John C. Shaw

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.

Leucadia Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 as Jefferies Private Client Advisers LLC. They changed their name to Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC in 2006 and to Leucadia Asset Management LLC in 2021. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). LAM provides advisory services to high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

Hudson Holding Corp. offers brokerage services. Its operations include institutional sales and making of equity securities, and investment banking. The firm also offers software development and technology services. The company was founded on 1984 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Founded in 1984, Hudson Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Hudson Securities is a market maker, providing their clients with quality order execution and liquidity with an emphasis on smaller capitalized issues. They make markets in over 9,000 stocks including NMS equities, NASDAQ small caps, NYSE listed securities, OTCBB's, Pink Sheets, Foreign ADR and ordinary securities. Hudson Securities also accommodates clients' interest in bidding for or offering gray market stocks. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. The firm does not perform any internal research. Hudson Securities was founded in 1984 and operated as Wien Securities, Inc. until 2004. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudson Holding Corp.

Jefferies Group LLC operates as an investment banking firm. It offers underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services. The firm also offers research and execution services in equity, fixed income and foreign exchange markets. The company was founded by Boyd L. Jefferies on October 2, 1962 and is headquartered in New York, NY.