Tim McCandless

Copernicus Capital Management LLC (Copernicus) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by John W. Rende in 2013. Copernicus manages a primarily US focused equity long/short healthcare strategy.

Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC (Bel Air) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of HighTower Holding LLC. Bel Air serves the specific needs and interests of wealthy individuals, families, and foundations.

Founded by Robert Chapman in 1996, Chapman Capital LLC is a hedge fund manager located in El Segundo, California. The firm is the registered investment advisor to Chap-Cap Partners LP, Chap-Cap Partners II Master Fund Ltd. and Chap-Cap Activist Partners Master Fund Ltd.

Founded by Kellie Seringer in 2001, Symmetry Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in San Francisco. They manage the Symmetry Parallax Partners LP, the Symmetry Capital Qualified Partners LP, the Symmetry Capital Partners LP and the Symmetry Capital Offshore Fund Ltd.

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.

Founded in 1998 by Alan Reid, Forward Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in San Francisco, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Salient Partners LP.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.