William Blair is the premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.* *Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets. Social Media Disclaimer: williamblair.com/Disclosures#social

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.

Cboe Global Markets (Cboe) is the leading exchange network for global derivatives, foreign exchange, digital asset and securities trading solutions. We’ve been building trusted, inclusive markets for over 50 years, but we’ve only just begun. We inspire our people to solve complex challenges together because what we do matters: providing the financial infrastructure that helps power the global economy. We create the space for investors of all backgrounds to participate in our markets as well as opportunities for our people to grow while pursuing big ideas. Our solutions help people build a sustainable financial future. And our people are making that future brighter, not only through their work but in the ways they give back to their communities.

First Trust Portfolios L.P. and First Trust Advisors L.P.("First Trust"​) were founded in 1991 with a mission to offer investors a better way to invest. We are single-minded about providing trusted investment products and advisory services. We're inspired every day by how financial advisors and their customers use our products and services to define goals, solve problems and develop long-term strategies. Everyone in our company is encouraged to work diligently and respectfully to deliver superior products, services and results that will contribute to the prosperity of our clients. Our approach is simple, and our company was built with these core principles in mind: - Know What you Own - Invest for the Long-term - Employ Discipline - Re-balance - Control Taxes We are committed to providing original ideas, inventive products and the highest level of service. Disclaimer: This content is for information purposes only and should not be considered an offer to purchase or sell any security. There are risks involved with investing and investors should consult their investment advisors before investing in any financial product. A "like"​ is not to be considered to be a testimonial, a recommendation, or an indication of any investor's experience with any of First Trust's products or services. Third party posts are not adopted or endorsed by First Trust, do not reflect the views of First Trust and have not been reviewed by First Trust for completeness or accuracy.

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a highly analytical, team oriented derivatives trading firm that employs a dynamic, disciplined approach to trading across a variety of products and strategies. We take decisive action to position ourselves at the forefront of the financial markets. We actively trade in a broad spectrum of asset classes that include Equities, Interest Rates, and Commodities. We have grown dramatically since our inception in 1995. Recognized as a leading provider of liquidity and pricing on numerous derivatives exchanges globally, we trade more than 20 hours a day, six days a week. With offices in Chicago and London, our success and rapid growth are due to our market experience, state of the art technology, risk management capabilities, and financial engineering expertise.

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), named Risk Magazine’s 2022 Clearing House of the Year, is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 20 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.