Mark Hoffman

InspereX LLC is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Thomas S. Rickets and Joe Rickard in 1999 as Incapital LLC. They are a subsidiary of InpereX Holdings LLC. InspereX provides market participants cloud-tech tools and market-linked product education to better execute their trading strategies and manage their portfolios.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

BB&T Securities LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2013 as the result of a merger between Scott & Stringfellow LLC firm and Clearview Correspondent Services LLC. Effective upon the merger, Clearview changed its name to BB&T Securities LLC and began conducting business as BB&T Scott & Stringfellow and BB&T Capital Markets, both divisions of BB&T Securities LLC. They are a wholly-owned, non-bank subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). BB&T Securities provides services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals; trusts, estates and charitable organizations; corporations or other business entities; Taft-Hartley plans, governmental plans, municipalities; not-for-profit entities; private equity firms (consulting only); and outside investment platform.

National Financial Services LLC provides brokerage solutions. The firm engages in brokerage, clearance, custody and financing activities. Its customers include institutional and individual investors, other brokers, and dealers and domestic corporations. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Part of FMR LLC, Fidelity Distributors Corp. is a company that helps oversee employees' investment and trading activities with over 17 years of experience as a designated broker. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company believes in sustainable investing that integrates environmental, social, and governance factors into investment research and decision making.