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Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

Founded in 2007, Moelis & Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to corporations, institutions and governments. Moelis & Co. LLC provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Leucadia Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 as Jefferies Private Client Advisers LLC. They changed their name to Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC in 2006 and to Leucadia Asset Management LLC in 2021. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). LAM provides advisory services to high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

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.

Black Box Intelligence is a business intelligence and insights company specializing in the restaurant industry. It provides weekly interactive reports with industry benchmarks based on the operational results. The company was founded by Wallace B. Doolin and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

ArrowStream, Inc. engages in the provision of supply chain solutions for the foodservice industries. It offers services relating to inventory, contract price auditing, quality incident management, supply chain visibility, strategic sourcing, commodity intelligence, operator collaboration, and inbound logistics optimization. The company was founded by Steven LaVoie in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Adlib Publishing Systems, Inc. provides enterprise intelligent document automation solutions to accelerate digital transformation with AI and OCR. The company is based in Burlington, Canada. The Canadian company's document automation helps supply-chain processes using searchable PDF and clean, structured data to enhance collaboration and increase business agility. Adlib's insurance automation solutions use intelligent data to automate claims processing and new policy creation and improve robotic process automation. The company was founded in 2000 by Peter Duff and Scott Mackey. Helen Rosen has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Pure Auto LLC owns and operates an online platform that provides value reports on used cars and trucks. It offers search, pay-per-click, site and display retargeting and advertising services. The firm provides drive traffic, optimize web, and convert sales solutions. The company was founded by Jeremy Anspach in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Diversis Capital Management LP (Diversis Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Kevin D. Ma and Ron Nayot. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.