Ken Richard Laudan

The May Department Stores Co. owns and operates retail distribution department stores. The company sells designer-label apparel, shoes, cosmetics and home furnishings to middle and upper-middle income buyers. The company operates 489 department stores under the names of Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foley's, Hecht's, Kaufmann's, Lord & Taylor, L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank, Robinsons-May, Strawbridge's and The Jones Store, as well as 241 David's Bridal stores, 452 After Hours Formalwear stores, and 11 Priscilla of Boston stores in its Bridal Group. May operates in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1877 and is located in St. Louis, MO.

Hambrecht & Quist Group, Inc. operates as a holding investment bank and provides securities brokerage services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. (KCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The firm was founded by John Kornitzer in 1989. KCM provides advice as an investment adviser or as a sub-adviser to individuals and institutions and act as the investment adviser to the Buffalo Funds.

Friess Associates LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenville, Delaware. The firm was founded by Foster Friess in 1974. They provide portfolio management services to charitable/religious organizations, high net-worth individuals, retirement plans, investment companies, private investment funds and other private institutions.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Founded in 1992, Cottonwood Research Group LLC is an independent investment research firm located in Mission Hills, Kansas. The firm's research focuses on publicly-traded healthcare companies.