Nicholas D. Schoewe

UBS Americas, Inc. provides investment advice services. It offers wealth, asset management and investment banking services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

BNP Paribas operates as an investment advisor. It provides capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions. The firm’s services are provided via four core business lines: Global Markets, Securities Services, Financing Solutions and Advisory. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

UBS O'Connor LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS O'Connor primarily provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various types of pooled investment vehicles, (which may or may not be exempt from registration), pension or profit-sharing plans, and institutional separately managed accounts.

Absolute Investment Advisers LLC (Absolute Advisers) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Rosemary Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Brian Hlidek, Jay Compson and Chris Ward in 2004 to provide investment strategies with unique sources of risk and return that exhibit low sensitivity to traditional stocks and bonds. Through the Absolute Funds, Absolute Advisers provides access to money managers who focus on capital preservation and alpha-oriented return opportunities.

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. operates as holding company with interest in providing futures exchanges over-the counter markets and derivatives clearing houses and post-trade services. The company was founded by Jeffrey C. Sprecher in May 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

NYSE Group, Inc. operates multiple securities stock exchange. It through its subsidiaries operates multiple securities market centers, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Arca (formerly known as the Archipelago Exchange and the Pacific Exchange). It provides securities listings, market information products and services. It offers a range of investment vehicles and order execution services. It operate as electronic platform used to trade securities and security-related financial instruments. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Isotron, Inc. develops radiation therapy systems for the treatment of cancer. The firm enables physicians to provide improved clinical outcomes for patients in the fight against cancer and particularly those patients whose cancer has advanced to death threatening Stage III or IV. The company was founded in 1998 and is located in Boston, MA.

Fort Hill Capital Management LLC (Fort Hill Capital) is an independent quantitative trading and asset management firm headquartered in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Alec H. Petro in 2002. Fort Hill Capital provides a broad range of financial services across investment banking, securities, and investment management to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals.

CFI Partners LLC (CFIP) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2005 by Brad Couri and Levoyd Robinson. They are a subsidiary of Amistad Investment Holdings LLC, which is ultimately owned by Amistad Financial Group LLC. CFIP provides discretionary investment advisory services to collateralized loan obligation (CLO) vehicles and closed-end, delayed draw private investment vehicles.

UBS Hedge Fund Solutions LLC (HFS) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of UBS Asset Management (Americas), Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SIX and NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. HFS primarily offers investment advisory services regarding investment in privately placed pooled investment vehicles. Additionally, the firm provides investment advisory services to affiliated entities, institutional entities, intermediary firms, family offices, and ultra-high net worth investors.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago provides healthcare services to children. It offers pediatric services like acute and specialty care. It also operates a pediatric home health care agency and Children's Memorial Institute for education and research. The company was founded in 1882 by Julia Foster Porter and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Children''s Hospital of Chicago Medical Center provides healthcare solutions. Its services include academic general pediatrics and primary care, brain tumor, neurosurgery, pathology and laboratory medicine, cystic fibrosis, physical therapy, heart failure and transplants, infectious diseases, transplantation, and rehabilitative services. The company was incorporated on December 13, 1984 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

NYSE Euronext operates financial markets and provides trading solutions. It offers an array of products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, clearing operations, market data, commercial technology solutions and carbon trading, all designed to meet the evolving needs of investors, issuers, financial institutions and market participants. The company was founded by Jean-François Théodore in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Convergent Capital Management LLC provides asset management and investment services. The company was founded by Richard Howard Adler, Harry Tom Griffith and James E. Hayes and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The Hawthorne Group, Inc. operates an investment and management company. The company was founded by Thomas D. Wright and Henry Posner in 1987 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Cisco, Inc. supplies handling equipment material. Its products include batteries, loading docks, and door products. The firm also offers warehouse solutions. The company was founded by AG Morrison on July 7, 1954 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

NYSE Liffe US LLC operates as US futures exchange of NYSE Euronext, which engages in the provision of access to a liquid marketplace and trading in precious metal futures and options, stock index futures based on foreign and domestic MSCI indices. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Nyack, NY.

William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management) (William Blair-IM) is the investment management division of William Blair & Co. LLC, a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair-IM provides investment advisory and management services to a number of clients including high net worth clients, individuals, small institutions, William Blair Wrap Program clients and other registered investment advisers.

Magnitude Capital LLC (Magnitude) is an independent investment adviser and Fund of Hedge Funds Manager headquartered in New York City. Magnitude was founded in 2002 and builds and manages global, multi-strategy hedge-fund portfolios and related vehicles.

Founded in 2000 by John Abbott, 451 Research LLC is a technology-industry syndicated research and data firm focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The firm is headquartered in New York City. 451 Research is a division of The 451 Group, a leading global analyst and data company. 451 Research's market-segment coverage is focused, organized and delivered through comprehensive Practice Areas available via subscription. These areas include: CloudScape (CS), Eco-Efficient IT (ECO-IT), Eco-Efficient IT (ECO-IT), Enterprise Security (ESP), Internet Infrastructure Services (IIS), Infrastructure Computing for Enterprise (ICE), Information Management (IM) and Multi-Tenant Datacenter (MTDC).

William Blair Investment Management LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2014 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair provides investment solutions to corporations, pension funds, governments and public agencies, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, and other institutional investors across the globe.