Shawn Michael Brennan

SIR Capital Management LP (SIR) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Vincent Maddi and Shawn Brennan in 2007. SIR provides advice on a discretionary basis to various private investment funds. Their affiliate, SIR Advisors LLC, acts as the general partner for their US-based funds.

W.H. Reaves & Co., Inc. (doing business as Reaves Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm was founded by William H. Reaves in 1961. Reaves Asset Management provides investment management services to endowments, foundations, insurance companies, electric public utility, nuclear decommissioning trust funds, other institutions, defined benefit and contribution plans, high-net-worth and other individuals.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.