Charles Lieberman

Founded in 1998, Advisors Capital Management LLC (ACM) is a registered investment advisor based in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The firm is principally owned by ACM Holding Trust. ACM offers advisory services to their direct clients and clients of unaffiliated registered investment advisors and broker-dealers throughout the US.

First Institutional Securities LLC provides investment banking services to institutions and high net-worth clients. The company is headquartered in Woodland Park, NJ.

Strategic Investment Management, Inc. (Strategic) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1987 by Hilda Margarita Ochoa-Brillembourg, Joseph Oricoli, Carol Grefenstette, Antoine van Agtmael and Michael Duffy. Strategic offers discretionary investment management and planning services to both US and non-US individual and institutional investors, such as employee pension and benefit plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, pooled investment vehicles and family and general corporate funds.

C3i, Inc. provided multi-channel engagement solutions for patients, healthcare professionals, and enterprise personnel via a network of global contact centers. It offered commercial, medical, enterprise, and digital services. The company was founded by Diana Kyser, Owen Wormser, David Hanaman, and Joel H. Morse in 1993 and was headquartered in Wilkes Barre, PA.

Part of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. provides security broker services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.