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PLUNKETT’S MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2018 CONTENTS Introduction How to Use This Book

1 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Manufacturing & Robotics Industry 6 1) Introduction to the Manufacturing and Robotics Industry 6 2) Industrial Robots and Factory Automation 8 3) Service Robots in a Variety of Industries 10 4) U.S. Automobile Sales Soar 11 5) Global Growth in Manufacturing and Trade Requires Investment by Emerging Nations 11 6) Regional Trade Centers Will Evolve to Boost Manufacturing and Logistics 12 7) Introduction to the Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry 12 8) Pros and Cons of Outsourcing & Offshoring 13 9) Nearshoring and Reshoring Keep Operations Closer to Home 15 10) Upswing in U.S. Apparel and Textile Jobs as Firms Reshore 17 11) Wage Rise Slows in China/Vietnam and Other Countries Gain Manufacturing Market Share 17 12) The Vast Majority of Shoes Sold in the U.S. Are Made Elsewhere 19 13) 3-D Printing and Robotics Revolutionize Manufacture of Shoes and Fabrics 19 14) Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) Adds Value to Contract Electronics Manufacturing 19 15) 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing), Rapid Prototyping and Computer Aided Design 20 16) 3PL Logistics Services and Supply Chain Management Services 22 17) Manufacturers Focus on High Performance Plastics and Specialty Chemicals 23 18) Refineries Along with Chemicals and Plastics Plants Invest Heavily in U.S./Take Advantage of Shale Natural Gas 24 19) Computer and Smartphone Markets in India and China Targeted by Manufacturers/ Domestic Manufacturing and Investment Grow 24 20) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 25 21) Boeing and Airbus Face Waning Orders/Major Aircraft Market in China 25 22) U.S. Auto Manufacturers Ford, Chrysler and GM Compete Head-On with Volkswagen, Toyota and Honda 28 23) India Sees Automobile Export Growth 28 24) Mexico Grows Rapidly as a Major Automotive Maker and Exporter 29 25) Optimum Lean Production Saves Manufacturing Costs 29 26) Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models 30 27) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics 31 Chapter 2: Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Statistics 33 I. Overview of the Manufacturing Industry 34 Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview 35 Quarterly After-Tax Profits, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations: 2010-1st Quarter 2017 36 Selected Financial Data, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations: 1st Quarter 2016-1st Quarter 2017 37 Continued on next page

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Net Sales & Net Income After-Tax, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations: 2006-1st Quarter 2017 Sales & Operating Profits, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations, by Industry: 1st Quarter 2016-1st Quarter 2017 II. Output & Employment Value Added to U.S. Economy by Manufacturing Sector, as a Percentage of GDP: 1948-2016 All Manufacturing Employees, U.S.: Monthly, January 1939- May 2017 Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, as a Percentage of all Private Industry Employment: 1948-2016 Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, by Industry: 2011-May 2017 Manufacturing Output vs. Employment, U.S.: 1980-2017 Gross Output in the Wood & Nonmetallic Mineral Products Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Primary Metals & Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Machinery Manufacturing Industry, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Motor Vehicles & Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco Product Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Textile & Apparel Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber Products Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 III. Shipments Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for All Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Monthly, January 1992- April 2017 Annual Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2009-2015 Monthly Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2016-2017 IV. Exports Value of Exports of All Manufactured Goods, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 Exports of Durable & Nondurable Manufactured Goods, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 Value of Exports of U.S. Vehicles: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 Exports, Imports & Trade Balance of Computers & Electronic Products, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 Exports, Imports & Trade Balance of Chemicals, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 Top 50 Destinations of U.S. Textiles & Apparel Exports: 2015-2016 Top Ten Suppliers & Destinations of U.S. Computers & Electronic Products: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 Continued on next page

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Chapter 4: THE MANUFACTURING 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen Index of Companies Within Industry Groups Alphabetical Index Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE MANUFACTURING 500 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations

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INTRODUCTION

PLUNKETT’S MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC is designed as a general source for researchers of all types. For purposes of this book, we define manufacturing as any process that moves or manages the creation of a wide variety of goods and equipment. Robotics and automation assist manufacturing in a wide variety of ways, far beyond final assembly. Robots can control the warehouse, delivering parts to the factory floor on an as-needed basis. The data and areas of interest covered are intentionally broad, ranging from the various aspects of the manufacturing and robotics industry, to emerging technology, to an in-depth look at the major firms (which we call “THE MANUFACTURING 500”) within the many segments that make up the manufacturing and robotics industry. This reference book is designed to be a general source for researchers. It is especially intended to assist with market research, strategic planning, employment searches, contact or prospect list creation and financial research. It is a data resource for executives and students of all types. PLUNKETT’S MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC takes a rounded approach for the general reader. This book presents a complete

overview of the manufacturing and robotics field (see “How To Use This Book”). For example, the changes in globalization and outsourcing are discussed, along with easy-to-use tables on all facets of manufacturing and robotics in general: from growth in automotive manufacturing worldwide to U.S. computer equipment shipments. THE MANUFACTURING 500 is our unique grouping of the biggest, most successful corporations in all segments of the manufacturing and robotics industry. Tens of thousands of pieces of information, gathered from a wide variety of sources, have been researched and are presented in a unique form that can be easily understood. This section includes thorough indexes to THE MANUFACTURING 500, by geography, industry, sales, brand names, subsidiary names and many other topics. (See Chapter 4.) Especially helpful is the way in which PLUNKETT’S MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC enables readers who have no business background to readily compare the financial records and growth plans of manufacturing and robotics companies and major industry groups. You’ll see the mid-term financial record of each firm, along with the impact of earnings, sales and strategic plans on each company’s potential to fuel growth, to serve new

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unable to completely list all subsidiaries, affiliations, divisions and activities within a firm’s corporate structure.

markets and to provide investment and employment opportunities. No other source provides this book’s easy-tounderstand comparisons of growth, expenditures, technologies, corporations and many other items of great importance to people of all types who may be studying this, one of the most exciting industries in the world today.

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By scanning the data groups and the unique indexes, you can find the best information to fit your personal research needs. The major companies in manufacturing and robotics are profiled and then ranked using several different groups of specific criteria. Which firms are the biggest employers? Which companies earn the most profits? These things and much more are easy to find.

This volume is intended to be a general guide to a vast industry. That means that researchers should look to this book for an overview and, when conducting in-depth research, should contact the specific corporations or industry associations in question for the very latest changes and data. Where possible, we have listed contact names, toll-free telephone numbers and internet site addresses for the companies, government agencies and industry associations involved so that the reader may get further details without unnecessary delay.

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In addition to individual company profiles, an overview of manufacturing and robotics and its trends is provided. This book’s job is to help you sort through easy-to-understand summaries of today’s trends in a quick and effective manner.

Tables of industry data and statistics used in this book include the latest numbers available at the time of printing, generally through the end of 2016. In a few cases, the only complete data available was for earlier years.

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We have used exhaustive efforts to locate and fairly present accurate and complete data. However, when using this book or any other source for business and industry information, the reader should use caution and diligence by conducting further research where it seems appropriate. We wish you success in your endeavors, and we trust that your experience with this book will be both satisfactory and productive.

Whatever your purpose for researching the manufacturing and robotics field, you’ll find this book to be a valuable guide. Nonetheless, as is true with all resources, this volume has limitations that the reader should be aware of: •

Financial data and other corporate information can change quickly. A book of this type can be no more current than the data that was available as of the time of editing. Consequently, the financial picture, management and ownership of the firm(s) you are studying may have changed since the date of this book. For example, this almanac includes the most up-to-date sales figures and profits available to the editors as of mid-2017. That means that we have typically used corporate financial data as of the end of 2016.

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Corporate mergers, acquisitions and downsizing are occurring at a very rapid rate. Such events may have created significant change, subsequent to the publishing of this book, within a company you are studying.

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Some of the companies in THE MANUFACTURING 500 are so large in scope and in variety of business endeavors conducted within a parent organization, that we have been

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The two primary sections of this book are devoted first to the InfoTech industry as a whole and then to the “Individual Data Listings” for THE MANUFACTURING 500. If time permits, you should begin your research in the front chapters of this book. Also, you will find lengthy indexes in Chapter 4 and in the back of the book.

Chapter 3: Important Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Contacts – Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites. This chapter covers contacts for important government agencies, manufacturing and robotics organizations and trade groups. Included are numerous important internet sites.

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THE MANUFACTURING 500

For our brief video introduction to the manufacturing industry, see www.plunkettresearch.com/video/manufacturing. THE MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Manufacturing & Robotics Industry. This chapter presents an encapsulated view of the major trends that are creating rapid changes in the manufacturing and robotics industry today. Chapter 2: Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Statistics. This chapter presents indepth statistics ranging from an industry overview to the globalization of markets and much more.

Chapter 4: THE MANUFACTURING 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen. The companies compared in this book were carefully selected from the manufacturing and robotics industry, largely in the United States. Many of the firms are based outside the U.S. For a complete description, see THE MANUFACTURING 500 indexes in this chapter. Individual Data Listings: Look at one of the companies in THE MANUFACTURING 500’s Individual Data Listings. You’ll find the following information fields: Company Name: The company profiles are in alphabetical order by company name. If you don’t find the company you are seeking, it may be a subsidiary or division of one of the firms covered in this book. Try looking it up in

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the Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations in the back of the book. Industry Code: Industry Group Code: An NAIC code used to group companies within like segments. Types of Business: A listing of the primary types of business specialties conducted by the firm. Brands/Divisions/Affiliations: Major brand names, operating divisions or subsidiaries of the firm, as well as major corporate affiliations—such as another firm that owns a significant portion of the company’s stock. A complete Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations is in the back of the book. Contacts: The names and titles up to 27 top officers of the company are listed, including human resources contacts. Growth Plans/ Special Features: Listed here are observations regarding the firm’s strategy, hiring plans, plans for growth and product development, along with general information regarding a company’s business and prospects. Financial Data: Revenue (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure represents consolidated worldwide sales from all operations. These numbers may be estimates. R&D Expense (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure represents expenses associated with the research and development of a company’s goods or services. These numbers may be estimates. Operating Income (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure represents the amount of profit realized from annual operations after deducting operating expenses including costs of goods sold, wages and depreciation. These numbers may be estimates. Operating Margin % (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure is a ratio derived by dividing operating income by net revenues. It is a measurement of a firm’s pricing strategy and operating efficiency. These numbers may be estimates. SGA Expense (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure represents the sum of selling, general and administrative expenses of a company, including costs such as warranty, advertising,

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interest, personnel, utilities, office space rent, etc. These numbers may be estimates. Net Income (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure represents consolidated, after-tax net profit from all operations. These numbers may be estimates. Operating Cash Flow (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure is a measure of the amount of cash generated by a firm’s normal business operations. It is calculated as net income before depreciation and after income taxes, adjusted for working capital. It is a prime indicator of a company’s ability to generate enough cash to pay its bills. These numbers may be estimates. Capital Expenditure (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure represents funds used for investment in or improvement of physical assets such as offices, equipment or factories and the purchase or creation of new facilities and/or equipment. These numbers may be estimates. EBITDA (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure is an acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. It represents a company's financial performance calculated as revenue minus expenses (excluding taxes, depreciation and interest), and is a prime indicator of profitability. These numbers may be estimates. Return on Assets % (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure is an indicator of the profitability of a company relative to its total assets. It is calculated by dividing annual net earnings by total assets. These numbers may be estimates. Return on Equity % (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): This figure is a measurement of net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. It is also called the rate of return on the ownership interest. It is a vital indicator of the quality of a company’s operations. These numbers may be estimates. Debt to Equity (2016 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to five previous years): A ratio of the company’s long-term debt to its shareholders’ equity. This is an indicator of the overall financial leverage of the firm. These numbers may be estimates.

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Address: The firm’s full headquarters address, the headquarters telephone, plus toll-free and fax numbers where available. Also provided is the World Wide Web site address. Stock Ticker, Exchange: When available, the unique stock market symbol used to identify this firm’s common stock for trading and tracking purposes is indicated. Where appropriate, this field may contain “private” or “subsidiary” rather than a ticker symbol. If the firm is a publicly-held company headquartered outside of the U.S., its international ticker and exchange are given. Total Number of Employees: The approximate total number of employees, worldwide, as of the end of 2016 (or the latest data available to the editors). Parent Company: If the firm is a subsidiary, its parent company is listed. Salaries/Bonuses: (The following descriptions generally apply to U.S. employers only.) Highest Executive Salary: The highest executive salary paid, typically a 2016 amount (or the latest year available to the editors) and typically paid to the Chief Executive Officer. Highest Executive Bonus: The apparent bonus, if any, paid to the above person. Second Highest Executive Salary: The nexthighest executive salary paid, typically a 2016 amount (or the latest year available to the editors) and typically paid to the President or Chief Operating Officer. Second Highest Executive Bonus: The apparent bonus, if any, paid to the above person. Other Thoughts: Estimated Female Officers or Directors: It is difficult to obtain this information on an exact basis, and employers generally do not disclose the data in a public way. However, we have indicated what our best efforts reveal to be the apparent number of women who either are in the posts of corporate officers or sit on the board of directors. There is a wide variance from company to company. Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: A “Y” in appropriate fields indicates “Yes.” These are firms that appear either to have posted a substantial number of women and/or minorities to high posts or that appear to have a good record of going out of their way to recruit, train, promote and retain women or minorities. (See the Index of Hot Spots For Women and Minorities in the back of the book.) This information may change frequently and can be difficult to obtain and verify. Consequently,

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Chapter 1 MAJOR TRENDS AFFECTING THE MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY Major Trends Affecting the Manufacturing & Robotics Industry: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18)

Introduction to the Manufacturing and Robotics Industry Industrial Robots and Factory Automation Service Robots in a Variety of Industries U.S. Automobile Sales Soar Global Growth in Manufacturing and Trade Requires Investment by Emerging Nations Regional Trade Centers Will Evolve to Boost Manufacturing and Logistics Introduction to the Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry Pros and Cons of Outsourcing & Offshoring Nearshoring and Reshoring Keep Operations Closer to Home Upswing in U.S. Apparel and Textile Jobs as Firms Reshore Wage Rise Slows in China/Vietnam and Other Countries Gain Manufacturing Market Share The Vast Majority of Shoes Sold in the U.S. Are Made Elsewhere 3-D Printing and Robotics Revolutionize Manufacture of Shoes and Fabrics Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) Adds Value to Contract Electronics Manufacturing 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing), Rapid Prototyping and Computer Aided Design 3PL Logistics Services and Supply Chain Management Services Manufacturers Focus on High Performance Plastics and Specialty Chemicals Refineries Along with Chemicals and Plastics Plants Invest Heavily in U.S./Take Advantage of Shale Natural Gas

19) Computer and Smartphone Markets in India and China Targeted by Manufacturers/ Domestic Manufacturing and Investment Grow 20) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 21) Boeing and Airbus Face Waning Orders/Major Aircraft Market in China 22) U.S. Auto Manufacturers Ford, Chrysler and GM Compete Head-On with Volkswagen, Toyota and Honda 23) India Sees Automobile Export Growth 24) Mexico Grows Rapidly as a Major Automotive Maker and Exporter 25) Optimum Lean Production Saves Manufacturing Costs 26) Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models 27) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics 1)

Introduction to the Manufacturing and Robotics Industry

› Video Tip For our brief video introduction to the Manufacturing industry, see www.plunkettresearch.com/video/manufacturing. The manufacturing and robotics sectors have become tightly intertwined in recent years, thanks to the rapidly growing importance of factory automation. On factory floors ranging from relatively small machine shops to giant automobile plants and electronics factories, computerdriven equipment plays a vital role in manufacturing worldwide. The sophistication of the equipment ranges

Plunkett Research, Ltd. from simple computer-aided machinery that cuts fabric prior to it being sewn into final garments, to robots that make highly accurate and sophisticated welds in car factories, to robots that can rapidly assemble tiny electronics components and solder them in place with blazing speed and great accuracy. The First Industrial Robot The first industrial robot to be installed in a major manufacturing plant was probably a machine named Unimate #0001, utilized at a General Motors diecasting plant in Trenton, NJ beginning in 1959. The primary force behind the Unimate was an American named Joseph Engelberger (sometimes referred to as the “father of robotics”) of the Consolidated Controls Corp. of Bethel, CT. These efforts led to the establishment of a related firm, Unimation, Inc. By the late 1960s, automobile manufacturers were racing to install robotic units such as automated welders in their plants worldwide. As the decades went by, Japanese and German firms grew to be world leaders in factory automation equipment and robotics. This trend was directly tied to the growing dominance of Japanese and German automobiles, and the decline of the American auto industry. Meanwhile, China has official hopes to be a world leader in factory automation technologies by 2025, and it is investing accordingly under its “Made in China 2025” plan. America is attempting to improve its global stance in industrial robotics and automation through the establishment of “Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation” centers, which have attracted backing from both government and corporate funds. The ever-growing drive for efficiency and quality, both at the factory and in the supply chain, will make automation technologies more and more vital. Robotics and automation assist manufacturing in a wide variety of ways, far beyond final assembly. Robots can control the warehouse, delivering parts to the factory floor on an asneeded basis. Computers and sophisticated software help to design, model and test products prior to their actual manufacture, and then upload final instructions to computer-driven factory equipment. The design of components and sub-assemblies are, to a dominant degree, conducted through computer-aided design tools (often called CAD-CAM) that can be tightly coordinated with the factory floor. Global Manufacturing: The worldwide manufacturing sector is estimated by Plunkett Research at $12.9 trillion (in terms of value added) for 2017. In 2012, analysts at McKinsey & Co. estimated that manufacturing accounted for 16% of global GDP and 14% of global employment. The firm further estimated that manufactured goods currently make up 70% of all global trade, and that manufacturing’s impact on service industries is so great that manufacturers purchase 19 cents of services for every $1 of manufacturing output. Those numbers should remain reasonably accurate for 2016.

