Jim Fr. Betz

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.

Safra National Bank of New York provides banking services. It provides international, commercial, and domestic banking services. The firm’s products include equities, fixed income securities, funds, certificate of deposit, and money market accounts. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Reich & Tang LP, also known as r&t, offers deposit and liquidity solutions to financial intermediaries across the United States. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company's demand deposit marketplace program provides banks with access to billions in reciprocal deposits and underlying customers with high levels of FDIC insurance through participating banks. The company is a trusted vendor of large broker-dealers and other financial institutions that administers their insured cash sweep programs. The company is focused on providing unmatched client service by creating, improving, and delivering smarter ideas to help banks, brokerages, trust/wealth managers, RIAs, and public and private sector companies maximize the value of their deposit, liquidity, and short-term investment programs.

Lapides Asset Management LLC (LAM) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Steven Wilson in 2005. LAM manages discretionary assets in separate accounts as well as private investment funds for individuals and institutions, such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, foundations, endowments and limited partnerships.