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Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (Lord Abbett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett provides advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, the Lord Abbett Funds and other registered investment companies sponsored by third parties, the Lord Abbett UCITS Funds, the Lord Abbett Luxembourg Fund, other foreign funds, privately offered commingled funds and various separately managed accounts.

General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

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.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

Eagle Pack Pet Foods, Inc. manufactures natural pet food products. It offers dog and cat food formulas. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Mishawaka, IN.

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.

Pineridge Bakery, Inc. operates specialty baked food companies. It manufactures and markets fresh and frozen baked goods and desserts distributed through in-store bakeries and foodservice channels in Canada and the United States. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brampton, ON.

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.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Branch Brook Holdings LLC invests in organic and natural consumer product companies. It works closely with owners, founders, and management teams of organic, natural, and specialty consumer product companies to provide the capital, resources, distribution support and strategic guidance they need to grow. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ.

Merrick Pet Care, Inc. manufactures and sells natural and organic pet food products. It offers canned and dry entrees; and treats, such as chews, hooves, sausages, rawhides, tendons, bones, ears, and fillets. The firm sells a variety of dry and wet foods, as well as treats, that are available at independent pet specialty stores and online via select retailers. The company was founded by Garth Merrick in 1988 and is headquartered in Amarillo, TX.

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).

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.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Captek Softgel International, Inc. manufactures custom dietary supplement formulations. It offers vitamins and minerals, carotenoids, herbals and botanicals, oil soft gel capsules, and soft gel products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cerritos, CA.

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.

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.

Aden & Anais, Inc. manufactures and sells infant and toddler accessories. Its offers swaddles, sleeping bags, towels and washcloth sets, skin and laundry care products, blankets, crib sheets, changing pad covers, bibs and burp cloths and gift products. The company was founded by Reagan Moya-Jones in 2004 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Oregon Ice Cream LLC manufactures ice cream and frozen desserts. It offers chocolate-covered ice cream bars, sorbet bars, nondairy coconut cream bars, frozen yogurt bars, and ice cream in pint containers. The firm owns brands such as Julie''s Organic, Alden''s Ice Cream, and Cascade Glacier. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Camas, WA.

Cafe Valley, Inc. produces bakery products. The firm provides its products for in-store bakeries, club stores, food service and convenience stores throughout the world. It develops and manufactures assortment of croissants, gourmet pastries, puffed pastries, cakes, and muffins and other baked goods through production facilities in Arizona and Indiana. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

S.T. Specialty Foods, Inc. manufactures specialty foods. . Its products include pasta salads, rice & vermicelli mixes, and macaroni & cheese dinner. It's a manufacturer of private label dry pasta dinners sold to major North American retailers and wholesalers. The company was founded in September 1992 and is headquartered in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Lavo, Inc. manufactures, distributes, and markets laundry detergents and household cleaners. Its products include bleaches, liquid detergents, liquid fabric softeners, fabric softener sheets, all-purpose cleaners, glass and surface cleaners, cream cleansers, and powder cleansers. The company was founded in 1948 and is located in Montreal, Canada.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Prepared Meal Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interests in food industry. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cornell Capital LLC (Private Equity) (Cornell Capital) is a private equity division of Cornell Capital LLC founded in 2013 by Henry Cornell. The firm is headquartered in New York.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Benefit Street Partners LLC /Private Debt/ (BSP) is a private debt firm which was founded in 2008, headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Charlotte, Houston, Providence and San Francisco.

Univercells SA designs single-use cost-efficient bioprocess solutions to open the next chapter in bio manufacturing. The company was founded by Jose Castillo, Guillaume De Viron and Hugues Bultot in 2013 and is headquartered in Gosselies, Belgium.

LimmaTech Biologics AG is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in Schlieren, Switzerland. LimmaTech Biologics is dedicated to combating the antimicrobial resistance epidemic by developing vaccines using its proprietary self-adjuvanting and multi-antigen vaccine platform, alongside additional disease-specific vaccine approaches. The Swiss company has decades of expertise and an expanding pipeline, and is focused on generating protective solutions to deliver transformative value worldwide. The company was founded in 2015 by Philippe Dro, Michael Wacker, Paul Wolfarm, Michael Kowarik, Veronica Gambillara Fonck. Franz-Werner Haas has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Pace Global is a leading energy consulting and management company. They combine deep industry knowledge with commercial, technical, financial, and regulatory expertise to help organizations maximize value and manage risk in today’s complex energy and environmental markets. For more than 35 years and in over 60 countries, they have worked closely with their clients to define strategies and implement solutions. They offer a unique, integrated perspective of their clients have come to trust. Some call this synergy. They call it the Power of Integration.

Direct Line Insurance Ltd. provides insurance services. It offers services such as home, pet, travel, and life insurance. The firm's products and services include loans, savings, online car buying and car breakdown service. The company was founded in April 1985 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.