www.plunkettresearch.com Manufacturing Revenues and Employment in the United States: In the U.S., analysts, executives and government can clearly see that manufacturing is on the upswing. A bigger question, however, is whether or not American manufacturing is perhaps entering a period of renaissance. The answer is both yes and no. Manufacturing employment has increased modestly in recent years, including growth of about 49,000 during the 12 months ending in June, 2017. There were approximately 12.4 million people employed in manufacturing in the U.S. as of mid-2017, down from 19 million in 1980. Much of manufacturing’s recent rebound has been driven by large improvements in the automobile sector, along with relatively strong demand for building materials and medical equipment/supplies. The American manufacturing sector will benefit over the long term from a broad range of trends, including strong global trade, low natural gas prices, a growing domestic population, and strength in certain key industries, including machinery, pharmaceuticals, health technology, chemicals, petroleum products, aerospace and equipment for transportation and construction. However, advances in factory productivity, including growing investment in robotics, will dampen job creation. In other words, factory output can increase faster than factory employment due to growing investment in robotics and factory automation. Improved supply chain practices will also enable manufacturing to boost output faster than growth in factory jobs. The American manufacturing sector will generate about $2.3 trillion in value added during 2017, equaling about 12% of GDP. This is down from 20% of GDP in 1980. What is “Value Added?” In manufacturing, value added is the increase in the price (value) that a company adds during the manufacturing process. For example, a window manufacturer may purchase sheets of glass, raw aluminum, plastics and paints from its suppliers. It fabricates and combines these materials to create a finished window. The value added is the difference between the cost of the raw materials and the price of the finished window. Value added is a common measure of manufacturing output. Future Drivers of Manufacturing Growth in Developed Nations: 1) A substantial research & development (R&D) base 2) Engineering and scientific expertise a) A substantial base in higher education 3) Regional manufacturing centers a) Logistics and supply chain support and infrastructure 4) A substantial base in advanced technologies a) Robotics and factory automation b) IT networks c) Additive manufacturing Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Today, the growing use of robotics as well as the rising wages and other costs in offshore manufacturing centers, particularly China, is fueling intense debate about the future of global manufacturing in general. Supply chain managers on the corporate side, along with analysts and planners on the government and economic side, are attempting to develop strategies for dealing with the evolving manufacturing segment on a nation-by-nation basis. To begin with, costs are clearly rising substantially in China, which has long been the world’s manufacturing growth engine. Wages there have been rising steadily, over a period of several years. At the same time, demographic changes are having a significant effect. Due to China’s lengthy history of “one child per family” regulations, the Chinese workforce began shrinking in number in 2011, while the senior segment of the population is growing at a rapid clip. Put another way, China is facing a massive aging problem (far more challenging than the aging population in the U.S.), while the number of young workers available to fill the factory ranks is tipping into serious decline. Due to the development of a large network of universities across China, a growing percentage of young people are obtaining college degrees. These bettereducated people, upon entering the workforce, generally do not want to work on the manufacturing floor, which they feel is beneath them. These trends are having multiple effects on manufacturers in China. 1) As discussed above, firms are paying much higher wages than they did in the recent past; 2) There is a national emphasis on increased investment in robotics and more to factory automation, in order to reduce China’s reliance on human workers; 3) The bigger companies are becoming more multinational in nature, moving much of their basic manufacturing to lower-wage nations such as Vietnam and Bangladesh; and 4) Chinese manufacturers are moving up-market, where the manufacture of technically-advanced products such as aircraft creates the ability to pay higher wages while taking advantage of the growing cadre of engineers who are graduating from China’s universities. While China struggles to adapt to its changing costs and demographics, manufacturing has been booming in many lesser developed nations that offer lower costs for real estate and hourly wages. Such nations are found in Asia, including The Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam. However, Africa is likely to become one of the world’s basic manufacturing hubs for unsophisticated items such as apparel. Africa offers an abundance of raw materials, one of the world’s largest supplies of young workers, a rapidly growing population, a growing transportation infrastructure well positioned to serve markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas, as well as extremely low costs. In Asia’s more developed nations, particularly Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore, manufacturing of high value items has grown at a soaring rate over the longterm, including automobiles, electronics and

www.plunkettresearch.com pharmaceuticals. India is often thought of as a center for business processes outsourcing, but it also has a significant and growing manufacturing base. To a large extent, this manufacturing is in heavy industries, such as steel and petroleum products. However, the manufacture of sophisticated products, such as pharmaceuticals, has become significant. One of the biggest beneficiaries of China’s rising costs is Mexico. Mexico’s manufacturing sector has been perfectly positioned to grow, thanks to a) its proximity to U.S. markets; b) NAFTA—the North American Free Trade Agreement; c) existing low-cost transportation infrastructure for shipments to and from the U.S.; and d) the relative ease of doing business between U.S. and Mexican companies. Mexico is positioned perfectly to grow with the recent trends of reshoring and nearshoring, where many U.S. companies want their manufacturing plants and suppliers to be closer to home. Recently, the Mexican manufacturing sector has also been boosted by the availability of shale natural gas that can be imported from the U.S. at low prices. Gas exports from the U.S. to Mexico increased dramatically along with rising gas production from American shale wells. The Trump administration vowed to focus on renegotiating NAFTA, with the hope of making it more beneficial to American businesses. Robotics and Factory Automation: The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) estimated the total, worldwide base of operational industrial robots at the end of 2015 was about 1.6 million, and this base will expand to approximately 2.6 million by the end of 2019. The global value of industrial robots sold during 2015 was placed by IFR at $11.1 billion. Plunkett Research estimates that the value for 2019 will be $18.1 billion. 2)

Industrial Robots and Factory Automation The ISO 8373 defines industrial robots as being automatically controlled, reprogrammable, featuring a multipurpose manipulator capable of movement in three or more directions, including linear or rotational movement. It may be either fixed or mobile. The type of joints used industrial robots indicate the classification and potential uses of a robot. The primary types of joints include: Revolute joints—may include a hinge, a pin or an axle. They have one degree of freedom (DoF). That is, they can move in one direction or one manner. Prismatic joints—also have one DoF. They move along a fixed axis. That is, they are pistons or similar sliding objects. Spherical joints—with three DoFs. They can rotate or pivot around a round bearing. Ball joints used in automobiles are spherical joints.

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Industrial robots are further classified by their mechanical organization: Articulated robots—feature an arm that can closely resemble the movement of a human arm. The arm may have several joints that are revolute joints. Cylindrical robots—feature an arm and design that do well in circular workspaces. They may include a combination of revolute and prismatic joints. Cartesian robots—feature an arm that has prismatic joints only and tend to be linear in action. This type of robot typically has great strength and lifting capacity. A gantry robot is a related type of cartesian robot. Parallel robots (also known as “parallel manipulators”)—consist of three or more rotary or prismatic rotation points (axes). They can be used to manipulate large loads. A flight simulator (used to train pilots on the ground in a virtual environment) may be manipulated by a parallel robot. SCARA robots (Selective Compliance Arm for Robotic Assembly, or Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm)—a robot used to install components and move parts. It can mimic the motions of a human arm.

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) estimated the total, worldwide base of operational industrial robots at the end of 2015 was 1.6 million. The IFR also estimates that this base will expand to approximately 2.6 million by the end of 2019. The global value of industrial robots sold during 2015 was placed by IFR at $11.1 billion. Plunkett Research estimates that the value for 2019 will be $18.1 billion. Industrial robots were selling at a rate of about 190,000 yearly during 2015. The automotive and electronics industries have been prime drivers of robot sector growth in recent years. One way of measuring the use of robotics in manufacturing for a given nation is the total number of robots installed per 10,000 manufacturing employees. China has been making very substantial investments in factory robotics in recent years. According to a study compiled by IFR, as of 2015 South Korea leads the world in factory robotics by the measure of robots per employee in manufacturing, at about 531 robots per 10,000 employees. Singapore followed with 398, Japan with 305 and Germany with 301. The U.S. measure for 2015 was 176 robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees. However, U.S. investment in factory automation and robotics is expected to be very substantial in coming years. China lagged far behind in 2015 with only 49 robots per 10,000 employees, but it is investing very heavily in both factory robots and the development of its own robotic technologies. China used its massive population base (1.4 billion), low wages and heavy investment of funds by both government agencies and corporations (domestic and foreign), to become a massive manufacturing engine over several decades. Today, however, China is at a dramatic point of change, with rapidly rising wages (up 12% per

www.plunkettresearch.com year on average since 2001), an aging population, a shrinking workforce and very effective competition from lower-cost nations such as Vietnam. Consequently, China is seen as one of the highest growth markets in the world for factory automation. During 2015, Chinese manufacturers bought approximately 67,000 robots (or 25% of global sales), and demand is expected to soar to 150,000 annually by 2018, according to IFR. Robotics companies plan significant investments in China-based factories and marketing efforts to capture their share of this market. For example, Yaskawa, a leading Japanese robotics firm, plans to boost output in its China plants to 12,000 units per year. Kuka, a Germanybased firm that is one of the world’s leading makers of industrial robotics, opened a production plant in Shanghai that produces 3,000 robots each year. China’s latest Five Year Plan includes an initiative to make billions of yuan available for manufacturers to upgrade their facilities and technology with robots. The region of Guangdong pledged to invest $150 billion in industrial robotic equipment and the creation of two centers for advanced automation. Robotics will not only help China with its workforce challenges while restraining total wage costs, it will also assist China in its vital effort to move its manufacturing upmarket into aerospace, medical technology and other sectors requiring very high levels of manufacturing precision and quality. Pros and Cons-Are Robots Stealing Jobs? In a 2017 paper, economists at MIT and Boston University found that up to 670,000 jobs in the U.S. were lost to robots in the manufacturing sector between 1990 and 2007. In an isolated area, each robot per thousand workers cut employment by 6.2 workers and wages by 0.7%. In Detroit, Michigan, an auto-making capital, the paper found a decrease in employment by three workers, and a decrease in wages of 0.25%. On a national scale, the effects were less, due to job creation in other sectors. However, on the positive side, as prices decrease due to robotics in sectors such as auto manufacturing, consumers may have more to spend which will create jobs in other sectors. Deloitte Consulting expects 2 million new positions in the manufacturing sector by 2025 through the development of new technologies. In order to fill those jobs, workers will require extensive training in advanced factory automation systems and computerized machine tools. Meanwhile, faster, cheaper robots are becoming available, making them affordable (as little as $25,000) for small to medium-sized factories. What remains to be seen is if the expected wave of new robotic technologies, such as drones and driverless cars, will spill over with further negative effects on employment and wages. In the automotive sector, General Motors (GM) is working with Fanuc, a Japanese robotics manufacturer, Cisco Systems and Rockwell Automation to monitor robots and plant working conditions (such as temperature

Plunkett Research, Ltd. and humidity). Gathered data, stored in a cloud network, is analyzed and workers can service robots before they break or alter conditions to limit costly downtime when robots fail. The future of the robotics and factory automation industry is extremely bright. China is a perfect example of the types of trends that will drive the industry forward: rising wages, a rapidly growing manufacturing sector, soaring global trade in manufactured goods and demographic challenges. Combined with today’s very low penetration of robotics in most of the world’s nations, dramatic increases in industrial robotics sales will occur for decades to come. Industries that will rely more and more on robotics and automation include food processing, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, logistics and warehousing, automobile manufacturing, chemicals and textiles. New cutting-edge robots allow humans to work alongside them. Thought to be too dangerous until recently, new models such as Baxter, made by Rethink Robotics, “learns” new tasks when a human moves the robot’s arms through an operation. Baxter is in use on U.S. conveyor lines helping package items. Auto maker BMW uses heavy assembly robots made by Universal Robots to help humans complete final vehicle door assembly. The transportation and logistics sector will be heavily influenced by robotics. For example, giant robots are in use at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach in the U.S. to unload container ships and move cargo containers on the docks. In early 2016, an automated terminal opened at the Port of Long Beach with a capacity of handling 3.3 million 20-foot container units yearly. Industry analysts estimate that robots can improve dock productivity by as much as 30%. 3)

Service Robots in a Variety of Industries The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) defines a service robot as one that operates semi- or fully autonomously to perform services useful to the well-being of humans and equipment, but not one that is used in manufacturing operations. Service robots are typically mobile in nature. They may or may not feature an arm or manipulator. IFR estimates that about 5.4 million service robots for personal and household use were sold in 2015 (up 16% from 2014), with a value of $2.2 billion. These include robots for domestic tasks (vacuum cleaning, window washing, lawn mowing); toy robots and hobby systems; education and research; and elderly and handicap assistance. In mid-2014, Dyson, a leading vacuum cleaner maker, launched its first robotic vacuum, which competes with the popular models made by iRobot. IFR further estimates that the number of professional robots (including those for military purposes, which account for about 40% of total unit volume) sold worldwide in 2015 totaled 41,060 units, up from 39,939 in 2014. The value of those units was $4.6 billion (up 14% from 2014).

www.plunkettresearch.com Service robots are beginning to enter everyday life, both in the home and in business settings. For example, iRobot’s home vacuum cleaner robot and the PoolSweep swimming pool cleaner have been on the market for years. More sophisticated robots are capable of cleaning floors and windows, as well as industrial tanks, pipelines and ship hulls. Robots that milk a dairy herd are catching on quickly among U.S. dairy farmers. Cattle equipped with transponders around their necks decide when and how often they want to be milked, quickly learning to walk up to the closet-sized machine and submit to washing, a laser scan of their bellies and the attachment of mechanical milk cups. The price per unit is steep: up to $250,000. According to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, about 30 farms in New York had installed more than 100 robotic milking machines by early 2014. Top manufacturers include Lely and DeLaval, both based in Europe. IFR reported 5,665 milking robots sold in 2015, up from 5,180 units in 2014. Service robots are also popping up in hotels such as the Botlr unit in select Aloft Hotels in California. Made by Silicon Valley-based Savioke, the Botlr is a three-foot tall cylindrical unit on wheels that carries requested items from the lobby to guest rooms, navigating elevators, guests and cleaning carts at speeds of up to four miles per hour. Hotel staff enter a room number and place the requested item inside the top of the robot (everything from razors to newspapers to phone chargers). The Botlr goes to the guest’s room, and calls the room’s phone number to announce its arrival. The robot’s camera cues the unit when the door opens, which then instructs the Botlr to open the lid to its storage bin to reveal the requested item. Guests can use a touch screen to enter a review of the robot’s performance. Positive reviews result in a robot “dance” before the unit returns to the lobby. In warehousing and logistics, service robots perform brilliantly in selecting, picking and conveying items of merchandise, sending them on their way to be packed for final delivery. Amazon famously acquired Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012, a provider of service robotics for its highly automated warehouses. In a similar fashion, such robots pick components and send them to the factory floor for final assembly. Robotics will eventually be widely incorporated into products that support people with physical limitations, such as wheelchairs and physical rehabilitation equipment. As the aged segment of populations in developed nations continues to balloon, these applications will become more and more prevalent. Virtually all of the world’s advanced economies face massive challenges in the near term from rapidly aging populations, including the U.S., virtually all of Europe and much of Asia, including Japan and China. In Japan, a $5,000 plush, baby seal-shaped robot called Paro has sub-skin sensors that respond to stroking and recognizes voices, providing comfort and companionship to elderly people with dementia.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Medical robots are now prevalent, such as the widely used DaVinci robot that is used in removal of cancerous prostate glands, as well as automated equipment that selects pharmaceuticals in exact quantities in order to fill prescriptions for individual patients. Johnson & Johnson developed an anesthesia-providing robot called Sedasys for patients undergoing colonoscopies. Robots will eventually be helpful in a wide variety of medical areas, and will help to stem the growth of health care costs. One of the more interesting new robots, made by Xenex in Austin, Texas, automatically kills potentially lethal bacteria in vacant hospital rooms between patients, using powerful ultraviolet rays. The costs of infections patients receive while hospitalized is a huge concern, and this is a brilliant use of robotics to effect a solution. Very costly, sophisticated service robots perform tasks that human beings could not do as safely or efficiently. These tasks range from fighting extremely hot fires, deep underwater exploration and other tasks, demolition, removal of explosives and toxic materials, and many types of surveillance. In addition, robots are of growing importance for military and police use, ranging from unmanned aerial drones to combat support robots to surveillance robots. SPOTLIGHT: Google Enters Robotics Starting in late 2013, Google began a buying spree of robotics manufacturers. In December, the internet giant purchased Boston Dynamics, maker of walking and running robots; Redwood Robotics, which manufactures robot arms; and Meka Robotics, a robot head builder. January 2014 saw the $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest Labs, which designs and produces connected home devices such as thermostats. The common denominator in all these purchases is robotics, including the need for robots to collect and analyze data. Google parent company Alphabet, Inc. has also jumped into the development of driverless cars through its Waymo subsidiary. 4)

U.S. Automobile Sales Soar America’s car manufacturers have benefitted greatly in recent years with the rebound in the willingness of Americans to buy cars and light trucks, with 17.55 million during 2016, according to Autodata, up from 17.47 million sold in 2015 and 16.45 million in 2014. At the same time, automobile exports have been very good. For 2016, exports fell for the second straight year to $124.6 billion, compared to $127.4 billion in 2015 and $136.0 billion in 2014, but were still significantly higher than 2010’s $99.1 billion, per the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau. This growth in sales and exports is a huge benefit to domestic makers and foreign-owned plants alike. In addition to plants operated by U.S. brands like Chrysler, Ford and GM, America is home to highly automated, extremely efficient plants owned by foreign companies including Mercedes Benz, Toyota, BMW and Honda.

www.plunkettresearch.com Honda employed more than 25,000 people in the U.S. in 2015 while Toyota employed about 33,000. Several factors are boosting exports. These include wage rates that are lower than in Germany and about on par with Japan, and recently constructed, state of the art factories. 5)

Global Growth in Manufacturing and Trade Requires Investment by Emerging Nations Emerging countries will benefit greatly from growth as they continue to modernize. Markets for goods and services will boom along with rising household income, as well as demand for entertainment, retailing, communications, education, transportation, residential services and health care. The challenge for mature nations is to remain innovative and competitive, using their strong bases of higher education and advanced technologies to create products and services that the developing world will want to purchase in large quantities. Many leading U.S. and European manufacturers, such as GE and Siemens, already have strong efforts in this regard. Although they will certainly evolve and adapt, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and similar offshore work centers will remain moderate-cost, highly competitive providers of services and manufacturing for the near future. Nonetheless, local costs in these countries (especially wages) are rising—eventually, they will rise substantially. At the same time, as their economies grow, their business structures and middle classes will grow as well, and they will offer lucrative markets for exported intellectual property, technologies, certain manufactured goods and high-level services created in the U.S., Europe, Japan and elsewhere. In particular, these emerging nations can be spectacular markets for major brands of consumer goods. While the brands (Gillette, Apple, Starbucks, Nestle, Kleenex, etc.) will be American or European, much of the manufacturing may be done in local markets such as Guangzhou, Mumbai, Jakarta and Manila. Meanwhile, these developing nations face immense challenges prerequisite to substantial future growth, including the need to: • Greatly enhance infrastructure such as roads, highways, railways, airports and electricity networks • Extend and improve public education systems, particularly into the villages • Control pollution and clean up existing environmental damage • Provide access to basic health care services • Create a social safety net that includes unemployment insurance, pension plans and retraining for laid off workers • Foster a healthy level of local consumer demand while evolving from economies highly dependent on exports, to economies with vibrant domestic markets • Provide greater economic opportunities to residents in rural areas • Enhance energy efficiency

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Regional Trade Centers Will Evolve to Boost Manufacturing and Logistics As of 2017, a new agreement was under consideration that would significantly impact global trade. The TransPacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement under negotiation between 11 countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States. If agreed upon, the pact could greatly reduce tariffs between member countries (or eliminate them altogether in some cases). The parties to the TPP feel it would add to their individual strengths as manufacturing and trading nations, help them with economic development and aid job creation. However, membership in the TPP will also impose standards and obligations intended to level the playing field among these nations. The Trump administration opted out of the TPP in 2017. RTAs among nations can be designed to be very complex in order to cover multiple issues. In their simplest form, they cut or eliminate tariffs and other barriers to trade, in order to help manufacturers boost their exports of goods to nations that are members of the agreement. The agreements may also reduce barriers to trade in services, agricultural commodities and other commodities such as timber or minerals. “Free Trade Agreements,” such as NAFTA are focused on reducing nearly all trade restrictions between two or more nations. Trade agreements can be local in nature. In the United States, some manufacturers are reducing their offshore efforts. They have found that it is simply too inefficient to attempt to manage supply chains, engineering or manufacturing centers that are thousands of miles away from their headquarters. For a firm of 100 to 1,000 employees, attempting to send valued managers back and forth to Asia on a continuous basis is exhausting, expensive and inefficient. Local and regional centers of trade and manufacturing may be enhanced as a result. For example, the maquilladores manufacturing centers on the U.S.-Mexico border (where goods move from manufacturing plants in Mexico to distribution or final assembly centers nearby on the U.S. side) have enjoyed very strong growth in recent years. This is partly because of the NAFTA agreement, but also because it is much easier for American firms to deal with plants on the nearby Mexico border. This trend will accelerate, as companies from China, India, Germany, Brazil, Taiwan and Korea make investments or enter into partnerships in their core regions such as the Americas and the EU. For example, Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meat company, has acquired such American meat firms as Pilgrim’s Pride. Just-in-time inventory will be boosted, as some components and finished goods will be produced closer at hand. Personal interaction might grow as well. For instance, services providers would find it easier to visit their most important

www.plunkettresearch.com clients if they are located in nearby concentrations of regional manufacturing and trade. The U.S. and Canada have tremendous potential to benefit from expanding regional trade agreements and activities with Latin America, a region that will enjoy significant growth over the long term. While the size of its population is nowhere near that of Asia’s, the Latin middle class has been expanding at a rapid clip, and, compared to emerging nations in Asia, household income is already relatively high in many Latin nations. This is not to say that the long-distance export of goods and services is a thing of the past—far from it. Such trade will continue to grow. However, over the mid-term we will see this flow become more sophisticated and efficient, and regional trade and manufacturing centers will be a natural evolution, with significant potential to cut shipping costs and create synergies among suppliers and manufacturers located near one another. Global trade, in both goods and services, is expected to grow dramatically between 2015 and 2030. That can only happen if a great deal of innovation is applied at every level of the system, from transportation to finance to engineering and manufacturing. 7)

