Gerald L. Tuttle

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, together with its subsidiaries it provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients, and alternative asset management products and services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The company operates its business through five segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, Corporate Credit, Investment Income, Eliminations and Corporate Costs. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the company's hedge funds, hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations and small business loans. The Investment Income segment includes income from the company's principal investments in public and private securities, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate Costs segment includes expenses related to JMP Group Inc., the holding company, and JMP Group LLC, and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the company's credit facility with City National Bank. JMP Group was founded by Joseph A. Jolson and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvest Capital Strategies LLC (Harvest) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1999 and formerly known as JMP Asset Management LLC. They are wholly owned by JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Harvest provides discretionary investment advisory services to a number of private investment funds that operate as private investment funds.

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Baypoint Trading LLC provides institutional brokerage and fund services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

HCAP Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Joseph “Joe” Jolson and is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately owned by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). HCAP Advisors provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Opportunity Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It is primarily targeting businesses in North America with potential for growth. Opportunity Acquisition was founded in December 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvest Mortgage Opportunity Partners LP engages in providing Financial services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Thrive Agrobiotics, Inc. engages in research and development by utilizing gut cell therapy platform. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Basic Fund provides scholarship programs. It supports inner-city children by helping low-income families afford the cost of tuition at private schools in the Bay Area. The company was founded by Jim McCarthy, Arthur Rock, and John Walton in 1998 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Golden State Warriors LLC owns and manages a professional basketball franchise. Its team is part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Sanctuary Wealth Services LLC provides wealth management services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Jeffrey Castle Spears and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Corticon Technologies, Inc. provides business rules management solutions. It offers training, certified programs, technical support, and dynamic document generation services. The firm offers business rules management system for banks, insurance, media, telecommunication providers, and government agencies. The company was founded by Pedram Abrari and Mark J. F. Allen and is headquartered in City, Bedford, MA.