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Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northland Securities, Inc. (NSI) is a dually registered, full-service broker dealer and investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2002 and is owned by Northland Capital Holdings, Inc., which was acquired by First National of Nebraska, Inc. (OTCMKTS: FINN) in 2023. NSI is actively engaged in buying and selling securities for its own account as well as for clients.

Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. engages in the design, production, sale, import, and export of integrated circuits. Its key products are communication chips for communication networks, smart home, and industrial applications. The company was founded on November 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Norwest Partners founded in 1961 by John E. Lindahl. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ZTE New Communication Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures specialized telecom equipment. The private company is based in Shenzhen, China. and has subsidiaries in China. The company was founded by Wei Gui Hou.

Harbin Institute of Technology provides educational services. Its offers various courses through its different schools such as architecture, astronautics, chemical engineering and technology, civil engineering, computer science and technology, economy and management, electrical engineering and automation, electronics and information engineering, energy science and engineering, food science, foreign language, humanities and social sciences, law, materials science and engineering, mechatronics engineering, transportation science and engineering, science, software, new media and arts, and life science and technology. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Harbin, China.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

Atland Fund Manager LLC (Atland Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Sourish Ghosh, Harshil Chahal, David Brown and Samuel Bagley. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pingyu Zhongxing Energy Co., Ltd. is a private company that produces fuel ethanol. Pingyu Zhongxing Energy Co., Ltd. is based in Pingyu, China.

Galliard Capital Management LLC (Galliard) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1995 by Richard Merriman, John Caswell and Karl Tourville. They are a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Galliard designs fixed income and stable value solutions for institutional investors.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

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.

Foshan Power Construction Corp. Co. constructs power plants. The private company is based in Foshan, China.

Foshan Public Utilities Holding Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of construction and public utility services. Its business activities include water environmental protection, gas supply, electricity production, intelligent equipment manufacturing, recycling of renewable resources, domestic and foreign trade, tobacco and alcohol sales, government cloud, and smart city construction. The company was founded on August 9, 2006 and is headquartered in Foshan, China.

Purpose Built Ventures LLC (Purpose Built Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Miles Lasater. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Foshan Water Group Co. Ltd. is a large state-owned enterprise group based in Foshan, China. Established in 1964, the Chinese company's main business is water supply, sewage treatment, environmental protection, and municipal engineering construction. The private company also offers services such as municipal sludge treatment and disposal, rural sewage treatment, pipeline network detection and leakage, engineering surveying and mapping, and information technology development. The company places a strong emphasis on corporate culture and party building, with regular training classes for party members. The company has been recognized as a "demonstration enterprise of science and technology reform" by the state-owned enterprise reform leading group. The company has also established an emergency command center, big data center, and dispatch center for environmental protection.

Plural Policy, Inc. develops computer software and applications. The firm offers legislative workflow tools. The company was founded by Damola Ogundipe, Yemi Adewunmi, Shawntera Hardy, and Ken Thompson in 2015 and is headquartered in Mounds View, MN.

Foshan Water & Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. is an investment holding company. The company is engaged in providing integrated water environment protection services in Foshan and Guangdong. It operates through the following segments: Running Water Supply, Wastewater & Sludge Treatment and Engineering & Construction. The Running Water Supply segment provides running water supply services. It constructs and operates running water supply projects and provides O&M services to running water supply facilities. The Wastewater and Sludge Treatment segment treats and discharges wastewater and sludge in compliance with applicable national and local standards. The Engineering & Construction segment engineers and constructs municipal water supply and drainage infrastructure, environment protection infrastructure, public roadways and municipal landscaping ancillary facilities. The company was founded on January 1, 1964 and is headquartered in Foshan, China.

Sentinel Capital Partners LLC (Sentinel Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by David Lobel, John McCormack, and Frank Richardson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

TTCP Management Services LLC (TT Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Dave A. Henderson and Kevin R. Green. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

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.

TRG Management LP (Private Equity) (TRG Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Rohatyn Management Interests LLC founded in 1993 by Nicolas Streit Rohatyn. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices around the world.