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Brandes Investment Partners LP (Brandes) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in La Jolla, California. The firm was founded by Charles H. Brandes in 1974 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brandes Worldwide Holdings LP. Brandes manages global equity and fixed-income assets for clients worldwide.

Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (PLFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded by Brian Robertson in 2007 and they are a direct subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Co., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Holding Co. PLFA provides discretionary investment advisory services to US open-ended mutual funds and a private investment fund.

Check Capital Management, Inc. (CCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. The firm was founded by Steven G. Check in 1987 as Check & Associates Capital Management. CCM manages accounts for individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans and corporate clients, among others. In addition, the firm serves as an investment manager to the Blue Chip Investor Fund.

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.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR SpA (Dea Capital Alternative Funds) is a private equity subsidiary of DeA Capital SpA (Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

The State Bar of California operates as an official attorney licensing agency. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

California First National Bank operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. The firm offers online banking, lease and loan financing services. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Investcorp Gulf Investments BSC (Investcorp Gulf) is a private equity firm founded in 1982 by Nemir Kirdar. The firm is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.

Rescue Social Change Group LLC provides research, strategy and marketing services to social change initiatives such as campaigns to combat smoking, violence, binge drinking, and obesity. Its business activities encompass formative research; strategic planning and management; brand, print, and fashion design; web development and design; and experiential and street marketing. The company was founded by Jeffrey W. Jordan and John Ty McCarthy in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Jackson Financial Management, Inc. (JFM) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. The firm was founded in 1995 by Tracy Jackson and is a subsidiary of Mercer Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately owned by Mercer Advisors, Inc. JFM provides comprehensive financial planning and customized global investment management services to financially successful individuals, families and business owners across Southern California and nationwide.

Littlebanc Advisors LLC (Littlebanc) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Michael Margolies. The firm is headquartered in Naples, Florida.

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC (WFCS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded 1852 and formerly known as Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. They are a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC, a non-bank indirect subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial and bank holding company. Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC. WFCS provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. The firm also acts as portfolio manager for certain wrap fee advisory programs.

Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd. provides banking and finacial services. Its services include online banking, straight2bank, mobile banking app, online trading and online unit trusts. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Wayfinder Resources LLC provides oil and gas exploration and production services. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Koinos Capital SGR SpA (Koinos Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2020 by Francesco Fumagalli, Marco Morgese and Marco Airoldi. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Westbound Equity, LLC (Westbound Equity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Sean Mendy, Ian Beadle, and Jason Norman. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

GrizzlyRock Capital LLC (GrizzlyRock) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Kyle H. Mowery in 2012. GrizzlyRock provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds organized as pooled investment vehicles and sub-advises accounts of other investment managers.

Collins Aerospace manufactures communication and aviation electronics products. It serves the commercial aviation, business aviation, military, defense, helicopter, space and airports industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL.

Part of ConsenSys Software, Inc., Consensys Mesh is an accelerator, incubator, investor, and enabler of blockchain technology solutions. Consensys Mesh operates as an incubator, accelerator, and investor of web3 technologies, focusing on daos, nfts, the metaverse, and decentralized identity. The American company was founded in 2015 by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin.