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Aesope Gestion de Portefeuilles SAS is a portfolio management and heritage engineering firm based in Lyon, France. Aesope provides complete services to its private and institutional customers, offering an investment strategy adapted to their needs. The French company has subsidiaries in France and a team of two managers, Wilfrid and Matthias, who manage outstandings of more than 150 million euros. Aesope is approved for asset management with the AMF since 2000 and offers a range of funds, including the Aesope Equilibre and Aesope French Actions management under mandate partner. The private company was founded in 1999 by Dominique Detrois and Jean-Marc Berry, with Jean-Marc Berry serving as the CEO since then.

Sycomore Asset Management SA (Sycomore AM) is the French asset management subsidiary of Generali Investments Holding SpA, itself a subsidiary of Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT: G) in Italy. The firm was founded in 2001 by Cyril Charlot, Laurent Deltour, Christine Kolb and Emeric Préaubert. On February 2019, Sycomore AM was acquired by Generali Investments Holding SpA. Headquartered in Paris, the firm manages mutual funds and segregated mandates for institutional clients such as private and public pension funds, insurance companies, banks, corporations; and distribution partners including IFAs and fund distribution platforms in France and abroad. Sycomore AM is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment which integrates ESG into their investment process and manages an SRI fund.

Part of BNP Paribas SA, BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking is a financing, advisory, and French capital markets services company. The company is based in Paris, France.

Institutional Shareholder Services Europe SA (ISS Europe) is an investment research firm headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The firm is a subsidiary of US-based Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS Europe provides high-quality data, analytics and insight for institutional investors and corporations.