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Heartland Advisors, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm's predecessor was founded in 1983 as an investment advisory subsidiary of a regional brokerage firm, The Milwaukee Co., owned in part by William J. Nasgovitz. In 1984, Mr. Nasgovitz purchased a majority interest in the investment advisory subsidiary from his partners and started managing Heartland's first mutual fund, the Heartland Value Fund. In 1988, Mr. Nasgovitz and his partners sold The Milwaukee Co. to Dain Bosworth. In the same transaction, Mr. Nasgovitz acquired the remaining shares of the investment advisory subsidiary and changed its name to Heartland Advisors, Inc. In 2000, the firm was reorganized into a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Holdings, Inc., but it remains a 100% employee-owned independent firm. Heartland Advisors provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Nicholas Co., Inc. is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Albert Nicholas in 1967 and they provide investment advice to individuals, institutions, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities, pensions and profit sharing plans, and investment companies.

Allspring Global Investments LLC (Allspring) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to November 1, 2021, the firm was known as Wells Capital Management, Inc. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Allspring provides investment management services to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), pooled vehicles, and other institutional clients and high net-worth individuals.

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.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Government of South Korea provides news about Korea, Korean government policy, information on Korean history, Korean culture, and traveling in South Korea. It is composed of executive, legislative, and judiciary branch, independent organizations, and local governments.

Golden Angels Investors LLC (Golden Angels Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Timothy J Keane. The firm is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Mason Wells Inc (Private Equity)(Mason Wells) is a private equity subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation founded in 1998 by John Thomas Byrnes. The firm is headquartered in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Norwest Mezzanine Partners (Norwest Mezzanine Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Norwest Venture Capital Management Inc. founded in 2000 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with an office in Florida.

Envisioning Partners LLC(Envisioning Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Walton Street Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Walton Capital Advisors LP founded in 1994. Walton Street Capital LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

L.B. White Co. LLC manufactures direct and indirect-fired forced air heaters. It provides brooders, tube, handheld gas torches, radiant, convection, and portable heaters. The company was founded by Lyall White in 1952 and is headquartered in Onalaska, WI.

MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. manufactures and suppliers plastic injection and tooling equipment. It offers design, mold making, sampling, development and injection molding, multishot technologies, scalable automation, assemblies and complete turnkey manufacturing systems. The company was founded by Mark G. Sellers and Linda Brehmer in 1982 and is headquartered in Germantown, WI.

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.

DataChat, Inc. engages in the provision of technology platform that helps anyone to easily view data analytics and carry out data science functions without learning to code. The company was founded by Jignesh Patel and Rogers Jeffrey Leo John and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Redox, Inc. provides software services. It offers health care applications, organizations, medical devices, payers and tele health solutions. The company was founded by Niko Skievaski, Luke Bonney, and James Lloyd in 2014 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Locomatix, Inc. provides technology and analytic data processing solutions. The company was founded by Jignesh Patel and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PPC Investment Partners LP (PPC Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Tony N. Pritzker and Jay Robert Pritzker. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Trahan Macro Research LLC (TMR) is an independent macro research boutique headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2020 by Francois Trahan along with five colleagues. TMR publishes timely research reports that cover thematic macro topics. Their clients are the most sophisticated institutional investors on Wall Street and beyond. TMR aims to help them make top-down macro analysis a key component of their successful investment processes.

Paragon Development Systems, Inc. provides information technology solutions, services and technologies. The firm serves to healthcare, government, education, manufacturing, and corporate organizations with digital workspace, security, and enterprise technology solutions. The company was founded by Craig S. Schiefelbein in 1986 and is headquartered in Brookfield, WI.

Electronic Transaction Consultants Corp. engages in the provision of f information systems. It serves toll and smart mobility industries. It offers systems integration, maintenance, other advanced solutions for roadside solutions, back office, and operations. The company was founded by Timothy O. Gallagher in 1999 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.