Robert Burns

BIDS Trading LP is a registered broker-dealer and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jim Lee and Jim Bird in 2006. BIDS Trading is the operator of the BIDS Alternative Trading System (ATS), an independently managed and operated trading venue, separate from and not integrated with the Cboe US securities exchanges. It brings counterparties together to anonymously trade large blocks of shares. The BIDS ATS is open to all qualifying broker-dealers and their institutional clients, subject to basic credit and regulatory requirements.

TD Ameritrade, Inc. is an investment brokerage firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. They are a subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., ultimately owned by The Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW). The firm was founded in 1975 and provides online brokerage services to their clients. Customers can manage their investment portfolios via the Internet as well as through personal digital assistants, wireless phone services and interactive voice recognition systems.

Datek Online Holdings Corp. provides online brokerage services. It offers day trading and retail brokerage services in different parts of the United States. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.