Eric Robert Arinsburg

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

AQR Arbitrage LLC (AQR) is SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded as CNH Partners LLC in 2001 through a joint venture between CNH Capital Management LLC and AQR Capital Management LLC. They were renamed AQR Arbitrage LLC in 2022. AQR provides investment management services to institutional clients including investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. Additionally, the firm provides advisory and sub-advisory services to AQR Sponsored Funds and AQR Mutual Funds.