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The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPPB) is the Province of Ontario’s pension fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1990, OTPPB administers a defined benefit pension plan to active and retired teachers in Ontario. The firm manages investment portfolios for the benefit of present and future plan members and their survivors. OTPPB is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

The Fraser Institute operates as a non-partisan research and educational organization. It produces research about government actions in areas such as taxation, health care, aboriginal issues, education, economic freedom, energy, natural resources, and the environment. The company was founded by T. Patrick Boyle and Michael A. Walker in 1974 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

AGF Investments, Inc. (AGFI) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2007, the firm is owned by AGF Management Ltd. (TSE: AGF.B). AGFI provides services to individual and institutional clients, catering to pension plans, foundations and corporate investors.

ONEX Canada Asset Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (OCAM-IM) is the investment management division of ONEX Canada Asset Management, Inc., an investment company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Formerly known as Gluskin Sheff + Associates, Inc., the firm was founded by Ira Gluskin and Gerald Sheff in 1984 and is a subsidiary of ONEX Corp. (TSX: ONEX). OCAM-IM provides private and liquid market investment solutions to wealth advisors and their clients.

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.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Bennett Jones LLP is a Canadian law firm that offers legal counsel and business advisory services to clients across various industries. Bennett Jones is based in Calgary, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The firm has 400 lawyers and business advisors across Canada and internationally. Bennett Jones has exceptional experience in complex cross-border and international transactions, making it ideally suited to advise foreign businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world. The firm offers a wide range of services across four departments: corporate, litigation & dispute resolution, regulatory, and tax. The CEO of the Canadian company is Hugh MacKinnon.

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP provides legal services. It offers services to industries, commercial companies and financial institutions. The company's clients include government, regulatory bodies, charitable organizations, international agencies, educational institutions, individuals and trusts & estates. It was founded in February 2002 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

BMO Financial Group, Inc. provides wealth management and other financial services. It is a diversified financial services provider which offer clients a broad range of personal, commercial, corporate and institutional financial services across Canada and in the United States through BMO Bank of Montreal, BMO Nesbitt Burns, BMO Capital Markets and Chicago-based subsidiary, Harris Bank. BMO Financial Group is located in Toronto, Canada

ORIX Growth Capital LLC (ORIX Growth Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of ORIX USA Corp founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Bank of Canada provides banking and financial services. Its services include mortgage and payment processing, loan application, credit card application, accounting solutions, tax preparation, financial analysis, insurance, and payroll processing services to its clients. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

CFA Society Toronto supports the professional and business development of charterholders. It provides member services including educational programs, sponsored events, employment postings, and networking opportunities. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Morningstar Research, Inc. Canada is Canada's leading investment fund research firm. They were formed in 1999 as the result of the acquisition of Portfolio Analytics and BellCharts Inc. by Chicago-based Morningstar Inc., the global investment firm in the US. They market the two most popular mutual fund software products, PALTrak and BellCharts and operate the Morningstar.ca web site. In addition, Morningstar Canada provides analysis and consulting services for investment management, fund performance evaluation and pension plan governance. They are located in Toronto.

Computerized Portfolio Management Services, Inc. is the North America's independent equity research firms. Since 1984, the company's staff of qualified professionals has been solely committed to providing a broad range of portfolio analysis and equity return enhancement products to the investment community. It has a reputation of delivering only the highest quality data. Its client list covers a very broad range of the investment community: institutional money managers, pension plans, institutional brokerage departments, financial planners and investment advisors. The company provides data to the companies in North America.

Bloom Burton & Co. is an independent, Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Brian Bloom and Jolyon Burton in 2008. The firm offers bespoke execution services for healthcare institutional investors. They are active in all areas of the healthcare industry, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, healthcare IT, life science tools, animal health, nutrition and wellness.

Research Capital Corp. is an independent, fully integrated national investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 as Mackie Research Capital Corp. until 2021. Research Capital offers a complete range of capital markets and wealth management services to private clients, institutions and growth companies with offices across Canada.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. (Nicola Wealth) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm was founded by John M. Nicola in 1994 as John Nicola Financial Group Ltd. They are a subsidiary of NWM Holdings Ltd., which is ultimately owned by Cementir Holding NV (BIT: CEM) in Italy. They provide bespoke wealth management and asset management services to affluent individuals, families, and institutions across Canada and the US. Nicola Wealth is a signatory of the United Nations? Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Richardson Wealth (USA) Ltd. (Investment Management) (Richardson Wealth-IM) is the wealth management division of Richardson Wealth (USA) Ltd., a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Andrew Marsh in 2010 and is owned directly by RF Capital Group, Inc. (TSX: RCG). Richardson Wealth-IM provides wealth management solutions to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations and business entities.

Ontario Teachers? Pension Plan functions as a pension/retirement fund. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. (Stifel Canada) is a Canadian broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. Headquartered in Toronto, Stifel Canada provides institutional sales and trading to corporate clients and institutional investors. The firm also offers a much broader suite of products and services, while remaining the same group of dedicated professionals serving Canadian capital markets.

Desjardins Global Asset Management, Inc. (DGAM) is a mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm is a subsidiary of Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec. DGAM provides investment advisory and management services to their clients.