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Pembroke American Growth Fund, Inc. is an open-end investment fund. The company distributes earnings to unit holders as income, dividends or capital gains. It holds interest in pursing long-term growth through capital appreciation by investing in smaller U.S. companies to have above-average growth potential or to be undervalued. The company was founded on October 1, 1988 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

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.

Founded by William R. Huff in 1984, WR Huff Asset Management Co. LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Stewart, Florida. The firm provides advisory services to pension and profit sharing plans, state, municipal, and other government entities, endowments, foundations, trusts, corporations and other types of businesses and individuals (including high net-worth individuals).

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Kingdon Capital Management LLC (Kingdon) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Mark Kingdon in 1983. Kingdon provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles sponsored by Kingdon or third parties.

Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (Blackstone Corporate) is a private equity division of The Blackstone Group Inc founded in 1985 by Stephen Allen Schwarzman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Audax Private Equity (Audax Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of 101 Huntington Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Geoff S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and additional office in San Francisco, California.

Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (Leith Wheeler) is an independent, employee owned investment management firm headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The firm was founded by Murray Leith and Bill Wheeler in 1982. They offer disciplined, value investment products and services for a national client base of private clients, institutions and investment advisors. Leith Wheeler is a signatory of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Invesco Canada Ltd. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1981 and formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd. and as AIM Funds Management, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) in the US. Invesco Canada primarily provides investment advice to the Canadian Funds. In addition, the firm provides investment advice to investment companies, charitable organizations, pension plans, endowments, charities and corporations, banks, pooled investment vehicles, provincial or municipal government entities and insurance companies.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

BT Global Growth, Inc. is an independent alternative investment manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. The firm was founded in 2006 by Paul Beattie, Jacques Lacroix and Michael Shannon. They manage the BT Global Growth Fund, a globally oriented long-short hedge fund. Investors in the fund are Canadian high-net-worth investors and family offices.

Pembroke Private Wealth Management Ltd. (Pembroke) is a Canadian wealth advisory firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. The firm was founded in 19988 and is a subsidiary of Pembroke Management Ltd. Pembroke offers a range of pooled and mutual funds, which provides exposure to Canadian, US, and international equities, as well as fixed-income securities. Their clients include individuals, families, foundations, and pension funds.

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada provides life insurance and other financial services. It offers saving, retirement and pension products and life and health insurance to individuals and groups through its operations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia. Sun Life Assurance's product range includes health and life insurance, retirement plans, my Choice plans, total benefits and workplace solutions. The company was founded in 1865 by Mathew Hamilton Gault and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.