLC (CIG Venture Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of CIG Corp. founded in 2008 by Osman Radwan Minkara. The firm is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.

Silvant Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a 100% owned subsidiary of Virtus Fund Advisers LLC, which was formerly known as RidgeWorth Capital Management LLC prior to the acquisition of RidgeWorth by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. on June 1, 2017. Virtus Fund Advisers is an investment adviser registered with the SEC and is also a money management holding company. Virtus Fund Advisers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Intermediate Holdings LLC, which is wholly owned by Virtus Partners, Inc., whose parent company is Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Prior to 2008, Silvant was known as the Growth Equity division of Trusco Capital Management, Inc., which became RidgeWorth in 2008.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.