Adam Michael France

1492 Capital Management LLC (1492CM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Joseph “Joe” Frohna in 2008. 1492CM provides discretionary asset management services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and other separate accounts using one of the firm’s small-cap equity investment strategy models.

Keane Capital Management, Inc. provides investment advice. The company was founded by Peter Keane in 1999 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Heartland Advisors, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm's predecessor was founded in 1983 as an investment advisory subsidiary of a regional brokerage firm, The Milwaukee Co., owned in part by William J. Nasgovitz. In 1984, Mr. Nasgovitz purchased a majority interest in the investment advisory subsidiary from his partners and started managing Heartland's first mutual fund, the Heartland Value Fund. In 1988, Mr. Nasgovitz and his partners sold The Milwaukee Co. to Dain Bosworth. In the same transaction, Mr. Nasgovitz acquired the remaining shares of the investment advisory subsidiary and changed its name to Heartland Advisors, Inc. In 2000, the firm was reorganized into a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Holdings, Inc., but it remains a 100% employee-owned independent firm. Heartland Advisors provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

IHS Herold, Inc. is an investment research firm headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1948 and is a subsidiary of IHS Markit, Inc., which is owned by S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI). IHS Herold typically offers research, advisory and strategic planning advice on company evaluations, company strategies and associated company and industry transactions for energy-related domestic and foreign equity securities.

Charlotte Capital LLC (CC) is an institutional-only money management firm specializing in small capitalization value investing. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, CC has a national client base that includes Fortune 500 companies, Taft Hartley plans and foundations. Previously named Capital Technology, Inc., the firm was acquired by Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc. in 2004.