Tim Schuldt

PGIM, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of PGIM Holding Co. LLC, owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM provides institutional clients with investment solutions worldwide. It is comprised of autonomous asset management businesses that specializes in a particular asset class with a focused investment approach: PGIM Institutional Advisory & Solutions (provides advisory services to institutional clients located in the US and outside of the US), PGIM Fixed Income (an adviser primarily focused on public fixed income investments), PGIM Real Estate (a provider of real estate investment advisory services) and PGIM Capital Group (a private fixed income investment adviser, also known as Prudential Capital Group).

Société Générale SA (UK) (Société Générale UK) is the Great Britain-based brokerage division of Societe Generale SA (XP: GLE, ADR: SCGLY) in France. Headquartered in London, Société Générale UK was founded in 1993 and provides broking services.

Pareto AS provides financial services. The firm through its subsidiaries offers a wide range of services within the broking of shares, bonds and partnership interests, the management of issues of equity and debt capital instruments, and direct investments. It also provides project funding, business management services, valuations, refinancing, financial advisory services, commercial property and insurance brokerage, investment advisory services, investment management and asset management. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Oddo BHF SCA (Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Oddo BHF SCA, a financial services company headquartered in Paris, France. The firm provides equity brokerage services to various investors.

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.

Stifel Europe Bank AG provides financial services. It specializes in equity brokerage, equity capital markets, and asset management. The company was founded by Patrick R. Bettscheider on October 5, 2001 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Stifel Europe Bank AG (Investment Management) (Stifel IM) is the German investment management division of Stifel Europe Bank AG, which is ultimately held by Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). The firm is headquartered in Frankfurt and was founded in 2001. Stifel IM manages mutual funds for a range of institutional and corporate clients including Anglo-Saxon multi-manager funds, national and foreign banks and family offices.

ODDO BHF Corporates & Markets AG (ODDO BCM) is a securities trading firm headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The firm was founded in 1994 and became a subsidiary of France-based Oddo BHF SCA in 2015. ODDO BCM is actively involved in the capital market primarily in four areas: equities and bond trading, market making as a designated sponsor, as a floor specialist broker on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in Corporate Finance. It advises German and other European SMEs on all their capital market plans, particularly in the areas of capital markets.

HSBC Bank Plc (Broker) (HSBC Bank-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of HSBC Bank Plc, which is owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. Headquartered in London, HSBC Bank-Broker was founded in 1880 and offers bespoke brokerage services across every major asset class for their corporate and institutional clients.

Pareto Securities AS is the full service brokerage subsidiary of Pareto AS in Norway. Headquartered in Oslo, the firm was founded in 1986 and offers a broad range of services within equity, fixed income and FX brokerage. This ranges from direct market access electronic order execution, to manual handling of block trades in listed or OTC-traded securities. Their institutional product supports clients worldwide, and in Norway and Sweden they also have a strong retail offering.

Kepler Cheuvreux SA (Germany) (Kepler Cheuvreux Germany) is the German brokerage division of Kepler Cheuvreux SA in France. The firm was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Frankfurt. Kepler Cheuvreux Germany specializes in security broking and is a market leader for small- to mid-cap companies.

Allianz Global Investors GmbH (AGI) is an investment management firm headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The was founded in 1956 and is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management GmbH, which is owned by Allianz SE (ETR: ALV). AGI manages the group's assets and client-focused equity, fixed-income, and balanced portfolios. They also launch and manage equity and fixed-income mutual funds for individual and institutional clients.

ODDO BHF AG (Broker) (ODDO BHF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of ODDO BHF AG, which is owned by Oddo BHF SCA in German. The firm was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Frankfurt. ODDO BHF-Broker offers a wide range of high value-added broking services for issuers, holding companies and/or family offices.

Independent Research GmbH is an independent capital markets research firm headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The firm was founded by Pierre Drach in 1995 and is a reliable partner to investment companies, banks, securities banks, and issuers. Their services range from capital market research to company valuation, capital market advisory services and securities reports to outsourcing services for banks.

