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Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Fluid Technology Solutions (FTS), Inc. provides water treatment solutions. It offers membrane technologies for water reuse, product concentration, and ZLD applications. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Albany, OR.

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.

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.

Kurt Salmon US LLC provides management consulting services. The firm’s services include CIO advisory, global financial services, health care, and retail and consumer products. It offers logistics, marketing and merchandising, and information technology services. The company was founded by Kurt Salmon in 1935 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2006, Tradewinds Global Investors LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm was created through a reorganization of their affiliate, NWQ Investment Management Co. They are a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Tradewinds provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of clients, including corporate and multi-employer plans, charitable organizations, educational institutions, individuals, high net-worth individuals, trust accounts, estates, corporations and/or other business entities, banks and thrift institutions, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. They provide investment sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end and closed-end investment companies, CITs and other non-US pooled investment vehicles, including UCITS funds. Tradewinds also provides investment advisory services to a number of private investment funds which are generally organized as Delaware statutory trusts.