Christopher Michael Smith

Founded in 1924, LaBranche & Co. is a broker-dealer located in New York City. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Labranche & Co. Inc. is the parent corporation of LaBranche & Co. LLC, one of the oldest and largest specialists in equity securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. They are also the parent of LaBranche Structured Holdings, Inc., the holding company for a group of entities that are specialists and market-makers in options, futures and ETFs traded on various exchanges. As a specialist and market-maker, the firm plays an important role in providing liquidity and continuity in the company portfolio of listed company stocks, options, futures and ETFs. The specialist facilitates buying and selling of securities of the companies it represents by bringing timely information, critical expertise, and needed liquidity to the forefront of the marketplace. LaBranche Financial Services, LLC, formerly LaBranche Financial Services, Inc., another of their operating subsidiaries, provides securities execution, clearing and direct-access floor brokerage services to institutional investors.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

New York Stock Exchange, Inc. operates securities exchange market. The company offers services to equity and stock market participants like listed companies, individual and institutional investors, and member firms of the stock exchange. It bring together cash equities and derivatives exchange for listings, trading in cash equities, equity and interest rate derivatives, bonds, and the distribution of market data. New York Stock Exchange was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York City, NY

JPMorgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC (JPMPWA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Formerly known as First Republic Investment Management, Inc., the firm was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of First Republic Bank (OTCMKTS: FRCB) (FRB). In May 2023, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) (JPM) acquired the substantial majority of assets and assumed the deposits and certain other liabilities of FRB. Following the acquisition, the firm became a wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of JPM. JPMPWA provides full-service personalized wealth management solutions for individuals, trusts, families, foundations, endowments, pensions, defined contribution plans, profit-sharing plans, banks, for-profit and not-for-profit institutions and other business entities.

Founded in 2007 by Paul Tramontano and Jon Goldstein, Constellation Wealth Advisors LLC is an independent multi-family investment office and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is also registered as a securities broker-dealer with the SEC, the MSRB and the NFA and is registered with FINRA.

NYSE Euronext operates financial markets and provides trading solutions. It offers an array of products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, clearing operations, market data, commercial technology solutions and carbon trading, all designed to meet the evolving needs of investors, issuers, financial institutions and market participants. The company was founded by Jean-François Théodore in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.