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Mackenzie Financial Corp. (dba Mackenzie Investments) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a direct subsidiary of Mackenzie, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW). Mackenzie Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to Canadian mutual funds, such as exchange-traded funds, Separately Managed Accounts, and one closed-end fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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.

Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (CGML) is an international broker-dealer firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Bahamas Ltd., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. CGML has a major presence in the international financial markets as a dealer, market-maker and underwriter in equity and fixed income securities and offers risk-based solutions to producers and investors in commodity markets. They also provide corporate finance services to a wide range of corporate, institutional and government clients. Their trading activities encompass cash, exchange traded and OTC derivative markets.

AKO Capital LLP is the alternative investment management subsidiary of AKO Capital Management Ltd., itself owned by AKO Capital (Jersey) Ltd. in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2005 by Nicolai Tangen. Headquartered in London, AKO Capital manages the assets of long-term oriented investor base that includes endowments, charitable foundations, institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (BIM-UK) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm is a subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately owned by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. BIM-UK was founded in 2006 following the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and BlackRock. In 2009, BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors, including the iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and has retained the iShares brand. BIM-UK manages a family of mutual funds and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual and pension funds. They also offer alternative investments and managed accounts for individual and institutional clients.

GP Bullhound Asset Management Ltd (GP Bullhound) is a venture capital subsidiary of GP Bullhound Ltd founded in 1999 by Manish Madhvani, Christian Lagerling, Per Christer Roman and Hugh Alastair Campbell. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute operates as a non profit organization that promotes political-oriented programs. Its focus areas include economic inclusion; financialization of higher education; work and labor; finance and wealth; and trade and globalization. The company was founded by William vanden Heuvel and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Picton Mahoney Asset Management is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by David Picton, Michael Kuan and Michael Kimmel in 2004 and provides investment solutions to institutional, retail and high net-worth investors in Canada and around the world.

New Media Ventures (NMV) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (UK Broker) is the brokerage division of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which is ultimately held by PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. The firm is headquartered in London and was founded in 2002. They provide brokerage services to their clients.