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Founded in 2001, Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is the U.S. securities arm of So Paulo-based Itaú Unibanco NA and their ultimate parent is Itaú Unibanco Holdings LLC (NYSE: ITUB), the largest financial institution in Latin America. The firm specializes in the distribution of Brazilian public and private equities and fixed-income securities to institutional investors. Itaú BBA USA Securities is a member of the SIPC, FINRA and NFA.

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.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Brasil Plural Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They are owned by Brasil Plural Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Holding Plural SA in Brazil. Founded in 2011, the firm provides investment research services to institutional investors and retail clients.

CRA, Inc. provides homeland security consultation services. Its services include homeland security, emergency management, planning, training, and exercises. The firm serves services to law enforcement, military, fire services, and emergency management. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Covington Group, Inc. is a real estate investment and development firm that specializes in acquiring corporate dispositions, REOs, and other types of vacant or distressed industrial properties. Covington Group is based in Dallas, TX, and has constructed or redeveloped over 35 million square feet of commercial and industrial property and developed over 10,000 acres of land in its 40-year history. The private company focuses on recycling and re-tenanting the asset, with a particular emphasis on value-add light industrial, warehouse, and bulk-distribution investments. The CEO of the company is Kenneth Lee Sheer.