Gregory R. Dow

Direct Markets Holdings Corp. provides investment banking services through its subsidiaries. It provides corporate finance, strategic advisory, research and sales and trading services to institutional investors. The company was founded on December 20, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, with a purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, and reorganization. It intends to focus in the exploration, exploitation, operation, and development of crude oil and natural gas wells. The company was founded on September 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.