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Federated Investment Management Co. (FIMCO) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII). FIMCO offers domestic and international equity, fixed-income and money market mutual funds, as well as a variety of separate account options for a wide range of investors.

Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania (FEMCOPA) is a mutual fund manager headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2003 and is a subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI). FEMCOPA provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporations, business entities and other institutional investors, banks, thrift institutions and other financial institutions, private, federal, state or government pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable foundations and organizations, federal, state and municipal government entities, foreign accounts, and collective or common funds, private funds, and other pooled investment vehicles.

Based in Dallas, David W. Tice & Associates, Inc. (DWT) is the investment advisor to the Prudent Bear and Prudent Safe Harbor funds.