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Numis Securities Ltd. is an institutional brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of Numis Corp. Plc in (LON: NUM). Numis Securities serves as a corporate broker to several clients across all their sectors, ranging from FTSE 100 to FTSE small-cap companies and AIM-listed companies.

HPS Investment Partners LLC (HPS) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Scott Kapnick and Payne D. Brown in 2007 to focus on credit and longer-dated less liquid investment opportunities. HPS provides investment advisory services to certain private investment vehicles (HPS Funds), a closed-end management investment company (HPS BDC), and separately managed accounts and single investor vehicles.

Part of abrdn Plc, Standard Life Investments Securities LLC is a brokerage firm. The company is based in Boston, MA. Standard Life Investments Securities was founded in 2011.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Advisers provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US, registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (JPMAM-UK) is the wholly owned, Great Britain-based investment arm of JPMorgan Asset Management International Ltd., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. The firm was founded in 1974 and formerly known as JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. They changed their name to JPMorgan Asset Management UK Ltd. in 2005. Headquartered in London, JPAM-UK provides investment advisory services to institutional clients, both US and non-US.

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. (FTIML) is the Great Britain-based global investment management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Global Investors Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. Founded in 1985, FTIML is headquartered in London and provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as Separate Accounts for institutional and high net-worth clients.

Capital International Ltd. (Capital UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of Capital Group International Inc., itself a subsidiary of The Capital Group Cos., Inc. in the US. The firm do-business-as Capital Research & Management Co. (UK Branch). Headquartered in London, Capital UK was founded in 1982 and provides discretionary investment management services to segregated institutional clients in the UK and across Europe.

Foresight Group LLP (Foresight Group) is a private equity subsidiary of Foresight Group CI Ltd founded in 1984 by Bernard William Fairman. The firm is headquartered in London.

Linklaters LLP provides legal services. It provides services in the areas such as banking, insurance, intellectual property, pensions, private equity, real estate and tax. The firm's clients include China International Capital, Novolipetsk Steel, Old Mutual and Richardson Cordwell. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

eTourism Ltd. provides online booking and information services. The firm offers information and inspiration to visitors and potential visitors. The company was incorporated on January 11, 2002 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Part of SGS SA, SGS Tesco Co., Ltd. is a South Korean company that provides reliability testing and precision measurement of electronic systems. The company is based in Suwon, South Korea. SGS Tesco Co. was acquired by SGS SA on November 07, 2008.

INKEF Capital BV is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Frank R Landsberger. INKEF Capital BV is headquartered in Amsterdam.

Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Huatai Financial) is a broker-dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601688; HKG: 6886) in China. Huatai Financial offers well established financial services to their clients worldwide, which include investment banking, private wealth management, research and institutional sales, FICC trading, cross-border financing, equity and derivatives trading, asset management and US asset management (through AssetMark). Their target is to provide a seamless platform for their parent company’s extensive client resources to explore international opportunities, as well as to offer world class services to their institutional investors to gain access to the mainland domestic market.

Inverleith LLP (Inverleith) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Ben Thomson and Paul Skipworth. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

DFS Group Ltd. owns and operates a chain of duty-free stores. The firm provides perfume, jewelry, liquor, tobacco and clothing. The company was founded by Charles Feeney and Robert Miller on November 07, 1960 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

FIL Investments International (FILII) is an asset management firm headquartered in Tadworth, UK. The firm was founded in 1979 and is a subsidiary of FIL Holdings (UK) Ltd., which is ultimately held by FIL Ltd. in Bermuda. FILII provides investment advisory and management services to their clients.

Part of Brookfield Corp., Oaktree Capital Management Ltd. is a British company that provides investment management services. The company is based in London, UK. Oaktree Capital Management was founded in 1998.

Deltec International Group provides investment advice. The private company is based in George Town, British Virgin Islands.

120 Water Audit, Inc provides lab water testing services to consumers and institutions. It specializes in water analysis, water testing, home water testing and safe drinking water. The company was founded by Megan Glover, Chris Baggott and Dave Kohl in 2016 and is headquartered in Zionsville, IN.

Circularity Capital LLP (Circularity Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Napier Park Real Assets (Napier Park Real Assets) is a private equity subsidiary of First Eagle Investment Management LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Aberdeen Standard Investments Ltd (Aberdeen Standard Investments) is a private equity subsidiary of abrdn Holdings Ltd founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in the Scotland, United Kingdom.

Burnt Island Ventures Management LLC (Burnt Island Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Thomas Ferguson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Daupler, Inc. acts as a first response platform for public works and water utilities. The company was founded by John P. Bertrand and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Farmison & Co. Ltd. is an award-winning online butcher that delivers fresh meat to your door. The company is based in Ripon, UK. The company offers a wide range of steaks, lamb chops, chicken wings, spatchcock chicken, and yakitori chicken skewers sourced from British farms. In addition, they sell non-stick aluminium Yorkshire pudding tins and award-winning saucepan ready meals. The company was founded in 2011 by John Thomas Pallagi and Lee Jason Simmonds. Andy Adcock has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Schroeder Capital LLC is a portfolio management company that invests in publicly traded businesses. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 2016 by Herman Friedrich Schroeder. The company's investment process focuses on limiting the loss of principal by acquiring companies at prices that are significantly discounted to private transaction valuations.

Ziptility, Inc. provides information technology services. It helps water and wastewater utilities collect better infrastructure data and make smarter asset management. The company is headquartered in Bloomington, IN.

W3i Fund Ltd. (W3i Fund) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Timothy Stevenson and Nicolas Reynaud. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Brightedge Ventures (Brightedge Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of American Cancer Society, Inc founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.