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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1981, WSIB manages investments for retirement plans which includes public employees, teachers, school employees, law enforcement officers, firefighters and judges. They also manage investments for several other important public funds that benefit Washington’s industrial insurance program, colleges and universities, and developmental disability programs.

SEI Investments Management Corp. (SIMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Oaks, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1968 by Alfred West, Jr. They are a subsidiary of SEI SIMC Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by SEI Investments Co. (NASDAQ: SEIC). SIMC serves as investment advisor to various types of investors and a number of pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, collective investment trusts and offshore investment funds. Additionally, the firm serves as the sponsor of, and advisor to, managed accounts.

United Capital Financial Advisers LLC, do-business-as Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management (GS PFM), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Duran, Michael Capelle and Benjamin Carrick in 2005. They are a subsidiary of United Capital Financial Partners, Inc., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS PFM provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, government entities, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, and other investment advisers.

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.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

Pivotal Group Inc (Pivotal Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1982 by Francis Najafi. The firm is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

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.

Envestnet Asset Management, Inc. (dba Envestnet PMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1999 by Judson Bergman, James Lumberg, Brandon Thomas, and Bill Crager. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV). Envestnet PMC provides investment management and investment advisory services through independent investment advisor firms (Advisors) for use with Advisors’ clients. The firm also serves institutional clients such as pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations and provides advisory and research services directly to Advisors.

AssetMark, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Concord, California. The firm was founded in 1985 as Genworth Financial Asset Management. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Huatai International Investment Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong. AssetMark provides various investment supervisory services to registered investment companies and a variety of clients, which include but not limited to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, partnerships, trusts, insurance companies and other investment managers.

Cambridge Associates LLC is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1973 by James Bailey and Henry Lewis. Cambridge Associates provides investment management and advisory services to colleges and universities, foundations and other non-profit institutions. They also act as an investment adviser to private clients, family offices, corporations, healthcare institutions, insurance groups, pension plans and ERISA pools and public and government-related groups.

AmeriTech, Inc. distributes steel products.

Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) is the brokerage division of Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 016360) in Korea. Headquartered in Seoul, the firm was founded in 1982 and offers stock brokerage services to retail clients.

Freedom Investment Management, Inc. (Freedom) is an asset management subsidiary of Freedom Advisors Group Intermediate Holdings LLC, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2003 by Jennifer Winters, William Nelson, and Scott Winters. Freedom is a subsidiary of Freedom Advisors Group Intermediate Holdings LLC, ultimately held by EQIS Holding, Inc., a holding company. Formerly known as EQIS Capital Management, Inc., the firm provides discretionary investment advisory services to separately managed accounts, pooled investment vehicles, and through sub-advisory relationships.

Arlon Capital Partners Management Co. LLC (Arlon Capital Partners) is a private equity firm subsidiary of Arlon Group LLC founded in 2007. The firm is is headquartered in New York.

Arlon Group LLC operates as a food and agriculture investment firm. It provides investment across the entire food supply chain. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Zions Capital Advisors, Inc. (ZCA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation, NA (NASDAQ: ZION). ZCA offers individually customized money market and short-term fixed income asset management services for state, municipal or governmental entities including obligated persons with municipal bond proceeds in several states.

National Bank of Kuwait SAK (New York) provides brokerage services. It offers comprehensive range of wholesale and treasury services as well as private banking, which is mainly in the form of real estate advisory services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Felicitas Global Partners LLC (Felicitas Global Partners) is a private equity/venture capital founded in 2012 by Bonar Chhay. The firm is headquartered in Pasadena, California.