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Pall Corp. designs, manufactures, and markets filtration and separation equipment. Its products are used to remove solid, liquid, and gaseous contaminants from a variety of liquids and gases. The firm has Life Sciences and Industrial segments. The Life Sciences segment focuses on developing, manufacturing, and selling products to customers in the medical, biopharmaceuticals, and food and beverage markets. The Industrial segment focuses on developing, manufacturing and selling products to customers in the process technologies, aerospace, and microelectronics markets. The company was founded by David B. Pall on July 31, 1946 and is headquartered in Port Washington, NY.

Klöckner Pentaplast GmbH engages in the manufacture of plastic films for packaging in various industries. Its products include pharmaceutical and medical device packaging films, food packaging, such as protein food, food-to-go, dairy and preservative, flexible barrier, produce, rigid food packaging, beverage labels and consumer goods packaging, core films and overlay films for plastic cards, flooring and decorative surface films for construction and décor, as well as print, signage and stationery films for use at point-of-purchase displays and other advertising elements. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Heiligenroth, Germany.

Kleopatra Holdings 2 SCA operates as a holding company with interest in manufacturing plastic packaging. Its product portfolio includes diverse packaging film solutions such as rigid barrier films, shrink sleeve films for labels and specialty niche films for decorative surfaces, gift cards and other specialty printing and label applications. The firm operates through four segments: Pharma, Food & Consumer Packaging, Labels and Specialties. The Pharma segment manufacture an extensive range of pharmaceutical packaging rigid films, including multi-layer barrier films for blister packaging as well as mono-layer barrier and multi-layer polymer films for sterile packaging of medical devices, such as surgical tools. The Food & Consumer Packaging segment’s product portfolio consists mainly of mono-layer and multi-layer rigid films based on a wide variety of polymers which are used in the packaging of fresh and pre-prepared foods, including sandwiches, salads, pasta, meat, cheese and fish. The Labels segment offers a broad range of label products for customers in the beverage and electronic battery end-markets used for bottle wrap labels, tamper resistant closures, wine bottle capsules and battery wraps. The Specialties segment manages a portfolio of distinctive application solutions that require a high level of technical collaboration with our customers. The company was founded on May 10, 2012 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

LifeScan Global Corp. provides health care equipment and services. The company is headquartered in NJ.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).