William M. Shook

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.

Pliant LLC manufactures film and flexible packaging products. The firm serves for the personal care, medical, food and industrial markets. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Evansville, IN.

Getronics BV operates as a financial holding company with interests in information and communication technology sector. The company is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Transactis, Inc. provides electronic bill presentment and payment solutions. It offers BillerIQ and DocumentIQ solutions. The firm transforms traditional paper billing and payment processing by enabling businesses of all sizes to replace paper bills, statements, invoices, payments and documents with digital alternatives. The company was founded by Thomas L. Kohn, Joseph Proto, and Jeffrey Greenberg in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mondo Acquisition I, Inc. operates as a blank check company. It is a development stage company which serves as a vehicle to effect a merger, exchange of capital stock, and asset acquisition. It engages in organizational efforts and obtaining initial financing. The company was founded on October 30, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UtiliPoint International, Inc. operates as a utility, energy consulting, and issues analysis firm. The company offers public issues & regulatory management, AMI & meter data management, rates & demand response, utility energy & technology, trading & risk management and energy investment services. It provides services to energy companies, utilities, investors, regulators, and industry service providers. UtiliPoint International was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM

Standard & Poor's Financial Services provides financial market intelligence services. It offers credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data to the financial decision-makers. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Dearborn Mid-West Conveyor Co. engages in the design, integration, and installation of complex material handling systems for hard working industries in North America and internationally. It offers overhead monorail systems, overhead/inverted power and free systems, skillet conveyor systems, automated electrified monorails, floor systems, specialty transfer systems, light duty systems, automatic guided cart systems, electrified monorail seat conveyors, tire and wheel systems, overhead friction drive conveyors, pallet system, modular cable system, automatic vertical lift transfers, final line flat top conveyors, and trim shop skid systems for the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Taylor, MI.

Ridgewood Savings Bank provides banking services. It offers standard deposit products and services including checking and savings accounts, insurance, overdraft and other business banking services. The bank was founded on June 18, 1921 and is headquartered in Ridgewood, NY.

Knox Lawrence International LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in New York, United States.

Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

Rise Technology, Inc. is an American company that manufactures electronic components.

Bedford Computer Corp. is an American company that manufactures, develops, and markets computer text and graphic composition systems.

Canadian Microelectronics Corp. develops and manages Canada's national design network. It offers design, documents, training, resource competitions, and subscription. The company is headquartered in Kingston, Canada.

Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc. provides information technology solutions. The company was founded by Nana Baffour and Johnson M. Kachidza on October 30, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Shared Interest is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 by Donna Katzin and other anti-apartheid activists and socially responsible investors. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The organization's core mission is to facilitate guarantees that catalyze South Africa's own banks to lend to black entrepreneurs, farmers, and microfinance institutions, thereby creating inclusive and sustainable solutions to address the region's growing economic inequality. Shared Interest has provided $34 million in loan guarantees, which has unlocked more than $131 million in local capital for black businesses and ultimately benefitted more than 2 million economically disenfranchised Southern Africans. The organization recently implemented a new business model and expanded to other Southern African countries, including Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.

Qintess Holding e Participacoes Ltda engages in the development of technology solutions. It offers software for management, leadership, accounting and sales. The company was founded on October 10, 2019 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Cimcorp Comércio Internacional e Informática SA develops and implements software integration solutions. It has operations in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.