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Bryan, Garnier & Co Ltd. is a European, full-service growth-focused independent investment bank for technology, healthcare, consumer, and business services companies. The private company is based in London, UK, and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The British company is well-positioned in a capex intensive industry that is increasingly dynamic both in capital raising and M & A, driven by the 4th Industrial Revolution. Bryan Garnier is the world's leading independent full-service investment bank for European healthcare and technology-led companies and their investors. The company is focused on new disruptive technologies and alternative production models in a variety of domains geared towards fighting climate change and environmental degradation. The consumer sector is transformed across its segments by the way digital natives relate to brands, products, and the environment. The company was founded in 1996 by Olivier Marie Paul Garnier de Falletans.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (MSCI) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSCI provides a range of brokerage services to corporations, governments and financial institutions.

Zürcher Kantonalbank (Broker) (ZKB-Broker) is the brokerage business unit of Zürcher Kantonalbank, a state-owned full-service bank founded in 1870, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. They conduct all investment activities in-house including financial advisory services, research, trading, and asset management. ZKB-Broker is an active trader in securities, foreign currencies, banknotes, precious metals, commodity contracts and financial derivatives on their own account and on behalf of third-party customers. The bank provides underwriting services in domestic debt and equity markets, sales and trading of listed domestic warrants and structured derivatives, and Swiss Franc foreign exchange trading. The firm offers round-the-clock market-making in credit default swaps from Swiss issuers. Their research covers a broad international investment universe and maintains a successful equity, bonds and sustainability research capability, together with independent investment fund research.

ODDO BHF AG (Broker) (ODDO BHF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of ODDO BHF AG, which is owned by Oddo BHF SCA in German. The firm was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Frankfurt. ODDO BHF-Broker offers a wide range of high value-added broking services for issuers, holding companies and/or family offices.

Macquarie Capital Europe Ltd. (Germany) (MCE Germany) is the Germany-based brokerage division of Macquarie Capital Europe Ltd., which is ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG). The firm is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and was founded in 2008. MCE Germany provides brokerage services to their clients.

Commerzbank AG (Broker) (Commerzbank-Broker) is the brokerage division of Commerzbank AG (ETR: CBK) in Germany. In 2009, following Commerzbank's acquisition of Dresdner Kleinwort the group created a Corporates & Markets platform which integrated the business of Dresdner Kleinwort GmbH-Investment Management. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Commerzbank-Broker provides trade solutions to multinational corporations, institutional investors, public entities, SMEs and private clients. They also offer risk management and structured financing solutions.

Moody's Deutschland GmbH is the Germany-based investment research subsidiary of Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) in the US. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm was founded in 1991 and provides credit ratings, research, risk analyzes and default data to German-speaking clients including banks, insurance companies, asset managers and industrial companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

UniCredit Bank AG (Broker) (UniCredit Bank-Broker) is the brokerage division of UniCredit Bank AG, a commercial bank headquartered in Munich, Germany. Formerly known as Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, the firm was founded in 1869 and is a subsidiary of UniCredit SpA (BIT: UCG) in Italy. UniCredit Bank-Broker is responsible for direct market access execution in listed products, as well as various kinds of brokerage services, such as OTC fund execution, care order execution, order and flow management for UniCredit Commercial Banks, subsidiaries, external clients and CIB internal desks.

Kepler Cheuvreux SA (UK) is the Great Britain-based subsidiary of Kepler Capital Markets SA in France. The firm is headquartered in London.

Santander Asset Management SA SGIIC (Germany) (Santander AM-Germany) is the Germany-based asset management division of Santander Asset Management SA SGIIC, ultimately owned by Banco Santander SA (MP, NYSE: SAN) in Spain. Established in 2013, the firm is located in Frankfurt and focuses on providing research to Santander Asset Management SA SGIIC, the Santander Group's global asset management unit, which provides asset management products and services to a range of private and institutional clients including pension funds, sovereign entities, banks, insurance companies, charities, foundations and non-profits, family offices, trusts and corporates.

Part of BNP Paribas SA, Exane SA (Germany) is a company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Blackwall Capital Investment AG is an equity investment firm. The private company is based in Zug, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Ireland. The Swiss company was founded in 2014 by Thomas Karlovits, who has been the CEO since 2014.

Managementconsult dr. eisele & dr. noll GmbH provides management consulting services. The company is based in Mannheim, Germany. The German company was founded in 1997 by Jürgen Eisele. Jürgen Eisele has been the CEO since 1997.