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Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.

LB Hercules Holdings LLC provides investment management and broker dealer services. It offers tax and financial planning, fiduciary services, financial advocacy and trust services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, banking and thrift institutions, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations and state government entities. The company manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, balanced portfolios, no-load equity, fixed income mutual funds, closed-ended municipal bond funds, real estate funds and hybrid funds. Neuberger Berman Holdings was founded by Roy R. Neuberger, Robert Berman and Howard Lipman in 1939 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brandes Investment Partners LP (Brandes) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in La Jolla, California. The firm was founded by Charles H. Brandes in 1974 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brandes Worldwide Holdings LP. Brandes manages global equity and fixed-income assets for clients worldwide.

Oppenheimer + Close LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Philip Oppenheimer in 1984 as Oppvest II LLC. Oppenheimer + Close manages equity investments for individuals, pension funds, family charitable trusts and foundations through individually managed accounts as well as three domestic partnerships.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc. (Bragg) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded by J. Frank Bragg, Jr. in 1964. Bragg provides advisory services to individuals, investment companies which includes mutual funds, pension and profit-sharing plans and charitable organizations.

Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP (SFG) is an institutional broker-dealer headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a direct subsidiary of SFG Holding LLC, which is owned by Bodel, Inc. SFG offers a full range of order execution and trading flow services, with a focus on delivering innovative trading strategies and execution services to institutional clients.

First Eagle Investment Management LLC (FEIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1864 and formerly known as Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Inc. FEIM provides investment advisory services primarily to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts and institutional separately managed accounts (SMAs), as well as to a registered, closed-end interval fund. The firm serves as the investment adviser to the First Eagle Funds, First Eagle Variable Funds and to the First Eagle Credit Opportunities Fund, which are registered investment companies.

R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc. (RGNCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Roy G. Niederhoffer in 1993. RGNCM serves as the investment manager for several private funds, as sub-investment manager for one hedge fund, and as the investment manager or trading advisor for several separately managed accounts.

DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. provides transaction data processing services. The firm is a subsidiary of West Side Investment Management, Inc. Boston Financial provides outsourced services such as routing and processing of incoming mail, tax and organizational reporting, regulatory compliance and share holder services. It has offices in Boston and Kansas. The firm was founded in October 1973 and is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts.

G.research (formerly known as Gabelli & Co., Inc.) is a registered institutional research and brokerage firm headquartered in Rye, New York and was founded in 1976. The firm is a subsidiary of Gabelli Securities, Inc. and their ultimate parent is GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL). G.research has an emphasis on small and mid-cap ideas. Their core competencies include aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket, food and beverage, gaming and lodging, industrials, media, specialty chemicals, telecom and utilities. They publish daily research notes and full reports utilizing their proprietary Private Market Value (PMV) with a Catalyst methodology.

MadisonGrey, the new standard in investment administration and financial operations management. For a wide range of institutional portfolios and funds, the firm offers more timely and accurate accounting, record keeping and reconciliation services utilizing a highly innovative technology platform. The fund managers, investment advisors and institutional investors it serves appreciate the fact that it brings real-life investment management experience to the job. For even the most complex investment types, the company offers complete back-office administration, three-way reconciliation, institutional investor services, and outsourced operations management.

Corebridge Institutional Investments (US) LLC (CII) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. They are an indirect subsidiary of Corebridge Financial, Inc. (Corebridge) (NYSE: CRBG). The firm was formerly known as AIG Asset Management (US) LLC and changed their name to Corebridge Institutional Investments (US) LLC in 2023 as part of Corebridge’s continued separation from American International Group, Inc. CII provide investment management services to Corebridge, its affiliates, and unaffiliated institutional clients. The firm also manages investment portfolios of private funds and other pooled investment vehicles in which affiliated and unaffiliated parties are investors. CII also serves as a sub-adviser to affiliated investment managers, in the management of their institutional affiliate client accounts.

Dolphin Ltd. Partnership I LP is a hedge fund manager located in Stamford, Connecticut

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Platinum Equity Advisors LLC (Platinum Equity Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Tom Gores. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Flatiron Health, Inc. develops health care technology. Its OncologyCloud platform allows cancer centers, physicians and life science companies to gain actionable insights from clinical, practice management and billing data. The firm's software platform accelerates personalized medicine and research by applying advanced analytics to electronic patient care data documented by physicians. The company was founded by Nathaniel S. Turner and Zachary W. Weinberg in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Kylin Management LLC is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Kylin Capital Management LP. Kylin Management provides discretionary investment advice to private investment funds and discretionary investment advice to separately managed accounts.

Lizard Investors LLC is an employee-owned, SEC-registered hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Leah Zell in 2007 and is majority-owned by Jonathan Moog, but is also joined in partnership by David Li. Lizard Investors provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds and to separately managed accounts offered through non-affiliated third-party investment advisers.

John Thomas Financial, Inc. provides investment and financial consulting services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Thomas Belesis.

Union Capital Associates LP (Union Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by James C. Marlas. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

fatfoogoo AG provides in-game commerce ecosystems for the monetization of online games and virtual worlds via microtransactions. Its plug and play solutions support publisher-to-player and player-to-player transactions, virtual currencies, and traditional subscription models. The company was founded by Daniel Petri and Martin Herdina in 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.