Bill C. Bradley

Founded in 2002, Natixis Securities Americas LLC is an investment bank and SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered New York City with offices in several leading U.S. cities and affiliate offices in London and Paris. The firm is a division of Natixis and a subsidiary of Natixis SA. Their client base is located throughout North America and Europe and ranges from the largest mutual fund and pension fund managers to specialist hedge funds. Natixis Securities Americas' sales and trading teams are located in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Houston. Natixis Securities Americas' research efforts focus on identifying new insights about companies that are not fully reflected in their stock prices. The firm also seeks to provide clients with access to the managements of listed companies and to other industry experts. They arrange for such marketing opportunities, in the form of road shows, conferences, meetings and conference calls. Natixis Securities Americas' institutional trading desk offers clients trading capabilities in equities all over the world. The firm focuses on specific global markets to provide clients with the best possible execution worldwide. Natixis Securities Americas employs a transatlantic approach that examines the effects of technological, market and regulatory developments across both continents on the companies under coverage. In the U.S., they provide in-depth sector coverage on energy (oil services, exploration and production, alternative energy and coal), healthcare (large-cap pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare services) and media (media conglomerates, content creators, interactive TV and new media, as well as technical analysis. In Europe, Natixis Securities Americas applies a country-wide approach to all of the key sectors of France, Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. Combined, the firm's product offering includes more than 600 stocks. Natixis Securities Americas global trading group specializes in the trading, execution and settlement of international equities. The firm provides 24-hour access to 55 global markets. They cater to broker/dealer and institutional clients, providing ADR and ordinary share executions on an agency or proprietary basis. The firm can accommodate most client trading requirements from basket trading to block orders. To complement their international trading reach, Natixis Securities Americas domestic bulletin board trading group currently markets over 2000 U.S.-based companies. The firm offers their clients innovative trading technology through a proprietary Direct Market Access (DMA) platform, Enabler Direct. This product allows immediate access to a variety of liquidity sources through one anonymous interface. Natixis Securities Americas' global brokerage services group offers services to a select group of professional clients. The firm seeks to partner with banks, broker/dealers, hedge funds and high net-worth clients that can utilize their blend of international capabilities and traditional brokerage services to support and enhance their success. Their global brokerage services group is prominent in international securities, equity trading and brokerage operations in over 55 countries around the world. They have experience in both the pre-trade and post-trade requirements in each of these countries.

Cornell Cos. LLC provides correctional facilities development, design, construction and operations services. It provides a diversified portfolio of services for adults & juveniles, including incarceration & detention, transition from incarceration, drug and alcohol treatment programs, behavioral rehabilitation & treatment, emphasizing community safety and rehabilitation in support of public policy. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of telecommunications (copper and fiber optic) and power cables. It also engages in the business of telecommunication, information systems, department store, optics, venture investment, construction, and transportation field. The company offers a range of copper and aluminum bare wires; and power cable products, including low voltage cables, medium and high voltage cables, PVC insulated wires, PVC insulated sheathed cables and XLPE insulated PVC sheathed cables. The company was founded on April 14, 1950 and is headquartered in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Pacific Southwest Bank is a state commercial bank. The private company is based in Plano, TX.

UTStarcom, Inc. provides telecommunication services. The firm provides interactive, protocol-based network solutions, including the integration and support services in Internet Protocol TV, Interactive TV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators. It focus is to design and sell IP-based telecommunications infrastructure products including its primary product suite of IPTV, and broadband solutions along with the ongoing services relating to the installation, operation and maintenance of these products. The company was founded by Hong Liang Lu and Ying Wu in June 1991 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

First Eagle Investment Management LLC (FEIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1864 and formerly known as Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Inc. FEIM provides investment advisory services primarily to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts and institutional separately managed accounts (SMAs), as well as to a registered, closed-end interval fund. The firm serves as the investment adviser to the First Eagle Funds, First Eagle Variable Funds and to the First Eagle Credit Opportunities Fund, which are registered investment companies.

New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. Its product candidates in clinical development are an amphetamine derivative (NDA filed) and an opioid derivative that they believe will provide alternatives to marketed drugs. The company was founded by Randal J. Kirk in 1996 and is headquartered in Radford, VA.

Third Security LLC (Third Security) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Randal J. Kirk. The firm is headquartered in Radford, Virginia.

Part of Holland & Knight LLP, Thompson & Knight LLP is a full-service law firm that provides legal solutions to clients and communities around the world. The company is based in Dallas, TX. Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight has approximately 300 attorneys and has been recognized in the Best Lawyers in ® for 10 consecutive years. Thompson & Knight was acquired by Holland & Knight LLP on August 01, 2021.

Part of Avnet, Inc., Wire & Cable Specialties Corp is a company that specializes in the redistribution of specialty wire and cable. The company is based in Norcross, GA. Wire & Cable Specialties was acquired by Kent Electronics Corp. on January 20, 1997.

Part of Charoong Thai Wire & Cable Public Co. Ltd., Siam Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. is a cable wire manufacturing company. The company is based in Bangkok, Thailand. Siam Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co. was acquired by Charoong Thai Wire & Cable Public Co. Ltd. on January 17, 2002.

Part of Charoong Thai Wire & Cable Public Co. Ltd., Shanghai Yayang Electric Co. Ltd. is a company that manufactures and distributes enameled copper wires. The company is based in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Yayang Electric Co. was acquired by Charoong Thai Wire & Cable Public Co. Ltd. on September 13, 2004 for $1 million.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.