Mike Judd

Exide Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of stored electrical energy solutions. It manufactures and supplies lead-acid batteries for transportation and industrial applications. It operates through the following business segments: Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and ROW, Industrial Energy Americas, and Industrial Energy Europe and ROW. The Transportation Americas segment sells aftermarket transportation products through various distribution channels, including mass merchandisers, auto parts outlets, wholesale distributors, and battery specialists. The Transportation Europe and ROW segment offers original equipment manufacturer batteries to the light vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and commercial vehicle industries. The Industrial Energy Americas segment supplies Motive Power and Network Power applications. The Industrial Energy Europe and ROW segment distributes Motive Power products and services in Europe through in-house sales and service organizations. Its products include starting lighting and ignition batteries for cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, agricultural and construction vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, marine, and other applications. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Milton, GA.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Part of Ebara Corp., Chem Systems, Inc. is a private company that focuses on being a leader in project execution and providing technology, quality, and complete turnkey solutions to meet the needs of their clients. The company is based in Burlington, Canada. Chem Systems was acquired by Hayward Gordon Ltd., part of Ebara Corp., on September 30, 2004. The Canadian company serves a wide range of industries, including automotive, semiconductor, display technology, and power generation. Chem Systems provides solutions to companies in various sectors across the region.

Founded in 2002, Greenwich Consultants (GC) is an independent sell-side research consulting firm located in Rumson, New Jersey. GC covers U.S. basic material companies including those involved with specialty chemicals (petrochemical, commodity and agriculture), major chemicals, ethanol and industrials. Their methodologies include value-orientation and GARP. Research is fundamental and employs quantitative methods. GC also considers company and product process economics, company and product survey work and details earnings models. The firm looks for industries that are under covered and companies that are undervalued or overvalued.

Stryten Manufacturing LLC is a technology leader in stored energy solutions, including lead and lithium batteries, intelligent chargers, and cloud-based software. The private company is based in Alpharetta, GA, and the CEO is Timothy D. Vargo. The company partners with customers to meet the growing demand for reliable energy storage capacity in manufacturing, distribution, and retail. Stryten Manufacturing builds innovative battery solutions that power everything from submarines to subcompacts, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains, and trucks.

Stryten Energy LLC is a private company that provides energy storage solutions and components for various sectors such as power, transportation, military, and government. The company is based in Alpharetta, GA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company partners with recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten's stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium, and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers, and energy performance management software. The CEO of the company is Mike Judd.