Introduction to the Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry

› Video Tip For our brief video introduction to the Outsourcing and Offshoring industry, see www.plunkettresearch.com/video/outsourcing. Outsourcing will be an approximately $565.0 billion global industry in 2017, with significant emphasis on three broad areas: 1) logistics, sourcing and distribution services; 2) information technology services, including the creation of software and the management of computer centers; and 3) business process outsourcing (BPO) areas such as call centers, financial transaction processing and human resources management. Offshoring, as opposed to outsourcing, covers such a wide variety of nations, products and practices that it is difficult to put a number on the size of the market. A significant share of offshoring revenue is created by contract manufacturing of electronics, including laptop computers, tablet computers, cellular telephones and items such as iPods. Another major sector in offshoring is contract manufacturing of shoes, apparel and accessories. Contract electronics manufacturing was estimated at $412 billion for 2016 by Plunkett Research. This market has changed dramatically over the past few years, as the demand for personal desktop consumers is weak as consumers more and more tend to use their smartphones as multipurpose devices, such as cameras, game players and music players. However, the growing popularity of internet-connected personal assistants, such as Alexa and Google Home, will help boost manufacturing activity.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Offshore cost savings have become less advantageous, as wages and operating costs have been rising rapidly in the business and manufacturing centers of China and India. Leading offshore services providers, such as IT consulting giant Wipro, have been opening offices and making acquisitions in America and Europe—the locales of some of their leading customers—as these international firms become more global and mature in nature. A large portion of the products manufactured offshore for corporations that are headquartered in the U.S., Canada, Japan and other developed nations are very often intended for sale in offshore markets, rather than at home—a clear indication of globalization at work. For example, Apple’s extremely popular smartphones are manufactured by offshore contract electronics firms in Asia. A large portion of their sales are in Asia itself, where the products are made. There are often advantages to conducting manufacturing close to the business and consumer markets of Asia. In order to consider the “outsourcing” and “offshoring” industry, it is best to define these terms up front, since the words are often used in conjunction and are sometimes used incorrectly: Outsourcing can be defined as the hiring of an outside company to perform a task that would otherwise be performed internally by a company, organization or government agency—generally with the goal of lowering costs and/or streamlining workflow. Outsourcing contracts are often several years in length. Companies that hire outsourced service providers often do so because they prefer to focus on their core strengths while sending more routine tasks outside for others to perform. Other companies replace existing employees with outsourced services in hopes of lowering total costs. Typical outsourced services include the operation of human resources departments, telephone call centers, distribution centers, research needs, computer services, software design and the design and/or engineering of components or end-products. For example, in addition to selling products such as books via its massive online store, Amazon also offers outsourced services. It provides warehousing and shipping services to businesses, large and small, that want to rely on Amazon for handling and shipping their merchandise to end users. Amazon also provides outsourced computer cloud services to firms that do not want to own and operate their own computer servers. Offshoring refers to the tendency among many firms to send both knowledge-based and manufacturing work to third-party firms in other nations. Often, the intent is to take advantage of lower wages and operating costs in such nations as India, Mexico, Hungary, the Philippines and Romania. The choice of a nation for offshore work also may be influenced by factors such as the language and education of the local workforce or the quality of transportation systems and other local infrastructure. For example, China and India are graduating high numbers of technicians, engineers and scientists from their

www.plunkettresearch.com universities—thus enabling these nations to attract massive engineering, research and development contracts. In addition, some nations, such as the Philippines and India, are noted for large numbers of workers skilled in the English language. In many cases, offshoring utilizes less-skilled labor working for low wages in plants that manufacture such items as shoes, apparel and generic computer components. In other cases, offshore manufacturing contracts go to firms in nations that have developed very advanced technology and industrial bases with highly-skilled and educated workers. For example, final manufacturing of laptop computers and other electronics is frequently offshored to very high quality firms in Taiwan and South Korea. In China, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has more than 1 million employees who do contract electronics manufacturing. Captive offshoring is a term used to describe a company-owned offshore operation. For example, IBM and Microsoft each own and operate significant captive research and development centers in China and India. The goals of captive offshoring include greater company control through direct ownership, along with lower operating costs and the ability to utilize highly educated local workforces. IBM first opened a research lab in India in 1998. By 2010, IBM’s headcount in India had grown to more than 80,000, and by 2012, it reached 112,000. As of mid-2015, IBM also had major research centers in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Insourcing refers to situations where an outsourced services provider moves into, and sets up shop in, a client company’s facility. For example, it is common for major companies to sign agreements with IBM Global Services and similar IT outsourcing firms whereby these companies take over and operate a client’s internal computer department. Here’s a non-technology insourcing example: ARAMARK Corporation builds and operates snack bars, employee cafeterias and executive dining rooms within a client company’s facilities. 8)

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing & Offshoring While it may sound simple in principle, the barriers to outsourcing and offshoring can be significant. To begin with, it is politically sensitive. Political candidates sometimes state that companies that practice offshoring are all but evil, under the theory that they are depriving local workers of jobs. Consequently, U.S. and European corporations that use offshored services providers often prefer to keep it quiet. In addition, both offshoring and outsourcing create challenges for corporate management, which may include loss of control, quality issues, lack of flexibility and customer or labor backlash. It is not uncommon for companies to be quite disappointed by their initial efforts to outsource their needs to offshore firms. It’s easy to see that the offshoring boom has been beneficial to major outsourced services and contract manufacturing centers such as India and China. In these

Plunkett Research, Ltd. two nations alone, tens of millions of jobs have been created, and both GDP and the middle class have been growing at enviable rates. However, looking at offshoring from the point of view of the nations where client companies are based, including the U.S., Canada, much of Western Europe and Japan, is a more complex matter that often provokes emotional responses. Let’s start with the displaced worker’s side. For centuries, shifting labor markets have affected entire nations in an economic sense, but the net results drill down to individual workers as well as national treasuries. For example, in the mind of an unemployed, former automotive parts factory worker in Detroit whose job has been offshored to China, his unemployment rate is 100% and the economic effect is disastrous—unless and until the worker can be retrained and reemployed elsewhere at similar pay. From the consumer’s point of view, offshoring leads to substantial benefits in terms of cost savings. If you live in the U.S. and you are having trouble visualizing the benefits of offshoring, trot out to Best Buy and shop for a DVD player—you’ll be able to purchase a high quality machine, made in China, for less than $50. Or go shopping for clothing in a U.S. chain store. Until recently, broad categories of apparel had been falling in retail price in America, on an inflation-adjusted basis, for many years. Most of the apparel manufacturing industry has steadily moved offshore from America, Canada, Europe and other developed nations. For example, the vast majority of running shoes sold in the U.S. are made in China, and a growing portion of apparel sold in America is manufactured at very low cost in Vietnam. Better still, go sign up for cell phone service from Verizon or AT&T. One of the primary reasons they can offer you a multifeatured state-of-the-art smartphone with a color screen for $100 when you promise to subscribe to cellular service for several months, is because the phones are made offshore at very low cost. (In contrast, in 1990, the Motorola FlipPhone, a pioneer in cell phone technology, sold for about $1,000.) While offshoring has been growing rapidly, some companies continue to prefer to manufacture at home due to myriad factors. To begin with, manufacturing offshore may require that a company transfer and entrust patents, trade secrets, technologies and operating methods to thirdparties. This means that a company puts at risk the competitive advantages that enabled it to succeed in the first place. One way to attempt to circumvent this risk is to practice “captive” offshoring—that is, to set up companyowned offices, assembly lines or laboratories in lower-cost nations. However, there are significant costs and challenges involved even in captive foreign plants. To begin with, skilled managers and supervisors must be transferred from the home office to the new offshore facility in order to hire and train local workers. Moving existing employees to offshore locations and developing local talent while navigating foreign government regulators can be daunting at best. Once these hurdles

www.plunkettresearch.com have been toppled, there are still issues of logistics, quality control and transportation of completed goods to final markets. Getting a foreign operation up to acceptable productivity levels is another stiff challenge. The bottom line is that many companies prefer to keep the essential functions, the most highly skilled professionals and the most critical technology-related operations at their home offices. Non-critical, less-confidential tasks may be easier to offshore or outsource. Finally, there is the near-impossibility of offshoring tasks that require significant levels of face-to-face contact with clients and customers. Much of this type of work will always remain at home. For example, consultants need face time with their clients and need to spend time within their clients’ operations and offices. (This is one reason why major consulting firms have opened local offices around the globe.) High-ticket industrial and commercial salespeople also need face time with their customers. Dayto-day work in drafting, design and engineering can be offshored, but the initial concept development, needs analysis, and continuing client communication typically must be done in person. However, no one should underestimate the potential for white-collar and professional jobs to be offshored, perhaps in huge numbers. Then there is the question of the net economic effect of offshoring. In America, for example, it is clear that large numbers of service and manufacturing jobs have been offshored. Where successful, this offshoring saved U.S. companies hundreds of billions of dollars, and many of those cost savings have been passed on to consumers in terms of lower prices. What is less clear is whether or not there are net American benefits from the offshoring trend. Certainly, jobs have been displaced in the U.S. by offshoring. However, it helps to bear in mind that job displacement is continuous, with or without offshoring, and factors other than offshoring may contribute. For example, advancing technologies, including the introduction of music file sharing and the digitization of music in general, have displaced jobs in the recorded music industry. While smartphones and other digital devices that can play music are extremely popular, and they may be manufactured in outsourced, offshore facilities, it would be incorrect to blame the fact that smartphones are manufactured offshore for the general shift in recorded music employment. Another factor to consider is what is called the “complementary” effect of offshoring. For example, U.S.based companies may build or utilize offshore facilities for two purposes. The first may be to use lower-cost offshore workers to manufacture products for sale back home in the U.S. The second, however, will most likely be to gain better access to foreign markets. This means that the U.S.based company has an opportunity to sell its products at high-value prices in the nation, such as China, where they are manufactured, as well as to ship those products at highly competitive prices to markets nearby in Japan, Australia and the UK. In other words, by using offshoring,

Plunkett Research, Ltd. the U.S.-based firm becomes more competitive, both at home and in global markets. (In fact, a large percentage of the products of multinational, U.S.-based firms that are manufactured by overseas subsidiaries are sold in overseas markets, and profits earned in foreign markets make up a very significant portion of the total profits of the largest firms.) Next, in order to manage increased global business and take advantage of growing offshore marketing opportunities, the firm may need to hire additional people for certain tasks back home in its U.S. facilities. This doesn’t eliminate the very real problems faced by workers who may have been laid off in a U.S. factory. It is also true that many services firms based in the U.S., UK and Europe do business on a global basis. For example, IBM, one of the world’s largest sellers of technology services, reports that more than one-half of its employees have worked outside of America since 1993, and it is one of the largest sellers of technology services in India. Meanwhile, a significant number of foreign-owned services providers are setting up U.S. offices, acquiring U.S.-based companies and hiring Americans to work in U.S. facilities, as well as importing foreign nationals to work in America under temporary visas. This has created controversy, as India-based technology services outsourcing firms have been exceptionally aggressive in utilizing H1-B visas to import workers from India. It is easy to argue that this displaces American workers, and the political backlash has been so intense that the practice declined in early 2017. The opening of U.S. offices by foreign services firms relates to the fact that some tasks can’t be done effectively without personal contact with the client. Other tasks are better performed or managed in the nation where they will be utilized. For example, foreign companies are creating large numbers of lucrative industrial sales and customer relations jobs in the U.S. Likewise, many foreign-owned manufacturers operate major plants within the U.S., including virtually every major automobile manufacturer from Toyota to BMW to Mercedes Benz. By 2015, according the Organization for International Investment, 6.1 million people in the U.S., or 5.2% of private sector employment, were employed by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign firms. It is certainly clear that displaced workers in many key industries in the U.S. have found it difficult, often impossible, to replace their former levels of pay and benefits. This is particularly true for people who previously worked in heavy manufacturing industries, such as automobiles and automotive components. Governmentbacked programs that offer retraining and job placement assistance are often insufficient or ineffective. The rapid decline of a domestic industry, or the loss of a large number of local jobs at once, can create significant economic “shocks” that can be difficult to impossible to overcome.

www.plunkettresearch.com While global trade, such as the import of goods produced offshore and the export of domestic goods and services, has long been thought to be generally beneficial to the long-term economy, there is evidence that this may not always be true. U.S. manufacturing employment in 2016 remained nearly 29% below its level of 2000. While rising factory automation is clearly a factor, offshoring is also to blame. A 2016 paper, “The China Shock,” prepared for the National Bureau of Economic Research by labor economists David Autor, David Dorn and Gordon Hanson estimated that the import of goods from China into the U.S. accounted for up to 20% of America’s lost manufacturing jobs during this century, through 2015. Meanwhile, certain practices in the U.S. offices of foreign outsourced computer services companies can create immense controversy. In mid-2015, a great deal of attention was called to major India-based companies regarding their visa and wage practices within America. Certain well known U.S. companies were reported to be laying off hundreds of employees while, at the same time, hiring Indian computer services companies to replace them. At some companies, American employees reported that they were required to train incoming foreign workers on visas who were replacing them. 9)

Nearshoring and Reshoring Keep Operations Closer to Home Nearshoring is a variation on offshoring in which certain business operations, such as software development, or back-office support services, are outsourced to locations that are relatively close to the home country of the client company. Nearshoring aims to achieve results similar to those of offshoring in general (such as labor cost savings), while at the same time taking advantage of the relative proximity of the services provider to maintain outsourced operations in areas that share, for example, cultural heritage, common languages or a common time zone. Nearshored operations can be easier to monitor, since the costs and time involved in travelling to such sites are kept at a minimum, and similar time zones make it easier to communicate. Examples include a firm in the U.K. outsourcing to Eastern Europe, or a U.S. or Canadian corporation outsourcing to Mexico or Latin America. In recent years, offshoring has occurred predominantly by Western companies seeking cheaper labor in countries such as India and China. Nearshoring is shifting work away from those countries to others such as Argentina, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Poland and the Czech Republic. Although wages tend to be higher in these countries than in India, they are still significantly lower that wages paid in the U.S., the UK or Japan. IBM has opened a number of research centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, while Copal Amba (an outsourcing firm that serves financial and corporate clients and was the result of the combination of the former Copal Partners and Amba Research) launched an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina in recent years. Meanwhile, IBM, Microsoft and EY

Plunkett Research, Ltd. (Ernst & Young) opened business centers in Wroclaw, Poland’s fourth largest city. The reasons for selecting these office locations vary. In some cases, the strategy is to be closer to customers in rapidly emerging nations. Meanwhile, some industries are experiencing reshoring, or the practice of moving formerly offshored tasks back to a company’s home country. As wages rise in countries such as China and India, a number of manufacturers are rethinking offshoring, taking into account higher productivity rates among American workers (3.2 to 3.4 times higher than Chinese workers according to Boston Consulting Group) and higher instances of using cost-effective robotics in manufacturing (although Chinese firms are investing very heavily in robotics). A recent survey of 106 manufacturing companies with $1 billion or more in annual sales conducted by Boston Consulting Group found that 37% were planning or considering reshoring. Almost 50% of companies with more than $10 billion in revenue are actively planning or considering it. The consulting firm further forecasted that reshoring could generate between 2 million and 3 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. (Of those jobs, 1 million are expected to come from factory work while the remaining jobs would come from support services including construction, transportation and retail.) A 2016 Deloitte study forecasted that the U.S. will need to fill 3.5 million manufacturing jobs through 2026, which may result in a shortfall of 2 million workers. The Trump administration, along with many local governments and manufacturing associations, are vigorously encouraging an expansion of community-based vocational training and skills-building apprenticeships as a way to solve this workforce need. Another factor fueling reshoring is energy costs, which analysts predict will continue to be lower in the U.S. than in other countries, especially China. Powering factories costs less at home in America than in a number of countries abroad. The current boom in oil and natural gas production (especially the huge finds in shale gas) has led to lower energy costs for many America-based manufacturers. Natural gas costs dramatically less in the U.S. than in most of the rest of the world. PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) estimates that lower American energy prices could result in 1 million additional manufacturing jobs. Savings in energy costs are being augmented by increased manufacturing efficiency. This is due to the growing adoption of robotics, which has seen average equipment prices fall by 40% to 50% since 1990. According to the International Federation of Robotics, annual sales of robots rose 9% between 2005 and 2015 on a global basis (and 25% in China). 3-D printing (additive manufacturing) is another technology that is significantly lowering prototyping and product design costs. Yet another shift that is allowing work to be reshored to the U.S. is new agreements between management and labor unions to cut wages for younger, less experienced

www.plunkettresearch.com workers. At Ford Motor Company, for example, secondtier UAW workers may be hired for considerably lower pay than what older workers are earning, making it possible for Ford to move production of medium-duty trucks from Mexico to Ohio and to add capacity to a Michigan plant. United Technologies Corp. relocated an Otis elevator plant from Nogales, Mexico to Florence, South Carolina in 2012. The company hoped the move will lower freight and logistics costs by 17%, since 70% of its customers in the U.S. and Canada are located east of the Mississippi River. The company also moved all its white-collar elevator design and production workers to the Florence plant, hoping to cut costs by another 20% through collaboration and other efficiencies. Other examples include Caterpillar’s Inc.’s shift of production of small tractors and excavators from a Sagami, Japan plant to Athens, Georgia in 2014 and closing of a construction equipment manufacturing plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico in order to move production to Victoria, Texas in 2015. Reshoring is getting a boost from Wal-Mart, which in late 2013 promised to increase purchases of U.S.-made merchandise by $50 billion over the next decade. While that is only a small fraction of what the retail giant spends annually on merchandise, it is very significant to U.S. companies aiming to supply the stores. For example, plastic smartphone and tablet computer case maker AFC Trident, Inc., which formerly contracted manufacturing out to Shenzhen, China, opened a small factory in Rancho Cucamonga, California to appeal to Wal-Mart and other U.S. retailers. Reshoring is largely an American phenomenon. While Western European companies have offshored to a certain extent (often to Eastern Europe), European labor markets are less flexible and more costly than those in the U.S. Reshoring is unlikely to make any sense from a cost efficiency standpoint. This is not to say that Western companies are abandoning their offshored operations. Most firms that are reshoring are moving a portion of their operations home while maintaining or even expanding their offshored activity. SPOTLIGHT: NAFTA Spurs Manufacturing Surge in Mexico The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in December 1992 by U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. The agreement eliminated tariffs on most goods originating in and traveling between the three member countries. It was approved by the legislatures of the three countries and had become active by January 1994. When it was created, NAFTA formed one of the largest free-trade areas of its kind in the world, which was the basis for a recent boom in Mexico.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. For example, trade between the U.S. and Mexico grew by 506% between 1993 and 2012 (compared to 279% with non-NAFTA countries). American trade with Mexico rose by almost 30% between 2010 and 2014 alone, to $507 billion annually. For 2016, there was $525.1 billion in trade of goods and merchandise between the countries. However, Mexico had the better outcome, as its goods exports to America exceeded its imports from the U.S. by $63.2 billion. Trade growth is expected to continue over the midterm, fueled by Mexico’s relatively young population (between 2000 and 2030, Boston Consulting Group expects the labor force there to grow by 18%, while China’s will fall by 3%). Mexico is home to a variety of advanced manufacturing industries. Automotive production, for example, has catapulted Mexico to be one of the world’s largest exporters of cars. In addition, American-Mexican trade benefits both countries, since roughly 40% of the parts found in goods imported from Mexico to the U.S. were manufactured in America (compared to only 4% for imports from China) according to the Natural Bureau of Economic Research. The Trump administration has promised to review and potentially renegotiate the terms of NAFTA. 10) Upswing in U.S. Apparel and Textile Jobs as Firms Reshore The impact of globalization on the apparel and textiles industry in the U.S. has been devastating. Especially hard hit are the southern states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, where apparel and textiles were historically a major economic mainstay. According to the Department of Labor, the total number of workers in U.S. textile mills fell from 332,900 in 2001 to 115,000 in 2016. (A large number of these displaced workers became employed at automobile manufacturing plants recently constructed in the Southeastern U.S. by foreign firms such as Toyota and BMW.) The American Apparel and Footwear Association reported that in 1991, Americanmade apparel accounted for 56.2% of all clothing purchased in the U.S. In 2013, it was down to less than 3%. However, shifts in global trade are slowly bringing textile jobs back to the U.S. from other countries such as China and India. A small number of foreign textile manufacturers, frustrated by tariffs and rising wages, are moving production to the U.S. South. For example, Keer Group Co., a yarn manufacturer based in China’s Zhejiang province, invested $218 million in a new factory in Lancaster County, North Carolina. The plant created 500 new jobs. Indian yarn maker ShriVallabh Pittie Group is spending $70 million to build a mill in Sylvania, Georgia which will create 250 jobs. Such mills are very large users of energy. Not only are these companies taking advantage of comparatively cheap energy costs (thanks to natural gas from shale and steeply reduced oil prices in 2015-17), finished yarn can easily be shipped from the U.S. to

www.plunkettresearch.com Central America, where it will be made into finished clothes which can be sold duty-free in the U.S. U.S. textile plants may be experiencing a rebirth, but they are very different than the plants of the 1980s and 1990s. Today’s mills are largely automated, employing far fewer workers and costing far less to operate. At the same time, the nature of the jobs has evolved. Workers in these modern plants need excellent computer skills. While the employee count is dramatically lower, those employees are able to earn better wages than they were in the past. U.S. textile and apparel exports are substantial. In 2014, exports reached $24.4 billion, up from $22.38 billion in 2011. Exports for 2015 fell slightly to $23.7 billion, and in 2016 fell further to $22.2 billion. American manufacturing affords U.S. companies far cheaper transportation costs than outsourcing overseas, management is easier and turnaround time is faster. This is all part of a trend known as reshoring. A small number of apparel firms are once again choosing to have their manufacturing done in the U.S., rather than send it abroad. One such company is Boathouse Sports, an athletic apparel company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. cut and sew plants offer the ability to deliver goods quickly to American customers. Contract Sew & Repair of Kent, Washington, provides sewing services to lululemon athletica, Nordstrom and Tommy Bahama. This is not to say that there will be a rush of new employment in the U.S. apparel industry. Instead, a growing and select group of apparel retailers and designers see the advantages of making goods at home. For example, Brooks Brothers, a leading retailer in fine men’s and women’s clothing across the U.S., purchased a plant in Haverhill, Massachusetts where it manufactures suits. Employment at the plant totals about 500 people. 11) Wage Rise Slows in China/Vietnam and Other Countries Gain Manufacturing Market Share Rapid advances in Chinese wages are changing the global manufacturing landscape. Wages have been rising by 10% to 18% annually for several years. For 2017, ECA International forecasted wage growth to slow to 7% (which includes an inflation rate of 2.3%). In addition to wages, manufacturing workers often receive factory-provided housing and meals. Official minimum wage rates vary by region in China. As wages increased in China, manufacturing is logically moving to nations with lower cost bases. Vietnam, especially, is reaping the rewards of its cheap labor. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that exports of apparel and non-apparel textiles to the U.S. from Vietnam rose significantly from 2015 to 2016. For apparel exports, Vietnam saw growth from $11.29 billion in 2015 to $11.32 billion in 2016. Over many years, China was forced to improve the quality of its goods in order to stay competitive. Since many developing nations are capable of providing low-cost

