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Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC (CWAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). CWAM serves as the investment advisor to a variety of open-end mutual funds that are series or portfolios of Columbia Acorn Trust and Wanger Advisors Trust, two registered investment companies sponsored by the firm and other institutional accounts.

Part of Bayer AG, Chiron Diagnostics Corp. is a company that develops medical diagnostic products. The company is based in East Walpole, MA. Chiron Diagnostics was acquired by Bayer AG from Chiron Corp. on November 30, 1998 for $1,100 million.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Illinois State Bar Association is a state bar association that serves lawyers. The association is based in Springfield, IL. The association provides various resources for lawyers, including legal forms, expert services, and publications. It also offers continuing legal education programs and hosts events for lawyers.

The Association of Corporate Counsel is a bar association that promotes the common professional and business interests of in-house counsel through information, education, networking, and advocacy. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Joining ACC provides access to valuable, supportive resources for every stage of your career. Veta T. Richardson has been the CEO of the American company since 2011.

The Chicago Bar Association is a voluntary membership organization consisting largely of lawyers and judges from Cook County and the state of Illinois. The private company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The association works to establish and maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of law, promote the welfare of its members, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of justice. Founded in 1874, it is one of the oldest and most active metropolitan bar associations in the United States.

HighTower Advisors LLC (HTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HTA provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

Aldridge Electric, Inc. manufactures electrical products. Its services include street lighting, traffic signals, high voltage cabling and splicing and foundation drilling. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Libertyville, IL.

The Northern Trust Co. provides investment management, asset, fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SiteOne Landscape Supply LLC distributes landscape and irrigation products. It supplies wholesale irrigation, outdoor lighting, nursery, landscape supplies, fertilizers, turf protection products, grass seed, turf care equipment and golf course accessories for green industry professionals in the United States and Canada. The firms services include water rebates, open line of credit, soil amendment coverage rates, business resources and spreader and sprayer calibration. The Company was founded in January 2001 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

John Deere India Pvt Ltd. exports agricultural products. It offers tractors, implements, gran harvesting, and sugar harvesting products. The firm serves agriculture, engines, and drivetrain industries. The company was founded by John Deere in 1837 and is headquartered in Pune, India.

Part of Deere & Co., John Deere (Pty) Ltd. is a South African company that manufactures and distributes agricultural, commercial, and consumer equipment. The company is based in Boksburg, South Africa.

Applus+ Technologies, Inc. develops and manages government technology services. The firm's services include vehicle inspection programs and electronic solutions to serve the DMV community. It provides customized testing and technology solutions for decentralized and centralized programs in the states of Connecticut, Georgia, Washington, and Illinois. The firm specializes in program & software management, customer & helpdesk support, vehicle inspection database, auditing, and automotive diagnostics. The company was founded in January 1996 and is located in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 1960, the LSU Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation composed of business, professional and civic leaders. The Foundation manages most of the investments and serves as trustee for most of the endowed funds and other private assets contributed for the benefit of the University.

Community Investment Corp. provides financing for the acquisition, rehabilitation and preservation of rental housing. It offers property management training to help owners and managers market, manage and maintain rental property. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Laborde Marine Lifts, Inc. engages in chartering of vessels. The company was founded by John P. Laborde and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Mark Morris DMD PC provides dental care services. Its services include teeth cleaning, special dentistry, invisalign, emergency care, fillings, same day dentistry, crowns, root canals, dental implants, dentures, veneers, teeth whitening, sleep apnea solutions, night guard and sedation. The company was founded by Mark Morris in 2003 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. provides free legal services to senior citizens and low-income persons. The company was founded on October 1, 1997 and is headquartered in Rockford, IL.

Myriad RBM, Inc. provides protein biomarker products and services. Its biomarker testing service provides pre-clinical and clinical researchers with reproducible, quantitative, multiplexed immunoassay data for hundreds of proteins in a cost-effective manner, from a small sample volume and from multiple species. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Bayer Healthcare LLC provides healthcare and pharmaceutical medicines. It also provides researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The company is headquartered in Whippany, NJ.

Xceed Molecular Corporation is a molecular diagnostic company dedicated to commercializing a platform for automated gene expression analysis and developing proprietary clinical research assays and custom arrays. They develop tools and content aimed at accelerating the current market trend towards 'translational medicine', and bridging the gap from gene signature validation to clinical diagnostics. The Ziplex Automated Workstation is the first integrated and fully automated hybridization system for multiplex gene expression signatures. Their integrated solution - the Ziplex System - features this innovative instrument platform and focused-content TipChip arrays and reagents to perform highly multiplexed molecular assays with superior accuracy, reproducibility, speed and scalability. The Ziplex System is designed to provide the ease-of-use in assay automation and analytics that is required to successfully translate gene expression analysis from research use into routine practice. Xceed complements the Ziplex platform by offering Gene Expression Services and Assay Development Services.