Brad Douglas McGill

Aperture Investors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Peter Marber in 2018 and they are a subsidiary of Generali Alpha Corp., ultimately held by Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT: G) in Italy. Aperture Investors serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser to UCITS Funds, mutual funds and Aperture Funds.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Daruma Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm was formed by Mariko Gordon in 1995 under the name CastleRock Capital Management and, in 1998, the name was changed to Daruma Asset Management, Inc. In 2012, Daruma Capital Management LLC succeeded to the business of Daruma Asset Management, Inc. The firm provides investment management services to public and corporate pension funds, Taft-Hartley accounts, endowments, foundations, other nonprofit organizations, corporations and high net-worth individuals, as to the Daruma Funds.

Whiteford Advisors LLC is a hedge fund firm located in Garden City, New York.