Claus Born

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (Broker) (LBBW-Broker) is the brokerage division of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Headquartered in Stuttgart, the firm was founded in 1999 and provides capital market services to medium-sized companies, listed groups, institutional customers, savings banks and retail customers.

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. (FTIML) is the Great Britain-based global investment management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Global Investors Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. Founded in 1985, FTIML is headquartered in London and provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as Separate Accounts for institutional and high net-worth clients.

Part of The Hearst Family Trust, Fitch Deutschland GmbH is a German company that provides investment research. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Clemens Frech has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

R+V Versicherung AG (Investment Portfolio) (R+V Versicherung IP) is the investment portfolio division of R+V Versicherung AG, itself a subsidiary of DZ Bank AG in Germany. DZ Bank AG forms part of the cooperative financial network comprised of credit unions (Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken) for which they serve as the "central bank" and commercial bank. The firm was founded in 1994 when R+V Versicherung Holding merged with Rhen-Main Rückversicherungsgesellschaft AG and is headquartered in Wiesbaden. R+V Versicherung IP provides a range of insurance needs including automobile, liability and accident insurance to private and corporate customers. They offer their services in branches of the Volks- and Raiffeisen banks across Germany, and also sells through local representatives and agencies. They maintain close ties with German SMEs, typically in wholesaling and retailing, the skilled trades, the commercial sector and agriculture.

Creathor Venture Management GmbH is an independent private equity firm specialized in technology venture capital investing. Creathor was foundedi n 2003 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt in central Germany. The management invests their own capital, and manages venture capital funds on behalf of institutions.