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Fred Alger Management LLC (FAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1964, the firm is wholly-owned by Alger Group Holdings LLC, which is wholly-owned by Alger Associates, Inc. FAM provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional investors through separate accounts, US and foreign registered and privately offered funds, as well as through third-party sponsored funds and bank sponsored collective investment trusts; and to retail investors through wrap programs and US and foreign registered funds.

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

The Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. (CNB) is a full-service bank and trust firm headquartered in Canandaigua, New York. The firm was founded in 1887 and is a subsidiary of Canandaigua National Corp. (OTCMKTS: CNND). CNB provides a full range of financial services, including banking, trust, investment, and insurance services to individuals, businesses, corporations, and municipalities.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. operates as a state chartered commercial bank. The firm provide banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and commercial financial services. It also provides cash management, digital banking, business financing, treasury management and merchant services. The company was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

AIS Futures Fund IV LP provides stock brokerage services. It engages in trading of futures contracts, options on futures contracts and physical commodities and other commodity-related contracts traded primarily on domestic markets (collectively Futures Contracts) pursuant to the trading and investment methodology of AIS. The company was founded on August 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Wilton, CT.

Luminant Holding Co. LLC operates as a holding company with interest in power generation business with plant, mine, wholesale marketing and trading, and development operations. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Novo Holding A/S provides financial investments and manages the Novo Nordisk Foundation?s assets. It offers seed and venture capital to development stage companies and takes ownership positions in companies within life science and biotechnology. The company was founded on September 8, 1999 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. (APFC) is a State-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Juneau, Alaska. The firm was founded in 1980 to manage and invest the assets of the Alaska Permanent Fund, a sovereign wealth fund established in 1976 by Alaskans to preserve and convert the State’s non-renewable oil and mineral wealth into a renewable financial resource for all generations of Alaskans. APFC also manages the assets of other funds designated by law, such as the Alaska Mental Health Trust Fund.

AIS Capital Management LP (AIS) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut. The firm was founded by John Hummel and Bradley Stern in 1993. AIS investment advice to family offices, endowments, foundations, individuals, investment funds, pension plans and trusts.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Ambac Assurance Corp. engages in the provision of public and structured finance obligations. It offers insurance services including underwriting, legal, financial services, and risk management. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

ATB Financial operates as a financial institution that provides personal and business financial services, agri-industry, corporate financial services, and investor services in Alberta. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

LEO Pharma A/S develops, manufactures and markets drugs within the area of dermatology and critical care medicine. It supplies medicines to patients suffering from skin infections and diseases such as psoriasis and eczema, thrombosis, kidney disease and cancer. The company was founded by August Kongsted and Anton Antons in 1908 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.

The Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta operates as statutory corporation which administers the workers compensation system. It offers rate setting, assessment and collection of premiums from employers, payment of compensation benefits to injured workers, return-to-work services and administration. The firm’s compensation system covers injured workers for lost employment income, health care and rehabilitation services. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Part of Ambac Financial Group, Inc., Everspan Financial Guarantee Corp. provides surety insurance. The company is based in New York, NY.

Novo Seeds (Novo Seeds) is a venture capital operating division of Novo Nordisk Fonden. The firm was established in 2007, and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Caerus Consulting AS engages in the research and development in biotechnology. It develops antibiotics for life threatening bacterial diseases. Its technological core is chemistry on complex molecules. The company was founded by Torgeir Vaage on March 31, 2009 and is headquartered in Hovik, Norway.

Contera Pharma ApS is a holding company that identifies and develops treatments for patients suffering from movement disorders. It develops drug candidates based on a combination of repositioning, combinations, and reformulations. The firm's lead project JM-010 is for treatment of dyskinesia associated with Parkinson's disease. It develops an approach of using a combination therapy to tackle clinically relevant synergistic pathways to obtain therapeutic effects which will generate efficacious therapeutic entities based on robust pre-clinical and clinical evidence. The company was founded by Mikael Søndergaard Thomsen and John Bondo Hansen in 2010 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Acesion Pharma ApS develops drugs for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. The firm's technology blocks ion channel with a selective drug molecule constitutes a target for developing treatment of AF. The company was founded by Ulrik Svane S?rensen and Morten Grunnet in 2011 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Avilex Pharma ApS develops and produces drugs to treat brain damage with the uses of dimeric ligands. It also develops novel inhibitors to target a range of unmet medical needs. The firm uses dimeric ligands that targets intracellular with unprecedented potency. The company was founded by Kristian Strømgaard and Anders Bach on December 27, 2012 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Part of Vistra Corp., Vistra Corporate Services Co. generates and distributes electricity. The company is based in Dallas, TX.