Mark Francis Degenhart

Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US, Inc. (R&Co) is an asset management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1962 and formerly known as Rothschild Asset Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Lakes Advisors LLC and their ultimate parent is Wintrust Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: WTFC). R&Co provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services on a discretionary basis to a broad range of clients. They also provide non-discretionary investment advice to various wrap model delivery managed account programs.

Founded in 1969, Oppenheimer Capital is an investment advisor firm located in New York City with an additional office in Newport Beach,, California. Oppenheimer Capital is wholly-owned by Allianz Dresdner Asset Management of America LP (formerly PIMCO Advisors LP), which is a subsidiary of Allianz AG (NYSE: AG). The firm is unrelated to OppenheimerFunds and the brokerage firm CIBC Oppenheimer.

Palisade Capital Management LLC (Palisade) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1995 by Martin L. Berman, Steven E. Berman, and Jack Feiler. They are a subsidiary of Palisade Capital Holdings LP. Palisade offers specialized investment solutions that seek to deliver attractive results to corporations, public plans, financial institutions, family offices, and individuals.