Michael David Fricker

Cypress Capital Management Ltd. (CCM) is a Canadian wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Vancouver. The firm was founded in 1998 by Thomas Dean, Gregory Bay, and Anthony Werry. CCM provides investment counsel and portfolio management to institutional clients and balanced portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, such as estates, trusts, and holding 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.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.