Nikita Jablonsky

Founded in 1999 by Malcolm Fairbairn, Ascend Capital LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager located in Orinda, California. The firm generally provides investment advice to private investment funds and institutional separate accounts. Investors in the funds include: pension and profit sharing plans; trusts, estates and charitable organizations; funds-of hedge-funds (whether organized as partnerships, corporations or other entity types); and high net-worth individuals and family offices.

Founded in 1998 by Arthur J. Samberg, Pequot Capital Management Inc. is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut with offices in New York City and Los Angeles. They manage the Pequot Family of Funds.

Founded in 1996, E*TRADE Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NYSE: ET). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.