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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

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.

Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. (Oberweis) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. The firm was founded by James D. Oberweis in 1989 to seek market inefficiencies in equities globally. Oberweis offers their active geographically focused strategies to institutional and individual investors through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and their own proprietary mutual fund family.

Atlantic Investment Management, Inc. (Atlantic) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Alexander J. Roepers in 1988 and is wholly-owned by a trust for the benefit of Alexander J. Roepers and members of his family. Atlantic provides portfolio management services to the Atlantic Funds, which are organized either as US limited partnerships or foreign corporations, and managed accounts for institutional clients.

Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget.

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.

Victory Capital Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (Victory Capital-IM) is the investment management division of Victory Capital Management, Inc., a financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1894 and formerly known as Key Asset Management, Inc. They are an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR). Victory Capital-IM provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors.

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

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

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.

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.

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

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.

Founded in 2004, Michelle Applebaum Research, Inc. is an investment research firm located in Highland Park, Illinois. The firm provides equity research that focuses on the steel industry. They offer services to institutional investors.

La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC produces forage, turf, pasture seeds, and related specialties for agriculture, turf, and landscaping applications in North America. It offers agricultural products, such as alfalfa, red clovers, white clovers, trefoils, high sugar ryegrasses and pasture mixtures, bromegrass, tall fescue, orchardgrass, reed canary grass, timothy, teff summer lovegrass, forage mixes, sorghums and sudangrasses, specialty forages, and sweet corns. The firm also provides cover crops, including winter wheat; wheat stubble; wheat, silage, or short-season corn; standing corn or stubble; and corn or soybeans. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in La Crosse, WI.

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.

Founded in 1978, State Street Global Advisors' Advanced Research Center is the research arm of State Street Global Advisors. The firm is a subsidiary of State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT), a leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including corporations, retirement plans, public funds, endowments, foundations and third-party distributors. They provide quantitative research and develop quantitative models for active strategies in equities, fixed-income, asset allocation and currencies

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

Bank of Kigali Plc engages in banking services. Which provides depositary, loan and mortgage services. The company was founded on December 22, 1966 and is headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda.

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (Milliman FRM) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Milliman, Inc., an independent consulting and actuarial firm. Milliman FRM offers hedging and asset allocation advisory services to institutional clients. These services are provided to life insurers, pensions, endowments, banks, fund managers, reinsurers, and trusts who are interested in using investment allocation models for their portfolios.

Synata Bio, Inc. provides services related to energy industry. The company is headquartered in Warrenville, IL.

True North Management Partners LLC (True North Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Michael Ahearn, Matt Scott Ahearn and Eugene J. Huang. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Energy Foundry (Energy foundry) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Jason Blumberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

MP Consulting Services LLC engages in construction services. The firm serves the commercial, higher education, health care, restaurant and retail markets. The company was founded by Michael Parnell on February 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wall Township, NJ.

Dipalo Ventures (Dipalo Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Rafiq Ahmed. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

35711 Investments AG LLC (35711 Investments AG) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Dale LeFebvre. The firm is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Pipe Strong LLC provides oil and gas construction and maintenance services. The company is based in Schaumburg, IL. The company was founded in 2018. Douglas Chidley has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Meeder Public Funds, Inc. (MPF) is a registered investment adviser headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1990 as Productive Capital Management, Inc. In 2013, Productive Capital was acquired by Meeder Investment Management, Inc. and changed their legal name to Meeder Public Funds, Inc. in 2015. MPF provides professional investment advisory and administrative services to state and local public funds managers that utilizes a variety of fixed income portfolio solutions.

RTW Investments /Venture/ (RTW Investments) is a venture capital subsidiary of RTW Investments LP founded in 2009 by Roderick Wong. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Rural American Fund (Rural American Fund) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Thomas Karlson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

SSS Down to Earth OPCO LLC, also known as Down To Earth Landscaping & Irrigation, is a company that offers landscaping and irrigation services. The company is based in Maitland, FL. The company provides a complete range of landscape services, including site design, planning, building, installation, and maintenance. Additionally, they specialize in commercial landscape maintenance, landscape construction, and irrigation.