Brian Freckmann

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

KOS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as pharmaceutical company that developed and commercialized proprietary prescription products for the treatment of chronic cardiovascular, metabolic and respiratory diseases. The company is founded by Daniel M. Bell and Michael Jaharis in 1988 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ.

U.S. Laboratories, Inc. offers engineering, consulting, and testing services. Its services include soil testing, site assessment, and material recommendations. The firm's customers include schools, hospitals, airports, and highways. The company was founded in October 1993 by Dickerson C. Wright and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

TradeStation Group, Inc. through its principal operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Forex, Inc. offers the TradeStation analysis and trading platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. The TradeStation platform offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies. TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member of the Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange and NASDAQ OMX. Its TradeStation Prime Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage services, including securities lending, to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. TradeStation Forex, Inc. (Member NFA) is a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) that exclusively provides the company’s forex brokerage offering. The company’s technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc. develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services. Its London-based subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited, an FSA-authorized brokerage firm, introduces UK and other European accounts to TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Forex, Inc. TradeStation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group, one of the largest online financial services providers in Japan. Monex Group acquired TradeStation in June 2011 as an important step in achieving its goal to become a leading global integrated online financial services group.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of the following: (1) funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and (2) separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

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.

Founded in 1990, Fieldstone Services Corp. is an investment banking and brokerage firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Fieldstone Private Capital Group. Fieldstone focuses on energy and infrastructure financial advisory services. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Ingenuity Systems, Inc. provides intuitive web-based applications for quickly analyzing and accurately interpreting the biological meaning of genomics data. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Post Advisory Group LLC (Post) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in New York City. The firm was founded by Larry Post in 1992 as MW Post Advisory Group. They are owned by Principal Global Investors Holding Company US LLC, ultimately held by Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Post provides discretionary investment advisory services to a global client base of institutional investors.

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.

Part of Bureau Veritas SA, Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. is a leader in inspection, laboratory testing, audits, and certification for over 30 years. The company is based in Novi, MI. The company supports clients in the seafood supply chain to ensure traceability, quality, and health. Bureau Veritas is a "Business to Business to Society" services company that shapes trust between businesses, public authorities, and consumers. With more than 82,000 employees in over 1,600 offices and laboratories worldwide, Bureau Veritas helps its clients improve performance, reduce risks, and strengthen their brands. The CEO of the company is Shawn Till. Bureau Veritas North America was acquired by U.S. Laboratories, Inc. from Riverside Partners LLC (New York) on March 14, 2005.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Auxis LLC provides management consulting and outsourcing services. It offers management consulting that includes business transformation, business performance, and shared services; and technology services include information technology consulting, enterprise applications, and security. The company was founded by Raul Vega and Alvaro Prieto in 1946 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

NV5 LLC provides environmental consulting and staffing services. It provides services to the following industries: natural gas and pipelines, natural gas compressor stations, electric transmission lines and sub-stations, alternative energy companies, independent production companies, highway and roads projects, and residential and commercial development. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Holly Springs, NC.

Ilumno Holdings Ltd. Corp. functions as an investment holding private company. The company is based in Miami, FL. The CEO of the company is Nuno Fernandes.

Second Genome, Inc. develops microbiome-based therapeutic products. It offers phyclochip community, 16S sequencing community analysis, whole metagenomic profiling, nucleic acid isolation, inferred function and custom informatics services. The company was founded in 2009 by Corey S. Goodman, Janet A. Warrington, Todd Z. DeSantis, John Hulls and Gary Andersen and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Nuveen Asset Management LLC (NAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, which is ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. NAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, such as open-end and closed-end investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Linden Manager LLC (Linden Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Anthony B Davis and Brain C Miller. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Flash Global Logistics, Inc. provides third-party logistics services. It offers mission critical, solutions engineering, flashtrac, flashview and account management. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mountain Lakes, NJ.

PineBridge Private Equity Group (PineBridge Private Equity) is a private equity firm an operating division of PineBridge Investments LLC founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in New York.