David William Munno

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.

National Institutes Of Health conducts & supports peer-reviewed medical research and science. The firm's scientists & researchers investigate on different ways to prevent diseases as well as the causes, treatments and cures for common and rare diseases. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Founded in 2003, LifeTech Research, Inc. is an investment research, technology development and due diligence firm located in Edgewater, Maryland. The firm provides due-diligence and business development services across the life sciences sector. They advise business development offices on product licensing and acquisition strategies and they support early-stage entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas and technologies. LifeTech also assists international financing agencies to facilitate the granting and lending of capital to improve economic welfare and societal health. LifeTech's research methods include (1) benchmarking (2) historic trend and meta-analysis (3) bias assessment and adjustment (4) decision analysis and Monte Carlo simulation (5) scenario analysis, back-testing and other statistical validation (6) advanced regression modeling and (7) risk and time-adjusted present value modeling.

Founded in 2012, Tourbillon Capital Partners LP is a hedge fund manager located New York City. The firm provides advisory services to private investment funds. Investors in the funds may include family offices, private investment funds, high net-worth individuals, institutional investors, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts and private banks.

Sphera Funds Management Ltd. (US) (Sphera US) is the New York-based hedge fund management division of Sphera Funds Management Ltd., which is owned by S.R Accord Ltd. (TLV: SRAC), a company headquartered in Israel. Sphera US manages distinct long/short equity strategies. The firm has a diverse investor base that includes pensions, insurance companies, financial institutions and family offices.

Wexford Capital LP (Wexford) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida with additional office in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Charles Davidson, Joseph Jacobs and Robert Holtz in 1994. Wexford provides investment advice to a variety of private pooled investment vehicles over which the firm has discretionary trading authority.

Founded in 2005, CR Intrinsic Investors LLC is a hedge fund manger located in Stamford, Connecticut with an additional office in New York City. CR Intrinsic is a subsidiary of SAC Capital Advisors LP.