McKenna Hershberger

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of the following: (1) funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and (2) separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Fayez Sarofim & Co. (FSC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Fayez Sarofim in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Sarofim Group, Inc. FSC manages investment portfolios for a wide range of clients which includes pension plans, foundations, endowments and individuals.

Golub Capital Partners LLC (Golub Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Lawrence Eric Golub. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Part of Monex Group, Inc., TradeStation Securities, Inc. is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. TradeStation Securities offers a full suite of advanced trading technology, online brokerage services, and education. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services, and hosts the TradingApp® store. TradeStation Securities provides a premier investing experience for the trader on the go, with their mobile trading app. The company also offers a futures options trading platform, allowing traders to identify and seize market opportunities with advanced trading technology. Customers can trade stocks, ETFs, options, or futures online.

Eastover Investment Advisors LLC, dba Eastover Capital Management (Eastover Capital), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded in 2009 when it purchased Eastover Capital Management, which was originally formed in 1988 by Donn Toney and Robert Pharr. Eastover Capital provides active portfolio management for individual and institutional clients throughout the country.

Bluestone Investment Manager LLC (Bluestone Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by John Allen, Bill Strang, Susan Gabay and Sean Everett. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Saw Mill Capital LLC (Saw Mill Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Howard D. Unger. The firm is headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, New York.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

South Carolina Research Authority provides research and commercialization services. It caters maritime technologies, metals and advanced materials, ordnance, health and bioscience, technology services and solutions, and alternative energy. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

RiverFront Investment Group LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2007 and is owned primarily by their employees through RiverFront Investment Holding Group LLC. Baird Financial Corp. is a minority owner of RiverFront Investment Holding Group, and therefore an indirect owner of the firm. RiverFront provides investment advice to a wide range of clients which includes, but not limited to, individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. They also serve as sub-adviser to investment companies.

Sunny River Management LLC (Sunny River Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Copeley Capital Management Co Inc (Copeley Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Lane E. Faison. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Keel Point LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. The firm was founded by David Parks and Robert Brooks in 1998 by Robert Mayes as Blue Creek Investment Partners LLC. They are a subsidiary of Keel Point Partners LLC. Keel Point provides financial and strategic advice for families just starting out and for families with multi-generational wealth, and investment management designed to allow each family to reach their financial goals.

SpeedInvest GmbH (Speedinvest) was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna.

Ipreo LLC provides software services to participants in capital markets. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Intrepid Financial Partners LLC is a merchant bank that provides advisory and investing platforms to companies and investors in the energy sector. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, and capital markets services, as well as makes principal equity and debt investments. Intrepid leverages the deep industry knowledge, relationships, and capital-raising expertise of its principals on behalf of its clients and investors.

WOCstar Fund (WOCstar) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Gayle Jennings-O'Byrne and Pialy Aditya. The firm is headquartered in New York.

LAV Management Co., Ltd. (LAV) is a venture capital subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co. founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, China with branches located in Central, Hong Kong and California, United States.

Varagon Capital Partners LP (Varagon Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Man Group Plc (Jersey) firm founded in 2014 by Doug Kaden and Brett Shapiro. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of DigitalBridge Group, Inc., NorthStar Securities LLC is a company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Greenwood Village, CO.

Trivest Partners LP (Trivest Partners) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Trivest Partners Inc. founded in 1981 by Earl W. Powell. The firm is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

New York City Economic Development Corp. provides economic assistance and financial incentives for large businesses. Its services include financing and incentives, strategic investments group, programs for entrepreneurs, programs for business recovery and resiliency, programs for nonprofits, workforce and local business programs, incubators and workspace resources, international programs, portnyc and central business districts. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.