Patrick W. A. Handreke

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Labstat International, Inc. provides tobacco testing, research and development, and analysis services for regulatory reporting and labelling. Its services include E-cigarette testing, HPHC-mainstream smoke, HPHC filler and smokeless, total mainstream smoke, sidestream smoke, total smokeless tobacco, in-vitro toxicology, measures of exposure(biomarkers), ignition propensity, pyrolysis, casing solutions, cigarette papers, additives, physical determinations and pesticides. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Kitchener, Canada.

CAI Capital Management Co. (Canada) (CAI) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (Missouri) founded in 1959 by David M. Culver. Capital For Business, Inc. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis.

Teachers' Private Capital is a private equity firm founded in the year 1991. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with additional offices in London, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Gesco Industries, Inc. provides residential and commercial floor covering services. It provides residential flooring products that include vinyl, laminate, and hardwood flooring, cork plank, panel, and tile products. The company was founded by George Edward Shnier in 1938 and is headquartered in Brampton, Canada.

Concord Elevator, Inc. designs and manufactures residential, commercial, luxury home elevators, and lifts. The company is headquartered in Brampton, Canada.

OMERS Private Equity, Inc (OMERS Private Equity) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of OMERS Administration Corp. founded in 1987. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with an additional offices in Singapore, London and New York.

CBI Health Group LP provides outpatient rehabilitation and integrated community healthcare services. It offers services in physio, occupational, exercise, and behavioral therapies, as well as physician, chiropractic, nursing, speech, massage, home health, and eldercare. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Dorset Capital Management LLC, Dorset Capital LLC is an American company. The company was founded by James C. Johnson.

Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops pharmaceutical medicines. The company products include Wellbutrin SR, Retavase, Zyban and Tiazac XC in Canada and Zovirax Ointment and Zovirax Cream in the United States. The company is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Hatch, Inc. supplies technology and classroom material solutions. It offers early childhood technology, learning, education supplies, and education technology. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Librestream Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of onsight mobile collaboration solutions. It provides a visual collaboration solution that allows enterprises to remotely view, diagnose, consult and resolve issues in real time. The company was founded by Kerry Thacher in 2003 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

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.

Romet Ltd. manufactures and supplies rotary gas meters, electronic volume instrumentation and auxiliary equipment for natural gas industry. Its products include rotary meters, honeywell electronics, romet electronics, spare parts and equipment and services include anodizing service and romet meter service. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania engages in the provision of social services. The company was founded in 1740 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Aevi Capital provides investment services. The Canadian company was founded by Aleks Sobot.

Folio Instruments, Inc. supplies scientific instruments. It offers micromeritics powder testing instruments, Teledyne/Tekmar TOC instruments and PAC petroleum analyzers. The firm offers solutions for physical and elemental test applications. The company is headquartered in Kitchener, Canada.

ATS Scientific, Inc. supplies the Canadian scientific community with analytical instruments, sample preparation equipment, material processing equipment, and laboratory products. The company is based in Burlington, Canada. The Canadian company offers a range of Reaction Solutions products. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The company was founded in 1989 by Alex Heino. Aleks Sobot has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Brookfield Asset Management (Infrastructure) is a private equity subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Canadian Business Growth Fund Cbgf (Canadian Business Growth Fund) is private equity firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Regimen Partners is a small business private equity firm, founded in 2009 by James Livingstone. The firm is based in Vancouver, British Columbia with additional offices in Edmonton, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario.

Vendasta Technologies, Inc. engages in the development and sale of software products for local marketing agencies under Vendasta platform. It operates through the Software and Partner Solutions segments. The Software segment consists of subscription to the platform; owned and operated software products; and marketplace purchases. The Partner Solutions segment includes partner services, websites, and digital ads that are not acquired on an annual basis. The company was founded by Ches Orlando Hagen, Brendan King, Jeff Tomlin, John Fothergill, Allan Wolinski and Guy Kelsey on January 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

OPE Forefront Holdings LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.