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Edward D. Jones & Co. LP is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Edward Jones registered as a broker–dealer in 1941 and as an investment adviser in 1993. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They cover stocks that perform over the long-term, focusing on US, Canadian and Western European companies with long, stable, operating histories.

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.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. (KCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The firm was founded by John Kornitzer in 1989. KCM manages assets for institutions, mutual funds (the Buffalo Funds), and private clients.

American Century Investments Value Yield LLC provides asset management services. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Financial Counselors, Inc. (do-business-as FCI Advisors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1966 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of FCI Holding Corp., which is wholly owned by MTC Holding Corp. FCI Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm also provides sub-advisory services for their affiliates The Midwest Trust Co. and Benefit Trust Co.

Missouri Innovation Center, Inc (Missouri Innovation Center) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

CPC LLC is a subsidiary of CPC Management, which is a long-term investment company organized as a company, not around funds like traditional private equity firms. CPC is based in Kansas City, MO and has subsidiaries in Sweden and the United States. The company focuses on creating defensible, long-term value by investing in innovation, workforce development, new technologies, and supply chain improvements. CPC is owned by large family offices and successful entrepreneurs who are aligned around long-term decision making and wealth creation. It was formed from the merging of Curran Companies and C3 Capital's management teams. CPC aims to invest $600mm to $700mm into lower middle market businesses over the next five years. The company does not use enterprise leverage to fund acquisitions and emphasizes excelling in the five key battles™: people, systems and processes, execution, customer intimacy, and product leadership. The company was founded by Desmond Patrick Curran, Jared E. Poland, Patrick F. Healy, Patrick Wiley Curran, Robert L. Smith, and Steven E. Swartzman.

C3 Capital LLC (C3 Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of CPC LLC founded in 1994 by Patrick D Curran, Patrick F Healy, Smith Robert and Steven Swartzman. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Permanent Equity Management (Permanent Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Brent Beshore. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) engages in the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It operates through the following segments: Sumatera, Java Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi and Maluku Papua. Its other activities include electricity consultation, construction, installation, assessment, testing, operations, and maintenance of electrical power equipment, planning and development of electric power facilities, and research and support activities related to electricity. The company was founded on January 1, 1961 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Public Safety Personnel Retirement System is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1968, PSPRS provides pension plan for public safety personnel, corrections officers and elected officials in the state of Arizona.

Zhuji Renruide Investments Ltd. provides investment services. The private company is based in Zhuji, China. The CEO of the Chinese company is Lu Ming Feng.

Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling LLC (BFIC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. The firm was founded by Judith Bedell in 1975 as Bedell Investment Counselling LLC. They are a subsidiary of Bluespring Wealth Partners LLC, which is owned by Kestra Financial, Inc. BFIC offers investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, pensions and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities.

The Sun Foundation for Advancement in the Environmental Sciences and Arts, Inc. is a non-profit organisation. The company is an arts and science educational organization. It strengthens and advances the arts and environmental sciences in rural and urban communities by providing quality and innovative programs, services, publications, research, regranting financial support, and cooperative efforts for the general public, underserved groups, schools, Illinois artists, and local arts organizations. The company is organized exclusively for education, scientific, and charitable purposes. It researches, designs, produces, and disseminates educational materials that advances and develops integrative and interdisciplinary studies between artists and scientists and the understanding thereof, to enable humankind to live in harmony with nature, by securing a quality environment for all life, thereby enriching the human condition. The company was founded by Joan Root and Robert Ericksen in 1973 and is headquartered in Washburn, IL.

Central Trust Co. is a trust company and investment management firm headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of Central Bancompany, Inc. Central Trust Co. was founded in 2007 when Central Bancompany, Inc. combined the trust and investment management functions of Guaranty Trust Co., Boone County National Bank, Central Bank and Empire Bank. They manage portfolios for individuals, trusts, IRAs, corporations, retirement plans, charitable organizations and foundations.

Four Pillars Investors LLC (Four Pillars) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Nick Mclean and Thomas Sanford. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kennedy Capital Management LLC (KCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded by Gerald Kennedy and Richard Sinise in 1980 as Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. In November 2022, the firm converted from “Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.”, a Missouri S corporation, to “Kennedy Capital Management LLC”, a Delaware limited liability company. They are a subsidiary of KCM Holdings, Inc. KCM manages assets for institutional and high-net-worth clients.

Evergy Ventures Inc (Evergy Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Great Plains Energy, Inc founded in 2015 by Dennis Odell. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Euniceco Corp. is a private company that provides household and commercial storage services. The company is based in Atchison, KS. The company was founded in 1990.

Hailiang Group Co., Ltd. is a holding company that engages in the following industries: Copper processing, Real estate construction, Ecological agriculture, Basic education, and Industrial finance. The company was founded on August 9, 1996 and is headquartered in Shaoxing, China.

EPSM LLC mnufactures precision sheet metals. It offers laser cutting and machining, line graining, and powder coating. he company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Cornelius, OR.

Dart Casting, Inc. is a company based in Alsip, IL. Dart Casting, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is led by CEO Brian Lennon.

Southwest Steel Fabricators, Inc. manufactures structural metal fabrication. The company was founded on September 3, 1925 and is headquartered in Bonner Springs, KS.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

Northwest Mutual Funds, Inc. provides investment management services. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.