Laurence Robert Benedict

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Norfolk Markets LLC provides investment solutions. It offers a range of trading and portfolio solutions to clients such as based and tail-hedge portfolio strategies. the firm also offers placement services for hedge funds and real asset investments. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Cross Match Technologies, Inc. develops biometric identity management solutions. It offers authentication and verification solutions, ten-print and palm print live scan solutions for enrollment, identification, and forensic analysis; portable and handheld identity management solutions designed for a range of users, applications, and environments; and software development kits for end-users, developers, and integrators. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Part of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Henderson Brothers Holdings, Inc. is a broker-dealer specialist at the New York Stock Exchange. Henderson Brothers Holdings, Inc. is based in New York, NY. Henderson Brothers Holdings was acquired by LaBranche & Co., Inc., part of The Toronto-Dominion Bank from June 28, 2011 on March 02, 2000 for $230 million.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.

ClearBridge Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). The firm was founded in 2005 as ClearBridge Advisors, which operated through Citigroup Asset Management NA, and was acquired by Legg Mason that year. They changed their name to ClearBridge Investments LLC in 2012. ClearBridge Investments manages separate accounts for both institutional and retail clients. The firm also acts as adviser or sub-adviser to the ClearBridge Funds which are part of the Legg Mason family of mutual funds.

New York Stock Exchange LLC operates securities exchange market. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Prime Executions, Inc. is an agency-only broker/dealer which was founded by Andrew Silverman in 1986. They are owned by Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC) in Kazakhstan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm executes shares for a wide variety of clients on both the Buy Side and Sell Side. As a qualified “Blue Line” NYSE floor brokerage firm, Prime is able to access liquidity in multiple marketplaces to fulfill its best execution obligation to their clientele.

Part of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc., Kellogg Capital Markets LLC is a company that provides market making and institutional broker-dealer services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Camarda Financial Advisors LLC (CFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Fleming Island, Florida and was founded in 1998. The firm is a subsidiary of Singularity LLC and their ultimate parent is Kimberly K. Camarda 2012 Irrevocable Trust. CFA provides investment management and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations, and etc.

Founded in 2006, GreenHaven LLC is an investment advisor located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Shore Ventures I LP invests in early to late-stage companies located in the United States. It typically provides equity in the early rounds of financing and growth transactions for a diverse pool of businesses.

Shore Ventures II LP invests in early to late stage companies located in the United States. It typically provides equity financing for a diverse pool of business sectors including commercial services and energy minerals.

Hershey Management (Hershey Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Adam Lawrence Hershey. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Shore Ventures III LP invests in early to late-stage companies located in the United States. It provides equity financing for a diverse pool of business sectors including commercial services and energy minerals.

Tier 3 Capital LLC is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Saint Johns, Florida. Founded in 2011, the firm provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Part of TREES Corp. (Colorado), Trees Colorado LLC is a company that produces cannabis products. The company is based in Denver, CO. The CEO of the company is Adam Lawrence Hershey.