Chaahat S. B. Singh

Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. (JFL) is a Canadian investment counsel firm headquartered Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Stephen Jarislowsky in 1955 and was acquired in 2018 by The Bank of Nova Scoatia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). JFL manages pension funds, endowment funds, corporate and private portfolios for clients in North America and overseas. They manage investments on behalf of governments, corporations, universities, labor unions, and high net worth individuals.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Valiant Trust Co. provides accounting services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

CAVA Healthcare, Inc. operates as a early stage biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Surrey, Canada.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

Founded in 1989 by Wayne Wachell and Leslie Cliff, Genus Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Vancouver, British Columbia with an additional office in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm manages assets for to individuals, families, foundations, pension funds, governments and First Nations.

Founded in 2003, Fundamental Research Corp. is an independent equity research firm located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm provides fundamental research on small-cap and micro-cap companies from a value-based perspective. They focus on the biotechnology, healthcare, mining, energy and special situations/industrials sectors. Fundamental Research Corp. provides equity research services through interactive valuation models, access to analysts and industry experts, research reports on public and private companies and fundamental analysis. The firm's clients include individual and institutional investors.

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.

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Canuck Place Children's Hospice provides pediatric palliative care. It offers clinical care, respite care, nursing phone support, recreation therapy, counselling, end of life care and education & art. The company was founded by Brenda Eng in November 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The True North Trust is a private company based in North Dartmouth, MA that provides educational resources for funeral and Medicaid planning. The company offers a referral group of funeral directors, elder law attorneys, and life insurance agents to help families pre-arrange funeral services and plan for other important end-of-life expenses. The company aims to help families make better decisions by providing them with information and follow up with at-need families and interested consumers. The company also helps funeral homes, ELAs, and insurance agencies grow their practices and expand their client base through a comprehensive approach to marketing and outreach.

Odyssey Trust Co. provides transfer agent services. It offers transfer agent, corporate trust services, corporate actions, employee plans, and corporate services. The company was founded by Jenna Kaye and Jay Campbell and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of Third Bridge Group Ltd., Third Bridge (Hong Kong) Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides investment research. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong and was founded in 2012.

Part of Ivanhoe Electric, Inc., VRB Energy, Inc. is a clean technology innovator that has developed the most reliable and longest-lasting vanadium flow battery in the world. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada, and the CEO of the company is Mianyan Huang. The Canadian company's vanadium redox battery systems store energy in liquid electrolyte in a patented process based on the reduction and oxidation of ionic forms of the element vanadium. VRB Energy's battery technology is safe, reliable, and non-toxic, and the electrolyte can be recycled at end-of-life, improving lifecycle economics and environmental benefits.

Cirius Messaging, Inc. offers secure messaging, large file transfer, secure web forms and e-signature solutions. The company is headquartered in Canada.

Hony Horizon Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Hony Horizon Fund) is the mutual fund management subsidiary of Hony Capital (Beijing) Co., Ltd., which Is owned by Legend Holdings Corp. (HKG: 3396) in China., The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Shanghai. Hony Horizon Fund manages high-quality domestic and overseas funds, and provides customers with a variety of investment products. The investors include national pension reserve funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, regional or industry pension funds, insurance companies, family foundations, and individual investors.

Harbour Prestige International Ltd. operates as an investment holding company. The company is headquartered in British Virgin Islands.

Happy (Hong Kong) New City Group Ltd. operates as an investment holding company with interest in urban project planning and consulting. The company is headquartered in British Virgin Islands.

Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. (Stifel Canada) is a Canadian broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. Headquartered in Toronto, Stifel Canada provides institutional sales and trading to corporate clients and institutional investors. The firm also offers a much broader suite of products and services, while remaining the same group of dedicated professionals serving Canadian capital markets.

Inp Capital, Inc. (INP Capital) is a venture capital firm founded by Jackie Chen and Steven in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with offices in Australia and China.

Transtech, Inc. is a transportation training services company that offers commercial driver's license (CDL) training and testing. The company is based in Newton, NC. The company's training locations have modern facilities, small class sizes, and access to modern equipment with professional and certified trainers. The company offers a superior CDL program including 3rd party class A CDL license testing, and truck driver training with full-time classes lasting four weeks, and part-time evening and weekend classes lasting eight weeks. Transtech has training locations in Ahoskie, Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Newton, Roxboro, and Winston-Salem. Transtech was acquired by Polar Peak Capital LLC on January 20, 2023.