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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. (JFL) is a Canadian investment counsel firm headquartered Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Stephen Jarislowsky in 1955 and was acquired in 2018 by The Bank of Nova Scoatia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). JFL manages pension funds, endowment funds, corporate and private portfolios for clients in North America and overseas. They manage investments on behalf of governments, corporations, universities, labor unions, and high net worth individuals.

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. engages in the provision of insurance and investment solutions. It operates through the following segments: Individual Insurance, Individual Wealth Management, Group Insurance, Group Savings and Retirement, US Operations and Other. The Individual Insurance segment refers to life, health, disability, and mortgage insurance products. The Individual Wealth Management segment offers individual products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds, in addition to securities brokerage, trust operations and mutual funds. The Group Insurance segment offers fife, health, accidental death, and dismemberment, dental care and short and long-term disability insurance products for employee plans; creditor insurance, replacement insurance, replacement warranties, extended warranties and other ancillary products for dealer services; and specialized products for special markets solutions. The Group Savings and Retirement segment provides products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds. The US Operations segment provides miscellaneous insurance products sold in the United States such as life insurance products and extended warranties relating to dealer services. The Other segment relates to auto and home insurance products and services such as set management and financing, as well as company capital. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Medicago, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It develops novel vaccines and therapeutic proteins to address a broad range of infectious diseases worldwide. The firm provides vaccines and therapeutic proteins based on its proprietary Virus-Like Particles and manufacturing technologies. It develops Virus-Like Particles vaccines using a transient expression system which produces recombinant vaccine antigens in plants. The company was founded by Louis-Philippe Vézina on July 17, 1997 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

UBS Asset Management (Canada) Inc. (UBSC) is a Canadian portfolio manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS AG, which is owned by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. UBSC offers investment strategies and services to a broad range of clients and their investment consultants which includes: corporate, public and Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, and, financial institutions. They also provide dedicated advisory, investment and training solutions for sovereign clients such as governments and central banks.

Industrial Alliance Investment Management, Inc. (iAIM) is a mutual fund manager headquartered in Québec, Canada. They grew out of an alliance between La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild in Paris and Laurentian Bank in Montréal. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc., itself a subsidiary of iA Financial Corp, Inc. (TSE: IAG). iAIM manages general portfolios, segregated and mutual funds for the Industrial Alliance group. They also manage separate client-focused accounts.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (NBF) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF is an integrated firm that combines retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

FokusGroup, Inc. provides internet consulting services. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Alain Paquin.

Stikeman Elliott LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the areas of integrated business, litigation, tax, real estate, employment, and properties. The firm has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec. The company was founded by H. Heward Stikeman and R. Fraser Elliott in 1952 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Clifford Chance LLP provides legal services. It services include banking and finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate and tax, pensions and employment. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Québec Bar Association is a professional organization that oversees the practice of over 29,000 lawyers in all areas of law. The organization is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The mission of the association is to ensure the protection of the public, contribute to accessible and quality justice, and defend the rule of law.

Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec operates as a self-regulatory body that governs Quebec's professional engineers. The firm specifically admits and supports its members, monitors and improves engineering practice and implements a disciplinary framework. It also conducts specific activities to promote prevention, raise the profile of the profession, improve and maintain competencies and ensure that engineers fulfill their ethical and professional obligations in their professional practice. The company was founded in February 14, 1920 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Part of iA Financial Corp., Inc., iA Global Asset Management, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Quebec, Canada.

Presima Securities ULC is a specialist asset manager and holding firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm was founded in 2004 as Presima, Inc. Presima specializes in public and private real estate markets for Canadian investment advisors and accredited investors.

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) is a not-for-profit technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials, and energy industries. CIM is based in Westmount, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. CIM provides a wealth of benefits to its members, including building industry knowledge, enhancing professional profiles, and raising Canadian company visibility. The institute offers a range of services, including professional development, distinguished lecturer programs, and awards. The private company was founded by Patrick B. Carlson, and the CEO is Angela Hamlyn.

Ordre des Géologues du Québec operates association of geologists. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Laurentian Bank Securities is an independent broker/dealer located in Montreal. They are a subsidiary of Laurentian Bank of Canada (TOR:LB). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Merganser Capital Management LLC (Merganser) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is the successor to the business of Merganser Capital Management, Inc., which was founded in 1985. They are a subsidiary of Providence Equity Capital Markets Merganser LLC, which is owned by Providence Equity Partners LLC. Merganser serves the fixed income investment needs of institutional and high-net worth individual clients. Their advisory clients include institutions and high net worth individuals with separately managed accounts, private funds intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors and registered investment companies.

Feldan Bio, Inc. develops, produces and supplies recombinant proteins for therapeutic and research purposes. It specializes in cell culture products, cytokines, enzymes, receptors, clinical grade cytokines, and research proteins. The company was founded by Fran?ois-Thomas Michaud and Francois-Eric Lebeau in 2007 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

iGan Partners (iGan Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Sam Ifergan. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides accounting services. The firm provides industry focused assurance, advisory and tax services for public, private and government clients in four areas such as corporate accountability, risk management, structuring and mergers and acquisitions and performance and process improvement. Its services include consulting, deals, risk assurance services and insolvency assignments. The company was founded on July 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sander Geophysics Ltd. specializes in airborne geophysical surveys for petroleum and mineral exploration, and geological and environmental mapping. It offers marine AIRGrav, magnetic total field, magnetic gradient, radiometrics, scanning LiDAR, methane sensing, multi-parameter surveys, environmental monitoring, and data interpretation. The company was founded by George Sander in 1956 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Rexforêt, Inc. provides integrated management services for forest resources. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sainte-Foy, Canada.