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Janus Henderson Investors US LLC (JHIUS) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 1969 and formerly known as Janus Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Janus Henderson US (Holdings) Inc., which is owned by Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE: JHG, LON: 0RPW) in Great Britain. JHIUS provides investment management services, as an investment adviser or sub-adviser, to pooled investment vehicles.

The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (Colorado PERA) is the State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by state law in 1931. Colorado PERA provides retirement and other benefits to current and former teachers, State Troopers, snowplow drivers, corrections officers, and other public employees who provide valuable services to all of Colorado. It is a substitute for Social Security for most of these public employees.

Invesco Private Capital Inc (Invesco Private Capital) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Invesco North America Group Ltd founded in 1981. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Solix Algredients, Inc. operates as a B2B supplier of algae-based, natural ingredients that benefit health-conscious consumers. Its product Solasta Astaxanthin is a natural astaxanthin extract produced from Haematococcus pluvialis and is a source of astaxanthin for use in dietary supplement and personal care applications. The company was founded by Bryan Willson, James T. Sears and Douglas R. Henston in March 2006 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, CO.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

SmartWatt Energy, Inc. engages in the provision of energy-efficiency solutions. It offers performance contracting, bundled energy projects, lighting systems, and building support services. The company was founded by Christopher Covell in 2002 and is headquartered in Ballston Lake, NY.

The Public Relations Society of America operates as a professional organization. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include corporate and business, energy and natural resources, gaming, government relations, intellectual property, litigation, pro bono legal and community services, and real estate. The company was founded by Stephen W. Farber in 1968 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Ural Transport Bank JSC engages in commercial banking activities. Its services include provision of loans, mortgages, fixed deposits, international bank transfers, depository box services, as well as currency exchange services, operations with precious metals, securities transactions, and consulting and information services. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Braddock Financial LLC is an independent mutual fund manager headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by Harvey B. Allon in 1994. Braddock Financial provides investment advisory services to several private funds, a mutual fund, and to individuals in separately managed accounts.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

PT Pertamina Gas engages in the midstream sector and downstream of gas industry in Indonesia. It offers gas transportation, gas trading, gas processing, oil transportation, and LNG regasification. The company was founded on February 23, 2007 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pearson Education, Inc. publishes educational and professional books. Its brands include Prentice Hall, Longman, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Benjamin Cummings, PASeries, ELLis, Celebration Press, PEMSolutions, SuccessMaker, Waterford, and Family Education Network. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Boston Academic Publishing, Inc. publishes academic textbooks in print and electronic format. The firm offers various categories of textbooks such as business and economics, mathematics, sciences and professional and applied sciences. The company was founded by Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Tech-X Corp. specializes in computational science and engineering using new software development paradigms. The firm's products include Vsim, Usim, Psim, GPULib and PTSolve. Its software and consulting services are used to reduce both cost and technical risk for commercial and scientific customers via modern modeling techniques, advanced visualization, and distributed computing technologies. The company was founded by John R. Cary in 1994 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Compagnie Financière Richemont (CFR) is the private equity operation of Switzerland-based Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (JH, VX: CFR), founded in 1988. Based in Bellevue, Compagnie Financière Richemont owns several of the world's leading companies in the luxury goods field, with particular strengths in jewelry, watches, writing instruments, leather and accessories and clothing. They also have four regional offices in Geneva, Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York which provide support services to them. Through their venture capital subsidiary, Columbus Venture Capital, CFR aims to grow value for shareholders over the long-term by focusing on opportunities presented by the convergence between global branded consumer goods markets, information technology and digital media.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

White Water & Wild Lands Tours Ltd. operates as a commercial whitewater rafting, kayaking and outdoor training center. The company was founded by Joe Kowalski in 1975 and is headquartered in Foresters Falls, Canada.

KO Sports, Inc. operates as a hockey training agency. The private company is based in Canonsburg, PA.

Storm Mountain Publishing Co., Inc. is an action and outdoor publishing company that publishes content through magazines, websites, and social media channels. The company is based in Niwot, CO. The company was founded in 1997 by Bradford Fayfield, who has been the CEO since 1997.