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MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. Formerly SMBC Securities, Inc., the firm is a subsidiary of SMBC Americas Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316) in Japan. SMBC Nikko Securities America provides investment securities and other financial services to corporate and institutional clients, focusing on North America and Latin America. The firm caters to institutional investors such as mutual funds, hedge funds, and other investment advisors.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

SG Americas Securities LLC (SGAS) is the securities broker/dealer subsidiary of SG Americas Securities Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by Société Générale SA (EPA: GLE) in France. Headquartered in New York City, SGAS offers capital markets and securities services for retail and institutional clients.

Mariva Capital Markets LLC provides commercial and investment banking services. The private company is based in Miami, FL.

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.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

AMCI Group is a private equity firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Sapphire Systems Ltd. implements and supports business systems software. The firm's services include support, training courses, implementation, cloud, consultancy, project management and technical development. The company was founded by Ian Edward Caswell and Ralph Lyndon Bolton in 1993 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

ITOM Solutions Ltd. is an IT management platform that was founded in 2019. The private company is based in London, UK.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is professional marketing body with above 50,000 members in 130 countries. Its International Offices are situated in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Chartered Institute of Marketing is headquartered in Maidenhead, UK

Part of Assured Guaranty Ltd., Assured Guaranty UK Ltd. is a company that provides consumer lending services. Assured Guaranty UK Ltd. is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1990. The CEO is Dominic James Brian Nathan.

Mantle Diamonds Ltd. explores and develops kimberlite and diamond products. It engages in diamond exploration and development activities in Canada, Finland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Mali, Zimbabwe, the Russian Federation, and Lesotho. The company was founded by Laster Kemp and Rupert Esmond Ian Baring in September 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Anglo American Plc, De Beers Group Services UK Ltd. wholesales jewelry, watches, precious stones, and precious metals. The company is based in London, UK.

The Academy of Medical Sciences was founded in 1998 and provides biomedical and health research services. The non-profit company is based in London, UK.