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Polen Capital Credit LLC (PCC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Formerly known as DDJ Capital Management LLC, the firm was co-founded by David Breazzano in 1996 and was acquired by Polen Capital Management LLC in 2022. PCC provides discretionary investment advice to corporate domestic and foreign pension plans, public pension and retirement plans and Taft-Hartley plans. They also act as investment sub-advisors to certain US and non-US investment advisors and asset managers. PCC is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

PFM Health Sciences LP (PFM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Chris James in 2004 as Partner Fund Management LP. PFM serves as an investment advisor to private investment funds in which qualified investors invest directly.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

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.

HSBC Bank USA NA engages in the provision of banking services. Its lines of business are Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Private Bank. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

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.

Criterion Capital Management LLC is a private company based in Nashville, TN. The company provides security brokerage services.

Kairos Venture Investments LLC (Kairos Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jim Demetriades. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

Founded in 2009, Artisan Partners UK LLP is a subsidiary of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. that provides investment advice. The company is based in Reading, UK.

HGGC LLC (HGGC) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Robert Gay, Greg Benson, Rich Lawson and Steve Young. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and was formerly known as Huntsman Gay Global Capital LLC.

Icon Entertainment International produces and distributes films. It sells movies and audio dics through online. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Rock Springs Capital Management LP (Rock Springs) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded in 2013 by Graham McPhail, Kris Jenner, and Gordon Margraf (Mark) Bussard. Rock Springs provides discretionary investment advice to private investment funds organized as domestic or foreign private pooled investment vehicles.

Brigade Capital Management LP (Brigade) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and alternative asset manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2006 by Donald Morgan III, John Hawks, and Patrick Kelly. Brigade offers a broad range of investments across the credit spectrum for institutional investors. Investors can access the firm’s credit strategies through commingled funds or separately managed accounts.

BNY Mellon-Alcentra Mezzanine Partners (BNY Mellon Alcentr) is a Private Equity firm subsidiary of Alcentra NY LLC founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional offices in London.