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SERO is home to more than 30 board-certified radiation oncologists in the greater Charlotte Metro area. With 20 cancer treatment centers in North and South Carolina, our prominent cancer doctors are proud to serve patients across the Southeast U.S.

WEDGE Capital Management is dedicated to offering stable, diversified investment products in the equity and fixed income markets. Throughout our more than 30 year history, we've remained focused on value investing for institutional investors through the consistent application of our fundamentally-based, disciplined approach to the stock and bond markets. Our wide range of value products allows us to address the specific needs of our broad and sophisticated client base. We follow a fundamentally sound, value-oriented investment discipline as we employ rigorous quantitative research along with thorough, independent, qualitative fundamental analysis. Our investment philosophy has been in place since our founding and has endured, regardless of the prevailing economic or market climate. We focus primarily on identifying pricing discrepancies, earnings potential and unrecognized value among companies that typically boast market leading positions, superior financial quality, and durable competitive advantages. From there, we strive to add incremental value by overweighting or underweighting specific sectors of the market based on broader industry and economic factors. To ensure consistency and style integrity over time, we adhere to strong buy and sell disciplines. For additional information, please visit the firm's website at www.wedgecapital.com

For many years, trees were plentiful and were cut indiscriminately with no thought of the future. Today Jordan Lumber has taken an active role in protecting one of earths most valuable assets. By replanting more trees than we harvest, Jordan creates resources for future generations while managing for multiple uses, such as wildlife and recreation. Since 1973, more than 15 million trees have been planted on company owned land, and the number keeps growing and growing.

Sandhills Emergency Physicians is a medical practice company based out of 520 Allen St, Troy, NC, United States.

Pamlico Capital seeks equity and buyout investments in growing businesses that serve the communications, healthcare, services and software industries. We are committed to developing successful partnerships with management teams and entrepreneurs and helping companies reach their full potential.  For more than thirty years, the Pamlico Capital team has generated consistently high returns, investing approximately $4 billion. Operating out of Charlotte, NC, our investment professionals possess extensive industry experience, a proven ability to accelerate growth at our portfolio companies, and a dedication to the highest ethical standards. For more information, please visit www.pamlicocapital.com.

PMW is a corporate law firm with offices in New York and North Carolina. We offer our clients a sophisticated transactional practice with a special focus on private investment funds. Our funds practice includes fund formation and structuring, advising investors in connection with investments in private funds, structuring fund management companies, structuring fund management companies, advising traders and providing ongoing regulatory advice.

GUILFORD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A. is a medical practice company based out of 2703 HENRY ST., GREENSBORO, North Carolina, United States.

At Schell Bray, client success is our core value. To that end, we have the experience and knowledge to assist our clients in securing innovative and practical solutions to their legal needs. Schell Bray PLLC was founded in 1987 in Greensboro, NC, to practice in the areas of business, real estate and trusts & estates law with the commitment to rendering legal services of the highest quality on a timely basis at a fair cost. Our practice extends to additional offices in Chapel Hill and Winston-Salem and beyond North Carolina as well, with regional, national and international clients. Our success stems from our unerring attention to our clients and from the considerable skills of our lawyers. Client service is our top priority. We have been fortunate over the years to develop and enjoy lasting relationships with many of our clients. We attribute this to the careful attention we focus on each client's objectives, concerns and legal needs. There are a myriad of challenges in today's increasingly complex business environment. We understand and appreciate these challenges and value highly the opportunity to assist our clients in achieving their business and personal goals. Core Practice Areas: Business Commercial Real Estate Trusts & Estates Elder Law and Special Needs Planning Tax-Exempt Organizations Office Locations: Greensboro, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Since 1924, The Duke Endowment has worked to help people and strengthen communities in North Carolina and South Carolina by nurturing children, promoting health, educating minds and enriching spirits. Fulfilling a Legacy Located in Charlotte, N.C., the Endowment seeks to fulfill the visionary genius and innovative legacy of James Buchanan Duke, one of the great industrialists and philanthropists of the 20th century. Mr. Duke established the Endowment in 1924 with $40 million. In 1925, it was expanded with an additional $67 million from his estate. Adjusted for present value, Mr. Duke's total gifts would amount to more than $1.4 billion today. Governed by a board of trustees, Endowment staff conduct grantmaking according to guidelines in Mr. Duke's original Indenture of Trust, a legal document that remains relevant and timely after nearly 90 years. Our Work The Endowment has awarded nearly $3.6 billion in grants since its inception, including over $1.5 billion to Duke University. With assets of $3.35 billion in 2015, the Endowment is one of the nation's largest 501(c)(3) private foundations. Today, almost 82 percent of our total spending goes to grantmaking. Financial information is available on our web site or by contacting us.

Trust Company of the South is a North Carolina independent trust company providing premier investment managment, wealth planning, and fiduciary services to maximize wealth for high-net-worth individuals and institutions. How we are different: We are a privately-owned firm, with a majority of the firm owned by employees. This enables us to take a long view in how we manage the firm, rather than the quarter-to-quarter approach of large, publicly-traded Wall Street firms. As the financial crises of 2008 showed, the interests of large Wall Street firms are often at odds with those of their clients. We serve all our clients in a fiduciary capacity. We always have and always will put the interest of our clients ahead of our own. We will always operate in a fully transparent manner, disclosing all fees. Unlike the brokerage firm structure, we work for you, our client, and we are only compensated by you. We receive no fee or commission from any providers or funds we may recommend. A sound financial plan is the foundation of a successful and secure financial future. Wealth management is far more involved than merely managing money. Our combined talents and expertise enable us to provide comprehensive, holistic and objective counsel and guidance to the multitude of issues that surround building and monitoring a financial plan that will change as your life changes. We view our clients as partners and as such, look for relationships that will be mutually rewarding and long-term. Our clients tend to be interesting, successful people who would rather pursue their passions and leave the details and heavy-lifting of managing their wealth in more capable hands.

As the leading organization representing hospice and palliative care providers, NHPCO works to expand access to a proven person-centered model for healthcare—one that provides patients and their loved ones with comfort, peace, and dignity during life’s most intimate and vulnerable experiences. Founded in 1978, NHPCO is the nation’s largest membership organization for providers and professionals who care for people affected by serious and life-limiting illness. Its broad community of members includes local hospice and palliative care providers, networks serving large regions of the United States, and individual professionals.