Franklin C. Golden

KBW LLC provides investment banking and financial services. It offers mergers, acquisitions, strategic advisory services, equity and fixed income securities offerings, structured finance and mutual thrift conversions, asset management, securities underwriting, and related investment advisory services. The firm focuses on banking and insurance companies, real estate companies and real estate investment trust, broker-dealers, mortgage banks, asset management companies, and specialty finance companies. Its business is organized into three general service offerings: Investment banking, including mergers and acquisitions and other strategic advisory services, equity and fixed income securities offerings, and mutual thrift conversions, Equity and Fixed Income sales and trading; and Research that provides fundamental, objective analysis that identifies investment opportunities and helps its investor customers make investment decisions. The company was founded by Harry Keefe Jr., Gene Bruyette, and Norbert Woods on June 11, 1962 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (Manulife IM (US)) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSX: MFC), a Canadian-based financial services firm. Manulife IM-US manages assets for a variety of institutional and other types of clients, such as public and private pension funds, foundations, mandatory provident funds outside the US, financial institutions, investment trusts, separately managed account clients, and high net-worth individuals. The firm also manages registered funds, which includes UCITS, US and Canadian open- and closed-end mutual funds and privately offered unregistered investment funds.

Part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Nationwide Advisory Services, Inc. is a company based in Columbus, OH.

Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (Diamond Hill) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DHIL). Diamond Hill provides investment management services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds and separate accounts. The firm also offers investment advisory services to the clients of wrap sponsors.

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC provides securities listing, trading and information products and services. The company is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Chanticleer Dividend Fund, Inc. is a business development company .it primarily invests in debt securities of private U.S. companies. The company focuses on investing in the debt securities of established, well-managed, stable companies with strong positive cash flows. Chanticleer Dividend Fund was founded on November 10, 2010 in Charlotte, NC.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Nationwide Insurance Co. provides insurance services. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest is a company that sells insurance products. Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest is based in Hartford, CT. The CEO of the company is Michael Ross Fisher.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Operates hospitals, home health agencies, home care stores and retail pharmacies. It has offices in Barbourville, Harlan, Hazard, Hyden, McDowell, Middlesboro, Morgan County, South Williamson and Whitesburg, Kentucky, and Beckley. The company is headquartered in Barbourville, KY.

Part of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Louisiana), IXC Communications, Inc. provides telecommunications solutions. The company is based in Haddon Township, NJ.

National Investor Relations Institute operates as an association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. The company was founded by DeWitt C. Morrill in 1969 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Part of Packaging Corporation of America, PCA International, Inc. provides professional portrait photography products and services. The company is based in Matthews, NC.

The Small Business & Technology Development Center is a management counseling and educational services provider for small and mid-sized businesses. The non-profit company is based in Raleigh, NC. The SBTDC offers confidential and mostly free-of-charge services to its clients.

Cannon Memorial Hospital, Inc. provides health care services. The firm also emergency, family practice, inpatient, outpatient, physical therapy, sleep clinic and surgery services. The company was founded by E. Gaine Cannon in 1947 and is headquartered in Pickens, SC.

The Crossnore School & Children's Home is an educational institution that aims to provide a unique learning and social environment that caters to the individuality of each student. The location of the non-profit company is in Crossnore, NC. The school was established in May 2018 to address the need for quality education for children.

Paragon Bank provides state banking services. Its services include personal and business banking, lending center, and online services. It offers deposit products including checking, now, savings and money market accounts, certificate of deposits, and individual retirement account (IRA). The company founded by Robert S. Shaw, Jr. in 2004 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.