Brian Patrick Alderson

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

BDT Capital Partners LLC (BDT Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of BDT & MSD Partners LLC founded in 2009 by Bryan Trott. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Dorilton Capital Advisors LLC (Dorilton Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Dorilton Capital Management LLC, founded in 2009 by Matthew Savage and Darren Fultz. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices at Houston, Texas and London, United Kingdom.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Argosy Private Equity (Argosy Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of Argosy Capital Group LLC (PA) founded in 1990 by Kirk B. Griswold and John P. Kirwin. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

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.

J.F. Lehman & Co. (JF Lehman) is a private equity firm founded by John Francis Lehman, Donald Glickman and Keith E. Oster in 1992. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Arlington, Virginia.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada), Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. It discovered medicines to treat the cause of cystic fibrosis a genetic disease. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

RA Capital Management LP (RA Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. RA Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to Healthcare Funds and the Nexus Funds which are open only to certain financially sophisticated and high net-worth individuals and entities.

Shenzhen Aoni Electronic Co., Ltd. provides intelligent audiovisual software and hardware solution and customized ODM services. The company engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of audio and video hardware products. Its products include computer/TV external cameras, smart network cameras, Smart audio-visual terminal products such as smart driving recorders and Bluetooth headsets. Shenzhen Aoni Electronic was founded on August 9, 2005 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

Sanofi Ventures (Sanofi) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sanofi founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Rubicon Technology Partners LLC (Rubicon Technology) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2013 by Andy S. Gesell, Steve Carpenter and John C. Hodge. The firm is headquartered in Boulder.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Wondersauce LLC operates as an advertising agency. Its services include consulting, user experience, branding, technology, design, marketing and activation, content, platforms, and paid media and measurement. The company was founded by Eric Mayville, John Sampogna and Seth Klassen in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brightlane Ventures LLC (Brightlane Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Anish Patel. The firm is headquartered in New York.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

BluePrint Research Group LLC operates as a marketing research consultancy. It serves the healthcare companies to promote global health and wellness. The company was founded by Glen Bergstein in 2008 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Hidden Harbor Capital Partners LLC (Hidden Harbor Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Morning Brew, Inc. publishes and distributes daily newsletters. The firm specializes in business, finance, startups, news, technology, markets and media. The company was founded by Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FOX News Network LLC provides news coverage services. It also runs news related radio network. The firm offers news related to politics, entertainment, technology, science, health, travel, lifestyle, world, sports and weather. The company was founded by Roger Ailes in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Broadway Video Group, Inc. produces television programs. The company offers post-production services including editing, graphic design, visual effects, sound design and original music. It was founded by Lorne Michaels in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barstool Sports, Inc. engages in the operation of sports blogging website. It provides digital sports, entertainment, and media platform that delivers content across blogs, podcasts, radio, video, and social. The company was founded by David Potnoy in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Attention Capital LLC (Attention Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Joe Marchese, Ashlyn Gentry and Nick Bell. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Prime Movers Lab LLC (Prime Movers Lab) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Dakin Sloss. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

A3 Financial Investments LLC (A3 Financial) is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Formerly known as Ascent Alternative Advisors LLC, the firm was founded in 2019 by Gregory Bell, Christian Aymond and Kimberly Merriman. A3 Financial serves as an investment manager to The A3 Alternative Income Fund (ticker: AAACX), a closed-end interval fund.

Voxer, Inc. provides a walkie talkie application for smart phones. Its platform enables users to send instant audio, text, photo and location messages to one or a group of their friends. The company was founded by Tom Katis in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Levine School of Music specializes in private and group music lessons and classes to people of all ages. The company was founded by Ruth P. Cogen, Diana R. Engel and Jaclin L. Marlin in 1976 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.