Todd Bartos

Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (Lord Abbett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett provides advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, the Lord Abbett Funds and other registered investment companies sponsored by third parties, the Lord Abbett UCITS Funds, the Lord Abbett Luxembourg Fund, other foreign funds, privately offered commingled funds and various separately managed accounts.

Artisan Partners LP (Artisan Partners) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 2009 by Andrew Ziegler and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Artisan Partners Holdings LP, itself a subsidiary of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (NYSE: APAM). Artisan Partners serves as investment adviser to a variety of separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, trustees of collective investment trusts, and to each series of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc., an open-ended management investment company.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC (GRQ) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded was founded by Eugene H. Gardner in 1968 as Gardner Investments. Thomas A. Russo joined the firm in partnership with Mr. Gardner in 1989. Eugene H. Gardner, Jr. came to the firm in 1998 and in 2000, they became Gardner Russo & Gardner, a business partnership. In 2021, the firm became known as Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC in recognition of Director of Research Timothy C. Quinn. GRQ manages separate accounts for individuals, trusts, employee benefit plans, foundations, and endowed funds.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc. is an organization that recognizes academic excellence in business studies. The non-profit company is based in Maryland Heights, MO. The company offers scholarships and grants to their alumni chapters and members to aid in continuing education and chapter development. As a BGS member, individuals have access to exclusive programs designed to refine their skills to meet the changing needs of the business world.

AM3 Pinnacle Corp. operates as a holding company with interests in providing Internet, television and voice services. It serves multi-tenant residential properties. The company is headquartered in Oakbrook, IL.

Fish & Richardson PC provides legal services. The firm specializes in intellectual property, litigation, transactional, and regulatory services. the company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

FastCAP Systems Corp develops nanotube-enhanced ultra capacitors. The firm offers the technology for battery and ultracapacitor electrodes. The company was founded by John Cooley and Riccardo Signorelli in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

LBC Credit Management LP (LBC Credit Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Independence Capital Partners LLC, founded in 2005 by John J. Brignola and Nathaniel R. Cohen. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennoni Associates, Inc. provides engineering and construction services. It offers personalized services and solutions to the local, state, and federal government clients, private, commercial, industrial, and construction clients as well as to other professional firms. The company was founded by Celestino R. Pennoni in 1966 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest HR association with almost 325,000 members. The non-profit company is based in Alexandria, VA and has subsidiaries in India and the United States. The company aims to create better workplaces and address critical issues affecting society that impact work. Johnny C. Taylor has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Cozen O'Connor provides legal services. It offers services in areas of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, IPOs, corporate governance and compliance, insurance corporate and regulatory matters, securities, tax, real estate, bankruptcy, intellectual property, health law, public finance, employee benefits, trust and estates, and energy, environmental and public utilities. The company was founded by Stephen A. Cozen and Patrick J. O´Connor in 1970 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

Grumman Hill Group LLC (Grumman Hill) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Jim T Kelsey. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Abbott Capital Management LLC (Abbott Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Raymond L. Held and Stanley Edward Pratt. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Centerbridge Partners LP(Centerbridge Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Harold Aronson and Timothy Gallogly. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Silver Point Capital LP is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded in 2002 by Edward Mule and Robert O'Shea. The firm serves as the management company with discretionary trading authority to private pooled investment vehicles. Their flagship funds include: Silver Point Capital Fund, L.P. (the Domestic Flagship Fund), Silver Point Capital Offshore Fund, Ltd. (the Offshore Flagship Fund) and Silver Point Capital Offshore Master Fund, L.P. (the Master Flagship Fund).

Putnam Investments LLC operates as an investment advisory company. The company was founded on May 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

PNC Capital Advisors LLC (PCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of PNC Bank, NA, which is wholly-owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), a financial holding company. The firm was founded in 2009 from the business combination of PNC Capital Advisors, Inc. and Allegiant Asset Management Co. following the acquisition of National City Corp., the parent of Allegiant, by PNC. PCA provides taxable fixed income discretionary investment advisory services to institutional accounts.

WP Global Partners LLC (WP Global Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Donald Phillips in 2005.The firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in New York, California, and Florida.

The Winter Group of Cos., Inc. provides construction and environmental services. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Richard David Winter.