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Vanguard Airlines, Inc. began services in December 1994 as a passenger airline. The airline provides convenient all-jet service to 15 cities: Atlanta, Austin, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, Chicago-Midway, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas (beginning April 1), Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, New York-LaGuardia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco (beginning April 1). The company currently operates a fleet of 12 Boeing 737s. The company uis located in Kansas City, MO.

Founded in 1997, Aviva Investors Americas LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was also previously known as Aviva Capital Management, Inc. Aviva Investors Americas is a subsidiary of Aviva USA Corp. and their ultimate parent is London-based Aviva Plc (LSE: AV). The firm manages assets for life insurance and annuity companies, re-insurance companies and other institutional clients.

Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC (HRES) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded as Heitman/PRA Securites Advisors, Inc. in 1966 and is majority owned by Heitman LLC. HRES provides advisory services to affiliated investment advisers, registered investment companies, commingled vehicles and separate account portfolios managed for business and institutional entities and sovereign wealth funds.

PAETEC Corp. provides integrated communication services. Its services include voice, data and Internet protocol and enterprise communications management software, network security solutions, CPE and managed services. The firm's customers include the financial services, government, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, manufacturing and distribution, professional services and retail industries. The company was founded in May, 1998 by Arunas A. Chesonis & Jack Baron and is headquartered in Fairport, NY

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

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.

PAETEC Holding LLC provides integrated broadband communications services. It offers comprehensive suite of IP, voice, data and Internet services, as well as enterprise communications management software, network security solutions, CPE and managed services. The firm’s primary business is providing business end-user customers in metropolitan areas with a package of integrated broadband communications services that encompasses data services, including internet access services and virtual private network services and voice services, including local telephone services and domestic and international long distance services. The company was founded in August 2006 and is headquartered in Fairport, NY.

SweetWater Energy, Inc. uses a unique technology to produce low-cost nanofibrillated cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulosic sugars, and clean lignin from non-food plant materials. The company was founded in 2009 as a spinout from the Rochester Institute of Technology, with funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The company is based in Rochester, NY. This helps meet the increasing bioenergy and biochemical demands of the modern world. The company's initial goal was to develop a distributed method of creating ethanol on-site on farmland, but as the technology developed, their vision expanded.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Turkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi AS engages in the provision of commercial banking services. The firm collects funds through current accounts and profit sharing accounts; and lends such funds through individual and corporate financing, production support, financial leasing, and profit or loss sharing partnership investment. It operates through the following segments: Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, and Treasury. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

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.

Cranberry Capital Inc (Cranberry Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Keith Wilson. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

FastCAP Systems Corp develops nanotube-enhanced ultra capacitors. The firm offers the technology for battery and ultracapacitor electrodes. The company was founded by John Cooley and Riccardo Signorelli in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Cementir Holding NV, Cimentas Group is a Turkish company that manufactures cement products. The company is based in Izmir, Turkey. Mevlüt Cenker Mirzaoglu has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Avenue Capital Management II LP (Avenue US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner in 2000. They are a subsidiary of Avenue Management Holdco LP, ultimately held by GL Management LLC. Avenue US provides investment advisory services to private investment funds.

The American Society of Civil Engineers, founded in 1852, is the oldest national engineering society in America. The non-profit company is based in Reston, VA and has subsidiaries in the United States. With over 150,000 members worldwide, the organization advocates for sustainable and resilient practices to maintain and modernize the nation's infrastructure. The company also works to increase investment in infrastructure and improve engineering knowledge and competency. The society's Civil Engineering Landmark Program recognizes historically significant civil engineering projects, structures, and sites.

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.

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.