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S&P Global provides essential intelligence. We enable governments, businesses and individuals with the right data, expertise and connected technology so that they can make decisions with conviction. From helping our customers assess new investments to guiding them through ESG and energy transition across supply chains, we unlock new opportunities, solve challenges and accelerate progress for the world. We are widely sought after by many of the world's leading organizations to provide credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help the world's leading organizations plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com.

Santander US Capital Markets LLC (SanCap) is the institutional broker-dealer of Santander in the United States operating under Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB), a Santander global division that supports corporate and institutional clients. SanCap was created by successfully combining the experienced teams of Santander Investment Securities Inc. and Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC in early 2023. The firm brings significant experience in Fixed Income, Structured Products and Equities, supported by the strength of a large international bank. The breadth of our underwriting, sales and trading and distribution capabilities, alongside strategy insights, provides an unmatched ability to meet the needs of our clients. SanCap is focused on providing solutions to our clients in areas such as Credit, Rates, Structured Products, Securities Financing, Debt & Equity Capital Markets, Exchange Traded Derivatives, and Cash Equities. We serve a wide array of institutional clients including Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Banks and Brokerages, Pension Funds, Insurance Companies, and Corporations. SanCap is a self-clearing member of the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation and a member of FINRA and SIPC. It continues to hold the Primary Dealer designation, which was received from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2019.

Our diversification strategy underpins our potential for sustainable earnings growth in each of our four business lines of Canadian Banking, Global Wealth Management, International Banking and Global Banking and Markets, over the long term.

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history,SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 120,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and ADRs on the New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Americas Holdings, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities Canada,Ltd., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. (collectively, SMBC Group Americas Division). For more information, please visit www.smbcgroup.com.About SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.Established in 1990, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. is a broker-dealer registered in the United States with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). SMBC Nikko America engages in, among other things, equity and fixed income sales and trading including repurchase and securities lending transactions, equity and debt capital markets business, private placements, and investment banking advisory services. SMBC Nikko America is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG), a top-tier global banking organization headquartered in Japan. In the United States, SMFG conducts banking activities through a wholly owned direct subsidiary, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel’s broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, including its Eaton Partners business division; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC. The Company’s broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities. Stifel Bank and Stifel Bank & Trust offer a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A. offer trust and related services. To learn more about Stifel, please visit the Company’s website at www.stifel.com.