Plunkett Research, Ltd. apparel manufacturing of reasonable quality, China needed to move ahead in terms of overall quality and efficiency in order to maintain a competitive advantage. Manufacturing trends in China evolved somewhat like they did in postWorld War II Japan. In the 1950s and 1960s, Japan was seen as a very low cost producer of goods that were generally poor in quality. However, as Japan’s post-war industrial giants gained engineering prowess and a greater understanding of global consumer markets, Japanese quality (and consumers’ awareness of that quality) began to rise steadily. In fact, in many respects Japan is now a world leader in producing goods of the highest quality. Watch for the Chinese manufacture of all manner of goods to evolve from among the world’s cheapest to become eventually some of the world’s best. This is already happening in telecommunications equipment, aerospace, biotech, automobiles and certain other goods. China is one of the world’s top nations in terms of annual investment in factory automation and robotics—key equipment for the manufacture of advanced technology goods. China faces a significant problem in that its labor force is expected to shrink by 67 million workers from 2010 to 2030 according to United Nations projections. Not only does this mean that productivity will fall, but a smaller population equals less demand for goods and services, further hindering GDP. India has been reaping the expected rewards of free markets in apparel and textiles. After the expiration of the MFA agreement, Indian apparel and textile exports posted steady growth. Africa is also seeing increases in textile factory work, as wages are far cheaper there. In Ethiopia, for example, the garment sector’s minimum wage is about one-third that of Bangladesh. Major clothing manufacturers that are sourcing in Africa include VF, and PVH Corp., parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., J.C. Penney Co. and Levi Strauss & Co. are sourcing in sub-Saharan Africa. The apparel and textiles industry has long been ruled by complex import and export agreements that limit the volume of particular garments (such as t-shirts, pants and sweaters) and textiles (such as yarns and fabrics) that may be exported to specific markets around the world. In an effort to safeguard domestic production, the United States, Canada and several additional countries now part of the European Union established the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) in 1973. Under the provisions of the agreement, a quota system was put in place that established the maximum numbers of products produced in developing countries that could be legally exported to MFA member countries. These amounts differed from country to country and were based on historic purchasing patterns. Internet Research Tip: For in-depth explanation of the Multifiber Agreement and subsequent treaties, see the World Trade Organization’s “Textiles Monitoring Body” page at www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/texti_e/texintro_e.htm

www.plunkettresearch.com By the mid-1990s, many factors, including global demand for cheaper goods and political pressures for free trade, brought about the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. This agreement defined a 10-year phase-out of the MFA quotas, finalizing on January 1, 2005, after which all WTO member countries were to have virtually unrestricted access to U.S., Canadian and European markets. The abolition of these quotas had a marked effect, particularly in apparel and textiles exported from China. Chinese apparel manufacturing grew at a very rapid rate for years. This apparel is eventually sold under thousands of leading brand names worldwide, although it was manufactured by firms in China that may be completely unknown to consumers. For many years, there was remarkable growth in Chinese exports. For example, the U.S. imported $43.2 billion in apparel and textiles alone from China in 2015, compared to $41.8 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. However, in 2016, Chinese exports to the U.S. fell to $38.5 billion. In late 2015, a new agreement was hammered out that would significantly impact global trade. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed free trade agreement between 11 countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Japan was admitted to the talks in 2013. The pact could greatly reduce tariffs between member countries (or eliminate them altogether in some cases). However, the text of the agreement must be signed and ratified by all parties, which is a complicated undertaking and may never happen. (The U.S. pulled out of the negotiations in 2017.) Some Chinese apparel manufacturing companies have been laying off workers and moving labor-intensive manufacturing to countries such as Bangladesh, Nigeria and Cambodia, the very countries that many economists predicted would suffer when some global quotas were lifted in early 2005. Chinese firms are benefitting from lower operating costs in those nations, particularly for labor and real estate. SPOTLIGHT: Garment Factory Automation While many industries are automating, with robots replacing workers in factories, the garment industry has been somewhat protected by the complexity of cutting and sewing. The work has remained in the hands of millions of factory workers around the world. However, Steve Dickerson, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the founder of a startup called SoftWear Automation, built and patented a robotic sewing machine in 2012. The machine uses high-speed photography that captures up to 1,000 frames per second to track material as it is sewn. Software analyzes the photographs fast enough to make tiny adjustments necessary to switch positions when necessary and even feed fabric into the sewing machine when needed.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. A materials-handling system called LOWRY was developed to pick up pieces of fabric and move them to other machines for button holes, zippers or related finishing tasks. SoftWear Automation’s SEWBOTS automated systems became available in late 2016. 12) The Vast Majority of Shoes Sold in the U.S. Are Made Elsewhere U.S. retail stores specializing in shoes sold $34.9 billion in goods during 2016, up from $34.1 billion in 2015, per U.S. Census Bureau reports. (This number does not include the massive number of shoes sold in department stores, in sporting goods stores and on internet sites like Zappos, which sells more than $1 billion yearly by itself.) According to the American Apparel & Footwear Association (www.apparelandfootwear.org), Americans purchase more than 2.2 billion pairs of shoes yearly. About 98% of those shoes are imported, and China is one of the most important sources. (However, as wages and other costs are rising in China, manufacturing is starting to migrate to lower cost nations such as Vietnam and Cambodia.) Major Chinese shoe manufacturers include Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd., Li Ning Co. Ltd. and Belle International Holdings Ltd. While a handful of manufacturers, such as AllenEdmonds (a high-end maker of men’s shoes), are able to maintain factories in the U.S., domestic manufacturing is all but dead. Another exception is New Balance. This maker of high-end running and athletic shoes operates five factories in the U.S. While New Balance gets much of its inventory from overseas factories, the firm has taken an interesting position with its manufacturing philosophy. It is the only major running shoe brand that continues to operate plants in the U.S., while its major competitors, such as Nike and Reebok, get most or all of their shoes from Asia. 13) 3-D Printing and Robotics Revolutionize Manufacture of Shoes and Fabrics With the advent of 3-D printers, advanced software and robots in factories, shoes and clothing can be made more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Nike launched a revolutionary new running shoe called the Flyknit in February 2013. The 5.6-ounce, high tech shoe is made from synthetic yarn, using a machine that knits together the upper part of the shoe, which is then attached to the sole. This process not only produces a lighterweight shoe (which running enthusiasts have long awaited) with less manufacturing waste, the Flyknit requires far less labor since it has 35 fewer pieces to assemble than comparable shoes. The savings may make it possible for Nike to have the Flyknit manufactured in the U.S. While still more expensive than production overseas, the company will spend less on shipping and fulfill orders more quickly to meet demand.

www.plunkettresearch.com Meanwhile, Feetz (feetz.com), a startup shoe manufacturer in San Diego, California, makes custom shoes using robots and 3-D printers. Customers download an app that analyzes three pictures of each foot, photographed via smartphone to create a virtual model as part of the company’s trademarked SizeMe ID. Shoe styles can be selected or self-designed. Robots custom size and 3-D print the shoes. The process, including shipping, takes about two weeks (12 hours to produce the shoes. Adidas, the German shoe and athletic apparel manufacturer, is building a new facility called Speedfactory in the town of Anspach, Germany with robots and 3-D printers. Completion is expected in mid2017, with an eventual capacity of 500,000 pairs of athletic shoes per year. Adidas is building a similar facility near Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Carbon, Inc. (www.carbon3d.com) is a 3-D printer manufacturer in California that was making athletic shoe soles for Adidas as of 2017. Carbon’s process employs a technology called digital light synthesis, which uses software to control chemical reactions, resulting in the “growth” of parts based on liquid polymers. The technology produces 12 classes of materials including heat-resistant cyanate ester for use in automotive and aerospace parts and elastomers that are used in shoes. SPOTLIGHT: The Epson Monna Lisa Digital Inkjet Textile Printer In February 2017, Epson launched an ambitious new textile printer during New York Fashion Week. The result of Epson’s earlier acquisition of Italian printer manufacturer Robustelli, the Monna Lisa uses heat to transfer computer-generated designs with pinpoint accuracy and vivid colors onto polyester-based fabrics. Other benefits include vastly reduced use of water and energy during manufacturing, along with an unlimited range of colors and gradations, thanks to inks developed especially for this process. The completion speed is a fraction of the time traditionally necessary to complete the design-to factory-to completed fabric cycle. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpNkTZl2ZU for a video on the Monna Lisa printer story. 14) Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) Adds Value to Contract Electronics Manufacturing One of the hottest growth areas in manufacturing over the past twenty years has been contract electronics manufacturing, that is, the manufacture by third-party firms of electronic goods ranging from smartphones to computer components to complete PCs and laptop computers. Some of the world’s largest manufacturers are in this category, such as China’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. This industry is sometimes referred to as “Electronic Contract Manufacturing (ECM)” or “Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS)”. The

Plunkett Research, Ltd. popularity of consumer electronics and wireless devices worldwide fueled this growth. This growth in contract manufacturing has been part of a steady, long-term evolution from traditional, in-house manufacturing. For many years, the world of manufacturing has been acquainted with the concept of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). An OEM is a company that manufactures a component (or sometimes a completed product) for sale to a company that will integrate that component into a final product or assembly. For example, a personal computer made under a brand name by a given company may contain various components, such as hard drives, graphics cards, chips or speakers, manufactured by several different OEM “vendors,” but the firm doing the final assembly/manufacturing process is the final manufacturer and the owner of the brand name. Today, however, engineering and R&D also enter the picture, as many OEMs are evolving into “original design manufacturers” (ODMs): contract manufacturers that offer complete, end-to-end design, engineering and manufacturing services. ODMs, in close collaboration with their clients, design and build components or products, such as consumer electronics, that client companies can then brand and sell as their own. ODMs are the ultimate result of the convergence of several trends at once, including offshoring, globalization, value-added services, contract manufacturing, outsourcing and design collaboration via the internet. Savvy managers began to see that they could differentiate themselves by becoming more than mere manufacturers. After all, manufacturing services alone can be commoditized—that is, they can become common services offered by a large number of firms at increasingly competitive prices. However, when manufacturers combine the ability to offer complete engineering, design and manufacturing in one turnkey deal, it’s a new story. This collaboration with the client on the design and engineering of products also gives the contract manufacturer a chance to build a deeper relationship with the client. Thus, ODM was born. ODM services can be particularly effective in nations that are noted for having an experienced technical talent pool. An example is Taiwan’s expertise in personal computers, where such firms as Quanta Computer, Inc., Compal Electronics, Inc. and Inventec Corporation are known to be world-leading laptop designers and manufacturers for clients that sell under name brands. Other examples include India’s expertise in chips and Israel’s expertise in optical communications equipment. ODM has also been highly effective in the automobile and passenger aircraft manufacturing industries. To a rapidly growing extent, carmakers are relying on their suppliers to perform the design, engineering and manufacturing of everything from transmissions to dashboard assemblies. The same holds true in the aircraft business. To a large degree, Boeing and Airbus are conducting final assembly of components manufactured

www.plunkettresearch.com (and in many cases designed and engineered) by their suppliers. The fact that components used in transportation equipment can be heavy and bulky doesn’t mean that ODMs in these sectors have to be close to home. In fact, components for Boeing’s new 787 are being made as far away as Japan, and automobile components are often manufactured in China for use in U.S. automotive plants. (It is worth noting here that the phrase OEM has evolved to have a second meaning in addition to its traditional definition. A firm that buys a component and then incorporates it into a final product, or buys a completed product and then resells it under the firm’s own brand name, is sometimes called an OEM. This confusing usage is most often found in the computer industry, where OEM is sometimes used as a verb. For example, a company executive describing his firm’s strategy for the manufacture of a new tablet computer might say “we’re going to OEM it.”) 15) 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing), Rapid Prototyping and Computer Aided Design The news for automated design and engineering tools is excellent, and many firms that manufacture such tools are enjoying booming business. Advances in CAD (computer-aided design) and CAE (computer-aided engineering) hybrids are revolutionizing the way in which new designs are tested and enhanced. The combination of disciplines creates virtual prototypes on computers that make R&D faster and more efficient than ever before. One of these automation tools, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), checks a computer-generated model for flaws. It analyzes how the model would react to extremes in heat, vibration and pressure by breaking it down into small pieces or cells in a three-dimensional grid. The computer applies simulated stimuli to one cell in the model and then tracks the response of that cell and those that surround it. The results often keep a flawed design from progressing to production and distribution. The next big thing to define automated R&D was Design of Experiments (DOE). This statistical technology helps researchers program FEA to concentrate on particularly vulnerable areas, rather than running thousands of scans on all parts of a model, which may not be necessary. Another stride in automation is behavioral modeling, a software application that forms the results found by the combination of FEA and DOE into family trees of causeand-effect scenarios. Major variables such as model size and power are represented by large limbs, which branch out into scenarios showing how those variables react to different situations. The process allows researchers to isolate deal-breaking problems early on and pinpoint exact circumstances in which problems will likely occur. Industries adopting this new technology include automotive manufacturing, aerospace and shipyards. Rapid prototyping via additive manufacturing (sometimes referred to as 3-D printing since the

Plunkett Research, Ltd. technology is somewhat like inkjet printing) is helping to boost the results of design engineers. There are numerous companies, both large and small, that offer additive manufacturing equipment and related services. For example, U.S. firm Stratasys (www.stratasys.com) offers industrial additive printers. Other major 3-D printer manufacturers include 3-D Systems Corp. (www.3dsystems.com), EOS GmbH (www.eos.info/en), Mcor Technologies Ltd. (mcortechnologies.com) and EnvisionTEC GmbH (envisiontec.com). Gartner reported that global 3-D printer revenue reached $1.5 billion in 2015. By 2017, the firm expects revenue to rise to $3.97 billion. The use of additive manufacturing technology is evolving. To begin with, a small number of manufacturers are now using additive printers (sometimes called “fabs”) as small factories, churning out customized, finished products one at a time. Today, these mini-manufacturing plants can create complicated parts or machinery one piece at a time, using this inkjet-like technology to fabricate on the fly. Also, the type of material utilized has improved. Today these systems use materials such as ceramic powders or metal powders as well as plastics in order to deposit exacting layers that create a final model or product. Eventually, nanotechnology may intersect with advanced additive printers for the manufacture of exacting components from nanocarbons. The better, industrial quality additive printers generally cost $10,000 and up, but the price of high quality models suitable for small businesses and hobbyists, such as MakerBot, had dropped to $1,400 by 2015. Rolls-Royce completed a process that uses 3-D printing to build the front bearing housing of its Trent XWV-97 engines in 2015. The process uses a beam of electrons to melt layers of powdered alloy, which then solidifies to create the housings. Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB-97 engine, which is capable of 97,000 pounds of thrust, was successfully used to power an extra-widebodied A350 XWB in late 2015. Similar technology was used by researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia to build a small engine in its entirety using a laser instead of an electron beam. GE is looking to additive manufacturing to produce more than 85,000 fuel nozzles for its Leap jet engines, a giant leap in capacity from current 3D printers. The company invested substantially in enhancements to its aerospace supply division, and had its nozzle production up and running by 2015. That was only the beginning for GE and its focus on 3-D printing. In September 2016, the company announced plans to acquire Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group, two of the world’s leading producers of 3-D printing machines. After the SLM offer was denied by shareholders, the company then acquired Germany’s Concept Laser GmbH for $599 million. GE estimates that these acquisitions could save $3 billion to $5 billion in annual manufacturing costs, particularly in jet engine manufacturing. Additive designs helped GE eliminate 845 parts from its new turboprop engine (thereby significantly

www.plunkettresearch.com cutting the engine’s weight) which is expected to launch in 2018. GE opened a $40 million, 125,000-square-foot Center for Additive Technology Enhancement near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2016, which uses 3-D printers extensively. As of 2016, the big news in 3D printing was increased speed. Startup company Carbon3D, Inc. uses a technology in which printers project light continuously through a pool of resin. Objects gradually solidify onto an overhead platform that lifts them from the resin until fully formed. The results are similar to those made by conventional injection molds and take a fraction of the time used by other printing methods. Carbon3D’s M1 printer is internet-connected and uses software and sensors to quickly form prototypes and production parts in low volumes. Meanwhile, HP, Inc. is working on two new 3-D printers that promise high-volume production at speeds up to 10 times faster than competing units. Tens of thousands of free, downloadable product, toy and gadget designs that hobbyists can use to turn out items on their home 3D printers can be found on the internet. Leading firms in this sector include 3D Systems (formerly Z Corporation) in the U.S., Shapeways in The Netherlands and Germany’s EOS, in addition to Stratasys (the owner of the Objet and Fortus brands). One area with particularly exciting promise is the creation of custom medical devices, such as joint replacements, via additive printing. For example, Integra LifeSciences (www.integralife.com) uses additive technology to manufacture ceramic bone substitutes for use by orthopedic surgeons. In fact, medical applications are among the fastest growing use of this technology. Researchers at Princeton University used 3D printing to create a bionic ear in late 2013, while University of Cambridge scientists printed retinal cells to create complex eye tissue. In dentistry, this includes dentures, dental bridges and dental crowns. Commercial applications have been designed that create these items using digital scans of a patient’s mouth that is read by special 3D printers. Likewise, today’s advanced hearing aids, so small that they fit within a patient’s ear, must be manufactured on a personalized basis—a perfect market for 3D printing. Additive printing is already appearing at bargain prices for use in the home by hobbyists, or for use in small engineering and design offices. 3D Systems (www.3dsystems.com) acquired Desktop Factory to offer printers at modest prices that are small enough to sit on a desktop. The machines can fabricate design models and custom prototypes. Meanwhile, NextEngine (www.nextengine.com) makes a 3-D desktop scanner that can perform a high definition scan of a three-dimensional object and then create a digital file of that scan. The file can then be used to generate a duplicate of the object in an additive printer. For industrial purposes, additive manufacturing is truly a revolutionary technology, as engineers can quickly, and at low cost, hold a prototype in their hands that formerly would have been built slowly by hand or in a

