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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Allstate Investments /Private Equity(Allstate Investments) is a private equity division of The Allstate Corporation. The firm is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

Victory Park Capital Advisors LLC (Victory Park Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Jacob Capital LLC founded in 2007 by Richard Levy, Matthew Ray and Brendan Carroll. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London.

Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. (MAS) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Dr. Howard M. Rossman in 1990 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. MAS provides investment management services to institutions, corporations, business owners, individuals and families.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Illinois Ventures LLC (Illinois Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

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

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC (Hamilton Lane) is a private equity firm founded in May 1991. The firm is headquartered in Pennsylvania with additional offices located in London, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Ft. Lauderdale, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Seoul.

Gulf Investment Corp. GSC (GIC) is an investment management and holding firm headquartered in Safat, Kuwait. GIC was founded in 1983 and provides local and international investors with a range of financial services, such as asset management, financial services and utilities, manufacturing industries, and diversified GCC projects.

Saudi Arabian Investment Co. /Private Equity/ (Sanabil Investments) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Investment Co. founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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.

GTCR LLC (GTCR) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charlie Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Nolan & Associates is a private company that specializes in providing middle market M & A advisory solutions. The company is based in Decatur, IL. The company's mission is to provide tailored and sophisticated solutions that exceed their clients' expectations. The company was founded in 1976 by Pat C. Nolan and the CEO is Brett Pantazi.

Breakwater Capital Management LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Altos, California. The firm was founded by John Naporano and provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals and institutional investors.

Ocean Tomo LLC provides opinion, management and advisory services. It offers address financial expert testimony, valuation, technical insights, strategy, ratings, risk management, venture development, investments and transaction brokerage. The company was founded by James E. Malackowski and Andrew W. Carter in 2003 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., RGA Investment Advisors LLC is a fiduciary and fee-only investment advisory company based in Stamford, CT. The private company looks for companies that treat shareholders, employees, and customers as stakeholders, with an ownership culture and a history of profitability. The company targets 25 total positions, with a standard deviation of 5, and their top 10 positions consistently account for around half of their portfolio. The company sometimes builds individual positions with more than one security, though they view this as one position, not two, for the purposes of their 25 position target. The company provides a quarterly newsletter that does not constitute as investment advice and adheres to a strict principle of client privacy. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on building long-term portfolios through deeply researched investments.

Spotlight Asset Group, Inc. (Spotlight) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. The firm was founded by Stephen “Steve” Greco in 2016. Spotlight provides portfolio management services to individuals as well as businesses, corporations, and other entities.

Universidade Paulista is a privately owned institution of higher learning with over 60 campuses throughout Brazil. Founded by Brazilian physician and educator João Carlos di Genio, Universidade Paulista offers a variety of graduate and post-graduate degrees. Universidade Paulista is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Banco Cooperativo Sicredi SA provides investment advice. The company is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil and has subsidiaries in Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Ademar Schardong.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Sender Co. & Partners, Inc. (SC&P) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Adam D. Sender in 2016. SC&P provides investment management services to private investment vehicles which are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Alambic Investment Management LP (Alambic) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Belvedere, California. The firm was founded by Albert Richards and Scott McBride in 2006. Alambic provides investment advice to the Colombard Funds and, on a sub-advisory or advisory basis, to separately managed accounts held by other types of clients, such as private funds managed by unaffiliated investment advisers.

Twin Bridge Capital Partners LLC (Twin Bridge Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Debbie M. Ackerman and Brian P. Gallagher. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Aon Risk Solutions, Inc. provides risk management solutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

RCP Advisors LLC (RCP Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of P10 Holdings, Inc. founded in 2001 by William Souder, Jeff Patrick Gehl, Thomas Patrick Danis Jr., Charlie Keydel Huebner and Timothy Jerome Danis. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.