B. Craig Hutson

Loop Capital Markets LLC is provider of a broad range of integrated capital solutions for corporate, governmental, and institutional entities. They serve clients in public and corporate finance, equity, taxable and tax-exempt securities sales and trading and municipal research. Since their founding in 1997, they have served as managing underwriter on financings, participated in corporate bond underwritings, served as an underwriter in IPO and other equity offerings, and earned a reputation as a dedicated, resourceful partner with new ideas and new avenues of distribution. Loop Capital Markets is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, They serve clients on a national basis.

Founded in 1994, GimmeCredit LLC is a research firm located in New York City. The firm provides research and analysis on investment grade and crossover bonds aimed at maximizing relative value, preserving capital and anticipating changes in credit quality. Their high yield reports provide investors and traders with relative value recommendations based on in-depth research on credit quality, capital structure, valuation and market prices. GimmeCredit's intraday comments provide immediate analysis of the implications of events and market activity during the trading day. The firm assigns credit scores to each of the companies in their universe to indicate their judgment as to the direction of a company's credit quality over the upcoming six months.

UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC (UBS AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Americas, Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS AM provides investment products and services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks, charities, foundations and individual investors around the world.