Sophie Makzoume

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

Alkhabeer Capital engages in provision of financial products and asset management services. It helps institutions, family groups and qualified investors gain access and allocate capital in ways to deliver economic value. Its management services focus on alternative solutions in the areas of private equity, real estate, and capital markets. The company was founded by Ammar Ahmed Saleh Shata in 2004 and is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Vision Capital Corp. (Vision) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Frank Benjamin Mayer and Jeffrey Frederick Olin. Vision serves as the manager of the Vision Opportunity Funds, an alternative investment funds that focus on investments in publicly-traded securities in the real estate sector.

Phoenician Funds (Phoenician Funds) is venture capital firm founded in 2015 by George Haimari, Mohamed Ibrahim and Jad Salame. The firm is headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon.

Tobin & Muñoz LLC is a law firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm specializes in representing clients in complex criminal and civil matters, including high-profile cases. Established in 1985, Tobin & Muñoz has been providing legal services for over three decades.

Part of Groupe Onepoint SAS, Onepoint is a consulting firm that specializes in large-scale transformations for companies and public entities. The company is based in Paris, France and was founded in 2002 by David R. Layani. Onepoint's areas of expertise include banking, healthcare, media, transportation, insurance, distribution, agriculture, public sectors, and energy.