David L. Nichols

Homestead Advisers Corp. is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 1990 as RE Advisers Corp. and became Homestead Advisers Corp. in 2022. The firm is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Homestead Financial Services Corp. (formerly RE Investment Corp.), which is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of NRECA United, Inc., a holding company of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Homestead Advisers provides investment supervisory services to investment companies, employee benefit plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other business entities. They also provide retirement planning services to individuals that participate in NRECA’s sponsored 401(k) Pension Plan or Retirement Security Plan.

Galyans Trading Co., Inc. operates camera & photographic supply, apparel, footwear, outdoor and athletic equipment stores. The company was founded by Patrick W. Galyan and is located in Plainfield, IN.

The American National Red Cross provides blood collections and disaster relief services. The firm provides neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, emergency assistance, disaster relief and education. It offers compensate services such as support and comfort for military members and their families, the collection, processing and distribution of blood products, educational programs that promote health and safety, and international relief and development programs. The company was founded by Clarissa Harlowe Barton in 1881 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Part of Penney OpCo LLC, Woodward & Lothrop Holdings, Inc. operates department stores. The company is based in Alexandria, VA. Woodward & Lothrop Holdings was acquired by Old COPPER Co., Inc. on August 30, 1995 for $684 million.

Petrie Retail, Inc. operates women's specialty retail stores. The private company is based in Secaucus, NJ.

OfficeMax, Inc. engages in the distribution of both business-to-business and retail office products. It operates through the following segments: Contract and Retail. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

Bloomingdale's LLC owns and operates department stores. Its products cover the following: designer clothes, women's clothing, contemporary, shoes, handbags, jewelry and accessories, beauty, men's clothing, kid's clothing, and home products. The company was founded by Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale in 1872 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Ohio Bankers League is a business association based in Columbus, OH and has subsidiaries in United States. Michael Adelman has been the CEO of the non-profit company since 2014.

Part of Heartland BancCorp, Heartland Bank is a state chartered commercial bank based in Whitehall, OH. The company's primary focus is on providing commercial banking services to businesses and individuals in the local community. G. Scott McComb has been the CEO of the company since 1999.

Founded in 1982 by Elliot Schlang, Great Lakes Review is an investment research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a division of Wellington Shields & Co. LLC and their ultimate parent is Wellington Shields Holdings LLC. Great Lakes Review provides company analysis and rating services to institutional clients including asset managers, broker/dealers, corporations, financial intermediaries, hedge funds and plan sponsors. Their products include thematics, statistics, individual company reports, company-specific news updates, weekly updates and periodic telephone updates. The firm maintains a buy list that is generally comprised of about 30 mid-cap companies located in the Midwestern region of the US. Great Lakes Review seeks to identify companies with true specialty niches, significant competitive advantages, above-average returns on both sales and equity, self-funding balance sheets with little debt, substantial inside ownership, few institutional shareholders, domestic orientations, constructive labor relations and reasonable price-to-earnings ratios.