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Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Metalmark Capital LLC (Metalmark Capital) is a private equity firm founded by John J. Moon in 1986. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Premier Research Group Ltd. provides contract research services to pharmaceutical industry. It engages in analgesics, neuroscience, medical devices, rare diseases and pediatrics. The company offers pediatric experience with both familiar and extremely rare childhood illnesses, including work at PICUs, NICUs, clinics, ERs and neonatal studies. Premier Research Group was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Wokingham, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 2002 by David Trainer, New Constructs LLC is a privately-held, independent equity research firm located in Brentwood, Tennessee. The firm is a long-time member of the Investorside Research Association, a non-profit trade association of investment research providers that do not engage in investment banking, company consulting or research-for-hire. In addition, they have been a Better Business Bureau Accredited business since December, 2009. New Constructs seeks to help their clients make more intelligent capital allocation decisions by more accurately identifying the companies that are the most undervalued relative to their profit potential and the most overvalued relative to their profit potential. The firm's research analyzes the entire financial reporting history of over 3000 companies, including 10-Ks, 10-K/As, 20-Fs, 40-Fs and 8-Ks. They employ a patented research platform for reversing accounting distortions and discounted cash flow analysis to identify 'hidden gems' and 'red flags' buried in financial footnotes. This information includes off-balance sheet debt, hidden charges, false revenues, option liabilities, pension liabilities and asset disposals. New Constructs seeks to help investors: (1) select stocks (2) measure profitability and valuation more accurately (3) fulfill fiduciary responsibilities by taking into account all relevant information and (4) lower their risk and protect their portfolio. The firm's products include: Written Research, Direct Data Feeds, Company Models and a Stock Screener.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

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).

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

Gemspring Capital Management LLC (Gemspring Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Bret Weiner. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center operates as a academic medical center. It provides patient care, research, and biomedical education services. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Kissner Group Holdings LP produces and supplies bulk salt and specialty packaged salt. The company is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

Cressey & Co. LP (Cressey & Co) is a private equity firm. The firm is founded in the year 2008 by Bryan Charles Cressey and it is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and Nashville, Tennessee.

Longjump Ventures (Longjump) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Tim Grace. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Leadership Foundations provides mentoring, networking, and leadership development training services. The private company is based in Tacoma, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 1978 by Kate Rubin.

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.

ProCell Therapeutics, Inc. develops protein-based therapeutics. It handles the research and development of biotherapeutics capable of entering cells through proprietary Macromolecule Intracellcellular Transduction Technologies (MITT) using a line-up of Macromolecule Transduction Domain (MTD). The company was founded on December 12, 2005 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Hunt Club, Inc. develops an online platform for recruiting professionals. The company was founded by Nikolas Cromydas and Sami Ahmed in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

National Seating & Mobility, Inc. provides wheelchairs and adaptive seating systems. It specializes in providing custom seating and mobility systems for teens, adults and seniors who are challenged with severe trauma, disease, and skeletal disorders. The firm offers services for individuals with permanent or long-term loss of mobility. The company was founded by William Michael Ballard in 1992 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

Merit Capital Partners (Merit Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Storage Solutions, Inc. distributes new and used warehouse equipment. It provides industrial storage and material handling equipment. The firm also offers an equipment buy-back guarantee program to help minimize the cost of a warehouse redesign. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Westfield, IN.

Elgen Manufacturing Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture of heating, ventilation and air conditioning and sheet metal. It offers access doors, C and F cleats and corners, damper blades, seals, and hardware, duct reinforcements, fasteners and hardware, fittings, flange, flexible duct connectors, gaskets, hanging systems, insulated flex duct, plasma labels, sealants and adhesives, shrink wrap with PSA, slips and drives, snap lock pipe and adjustable and spiral elbows, stainless and nylon straps, strut channel and accessories, tools and shop supplies, vane and rail products. It serves heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractors, fabricators, and resellers. The company is headquartered in Closter, NJ.