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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.

Bailard, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Foster City, California. The firm (formerly Bailard, Biehl and Kaiser prior to its re-naming in 2005) was founded in 1969 by three graduates of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of BB&K Holdings, Inc. Bailard provides investment advisory and financial planning services and offers single asset strategies to investors on a standalone basis. The firm manages separate accounts for institutional clients and provides advisory and sub-advisory services to pooled investment vehicles.

Tory Burch LLC designs, manufactures, and sells women's apparel and accessories. Its products include sweaters, jackets, pants, heels, wedges, totes, cross body bags, wallets, eyewear, and perfume. The company was founded by Tory A. Burch in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Security Investors LLC (dba Guggenheim Investments) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Rydex Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Security Investors provides investment advisory services to separately managed accounts (SMAs) and pooled investment vehicles that are registered as investment companies. They focus on the return and risk needs of insurance companies, corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, wealth managers, and high-net-worth investors.

Caravan Capital Management LLC (Caravan Capital) is a privately-held investment advisor headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. The firm was founded by Cliff Quisenberry, Jr. and Ben Griffith in 2008. Caravan Capital provides investment advisory and investment management services to private investment funds, which includes limited partnerships on which Caravan is either the general partner or the investment manager, and separate accounts.

Tubi, Inc. provides movie and television streaming services. It develops a monetization platform for content producers and advertisers. The company was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (Investment Management) (BNY Mellon) is the investment management arm of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2007 due to the merger of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and Mellon Financial Corporation. BNY Mellon is the umbrella organization for BNY Mellon's affiliated investment management firms and global distribution companies. They provide investment management services to financial institutions, corporations, government entities, endowments/foundations and high-net-worth individuals.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate governance and investigations, crisis advisory and management, employee benefits, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, media, real estate, tax, and trusts. The company was founded by Joseph P. Cotton, George S. Franklin, William G. McAdoo and Francis McAdoo in 1919 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Herrick, Feinstein LLP is a law firm that specializes in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The private company is based in New York, NY. The company's focus is on creating opportunities, devising solutions, and forging connections to empower their clients to succeed.

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.

Greycroft LLC is a private equity & venture capital firm founded by Alan J. Patricof, Dana R. Settle and Ian Sigalow. The firm is headquartered in New York. They also have an office in Los Angeles, California.

Capital Vision Services LP engages in the provision of optometry and personalized optical services. It manages independently owned optometry practices which operate under the trade name MyEyeDr. It offers its patients personalized eyecare services, prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses, and standard and specialty contact lenses. The company was founded by Sue Healey Downes and Robert Samit in 2001 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

PineBridge Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2010 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pinebridge Investments Holdings (US) LLC, ultimately held by Chiltonlink Ltd. in British Virgin Islands. PineBridge Investments provides investment management/advisory services to predominantly sophisticated institutional and ultra-high net worth individual clients. Clients can opt to invest through separately managed accounts, mutual funds, and other pooled vehicles.

GM Advisory Group, Inc. (GMAG) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm headquartered in Melville, New York. The firm was founded by Frank P. Marzano in 2004. In 2023, they were acquired by Wealthspire Advisors LLC, ultimately owned by NFP Holdings LLC. GMAG provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services through separately managed accounts and pooled investment vehicles. They primarily provide discretionary investment management services to their managed account clients, principally through a wrap fee program.

Pzena Investment Management LLC (Pzena) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Richard S. Pzena 1995 and is owned by Pzena Investment Management LP. Pzena manages investment portfolios for endowments, foundations, state and municipal government entities, partnerships, corporations, investment companies, public funds, pension trusts, profit-sharing plans, high net-worth individuals, and pooled funds located in the US and in select foreign jurisdictions. The firm became a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in early 2018 and a SASB Alliance member in 2020, and they have accepted Japan’s Stewardship Code.

Tinuiti, Inc. operates as a digital marketing agency. The firm?s services include amazon & Walmart, paid social, paid search, shopping & feed, programmatic & display, SEO, CRM & email, creative, analytics, conversion rate optimization, affiliate, OTT & connected TV and mobile app marketing. The company was founded by Benjamin A. Kirshner in May 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Leadership Foundations, Women's Forum, Inc. is a non-profit community for women leaders of diverse achievement. The company is based in New York, NY.

JBoss, Inc. develops software and provides IT technical supporting services. It provides services through the JBoss Subscription, which includes certified software, patches and updates, management tools, long term maintenance policies, and technical support. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Milagro Oil & Gas, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves. The company was founded by Thomas C. Langford, John L. Eells, and Robert L. Cavnar on November 1, 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Guggenheim Partners LLC provides financial services. It offers investments, securities, and insurance services. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Partners LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.

Equitable Life Insurance Co. provides investment advice. Its products include life insurance, retirement, retirement plans for employers and investments. The company was founded by Henry Hyde in 1859 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MicuRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of safe and effective antimicrobial therapeutics for multidrug-resistant superbag infections. The company was founded by Zheng Yu Yuan and Mikhail Fedorovich Gordeev in March 2007 and is headquartered in Pudong, China.