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Victory Capital Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (Victory Capital-IM) is the investment management division of Victory Capital Management, Inc., a financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1894 and formerly known as Key Asset Management, Inc. They are an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR). Victory Capital-IM provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors.

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Inc. (BFE) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2008 by Benjamin Edwards IV and Cynthia Böhme. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Benjamin Edwards, Inc. BFE provides advice to a wide variety of clients. Their services are provided through various wrap fee programs.

Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA provides banking products and services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

Kohlberg & Co. LLC (Kohlberg & Co) is a private equity firm founded in 1987 by James Andrew Kohlberg and Jerome S. Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in Mount Kisco, New York.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

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.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Energy Harbor LLC provided energy-related products and services to retail and wholesale customers. The firm owned, leased, operated and maintained fossil and hydroelectric generation facilities, as well as owned nuclear generation facilities. It was a energy supplier, serving residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. The company was founded in 1997 and was headquartered in Akron, OH.

China Vered Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Vered Asset Management) is the asset management subsidiary of CM Financial Investment Management Ltd., which is owned by China Vered Financial Holding Corp. Ltd. (HKG: 0245), a financial conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong. Formerly known as CM Asset Management (Hong Kong) Co Ltd., the firm was founded in 2012 as YUAN Asset Management Ltd. Vered Asset Management provides professional investment management services to professional institutions, enterprises, and high-net-worth clients in Mainland China and overseas.

Verity Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on June 11, 2019 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC, do-business-as Cedar Brook Group, is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 2005 by Azim Nakhooda and William Glubiak. They are owned by Cedar Brook Financial Partners Holdings LLC. Cedar Brook Group offers wealth management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities.

Keywise Capital Management (HK) Ltd. (Keywise Capital) is an independent alternative investment management firm headquartered in Hong Kong with a research office in Beijing. Keywise Capital was founded in 2006 by Fang Zheng and provides investment management services to global institutional investors including foundations, endowments, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

HighTower Advisors LLC (HTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HTA provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

Westlake Reed Leskosky Ltd. provides architectural services. It provides all design disciplines and project stakeholders in a collaborative, integrated design process from project outset and conceptual design through implementation and commissioning. The company was founded by Abram Garfield in 1905 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Champion Window Manufacturing & Supply Co. LLC manufactures and installs replacement windows, patio rooms, entry doors, and siding. It provides replacement windows, such as double-hung, casement, slider, picture, and shaped windows, as well as bay, bow, and garden windows; vinyl sidings; studio rooms, gable style rooms, porch enclosures, screen and season rooms, glass, porch covers; entry, sliding patio, steel patio doors and carports. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Senneca Holdings, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of specialty doors for commercial and industrial applications. It also produces enclosures for mission critical environments. The firm offers its products under the Chase Doors, Durulite, Saino, Econo Max Manufacturing, ColdGuard, Fib-R-Dor, Chem-Pruf, Easy Swing, Thermoseal, Tiger Door, Rubbair, Enershield, Door Engineering, TMI, Simplex, Curtron, Subzero, HERCULES, and HMF Express brands. The company was founded by Jeffrey Stark in 1932 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Founded in 2009, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) is a registered investment adviser, a registered broker-dealer, a registered futures commission merchant, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, MSSB is one of the largest financial services firms in the US with branch offices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The firm was initially owned by a joint venture company which was indirectly owned 65% by Morgan Stanley and 35% by Citigroup, Inc. On June 28, 2013, Morgan Stanley purchased Citi’s 35% interest in MSSB. As such, the firm is now a direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC and they are a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).

PNC Capital Advisors LLC (PCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of PNC Bank, NA, which is wholly-owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), a financial holding company. The firm was founded in 2009 from the business combination of PNC Capital Advisors, Inc. and Allegiant Asset Management Co. following the acquisition of National City Corp., the parent of Allegiant, by PNC. PCA provides taxable fixed income discretionary investment advisory services to institutional accounts.

Part of Flex Ltd., Flextronics International, Inc. is a company that manufactures and supplies semiconductor devices. The company is based in Plano, TX.

EnerVest Ltd. (EnerVest) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John B. Walker and Jon Rex Jones. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

EV Management LLC develops and explores oil and gas. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The CEOs of the company are Mark A. Houser, Michael E. Mercer.

Part of ACS Group, Inc., Sterling is a leading provider of background and identity services. Sterling is based in New Berlin, WI and is committed to sustainability by operating responsibly to safeguard and improve society's quality of life. The company helps over 50,000 clients establish people-first cultures built on trust and safety by offering background and identity verification services. Sterling operates through a variety of subsidiaries within three segments specializing in e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions primarily across the southern, northeastern, mid-atlantic, and rocky mountain regions. The company provides advanced, large-scale site development services for manufacturing, data centers, e-commerce distribution centers, warehousing, power generation, and more.