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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.

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.

Moody's Investors Service España SA (Moody’s Spain) is the Spain-based subsidiary of Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) in the US. The firm is headquartered in Madrid and as founded in 1993. Moody’s Spain provides data sources and investment research to various corporate and institutional clients.

Moody's France SAS is a global integrated risk assessment firm headquartered in Paris, France. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO) in the US. Moody's France provides investors with a comprehensive view of global debt markets through credit ratings and research. It also provides data, analytics and insights to equip leaders of financial, non-financial and government organizations with effective tools to understand a range of risks.

Moody's Deutschland GmbH is the Germany-based investment research subsidiary of Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) in the US. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm was founded in 1991 and provides credit ratings, research, risk analyzes and default data to German-speaking clients including banks, insurance companies, asset managers and industrial companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Part of Erste Group Bank AG, Erste Group Bank AG (UK) is a brokerage services provider. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 1997, the British company offers brokerage services to its clients.

Moody's Investors Service Cyprus Ltd. (MIS Cyprus) is the Sri Lanka-based investment research subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO) in the US. Headquartered in Limassol, MIS Cyprus provides investors with a comprehensive view of global debt markets through their credit ratings and research. The firm’s regionally -based analysts covers a variety of industries namely telecommunications, project finance, airlines, oil & gas, hybrid securities, real estate, power & utilities and structured finance.

Brown, Shipley & Co. Ltd. (Brown Shipley) is the Great Britain-based private banking subsidiary of Quintet Private Bank (Europe) SA, itself a subsidiary of Precision Capital SA in Luxembourg. The firm was founded by William Brown in 1810. Headquartered in London, Brown Shipley manages a range of collective investments known as SVS Brown Shipley Funds for private, institutional and corporate clients.

Digital Boost Upskilling Ltd. is a British company that offers a free technology platform for small business mentoring. The company is based in London, UK. The platform connects users with experts in various fields such as strategy, marketing, and finance. The company's smart mentoring platform helps reduce manual effort, improve matches, and track impact. The company was founded in 2020 by Sherry Leigh Coutu. The CEO is Karen Licurse.

The Associated Press provides news media services. It offers global news network, delivering news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. The firm supplies a stream of news around the clock to its domestic members, international subscribers and commercial customers. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ancala Partners LLP (Ancala Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2010 by Spence Matthew Clunie. The firm is headquartered in London, England with an additional office in Luxembourg.

La Française Asset Management SA (LFAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Paris, France. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of Groupe La Francaise SA, which is ultimately held by Confederation Nationale Crédit Mutuel SA. LFAM manages funds for private individuals and institutional clients.

Part of AIB Group plc, AIB Capital Markets Plc is an Irish company that provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in Ballsbridge, Ireland.

Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (Spain) (CGML-Spain) is the Spanish broker-dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets Ltd., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. The firm was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Madrid. CGML-Spain acts 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. Their trading activities encompass cash, exchange traded and OTC derivative markets. Its major counterparties are banks, investment banks, investment managers, insurers and hedge funds and CGML-Spain has moderate trading exposure to corporates. They do not originate securitizations or engage in leveraged finance transactions.

Fitch Ratings Espana SAU (Fitch Ratings-Spain) is Spanish investment research subsidiary of Fitch Ratings Ltd., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust in the US. Headquartered in Barcelona, Fitch Ratings-Spain provides credit ratings, commentary and research services for various investors.

The Analytical Credit Rating Agency JSC (ACRA) is an independent credit rating agency headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2015, the firm aims to provide high-quality rating and analytical products to participants in financial markets on both the national and international levels. ACRA assigns credit ratings to a variety of issuers and issues. It also provides additional non-rating services in the field of credit analysis.

CLSA Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based institutional brokerage subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SSE: 600030, SEHK: 6030), a full-service investment bank headquartered in China. Founded in 1986, the firm provides sales and execution services to global investors and corporates.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Asset Management Holding SE provides asset management services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Part of Moody's Corp., Moody's América Latina Ltda. is a company based in São Paulo, Brazil. Moody's América Latina Ltda. provides investment research. The Brazilian company was founded in 1997. Carlos Prates has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Legae Securities Pty Ltd. is a brokerage firm that was founded in 1996. The private company provides brokerage services and is based in Sandton, ZA. and has subsidiaries in South Africa and United Kingdom.

Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. They are a subsidiary of Alliancebernstein Corp. of Delaware, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH) in the US. Founded in 1999, the firm provides fundamental research and full service execution services to institutional clients globally. They offer bottom-up coverage and portfolio strategies supported by sophisticated quantitative tools.

Part of Moody's Corp., Moody's Eastern Europe LLC is a Russian company that provides investment research. The company is based in Moscow, Russian Federation and was founded in 2005.

Part of Moody's Corp., Moody's Group UK Ltd. provides information services. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2007.

Part of Moody's Corp., Moody's Group (Holdings) Unlimited is an investment holding British company. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 2012, Moody's Group (Holdings functions as an investment holding company.

Part of Moody's Corp., Moody's Latin America Calificadora de Riesgo SA is a company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentinean company provides local credit ratings in Latin America. Martín Fernández Romero has been the CEO of the company since 2003.

Smith Affiliated Capital Corp. (SAC) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Robert G. Smith in 1982 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smith Affiliated Ventures LLC. SAC provides investment advice for separately managed portfolios of individual and institutional investors.

Assured Guaranty Corp. operates as financial guarantor. It is a diversified financial guarantor engages in insuring both public finance and structured finance obligations, including asset-backed securities. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Legal & General Investment Management Ltd. (LGIM) is a fund management firm headquartered in London. The firm was founded in 1970 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Ltd., which is owned by Legal & General Group plc (LSE: LGEN, ADR: LGGNY). LGIM provides investment management services to pension funds, institutional and private clients. Their clients are primarily in Great Britain, and marginally in the US though their Chicago-based subsidiary LGIM America, which established in 2006.