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MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Palisade Capital Management LLC (Palisade) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1995 by Martin L. Berman, Steven E. Berman, and Jack Feiler. They are a subsidiary of Palisade Capital Holdings LP. Palisade offers specialized investment solutions that seek to deliver attractive results to corporations, public plans, financial institutions, family offices, and individuals.

Iridian Asset Management LLC (Iridian) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Harold Levy and David Cohen in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Iridian Employee Holdings LLC. Iridian provides investment management services to individual and institutional clients on a discretionary basis.

Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc (Bear Stearns) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Cos LLC founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in the US.

Victory Capital Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (Victory Capital-IM) is the investment management division of Victory Capital Management, Inc., a financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1894 and formerly known as Key Asset Management, Inc. They are an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR). Victory Capital-IM provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors.

Part of Van der Moolen Holding NV, Van der Moolen Specialists USA LLC operates a trading platform. The company is based in New York, NY.

Gestalt LLC provides information technology consulting services. The firm also provides services related to modeling and simulation, advanced decision-support technologies, energy-management solutions, and tactical collaborative networks. The company was founded by William P. Loftus and John A. Loftus in September 2001 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

BNP Paribas Asset Management USA, Inc. (BNPP AM USA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc. (FFTW). In 2015, FFTW’s affiliated US registered investment advisor, BNP Paribas Asset Management Inc., was merged into FFTW. FFTW was re-branded as BNP Paribas Asset Management USA, Inc. in 2017. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Asset Management USA Holdings, Inc. (BNPP AM), part of International Financial Services division of BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) (BNPP). BNPP AM USA provides customized investment management services to institutional clients. They also provide non-discretionary investment management activities and/or act as collateral manager for structured products such as CDOs and CLOs.

Trackx, Inc. develops and implements technology-enabled solutions for tracking and managing physical assets. The firm’s solutions include high value asset tracking, returnable reusable asset tracking, yard management, manufacturing process tracking, inventory management tracking solution and supply chain management. The company was founded by Timothy M. Harvie and Eddie Shek in 2005 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Aperio Group LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Sausalito, California. The firm was founded in 1999 by Patrick Geddes, Guy Lampard, Robert Newman, and Paul Solli. They are owned by Aperio Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Blackrock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). Aperio Group manages domestic, international, and global equity portfolios for individuals, high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and intermediaries such as wealth managers, consultants, and family offices. They also advise a limited number of ERISA clients and provide sub-advisory investment management services to registered mutual funds and pooled investment vehicles.

Part of Doro AB, Upgrade is a Swedish financial services company that has delivered over $12 billion in affordable and responsible credit to mainstream consumers through cards and loans since its inception in 2017. In addition to loans and credit lines, Upgrade also offers rewards checking accounts with debit cards that offer 2%% cashback rewards on common everyday expenses and monthly subscriptions. The company is headquartered in the United States with an operations center and technology center. Upgrade was acquired by Doro AB on July 01, 1999.

Avantha Group operates as a holding business conglomerates with diversified business portfolio. It has business in diverse areas, including pulp and paper, power transmission and distribution equipment and services, food processing, farm forestry, chemicals, energy, infrastructure and information technology enabled services. The company was founded by Gautam Thapar in November 15, 2007 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

New Jersey State Bar Association operates as a not-for-profit organization. It educates the public to enhance awareness of the legal system. The company was founded in June 1899 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

Sam Houston Area Council provides scouting programs for boys and young adults. It prepares young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetime by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in Milwaukee, WI.

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.

Ragan & Ragan PC engaegs in the provision of debtor or creditor litigation services. It offers commercial, retail, education, and medical collections. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Wall, NJ.

Spears Manufacturing Co. operates as a one-machine shop. The firm offers compression and repair fitting, CPVC schedule, DWV, fabricated DWV, fabricated fittings, fabricated low head PIP, filters and strainers, flangers and cut-in kit, inserts, lab specialty etc. The company was founded by Wayne Spears in 1969 and is headquartered in Sylmar, CA.

Creative Planning, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1983 and provides investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities other than those listed above, foundations, endowments and other institutions.

Wizehire, Inc. provides recruiting services. The firm helps small business owners find and hire the right talent by transforming the hiring process. The company was founded by Sid Upadhyay and Jay Niblick and in 2014 and is headquartered in Royersford, PA.

Liongard, Inc. engages in the automation of management and protection of modern IT environments at scale for IT MSPs and enterprise IT operations. Its product Roar, automates the discovery, documentation, change detection, and assessment of best practice configuration. The company was founded by Joe Alapat and Vincent Tran and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Aclaimant, Inc. develops a platform to engage the employee, employer, and insurance carrier in making workplace. It is an enterprise incident management system designed to save you time and money on workplace incidents and insurance. The company was founded by Michael Schultz, David Wald, Joel Friedman, and Jim Farber and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.