Thomas P. Nye

Heartland Advisors, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm's predecessor was founded in 1983 as an investment advisory subsidiary of a regional brokerage firm, The Milwaukee Co., owned in part by William J. Nasgovitz. In 1984, Mr. Nasgovitz purchased a majority interest in the investment advisory subsidiary from his partners and started managing Heartland's first mutual fund, the Heartland Value Fund. In 1988, Mr. Nasgovitz and his partners sold The Milwaukee Co. to Dain Bosworth. In the same transaction, Mr. Nasgovitz acquired the remaining shares of the investment advisory subsidiary and changed its name to Heartland Advisors, Inc. In 2000, the firm was reorganized into a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Holdings, Inc., but it remains a 100% employee-owned independent firm. Heartland Advisors provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Nicholas Co., Inc. is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Albert Nicholas in 1967 and they provide investment advice to individuals, institutions, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities, pensions and profit sharing plans, and investment companies.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. SWIB was founded in 1951 and is responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF) and other state trust funds. The WRS includes the Core Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Core Fund) and the Variable Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Variable Fund).

Allspring Global Investments LLC (Allspring) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to November 1, 2021, the firm was known as Wells Capital Management, Inc. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Allspring provides investment management services to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), pooled vehicles, and other institutional clients and high net-worth individuals.

Victory Capital Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (Victory Capital-IM) is the investment management division of Victory Capital Management, Inc., a financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1894 and formerly known as Key Asset Management, Inc. They are an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR). Victory Capital-IM provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG, Inc. provides audit and accounting services. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Walter R. Pela.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Golden Angels Investors LLC (Golden Angels Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Timothy J Keane. The firm is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Walton Street Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Walton Capital Advisors LP founded in 1994. Walton Street Capital LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Prota Labs LLC (Prota Labs) is a venture capital firm co - founded in 2016 by Wilson Fong. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Real Escape from the Sex Trade offers charitable services. The firm provides services for women, girls for prevention, intervention and restoration and men for demand, relationships and resources. The company was founded in November 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Code Fellows Holdings, Inc. develops software solutions for programming skills. It focuses by giving career education where students get hand-on experience by applying trainings and building applications specializes in full-stack JavaScript, Python, or ASP.NET development. The company was founded by Andy Sack, Ivan Storck, Brad Bouse, William Little and Brook Riggio in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

DataChat, Inc. engages in the provision of technology platform that helps anyone to easily view data analytics and carry out data science functions without learning to code. The company was founded by Jignesh Patel and Rogers Jeffrey Leo John and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Redox, Inc. provides software services. It offers health care applications, organizations, medical devices, payers and tele health solutions. The company was founded by Niko Skievaski, Luke Bonney, and James Lloyd in 2014 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

National Opinion Research Center is a nonpartisan research organization that has been studying various aspects of the human experience and major news events for over eight decades. NORC at the University of Chicago conducts research and analysis that decision-makers trust. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company partner with government, corporate, and nonprofit clients worldwide to provide objectivity and expertise to inform critical decisions facing society. The CEO of the company is Daniel S. Gaylin.

Part of Man Wah Holdings Ltd., Man Wah Industrial Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of furniture. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Part of Man Wah Holdings Ltd., Famous Bedding Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and sells mattresses. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Famous Bedding Co. was acquired by Man Wah Holdings Ltd. from Man Wah Far East Ltd. on August 26, 2008 for $12.13 million.

Part of Man Wah Holdings Ltd., Man Wah Furniture Manufacturing Shenzhen Co. Ltd. is a company that manufactures and sells furniture. The company is based in Shenzhen, China.

Part of Man Wah Holdings Ltd., King Famous Bedding Manufacturing Shenzhen Co. Ltd. is a company that manufactures and sells mattresses. The company is based in Shenzhen, China.

Man Wah Furniture Manufacturing (Huizhou) Co. Ltd. engages in the production of furniture. Its principal activities include manufacturing and trading sofa. The company was founded on June 23 2005 and is headquartered in Huizhou, China.

Hong Kong Industrial & Commercial Association Ltd. is a business association based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council operates an association for the development of careers. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company was founded by Wai Lap Chan.

Locomatix, Inc. provides technology and analytic data processing solutions. The company was founded by Jignesh Patel and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Preact, Inc. operates as customer analytics platform that uses individual user activity to identify inflection points. It provides health metrics tailored to each user and account by logging detailed session-level usage of web usage, mobile applications, and server activity. The company was founded by Christopher Gooley and Cory Watilo in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mason Wells Inc (Private Equity)(Mason Wells) is a private equity subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation founded in 1998 by John Thomas Byrnes. The firm is headquartered in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Northwood Investors LLC is a privately-held real estate investment advisor founded in 2006 by John Z. Kukral. The firm is headquartered in in New York City and Los Angeles, California.

Accord Carton Co. is an American family-owned company that has been in operation since 1940. The private company's focus is on producing high-quality packaging.

Qualus Power Services Corp. provides electric power engineering and field services through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, CE Power and Power Grid Engineering. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.