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SKBA Capital Management LLC (SKBA) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Andrew Bischel in 1989. SKBA manages assets for individuals, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, mutual funds and insurance companies.

Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC (SHGA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded in 1982 by Jane Williams. SHGA provides investment management and wealth management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and business entities.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Parnassus Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. Parnassus Investments (founded in 1984), the predecessor corporation, transferred all their assets to Parnassus Investments LLC in 2021 in connection with the acquisition of a majority equity interest in the firm by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (AMG) (NYSE: AMG) effective October 2021. The firm is directly owned by Gallium Acquisition LLC, ultimately owned by AMG. Parnassus Investments provides investment advisory services to two registered investment companies, the Parnassus Funds trust and the Parnassus Income Funds trust. The firm also provides investment advisory services to a variety of separate accounts and institutional accounts.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Lombard Odier (Europe) SA (Nederland) (Lombard Odier-Nederland) is the Netherlands-based asset management division of Lombard Odier (Europe) SA, ultimately held by Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA in Switzerland. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the firm was founded in 1985 and manages Dutch private and institutional assets. Lombard Odier-Nederland also provides services to international clients including wealth management, institutional asset management, traditional and alternative mutual funds, global custody, investment advice, estate and succession planning and services for family offices and financial intermediaries.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

Founded in 1991 by Philip Paul, Paul Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm located in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Hong Kong, London, Paris and São Paulo.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of NYPPEX Holdings LLC, Offroad Capital Corp. operates an online securities marketplace. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Denise M. Thomas. Offroad Capital was acquired by New York Private Placement Network LLC on October 12, 2001.

Creative Ventures Management LLC (Creative Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

OEP Capital Advisors LP (OEP Capital Advisors) is an Private Equity firm founded by Dick Cashin in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

3PAR, Inc. provides utility storage solutions. It also provides platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service. The company was founded by Jeffrey Price and Ashok Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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.

Fox Paine & Co. LLC is a private equity firm. The firm was founded in 1996 by Saul Fox and Dexter. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (Blackstone Corporate) is a private equity division of The Blackstone Group Inc founded in 1985 by Stephen Allen Schwarzman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.