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PNC Bank, NA (Investment Management) (PNC-IM) is the asset management division of PNC Bank, NA, a banking company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is ultimately held by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC-IM manages assets for institutions and high-net worth individuals and provides tailored investments, wealth planning, trust and estate administration and private banking to high-net-worth families and individuals.

Radio Systems Corp. engages in the manufacture of electronic pet training products. Its brands include Petsafe, Invisible Fence, and SportDog. The company was founded by Randy Boyd in 1991 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

Rational Advisors, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Huntington, New York. The firm offers Rational Funds to individual and institutional investors.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Founded in 2000 by Sam Harvey, John Davis and Mary Herrmann, Harvey Investment Co. LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm's principal owners are WT Acquisition LLC and Samuel Harvey. The ultimate owner of WT Acquisition LLC is HighTower Holding, LLC. Their clients include individual persons, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and corporations or similar business entities.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

CapWealth Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. The firm was founded by Timothy J. Pagliara in 2000 and they are a subsidiary of CapWealth Group LLC. CapWealth Advisors provides investment advice to individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates and charitable organizations.

First Horizon Bank provides commercial banking services. Its offers banking, cash management, borrowing, investment and planning, insuring and inverting, treasury management, financial planning, and executive banking. The company was founded by Frank S. Davis on March 25, 1864 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Morgan Keegan & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF). Morgan Keegan & Co. provides securities brokerage services to various types of clients.

Edward D. Jones & Co. LP (Edward Jones) is a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1993 and is the primary operating subsidiary of The Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the UK.

Part of Whitestone REIT, Whitestone REIT Operating Company IV LLC is a Real Estate Investment Trust/REIT. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Founded in 1989, First Dallas Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm is a subsidiary of First Dallas Holdings, Inc. They focus primarily on common stocks with an eye on bonds and mutual funds. The firm searches the entire US for companies that fit specific criteria, however they place special emphasis on the Southwestern US. Included are core growth companies and emerging companies in various industries. First Dallas Securities examines both high tech and old economy companies that are resurfacing with a solid game plan for new century markets.

Established in 1977, Neidiger Tucker Bruner, Inc. (NTB) is a Denver-based brokerage and investment banking firm. NTB offers range of investment banking services include raising capital through the underwriting of Initial public offerings, secondary offerings and private placements. Primary department services include obtaining capital necessary to finance emerging growth and middle-market company's clients on a continuing basis. The corporate finance department seeks to tailor client needs, objectives and financial requirements to appropriate capitalization methods. NTB makes an underwriting commitment when the corporate finance department identifies a company which demonstrates growth potential, has experienced management and a financing can be structured which is equitable and attractive to both the company and investors. The firm is a member of FINRA and SPIC.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. operates as an independent insurance agency. It offers insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection, making large and complex financial institutions resolvable, and managing receiverships. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.