Stephan Matthew Smith

1832 Asset Management LP (1832 AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm does business as Scotia Global Asset Management and is a subsidiary of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). In 2013, another BNS subsidiary, GCIC Ltd. underwent an internal consolidation and transferred its asset management business to 1832 AM. In 2008, through a reorganization by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Scotia Asset Management came to encompass the Scotia Funds, the asset management programs that had been run by the bank's brokerage arm Scotia McLeod and Scotia Cassels Investment Counsel Ltd. 1832 AM offers a broad range of investment solutions to meet the diverse needs of clients across all levels of wealth in Canada and around the world.

GCIC Ltd. provided investment advice. It also managed private client accounts included taxable foundations, estates and personal trusts. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Manitou Investment Management Ltd. (Manitou) is an independent, primarily employee-owned discretionary investment manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Robert Matthews and Stephen Scotchmer in 1998. Manitou Investment Management Ltd. Manitou offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to individuals, families, foundations and institutions through separately managed accounts.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cevian Capital II GP Ltd. provides financial investment advisory services. It offers portfolio management services. The company is headquartered in St. Helier, the United Kingdom.

Cantillon Capital Management LLC (Cantillon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by William von Mueffling in 2003 and is a subsidiary of Cantillon Management LP. Cantillon is an investment manager and provides discretionary investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts intended for institutional investors and other sophisticated investors.

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.

JPMorgan Securities Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a division of JPMorgan Overseas Capital Corp., which is owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. Founded in 19849, JPMorgan Securities Canada offers institutional clients a market research, proprietary pricing data and analytics, and trade execution across multiple asset classes, including credit, equities and FX.