Colin A. Baker

Stellus Capital Management LLC (Stellus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Bethesda, Maryland.

D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios LLC (DE Shaw Laminar) is a private equity subsidiary of D. E. Shaw & Co. LP founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sanders Morris Harris LLC (Investment Management) (SMH-IM) is the investment management division of Sanders Morris Harris LLC, a registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tectonic Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: TECTP). SMH-IM provides advisory services to individuals, pooled investments, plan sponsors, trusts, estates, corporations, institutions, and other businesses.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.