Rick Paterson

Loop Capital Markets LLC is provider of a broad range of integrated capital solutions for corporate, governmental, and institutional entities. They serve clients in public and corporate finance, equity, taxable and tax-exempt securities sales and trading and municipal research. Since their founding in 1997, they have served as managing underwriter on financings, participated in corporate bond underwritings, served as an underwriter in IPO and other equity offerings, and earned a reputation as a dedicated, resourceful partner with new ideas and new avenues of distribution. Loop Capital Markets is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, They serve clients on a national basis.

Founded in 2010, Topeka Capital Markets is a brokerage firm located in New York City. Topeka provides a broad set of solutions to meet an expanding spectrum of client needs. They offer a wide array of services including: (1) domestic and international equity trading strategy and execution (2) equity derivative and trading strategies (3) real-time execution cost analysis (4) corporate buybacks (5) program and algorithmic strategies (6) pre- and post-trade analytics (7) transition management (8) commission management (9) corporate access services and (10) institutional equity research. Topeka Capital Markets' institutional equity research focuses on macroeconomic research, strategic research, technical research, commodity research, fundamental sector and company specific research and specialty research services.

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.