Stephen J. Portas

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

Alpine Associates Management, Inc. (Alpine) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida. The firm was founded in 1976 as Eckert Corp. Alpine provides advice to the Alpine Funds, which are pooled investment vehicles. Investors in the Alpine Funds may include high net-worth individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, endowments, foundations, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans and other institutions.

AO Safety Products provides optical instruments and lenses.

The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. operates as a financial services trade group and networking forum for wall street and provides Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SunGard Financial Systems develops software for financial services institutions. The firm Offers software and IT services to institutions in the financial services industry. SunGard offers solutions for alternative investments, banks, brokerage& clearance, corporations, insurance, wealth & data management, and risk & compliance. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wellington Shields & Co. LLC (Investment Management) (WSC-IM) is the wealth management division of Wellington Shields & Co. LLC, a brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2010 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Shields Holdings LLC. WSC-IM provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management advisory services to individuals, corporations, trust, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions as well as other types of businesses and institutional clients.

Founded in 2008, Wellington Shields & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Wellington Shields Holdings LLC. Wellington Shields & Co was formed as the result of a merger between Shields & Company and H.G. Wellington & Co., Inc. The firm offers a variety of products and services including equity research and equity and fixed-income investment capabilities. Wellington Shields & Co. is a member of the NYSE, NASDAQ, FINRA and the SIPC.