Michael Alan Yacktman

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Yacktman Asset Management LP (Yacktman) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded in April 2012 to succeed to the business of Yacktman Asset Management Co., which had served long-term oriented investors since 1992. They are a subsidiary of Gotham Acquisition LP LLC, ultimately owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). Yacktman provides investment management and supervisory services on a discretionary basis and, for a limited number of clients, on a non-discretionary basis. Their clients include high net-worth individuals, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, trusts, or charitable organizations, and corporations or business entities.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

TriplePoint Capital LLC (Triplepoint Capital) is a global specialty debt financing firm founded in 1987 by Jim Labe. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

High Brew Coffee, Inc. manufactures and sells ready-to-drink cold brew coffee. The firm offers Black & Bold, Double Espresso, and Creamy Cappuccino +Protein. The company was founded by David Smith in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Cougar Capital LLC (Cougar Capital) is a venture capital and private equity firm, a subsidiary of Brigham Young University founded in 2005 by Scott White. The firm is headquartered in Provo, Utah.

Pelion Venture Partners (Pelion Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Jim C. Dreyfous and Joel D. Kellman. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City. Utah.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

University of Utah /Venture Capital/ (University Venture) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of David Eccles School of Business founded in 2001.The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tamarak LLC (Tamarak) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Brent Hatch and Keaton Hatch. The firm is headquartered in Springville, Utah.

Trive Capital LLC (Trive Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Conner Searcy and Chris Zugaro. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Demandjump, Inc. provides an actionable intelligence marketing platform. It offers Traffic Cloud is a customer acquisition platform that unifies cross-channel digital marketing data to show the entire customer journey. The firms web application used to help companies achieve digital dominance. The company was founded by Christopher Day and Shawn Schwegman in 2015 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Xpanse Services LLP (Xpanse Services) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Haryana, India.

Cypress.io, Inc. develops end-to-end automation framework for web applications. It is a software company which operates test engine that runs unit and integration tests in browser. The company was founded by Brian Mann and Kent Randall in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Ambina Partners LLC (Ambina Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Greg M Share. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Lazard is a private company that provides financial advisory and asset management services. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 1848 by Alexandre Lazard. The CEO is Kenneth Marc Jacobs.

FFL Partners LLC (FFL) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Tully Friedman, Spencer Fleischer, David Lowe, and Christopher Masto. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Album Ventures LLC (Album Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Sid Krommenhoek, John Mayfield & Diogo Myrrha. The firm is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Credit) (Carlyle Group), subsidiary of The Carlyle Group Inc. is a private equity firm founded in 1987 by William E. Conway Jr., Daniel A. D'Aniello and David M. Rubenstein. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.

TSG Consumer Partners LLC (TSG Consumer Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Charles Howard Esserman. The firm is headquartered in Larkspur, California.

Clearly Petroleum Holdings LLC provides oil and gas exploration services. The company was founded in May 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Tessara Petroleum Resources LLC engages in exploration, development and production of oil and gas. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

BIP Ventures (BIP Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of BIP Wealth LLC founded in 2007 by H. Scott Pressly and Mark Andrew Buffington. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

NRD Capital Management LLC (NRD Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Aziz Hashim. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Alta Park Capital LP (Alta Park) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Bou-Saba, Jayaveera (JV) Kodali, and Bijan Modanlou in 2013. Alta Park provides discretionary investment advisory services exclusively to privately offered pooled investment vehicles. Investment in the funds is generally offered to high-net worth individuals, trusts, pensions and small corporations.

Founded in 1987, Pantheon Ventures (US) LP is a private equity firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is the U.S. investment arm of Pantheon Ventures (UK) LLP. Their ultimate parent is Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG), which acquired the firm in June 2010. Pantheon Ventures manages regional primary investments, global secondary and infrastructure investments and customized separate account programs.

Amulet Capital Partners LP (Amulet Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Ramsey A Frank and Jay B Rose. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Level Equity Management LLC (Level Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Benjamin Levin, George W. McCulloch and Sarah Sommer. The firm is headquartered in New York.

RF Investment Partners LLC (RF Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Peter Fidler and Peter E. Rothschild. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Autonomous Research US LP is an investment research firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Autonomous Research LLP. The firm provides coverage of all major European banks and insurers and US banks, asset managers and payment processors. The company publishes research for both equity and credit investors. The company also offers execution service across the capital structure.

Vortus Investment Advisors (Vortus Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Jeffrey W. Miller and Brian C. Crumley. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.