Kurt Harold Brown

Micro Benefits Financial Consulting (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of financial information, and business management consulting services. Its business activities include development and sale of software products, and wholesale business. The company was founded on July 2, 2010 and is headquartered in Suzhou, China.

TownSquare Capital LLC (TownSquare) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Provo, Utah. The firm was founded by Kurt Brown in 2017 and was acquired by Orion Advisor Solutions, Inc. from Foundry Partners LLC in 2022. They are ultimately owned by GT Polaris Holdings LP. TownSquare offers investment advisory services to wealth advisory firms and institutions such as family offices, corporations, endowments, foundations and governments.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Alta Capital Management LLC (Alta Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm was founded in 1981 and is principally owned by Guardian Capital LLC, ultimately owned by Guardian Capital Group Ltd. (TSE: GCG) in Canada. Alta Capital provides management services to institutional and private investors.