Greg R. MacFarlane

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

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.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Westfield Capital Management Co. LP (Westfield) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1989 and is majority-owned by WMS Management LLC. Westfield provides quality investment management services to institutions and wealthy individuals.

Aberdeen Capital Management LLC (Aberdeen Capital Management) is a private equity subsidiary of abrdn Holdings Ltd founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Congress Asset Management Co. LLP (Congress Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Alfred Lagan in 1985 and is majority owned by the Lagan Holding Company Trust. Congress Asset provides discretionary and model portfolio investment management services to individual and institutional clients who include charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, including plans subject to the Taft-Hartley Act and the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), state and municipal government entities, corporations, taxable and tax-exempt institutions, high net worth individuals and commingled investment vehicles such as mutual funds.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Kollmorgen Corp. manufactures and distributes electronic motion control stabilized systems. Its products include automation platforms, drives, motros, linear motion systems, gearheads, vehicle controls, and accessories. The company was founded by Friedrich Kollmorgen on March 22, 1916 and is headquartered in Radford, VA.

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1951 and formerly known as The Dreyfus Corp. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). BNYMIA serves as an investment advisor to mutual funds, such as the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and The BNY Mellon Funds Trust, and as sub-investment advisor to non-affiliated mutual funds. Formed in 2009, Dreyfus Cash Investment Strategies (Dreyfus) is a division of the BNYMIA that offers money market strategies to US and non-US institutional investors.

Part of Regal Rexnord Corp., Tollo Linear AB is a Swedish company that develops, manufactures, and sells linear actuators, linear motion systems, and handling components. The company is based in Kristianstad, Sweden.

Part of Regal Rexnord Corp., Stromag Dessau GmbH is a German company that manufactures bearings, gears and drive elements. The company is based in Dessau-Rosslau, Germany. The CEOs are Glenn Edward Deegan, Todd Brooks Patriacca. The company was founded in 1994.

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

CCA Global Partners, Inc. owns and operates retail stores in the U.S. and abroad. Its stores operate under the Carpet One, Flooring America, Flooring One, ProSource and International Design Guild names. The company also provides bicycle retailing, mortgage banking and men's formalwear. It was founded in 1984 by Howard Brodsky and Alan Greenberg and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Merrill Industries LLC provides packaging solutions. It offers corrugated packaging to industrial customers located primarily throughout southern New England. The firm also sells packing materials such as foam and plastic inserts. The company was founded by Merrill Lieberman and in 1973 and is headquartered in Ellington, CT.

Industrial Timber LLC designs and produces wood components used by upholstered furniture manufacturers to produce frames for their products. The company was founded on August 14, 1998 and is headquartered in Hiddenite, NC.

Consulting Solutions International provides technology consulting and recruiting services. Its services include consulting services, staff augmentation, talent acquisition, upgrade, and post implementation support services. The firm also provides both permanent and contract information technology resources to direct clients and other large consulting companies implementing or upgrading complex systems in its core competencies. The company was founded on July 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Tallahassee, FL.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (SBAM) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1987 and they are a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., which acquired the firm in 2005. Their ultimate parent is TIAA Board of Overseers. SBAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a wide variety of individual and institutional clients, including, including pension funds, high-net worth individuals, corporations, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, endowments, foundations, religious organizations, managed accounts and investment companies and/or other funds.

Bauer Gear Motor GmbH engages in the development and production of geared motors. Its product portfolio includes includes helical, shaft-mounted, bevel, and worm geared motors; monorail geared motor drives; aseptic drives; and C-adapter motor connection. Its products are used in the food and beverage, energy, wastewater, concrete, metals, and material handling sectors. The company was founded by Wilhelm Bauer in 1927 and is headquartered in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.

Part of Regal Rexnord Corp., Altra Industrial Motion UK Holding Ltd. functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in Dewsbury, UK.

Part of Regal Rexnord Corp., Thomson Neff Industries GmbH is a manufacturer of durable and low-maintenance linear technology and drives for reliable medical equipment, offering standard and custom solutions. The company is based in Wolfschlugen, Germany. The German company provides support services for Thomson linear technology and customer service. Thomson's spindle lifting gear product lines, MULI® and JUMBO®, set the standard for precision and high-quality threaded drives for loads ranging from 2.5 to 500 kN. The CEOs of the company are Wolfgang Becker, Todd Brooks Patriacca, Glenn Edward Deegan.

Stromag Holding GmbH engages in the manufacture and distribution of brake solutions, clutches, discs, controls, and couplings. The company is headquartered in Unna, Germany.

Polar Asset Management Partners, Inc. (Polar) is Canadian hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by J. Paul Sabourin in 1991 and is a subsidiary of Polar Financial Corp. Polar provides discretionary investment advice and management services to private investment funds, which may be organized as onshore or offshore limited partnerships or corporations, as well as separately managed accounts.

MyCo Sciences Ltd. engages in the development of solubilized copper zinc ammonium complex that kills pathogenic fungi in plants. The company was founded on May 27, 2014 and is headquartered in Aylesbury, the United Kingdom.

Sands Capital Management LLC (Sands Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1992 by Frank Sands and is majority owned by Sands Capital Management LP. Sands Capital provides investment management services to both US and non-US clients who have different tax statuses, often depending on the jurisdiction.

Ironwood Capital (Ironwood) is a private equity firm is founded in 1986. The firm has headquartered in Avon, Connecticut.

Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. (Boston Partners) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and Greenbrae, California. Formerly known as Robeco Investment Management, Inc., the firm was founded by Mark Donovan, Robert Jones, Harry Rosenbluth, and Paul Heathwood in 1995 as Robeco USA, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCE US Holding, Inc., ultimately held by ORIX Corp. (TYO: 8591, NYSE: IX), a Tokyo-based international financial services company established in 1964. Boston Partners provides value equity investment products to individual and institutional clients.