Jim E. Houston

Founded in 1997, Davis-Rea Ltd. is an investment advisor and mutual fund manager located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is also known as Davis-Rea Ltd. Investment Counsel. Davis-Rea was formed as a result of the merger of D.A.C. Davis Investment Counsel, Inc. and Lewis-Rea Ltd. In 2004, the firm merged with Cunningham Investment Counsel. DRIC provides discretionary management of equity, fixed-income and balanced portfolios for individuals and their personal holding companies and institutions including charities, foundations and insurance companies.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Nexus Investment Management, Inc. (Nexus) is an investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by William "Bill” Berghuis in 1988 and is owned by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS) in the US. Nexus manages portfolios for both private clients (families and individuals) as well as foundations and endowments who are able to invest $1 million in their pooled funds or $2 million in their segregated portfolios.