Plunkett Research, Ltd. machine shop at high cost. More recently, the technology has evolved to the point that some types of final products, particularly those that formerly required complex machining, or those requiring customization or personalization, will soon commonly be manufactured with additive methods. Additive manufacturing also has important implications for products and components that might best be manufactured on an as-needed (“just-in-time”) basis in locations near the end-user. This could save valuable time and shipping costs, and avoid delays in final assembly of complex products. However, as additive manufacturing is a robotic, software-driven type of manufacturing, it is not likely to lead to a lot of new jobs on the factory floor. 16) 3PL Logistics Services and Supply Chain Management Services The challenges faced by supply chains are multifaceted: coordinating the arrival of supplies in factories; bringing together all the necessary parts and assembling them into consumer-ready products; as well as distributing finished products across oceans, highways and airways to arrive in the correct locations in the right quantities, colors and styles to satisfy consumer demand. All of this must be done at the lowest possible cost. Compounded by delays and mistakes that can be made along the way due to bad weather, communication breakdowns, accidents, strikes, customs inspections or simple human error, some challenges can quickly become catastrophes. In order to prevent mishaps and manage day-to-day supply issues, companies hire supply chain managers and utilize advanced data systems. In many cases, supply chain services are outsourced altogether. Third-party logistics companies (known as 3PLs) have assumed a vital role in the supply chain to the extent that 3PL services have been one of the fastest growing of all business sectors. 3PL firms provide, on an outsourced basis, a seamless link between suppliers and freight services on the providers’ end (the firms selling parts or components to the client), along with inventory management, warehousing and distribution on the client’s end (the client is typically the final manufacturer or assembler of a product). On a more basic level, logistics services are sometimes defined as tasks added onto regular transportation activities, including freight forwarding, which is the handling of freight from one form of transport to another. Within logistics, the transportation managers determine the most viable mode of transport (by train, truck, boat, plane or a combination thereof). Warehouses offering special services store the inventory of client companies and ship the stock out on an as-needed basis. Supply chain management (SCM) software tracks and/or allows communication between the different parts of the logistic services and the entire supply chain. Many freight and parcel shipping companies have created subsidiaries in the 3PL sector to provide their customers with turnkey logistics services. Deutsche Post

www.plunkettresearch.com AG (the owner of DHL), UPS and FedEx have all made logistics acquisitions as they battle for market share. DHL Worldwide Network, one of the largest providers of logistics services in the world, made several strategic acquisitions in order to offer domestic and international supply chain management from beginning to end, with services including freight forwarding, warehouse management, transportation planning and information technology. However, the industry has not consolidated to the point where there is no longer room for small or startup companies. Many regional or specific-service specialists have found a great deal of success in their own niche markets. The rapid growth of 3PL is a global phenomenon. In China, for example, UPS, FedEx and DHL all maintain extensive 3PL networks throughout the country. In fact, as the world’s reliance on Chinese manufacturers expanded, 3PL service operators enjoyed booming business. UPS, FedEx and DHL are offering supply chain management services for foreign companies that purchase large quantities of Chinese goods. Competition among the carriers in the Chinese market is fierce. SPOTLIGHT: Supply Chain Evolution in the Global Apparel Industry The global apparel industry faces unique challenges in logistics, sales forecasting and manufacturing. For one thing, logistics software must be able to account for the incredible variety that is found in textile goods, such as weave, fiber, color, texture, quality, style and size. Many early efforts to implement data systems met with failure. Another factor that compounded the problem was the mercilessly fickle demand found in apparel consumers worldwide. Consumers might create demand for a particular shirt one week, for example, and then just as quickly abandon that fashion. This makes it difficult for manufacturers and retailers to maintain the correct amount of stock. Some trendy garments in lower price categories might be sold for only a few weeks at full price, then at 30% to 40% discounts, and after that the price can plummet to a discount of 70%. Today, advances in computer software and improved models for manufacturing and supply have advanced to foster a high level of efficiency in the apparel industry. Major improvements have aided faster time-to-market so that retailers can turn over new fashions as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, manufacturers and distributors are working more closely with retailers in order to monitor and react to demand with greater speed and efficiency. It is now common to see garments move from the factory floor in China to the retail rack in America in 30 to 45 days.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. A leader in quick apparel turnaround is Zara, an international retailer owned by Spanish textile conglomerate Inditex Group. Zara takes no more than five weeks to get new designs into stores from its manufacturing facilities. While it does buy some clothing and materials from Asia (usually unfinished), about onehalf its merchandise is manufactured in-house at its central facilities in Spain. Finished pieces are delivered by truck to European outlets and by air to stores in other parts of the world. Taking logistics to a new level, Amazon.com is cutting out an expensive and time consuming step in fulfillment by placing staff directly into some of its major suppliers’ warehouses. At Proctor & Gamble (P&G), for example, an area within P&G’s main distribution center is set aside strictly for Amazon orders, where Amazon employees box, label and ship items directly to customers. Amazon calls the practice Vendor Flex. This practice eliminates the need to ship the products first to Amazon’s own facilities and then on to Amazon’s end customers. It allows Amazon to better compete with discount stores by cutting prices, and affords the online retail giant the ability to sell household staples such as diapers and paper goods which would otherwise be too cheap or bulky to justify the costs of intermediate shipping and warehousing. Even better, Amazon can schedule regular shipments so customers never run out of necessary items. However, competing retailers are complaining. It remains to be seen whether or not this type of logistics practice becomes widely popular. Amazon is also joining other retailers in using crowdsourced delivery options, meaning contract laborers such as Instacart, Inc., Uber Technologies and Deliv, Inc. Using these kinds of services, retailers such as Amazon, eBay and Wal-Mart can offer same-day delivery in some markets. Amazon has also experimented with bike messengers for its Prime Now one-hour delivery services and made deals with outside delivery firms for its sameday Fresh grocery service. Delivery services can set themselves apart from competitors if they offer additional options such as installation and/or setup in addition to delivery. Called “white glove” service, this is usually offered when working with large items such as mattresses and beds, furniture, appliances and electronics. Major white glove service providers include XPO Logistics, Inc., Pilot Freight Services and Fidelitone Last Mile, Inc. 17) Manufacturers Focus on High Performance Plastics and Specialty Chemicals Specialty chemicals are designed to have specific properties that can be applied to particular needs. These chemicals can generally be categorized in a handful of segments, including: cleansers (for both household and industrial use), construction chemicals (such as adhesives), chemicals for electronics (chemicals used in the production

www.plunkettresearch.com of integrated circuit boards), pesticides (for agricultural, residential and commercial use) and specialty polymers (such as high performance plastics). The specialty chemicals market is difficult to serve. It typically requires a significant investment in research and development to enter this sector, while input costs can be high thanks to fluctuating crude oil prices. Once a manufacturer has developed a specialty chemical to the point that it is ready for commercial use, a significant marketing effort may be required to create demand for the new product. Meanwhile, more competitors have entered this specialty market, attracted by the potential to earn higher profit margins than they might earn on basic chemicals. The end customer for specialty chemicals is changing as well. Some buyers of specialty chemicals have engineered ways to alter their manufacturing methods so that they rely less and less on costly specialty items, and more on basic chemical feed stocks. These trends have encouraged specialty chemicals firms to focus on niche areas and certain growing markets. An excellent example is chemical giant Solvay’s purchase of France-based Rhodia. Rhodia serves a wide variety of markets with excellent potential growth, as it makes specialty chemicals for use in water treatment and cosmetics, among other sectors. Any sector that serves the rapidly growing middle classes in emerging nations looks particularly appealing to firms considering acquisitions. Firms that manufacture performance plastics (sometimes called “high performance” plastics) often follow the same sort of long term strategy as those that make specialty chemicals. Performance plastics are those that maintain their strength and other desired properties during events such as changes in temperature, electrical stress and chemical exposure. They are carefully engineered to serve particular niche markets. Plastics offer unique advantages over many metals such as aluminum, steel or titanium. For example, plastics are less expensive, will not rust and are very light in weight. Many plastics are also relatively easy to recycle. When a manufacturer is able to engineer a plastic so that it has a high strength-to-weight ratio, along with heat tolerance or tolerance to other stresses, then demand for that plastic may be very high. As a result, many industries are switching from metals to plastics for many components. These industries include automobiles, medical technology, construction, electronic products and aerospace, among others. For example, the aerospace industry relies on high performance plastics for aircraft windows and windshields. Airplanes also include many plastic cabin components— often engineered to have very high strength, low weight and fire resistance. The electronics industry relies heavily on performance plastics also, for everything from components in computer printers to fluid handling systems in the ultra-clean plants that fabricate semiconductors. Performance plastics are also proving themselves as a partial solution to today’s need to conserve fuels and electricity. The automotive industry is relying to a large

Plunkett Research, Ltd. extent on highly engineered plastics in order to save weight, which helps to conserve fuel. Likewise, the construction industry is learning new ways to use advanced plastics for insulation, windows, adhesives and many other functions within buildings. 18) Refineries Along with Chemicals and Plastics Plants Invest Heavily in U.S./Take Advantage of Shale Natural Gas The soaring output of both crude oil and natural gas from U.S. fields is having a profound effect on American industry in many ways. One of the most obvious changes is the immense amount of investment and construction underway in the petrochemicals industry-intense Gulf Coast region. Refineries: U.S. refineries have modernized and expanded to a massive degree over recent years. The last time a new refinery was opened in America was 1976. That’s not to say that refining capacity hasn’t changed—in fact, while many refineries have closed, the 140 remaining operable refineries have added significant capacity. With the boom in shale oil, total capacity at U.S. refineries has been growing steadily thanks to investments made at existing plants. U.S. refinery capacity was 18.62 million barrels per day as of early 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell recently spent $10 billion to double the size of the Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The refinery has a 600,000 barrel per day capacity, making it the largest refinery in America as of 2015. The expanded production capacity enables the refinery to produce 23 million gallons daily of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. Marathon Petroleum Corp invested $3.9 billion to upgrade and expand its Garyville, Louisiana refinery. Eventually, output there may be expanded to 522,000 barrels per day. ExxonMobil plans to further increase the capacity of its Beaumont, Texas plant to 400,000 barrels per day, up from the current 345,000. Construction is expected to be complete in 2018. However, the precipitous drop in oil prices starting in 2014 is having an impact on the expansion of certain types of plants. In early 2015, Sasol, Ltd. announced the cancellation of a planned $11 billion project near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Meanwhile, massive investments are being made in new petrochemical and refinery plants in China, the Middle East and India. Saudi Arabia has vastly increased the size of its petrochemicals facilities. Reliance Industries Ltd. invested $6 billion to double its Jamnagar refinery near the Pakistani border, which is now producing at full capacity of 580,000 barrels per day. A significant share of new refinery construction is in Asia and the Middle East, in nations such as China, India, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and Kuwait. One of the leaders in the investment in new refineries is Saudi Aramco.

www.plunkettresearch.com As new refineries come on line, capacity will increase significantly. Over the long term, a trend toward smaller, more efficient automobiles will also have a strong effect on U.S. gasoline consumption. Eventually, a large number of cars may be gasoline/electric hybrids or plug-in electric vehicles, and a significant portion of the truck fleet may run on natural gas. However, the drop in oil prices starting in 2014 may keep larger, gas-guzzling cars and trucks on the road for a longer period than originally expected. Chemicals and Plastics: Massive natural gas finds in the U.S. in recent years have sent prices plummeting. As a result, the U.S. has become one of the world’s most profitable places to manufacture plastics and fertilizer, both of which use natural gas as a feedstock and as an energy source. U.S. prices for natural gas peaked in 2008 at $12 per million BTUs, but dropped, as of July 2017, to $2.88 per million BTUs. The U.S. Department of Energy forecasts that U.S. natural gas production from shale could grow from 2 trillion cubic feet yearly in 2008 to more than 16 trillion cubic feet by 2040. However, such growth will depend greatly on whether or not the market price for gas will justify the required investments. SPOTLIGHT: Shale Gas Ignites Petrochemicals Boom Along the U.S. Gulf Coast Low gas prices are attracting massive investment in new processing plants, especially in the Gulf Coast region. As of mid-2017, the Chemistry Council reported 310 new U.S. petrochemical projects in the works, largely due to the enormous output of America’s shale gas fields. The American Chemistry Council estimates the new activity will add $294 billion to the U.S. economy and 462,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2025. U.S. exports of chemicals will soar. ExxonMobil announced a new, $9.3 billion petrochemical complex near Corpus Christi, Texas to be built in partnership with Saudi Basic Industries Corp. With completion expected in 2021, the plant will have a capacity of 1.8 million metric tons per year of ethylene. 19) Computer and Smartphone Markets in India and China Targeted by Manufacturers/Domestic Manufacturing and Investment Grow By the end of 2016, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported that there were more than 3.5 billion fast internet users worldwide. Many computer manufacturers are looking to sell to the next 1 billion, who are likely to be in Africa, Indonesia and other developing nations. The growth of the middle classes in those countries points to an increasingly important consumer and business market. An early 2015 report from Internet.org estimated that only 40% of the world’s population had ever gone online. Smartphone sales in China are rapidly changing the market. In 2015, China-based manufacturer Huawei Technologies became the first Chinese mobile handset maker to ship more than 100 million units in one year.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Huawei’s 108 million units shipped represented soaring growth of 44% over the previous year. China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC) reports that 656 Chinese were using smartphones by 2016. PC manufacturers in the Asia Pacific region include China’s Lenovo Group, Inc. Intel is spending $1 billion in a five-year project to improve internet access, as well as educating teachers and students in computer use, in India, China and other developing countries. Intel has already trained hundreds of thousands of teachers in China and India on PC and internet use. In India, a leading domestic smartphone manufacturer is Micromax. China-based Coolpad in invested $300 million in manufacturing, research and development within India, with manufacturing begun in early 2016. India is expected by many observers to become the world’s largest market in terms of annual smartphone sales. 20) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China Telephone service providers around the world have been facing up to vast changes in telecom technology. They have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in advanced switching equipment capable of providing ultrafast internet service, wireless service and VOIP. AT&T’s own massive investment focus has been on wireless capability (including expanded 3G and 4G networks to better handle its soaring traffic from smartphones) and enhanced wired broadband networks. Like other telecom industry leaders, AT&T is aligning its future with consumer trends by upgrading the areas that matter the most: broadband and wireless. AT&T announced another three-year, $14 billion investment in network improvements through 2015, and continues to invest in its wireless and wired network. Such investments involve massive purchases of state-of-the-art equipment. In the not too distant past, American companies were the world’s leading makers of telecom equipment. Today however, there is intense global competition. China-based telecom equipment manufacturers are booming. For example, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. has become a global leader. Chinese firms such as Datang Telecom Technology and ZTE Corp. are winning major contracts with telecom service providers around the world, including large sales of VOIP equipment, wireless infrastructure and network equipment. China has gained respect as a base for the manufacture of technology gear of very high quality. ZTE historically had sold to customers in China, elsewhere in Asia, and Africa. However, the firm is now aggressively marketing to telecom companies on a worldwide basis. ZTE has opened offices in U.S. cities and in Canada, as well as dozens of offices throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia/Pacific. Nonetheless, some corporations and governments are uncomfortable installing and relying upon vital telecom equipment that has been designed and manufactured by

www.plunkettresearch.com Chinese firms. Particularly in today’s environment of concerns about Chinese hackers gaining access to proprietary and highly sensitive corporate and government via the internet, some observers are worried that security breaches may be built into equipment made by companies like Huawei and its competitor ZTE, with or without the knowledge of corporate management. Unfounded or not, the debate about national security and foreign equipment has not been particularly detrimental to either Huawei or ZTE, as both have rapidly grown into global leaders in the telecommunications equipment industry. In addition to a growing dependence upon wireless devices and ever-faster internet access, major corporations are committing to VOIP for their future telecommunications needs. VOIP not only saves on their voice communication costs, it also saves on costs for data and video. This is due to the fact that voice, video and data are able to run on the same network under VOIP. Chinese competition has been particularly hard on equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent. The France-based firm is the result of the merger of a leading European firm, Alcatel, and a leading U.S. telecom gear manufacturer, Lucent. The company has faced eroding revenues and sometimes large losses for several years through 2014. At one time, Lucent was the telephone equipment arm of AT&T. In 2015, Alcatel-Lucent was acquired by Finlandbased Nokia Corp. While Chinese telecom equipment makers have gained major market share, many U.S. firms continue to do well in particular sectors. An industry giant is Cisco Systems, Inc., one of the world’s leading makers of IPbased networking and communications technology. Additional leading firms include F5 Networks (internet traffic management tools), Ciena Corp. (network infrastructure equipment) and Viavi Solutions (formerly part of JDS Uniphase, which has split into two firms including Viavi). 21) Boeing and Airbus Face Waning Orders/Major Aircraft Market in China During 2016, Airbus delivered a record 688 aircraft, while Boeing delivered 748. However, in 2016, both companies were facing slowing orders for new aircraft. Softening global economies and political unrest in a number of countries around the world are the cause. While the new jumbojets, like the A380 and the 787 get a lot of press and admiration, perhaps more important is the demand from global airlines of all types for smaller, single-aisle planes to replace older models that are not particularly fuel-efficient. Boeing announced that it will build a new high-efficiency version of its exceptionally popular, single-aisle 737, to be called the 737 MAX. In mid-2011, American Airlines committed to buying a large quantity of the 737 MAX aircraft, leading Boeing to decide to move ahead with an updated version of the 737 rather than go through the expense, delays and uncertainties of designing and launching an entirely new airliner. The aircraft will feature CFM International LEAP

Plunkett Research, Ltd. engines, lowered maintenance requirements and high fuel efficiency. An all-new interior design, called “Sky Interior,” will have tall headroom, overhead bins that disappear into the ceiling yet carry more baggage, as well as LED lighting. As of June 2017, Boeing had 3,803 orders for the 737 MAX series (the largest of which is the 737 Max 10), which entered service in 2017. This highly effective strategy of updating existing aircraft designs is likely to be standard operating procedure for both Airbus and Boeing for the near term. It saves on research and development investment, speeds up deliveries and enables customers to acquire advanced, fuel-efficient aircraft in a relatively short period of time. Meanwhile, the Boeing’s competition in the 737 market is the single-aisle Airbus 320neo family of jets (including the A319neo, A320neo and A321neo), which will feature high efficiency through CFM International LEAP engines or the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G PurePower engine. The result is a 15% reduction in fuel use, along with two tons of additional load capacity and a boost in range of up to 500 nautical miles. As of February 2017, the A320neo family had 3,624 orders. As with Boeing’s 737 MAX, this 320neo is an updating of an extremely popular aircraft that Airbus has sold for many years. The A330neo was unveiled in mid-2014, which promises to yield a 14% improvement in fuel efficiency over previous A330s, with the first deliveries in 2017. Boeing and Airbus are both enjoying strong order books and backlogs equal to several years of production. Boeing and Airbus have been in fierce competition since 2004 when they first announced new jumbojet concepts. The success of Boeing’s new fuel-efficient 787, which had its first flight in late 2009 and made its first commercial delivery in September 2011, hinges on growing demand for more frequent international flights on mid-size aircraft. To serve this market, the 787, known affectionately at Boeing as the “Dreamliner,” gives airlines the ability to offer non-stop intercontinental flights between smaller regional cities, rather than just the standard flights between major cities, such as New YorkLondon. The Dreamliner’s maximum range is 9,600 statute miles. While the 787 is not Boeing’s biggest aircraft, it is the company’s most fuel-efficient. The price tag is $157 million to $167 million per airplane, depending on the model. Much of the aircraft is constructed from carbonbased composite materials, which are lighter than aluminum. Today’s demand for fuel efficiency positions the 787 in a favorable light. In addition to being lightweight, its composite materials are easy to mold into precise shapes. This is important for aircraft, which involve lots of curved surfaces. By using such materials, fewer pieces need to be manufactured to create a curve. Boeing promises that the materials are durable, to the extent that airlines should see 12 years of service before a 787 requires its first major maintenance overhaul (as compared to six years for an aircraft made of aluminum).

