Linda Tsai

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Founded in 1989, Harris Nesbitt Gerard, formerly Gerard Klauer Mattison, is an investment bank and broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. The firm is a division of BMO Capital Markets (United States) and their ultimate parent is the Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO). Their services include US equity research, sales and trading, equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending/project financing, M&A advisory services, merchant banking and cash management services. Harris Nesbitt Gerard's research focuses on the consumer, healthcare and technology sectors.

MKM Partners LLC (MKM) is a premier institutional equity trading, sales, and research firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Thomas G. Messina in 2002. They were acquired in 2023 by ROTH Capital Partners LLC, a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings LLC. MKM provides timely, insightful, and actionable proprietary research to hedge funds, mutual funds, family offices, endowments, corporates, private equity, pension plans, RIAs, etc. The firm combines high-impact fundamental analysis with macroeconomics, technical insights, derivatives strategies, event-driven commentary, alternative research, and first-rate execution. They take a client-centric approach to the trading desk and utilize both a top-down and bottom-up approach.

Founded in 2008, ABN AMRO, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. They are a subsidiary of ABN AMRO North America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Amsterdam-based RFS Holdings BV. ABN AMRO is an international bank with European roots. They focus on consumer and commercial clients in their local markets and focus globally on select multinational corporations and financial institutions, as well as private clients. ABN AMRO is active in four principal customer segments: Personal Banking, Private Banking, Business and Commercial and Corporate and Institutional. While they serve a broad range of clients, their strategic focus is on the mid-market segment

ITG Investment Research, Inc. is an investment research firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG). Their research methods, data, and analysis produce unique, data-driven insights on the macro economy, individual industries and companies. The firm offers syndicate, premium and custom reports. ITG Research covers a wide variety of industries including: (1) Airlines (2) Cable & Satellite (3) Consumer Technology (4) Energy (5) Grocers (6) Medical Technology (7) Internet (8) Casinos (9) Cruise Lines (10) Lodging (11) Online Gaming (12) Real Estate/Home builders (13) Restaurants (14) Retail/Deep Discounters (15) Retail/Hardline (16) Retail/Softline (17) Wireless Carriers and (18) Video Games. It was founded on 22nd March, 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.