Mohammed Alwazan

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (Manulife IM (US)) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSX: MFC), a Canadian-based financial services firm. Manulife IM-US manages assets for a variety of institutional and other types of clients, such as public and private pension funds, foundations, mandatory provident funds outside the US, financial institutions, investment trusts, separately managed account clients, and high net-worth individuals. The firm also manages registered funds, which includes UCITS, US and Canadian open- and closed-end mutual funds and privately offered unregistered investment funds.

Founded in 1972 by Candace King, C.L. King & Associates, Inc. is a self-clearing, service-oriented broker/dealer and investment bank located in Albany, New York with additional offices in Boston and New York City. The firm delivers investment research, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, prime brokerage, investment advisor and clearing services to institutional and high net-worth clients and to other broker/dealers. For corporations, they underwrite securities and provide strategic advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alternatives and valuation. C.L. King & Associates is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. C.L. King & Associates follows 120 names in 9 sectors. They seek to discover uncovered investment opportunities by seeking out companies that may be ignored by other Wall Street research providers and by identifying value and growth that may be unrecognized by institutional equity investors. The firm provides comprehensive trading services including capital commitment, market making and listed block positioning for their institutional equity clients. C.L. King & Associates' fixed-income group focuses on trading fixed-income securities, primarily in the secondary market. They offer a broad cross section of agencies, convertibles, investment-grade corporates, mortgage-backed securities, municipals, CDs and preferred stock to other broker/Dealers and institutional investors. The firm's investment banking group provides strategic M&A advice and capital raising services to emerging and mid-cap companies, both public and private. In addition, they act as a WBE underwriter in stock and bond offerings by large corporate issuers. C.L. King & Associates' corporate services group offers specialized services to assist corporate clients and their executives in handling delicate stock holding matters. Their services include guiding clients through restricted stock/rule 144 transactions, developing customized rule 10b5-1 trading plans and managing corporate share repurchase programs. The firm's equity research is based on a fundamental, value-oriented approach that focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. The firm offers research on the following sectors: special situations, building materials companies, specialty retail/apparel/footwear, industrials/cyclicals, restaurants/franchising, business services/staffing companies, telecommunications equipment and medical technology/devices/supplies.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Bridgewater Associates LP (Bridgewater) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund of hedge funds manager headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Ray Dalio in 1975. They are a subsidiary of Bridgewater Associates Intermediate Holdings LP, which is owned by Bridgewater Associates Holdings, Inc. Bridgewater provides discretionary investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and single investor funds, and managed account clients.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Textron Systems Corp. provides aerospace and defense technologies. It specializes in unmanned aircraft systems, advanced marine craft, armored vehicles, intelligent battlefield and surveillance systems, intelligence software solutions, precision smart weapons, piston engines, test and training systems, total life cycle sustainment, and operational services. The company is headquartered in Providence, RI.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Baker Botts LLP provides legal services. Its services include antitrust and compensation law, corporate, enforcement and investigations, environmental law, intellectual property, litigation, projects, real estate and construction, regulatory, and tax. The firm renders its services to banking and finance industry, energy and natural resources, manufacturing, and technological industries. The company was founded by Peter Gray in 1840 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Hill Dickinson LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offers banking, counter-fraud, family, marine and regulatory, private client, restructuring and insolvency, commercial, dispute resolution, information technology, notary public services, regulatory, shipping, corporate, employment, intellectual property, pensions, and reputation protection services. Its customers include aviation, commodities, education, financial services, health, and insurance industries. The company was founded by Edward Morrall in 1810 and is headquartered in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Taylor Wessing LLP operates as a full-service international law firm. It provides legal services in the automotive, energy, insurance, healthcare, and aerospace and defence sectors. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Shorooq Partners Ltd. (Shorooq Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Shane Shin and Mahmoud Adi. The firm is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Valens Research LLC provides investment research. The private company is based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in Philippines. The company was founded in 2009. The CEO is Joel Aaron Litman.

Dubai Angel Investors Ltd (DAI) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Mo ElSayad, Kushal Shah, Tarek Amin and Abdullah Mutawi. The firm is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Part of Trowers & Hamlins LLP, Trowers & Hamlins LLP (United Arab Emirates) is a legal services provider. The company is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Bose Corp. designs and manufactures music systems and loudspeakers. Its products include headphones, audio sunglasses, and speakers. The company was founded by Amar Gopal Bose in 1964 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

HSV Holdings LLC (Indicator Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Geoffrey T. Bernstein, Ben F. Luntz and Jonathan M. Struhl. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Liaoning Zhongwang Group Co., Ltd. engages in the production of aluminium profiles and products, special large aluminium alloy profiles, aluminium-magnesium alloy materials, and furniture; import and export of goods and technology; cargo storage; provision of technical research and consultation services for metal materials and products; verification and calibration of measuring instruments; manufacturing of moulds; as well as the sale of chemical products. The company was founded on January 18, 1993 and is headquartered in Liaoyang, China.

Trowers & Hamlins (Bahrain) is a private company based in Manama, Bahrain.

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include antitrust competition, banking and finance, business ethics and anti-corruption, capital markets, corporate, merger and acquisitions and securities, data protection, privacy and cyber security, dispute resolution and litigation, employment and labor, financial restructuring and insolvency, intellectual property, international arbitration, real estate, regulation and investigations, risk advisory, and tax. The company was founded by in 1794 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Al Tamimi & Co. provides legal services. The private company is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Cerulli Associates, Inc. is an international research and consulting firm that provides financial institutions with guidance in strategic positioning and new business development. The private company is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in Singapore and United Kingdom. The company's analysts blend industry knowledge, original research, and data analysis to bring perspective to current market conditions and forecasts for future developments. The company was founded in 1992 by David Nadig, Kurt Cerulli. Kurt Cerulli has been the CEO since 1992.