Gary Alan Pulford

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.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

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.

Founded in 1972, Stonegate Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in Dallas, Texas. The firm specializes in raising capital and moving large blocks of stock for companies with market-caps of $25 million to $500 million. They focus particularly on high-quality, undervalued companies in high-growth industries that have low institutional ownership and little or no following among Wall Street analysts. Stonegate Securities seeks to connect small-cap companies with long-term, fundamental institutional investors. The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Founded in 1979, Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Long Beach, California. The firm provides services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, Voluntary Employees? Beneficiary Association Plans (?VEBAs?), trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

NetVision Ltd. operates in the communication sector of international telephony services in Israel. The company offers communication solutions and services among which Internet and international calls for organizations, businesses and private users. It also offers information security services, hosting services, anti-virus services, website filtering and telephony products and services using cutting-edge technological solutions. NetVision was founded by Alon Zvi and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Standard & Poor's Financial Services provides financial market intelligence services. It offers credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data to the financial decision-makers. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Part of Barclays PLC, E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc. is a company that provides investment and financial services. The company is based in Providence, RI.

CFA Society of Minnesota operates as a non-profit organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals. It offers educational programming, career resources, membership support, networking, and leadership opportunities. The company was founded on September 8, 1952 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Topping Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Robert Topping to provide investment advice to high net-worth clients.

Cumulus Funding, Inc. operates as a consumer finance company. It offers loans through an income share agreement that allows workers to receive funds in exchange for a percentage of the income. The company was founded by Nathan Popkins and Adam Ginsburgh in November 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CarboFix Orthopedics Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of solutions for trauma and spine. Its products include CarboClear cervical plate, CarboClear pedicle screw, proximal humerus plate, CarboClear lumbar cage, and distal fibula plate. The company was founded Mordechay Beyar in 2011 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Part of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, BioRap Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli bio-pharmaceutical company that engages in research, development, and commercialization of drugs. The company is based in Haifa, Israel.

Treos Bio Ltd. engages in the development of a digital cancer vaccine technology platform that provides tailored precision vaccines to patients. It focuses on cancer immunotherapies. The company was founded by john Kenneth Hautman and Julianna Lisziewicz in 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Phoska Biopharma Pte Ltd. develops advancing new therapies for treating liver and metabolic conditions. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

BlueTree Technologies Ltd. is a foodtech company based in Kiryat Shmona, Israel. BlueTree's proprietary technology and system physically and selectively reduces sugar content (up to 50%%) from 100%% squeezed natural orange juice, making it natural, healthy, and tasty. The Israeli company's technology and system offer several significant benefits to the natural juice industry, including reduced sugar, improved blending properties, and improved reduced storage and distribution. BlueTree is the first "graduate" of the FreshStart Food Tech Incubator, partnered by Tnuva, Tempo, OurCrowd, and Finistere Ventures, and is one of the leading players in the thriving northern food tech ecosystem. The company was founded by Yuval Klein and Didier Toubia, and Michael Gordon has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Fibronostics US, Inc. operates healthcare technology company, which develops algorithms to detect disease and monitor progression. The firm provides platform that develops non-invasive algorithm based diagnostics to improve treatment outcomes, facilitate screening of specific diseases and help prognosis in various chronic conditions. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Topping Capital (Venture Capital) (Topping Capital (Venture Capital)) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Topping Capital LLC founded in 1998 by Robert Ryburn Topping . The firm is headquartered in Evanston.

Founded in 2009 by Antonio Cacorino and Fredrick Chapey, StormHarbour Securities LP is an independent full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City with additional offices in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Geneva. The firm is a subsidiary of StormHarbour Partners LP. StormHarbour Securities focuses on distribution, client solutions and capital markets and has extensive experience in the fixed-income credit and alternatives markets. Their services include execution, sourcing/distribution, primary and secondary, reverse inquiry and buy-backs and full asset/capital structure coverage. StormHarbour Securities' clients include hedge funds/other asset managers, banks/insurance companies, pensions. endowments, SWFs, GSEs and other international financial groups. StormHarbour Securities' credit products include: investment grade corporates, high yield, distressed, convertibles and emerging markets. Their securitized products include: ABS (vanilla and exotic), RMBS (prime, alt-A and sub-prime), CMBS, CDOs, CLOs and synthetic structures.

Israel Advanced Technology Industries is an umbrella organization that represents the high-tech, life science, and other advanced technology industries. The private company is based in Hertzliya Pituach, Israel. The Israeli company was founded by Nechemia Jacob Peres, Aaron Mankovski, and Ruth Alon. The CEO is Karin Meir Rubinstein.

AXA Investment Managers US, Inc. (AXA IM-US) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of AXA Investment Managers US Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by AXA SA (EPA: CS, ADR: AXAHY) in France. AXA IM-US provides investment advisory services to institutions (such as public pension plans, trusts and foreign corporations), CLOs, domestic private investment funds and US investment companies. They also manage portfolios for various types of institutional clients and insurance company affiliates within AXA Group.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY.

SKY Harbor Capital Management LLC (SKY Harbor) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was co-founded by Hannah Strasser and Anne Yobage in 2011. They are a subsidiary of SKY Harbor Capital Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by ECN Kessler Holdco LLC. SKY Harbor exclusively focused on the management of portfolios and funds of high yield bonds and leveraged loans for global institutional investors and private wealth advisors. SKY Harbor is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and a participant in the UN Global Compact.