John Francis McNichol

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.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Investec, Inc. operated as a temp agency. The company was headquartered in South Glastonbury, CT.

Realta Investment Advisors, Inc. (RIA) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. Formerly known as Coastal Investment Advisors, Inc., the firm was founded in 2007 as Donnelly Steen & Co. They are wholly-owned subsidiary of Orange Street Holdings, Inc. RIA provides investment advice and management services to individuals, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, businesses, institutions, trusts, and estates.