Alfred L. Shacklett

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. provided voice, data and video telecommunications services. It was acquired by Cingular Wireless LLC in October 26, 2004. The company was headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Telecheck International, Inc. provides check guarantee and information processing services. Its services include check acceptance and verification for transactions that occur at the point of sale for merchants and financial institutions. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Torch Energy Advisors, Inc. offers oil and gas exploration, production, and other upstream and midstream services. The company was founded by James Perry Bryan on May 11, 1988 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Crown Castle USA, Inc. provides wireless communications services. It also provides engineering, deployment, marketing, ownership, and leasing of shared wireless sites. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, PA.

IHS Towers NG Ltd. builds and maintains telecommunications towers. It leases space to telecoms operators at its tower sites for antennas and other wireless transmission equipment and also provides site maintenance, including power management and security services, under long-term lease agreements. The company was founded in January 2005 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Helios Towers Africa LLP operates telecommunication towers for mobile phone and internet networks. It offers vertical space for radio frequency and transmission equipment, uninterrupted power supply-plus battery backup, capital preservation, full regulatory compliance, and full site management and remote monitoring products. The firm's services include co-location and build to suit (B2S). The company was founded by Charles C. Green III in 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Magnetar Capital LLC is an alternative asset manager headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alec Litowitz and Ross Laser in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Magnetar Capital Partners LP. Magnetar Capital provides investment solutions to a wide range of investors.

edotco Group Sdn. Bhd. engages in the provision of integrated telecommunications infrastructure services. The firm offers managed services, maintenance, towers, echo, energy, and fiber solutions. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Pinnacle Towers Pte Ltd. engages in building and operation of telecommunications infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Philippines.