Christine O'Grady

RBC Global Asset Management (US), Inc. (RBC GAM-US), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1983 and formerly known as Voyageur Asset Management Inc. They are a subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and their ultimate parent is Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY). RBC GAM-US provides portfolio management services to registered mutual funds, private investment funds, trust programs, foreign funds such as UCITS funds, individuals (including high net worth individuals), wrap sponsors and other US and international institutions.

Paloma Partners Management Co. (PPMC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1989 by S. Donald Sussman. PPMC provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds.

Sextant Entertainment Group, Inc. provides film and television production services. The private company is based in Vancouver, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

EdgeHill Partners is an independent alternative investment manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Brad White, Ian Fairbrother, Jason Mann and Malcolm Smith. They manage traditional private hedge funds for ultra-high net-worth clients.

Synaptive Medical, Inc. develops medical equipment and applications for neurosurgery. Its products include birghtmatter plan, guide, drive, vision and imagedrive. The firm?s solutions offer state-of-the-art technologies, including advanced surgical planning, navigation and visualization. The company was founded by Cameron Piron in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a world-renowned institution located in Parkville, Australia. The university is a leader in education, teaching, and research, offering a wide range of coursework and research programs.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., Ellis Foster Chartered Accountants provides accounting services. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. Ellis Foster Chartered Accountants was acquired by Ernst & Young LLP on May 02, 2005.

Ernst & Young LLP (Canada) engages in the provision of consulting, assurance, tax, and transaction services. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Morgan Stanley Canada Ltd. is a broker/dealer headquartered Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Morgan Stanley. (NYSE: MS). Founded in 2008, the firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for institutional clients.

C3 Capital LLC (C3 Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of CPC LLC founded in 1994 by Patrick D Curran, Patrick F Healy, Smith Robert and Steven Swartzman. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

New York City Retirement Systems provides pension fund services and is ultimately controlled by the City of New York (New York). The company is based in New York, NY.

Rennie Marketing Systems Ltd. provides real estate services. The firm offers consumer residential real estate acquisition, new development sales and marketing, and arts and the wing sang. The company was founded by Bob Rennie in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, BC.

Kent Imaging, Inc. provides multispectral imaging technology solutions. It focuses on commercializing a breakthrough multispectral imaging technology that assesses tissue oxygen saturation. The company was founded by Donald Chapman on February 7, 2006 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.