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CIBC Asset Management, Inc. (CIBC AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1972 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE, TSE: CM), a publicly traded Canadian chartered bank. CIBC AM manages assets on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth clients and underlying investors in their retail sponsored products.

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

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.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Founded in 1999, EdgeStone Capital Partners, Inc. is a Toronto-based private equity firm. They also have offices in Calgary and Montreal

Ventum Financial Corp. is a full-service Investment Dealer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The firm was founded by Max Meier and John Eymann in 1982 as Pacific International Securities, Inc. They became PI Financial Corp. (PI) in 2007 and changed their name to Ventum Financial Corp. in 2024 as part of the process of amalgamation between PI and Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc., previously announced in March 2023. Ventum Financial provides expertise across a variety of growth sectors and delivers a full range of capital markets services, which include equity research, investment banking, advisory, and institutional sales and trading to mid-market corporate clients in Canada. They prioritize minimal market impact during superior trade execution.

OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc (Omers Infrastructure) is a private equity subsidiary OMERS Administration Corp of founded in 1998 by Douglas Clive Betts. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Groundlayer Capital, Inc. Is an independent, employee-owned, alternative fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Robert Grundleger in 2002. The firm manages three Funds – a Canadian-domiciled fund for Canadian residents, a US-domiciled fund for US residents and a Cayman-domiciled fund for all others. The Funds are managed pari passu.

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.

Penfund Management Ltd (Penfund Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm is founded in 1979 by John Bradlow. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Financial Technology Ventures Management Co LLC (Financial Technology Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Jim Hale, Bob Huret and Richard Garman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Eurospec Manufacturing, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of prototyping, new tool build, stamping and assemblies to the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Newmarket, Canada.

Ericsson Canada, Inc. provides telecommunication solutions. It offers wireless network technology, IP and data systems, and mobile Internet solutions. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Conexus Venture Capital Inc (Conexus Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Birch Hill Equity Partners Management, Inc (Birch Hill Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Steve J Dent and John B MacIntyre. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Bain & Co. Canada, Inc. operates in business management consultant company. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Imperial Capital Group Ltd (Imperial Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Stephen D. Lister and Jeffrey Rosenthal. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, 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.

GPS Products, Inc. engages in the wholesale distribution of motor vehicle supplies, accessories, tools, and equipment. The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Hank's Maintenance & Service Co. Ltd. provides inspection and repair of oil well pump units and gear boxes. The firm offers welding, machining, sales of new and used parts, repair and rebuild, oilfield and industrial components, and oilfield maintenance. The company was founded by Hank Fuglerud in 1968 and is headquartered in Estevan, Canada.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Searchlight Capital Partners LP (Searchlight Capital Partners) is a private equity investment firm founded in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Erol Uzumeri, and Oliver Haarmann. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Toronto.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

BDO Canada Ltd. provides credit advisory services. The company is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

GEOTrac Systems Inc. opened their doors in September 2003. Built out of necessity, GEOTrac was to fill a technological void for the Alberta oil and gas industry. Founded by a key individual in an elite Tier 4 technical team at Nortel Networks, GEOTrac would create the most advanced fleet management system in the industry. The oil and gas industry in Alberta has been growing exponentially over a number of years. The infrastructure of pipelines, drill sites, facilities, and batteries crisscrosses the province. Access to this entire infrastructure is being built by road construction companies contracted by large oil and gas producers. Most of these private lease roads are not found on any commercially available maps, even to the industry that built them. GEOTrac began the long and arduous task of data logging construction vehicles as they built these roads. These data loggers feed GPS coordinates from their route. Each day, these coordinates are uploaded and fed to a proprietary mapping application that plots these coordinates. Seven years later, this feed comes from thousands of oil and gas vehicles traveling all over Western Canada. GPS coordinates are matched to existing roads and the delta is used to keep the map the most detailed and up-to-date mapping solution for the oil and gas industry. In seven years, GEOTrac has evolved with the oil and gas industry to provide a complete fleet management solution that improves safety, reduces operational costs, increases productivity, and generates revenue.

Numerus Partners LLC is a private company based in Albany, NY.

Alumni Classroom Furniture, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of educational furniture. It offers chairs, stools, student desks, computer table, cafeteria bench, and carts and dollies. The company was founded by Paul Godwin in 2004 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

CanFirst Capital Management provides investment advice. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The Canadian company was founded in 2002 by Allan Perez. Allan Perez has been the CEO since 2002.

Forum Equity Partners, Inc. (Forum Equity Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2002 by Richard Abboud. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.