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Verition Fund Management LLC (Verition) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Nicholas M. Maounis in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Verition Fund Management NY, Inc. Verition serves as the manager for and provides discretionary investment advisory services to several private funds.

S&S HealthCare Strategies Ltd. provides healthcare and administrative services. Its services include claims administration, utilization review, reporting and analysis and stop loss protection. The company was founded by Gail Schweitzer and Richard Rostowskyon in October, 1994 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

Wexford Capital LP (Wexford) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida with additional office in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Charles Davidson, Joseph Jacobs and Robert Holtz in 1994. Wexford provides investment advice to a variety of private pooled investment vehicles over which the firm has discretionary trading authority.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

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.

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.

Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management, Inc. (LTAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. LTAM provides consulting and fund management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, small business owners, pension and profit-sharing plans, plan participants, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles and other investment advisers.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.

Armistice Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 by Steven Boyd. They provide discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds and to a separately managed account client, which is also a private investment fund.

Deloitte Consulting LLP provides business consulting services. It offers services related to public finance, public sector management, health and social protection, information technology, financial sector, and trade and investment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ridgewood Capital Management LLC (Ridgewood Capital) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Ridgewood Co. founded in 1998 by Robert E. Swanson. The firm is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey.

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.

Cadre Technologies, Inc. provides and develops warehouse management and supply chain systems. Its services include implementation services, software support, and consulting. The firm offers solutions to a variety of industries such as consumer goods, high tech and automotive, food and beverage, and wholesale industrial distribution. The company was founded by Donald E. Kirkpatrick, Joe A. Peters, Lou Mazzucchelli, Kenneth I. Dill, and Roger E. Rountree in April 2001 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Inrule Technology, Inc. provides business management solutions and services. It offers InRule for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and JavaScript software that enables business people to change business rules and calculations in applications without coding. The company was founded by Rik Chomko and Loren Goodman in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Macellum Capital Management LLC (Macellum) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2009 by Jonathan Duskin. Macellum provides asset management services to private individuals and institutional clients.