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Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

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.

Visiprise, Inc. provides software solutions for integrated manufacturing operations. The company provides solutions for customers plan, define, control, execute and analyze manufacturing operations in a single environment to integrate with existing enterprise applications. Its customers include the aerospace & defense, electronics, automotive & specialty vehicle and medical devise industries. Visiprise was founded by Sean McCloskey and Bill Gendron in 1996 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Gray Peak Technologies, Inc. provides networking solutions to medium- and large-size enterprises. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Shawn Kreloff. Gray Peak Technologies was acquired by USWeb Corp. on May 13, 1998 for $100 million.

Peterson Partners LLC (Peterson Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Joel Peterson. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners provides marketing and advertising services. It includes logo development, design, packaging, direct mail, collateral, interactive, multimedia and website applications & development. The company clients include Verizon Super Pages, Liberty Mutual and the Target Corporation. The company was founded in 1987 by Richard Kirshenbaum & Jonathan Bond and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sona Mobile, Inc. provides secure software solutions for gaming and entertainment applications. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (Investment Management) (Jefferies-IM) is the asset management division of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1968 as Talcott National Corp. and became Leucadia National Corp. in 1980. They change their name into Jefferies Financial Group in 2018. Jefferies-IM offers predominantly institutional clients an innovative range of investment strategies through its affiliated asset managers.

Keen Energy Services LLC engages in the contract drilling of onshore oil and natural gas wells for exploration and production companies. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Stillwater, OK.

InMoment, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise feedback management software solutions. It offers mobile application that allows ground-level managers at retail outlets and calls centers to immediately access, view, track and take action on customer survey information. It also offers marketing, human resources, data analyst, operations, and professional solutions. The firm serves the automotive, financial and food services, healthcare, retail, technology and B2B, travel, and utilities industry. The company was founded by John R. Sperry and Kurtis G. Williams in 2002 and is headquartered in South Jordan, UT.

Virtual Equity Partners LLC (Virtual Equity Partners) is a firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in the New York, New York.

Bioenergy Development Group, LLC /MD/ engages in the development and management of anaerobic digestion projects. It focuses on creating renewable natural gas and living soils through recycling organics. The company was founded by Shawn Kreloff and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

White Ops Inc/Private Group is a private group led by Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and ClearSky Power & Technology Partners LLC. The American company was founded by Shawn Kreloff.