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Chilton Capital Management LLC (Chilton Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Knapp Brothers LLC. Chilton Capital provides a diversity of investment strategies, customized wealth management solutions, and trust company services to individuals, family offices, business owners, endowments, foundations, retirement plans and trusts on a fee-only basis.

McKinley Capital Management LLC (McKinley Capital) is a SEC-registered investment headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The firm was founded by Robert “Bob” Gillam in 1990 and is wholly-owned by McKinley Management, Inc. McKinley Capital provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to institutional, individual and high-net worth investors. They also participate as a sub-advisor in various wrap fee programs and provide emulation or model portfolios to clients. In addition, the firm is the general partner and/or investment advisor to various commingled investment funds such as offshore and onshore limited partnerships and a statutory trust.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Salient Partners LP (Salient) is an asset management boutique headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2002 by Andrew Linbeck, Jeremy Radcliffe and Haag Sherman. In 2003, the firm merged with Pinnacle Management & Trust Co. to form Salient Partners & Pinnacle Trust Co. Two years later the firm adopted the name Salient Partners LP. In 2022, they were acquired by Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG). Salient provides real assets, tactical equity alternatives, and private solutions for institutional investors and investment advisors.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Main Street Capital Partners LLC(Main Street Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Vincent Foster. The firm is headquartered at Houston, Texas.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities LLC (TPH) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2007 by Robert Tudor III. They are a subsidiary of Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP, which is ultimately owned by Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ: PWP). TPH provides a full array of trading and execution services for their institutional and corporate clients in the energy sector. They focus on the upstream, midstream and oilfield service sectors.

EIG Global Energy Partners LLC (EIG Global Energy Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Diesslin Group, Inc. (DG) is an asset management firm headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The firm was founded by David Diesslin in 1980. DG provides fee-only financial advisory services and wealth management to individuals, closely held businesses, private foundations, and endowments.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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.

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.

EIV Capital LLC (EIV Capital) is a private equity firm co-founded by Anthony Annunziato and Patricia B. Melcher in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Alamo Angels (Alamo Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Amit Mehta and Michael Girdley. The firm is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Amex Alloys Pvt Ltd. manufactures and supplies steel and alloy castings. Its products include gate valve, globe valve, check valve, ball valve, knife edge valve, plug valve, butterfly valve and their allied components namely body, bonnet, yoke, wedge, seat ring and other oil field and industrial valve and engineering items. The company is headquartered in Coimbatore, India.

The Sterling Group LP (The Sterling Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1982 by Frank J. Hevrdejs. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. is a financial services company based in New York. The American company provides financial services.

Rock Hill Capital Group, LLC (Rock Hill Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Randall B Hale. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Bayou City Energy Management LLC (Bayou City Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by William M. McMullen. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners LP is an investment firm that specializes in alternative credit. The private company is based in Dallas, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The firm has deep experience across economic and market cycles, and its investment expertise includes bank loans, high yield bonds, structured credit, and special situations. The company was founded in 2019 by Jack Yang, Mark Kiyoshi Okada, and Trey B. Parker, with Mark Kiyoshi Okada serving as the CEO since then.

RR Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Robert Raymond in 2004. RR Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services to certain private investment funds and separately managed accounts and those that invest in them.

ACM Ltd (ACM) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Pentti Karkkainen and Jeffrey van Steenbergen. The firm is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Rondo Energy, Inc. specializes in the development of the Rondo Heat Battery, a breakthrough energy technology that provides low-cost, zero-emission heat for industrial use. Rondo Energy is based in Oakland, CA, and the CEO of the company is John Setel O'Donnell. The company's focus is on the innovative design and potential implications of this game-changing technology for the future of sustainable heat and power.

H Cycle LLC produces low-carbon hydrogen. The American company was founded by Karim Ibrik and the CEO is Rob Morgan.

Rice Investment Group (Rice Investment Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Daniel Joseph Rice. The firm is headquartered in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

United Production Partners LLC engages in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Shanghai Kexin Biotech Co., Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of clinical diagnostic and biological products. Its products include reagent raw materials, diagnostic reagents, biological raw material reagents, biological medicines, and in vitro diagnostic kits. The company was founded by Jun Bao on April 24, 2008 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.