www.plunkettresearch.com Such materials are not entirely new to Boeing’s assembly line—about 11% of its 777 is already made from composite materials. Yet a commercial aircraft built primarily of composites is new. Another development is the installation of structural sensors. While diagnostic sensors that measure temperature and pressure are commonplace on aircraft, Boeing is installing multiple sensors on the 787 that allow pilots to continually monitor its structural integrity. As of June 2017, 1,275 Dreamliners had been ordered by customers around the world—a tremendous success. The company has developed different models of the 787, with varying nautical ranges and seating capacities. The 787-8 is available with the capacity to carry 210 to 250 passengers with a range of 8,640 to 9,266 statute miles. There is also a 787-9 that carries up to 290 passengers for up to 9,600 statute miles. In addition, the 787-10 carries 323 passengers with a range of 7,020 statute miles. Another plus for the 787 is the choice of General Electric or Rolls-Royce engines. Boeing designed the airplane in such a way that one engine can be swapped for the other in 24 hours as opposed to the two months required for typical aircraft. This ability is a great selling point for airlines planning ahead to times when they might wish to sell a 787 to a rival company that uses the alternative engines. But this strategy has its costs, too. Multiple aircraft models are expensive to design and bring to market (not to mention the cost of the 787’s composite materials, which are significantly higher than aluminum). Boeing outsourced manufacturing of many of the 787’s components to companies overseas, including a large number of components being manufactured in Japan. While outsourcing isn’t especially new for Boeing (a significant percentage of the 777’s components were made abroad), the fact that this outsourcing also includes wing manufacture in Japan is a new development. These are risky changes for a historically conservative company, and the practice initially created many unexpected headaches, including significant delays. Boeing responded effectively by acquiring a number of its suppliers, in order to gain better supply chain control, and working to establish closer relationships with its remaining outsourcers. In 2013, Boeing approached three firms, Emirates Airlines, International Consolidated Airlines Group and Japan Airlines, to become launch customers of a redesigned 777 called the 777X, expected to launch by 2020. Boeing hopes to top its record sales of the 365-seat 777-300ER, which is the best-selling twin-aisle jetliner model in history. The plane is especially suited for the extreme heat in the Middle East due to its extra-wide wings and powerful engines, making fully loaded takeoffs easier. Boeing is also capitalizing on a joint venture with Mubadala, a government-owned conglomerate in Abu Dhabi, charged with diversifying the economy in the Emirates. Boeing is supplying welcome technical expertise and assistance with the venture’s manufacture of advanced composite materials for jet aircraft.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Another jet under consideration would seat more than 200 passengers and fall between the 737 and 787 Dreamliner in size. Boeing has discussed the plane with 57 potential customers and believes there may be a market for as many as 4,000 aircraft. If the project is undertaken, the plane would enter service sometime near 2025. In 2017, Boeing announced plans to expand its aircraft parts business. By 2022, the company hopes to double annual sales from its services business to $50 billion. This is a logical strategy, since the size of the global jet fleet will continue to grow, and those jets need parts and service. Back at Airbus, the A380 represents the firm’s alternative vision for the future of air travel. While Boeing’s crystal ball shows an increase in demand for smaller capacity, long-haul flights between a wider range of international cities, especially in Asia and Europe, Airbus predicts that international travelers will be better served by a more centralized hub system, wherein large groups of passengers are flown in and out of fewer cities via massive jumbojets. Airbus’s new A380 is well-suited for the hub model, while Boeing’s aircraft could adapt to either a hub or point-to-point system. The A380 is the world’s largest passenger aircraft, and, at a price tag of $375.3 million or more, the most expensive. It holds between 555 and 800 passengers, based on single- or multiple-class models. With a range of up to 9,200 miles it can travel a great distance without refueling. The aircraft also offers good fuel efficiency. As of February 2017, Airbus had received only 317 firm orders for the A380. Sales of the giant aircraft have been slowing to the extent that Airbus announced production cuts. Airbus has another new jet in the works, the A350 extra-wide body (sometimes called “XWB”), which will seat between 270 and 350 passengers. It is offered in three models, the A350-800, 900 and 1000. It is Airbus’ answer to Boeing’s 787 and its commitment to lightweight, fuelefficient aircraft. Useful range will be as high as 8,300 nautical miles, depending on layout. Also in January 2015, Airbus announced its first customer commitment for the A321LR, a modified version of its largest single-aisle jet, the A321. Designed to compete with Boeing’s 757, it promises great fuel efficiency, cutting fuel costs by as much as 30%. The A321LR can carry 206 passengers up to 4,000 nautical miles. As for the future, watch for intense competition between the two manufacturers to continue. Meanwhile, there will be immense, multi-trillion-dollar demand for new airliners over the long term. Boeing forecasts the global passenger and freight aircraft fleet to grow by nearly 40,000 new jetliners between 2016 and 2035, worth $5.9 trillion. Airbus’ estimate is the delivery of 33,070 planes during the period, valued at $5.2 trillion (up 1.5% from its 2015 estimate). However, some industry observers are skeptical of this rosy outlook, due to the fact that many of the world’s

www.plunkettresearch.com airlines have very little capital and are relying on vast amounts of loans or leases in order to acquire aircraft. If large numbers of airlines are unable to make timely payments on these debts and leases, then future financing of airline purchases may be much harder to come by and jet sales may suffer. Boeing and Airbus both will be facing new competition as China begins manufacturing large commercial aircraft. The Chinese government has succeeded in building its first commercial aircraft, the regional ARF-21 jet. Between 2010 and 2030, The Chinese government is fast-tracking development of its own manufacturing facilities. In late 2015, China’s first big airliner, the single-aisle, 160-seat C919 jet rolled off the assembly line. Although the C919 won’t see its first delivery until 2018 or 2019, it is a major step in Chinese aviation. Meanwhile, China has a joint venture with Airbus for manufacture of parts for the A350 (Air China was the first airline to place firm orders for the new aircraft). And, in 2009 the first A320 aircraft to be assembled in a new Airbus-Chinese joint venture plant in Tianjin rolled out of the factory. Another Chinese jet, the ARJ21, is a regional jet built by Comac will compete with the C919. Originally scheduled for initial delivery in 2007, the ARJ21 has run into a number of development problems. The first delivery was finally made in late 2015. Canada’s Bombardier is a North American competitor in the Airbus vs. Boeing race. In April 2016, Bombardier won a $5.6 billion order for 75 of its CSeries jets from Delta Air Lines. The CSeries promises to afford airlines a notable operating cost advantage due to its advanced engines and design. Nonetheless, production delays and cash shortages were creating great difficulties for the firm in 2015 and into early 2016. At 1,800 to 2,950 miles, depending on configuration, this new aircraft has a more modest range than competing Boeing or Airbus models. It also holds fewer passengers, with a capacity of 100 to 149 seats. Another competitor, Brazil’s Embraer, is highly competitive in smaller aircraft designed for regional airlines. Its E-175 is utilized by American Airlines in a 12 first class plus 64 economy class seat arrangement. American received the first of 60 E-175s in February 2015. Embraer’s E-190 is a larger model, typically arranged with 11 first class and 88 economy seats. Japan is also attempting to join the fray with its own jet manufacturing. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. announced plans for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the MRJ90, a 96-seat aircraft that made its first flight in late 2015. Mitsubishi has financial as well as technical support from a number of major global enterprises, namely Toyota Motor Corp., Boeing and United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney jet engines. The Regional Jet would compete with Embraer’s and Bombardier’s. In mid-2012, Mitsubishi won an agreement to sell 100 Regional Jets to U.S. commuter service SkyWest, Inc.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. 22) U.S. Auto Manufacturers Ford, Chrysler and GM Compete Head-On with Volkswagen, Toyota and Honda Globally, during 2016, Volkswagen Group maintained its lead in global unit sales with 10.31 million, followed by Toyota with 10.18 million. GM ranked third with 9.97 million, followed by Renault-Nissan with 9.96 million. In the U.S. market, GM remained the leader for 2016 with a 17.0% market share over Ford’s 14.6% and Toyota’s 13.7%. Fiat/Chrysler achieved an 12.6% market share in America for 2016. Chrysler remains a U.S. firm, but it is controlled by Italian carmaker Fiat, now known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV. Fiat’s effect on Chrysler vehicles is apparent to American consumers with new styling and reengineering on a wide range of Chrysler vehicles. The other major U.S. automakers, Ford and GM, have gone through their own vast changes. GM took bankruptcy and accepted massive federal loans while it restructured. Meanwhile, Ford engineered its own reorganization, without government bailouts and without declaring bankruptcy. The company sold its Jaguar, Volvo and Land Rover brands, and in 2010 closed its Mercury division. Ford also closed a number of its production plants, and shuttered more than 600 dealerships. By 2011, the company began to radically simplify production by utilizing only five platforms for all its models (thereby working from the same basic components in plants that utilize the same type of tooling), down from 15 platforms five years earlier. For example, by 2016, the was producing almost 2 million vehicles from the parts that are currently used in the Escape SUV. Market Share of Cars and Light Trucks sold in America, 2016 General Motors 17.0% Ford 14.6% Toyota 13.7% Fiat/Chrysler 12.6% Honda 9.2% Nissan 8.8% Hyundai/Kia 8.0% Source: Plunkett Research Ltd.

www.plunkettresearch.com SPOTLIGHT: Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Motor Company, headquartered in South Korea, is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers. The firm designs and manufactures passenger cars; recreational vehicles; commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and tractors; and specialty vehicles, including crane trucks, refrigerated vans and tank trucks for fuel and water transport. Popular export models include the Accent, a sub-compact; the Sonata, a mid-size sedan; the Elantra, a compact sedan; the Santa Fe SUV; the Tucson SUV; and the Genesis, a luxury sedan. Light commercial vehicles include the H-1 cargo van, the H100 truck and a variety of mini buses. Heavy commercial vehicles include small HD45/65 trucks and medium-sized HD120 trucks and busses as well as cargo, dump, mixer and tractor trucks. Hyundai also makes machine tools for factory automation and material handling and owns approximately 34% of Kia Motors Corporation. Subsidiary Hyundai Motor America oversees U.S. operations, including primary facilities in Alabama, Michigan and California. The subsidiary also distributes Hyundai vehicles in the U.S. In addition to its U.S. operations, the firm has other overseas plants in Brazil, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Russia, India and China as well as research and development centers in North America, Japan and Europe. The company offers automotive financing services to European customers through joint venture Hyundai Capital Germany GmbH. Hyundai has earned a global reputation for product quality, customer satisfaction and the best new car warranties in the industry. Total car and light truck sales in the U.S. during 2014 reached 16.5 million units (both domestic and foreign brands). 2015 saw a big jump to 17.47 million, which was topped by a record and 17.55 million in 2016 (boosted by buyers driving new, bigger vehicles to take advantage of cheap gasoline prices). However, the first six months of 2017 saw auto sales slow, as a glut of almost-new used vehicles hit the market to compete with new vehicles. Production at American plants owned by foreign manufacturers is on the rise. Companies including Honda, Toyota, BMW and Volkswagen are major manufacturers at U.S. locations, particularly in the Southeastern states. Toyota had invested more than $20 billion in its American plants by 2016, and employed more than 33,000 people in those plants. Toyota recently budgeted approximately $2 billion to increase its U.S.-made output by 145,000 units per year. Elsewhere in North America, major car manufacturers headquartered from many nations are investing heavily in auto production at state of the art plants in Mexico, largely for the export market, and many car makers have long had significant manufacturing operations in Canada. 23) India Sees Automobile Export Growth Total passenger vehicle sales (including imported vehicles) for India were expected to reach 2.28 million

Plunkett Research, Ltd. units in 2016 according to IHS. The market has the potential to grow to much higher numbers over the midterm. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers reported that 3.4 million new passenger vehicles were built in that nation during the 2015-2016 fiscal year, and a large portion were exported to other nations. (In addition, the nation builds millions of motor scooters, motorcycles and three-wheelers each year, plus a modest number of commercial vehicles.) The Indian government has committed to building 30 kilometers of new roads per day. Although India is nowhere near as large a market as China, it is attracting the attention of leading global manufacturers. GM has two factories in India with a production capacity of 300,000 units per year. In mid-2015, the company announced plans to invest $1 billion over several years to make India into a global export hub. Plans include reducing manufacturing capacity in the country to 220,000 by 2025 ceasing production at one plant raising capacity at the second. The port city of Chennai has attracted a number of automobile and parts manufacturers in recent years. Hyundai, Ford, Nissan/Renault and Daimler have invested large sums (in the case of Hyundai, $2 billion) in new manufacturing facilities. Tata Group, an Indian industrial conglomerate, is another large presence in the car market. While selling steel to giants such as Honda and Toyota, the company also has its own major automobile venture in India, Tata Motors, which makes the Indica economy model. The company manufactures commercial and passenger vehicles and also provides automobile financing services. Tata Motors is also among the world’s leading bus manufacturers, and it has expanded these activities through strategic partnerships with Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera SA, a Spanish bus and coach manufacturer, as well as Marcopolo, a Brazil-based company engaged in the manufacture of bodies for buses and coaches. The firm has also expanded its international presence through such activities as the manufacture and marketing of pick-up trucks in Thailand and the marketing of Fiat-branded cars in India, as well as through vehicle sales in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Asia. Tata Motors also owns the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, an operation encompassing roughly 26 major vehicle subsidiaries worldwide 24) Mexico Grows Rapidly as a Major Automotive Maker and Exporter Over the past several years, Mexico has grown to become a major producer and exporter of cars, trucks and other vehicles. Growth in this sector is now accelerating dramatically. Overall economic growth is expected to continue over the mid-term, fueled by Mexico’s relatively young population (between 2000 and 2030, Boston Consulting Group expects the labor force there to grow by 18%, while China’s will fall by 3%). Manufacturing wages are relatively low, at about $2.30 per hour as of

www.plunkettresearch.com May, 2017. Mexico is home to a variety of advanced manufacturing industries. Automotive production, for example, has catapulted Mexico to be the world’s 4thlargest exporter of cars behind Germany, South Korea and Japan. About 80% of Mexican-built vehicles are exported to other countries and two-thirds of them go to the U.S. In addition, American-Mexican trade benefits both countries, since roughly 40% of the parts found in Mexican imports were manufactured in the U.S. (compared to only 4% for imports from China) according to the Natural Bureau of Economic Research. Yet another plus for Mexican automotive production is the rise of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar. Automotive manufacturers have invested heavily in plants in Mexico. Between 2009 and 2014, manufacturers including Nissan, Honda, Volkswagen and Mazda invested $19 billion to double automotive production to 3.2 million vehicles. Meanwhile, Honda, Ford, Toyota and GM are all expanding capacity at existing plants. Mexico is becoming North America’s China: a powerhouse of high-value manufacturing and a major export machine. Its close proximity to the American market, growing middle class, highly desirable workforce, reasonable costs and government support will continue to boost major manufacturing investments there. Mexico’s strategy of entering into free trade agreements around the world will boost this trend even further. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is focused on renegotiating NAFTA, the main trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. 25) Optimum Lean Production Saves Manufacturing Costs The standard in automobile manufacturing today is optimum lean production. This is a business model under which a high (but not necessarily perfect) level of quality is sought while high-efficiency goals are set that save time, money, manpower and floor space. Optimum lean production applies to the complete manufacturing cycle, from concept design, development and engineering to assembly and shipping. Computer-aided design (CAD), computerized testing and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) have been big factors in efficiency gains. As a result, the number of months necessary to fully design and launch a new model has been drastically cut. More recently, 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) has enabled designers and engineers to output prototype samples of their designs instantly, in the studio. On the factory floor, high manufacturing volume of specific components can be instrumental in achieving optimum efficiency. This is one of the factors that has led to consolidation of manufacturers and to cross-use of components and designs. To a great extent, the more units that are produced, the lower the cost per unit. While the early mass-production car factories of pioneer Henry Ford’s days were vertically integrated, producing nearly all of their own parts and building

Plunkett Research, Ltd. materials in-house, from glass to steel to batteries to finished cars made from basic raw commodities, modern car plants are assemblers more than creators. That is, each manufacturer works very closely with a handful of suppliers to design and price the components necessary to assemble a completed vehicle. Primary suppliers (called tier-one suppliers) deliver complete “systems” or “modules” to the carmakers. Such systems may consist of large interior, exterior or drivetrain units. These tier-one suppliers in turn buy from groups of tier-two and tier-three suppliers that manufacture smaller parts and components. Meanwhile, manufacturers require that their suppliers bear much of the cost and responsibility of inventory. Under today’s just-in-time delivery requirements, suppliers bring their portion of the car to the factory door shortly before it’s needed. The need for suppliers to be able to participate in the design phase, deliver sophisticated systems and provide just-in-time service means that only large, highly evolved companies can compete. As a result, immense consolidation has taken place in the automotive components industry. Carmakers tend to buy from a limited number of suppliers, and do so in vast quantity. Efficient, fast and cost effective production techniques can make or break a manufacturer. Factory automation, linking robotics on the factory floor to computerized component designs, is critical to today’s optimized production methods. BMW is betting heavily on a new process that creates car bodies from lightweight, extremely strong carbon fibers instead of steel. Its new i3 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) design utilizes a carbon fiber body which significantly reduces weight and extends the car’s range. Carbon fiber is 30% stronger than aluminum and 50% lighter than steel. In order to incorporate carbon fiber, BMW had to redesign its production process in which molds, heat and pressure are used to fuse fibers together with resin into a workable material. The company has reduced the process, which can be performed by robots, to a few minutes from start to finish. GM made headlines by spending $545 million to remodel an existing manufacturing plant in Orion Township, Michigan to produce a subcompact called the Chevrolet Sonic. The production line was reduced from 1 million square feet to 500,000 and lighting was switched to banks of fluorescent bulbs, saving $430,000 per year in energy costs. The plant produces 80% less solid waste and uses 20% less water than it did before. Stages along the assembly line, including the trim area and body shop, are smaller and fed with parts from independent suppliers who work inside the plant, thereby reducing inventory costs and increasing productivity. Fewer workers are needed. 26) Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models Digital marketing, the power of ecommerce and today’s simple access to global manufacturers have

www.plunkettresearch.com combined to launch another interesting trend: companies that claim to source their merchandise at the same manufacturers used by well-known brands, and then sell, via their web sites only, high quality items direct to consumers are modest prices. The intent is to bypass middlemen and retail stores, and thus offer very high value. New apparel companies are among the leaders in this field. One of the better known companies with this business model is Everlane, www.everlane.com, which states, “We spend months finding the best factories around the world—the very same ones that produce your favorite designer labels.” Online apparel firms with similar business models include JustFab, ShoeDazzle and BirchBox. In fact, the list has gotten very long. Such companies must offer excellent service, reasonable prices and cost-free returns, in addition to a compelling merchandise line, in order to competitive. Even when they do so, there is reason to question whether or not they can compete successfully against companies such as Ralph Lauren that have massive supply chains, unbeatable design and marketing teams and immense buying power. If apparel manufacturers that rely on traditional marketing feel threatened by online-only, offbrand upstarts, it would be simple enough for them to launch their own businesses based on this business model, using a different brand name in order to avoid sales channel conflicts. Meanwhile, brands and logos owned by companies like Ralph Lauren are extremely powerful in the minds of consumers and are exceptionally difficult for smaller firms to compete against. There is also the “wait for name brands to go on sale” mentality that is now standard in consumer behavior. That is, department stores and specialty clothing retailers have essentially trained consumers to expect their favorite apparel brands to be on sale. If you see something new that you like in stores today at full retail price, you know that it will almost undoubtedly be marked down by 25% to 40% soon. At the end of the season it may be marked down by as much as 70%. Nonetheless, there are some niche markets where the direct to consumer model may make a lot of sense. Eyeglasses are a standout in this regard. Once a consumer’s eye exam is completed and a prescription written, glasses can be made virtually anywhere. Traditionally, however, consumers have ordered their eyeglasses (in particular, expensive designer frames) in expensive retail store fronts that operate at high overhead. Consumers can try out various styles of frames in these stores, and turn over their prescription to a sales clerk so that glasses can be custom ordered. However, the actual manufacturing of lenses, and their assembly into frames, will be done elsewhere. This is where a successful new company called Warby Parker comes in. Its founder saw opportunity in this multistep supply chain and notoriously high prices. At www.warbyparker.com, customers can select from basic

Plunkett Research, Ltd. frame styles, upload their prescriptions and order attractive glasses for around $100 to $300, which is a comparative bargain. While Warby Parker has built a considerable following with its online business model, its strategy includes both bricks and clicks, as it is opening a growing number of retail showrooms in major cities in the U.S. (Of course, there has long been a modestly-priced alternative in the eyeglasses market: companies that operate hundreds of storefronts that offer both eye exams and frame selections. After the exam and sale, the eyeglasses are manufactured in a lab owned by the same firm that owns and operates the stores. This vertical integration can offer relatively low prices at high volume, but may not appeal to fashion conscious consumers.) Large numbers of direct-to-consumer businesses are springing up offering everything from custom shirts to bed linens to shoes. Deal Décor sells furniture under this model. Crane and Canopy has gotten good press coverage of its business model, which is very similar to that of Everlane. This firm, at www.craneandcanopy.com, sells sheets, duvet covers and other bed linens that it claims are from the same factories, with the same quality textiles, as those offered by designer labels. Here again, the price is lower than standard retail prices found in stores, at least until such stores put their goods on sale. The business of shipping goods directly from manufacturers in China to consumers around the world is booming. Chinese retailer LightInTheBox offers more than 700,000 items, from wedding dresses to table linens to iPhone chargers to faucets, at competitive prices that are free of middleman markups. Costs are kept down further by LightInTheBox’s proximity to its suppliers, so that its inventory is kept low. The company does business in 27 languages, so it employs part-time workers from around the world who connect with customers via phone and email. 27) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics The concept of Artificial Intelligence (often referred to as “AI”) continues to evolve, as scientists and software engineers gain a greater understanding of reasonably possible goals for this technology. In 1956, John McCarthy may have been the first to use the phrase, describing artificial intelligence as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.” This was a pretty dramatic statement, considering the barely advanced state of computers and robotics at the time. In 1950, computer pioneer Alan Turing proposed, in a paper titled Computing Machinery and Intelligence, a test that could determine whether or not a machine could “think.” Essentially, he suggested that, in a situation where a person asked the same questions of both a machine and a human being, if he couldn’t tell the difference between text answers coming from the machine and the human in blind results, then it might be reasonable

www.plunkettresearch.com to call the machine “intelligence.” The Turing Test clearly avoids any discussion of what “consciousness” is. Gary Marcus, a scientist at New York University, proposed another test, the Ikea Construction Challenge, to see whether or not a machine could assemble a piece of Ikea furniture when provided with a pile of parts and related instructions. Near the end of 2015, a group of wellknown Silicon Valley investors, including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, announced a long-term commitment to raise funds of as much a $1 billion for a new organization to be known as OpenAI, www.openai.com. OpenAI is a nonprofit group, dedicated to moving AI ahead to the point that it “will benefit humanity.” Another well-funded AI organization is the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Located in Seattle, the group was co-founded by Paul Allen, one of the co-founders of Microsoft, and scientist Oren Etzioni. AI2 has developed its own complex test for artificial intelligence called a GeoSolver. While the practical definition and ultimate capabilities of AI are debated, industry has put AI to work and continues to invest very heavily in advanced development. Today, AI has synergies with many highly advanced technologies such as virtual reality, factory automation, robotics, self-driving cars, speech recognition and predictive analytics. One of the more promising advancements is called “deep learning.” In 2014, Google spent nearly $600 million to acquire UK-based DeepMind, an intensive learning research group. Deep learning is sometimes referred to in conjunction with phrases such as “machine learning” and “neural networking.” The main point is that software can be trained by being constantly fed data, queried as to its meaning, and receiving feedback to its responses. It is essentially training a machine to respond correctly to data of a given nature or to data within a given set of circumstances. The most compelling opportunities for the development and use of artificial intelligence software may be in engineering/research, investment analysis and, especially, health care. Simply put, health care is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing industries, and virtually all of the government and private health initiatives that pay for health care are desperately seeking ways to improve patient care outcomes, cut billing fraud, create operating efficiencies and generally slow the growth of costs overall. IBM, clearly one of the world’s top software engineering companies, is betting big on the massive, global opportunity in health care analytics via artificial intelligence. It has created a business unit called Watson Health, based on its advanced “Watson” supercomputingartificial intelligence hardware/software technology, combined with massive health care database firms that it has aggressively acquired at a cost of several billion dollars. In early 2016, IBM announced the acquisition of Truven Health Analytics, Inc. for $2.6 billion, for the Watson Health unit. This acquisition helped Watson

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MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY STATISTICS

Tables and Charts: I. II. III. IV.

