John Clark

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC (DKCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1983 by Marvin Davidson and Thomas Kempner Sr. DKCM provides investment advice and investment management services to private investment funds.

Greenlight Capital, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by David Einhorn in 1996. Greenlight Capital provides investment advisory services to the Greenlight “Capital Funds”.

Leavell Investment Management, Inc. (Leavell) is an independent registered investment adviser headquartered in Mobile, Alabama. The firm was founded by Thomas Leavell in 1979 as T. Leavell & Associates, Inc. Leavell provides customized investment management services to individuals, families, and businesses, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, endowments and foundations, and two registered no-load mutual funds.

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.

Chestnut Securities, Inc. provides financial advisory and investment services. The private company is based in Boston, MA.

Marathon Partners Equity Management LLC (Marathon Partners) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Mario D. Cibelli in 1997 as Cibelli Capital Management LLC. Marathon Partners provides discretionary investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles intended for institutional and other sophisticated investors.

Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a division of the Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (Blackstone Corporate) is a private equity division of The Blackstone Group Inc founded in 1985 by Stephen Allen Schwarzman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Empyrean Capital Partners LP (Empyrean) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Michael Price and Amos Meron in 2004. Empyrean serves as the investment adviser with discretionary trading authority to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement or other basis.

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

Food Allergy Research & Education, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that provides food allergy research services. It offers programs and advocacy about food allergy awareness. It also provides information and performs fund-raising for research. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Dryden Capital LLC is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida with an additional office in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Matt Buffington and Matthew Leavitt in 2013. It offers discretionary investment management services to private funds and separately managed accounts.

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.

PIMCO Flexible Credit Income Fund is a Closed-End Investment Fund and Investment Trust. It intends to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns and current income by investing under normal circumstances across a wide array of global credit sectors, including corporate, mortgage, consumer, emerging market, and municipal credit markets. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.