Richard Murray Reid

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

B.C. Ziegler & Co. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Mequon, Wisconsin. The firm is a subsidiary of Ziegler Cos., Inc. The firm offers investment banking, investment advisory, retail brokerage, fixed-income institutional sales and trading and related financial services. These services are provided to institutions, businesses and individuals with a particular focus on the not-for-profit sectors of healthcare, senior living, churches and schools. They do not provide internal research. B.C. Ziegler & Co. is a member of FINRA and the SIPC.

Sterling Capital Management LLC (Sterling) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded by George de Garmo in 1970 and is an independently operated subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). Sterling provides investment management services to a diverse group of clients ranging from retail to corporations and non-profits.