Ravi K. Paidipaty

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. operates as a holding company which engages in the provision of diversified manufacturing services. The company was founded by John B. Poindexter in 1983 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Ayco Co. LP (Goldman Sachs Ayco) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cohoes, New York. The firm was founded in 1971 by William Aydelotte and James Conway. They are a subsidiary of GS Ayco Holding LLC, owned by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), a publicly traded bank and financial holding company. Goldman Sachs Ayco provides financial planning services nationally to individuals, institutional clients and charitable organizations.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Salient Partners LP (Salient) is an asset management boutique headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2002 by Andrew Linbeck, Jeremy Radcliffe and Haag Sherman. In 2003, the firm merged with Pinnacle Management & Trust Co. to form Salient Partners & Pinnacle Trust Co. Two years later the firm adopted the name Salient Partners LP. In 2022, they were acquired by Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG). Salient provides real assets, tactical equity alternatives, and private solutions for institutional investors and investment advisors.

Glenview Capital Management LLC (Glenview) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Lawrence Robbins in 2000 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of RINC Family Partnership LLC. Glenview manages capital for qualified investors through a series of private investment funds.

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.

Salient Capital Advisors LLC (Salient) is an asset management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded when their direct parent, Salient Partners LP acquired RDG Capital LLC in December 2010. Salient provides real assets, tactical equity alternatives, and private solutions for institutional investors and investment advisors.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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.

Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. provides geological, geophysical, petrophysical, engineering, and economical solution for all facets of the upstream energy industry. Its services include acquisition and divestiture evaluations, coalbed methane development studies, deepwater development studies, enhanced recovery projects, midstream services, operations engineering services, pipeline supplies studies, and equity determinations services. The company was founded by Clarence M. Netherland in 1961 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Surveyor Capital Ltd. is a hedge fund seeding platform headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Citadel LP, which is owned by GFH HFEVA LLC. Surveyor Capital manages capital exclusively for Citadel’s multi-strategy funds and its positions are consolidated in Form 13F filed by Citadel Advisors LLC.

Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC (Water Street Healthcare Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Founded in 2007, TPH Asset Management LLC (TPHAM) is a hedge fund manager and registered investment advisor located in Houston, Texas. The firm is wholly-owned by Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP. TPHAM is an affiliate of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., an investment and merchant bank that focuses exclusively on energy with its headquarters in Houston, Texas, and offices in Denver, New York and London. TPHAM provides energy-focused investment strategies across the energy sector to a diverse set of institutional and individual clients.

Wellfield Capital Management LP provides investment advice. The private company is based in Kingwood, TX. The company was founded by Michael Douglas Pope.