Chris la Porta

Fenimore Asset Management, Inc. (Fenimore) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cobleskill, New York. The firm was founded by Thomas O. Putnam in 1974. Fenimore provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to (1) registered investment companies; (2) separately managed investment advisory accounts for individuals, corporations, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans and non-profit organizations, engaged directly or through certain wrap fee programs; and (3) a privately placed pooled investment vehicle. Investors in the Private Fund include a variety of high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors.

The Ayco Co. LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cohoes, New York. The firm was founded in 1971 by William Aydelotte and James Conway. They are a subsidiary of GS Ayco Holding LLC, which is owned by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), a publicly traded bank and financial holding company. Ayco provides investment management services clients to individuals, who may invest their assets with them directly, as individuals, or through private investment vehicles, such as privately held corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, profit sharing plans, and trusts and estates. The firm also provides investment management services to institutional clients and charitable organizations, such as the Ayco Charitable Foundation, a public charity.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.