Overview of the Manufacturing Industry Output & Employment Shipments Exports

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Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview Amount

Unit

Date

Source

Production Value Added* By Manufacturing, Worldwide

12.20

Tril. US$

2014

UN

China

2.97

Tril. US$

2015

UN

U.S.

2.17 12.88

Tril. US$

2015

UN

Tril. US$

2017

PRE

3.24

Tril. US$

2017

PRE

Value Added* By Manufacturing, Worldwide (Forecast) China

2.27

Tril. US$

2017

PRE

Total Value of Durable Goods Manufacturers' New Orders, U.S.

2.75

Tril. US$

2016

Census

Total Exports of Manufactured Goods, U.S.

1.26

Tril. US$

2016

ITA

3D (Additive) Manufacturing Market, Worldwide

6.06

Bil. US$

2016

Wohlers

Jun-17

Thingiverse

U.S.

Total Number of 3D Models Uploaded to Thingiverse

839,320 1

Employment & Wages, U.S. Manufacturing Workers Durable Goods

12,376

Thousand

May-17

BLS

7,733

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Nondurable Goods

4,643

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Machinery (NAICS 333)

1,084.9

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Computer & Electronic Products (NAICS 334)

1,034.0

Thousand

May-17

BLS

942.7

Thousand

May-17

BLS BLS

Motor Vehicles & Parts (NAICS 3361,2,3) Aerospace Products & Parts (NAICS 3364)

478.9

Thousand

May-17

1,573.4

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Petroleum & Coal Products (NAICS 324)

113.3

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Chemicals (NAICS 325)

817.8

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines (NAICS 3254)

294.4

Thousand

May-17

BLS

Average Weekly Earnings, Production & Nonsupervisory Employees

868.6

US$

May-17

BLS

Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311)

Robotics Stock of Operational Industrial Robots, Worldwide Stock of Operational Industrial Robots, Worldwide (Forecast) Value of Industrial Robots Sold, Worldwide Value of Industrial Robots Sold, Worldwide (Forecast)

1.6

Mil.

2015

IFR

2.6

Mil.

2019

IFR

11.1

Bil. US$

2015

IFR

18.1

Bil. US$

2019

PRE

2,006

Bil. US$

2017

R&D

527.5

Bil. US$

2017

R&D

Research & Development Total R&D Spending, Worldwide, PPP2 Total U.S. R&D Spending, PPP

2

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Quarterly After-Tax Profits, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations: 2010-1st Quarter 2017 (In Billions of US$; Seasonally Adjusted)

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Selected Financial Data, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations: 1st Quarter 2016-1st Quarter 2017 Seasonally Adjusted 1Q 4Q 1Q 2017 2016 2016

Not Seasonally Adjusted 1Q 4Q 1Q 2017 2016 2016

Rate of return (after taxes) Cents per dollar of sales

8.97

8.93

Percent on equity (annual rate)

NA

NA

7.97

8.99

8.21

7.98

NA

13.54

12.84

11.67

(In Millions of US$) Sales Income after income taxes Dividends paid (cash) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

1,633,127

1,600,421

1,536,637

1,576,038

1,604,858

1,481,839

146,461

142,939

122,489

141,672

131,727

118,199

NA

NA

NA

68,325

71,868

68,335

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Net Sales & Net Income After-Tax, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations: 2006-1st Quarter 2017 (In Millions of US$; Seasonally Adjusted) Year

Q1

Net Sales Q2 Q3

Q4

Q1

After-Tax Profits Q2 Q3

Q4

All Manufacturing

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1,439,914

1,449,382

1,458,883

1,434,308

119,699

115,584

121,900

112,605

1,448,414

1,489,073

1,530,670

1,590,614

117,687

1,614,166

1,682,084

1,671,796

1,402,925

118,035

130,198

74,560

120,140

102,861

118,474

1,233,423

1,223,400

1,297,747

1,355,765

-72,978

34,891

52,439

93,678

105,679

1,389,781

1,426,921

1,453,691

1,485,187

109,654

108,267

124,184

135,720

1,577,016

1,619,170

1,696,408

1,652,907

1,638,682

1,648,284

145,818

154,093

147,572

146,690

1,644,368

1,673,028

147,254

148,013

134,260

1,677,397

134,293

1,668,331

1,689,492

1,705,068

152,906

145,109

145,498

157,320

1,704,895

1,733,567

1,749,974

1,710,457

141,025

155,057

160,501

151,613

1,608,277

1,635,720

1,611,855

1,576,024

124,650

124,843

136,663

119,458

1,536,637

1,560,588

1,564,995

1,600,421

122,489

131,425

150,203

142,939

1,633,127

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--

--

146,461

--

--

--

49,485

45,818

All Durable Goods Manufacturing

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

723,125

729,411

730,656

726,551

51,907

45,153

738,031

742,003

767,195

767,308

48,126

57,427

6,735

46,919

764,772

761,722

756,350

686,803

45,383

27,839

34,134

-64,142

603,641

578,750

610,805

634,235

-9,351

-590

31,190

33,637

645,583

673,965

692,629

694,992

46,842

61,108

59,722

64,592

716,101

718,044

739,672

752,376

67,660

70,336

70,113

75,652

778,394

776,796

769,086

774,855

70,907

69,540

61,302

58,045

777,565

792,185

796,002

808,716

70,798

68,722

74,443

79,346

813,132

825,552

847,583

852,939

68,775

76,881

82,586

79,653

844,414

843,165

843,656

836,637

57,491

68,890

67,791

70,266

833,929

831,422

828,006

833,644

61,374

67,204

75,253

71,580

849,177

--

--

--

76,415

--

--

--

All Nondurable Goods Manufacturing

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

716,789

719,971

728,227

707,757

67,792

70,431

72,415

66,787

710,383

747,070

763,475

823,306

69,561

72,771

67,825

73,221

849,394

920,362

915,446

716,122

72,652

75,022

84,340

-8,836

629,782

644,650

686,942

721,530

44,242

53,029

62,488

72,042

744,198

752,956

761,062

790,195

62,812

47,159

64,462

71,128

860,915

901,126

899,010

895,908

78,158

83,757

77,459

71,038

918,014

876,111

875,282

898,173

76,347

78,473

72,958

76,248

899,832

876,146

893,490

896,352

82,108

76,387

71,055

77,974

891,763

908,015

902,391

857,518

72,250

78,176

77,915

71,960

763,863

792,555

768,199

739,387

67,159

55,953

68,872

49,192

702,708

729,166

736,989

766,777

61,115

64,221

74,950

71,359

783,950

--

--

--

70,046

--

--

--

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Sales & Operating Profits, U.S. Manufacturing Corporations, by Industry: 1st Quarter 2016-1st Quarter 2017 (Not Seasonally Adjusted; In Millions of US$) Industry Sector All Manufacturing2 All Durable Goods Manufacturing

1Q 2017

1Q 2016

1,576,038

1,604,858

1,481,839

122,901

108,956

120,935

815,652

843,352

799,797

57,507

55,188

58,489

Wood Products

20,349

22,737

18,719

1,645

1,196

1,378

Nonmetallic Mineral Products

25,629

30,631

25,186

1,523

2,203

932

Primary Metals

52,118

51,363

52,582

3,405

1,795

1,225

Iron, Steel & Ferroalloys

26,242

23,212

22,315

1,384

584

123

Nonferrous Metals

18,623

21,569

23,191

1,278

710

355

Foundries

7,253

6,582

7,077

743

502

747

Fabricated Metal Products

72,434

70,349

70,041

6,308

4,031

6,995

Machinery

89,568

87,852

88,101

5,629

4,276

4,069

Computer & Electronic Products

14,802

158,363

176,262

151,309

12,551

17,172

Computer & Peripheral Equipment

52,256

62,318

47,296

4,789

8,135

6,355

Communications Equipment

28,634

31,014

29,097

2,238

3,176

2,866

All Other Electronic Products

77,473

82,930

74,916

5,525

5,862

5,581

46,535

46,873

48,143

3,483

3,634

3,424

Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components Transportation Equipment

284,434

291,342

281,628

16,607

14,997

19,543

Motor Vehicles & Parts

198,499

200,022

196,451

7,627

6,531

10,533

Aerospace Products & Parts

68,245

73,945

67,594

7,161

6,855

7,049 1,380

Furniture & Related Products

18,720

18,889

17,685

1,563

1,233

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

47,502

47,054

46,402

4,793

4,652

4,741

760,386

761,506

682,042

65,394

53,768

62,446

Food

162,934

172,107

156,663

13,112

15,463

13,006

Beverage & Tobacco Products

45,438

47,735

45,304

8,743

8,696

9,236

Textile Mills & Textile Product Mills

9,149

9,086

9,030

695

546

606

Apparel & Leather Products

22,834

24,000

22,001

2,254

2,500

1,908 2,429

All Nondurable Goods Manufacturing

Paper

30,442

30,235

30,884

1,948

2,141

Printing & Related Support Activities

17,643

18,745

17,168

952

647

1,421

Petroleum & Coal Products

196,610

189,650

141,536

2,431

-2,875

-1,950

Chemicals

31,030

220,764

216,778

210,525

30,127

22,309

Basic Chemicals, Resins & Synthetics

60,464

56,883

55,445

5,794

4,073

6,215

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines

103,130

106,815

98,967

16,698

12,678

16,898

All Other Chemicals Plastics & Rubber Products 1

Operating Profits1 1Q 4Q 1Q 2017 2016 2016

Sales 4Q 2016

57,169

53,080

56,113

7,635

5,558

7,917

54,572

53,170

48,931

5,133

4,341

4,759

Profits before nonoperating income, expense items and income taxes.

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II. Output & Employment Contents: Value Added to U.S. Economy by Manufacturing Sector, as a Percentage of GDP: 1948-2016 All Manufacturing Employees, U.S.: Monthly, January 1939- May 2017 Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, as a Percentage of all Private Industry Employment: 1948-2016 Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, by Industry: 2011-May 2017 Manufacturing Output vs. Employment, U.S.: 1980-2017 Gross Output in the Wood & Nonmetallic Mineral Products Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Primary Metals & Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Machinery Manufacturing Industry, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Motor Vehicles & Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco Product Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Textile & Apparel Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 Gross Output in the Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber Products Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015

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Value Added to U.S. Economy by Manufacturing Sector, as a Percentage of GDP: 1948-2016

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All Manufacturing Employees, U.S.: Monthly, January 1939-May 2017 (In Thousands; Seasonally Adjusted)

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Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, as a Percentage of all Private Industry Employment: 1948-2016

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Employment in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, by Industry: 2011-May 2017 (Annual Estimates in Thousands of Employed Workers; Not Seasonally Adjusted) NAICS 31-33

Industry Sector Manufacturing

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

May-17*

11,726

11,927

12,020

12,185

12,336

12,348

12,376 394.1

Durable Goods 321

Wood products

337.1

339.1

353.2

371.6

382.5

392.2

327

Nonmetallic mineral products

366.6

365.3

373.4

384.1

398.0

407.5

417.2

331

Primary metals

388.3

402.0

395.3

398.7

394.0

377.9

383.9

332

Fabricated metal products

1,347.3

1,409.8

1,432.3

1,454.2

1,457.8

1,424.8

1,431.2

333

Machinery

1,055.8

1,098.5

1,104.5

1,127.3

1,120.8

1,080.3

1,084.9

334

Computer and electronic products

1,103.5

1,089.0

1,065.6

1,048.7

1,052.8

1,048.0

1,034.0

335

Electrical equipment and appliances

366.1

373.2

374.1

377.8

383.7

383.4

385.2

336

Transportation equipment

1,381.5

1,461.1

1,508.8

1,559.0

1,604.9

1,624.9

1,620.7

353.1

351.4

359.9

370.3

381.0

389.1

392.2

573.7

580.1

580.5

581.9

589.9

590.9

589.6

337 339

Furniture and related products Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

Nondurable Goods 311

Food manufacturing

1,458.8

1,468.8

1,473.7

1,484.4

1,511.8

1,554.1

1,573.4

313

Textile mills

120.1

118.7

117.2

117.0

116.6

113.9

110.2

314

Textile product mills

117.6

116.3

114.4

115.0

116.1

115.0

111.5

315

Apparel

151.7

148.0

144.7

140.1

136.5

131.3

122.3

322

Paper and paper products

387.4

379.8

378.0

373.3

372.7

370.8

370.2

323

Printing and related support activities

471.8

461.8

452.0

453.7

450.3

446.7

436.3

324

Petroleum and coal products

111.8

112.1

110.4

111.6

112.9

111.6

113.3

325

Chemicals

783.6

783.3

792.7

803.0

807.3

811.1

817.8

635.2

645.1

659.2

674.3

689.4

698.8

699.3

215.5

223.1

230.2

239.2

257.7

275.7

288.4

326

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Manufacturing Output vs. Employment, U.S.: 1980-2017

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Gross Output in the Wood & Nonmetallic Mineral Products Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

21,996

21,993

23,599

27,247

28,242

28,289

321100

Sawmills & wood preservation

321200

Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood product mfg.

14,034

14,056

17,078

20,123

20,638

20,686

321910

Millwork

17,913

17,718

20,193

22,728

25,874

25,947

327100

Clay product & refractory mfg.

7,131

7,342

7,181

7,567

7,909

7,925

327200

Glass & glass product mfg.

20,684

21,799

23,263

23,853

24,758

24,856

327310

Cement mfg.

5,207

5,356

5,947

6,768

7,261

7,330

327320

Ready-mix concrete mfg.

20,373

19,549

21,184

21,892

24,918

25,158

327330

Concrete pipe, brick, & block mfg.

5,979

5,687

5,582

5,783

6,201

6,218

327390

Other concrete product mfg.

7,645

7,591

8,616

9,438

10,421

10,497

327400

Lime & gypsum product mfg.

5,156

5,295

5,955

7,205

7,453

7,504

327910

Abrasive product mfg.

4,357

4,916

5,097

5,270

5,639

5,694

327991

Cut stone & stone product mfg.

2,914

2,976

3,724

4,162

4,336

4,372

327992

Ground or treated mineral & earth mfg.

3,845

3,849

3,530

3,947

4,236

4,276

327993

Mineral wool mfg.

4,775

5,236

4,919

5,676

5,838

5,879

327999

Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral products

2,719

2,777

3,993

4,319

4,385

4,418

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Gross Output in the Primary Metals & Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

331110

Iron & steel mills & ferroalloy mfg.

95,068

117,070

112,387

107,924

108,066

86,571

331200

Steel product mfg. from purchased steel

22,836

26,675

25,932

24,870

25,249

20,217

331314

Secondary smelting & alloying of aluminum

5,065

5,903

5,932

6,293

6,525

5,971

331411

Primary smelting & refining of copper

9,105

9,840

8,882

9,061

8,665

7,905

331419

Primary smelting & refining of nonferrous metal (except copper & aluminum)

8,222

9,770

6,520

6,633

6,353

5,788

331420

Copper rolling, drawing, extruding & alloying

21,071

24,814

22,109

22,467

22,429

20,467

331490

Nonferrous metal (except copper & aluminum) rolling, drawing, extruding & alloying

17,914

23,327

22,860

21,368

20,144

18,391

331510

Ferrous metal foundries

15,926

18,023

18,574

17,751

18,784

18,451

331520

Nonferrous metal foundries

10,919

12,397

12,908

13,375

13,930

14,377

332114

Custom roll forming

7,048

7,757

8,341

8,266

8,529

7,591

332200

Cutlery & handtool mfg.

10,522

10,524

9,653

9,797

9,739

10,011

332310

Plate work & fabricated structural product mfg.

34,600

36,756

40,567

40,860

44,378

44,975

332320

Ornamental & architectural metal products mfg.

33,081

34,518

36,286

36,453

38,767

39,331

332410

Power boiler & heat exchanger mfg.

5,655

6,796

7,163

7,457

7,771

7,468

332420

Metal tank (heavy gauge) mfg.

5,815

7,249

9,456

9,554

10,210

9,823

332430

Metal can, box, & other metal container (light gauge) mfg.

18,464

18,835

18,949

18,618

19,172

18,468

332500

Hardware mfg.

6,417

6,605

7,036

7,270

7,889

7,966

332600

Spring & wire product mfg.

8,201

8,478

8,792

8,855

8,972

9,060

332710

Machine shops

33,775

39,989

40,313

40,453

42,002

42,626

332720

Turned product & screw, nut, & bolt mfg.

21,358

24,302

28,038

28,891

29,284

29,547

332800

Coating, engraving, heat treating & allied activities

24,285

27,080

27,262

27,860

28,910

29,192

332913

Plumbing fixture fitting & trim mfg.

3,075

2,940

3,374

3,688

3,653

3,400

332991

Ball & roller bearing mfg.

7,416

8,658

6,771

6,381

6,958

7,017

332996

Fabricated pipe & pipe fitting mfg.

6,158

7,471

8,168

7,956

8,142

8,219

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Gross Output in the Machinery Manufacturing Industry, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

25,581

29,565

38,939

43,240

43,132

28,727

333111

Farm machinery & equipment mfg.

333112

Lawn & garden equipment mfg.

8,634

9,091

7,958

8,558

8,585

9,952

333120

Construction machinery mfg.

29,132

37,319

41,847

33,686

35,797

42,607

333130

Mining & oil & gas field machinery mfg.

21,486

26,048

32,314

31,570

31,528

20,399

333220

Plastics & rubber industry machinery mfg.

2,964

3,086

3,161

3,245

3,535

3,193

333295

Semiconductor machinery mfg.

9,986

12,729

10,450

9,453

7,691

6,944

333313

Office machinery mfg.

1,687

1,620

2,958

2,857

2,870

2,542

333314

Optical instrument & lens mfg.

4,804

5,056

5,432

5,126

4,632

4,104

333315

Photographic & photocopying equipment mfg.

2,316

2,503

552

511

451

436

333414

Heating equipment (except warm air furnaces) mfg.

3,706

4,035

5,099

4,831

4,793

4,782

333415

Air conditioning, refrigeration, & warm air heating equipment mfg.

27,848

29,423

30,847

31,823

31,330

31,263

333511

Industrial mold mfg.

