Debra Pollard Perez

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.

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.