Eric Woodward

Prove Identity, Inc. provides secure mobile authentication services. It offers mobile commerce registry, mobile authentication, fraud monitoring, dynamic payment presentment and direct carrier billing services. The company was founded by Michael C. Brody and Roger Desai in March 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Spire Capital Partners LLC (Spire Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Andy J. Armstrong, Bruce M. Hernandez and Richard H. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Early Warning Services LLC engages in the provision of fraud prevention and management services. It offers identity, authentication, payment and deposit verification, and zelle network. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Independence Holdings Corp. a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination. The company was founded on December 7, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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).