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Mackenzie Financial Corp. (dba Mackenzie Investments) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a direct subsidiary of Mackenzie, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW). Mackenzie Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to Canadian mutual funds, such as exchange-traded funds, Separately Managed Accounts, and one closed-end fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Palladium Equity Partners Advisor LLC is a Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Marcos A. Rodriguez and Robert J. Lanigan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

Catalyst Investors LLC (Catalyst Investors) is private equity firm founded in 1999 by Chris John Shipman and David Ryan McNally. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Portfolio Advisors LLC (Portfolio Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Darien, Connecticut with additional offices in Dallas, London, Zurich, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Holocene Advisors LP (Holocene) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by J. Brandon Haley in 2016. Holocene serves as the investment manager to several private investment funds.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

PointState Capital LP is an independent, SEC-registered investment manager and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2011 by Joshua Samuelson and Zachary Schreiber. PointState Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services, which include but not limited to, managing and directing the investment and reinvestment of assets for private investment funds and has provided these services to a discretionary separately managed account. Investors in the PointState Funds primarily consist of charitable foundations, institutions, endowments, funds of funds, private or family-owned investment entities, trusts and high net-worth individuals.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

H. C. Wainwright & Co. LLC (H. C. Wainwright) is a full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1868 and is a subsidiary of HCWHC, Inc. H. C. Wainwright delivers industry insights and real-time execution to both public and private small and middle-sized global emerging market companies. With a focus on identifying buyers and sellers in illiquid and difficult to trade equities, the firm specializes in block trading and providing liquidity in these securities with as little market impact as possible.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Polymorph Labs, Inc. operates as a content ad server company that allows publishers to monetize websites and apps through native ads. The company was founded by Satish Polisetti, Max Gutman, Dhawal Mujumdar, Kuldeep Kapade and Philip Foeckler in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Torys LLP provides legal services. It specializes in aboriginal, banking and debt finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, tax, intellectual property, and pensions and employment. The company was founded by John Stewart Donald Tory in 1941 and is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

Tishman Speyer Properties LP (Tishman Speyer) is a private equity and venture capital real estate firm founded in 1978 by Robert Valentine Tishman and Jerry Irving Speyer. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Art Gallery of Ontario operates as an art museum. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

ecobee, Inc. delivers energy management solutions. It operates as an open energy management platform for residential and commercial customers to understand, manage and reduce energy consumption. The company was founded by Mark Malchiondo, John Metselaar and Stuart Lombard in July 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Thomvest Asset Management, Inc. operates as an investment company. The private company is based in Redwood City, CA and has subsidiaries in Canada.

Avionte Staffing Software is a private company based in Bloomington, MN. Avionte Staffing Software is the only true end-to-end staffing solution in one platform. The company makes it easier than ever to connect recruiters to candidates. The company was founded by John Long and Rishabh Mehrotra has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Searchlight Capital Partners LP (Searchlight Capital Partners) is a private equity investment firm founded in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Erol Uzumeri, and Oliver Haarmann. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Toronto.

Serent Capital Management Co. LLC (Serent Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by David Kennedy and Kevin Frick. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Avionte LLC engages in the provision of staffing and recruiting software solutions. It offers front and back office, business intelligence, and reporting solutions. It also offers platforms for customer-relationship management, recruiting, onboarding, payroll, billing and business intelligence for clerical, light industrial, information technology, and professional staffing firms. The company was founded by Phi Ngo, Sandeep Acharya, John Long, and Samar Basnet in 2005 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN.

Relay Ventures (Relay Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Kevin Talbot and John L. Albright. The firm is headquartered in Toronto with additional office in Menlo Park.

Carbon Engineering Ltd. provides technologies and facilities to synthesize clean fuels from air, water, and renewable power. Its technology captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and use carbon dioxide in the synthesis of clean transportation fuels that displace crude oil. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Squamish, Canada.

Optima Partners Compliance Advisory is a regulatory compliance advisory firm that provides proactive and in-depth regulatory solutions tailored to meet clients' individual needs. The company is based in New York, NY, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The firm has unrivaled expertise in the regulatory landscape, strong relationships with regulators, and a deep commitment to providing clear and practical advice to clients. Optima Partners serves a diverse group of clients, including hedge funds, private equity firms, wealth managers, and other SEC registrants. The CEO of the company is Jonathan Saxton.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Founded in 2009, Northleaf Capital Partners is a private equity firm located in Menlo Park, California. The firm is the U.S.investment arm of Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd., Canada's largest independent global private equity fund manager and advisor

Monogram Capital Management LLC (Monogram Capital Management ) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Jared R. Stein and Oliver U. Nordlinger. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

Castanea Partners Inc (Castanea Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Robert A. Smith and Brian J. Knez. The firm is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.