Mark A. Morris

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Gould Electronics, Inc. manufactures printed circuit boards and laminators. The firm makes printed circuit materials, such as JTC-brand electrodeposited copper foil and TCR-brand resistor foil. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

National Clinical Research, Inc. provides clinical research services. It conducts clinical trials of new medications being developed by pharmaceutical companies to treat many common health problems that include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, allergies, psoriasis and obesity. The company was founded in 1994 by James M. McKenney and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Part of Stifel Financial Corp., Hanifen, Imhoff, Inc. is a brokerage services provider. The company is based in Denver, CO.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.