Mark P. Wehrman

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Global Capital Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of investment banking and securities network. It operates an investment banking and brokerage firm, and also hold interests in an online trading firm and internet-based business. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Renaissance Technologies LLC (Renaissance) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corp. Renaissance acts as general partner, managing member, and/or investment manager to US and non-US private investment funds and an institutional account that invests in a variety of securities, futures, and derivatives contracts.

AlphaShares LLC provides investment services. The company was founded by Burton G. Malkiel and Kevin T. Carter in 2007 and is headquartered in Tacoma, WA.

CAZ Investments /Private Equity/ (CAZ investments) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Christopher Zook. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Carmenta Management LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bruce Gibney. The firm headquartered in Califorina, US.

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.