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MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Palisade Capital Management LLC (Palisade) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1995 by Martin L. Berman, Steven E. Berman, and Jack Feiler. They are a subsidiary of Palisade Capital Holdings LP. Palisade offers specialized investment solutions that seek to deliver attractive results to corporations, public plans, financial institutions, family offices, and individuals.

First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. engages in operation of an automobile finance company. The company was founded by Tommy A. Moore, Jr. in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

New York Life Investment Management LLC (NYLIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC, owned by New York Life Insurance Co. NYLIM provides a broad array of investment advisory services to third-party institutional clients, affiliated insurance companies, investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles, individuals and wrap fee programs sponsored by unaffiliated entities.

Iridian Asset Management LLC (Iridian) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Harold Levy and David Cohen in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Iridian Employee Holdings LLC. Iridian provides investment management services to individual and institutional clients on a discretionary basis.

Steinberg Asset Management LLC (SAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. It was founded by Michael A. Steinberg in 1982 as Steinberg Priest & Sloane Capital Management LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of Steinberg Asset Management Co., Inc., which is owned by the Steinberg 2001 Family Trust. SAM manages separate accounts in primarily all-cap value equity portfolios for institutions, pensions, endowments, foundations, and high net worth individuals. It also manages certain client accounts in small-cap, and small-to-mid-cap strategies.

Founded in 2005, Hirsch, Seneca Capital Investments LP is a family office located in New York City.

Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc (Bear Stearns) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Cos LLC founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in the US.

Brahman Capital Corp. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1989 by Mitchell A. Kuflik and Robert J. Sobel. The firm provides investment advice to long/short and long-only private investment funds.

Capital Research & Management Co. (CR&M) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1931 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Cos., Inc. CR&M is the investment adviser to the Capital Group exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and to the American Funds family of mutual funds.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Delta Partners LP is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Delta Partners GP LLC. They provids investment advice to high net worth clients.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

TIG Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Carl Tiedemann, III in 2006 and is wholly-owned by TIG Trinity Management LLC. TIG Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services to clients who consists of pooled investment vehicles intended for institutional investors and other sophisticated investors and separately managed accounts.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

Onex Credit Partners LLC (Onex Credit) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Michael Gelblat and Stuart Kovensky in 2006 as GK Capital. They are a subsidiary of OMI Partnership Holdings Ltd., which is owned by Onex Corp. (TSE: ONEX) in Canada. Onex Credit serves as an investment manager of and offers advisory services on a discretionary basis to its clients, which include pooled investment vehicles and managed accounts intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors and structured debt vehicles that consist of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.