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Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, dba Barrow Hanley Global Investors (Barrow Hanley), is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Michael C. Mewhinney in 1979. They are a subsidiary of Perpetual US Holding Co., Inc., ultimately held by Perpetual Ltd. (ASX: PPT) in Australia. The firm provides investment management services to separately managed US and global equity and fixed income portfolios for large institutional clients, mutual funds, employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, limited liability companies and other institutions and individuals. Barrow Hanley is a signatory to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

Chilton Capital Management LLC (Chilton Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Knapp Brothers LLC. Chilton Capital provides a diversity of investment strategies, customized wealth management solutions, and trust company services to individuals, family offices, business owners, endowments, foundations, retirement plans and trusts on a fee-only basis.

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.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

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.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is a wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

TIG Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Carl Tiedemann, III in 2006 and is wholly-owned by TIG Trinity Management LLC. TIG Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services to clients who consists of pooled investment vehicles intended for institutional investors and other sophisticated investors and separately managed accounts.

White Oak Global Advisors LLC (White Oak Global Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Andre A. Hakkak. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Tiedemann Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered wealth advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as Tiedemann Wealth Management LLC in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Alvarium Wealth Management Non-UK Ltd. in Great Britain. Tiedemann Advisors manages money for high-net-worth families and individuals as well as trusts, foundations, endowments, charitable organizations and other business or family related entities.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

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.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Trellus Management Co. LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Adam Usdan in 1994 to manage assets of high net-worth investors.

The Financial Advisory Group LLC (Financial Advisory Group) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was originally founded by Steven Estrin and Paul Anthes in 1997 as a corporation, then executed a conversion in December 2022 to become a limited liability company. Financial Advisory Group provides discretionary investment management services on a stand-alone fee-only basis to individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, pension plans, and charitable organizations.

GE Energy Financial Services Inc (GE Energy Financial Svcs) is a private equity subsidiary of GE Energy Services, Inc founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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