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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.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Westfield Capital Management Co. LP (Westfield) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1989 and is majority-owned by WMS Management LLC. Westfield provides quality investment management services to institutions and wealthy individuals.

Moon Capital Management LP (Moon Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John W. Moon in 2005. Moon Capital provides investment advisory services solely to privately offered pooled alternative investment vehicles (Moon Capital Funds).

Cambridge Trust Co. (Investment Management) (Cambridge Trust-IM) is the investment management division of Cambridge Trust Co., which is owned by Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATC). The firm was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge Trust-IM provides investment management services to a wide range of individuals and families, businesses, and non-profits.

FMR LLC engages in the provision of financial and investment services. It offers financial planning and advice, wealth management, retirement plans, trading and brokerage services, and investment products. The company was founded by Edward C. Johnson II in 1946 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

International Human Resources Development Corp. provides training and competency development for oil and gas industry. The firm offers instructional programs, e-learning solutions, and competency management. The company was founded by David A. T. Donohue in 1969 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Salford Capital Partners, Inc. (Salford Capital) is an independent private equity firm headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The firm was founded in 2001.

Covington Associates LLC (CAL) is an investment banking, financial advisory and broker/dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 1991. CAL provides investment banking services, as well as advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising, strategic advisory services, fairness opinions and valuations and capital restructuring. They focus on four distinct areas including business services, consumer & industrials, healthcare and technology. Covington Associates provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (Manulife IM (US)) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSX: MFC), a Canadian-based financial services firm. Manulife IM-US manages assets for a variety of institutional and other types of clients, such as public and private pension funds, foundations, mandatory provident funds outside the US, financial institutions, investment trusts, separately managed account clients, and high net-worth individuals. The firm also manages registered funds, which includes UCITS, US and Canadian open- and closed-end mutual funds and privately offered unregistered investment funds.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (also known as CPP Investments) is a government-owned professional investment management organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 1997 to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. CPP Investments manages the investments of the Canada Pension Plan Fund (CPP Fund).

Shared Tower, Inc. is based in Oakville, Canada. Shared Tower, Inc. is a Canadian company that is building a network of tower sites, fiber, and edge colocation facilities to extend the reach and capabilities of their customers' networks.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

K&L Gates LLP engages in the provision of legal services. The firm represents corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations, and individuals. The company was founded by Kirkpatrick Lockhart in 1946 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

HS Brands International, Inc. provide loss prevention and compliance measurement solutions. It offers data collection and loss prevention services, including: mystery shopping, loss prevention, business standard auditing, integrity shopping, data collection, and franchise royalty assurance solutions. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Foxborough, MA.

BH Telecom Corp. provides fiber-optic broadband services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. Gianni Creta has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2023.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. They also sub-advice funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

Lime Rock Partners LLC provides investment services in the exploration and production, energy service, and oil service technology sectors. The company was founded by Jonathan Clark Farber and John T. Reynolds in 1998 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Portolan Capital Management LLC (Portolan) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by George McCabe in 2004. Portolan provides discretionary portfolio management services to private investment funds, UCITs fund, separately managed accounts and as a sub-adviser to a registered investment company. Investors in the private funds and the UCITS fund are typically high net-worth individuals, charitable institutions, and foundations.

TDAM USA, Inc. is an investment advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as Waterhouse Asset Management, Inc. in 1995 and do-business-as TD Asset Management. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank US Holding Co., which is wholly-owned by the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD), a Canadian chartered bank. TDAM USA provides discretionary investment management services to corporations and certain affiliates, such as TDAM and TD Bank, N.A. They also offer services to pension plans, endowments and foundations, but do not directly offer their services to high net-worth or retail clients.

Horizons for Homeless Children, Inc. operates as a day care center. The company was founded by Roger H. Brown, Michael Richard Eisenson and Linda A. Mason and is headquartered in Roxbury, MA.

Perbadanan Nasional Bhd. engages in the development of Malaysia’s franchise industry. It provides guidance and special schemes for franchisors and franchisees and welcomes franchise partners. The firm offers equity and property investment services. The company is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Petroliam Nasional Bhd. operates as an investment holding company which engages in the exploration of oil and gas, and marketing of petroleum & petroleum products. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Gas and New Energy, Downstream and Corporate & others. The Upstream segment activities include oil and natural gas exploration, development and production, together with related pipeline and transportation activities. The Gas and New Energy segment activities include purchase of natural gas from Upstream, liquefaction and processing of natural gas, marketing and trading of liquefied natural gas and sales gas as well as power and new energy business. The Downstream segment activities include the supply and trading, refining, manufacturing, marketing and transportation of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products. The corporate & Others segment comprise primarily logistic and maritime segment, property segment and central treasury and project delivery and technology function. The company was founded on January 20, 1998 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.