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Pembroke Management Ltd. (Pembroke) is an independent Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1968 by Angus Taylor. Pembroke provides investment advisory services to individually managed accounts for institutional investors such as, but not limited to, corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, private investment funds, as well as to mutual funds, and wealthy individuals.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Industrifonden is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Government of Sweden founded in 1979. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

Baker Gilmore & Associates, Inc. (Baker Gilmore) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The firm was founded in 1988 and they provide traditional and customized fixed income solutions and advice for mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies, corporations and non-profit institutions. Baker Gilmore is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations – Principles of Responsible Investing (PRI) initiative.

Founded in 1949 by Hamilton Bolton, BCA Research is an independent global investment research firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm provides comprehensive coverage of all major financial asset classes on a global basis. They employ a consistent approach across all areas of their services by utilizing economic, liquidity, performance and valuation trends. BCA Research's methodology is based on an understanding of the macroeconomic environment and the identification of key investment themes. BCA Research provides global coverage of equities, currencies, commodities/energy, fixed-income, asset allocation and unique trading ideas.

CVT Corp., Inc. engages in developing, manufacturing and supplying continuously variable transmissions for power generation, agricultural and industrial equipment. Its toroidal technology optimizes the performance and prolongs the life of CVTs, while reducing the manufacturing costs and fuel consumption of the power generators, vehicles and equipments fitted with this technology. The firm offers a cost-effective solution for power generators, vehicles and equipment outfitted with its products. The company was founded in 2001 by Daniel Girard and Samuel Beaudoin and is headquartered in Sainte-Julie, Canada.

The Montréal Heart Institute is a highly specialized cardiology hospital located in Montréal, Canada. The institute is affiliated with the Université de Montréal and offers a range of services and facilities, including a biobank, a pharmacogenomics center, and the MHICC and Innovacor centers.

Laboratoire M2, Inc. manufactures natural disinfectant and cleaning products. The firm offers dairy footbath and farm disinfection for animal health, crop protection, greenhouse and fruit tree treatment, industrial, and household products. The company was founded by Serge Auray in 2003 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. (Global Alpha) is an investment management firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. The firm was founded in 2004 and is wholly-owned by Global Alpha Capital Management Partnership, which is owned by the firm's management team and Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. Global Alpha provides investment advice and management on a discretionary basis to pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and endowments, financial institutions, charitable organizations, corporations, or business entities as well as to various comingled investment vehicles. Global Alpha is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

IA Private Wealth, Inc. (Broker) (IA Private Wealth-Broker) is the brokerage division of IA Private Wealth, Inc., wealth management firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm is a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc., which is owned by iA Financial Corp., Inc. (TSE: IAG). IA Private Wealth-Broker offers brokerage services in stocks, bonds and mutual funds to individuals and institutions.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. designs and manufactures light-emitting diode (LED) based street, roadway, and area lighting fixtures and control systems. Its products are used in street lighting, outdoor area, pathway, building exterior, parking area, security/perimeter, outdoor retail (e.g. automotive dealership), bridges, and tunnels. The firm's Streetlight Intelligence division, offers a suite of integrated, wireless, adaptive lighting controls for street and area lighting applications. The company was founded by Charles A. Cartmill in 2002 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Minervax ApS provides vaccine against streptococci. It utilizes fusion protein, which has proved to elicit good protective immunity. Its vaccine provides protective immunity against many clinically relevant GBS strains. The firm is engages in biotechnology, scientific and technical activities, and research and development. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Xiamen Baiying Leasing Co., Ltd. provides finance leasing services. Xiamen Baiying Leasing Co., Ltd. is based in Xiamen, China. The Chinese company was founded in 2010. Da Ke Huang has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Lufa Farms, Inc. operates urban rooftop farms that harvest vegetables, herbs, and fruits in rooftop greenhouses. It grows and supplies varieties of vegetables and fresh produce in their rooftop farm for local consumers without using artificial pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides. The company was founded by Mohamed Hage and Kurt D. Lynn in 2009 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Part of Tianqi Lithium Corp., Tianqi Group HK Co. Ltd. is a company that manufactures and distributes construction machinery, electronic, and steel products. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Airex Energy, Inc. is a technology provider of biomass torrefaction systems for the production of value-added carbonized products. Its proprietary CarbonFX torrefaction technology transforms sawmill. The company is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Fujian Naoshan Paper Industry Group Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures paper products. The private company is based in Sanming, China.

Eight Capital is a 100% principal-owned, Canadian investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It has additional offices in Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2016 as Dundee Capital Partners. They offer investment banking, equity research and institutional sales & trading services to retail and institutional clients. Eight Capital provide their clients with timely market insights (with the assistance of their equity research team) across all the investment disciplines: fundamental, technical, and quantitative. Beyond the traditional market access trading provides, their traders work with clients to find unique liquidity solutions, and discreet trading solutions for large blocks of stock.

Fiera Comox Private Equity(Fiera Comox Partners), a subsidiary of Hillhouse Capital Group Ltd. is a private equity firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Gesynta Pharma AB develops and manufactures novel oral treatments for patients with chronic inflammatory conditions. The company was founded by Gunilla Anders Ekström, Charlotte Elisabet Edenius, Urban Paulsson, Ralf Morgenstern, Per-Johan Göte Jakobsson and Patric Stenberg in 2017 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Tianqi Lithium HK Co., Ltd. is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of lithium products. The firm operates through two business segments: manufacturing and sale of lithium compounds & derivatives, and mining, production and sale of lithium concentrates. The company was founded on March 11, 2015 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of iA Financial Corp., Inc., iA Global Asset Management, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Quebec, Canada.

Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. (Stifel Canada) is a Canadian broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. Headquartered in Toronto, Stifel Canada provides institutional sales and trading to corporate clients and institutional investors. The firm also offers a much broader suite of products and services, while remaining the same group of dedicated professionals serving Canadian capital markets.