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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Manugistics Group, Inc. develops, markets and supports products for synchronised supply chain management software. The company provides software products and supporting services that help companies make their supply chains more efficient. These products includes software for supply chain planning & execution, supplier relationship management, service and parts management. Manugistics also provides pricing and revenue optimization (PRO) software. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

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.

J. Goldman & Co. LP (JGC) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jay G. Goldman in 1986. JGC provides portfolio management services to pooled investment vehicles.

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.

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.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

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.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd (GIC Special Investments) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of GIC Pte Ltd founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Singapore with additional offices in Beijing, London, New York and San Francisco.

Fisher Lynch Capital LLC (Fisher Lynch Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2003 by Brett K. Fisher and Linda H. Lynch. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Leonard Green & Partners LP (Leonard Green & Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Leonard I. Green. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Swaggable LLC operates as an online marketing platform. It specializes in social media marketing, consumer reviews, consumer insights research, product trial and consumer promotions. The company was founded by Adnan A. Aziz, Faisal Zahid and Tanai Kamat and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

First Flavor, Inc. provides marketing and advertising services. It offers direct, event, print media, and shopper marketing solutions. The company was founded by Adnan A. Aziz, Joshua M. Kopelman and Jay B. Minkoff in 2005 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Greenspring Associates Inc is a venture capital subsidiary of StepStone Group, Inc. founded in 2000 by C. Ashton Newhall. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Venable LLP provides legal services to clients including corporate, institution, government, nonprofit, and individual. Its offers advertising, marketing, commercial litigation, consumer finance, environmental law, franchise and distribution, intellectual property, and brand protection. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Neuro Diagnostic Devices, Inc. provides medical devices. Its product ShuntCheck is an aid to the detection of flow in implanted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts. The company was founded by Samuel R. Neff and Frederick J. Fritz on May 16, 2005 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practices include: antitrust and competition; banking and finance; capital markets; copyright, trademark and false advertising; cyber, privacy and data innovation; employment law and litigation; energy; financial services litigation; global compliance and regulatory, infrastructure; intellectual property; patents; public finance; real estate; securities litigation; supreme court and appellate; tax advocacy; technology transactions; trials; and white collar, investigations, securities litigation and compliance. The company was founded by John R. Garboe in 1863 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BlackRock Private Equity Partners (BlackRock PEP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of BlackRock Alternative Investors founded in 1999 by Russell Steenberg. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.