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T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm was founded by H. Garrett Thornburg in 1982. Thornburg provides discretionary portfolio management and investment services to several client types, which includes Thornburg Investment Trust, registered investment companies as to which Thornburg is a sub-adviser, separate accounts for institutional clients and private clients, wrap fee accounts of sponsored program accounts, unified managed account programs, private investment funds and other non-SEC registered investment vehicles.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Founded in 1987 by Steven Wishnia and Paul Berz, Highland Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm was formerly known as formerly Highland Capital Management Corp. and as First Tennessee Investment Management, Inc. Until 2011, they were a subsidiary of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN), the holding company for First Tennessee Bank NA. First Horizon sold Highland Capital Management to Steve Wishnia in 2011. In 2013, the firm was acquired by Argent Financial Group Inc. Highland Capital Management firm specializes in managing domestic equity and fixed-income portfolios for individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and endowments.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG, Inc. provides audit and accounting services. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Walter R. Pela.

Parsec Financial Management, Inc. (Parsec Financial) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Bart Boyer in 1980 and was acquired in 2023 by Modera Wealth Management LLC, which is owned by Modera Capital, Inc. Parsec Financial provides portfolio management services to individuals, high-net worth individuals, corporate pension, profit-sharing and 401(k) plans, foundations, endowments, charitable organizations, trusts, estates and corporations or other businesses.

Patten Group, Inc. (TPG) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded in 2014, TPG provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement plans, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations and small businesses.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Founded in 2005 by Jay H. Freedman, Crystal Rock Capital Management is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.

Prysm Capital LLC (Prysm Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Jay Park, Muhammad Mian and Matt Roberts. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey with additional offices in San Francisco, California and New York.

Part of The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., The Boston Consulting Group LLC is a company that provides management consulting services. The company is based in Hempstead, NY.

Audax Group LLC engages in the provision of capital investment services. It specializes in private equity and debt. The company was founded by Geoffrey S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund (UNC Kenan-Flagler) is a private equity subsidiary of KFBSF, Inc. founded in 2007 by Greg Brown. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Tenaya Capital Inc (Tenaya Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Brian Melton, Stewart Gollmer, Ben Boyer and Brian Paul. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Capitala Investment Advisors LLC (Capitala Group) is a private equity firm founded by Joe B. Alala in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brazen Technologies, Inc. operates an online social networking site for young professionals. Its platform enables individuals to showcase career interest and develop a network with employers. The firm also provides recruitment solutions for companies interested in recruiting generation Y professionals. The company was founded by Ryan Richard Paugh, Ryan Joseph Healy and Penelope N. M. N. Trunk in 2007 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

LongueVue Capital LLC (LongueVue Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Rick S. Rees and John C. McNamara. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Founded in 2007 by Scott Mayo and Chris Lanigan, Covey Capital Advisors LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Keona Health, Inc. provides healthcare information through online. Its medical triage web service that optimizes visits and admissions to the healthcare providers thereby improving quality of care and reducing healthcare costs. The firm's online triage features smart intake which collects the history of present illness and updates to their electronic health record nurse express, which collects and summarizes various information for nurses to make decisions on single screens. Keona Health was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC

Founded in 1962, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a diversified holding company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm provides services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through their wholly-owned subsidiaries: Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services and Raymond James Ltd. Raymond James operates through eight segments: Private Client Group (PCG); Capital Markets; Asset Management; Raymond James Bank (RJ Bank); Emerging Markets; Securities Lending; Proprietary Capital; and Other. The Private Client Group segment provides securities transaction and financial planning services to client accounts through the branch office systems of the company's subsidiaries. The Capital Markets segment's activities consist primarily of equity and fixed income products and services. The Asset Management segment provides asset management services for individual investment portfolios and mutual funds. The RJ Bank segment provides corporate, residential and consumer loans, as well as Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insured deposit accounts, to clients of the company's broker-dealer subsidiaries and to the general public. The Emerging Markets segment operates securities brokerage, investment banking, asset management and equity research businesses. The Securities Lending segment conducts its business through the borrowing and lending of securities from and to other broker-dealers, financial institutions and other counterparties. The Proprietary Capital segment consists of the company's principal capital and private equity activities, including various direct and third-party private equity and merchant banking investments. Raymond James' capital markets reach within the financial institutions segment focuses on community and regional banks and thrifts including equity research, sales, trading and investment banking resources and services. Raymond James is one of the largest research organizations in the brokerage industry and serves institutional investors domestically and abroad. The firm's capital markets activities are based on insightful, timely and comprehensive equity research. They publish research on over 1,000 companies in their core industries. Raymond James seeks attractive niches within broader industries and then covers these sectors deeply to develop differentiated sector expertise and relationships. Although their focus is mid- and small-cap companies, their coverage includes large, medium and small companies across each sector. Raymond James' Institutional Trading division is organized into 3 specialty departments: Sales Trading, Principal trading and Agency Trading. Their Sales Trading division covers over 800 domestic and 1,300 international financial institutions throughout North America and Europe. The firm's Principal Trading division consists of industry-focused teams and their OTC Principal Trading department makes markets in over 680 domestic stocks, 85% of which are covered by Raymond James Institutional Research department. Their Agency Trading department services the trading needs of over 5,500 financial advisors located in 2,500 retail offices across the US.

Evolution Capital Management Partners LLC (Evolution Capital Partners) is a private equity firm is founded in 2005.The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.