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Founded in 2000 by Irving P. 'Kip' Knelman, Knelman Asset Management Group LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was acquired by Lazard Asset Management in 2005, but is not an independent firm. Knelman Asset Management Group provides discretionary investment management services to high net-worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations and other institutional investors. The firm is also an affiliate of the general partner of Rancho Partners I LLC, a venture capital fund-of-funds.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

Dealogic LLC provides financial software. It designs, develops and markets software, communications and analytical products for the investment banking industry. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.