Doug Freedman

Linear Technology Corp. engaged in designing, manufacturing, and selling analog integrated circuits. The company was founded by Robert C. Dobkin, Robert Widlar, and Robert H. Swanson in September 1981 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Founded in 1989, CRT Capital Group LLC is an institutional securities research and brokerage firm located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm focuses on high-yield and convertible debt, capital structure arbitrage, mergers and acquisitions, special situations and distressed securities. CRT trades senior and subordinated bonds, bank debt, trade claims, convertible bonds, equities, real estate loans, tax exempt securities and private placements.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Originally founded in 2002 by Curt Snyder and Richard Prati as American Technology Research, Broadpoint.AmTech Equity Capital Markets is an independent research firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Greenwich with offices in Littleton, Colorado and San Francisco. The firm was acquired by Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) in 2008. Broadpoint.Am Tech seeks to generate profitable ideas through fundamental research. They offer timely and focused research on the information technology, clean energy and defense sectors for institutional investors including mutual funds and alternative asset managers. Broadpoint.AmTech covers the following industries: (1) aerospace and defense (2) analog semiconductors (3) broadband and media services (4) clean technology/biofuels (5) clean technology/energy generation and infrastructure (6) clean technology/coal (7) clean technology/solar (8) clean technology/wind (9) data networking and storage components (10) engineering and construction (11) financial technology (12) Internet (13) information technology hardware (13) LED industry (14) software (15) wireless communications and (16) wireless ICs.

Gleacher & Co. Securities, Inc. is an investment banking, capital markets and brokerage firm located in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Gleacher & Co., Inc. (NasdaqGM: GLCH). The firm was formerly known as Broadpoint Capital and was formed in 2010 as the result of the merger of merger of Broadpoint.Amtech Equity Capital Markets and Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities. Gleacher & Co. Securities provides corporate and public finance services and trading of corporate, government and municipal securities for institutional investors. The firm has three divisions: Municipal Capital Markets, Taxable Fixed-Income and Equity Capital Markets. The Municipal Capital Markets division underwrites and trades municipal securities in new issue and secondary markets. The Taxable Fixed-Income division is a broker/dealer that focuses on fixed-income securities with limited liquidity. The Equity Capital Markets division is a sector-focused investment banking group that provides research, trading, capital raising and advisory services to institutional and corporate clients. Gleacher & Co. Securities provides research on hundreds of equity, fixed-income and mortgage/asset backed securities. The firm offers research and execution services on thousands of securities across a full spectrum of industry sectors and asset classes.