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KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

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.

General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems, Inc. manufactures munitions and armaments. The firm manufactures large, medium- and small-caliber direct and indirect-fire munitions, mortal weapons and systems, artillery projectiles, bomb bodies, ball powder propellant, solid propellants, non-lethal products and force protection products. It provides explosive load, assemble and pack services, and designs and produces shaped charge warheads and control actuator systems. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Newedge USA LLC provides brokerage services to institutional investors and fund managers. The firm specializes in bond, currency and commodities trading, derivative products and foreign exchange. The company is headquartered in Chicago

U.S. Capital Advisors LLC provides financial services. Its capital markets division includes equity research, institutional client, investment and merchant banking, institutional and municipal clients, public finance businesses, and advises corporate. The company was founded by David Michael King and Patrick Michael Mendenhall in 2010 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

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.

Triple Point Technology, Inc. provides in-cloud and on-premise commodity management software. It offers solutions to competitively address the complex and volatile commodities supply chain: trading, procurement, enterprise risk management, logistics, scheduling, storage and inventory, processing, settlement, and accounting. The company was founded by Peter F. Armstrong and Allie Rogers in 1993 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Cohen & Co. provides accounting services. The firm offers services in the areas of investment industry, private company, and management advisory. Its services include collective investment trust, enterprise tax solutions, ownership succession, management consulting, and business valuation. The company was founded by Ron Cohen in 1977 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

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.

MRE Consulting Ltd. provides information technology services, business consulting and staffing solutions. It offers information technology (IT) consulting services, such as architecture and technical applications design and integration, custom applications development, systems integration, disaster planning, recovery, development of Websites and Web services. The company was founded by Michael K. Short and Shane J. Merz in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP operates as a law firm that provides guidance on business law, finance, litigation, government relations, and regulatory policy. It offers legal services in the field of government relations, strategic communications, tax, trial, labor and employment law, intellectual property, real estate, government contracting, and school and public law. The company was founded by J. S. Bracewell, Searcy Bracewell, Fentress Bracewell, and Bert H. Tunks on November 1, 1945 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.

The Gores Group LLC (Gores Group) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of AEG Holdings, Inc. founded in 1987 by Alec E. Gores. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Bracewell LLP is a law and government relations firm that specializes in serving the energy, infrastructure, finance, and technology industries worldwide. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The American company's industry focus allows them to have a comprehensive understanding of the commercial, legal, and governmental challenges faced by their clients, which enables them to provide innovative solutions to facilitate transactions and resolve disputes.

Auriga Capital Management LLC (ACM) is an asset management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2009 and is a subsidiary of F18Cm LLC. ACM provides personalized confidential investment management to institutional clients only. Such clients include banks or thrift institutions, investment companies, hedge funds, private funds, corporations or business entities.

Part of Sileas Corp., Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware) is a holding American company with interests in manufacturing optical sightings. Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware was acquired by Sileas Corp. from Viking Asset Management LLC on February 20, 2009.

Voltea BV engages in water technology and desalination solutions. It's CapDi tunable water deionization technology removes dissolved salts from tap, brackish groundwater, and industrial process water. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sassenheim, the Netherlands.

Conifer Health Solutions LLC engages in the provision of technology-enabled healthcare performance improvement services. It offers outsourced revenue cycle management and population health management services to health systems, physicians, and employer groups. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Frisco, TX.

Sole Source Capital LLC (Sole Source Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by David Fredston. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Part of American International Group, Inc., American Home Assurance Co. (Malaysia Branch) provides property and casualty insurance products. The company is based in Kaula Lampur, Malaysia.