Jagjit S. Sahota

SMH Capital, Inc. (SMH) is the primary broker subsidiary of Sander Morris Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMHG). The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. SMH provides a full range of asset and wealth management and investment banking services. The firm also offers institutional equity sales, trading, and research, as well as prime brokerage services for hedge funds and fixed-income securities sales and trading. SMH's research effort is attuned to the Southwest, yet takes a broad, global perspective. The analysts cover companies in six broad sectors, including business services, energy, entertainment and media, financial services, specialty retail-softlines, and technology. They look at industries in a bottom-up way, and get to know company managements in depth, to understand their growth philosophy and their views of how their company fits within their group. SMH's growth strategy is to expand asset management and fiduciary activities and related business by increasing assets under management through acquisitions, internal growth and better coordination between their subsidiaries.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

Proteus Capital Corp. is an RIA and alternatives/private funds platform that provides high net worth investors and their financial advisors with sophisticated access to alternative investment opportunities and education. The private company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Douglas J. Newby. The company's fully integrated platform enables independent RIAs, regional IBDS, private banks, accredited investors, and qualified purchasers to sort and search managers and investments, review due diligence materials, model, backtest, and construct portfolios all in one place, eliminating the hurdles and inefficiencies that have traditionally plagued alternative investing.

Founded in 2007, Wedge Securities LLC is a full service, registered broker/dealer located in Englewood, Colorado with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio and New York City. The firm provides institutional clients with the latest trading technology and the facilitation of orders across multiple asset classes. Wedge Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wedge Partners Corp., an Englewood, Colorado-based investment research firm. Wedge Securities is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. The firm clears through Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Wedge Securities research focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Kensington Investment Group, Inc. (KIG) is a registered investment advisor that specializes in real estate securities portfolio management. The firm was founded in 1993 and provides discretionary investment management services on behalf of registered investment company clients, separate accounts and private limited partnerships. KIG is located in Orinda, California.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Crosslink) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded in 1999 as Omega Venture Partners, Inc. Crosslink provides investment advisory services to investment funds.