Francis Carofano

The Segal Co. provides human resources, compensation, and benefits consulting services. Its clients include corporations, non-profit organizations, and professional service firms. The firm provides investment consulting, compliance and communications services. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Segal Marco Advisors provides investment consulting services. The company is headquartered in New York.

The Segal Group, Inc. engages in the provision of consulting services. Its services include retirement and financial security; health and welfare benefits; benefits administration; compliance consulting; insurance brokerage; and investment solutions. The company was founded by Martin E. Segal on October 15, 1939 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Performance Equity Management LLC (Performance Equity Management) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Performance Equity Associates LLC founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.

ACM Management Co. LLC (Agriculture Capital) is the private equity subsidiary of Equilibrium Capital Investment Management LLC founded in 2012 by Tom Avinelis, Rob Hurlbut, & Brooke Randall. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.