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Milbank LLP provides legal services. It serves corporate, finance, financial restructuring, litigation and arbitration, securities, capital markets, trusts, estates, and exempt organizations, and tax markets. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Caxton Associates LP (Caxton) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the successor to Caxton Corp., which was founded in 1983 by Bruce Kovner. Caxton serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds.

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.

Black Diamond Capital Management LLC (Black Diamond Cap Mgmt) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Black Diamond Capital Holdings LLC founded by Stephen H. Deckoff and James E. Walker in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut with additional offices in Virgin Islands, London & India.

International Finance Corp. (IFC) operates as a global development institution. It is an organization that fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. The firm operates through three segments: Investment Services, Treasury Services and Advisory Services. The Investment Services segment offers loans, equities, debt securities, trade and supply chain finance and client risk management services. The Treasury Services segment consists of the borrowing, liquid asset management, asset and liability management, and client risk management activities. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Taconic Capital Advisors LLC (Taconic) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Kenneth D. Brody and Frank P. Brosens in 1999. TCA provides investment advice on a discretionary basis to onshore and offshore private investment funds that are offered to high net worth, financially sophisticated, individual and institutional investors that may include banks or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, government plans, trusts, estates or other business entities.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

APG Asset Management US, Inc. (APG US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and pension fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of APG Asset Management NV (APG NL), ultimately held by Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the pension fund for Dutch government employees and other civil service employees. APG US provides investment advisory services to ABP and other Dutch pension funds directly and/or through the Dutch pension funds’ participation in various “fondsen voor gemene rekening” (funds for the joint account of the participants and referred to herein as, “FGRs”) sponsored and controlled by APG NL.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Hildene Capital Management LLC (Hildene) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Brett Jefferson in 2008 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary Hildene Holding Co. LLC. Hildene manages assets for a broad range of clients across its flagship private funds, tailored managed accounts and securitized asset structures.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Co., Inc. (United Kingdom) is a consulting firm that helps UK manufacturers embrace new technologies for digital transformation and leadership. The company is based in London, UK. Ruben Schaubroeck, McKinsey Digital's new lead for the UK, Belgium, and Netherlands offices, spoke with Thomas Farrar, a manager of communications in the firm's UK office, about the importance of speed and pace for CEOs in this new growth journey. The British company works with organizations that pursue sustainability, inclusion, and economic growth, all at the same time, to achieve strategic foresight and built-in agility in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new trading relationship with the EU.

Sound Point Luna LLC (SPL) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow in 2003 and formerly known as BlueMountain Capital Management LLC and as Assured Investment Management LLC. In 2023, Sound Point Capital Management LP acquired the firm from Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO). SPL provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles that operate as private investment funds and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

Cartica Management LLC (Cartica) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 2009 by Teresa Barger, Steven Quamme and Farida Khambata. Cartica provides investment supervisory services to private investment funds which are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors and may also provide investment supervisory services for separately managed accounts for sophisticated institutional and high net-worth investors.

Part of AlphaSense, Inc., Seafield Capital Management LP provides investment services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPF&S provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.