John Michael Thornton

Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (SIMG) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stephens Investments Holdings LLC, which is a privately held company, owned by the Warren A. Stephens Trust controlled by Warren A. Stephens. SIMG is primarily an investment adviser to institutional accounts, high net-worth individuals and to investment companies.

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

El Paso Interim Corp. provides natural gas and related energy products in a safe, efficient and dependable manner. The company owns North America's interstate natural gas pipeline systems, which provides a stable base of earnings and cash flow and has a backlog of committed expansion projects. The company operates through three segments: Pipelines, Exploration and Production & Marketing. The Pipelines segment provides natural gas transmission, storage, and related services, primarily in the USA primarily through eight wholly or majority owned interstate pipeline systems and equity interests in two transmission systems. The Exploration and Production segment is engaged in the exploration for and the acquisition, development and production of oil, natural gas and NGL, in the US, Brazil and Egypt. The Marketing segment markets on behalf of its Exploration and Production segment and manages the price risks associated with its oil and natural gas production as well as manages remaining legacy trading portfolio. The company was founded by Paul Kayser in 1928 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.