Jeffery Ekberg

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.

D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Owl Creek Asset Management LP is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2001 by Jeff Altman. The firm provides investment management services to private pooled investment vehicles (funds). Their flagship funds are Owl Creek I, Owl Creek II, Owl Creek Overseas, Owl Creek Overseas Master Fund, Owl Creek SRI and Owl Creek SRI Master Fund.

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.

Leucadia Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 as Jefferies Private Client Advisers LLC. They changed their name to Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC in 2006 and to Leucadia Asset Management LLC in 2021. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). LAM provides advisory services to high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

Cowen Execution Services LLC provides brokerage services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bank of America NA operates as a commercial banking branch office. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cowen Prime Services LLC (CPS) is a broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is directly owned by Cowen PB Holdings LLC, which, in turn, is primarily owned by Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: COWN). CPS is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and FINRA, and as a an introducing broker with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association. CPS was formed in 2015 following Cowen Group’s acquisition of Concept Capital Markets LLC. Concept Capital was established in 2010 following the spin-off of the Concept Capital division of Sanders Morris Harris Inc., whose origins date back to 1995. CPS' offering includes world-class custody and clearing options, multi asset class capabilities, leading execution and order management systems, a seasoned execution desk, a range of financing options, a highly professional operations and customer support team, comprehensive portfolio reporting capabilities, capital introduction, and live, intraday and post-trade risk and performance analytics.

Magnetar Capital LLC is an alternative asset manager headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alec Litowitz and Ross Laser in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Magnetar Capital Partners LP. Magnetar Capital provides investment solutions to a wide range of investors.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC (Stone Ridge) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a subsidiary of Stone Ridge Holdings Group LP. Stone Ridge serves as the investment adviser to various investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, Longtail Insurance Holdings Ltd., and investors in separately managed accounts.

Stone Ridge Holdings Group LLC engages in the provision of financial and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cowen Prime Advisors LLC (CPA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2010 as an operating division of Cowen Prime Services LLC (CPS) and succeeded to the investment advisory business of CPS in 2021. They are a direct subsidiary of Cowen PB Holdings LLC and became ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE, NYSE: TD) in 2023, a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation. CPA offers investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, groups of related family members, trusts, estates and charitable institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations and other business organizations.

New York Digital Investment Group LLC is a bitcoin company that offers a bitcoin savings plan for employees to grow their bitcoin savings over time. New York Digital Investment Group LLC is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the UK, the Cayman Islands, and the United States. The company blends high tech and institutional-grade finance to provide a new generation of financial products and helps companies integrate bitcoin into their products and services. The company delivers bold solutions on a purpose-built platform for bitcoin's unique properties and compliance needs. The company was founded in 2017 by Robert David Gutmann and Ross L. Stevens, and Tejas Shah has been the CEO since 2022.

Stone Ridge Residential Real Estate Income Fund I, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation and current income. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

NYDIG Bitcoin ETF operates as an exchange-traded fund. It seeks to reflect performance of the price of bitcoin. The company was founded on January 22, 2021 is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Cipher Mining, Inc., Cipher Mining Technologies, Inc. is a bitcoin mining company. The company is based in Rye, NY. The CEO of the company is Tyler Page. Cipher Mining Technologies was acquired by Good Works Acquisition Corp. from Bitfury Group Ltd. on August 27, 2021 for $2,268 million.

Part of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Cowen Digital Asset Investment Co. LLC operates as an investment fund. The company is based in New York, NY.

Stone Ridge Trust VIII operates as a closed-end management investment company. The company was founded on December 22, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY.