Byron K. Callan

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

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.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

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.

Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc. (OAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1986, the firm is a subsidiary of E.A. Viner International Co., which is owned by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OPY). OAM offers a variety of advisory services to individuals, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, business or government entities, insurance companies and endowments.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Swedbank Robur Fonder AB (Swedbank Robur) is the wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of Swedbank Robur AB, itself a subsidiary of Swedbank AB (STO: SWED.A, ADR: SWDBY) in Sweden. Founded in 1967, the firm is headquartered in Stockholm and manages a range of equity and fixed-income funds for private individuals and institutions including unions, primarily in Sweden. They also provide discretionary account management for institutional clients. Swedbank Robur is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

CreditSights, Inc. is an independent investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Paul Ciasullo, Reena Mithal, Glenn Reynolds and Peter Petas in 2000. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. CreditSights provides fundamental, in-depth credit research for buy-side decisionmakers, sell-side intermediaries and wealth managers and private banks globally. The firm actively covers more than 5,000 companies in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific representing over 56 countries.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Hancock Timber Resource Group Inc. (HTRG) is a private equity/venture capital firm subsidiary of Hancock Natural Resource Group, Inc. founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. provides loans to agriculture-producing companies and individuals. The company engages in issuing, marketing, and handling the Farm credit system’s debt securities. It offers discount notes, designated bonds, floating rate bonds, fixed rate bonds, and retail bonds. The company is headquartered in Jersey, NJ.

LifeTech Development Partners LP (LifeTech Development) is a venture capital subsidiary of LifeTech Research, Inc. founded in 2008 by Joel Braunstein. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd. (CGMA) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered Hong Kong. They are a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Hong Kong Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Formerly known as Citi Smith Barney, the firm was reorganized in 2008 when Citigroup combined their brokerage and private banking businesses. CGMA offers stock trading services to various institutional investors.

Part of Global Genes, Rare-X is a patient advocacy organization based in Washington. Rare-X is focused on supporting the acceleration and development of life-altering treatments and future cures for patients impacted by a rare disease. Rare-X is building the largest collaborative patient-driven, open-data access project for rare diseases ly, gathering structured, fit-for-purpose data to share broadly, benefitting from 21st-century governance, consent, and federated data sharing technology. Rare-X's goal is to build the largest collaborative patient-driven, open-data access project for rare diseases ly. The American company was founded in 2019 by Nicole Boice. The CEO is Charlene Son Rigby. Rare-X was acquired by Global Genes on February 07, 2023.

C2N Diagnostics LLC is a private company that focuses on mechanism-based approaches to prevent or stop the progression of human neurological disorders. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. The company's lead commercial product, PrecivityAD™, is a mass spectrometry-based test that measures in blood multiple analytes including a?42, a?40, and apolipoprotein e isoforms. This test predicts brain amyloid plaques as determined by PET scan results and received a breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration in early 2019. C2N Diagnostics aims to bring accurate, widely accessible, and cost-effective blood tests to the clinic for the betterment of patient care and brain health monitoring in the field of neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease. The company was founded by Ravi Kiron, Joel Bennett Braunstein, Ilana Fogelman. Joel Bennett Braunstein has been the CEO since incorporation.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

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.

Excellence Nessuah Brokerage Services Ltd. provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Ramat Gan, Israel. The CEO of the Israeli company is Eran Fuchs.

CLSA Americas LLC is a FINRA registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLSA Americas Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. CLSA Americas offers a full suite of execution services throughout North America and Latin America.