Rory McKinley

Founded in 1995, Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd. is an independent boutique investment dealer headquartered in Calgary. The firm is a Participating Organization of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), a Member Firm of the TSX Venture Exchange, a Member Firm of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and a Member in the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Acumen's research efforts focus on small-cap companies Canadian and US companies.

Mawer Investment Management Ltd. (Mawer) is a privately-owned, Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It has additional office in Toronto, Ontario, and a subsidiary with an office in Singapore. The firm was founded as a partnership in 1974 by Charles Mawer. They provide discretionary portfolio management services in certain jurisdictions in Canada for individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, institutions, pension funds, and not-for-profit organizations. Mawer also provides discretionary portfolio management services for US-based corporations and institutions, as well as certain US residents. The firm also provides sub-advisory services to certain institutional public mutual funds, non-public pooled funds, separately managed accounts, or wrap-fee programs that are managed and operated by other non-affiliated portfolio managers or investment managers.

Telesat Canada Ltd. provides satellite communications and space systems services. The firm offers data and telecom, mobility, universal connectivity, video, and consulting solutions. The company was founded in1969 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

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.

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, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) is the investment management subsidiary of State-owned Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta. The firm was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. AIMCo manages investments on behalf of public sector pension, endowment and special purpose funds as designated by the Alberta Ministry of Finance and Enterprise.

Part of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Nova Scotia (London) is a provider of banking services. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 2009.

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research engages in the provision of global research networks. Its research programs include Azrieli program in brain, mind and consciousness, bio-inspired solar energy, child and brain development, cosmology and gravity, genetic networks, humans and the microbiome, institutions, organization and growth, microbial biodiversity, learning in machines and brains, quantum information science, quantum materials, and social interactions, identity and well being. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Covenant House Toronto provides crisis care to homeless youth. The firm offers crisis shelter, family link, benskids health centre, onsite school, job training programs, job centre, support services, transitional housing, and presentations and training. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Women in Capital Markets is a network of professional women in the Canadian capital markets industry. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. Lara Kathleen Zink has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2021.

CS Manpar, Inc. provides business services.

Part of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Scotiabank Brasil SA is a wholesale bank based in São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company specializes in credit operations for large companies, foreign trade funding, and treasury operations. The company's team of professionals helps customers take advantage of business opportunities and achieve financial goals. Scotiabank Brasil does not offer products or services to individuals and operates exclusively as a wholesale bank. The company warns against fraudulent activities and advises customers to report any suspicious behavior to the police. Scotiabank Brasil is the result of an M & A transaction between The Bank of Nova Scotia and Dresdner Bank Brasil SA as of October 03, 2011.

Creative Destruction Lab operates as a seed-stage program for massively scalable, science based ventures. It employs coaching process to help founders commercialize advances in science and technology. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

TransCanada Trust is a unit trust. It has been formed for the purpose of issuing debt securities, including the Trust Notes, and acquiring and holding the Trust Assets in order to generate funds for payment of principal, interest, the redemption price and the amounts payable on purchase for cancellation, if any, and any other amounts, in respect of its debt securities, including the Trust Notes. The Trust was founded on September 16, 2014 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Chillabit, Inc. develops social app. Its application is used for students to connect, one University at a time. The company was founded by Kyle Kaiser, Sabby Choudhary and Omar Ismail and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Telesat Partnership LP provides satellite communication services. The company was founded on November 12, 2020 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.