Scott C. Carman

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Morton Capital Management LLC, dba Morton Wealth (Morton), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Calabasas, California. Founded in 1981, Morton provides customized investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals and families (which include retirement accounts), pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities, and pooled investment vehicles.

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.

Syxsense, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based information technology (IT) endpoint management and green technology solutions. The company was founded by Steve DeWindt, Dave R. Taylor, and Ashley Leonard in 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Boxer Capital LLC (Boxer Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Tavistock Group, Inc. founded in 2005 by Chris Fuglesang and Aaron I. Davis. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

H.I.G. Whitehorse Advisers LLC (HIG Whitehorse) is a private equity arm of Bayside Capital Inc founded in 2004 by Anthony A. Tamer and Sami W. Mnaymneh. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Podium Corp., Inc. provides online business solutions. Its mobile platform to collect and manage online reviews for businesses. The firm platform allows users to post reviews on Google, Facebook, and more; and lets customers to post online reviews from their phones, right when transactions happen. The company?s platform enables users to manage online reputation and build a balanced presence across various platforms to get instant alerts and comprehensive reporting, and respond to reviews. The Company was founded by Eric Rea and Robert Dennis Steele in 2014 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

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.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

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).

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

ABS Capital Partners, Inc. (ABS Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Don Bruce Hebb and Tim Thaddeus Weglicki. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Avogy, Inc. provides total systems solutions for power electronics applications utilizing GaN on GaN discrete devices, modules, and systems. It focuses on developing and manufacturing vertical power semiconductor devices built in homoepitaxial GaN layers formed on bulk GaN substrates. The company was founded by Isik C. Kizilyalli in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals.

Arcadis CE, Inc. provides environmental consulting and engineering services. It offers environmental engineering, science, and consulting services to many public and private clients. The firm's services include planning, feasibility studies, pollution control designs, construction observation, and facility management. The company was founded on February 25, 1921 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Beep (Florida) is an autonomous mobility as a service provider that offers fully managed mobility solutions to public and private communities. The company is based in Orlando, FL and was founded by Shawn Lewis and Daniel Conrad. The CEOs are Joseph D. Moye and Joe Moye. Beep provides safe and clean driverless technology that seamlessly connects people and places. The company's turn-key mobility offering delivers a stress-free transportation service for both public and private communities. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Beep has been planning tirelessly to ensure safe and reliable transportation for their customers.

Clearobject, Inc. provides software-as-a-service and virtual private clouds for IBM development and asset management tools. It engages in bringing enterprise applications to the cloud, enabling global collaborative development, and production and analysis of software and products in real time on individual, secure, and private hybrid cloud environments. The company was founded by Vishal Kapashi and Paul Young in 2010 and is headquartered in Fishers, IN.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, Inc. (Morgan Stanley Infrastructure) is a private equity firm founded in 2006. The firm headquartered in New York, US.

Arena Investors LP (Arena) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global institutional asset manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel B. Zwirn and is a subsidiary of Arena Investors Group Holdings LLC, which is ultimately owned by The Westaim Corp. (TSXV: WED; OTCMKTS: WEDXF) in Canada. Arena provides investment advisory services to a limited number of private fund clients and managed accounts.

Valedor Partners LLC (Valedor Partners) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Collins Kuper and Jeremy Lawrence Radcliffe. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Seclore, Inc. provides rights management solutions to secure and protect critical files and data. It offers flexible protection methods, data-centric usage tracking and audits, identity integration, and connectivity products and solutions. The firm serves banking, financial services, manufacturing, insurance, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and legal industries. The company was founded by Vishal Gupta and Abhijit Tannu in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Deloitte/Malawi provides accounting services. The private company is based in Blantyre, Malawi.