Mark J. Hughes

SunAmerica Asset Management LLC (SAAMCo) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American General Life Insurance Co., ultimately owned by Corebridge Financial, Inc. (NYSE: CRBG). SAAMCo offers investment management and advisory services to open-ended US registered investment companies and to offshore, wholly owned subsidiaries of a certain registered fund. They also offer model portfolios in connection with wrap programs known as unified managed account (UMA) wrap programs.

Public Ventures LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Christopher Marlett and Anthony DiGiandomenico in 1997. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of MDB Capital Holdings LLC. Public Ventures offers Go-to-Market Strategy, Market Assessments, Revenue Generation and Product Strategy for technology companies that targets the Public Sector.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

DoveBid, Inc. provides capital asset, real estate auction, and valuation services. It offers management services to corporations, financial institutions, webcast auctions, on-site-only auctions, featured online auctions and privately negotiated sales. DoveBid's services include asset disposition, valuation, appraisal, leasing, shipping, and transaction support. It was founded by Harry Ross in 1937 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA

Part of Commerzbank AG, Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. is a company that provides security broker services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Beefeaters Holding Co., Inc. engages in the wholesale distribution of pet products and treats. It offers dog food treats, duck fillets, chicken and pork fillets, dental treats and rawhide combinations, chicken tops, liver freeze-dried treats, supplements and vitamins, nutrition and health products, and dog care products. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in North Bergen, NJ.

Castlerock Security Holdings, Inc. is a national provider of electronic security alarm monitoring services, providing monitoring and maintenance of alarm systems to single-family residential and light commercial customers. The company was founded on September 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1989, Philadelphia Brokerage Corp. is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Part of Trenwick Group, Inc., Trenwick America Reinsurance Corp. is a company that provides insurance brokerage services. The company is based in Fairfield, CT.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges provides its clients with legal services. The firm offers services to areas including consumer, financial, government and non-profit, health care, industrial, and technology. The company was founded by Claude Serra in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morpheus Advisors LLC (Morpheus Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California.

Europlay Capital Advisors LLC (ECA Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

ADT LLC provides electronic security systems and services. Its security solutions include intrusion detection, fire detection, video surveillance, access control, critical condition monitoring, health and elder care monitoring, electronic article surveillance, radio frequency identification and integrated systems. The company was founded by Edward Augustin Calahan in 1874 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

IP Navigation Group LLC operates as a finance company. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Erich L. Spangenberg.

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP provides legal services. Its services include corporate, environmental, finance and restructuring, health care, intellectual property and government relations in the areas of healthcare, financial services, private equity, and real estate. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Part of Holland & Knight LLP, Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown LLP provides legal solutions to individual and corporate clients. The company is based in Austin, TX. Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown was acquired by Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP, part of Holland & Knight LLP from March 01, 2023 on February 01, 2016.

Best Friends Pet Care, Inc. engages in the provision of pet care services. Its services include boarding, day camp, training, and grooming. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Kenra Professional LLC manufactures hair care products. Its brands include Kenra, Kenra Platinum, and Kenra Color. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

GarMark Advisors LLC (GarMark Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Garrett Bewkes. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.