Please comment on the following questions. You may type your response directly in this form, or you may prefer to compose your responses with other word processing software. If you use other word processing software, simply copy and paste the completed text into the field below. We suggest that you save copies for your personal records. 1. Please describe your relationship to the applicant. Are you, or have you been, the applicant's direct supervisor? If not, what is the nature of your relationship? How long have you known the applicant and how frequent is/was your interaction with him/her? To Start I think it would be helpful to describe our company, Tourmaline Partners. We are a broker dealer executing equity and equity derivatives trades on behalf of our clients. We trade global equities with operations in Stamford, Connecticut and London, England. We have a team of 17 people. I am one of five equal partners and owners of tourmaline. I have been Anthony's direct supervisor for nearly five years. He and I sit directly next to each other about five feet apart. We interact all day every day. I do all of Anthony's performance reviews which include paying him a quarterly performance bonus. I have known Anthony for approximately five years. 2. How does the applicant's performance compare with that of his or her peers? Anthony has no direct peers. We have a firm of very senior employees. Anthony is the most junior on the team. Anthony was selected by Tourmaline from a very large pool of talented candidates. Anthony performs at the highest levels of our firm. Despite the fact that he is the youngest and has the least experience he is relied upon in more capacities than anyone else. Because he always performs at a high level we have increased his responsibilities and asked him to do more and more. EFTA00292572