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Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC (DKCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1983 by Marvin Davidson and Thomas Kempner Sr. DKCM provides investment advice and investment management services to private investment funds.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

JMI Management, Inc. (JMI Equity) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Harry S. Gruner and Charlie E. Noell. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

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.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

alliantgroup LP provides tax consulting services. Its services include research and development tax credit, export incentives, sales and use tax, hiring and training credits, local tax credits, business incentives, domestic production deduction, energy tax incentives, and tax controversy services. The company was founded by Dhaval R. Jadav, Jim M. Jacobsen, and Shane T. Frank in 2002 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Evercore Capital Partners (Evercore Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Evercore Group LLC founded in 1996 by Roger C. Altman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

The Trustee For Performancecentre International Unit Trust provides sales commission tracking and incentive compensation software as a service since 2006. The company is based in Irvine, CA. The company helps businesses drive a high-performance sales culture by providing a solution aligned with today's sales force and enterprise objectives. The company offers enterprise-grade functionality with the ease of use required of modern software applications. The company was founded in 2006 by David Marshall. Grayson Morris has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Themis Solutions, Inc. provides cloud-based practice management platform for small and mid-sized law firms. It offers case and matter management, time tracking, billing and reporting, client contact and document management, task scheduling, trust accounting, and reporting. The firm also offers Clio Connect, a portal for exchanging information and collaborating with clients and Clio Express, an offline time capture application. The company was founded by Jack Newton and Rian Gauvreau in 2008 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

52nd Street Capital Advisors LLC (52nd Street Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of BlackrRock, Inc. founded in 2005 by James R Maher and Michael B Lazar. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Economist Newspaper Ltd. engages in the publication of financial journals, magazines and online publications. It operates thorugh the following brands: The Economist brand family, EuroFinance, BrandConnect, Ideas People Media, TVC, and Signal Noise. The company was founded by James Wilson in 1843 and is headquartered in London, The United Kingdom.

Part of Lifexx SA, Immodulon Therapeutics Ltd. is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company based in Uxbridge, UK. Immodulon is developing a highly differentiated cancer immunotherapy approach that primes the patient’s own innate immune system with the aim to significantly enhance the efficacy of a broad range of anti-cancer therapies, including chemotherapy and checkpoint inhibitors. The British company is developing imm-101, a heat-killed mycobacterium obuense, as a broad-spectrum immunomodulatory agent with the potential to treat a range of difficult-to-treat tumors including those considered to be immunologically “ cold, ” such as pancreatic cancer. Immodulon's imm-101 based immunotherapy complements other cancer therapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy. The company is focused on developing safe and effective immunotherapy treatments. The company was founded in 2007 by Charles Akle, John L. Stanford. Gertjan Bartlema has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

The Economist Newspaper NA, Inc. publishes weekly newspapers. It provides books printing and lithographic commercial printing services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

LOV Group Invest SAS owns and operates hotels and online-based gambling platforms. The company was founded by Stéphane Courbit in 2007 and is headquartered in Paris, France..

The Blackstone Group, Inc. provides marketing research services. It provides custom market research services for clients in industries as consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and technology. The firm's clients include eBay, Harris Bank and Pfizer. The company was founded by Ashref A. Hashim in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.