MainFirst Holding AG engages in the acquisition, management, and disposal of participating interests in firms, particularly in the financial services sector. It also acquires, holds, and disposes properties; grants and takes out loans; as well as provides guarantees and other securities. The company was founded on December 12, 2003 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Macquarie Capital Europe Ltd. (Germany) (MCE Germany) is the Germany-based brokerage division of Macquarie Capital Europe Ltd., which is ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG). The firm is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and was founded in 2008. MCE Germany provides brokerage services to their clients.

Founded in 2003, Stifel Schweiz AG is a full-service investment bank. Part of Stifel Financial Corp., the Swiss company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with offices in multiple locations. The company provides a range of investment banking services.

Pareto Project Finance AS (PPF) is a private equity investment firm based in Oslo, Norway. PPF is a subsidiary of the Pareto Group, a Norwegian independent investment bank founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Commerzbank AG (Broker) (Commerzbank-Broker) is the brokerage division of Commerzbank AG (ETR: CBK) in Germany. In 2009, following Commerzbank's acquisition of Dresdner Kleinwort the group created a Corporates & Markets platform which integrated the business of Dresdner Kleinwort GmbH-Investment Management. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Commerzbank-Broker provides trade solutions to multinational corporations, institutional investors, public entities, SMEs and private clients. They also offer risk management and structured financing solutions.

Ontex NV manufactures hygienic disposables for baby care (nappies and wipes) and feminine care (sanitary towels, panty liners and tampons). The company is located in Buggenhout, Belgium.

Part of DAH Beteiligungs GmbH, Westend Bank AG is a commercial bank that provides commercial banking services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The German company was founded in 1929. The CEO is Thomas Ignatzi.

Part of The Hearst Family Trust, Fitch Deutschland GmbH is a German company that provides investment research. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Clemens Frech has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Montega AG provides investment research. The private company is based in Hamburg, Germany. The German company was founded in 2009 by Wais Samadzada, Alexander Braun. Alexander Braun has been the CEO since 2009.

Warburg Research GmbH is an investment research firm headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The firm was founded in 1996 and is a subsidiary of M.M. Warburg & Co. KGaA, which is owned by M.M. Warburg & Co. Gruppe GmbH. Warburg Research offers research coverage of the German stock market. As part of an industry-oriented research approach, companies are covered regardless of their market capitalization, with a focus on small and medium-sized companies.

Primavenue Advisory Services Ltd. provides investment research. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 2012 by Marietta Miemietz.

Part of Parmantier & Cie GmbH, FMR Frankfurt Main Research AG is an independent and owner-managed research house with a clear focus on small and midcaps in the roof region. FMR Frankfurt Main Research AG is based in Frankfurt, Germany. FMR Frankfurt Main Research was acquired by Parmantier & Cie GmbH from PVM Private Values Media AG on June 01, 2024. The German company aims to be one of the well-known addresses for small and midcaps in the next 3 years. The analysts in the team have many years of expertise in German-language minor values. The company was founded in 2018 by Marcus Silbe.

Kuchentratsch GmbH is a German company that specializes in delivering small cakes throughout Germany. The company is based in Munich, Germany. The company offers a variety of cakes that can be ordered online or purchased in-store. The company allows customers to provide a list of recipients and dates, and they ensure that the appropriate gift is delivered on time. One of their popular cakes is the lemon Guglhupf, which is decorated with dried flower petals and chopped pistachios. Kuchentratsch also offers baking mixes based on traditional recipes from grandmothers and grandfathers. The company was founded in 2014 by Katharina Mayer, who has been the CEO since then.

Stifel Schweiz AG (Investment Management) (Stifel Schweiz-IM) is the investment management division of Stifel Schweiz AG, a full service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Europe Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. Stifel Schweiz-IM provides targeted advice across the capital structure to middle-market clients.