Margaret J. Brennan

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Forcepoint LLC provides unified web, email, and data security solutions. It offers data security consulting, security intelligence consulting, cyber security intelligence, training and technical certification, implementation packages, and government certification services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Lazard & Co. Ltd. provides investment banking services. The company offers its services for corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals. The company operates in approximately 29 cities in key business and financial centers across 16 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and South America. The company is located in London, UK.

Brown Advisory, Inc. provides investment and advisory services. It specializes in investment management, strategic advisory, wealth management, and private equity. The firm provides services to individuals, families, institutions, and corporations. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

JMI Management, Inc. (JMI Equity) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Harry S. Gruner and Charlie E. Noell. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Cinven Group Ltd (Cinven Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1977. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Millennium Management LLC is a SEC-investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Israel 'Izzy' Englander in 1989 and is a subsidiary of MLM Trust B LLC, itself a subsidiary of MLM Trust B. Millennium Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds.

Patriot Capital (Patriot) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Charles McCusker and Chris Royston. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Greenspring Associates Inc is a venture capital subsidiary of StepStone Group, Inc. founded in 2000 by C. Ashton Newhall. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. operates as an international association of accounting and consultancy firm. The company was founded on June 24, 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

LifeBridge Health, Inc. provides health care services. The firm's services include adult hydrocephalus center, bariatric surgery, brain and spine institute, breast care center, cancer institute, cardiovascular institute, children's hospital, cosmetic surgery center at northwest, ER-7 emergency center, geriatric surgery, hospitalist program and pain management. The company was founded on October 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Competitive Power Ventures Holdings LLC operates as an electric power generation development and asset management company. Its capabilities include asset management, natural gas generation and renewable energy generation. The company was founded by Doug Egan and Gary Lambert in 1999 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MA.

Spinnaker Capital LLC (Spinnaker Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Tas Parafestas. The firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Apis Capital Advisors LLC (Apis Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel Barker and Eric Almeraz in 2004. Apis Capital provides investment advisory services to its sponsored private investment funds and a unit trust that are offered for qualified, sophisticated investors.

KSL Advisors LLC ( KSL Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Mike S. Shannon and Eric C. Resnick. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Brown Advisory LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. They are a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Management LLC. The firm was founded and launched in 1993 as an investment management division of Alex. Brown & Sons, a Baltimore-based investment bank founded in 1800. Brown Advisory provides investment management services to institutional and private clients.

Hull Street Energy LLC (Hull Street Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Sarah Wright. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Resolve Growth Partners Management Co. LLC (Resolve Growth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jit Sinha and Chris Rhodes. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

FFPLS LLC engages in the provision of pet aftercare services. It offers cremation; tracking; viewing and visitation; memorialization; onsite interment; and grief counseling and support. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

JMC Capital Partners LLC (JMC Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael A. D’Amelio and G. Lawrence Bero. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Beechwood Capital LLC (Beechwood Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Lawrence M. Khan. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Healthworx is a venture capital subsidiary of CareFirst, Inc. founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

PSG Equity LLC (PSG Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm headquartered in Boston, MA.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

New Street Research LLC is the US-based investment research arm of New Street Research LLP in Great Britian. Headquartered in New York City, the firm provides research on Telecommunications and Technology sectors globally.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Ellin & Tucker Chartered operates as a public accounting and business consulting company. It offers audit and accounting, tax, consulting, and forensic and valuation services. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.