Jay Hill

Tweedy, Browne Co. LLC (TBC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is the successor to Tweedy & Co., which was founded by Forrest Berwind Tweedy in 1920 as a dealer in closely, held and inactively traded securities. They are a subsidiary of AMG TBC LLC, ultimately held by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). TBC manages global, international and US/ADR value equity portfolios for institutional and individual clients.

Founded in 1991 by Herbert Denton, Providence Capital, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services. They do not provide any internal research.

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.