Justin Singer

Tortoise Investment Management LLC (Tortoise) is an independent, wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in White Plains, New York. The firm was founded by Ian Yankwitt in 2004. Tortoise provides discretionary investment management primarily to high net-worth families and individuals, and trusts.

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.

Verition Fund Management LLC (Verition) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Nicholas M. Maounis in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Verition Fund Management NY, Inc. Verition serves as the manager for and provides discretionary investment advisory services to several private funds.