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D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.

Pegasus Aviation Finance Co. provides aircraft leasing services. It also provides aircraft purchase and management solutions. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Sprague Operating Resources LLC generates and distributes oil and natural gas. Its products include diesel, gasoline, home heating oil, and residual fuels. The firm also offers differentiated products and services including value-added customer support and online tools. The company was founded by Charles Hill Sprague in 1870 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC operates as a producer, marketer, and distributor of shelf stable and frozen food products. Its products are sold through supermarkets, grocery wholesalers and distributors, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, warehouse clubs and military channels. The company was founded on June 19, 1998 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

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

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

Taylor Woodrow, Inc. provides construction services. The firm also offers home financing products and services. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

OCM Distressed Debt Group (OCM) is an private equity firm founded in 1995 by Bruce Allen Karsh and Sheldon Michael Stone. The firm is an operating division of Oaktree Capital Management LP. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty. Ltd. provides television production and broadcasting services. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., Arch Worldwide Reinsurance Group provides reinsurance solutions globally. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda, with additional offices in Bermuda and other locations. Arch Worldwide Reinsurance offers specialty risk solutions through treaty and facultative property and casualty reinsurance, with a disciplined underwriting approach. Maamoun Rajeh has been the CEO of the Bermudian company since 2017.

Part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., Arch Reinsurance Europe Underwriting DAC is an Irish reinsurance company. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. Arch Reinsurance Underwriting DAC was formed in and has a presence in the industry.

Hartree Partners (UK) Ltd. engages in proprietary trading in crude oil and petroleum products. The company was founded on October 3, 1997 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Hartree Partners Power & Gas Co. (UK) Ltd. is based in London, UK. Part of Hartree Partners LP, Hartree Partners Power & Gas Co. (UK) Ltd. is a British company that explores, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil. Founded in 2001.

Jackson Square Aviation LLC engages in the provision of commercial aircraft services. It provides fleet and financial solutions such as leaseback financing, PDP financing, new aircraft placements, and leasing solutions. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Oaktree Capital Management LP (Oaktree) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Sheldon Stone in 1995 as an LLC and was reorganized as an LP in 2007. They are a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management GP LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSX: BN) in Canada. Oaktree provides advisory services to clients with separately managed accounts and to private limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles for which either Oaktree or an affiliate acts as general partner and/or investment manager. The firm is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Part of Hartree Partners LP, Sprague Resources GP LLC engages in the purchase, storage, and distribution of refined products and natural gas. The company is based in Portsmouth, NH. Sprague Resources GP was acquired by Hartree Partners LP from Sprague Resources Holdings LLC on May 28, 2021.

Part of Hartree Partners LP, Hartree Partners Advisory Services U.K. Ltd. provides business advisory services. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2001.

Monarch Communities, Inc. is engaged in real estate industry. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Somers Re Ltd. engages in the provision of reinsurance underwriting strategy. It specializes in customized products reinsurance, direct and facultative, international casualty, marine and offshore energy, mortgage, personal accident and life, and property insurance services. The company was founded on July 19, 2013 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Opps X REIT Funding LLC operates as a real estate investment trust. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Premia Holdings Ltd. provides insurance and reinsurance services. The firm offers sourcing, structuring, and servicing run-off business. It manages acquisitions and reinsurance transactions in the global P and C run-off market. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Founded in 2017, Hartree Partners Securities (UK) Ltd. is a professional, scientific, and British technical services company. Part of Hartree Partners LP, the company is based in London, UK.

Part of Hartree Partners LP, Rydberg Development Co. Ltd. is a British company that identifies and develops gas fired power stations. The company is based in London, UK. Rydberg Development Co. was founded in 2016.

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).