Charlie F. Mercer

Formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, Veredus Asset Management LLC (VAM) is an independently operated investment management firm.

SMC Capital, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and sub-advisor of the Shelby Funds. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the firm is a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bancshares, Inc.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. is a bank and financial holding company that engages in the provision of financial services. It offers deposit, credit, mortgage banking, trust and investment, asset management, securities brokerage, and capital market services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer, Wholesale, and Corporate Other. The Consumer segment consists of consumer banking, lending, wealth management, and mortgage banking services. The Wholesale segment relates to advisory, capital raising, and financial risk management; commercial and business banking, commercial real estate; as well as treasury and payment solutions. The Corporate Other segment covers management of the company's investment securities portfolio, long-term debt, end user derivative instruments, short-term liquidity and funding activities, balance sheet risk management, and most real estate assets. The company was founded in July 12, 1984 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Todd Asset Management LLC (TAM) is a privately-held registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm was founded by Bosworth Todd in 2009 upon the combination of Veredus Asset Management LLC (VAM) with Todd Investment Advisors, Inc. (TIA) and subsequently changed its name to Todd-Veredus Asset Management LLC (TVAM). They renamed their name into Todd Asset Management in 2013. TAM provides advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Founded in 2013, PMK Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Prospect, Kentucky.