Richard C. Diecidue

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Irving Investors LLC is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeremy Abelson in 2009. Irving Investors manages a growth fund with a sector agnostic approach.

Myda Advisors LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Woodmere, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2010. Jason Marc Lieber has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC (CAI) is a SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Investments, Inc., which is owned by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CAI provides advisory services to private investment companies, such as private equity funds and funds of one or more private equity and real estate funds. The investors in the funds advised by the firm are institutional investors, funds of funds, high-net worth individuals and employees, and former employees of Citigroup, Inc.

Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC (Cooper Creek) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Robert Schwartz in 2008. Cooper Creek provides discretionary advisory services to certain pooled investment vehicles organized as private investment funds and to a separately managed account.

Westwind Capital, Inc. (WWC) is an independent, employee-owned, registered investment firm headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. Originally founded in 1992 as Lord, Spence & Associates, the business was formerly a partnership between Roger Lord and James Spence. In 2000, James Spence and Kristi Spence became sole owners and changed the firm’s name to Spence Asset Management. In 2024, the firm became Westwind Capital, Inc. WWC provides investment management services in separately managed accounts that are tailored to an individual client's investment objective.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Part of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. provides security broker services. The company is based in New York, NY.