Ben B. Blount

The St. Louis Regional Convention & Sports Complex Authority constructs, operates, and maintains various facilities for conventions, sports, recreation, and entertainment. The private company is based in St. Louis, MO.

Pizza Hut LLC operates a chain of restaurants. It offers pizzas, pastas, wings, sides and desserts, drinks, and catering services. The company was founded by Frank Carney and Daniel M. Carney on May 31, 1958 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Limited Stores LLC designs and markets women's apparel. It offers garments that include shirts, tops, pants, denim, jackets, sweaters, skirts, dresses, and accessories. The company was founded by Leslie Herbert Lexner in 1963 and is headquartered in New Albany, OH.

NewsBank, Inc. provides online information services. It offers web based research products to publishers, public libraries, colleges and universities, schools, government and military libraries, genealogists, professionals and researchers. The company is headquartered in Naples, FL.

Artesia Technologies, Inc. provides digital asset management software solutions. It provides the companies with management of all digital media files and their underlying metadata information. The company founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Part of Unigroup CA, Mayflower Transit, Inc. is a company that provides household goods moving services. The company is based in Carmel, IN. Mayflower Transit was acquired by UniGroup, Inc. from Mayflower Group, Inc. on March 31, 1995 for $90 million.

Vanliner Group, Inc. provides insurance brokerage services. The company is headquartered in Fenton, MO.

Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is an investment research firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1985 and is owned by Viss Intermediate LLC, which is ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS provides corporate governance and responsible investment solutions globally to other investment advisers, including investment advisers to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, broker-dealers, asset owners, asset managers, banks or thrift institutions, hedge funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and other institutional investors, as well as law firms, and universities. The firm also provides data to third parties for use in thematic based indices. Their solutions include objective governance research and recommendations; responsible investment data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management provided by Securities Class Action Services, LLC (ISS SCAS); reliable global governance data and modeling tools; asset management intelligence, portfolio execution and monitoring, fund services, and media.

WANRack LLC provides fiber-based communications networks and related services. The firm specializes in custom built private fiber wide area networks (WANs) for K-12 schools. Its service offerings include E-Rate compliant lit fiber, dark fiber, and special construction solutions. The company was founded by Rob Oyler in 2005 and is headquartered Lenexa, KS.

Summit Broadband, Inc. engages in provision of broadband communication services. It offers commercial and residential solutions including TV, internet, home phone, bundles and commercial services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Triple Play Brasil Participações SA provides broadband internet services. It offers a complete set of data services, complemented by video and fixed-line services. The firm operating segments include (i) all the decisions of administrators and managers are made based on consolidated reports; (ii) the mission of the Group and its subsidiaries is to provide its customers with telecommunications services with quality; and (iii) all decisions related to strategic and financial planning, purchases, investments and investments of funds are taken on a consolidated basis. The company was founded in March 2015 and is headquartered in Itaim Bibi, Brazil.

Grain Management LLC (Grain Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by David Grain. The firm is headquartered in Washington, Columbia.

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.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Andin International, Inc. manufactures and distributes jewelry products. It serves the large-volume of retailers including J.C. Penney, Macy's, QVC, Sears, and Zale in the United States. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

CLSA Americas LLC is a FINRA registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLSA Americas Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. CLSA Americas offers a full suite of execution services throughout North America and Latin America.

Gerber Childrenswear LLC engages in marketing infant and toddler apparel. It offers boys, girls, preemie and unisex apparel. Its brands include Gerber, Baby Looney Tunes, Little Suzy's Zoo and Curity. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Fremont, MI.