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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

MedImmune LLC develops medicines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as cancer and immune system disorders. It offers solutions in the areas of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines for infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neuroscience. The company was founded by Wayne T. Hockmeyer in 1988 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Lone Pine Capital LLC (LPC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund management firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1997 by Stephen F. Mandel, Jr. LPC provides investment advisory services to private investment funds offered to investors on a private placement basis (LPC Funds). Investors in the funds include high net-worth individuals, corporations, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, funds-of-funds and other US and international institutional investors.

Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC (Fairview Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Greenbrae, California. It was founded by Andrew F. Mathieson in 1995. Fairview Capital provides investment advice and management to individually managed accounts and investment limited partnerships. The firm manages discretionary separate accounts for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, endowments, foundations, corporations and other businesses.

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (KAR) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Richard Kayne, John Anderson and Allan Rudnick in 1984. They are a direct subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., ultimately held by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). KAR provides investment management and wealth advisory solutions to institutional, broker-dealer and high-net-worth clients.

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.

Viking Global Investors LP (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by O. Andreas Halvorsen and David Ott in 1999. VGI provides investment advice to various private investment funds. Investors in the funds include charitable foundations, endowments, pension plans, sovereign entities, funds-of-funds, investment companies, trusts and individuals.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Greenbriar Equity Group LP (Greenbriar Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Reginald Lamont Jones and Gerald Greenwald. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

FHN Financial Securities Corp. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. They are the brokerage arm of First Tennessee Bank, ultimately owned by First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN). Formerly known as FTN Financial Securities Corp., the firm was founded in 1998 and offers fixed income sales and trading services to individual and institutional clients.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

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.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Pomona Management Co., Inc. (Pomona Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Voya Pomona Holdings LLC founded in 1994 by Michael D. Granoff. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (United Kingdom) (Berenberg-UK) is the Great Britain-based broker/dealer division of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, a multinational full-service investment bank in Germany. Headquartered in London, Berenberg-UK was founded in 2003 and provides trading and brokerage services to institutional and corporate clients.

Guggenheim Partners LLC provides financial services. It offers investments, securities, and insurance services. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CVC Capital Partners Advisory (US), Inc. manages capital on behalf of some 300 institutional, governmental and private investors worldwide. The capital of their investors is committed for ten years or more to closed-end funds that they manage on their client's behalf. In their private equity business, they use these funds to acquire controlling or significant minority interests in European, Asian and North American companies. They buy companies in partnership with their management teams and assist in developing plans to create sustainable long term value. In their private debt business, CVC Cordatus uses its funds to invest in debt instruments issued principally by companies that are owned by private equity funds. The company was established in 1981 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Casdin Capital LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Eli Casdin in 2012. They provide investment management services to pooled investment vehicle, or more specifically, a private investment fund, the securities of which are offered to certain qualified investors on a private placement basis.

Citadel Securities LLC is a registered market maker headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Kenneth Griffin in 2001 and is a subsidiary of GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Securities provides execution services to meet the liquidity needs of asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies, and public pension programs. They offer services across a broad array of fixed income and equity products.

EastBay Asset Management LLC (EastBay) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2013, EastBay provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds. The firm also provides discretionary sub-advisory services to separate accounts.

Contour Asset Management LLC (Contour) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund management firm which was founded by Seth Wunder and David Meyer in 2010. The firm is principally owned by Contour Asset Management LP, which is owned by DLM I LLC. Headquartered in New York City, Contour provides discretionary investment advisory services to Manticore Funds.

Part of Altamar CAM Partners SL, Altamar Capital Partners SL operates as a private equity firm. The company is based in Madrid, Spain and was founded in 2004.

Insignia Capital Group LLC (Insignia Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by David L. Lowe, Tony Broglio and Mel E. Deane. The firm is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.

Lee Equity Partners LLC (Lee Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Thomas Haskell Lee and Mark K. Gormley. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Atalaya Capital Management LP (Atalaya Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Ivan Q. Zinn. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Baldwin Bell Green LLC operates as a management consulting firm focusing on strategy, operations and IT. The firm offers financial, health care and technology services. It serves insurance, automotive industry and managing IT sectors. The company was founded by Thomas D. Steiner and Steven Run in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Unlimited Technology, Inc. provides security and investigations services. The company is based in Chester Springs, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 1999. The CEO is John Palumbo.

Ems Linq, Inc. provides administrative software solution for K-12 schools. Its products include accounting, finance, nutrition, payments, and registration. The company is headquartered in Walmington, NC.

Eyelit, Inc. provides manufacturing management software. It specializes in manufacturing execution and quality management solutions for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations. The company was founded by Salil Jain in 1997 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.