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Lapides Asset Management LLC (LAM) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Steven Wilson in 2005. LAM manages discretionary assets in separate accounts as well as private investment funds for individuals and institutions, such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, foundations, endowments and limited partnerships.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Safra National Bank of New York provides banking services. It provides international, commercial, and domestic banking services. The firm’s products include equities, fixed income securities, funds, certificate of deposit, and money market accounts. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Reich & Tang LP, also known as r&t, offers deposit and liquidity solutions to financial intermediaries across the United States. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company's demand deposit marketplace program provides banks with access to billions in reciprocal deposits and underlying customers with high levels of FDIC insurance through participating banks. The company is a trusted vendor of large broker-dealers and other financial institutions that administers their insured cash sweep programs. The company is focused on providing unmatched client service by creating, improving, and delivering smarter ideas to help banks, brokerages, trust/wealth managers, RIAs, and public and private sector companies maximize the value of their deposit, liquidity, and short-term investment programs.

Levy Baldante Finney & Rubenstein PC provides legal services. It specializes in medical device or drug liability, personal injury, medical malpractice, automobile collisions, commercial truck crushes, premises liability, defective products, professional malpractice, and civil rights. The company was founded by Mark S. Levy and Steven E. Angstreich in 1960 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

New Jersey State Bar Association operates as a not-for-profit organization. It educates the public to enhance awareness of the legal system. The company was founded in June 1899 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Part of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC is an investment firm that serves institutional and high-net-worth clients. The company is based in New York, NY. The company provides investment management through its registered investment advisor, Kahn Brothers Advisors, and brokerage services through Kahn Brothers LLC, a member of the New York Stock Exchange. The firm's investment philosophy has evolved from Benjamin Graham's original "discount to net asset purchase" model into a contrarian value strategy focusing on margin of safety and capital appreciation over long periods of time. The company offers an unusual degree of customization and personal attention to its clients, akin to a family office, and purchases the same stocks for its clients as it does for itself and its families. The firm was founded in 1978 by Irving Kahn, Thomas Graham Kahn, and Alan R. Kahn. Thomas Graham Kahn has been the CEO since 1978.