Mark Werner

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. is a parent holding company, which engages in the provision of banking services through Santander Bank. It operates through the following segments: Consumer and Business Banking; Commercial and Industrial Banking; Commercial Real Estate and Vehicle Finance; Corporate and Investment Banking; Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries (SC); and Other. The Consumer and Business Banking segment include consumer and business banking customers, including consumer deposit, business banking, residential mortgage, unsecured lending and investment services. The Commercial and Industrial Banking segment comprises commercial lines, loans, letters of credit, receivables financing, and deposits to medium- and large-sized commercial customers. The Commercial Real Estate and Vehicle Finance segment covers commercial loans to dealers and financing for commercial equipment and vehicles. The Corporate and Investment Banking segment focuses in the investment banking, institutional sales, and trading and offering research reports of Latin American and European equity and fixed-income securities. The SC segment encompasses consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance and third-party servicing. The Other segment involves in the certain unallocated interest expense on the company's borrowings and other debt obligations and certain unallocated corporate income and indirect expenses. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

GlobalBased Technologies, Inc. engages in the discovery and implementation of new prediction metrics and trading execution methods. The company was founded in March 28, 2013 and is headquartered in Orem, UT.

Hamburg Commercial Bank AG provides banking services for higher-end medium-sized companies and financing for real estate projects. Its products and solutions include financing, corporate finance/M&A advisory, financial markets and transaction banking. The company was founded on April 16, 2003 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

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.

Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Inc. (SIFMA) is an organization that represents the securities industry in the United States. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's main focus is advocating for effective and resilient capital markets. The CEO of the company is Kenneth E. Bentsen.