5,017

5,712

6,393

6,580

6,666

7,079

333514

Special tool, die, jig, & fixture mfg.

6,880

7,989

8,051

8,481

9,485

10,067

333611

Turbine & turbine generator set units mfg.

10,349

11,548

16,243

14,292

13,498

19,007

333612

Speed changer, industrial high-speed drive, & gear mfg.

3,023

3,621

4,948

4,057

4,146

3,667

333613

Mechanical power transmission equipment mfg.

3,548

4,324

4,376

4,189

4,101

3,634

333618

Other engine equipment mfg.

19,179

26,402

28,077

25,443

28,400

25,173

333912

Air & gas compressor mfg.

8,049

8,609

10,008

10,531

11,333

10,521

333920

Material handling equipment mfg.

26,626

28,790

30,190

27,869

28,771

31,315

333991

Power-driven handtool mfg.

1,759

2,110

3,961

3,846

3,440

3,486

333993

Packaging machinery mfg.

4,341

5,081

5,521

5,534

5,531

5,588

333994

Industrial process furnace & oven mfg.

2,331

2,777

2,836

2,782

2,959

2,989

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Gross Output in the Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

334111

Electronic computer mfg.

23,304

12,510

13,471

14,930

17,039

17,616

334112

Computer storage device mfg.

9,906

10,932

12,223

14,340

12,495

10,026

334210

Telephone apparatus mfg.

10,756

10,523

9,589

10,043

10,325

9,872

334220

Broadcast & wireless communications equipment

31,990

33,039

30,870

31,983

29,039

28,899

334290

Other communications equipment mfg.

6,277

6,267

6,122

6,468

6,656

6,417

334300

Audio & video equipment mfg.

4,304

5,000

2,923

2,814

3,046

3,198

334413

Semiconductor & related device mfg.

79,905

88,037

78,877

73,825

75,161

65,330 23,037

334418

Printed circuit assembly (electronic assembly) mfg.

21,408

21,596

19,141

20,296

19,053

334510

Electromedical & electrotherapeutic apparatus mfg.

25,635

25,781

29,497

29,968

29,926

31,438

334511

Search, detection, & navigation instruments mfg.

53,358

54,461

52,796

50,452

49,560

52,352

334512

Automatic environmental control mfg.

3,249

3,164

3,196

3,214

3,363

3,616

334513

Industrial process variable instruments mfg.

9,662

10,974

12,858

12,965

13,304

14,117

334514

Totalizing fluid meter & counting device mfg.

6,050

6,756

6,964

5,982

5,536

5,820

334515

Electricity & signal testing instruments mfg.

10,111

10,828

12,892

12,092

12,288

12,973

334516

Analytical laboratory instrument mfg.

14,197

14,666

15,009

14,939

17,338

18,209

334517

Irradiation apparatus mfg.

4,307

4,102

10,548

12,220

14,011

14,632

334610

Mfg. & reproducing magnetic & optical media

4,691

3,790

3,611

3,231

3,590

4,599

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Gross Output in the Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

1,858

1,616

1,817

1,689

1,545

1,551

9,834

9,980

10,490

10,573

3,019

2,932

2,869

2,634

4,381

5,102

4,680

3,650

3,515

3,586

3,286

3,856

3,757

3,829

3,511

4,552

4,470

4,814

4,409

335110

Electric lamp bulb & part mfg.

335120

Lighting fixture mfg.

8,803

9,798

335210

Small electrical appliance mfg.

2,772

2,574

335221

Household cooking appliance mfg.

3,722

3,773

4,343

335222

Household refrigerator & home freezer mfg.

3,545

3,582

335224

Household laundry equipment mfg.

3,206

3,284

335228

Other major household appliance mfg.

4,050

4,147

335311

Power, distribution, & specialty transformer mfg.

5,536

6,013

5,825

5,725

5,894

5,644

335312

Motor & generator mfg.

10,353

11,413

12,004

11,465

11,902

11,393

335313

Switchgear & switchboard apparatus mfg.

9,784

10,569

10,919

11,739

11,943

11,425

335314

Relay & industrial control mfg.

9,177

9,834

9,910

9,907

10,305

9,934

335911

Storage battery mfg.

5,941

6,609

6,393

6,399

7,123

6,877

335912

Primary battery mfg.

4,446

4,602

4,495

4,035

3,722

3,478

335920

Communication & energy wire & cable mfg.

13,382

15,234

14,879

13,457

13,238

13,388

335930

Wiring device mfg.

10,111

10,850

13,119

14,672

14,491

14,618

335991

Carbon & graphite product mfg.

2,637

3,124

3,361

3,292

3,246

3,273

335999

All other miscellaneous electrical equipment & component mfg.

9,006

9,744

10,922

11,310

10,786

10,922

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Gross Output in the Motor Vehicles & Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Industries: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Automobile mfg.

76,419

87,766

108,884

115,127

118,634

126,788

336112

Light truck & utility vehicle mfg.

126,941

156,585

123,706

141,251

166,064

208,948

336120

Heavy duty truck mfg.

21,459

27,921

28,919

28,716

29,314

31,606

336211

Motor vehicle body mfg.

9,770

9,878

11,228

11,685

12,637

13,599

336212

Truck trailer mfg.

5,298

6,871

8,060

8,190

9,202

9,884

336213

Motor home mfg.

2,197

2,266

2,327

3,264

3,991

4,303

336214

Travel trailer & camper mfg.

7,330

8,062

10,453

11,894

13,611

14,629

336310

Motor vehicle gasoline engine & engine parts mfg.

20,493

21,628

30,356

32,840

33,515

36,504

336320

Motor vehicle electrical & electronic equipment mfg.

16,723

17,049

19,638

21,633

23,676

25,795

336350

Motor vehicle transmission & power train parts mfg.

30,916

33,080

35,169

35,796

38,608

42,055

336360

Motor vehicle seating & interior trim mfg.

16,685

18,878

21,293

23,834

26,609

28,936

336370

Motor vehicle metal stamping

26,164

28,993

30,555

32,099

34,596

37,653

336390

Other motor vehicle parts mfg.

43,548

48,757

57,202

59,366

64,184

69,906

336411

Aircraft mfg.

99,431

99,954

118,098

124,424

133,693

147,162

336412

Aircraft engine & engine parts mfg.

30,262

34,754

45,155

48,355

51,345

53,611

336413

Other aircraft parts & auxiliary equipment mfg.

30,041

34,164

35,177

36,696

39,304

40,841

336414

Guided missile & space vehicle mfg.

18,870

19,328

21,573

21,302

22,059

21,602

336500

Railroad rolling stock mfg.

10,428

12,316

16,609

19,569

22,344

17,503

336611

Ship building & repairing

23,757

22,623

26,586

26,580

26,080

26,557

336612

Boat building

5,590

6,188

7,390

7,822

8,766

8,960

336991

Motorcycle, bicycle, & parts mfg.

4,335

6,149

6,043

6,342

6,414

6,269

336992

Military armored vehicle, tank, & tank component mfg.

12,930

8,151

5,870

3,893

2,820

2,729

336999

All other transportation equipment mfg.

6,358

7,275

7,415

8,278

8,757

8,583

336111

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Gross Output in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco Product Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

17,866

17,845

19,388

21,109

22,774

23,485

34,680

35,807

33,264

34,326

19,999

20,791

20,239

20,104

12,578

13,411

11,343

11,273

15,259

17,289

16,058

15,015

14,932

10,427

10,828

11,000

9,829

9,743

31,779

32,398

32,458

32,799

33,998

26,512

27,386

30,044

30,856

31,683

32,800

35,695

36,103

38,912

39,996

39,447

41,162

36,675

42,117

40,871

43,531

49,989

44,688

Dry, condensed, & evaporated dairy product mfg.

14,618

17,166

19,418

20,100

21,961

19,607

Ice cream & frozen dessert mfg.

7,137

6,935

6,973

7,322

7,855

7,025

311615

Poultry processing

50,879

52,617

57,071

61,382

62,902

59,701

311700

Seafood product preparation & packaging

10,042

10,480

10,582

11,067

12,075

11,518

311810

Bread & bakery product mfg.

33,900

35,344

35,933

38,103

38,993

40,202

311910

Snack food mfg.

26,870

29,008

31,352

32,415

35,268

36,394

311920

Coffee & tea mfg.

10,347

12,465

14,091

12,931

14,399

14,868

311930

Flavoring syrup & concentrate mfg.

9,059

9,739

8,950

8,997

8,617

8,892

311940

Seasoning & dressing mfg.

16,599

17,281

18,975

19,662

19,390

20,329

311990

All other food mfg.

20,289

20,744

21,987

23,622

25,005

25,635

312110

Soft drink & ice mfg.

41,730

42,298

46,041

45,962

42,653

42,616

312120

Breweries

28,305

29,442

31,207

34,607

37,500

37,418

312130

Wineries

15,054

15,953

16,672

16,482

18,649

18,290

312140

Distilleries

10,993

12,193

14,014

14,414

15,410

15,177

312200

Tobacco product mfg.

70,748

70,924

71,028

70,377

65,587

70,576

311111

Dog & cat food mfg.

311119

Other animal food mfg.

26,918

31,951

311210

Flour milling & malt mfg.

16,290

19,601

311221

Wet corn milling

14,442

14,493

311225

Fats & oils refining & blending

12,738

311230

Breakfast cereal mfg.

10,461

311300

Sugar & confectionery product mfg.

30,594

311410

Frozen food mfg.

311420

Fruit & vegetable canning, pickling, & drying

311513

Cheese mfg.

311514 311520

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Gross Output in the Textile & Apparel Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

313100

Fiber, yarn, & thread mills

6,935

7,594

7,803

8,104

8,138

2015 7,956

313200

Fabric mills

14,719

15,212

14,710

15,110

15,154

14,811

313300

Textile & fabric finishing & fabric coating mills

7,661

7,914

7,474

8,148

8,342

8,176

314110

Carpet & rug mills

7,745

8,870

9,036

9,373

9,307

9,429

314120

Curtain & linen mills

3,651

3,708

3,580

3,549

3,937

3,996

314900

Other textile product mills

9,161

9,140

9,145

9,665

10,484

10,634

315000

Apparel mfg.

12,771

17,713

24,586

24,868

24,382

25,306

316000

Leather & allied product mfg.

5,832

8,037

7,543

7,681

7,524

7,015

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Gross Output in the Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber Products Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 (In Millions of US$; Latest Year Available) IO Code

Description

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

325110

Petrochemical mfg.

75,101

83,891

80,554

80,747

71,919

65,503

325120

Industrial gas mfg.

7,207

7,101

7,580

7,461

7,326

6,744

325130

Synthetic dye & pigment mfg.

7,202

7,642

9,199

8,955

8,255

7,622

325180

Other basic inorganic chemical mfg.

32,291

34,727

38,278

35,837

35,869

33,408

325190

Other basic organic chemical mfg.

101,413

128,256

140,459

143,101

140,044

128,701

325211

Plastics material & resin mfg.

79,969

83,939

90,783

93,951

96,130

88,187

325310

Fertilizer mfg.

20,337

23,451

26,336

27,886

26,288

29,232

325320

Pesticide & other agricultural chemical mfg.

10,496

10,767

14,646

17,317

15,449

17,175

325411

Medicinal & botanical mfg.

12,943

14,241

14,653

15,244

15,434

18,057

325412

Pharmaceutical preparation mfg.

158,676

165,306

156,507

157,966

177,538

207,209

325413

In-vitro diagnostic substance mfg.

13,473

13,455

14,217

15,303

14,504

16,995

325414

Biological product (except diagnostic) mfg.

25,849

24,395

28,858

27,911

26,882

32,236

325510

Paint & coating mfg.

21,170

22,262

24,189

26,258

27,554

28,770

325520

Adhesive mfg.

10,451

11,009

11,576

11,481

11,927

12,414

325610

Soap & cleaning compound mfg.

45,724

50,740

48,252

41,006

41,150

38,204

325620

Toilet preparation mfg.

32,269

33,791

34,062

38,495

39,895

38,785

325910

Printing ink mfg.

4,659

4,790

4,773

5,044

4,939

4,544

326110

Plastics packaging materials & unlaminated film & sheet mfg.

32,951

35,227

38,953

41,137

41,757

40,709

326120

Plastics pipe, pipe fitting, & unlaminated profile shape mfg.

11,367

12,615

15,452

16,723

17,972

17,512

326130

Laminated plastics plate, sheet (except packaging), & shape mfg.

2,981

2,919

3,597

3,562

3,832

3,735

326140

Polystyrene foam product mfg.

7,428

7,834

8,026

8,372

7,896

7,695

326150

Urethane & other foam product (except polystyrene) mfg.

7,819

8,433

9,514

9,921

10,503

10,230

326160

Plastics bottle mfg.

10,808

11,780

12,496

12,366

12,835

12,507

326190

Other plastics product mfg.

75,383

78,276

83,588

87,715

93,863

91,454

326210

Tire mfg.

17,273

21,073

20,640

19,562

19,337

18,974

326220

Rubber & plastics hoses & belting mfg.

4,305

4,816

5,233

5,194

5,103

5,050

326290

Other rubber product mfg.

14,763

16,154

17,660

17,847

18,132

17,653

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III. Shipments Contents: Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for All Manufacturing Industries, U.S.: Monthly, January 1992- April 2017 Annual Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2009-2015 Monthly Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2016-2017

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Annual Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2009-2015 (In Millions of US$; Not Seasonally Adjusted) Industry

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

All manufacturing industries

4,423,779

4,911,277

5,491,894

5,696,728

5,809,745

5,880,891

5,619,673

Durable goods industries

2,820,620

2,056,829

2,280,712

2,479,086

2,627,582

2,695,807

2,791,532

Wood products

64,951

69,389

69,846

78,124

88,618

95,176

95,814

Nonmetallic mineral products

89,584

90,112

92,693

99,042

106,182

113,667

114,180

Primary metals

168,155

231,262

277,067

269,540

263,208

263,559

230,646

Iron & steel mills

78,288

113,580

138,971

138,506

132,407

132,772

107,379

Aluminum & nonferrous metals

67,577

91,358

108,283

99,139

98,839

97,240

89,437

Ferrous metal foundries

13,387

15,585

17,610

19,131

18,807

19,866

19,628

Fabricated metal products

281,497

294,883

325,114

339,926

347,105

358,963

355,334

Machinery

286,677

315,546

361,983

402,176

393,531

400,442

386,253

Farm machinery

22,394

23,000

25,430

34,616

38,788

38,572

24,638

Construction machinery

23,627

29,510

36,881

42,193

34,530

36,605

43,579

Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery

21,084

22,272

27,265

32,734

32,178

32,199

20,477

Industrial machinery

25,528

29,549

33,777

32,299

32,354

32,215

29,049

Photographic equipment

7,957

8,215

8,582

7,085

6,766

5,926

5,179

35,404

36,606

39,014

41,825

42,955

42,529

42,476

20,288

23,117

27,053

29,476

30,067

31,492

33,683

12,859

12,016

13,865

16,920

14,910

14,071

19,917

Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment Metalworking machinery Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment Material handling equipment Computers and Electronic Products Electronic computer

22,759

26,742

28,557

30,684

28,478

29,235

31,959

319,475

328,355

332,951

313,588

308,531

304,703

312,851

36,642

21,375

9,907

10,152

8,316

8,980

9,316 6,600

Computer storage device

6,522

9,595

10,694

8,446

9,852

8,436

Other computer peripheral equipment

10,312

10,918

11,880

11,309

11,195

10,108

9,507

Communications equipment

44,790

43,583

44,897

43,615

44,510

40,440

41,043

Audio and video equipment

3,326

2,382

2,888

3,039

2,963

3,188

3,468

Semiconductor & related device

48,693

60,103

63,536

48,613

44,779

45,491

38,240

Other electronic component

37,542

41,773

43,387

41,829

42,024

41,527

51,612

Search & navigation equipment

49,983

50,282

50,992

46,954

45,195

44,373

45,957

Electromedical, measuring, & control instrument

76,682

85,019

91,730

96,774

97,018

99,272

103,227

4,983

3,325

3,040

2,857

2,679

2,888

3,881

Manufacturing & reproducing magnetic and optical media Electrical equipment, appliances, & components

105,522

110,226

118,766

123,617

123,513

125,495

121,697

Electric lighting equipment

11,113

11,051

11,767

11,912

11,963

12,374

12,441

Household appliances

18,667

18,268

18,299

19,530

19,139

20,292

18,508

Electrical equipment

35,938

34,828

37,643

38,872

39,051

40,068

38,293

Batteries

9,323

10,655

11,557

10,956

10,410

10,841

10,141

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Annual Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2009-2015 (cont.) (In Millions of US$; Not Seasonally Adjusted) Industry Transportation equipment

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

539,252

635,864

690,360

785,686

841,011

903,327

969,686

Automobiles

51,022

71,998

82,074

108,782

115,123

118,629

126,926

Light trucks & utility vehicles

80,426

112,308

121,745

122,175

139,684

159,224

178,428 31,711

Heavy duty trucks

15,560

20,549

26,754

29,559

28,992

29,416

Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers

21,793

24,717

27,719

31,964

35,187

39,695

42,550

Aircraft

87,720

89,178

90,010

113,026

121,041

129,190

142,429

Missile, space vehicle, and parts

22,111

26,119

26,316

25,235

26,300

27,582

28,207

Railroad rolling stock

11,974

11,095

13,197

17,160

20,264

22,880

17,084

Ship & boat

27,851

28,101

28,755

32,076

33,580

33,402

34,004

Furniture & related products

61,275

60,456

64,220

66,728

68,219

69,571

73,234

Miscellaneous durable goods

140,441

144,619

146,086

149,155

155,889

156,629

160,925

2,366,950

2,630,565

3,012,808

3,069,146

3,113,938

3,089,359

2,799,053 773,839

Nondurable goods industries Food products

630,450

654,318

715,895

739,273

762,848

790,510

Grain & oilseed milling

86,208

82,726

94,323

101,456

104,020

97,082

96,213

Dairy products

85,117

96,130

107,481

107,426

112,038

124,180

110,620 221,948

Meat, poultry, & seafood products Beverage & tobacco products Beverages Tobacco

174,188

186,387

207,241

210,322

217,495

234,461

127,597

129,959

133,909

142,235

147,005

145,492

145,998

90,810

90,756

94,592

102,051

106,754

108,199

108,525 37,473

36,787

39,203

39,317

40,184

40,251

37,293

Textile mills

26,546

29,604

31,355

30,216

31,539

31,714

30,903

Textile products

21,659

21,377

22,889

22,100

22,889

24,308

24,477

Apparel

13,764

13,152

12,523

12,265

12,053

11,776

12,097

Leather & allied products Paper products Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills Paperboard containers

4,255

4,844

5,520

4,986

5,104

5,009

4,668

163,122

172,289

178,731

180,610

185,895

186,836

182,809

74,582

79,636

82,815

81,173

83,163

82,059

82,250

47,686

50,487

52,725

53,805

57,970

60,060

55,465

Printing

83,091

82,952

83,273

82,453

82,425

83,319

86,058

Petroleum & coal products

496,200

627,770

839,066

851,136

852,801

786,513

525,255

Petroleum refineries Chemical products Pesticides, fertilizers, & other agricultural chemicals Pharmaceuticals & medicines Paints, coatings, & adhesives Plastics & rubber products

461,051

587,718

792,442

801,905

805,857

741,059

485,047

628,863

705,148

785,046

785,300

785,616

788,685

783,931

32,019

31,406

35,096

41,461

45,830

42,275

46,628

193,069

185,574

197,563

189,036

185,989

201,491

236,545

29,185

31,651

33,541

36,182

37,700

39,557

40,950

171,403

189,152

204,601

218,572

225,763

235,197

229,018

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Monthly Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups, U.S.: 2016-2017 (In Millions of US$; Not Seasonally Adjusted) Monthly Industry All manufacturing industries

Year to date

Apr-17P

Mar-17

Feb-17

Apr-16

2017P

2016

% Chg. 2016-17

460,515

501,901

437,113

446,642

1,829,547

1,757,688

4.1

Excluding transportation equipment

387,385

411,907

362,492

370,567

1,524,765

1,447,379

5.3

Excluding defense equipment

449,678

487,603

425,398

437,105

1,783,310

1,714,616

4.0

With unfilled orders

157,223

181,870

152,633

153,838

635,882

617,534

3.0

Durable goods industries

224,916

257,455

217,742

224,333

908,023

893,844

1.6

Wood products

9,574

9,337

8,391

8,873

35,027

32,068

9.2

Nonmetallic mineral products

10,281

10,748

9,047

10,323

39,035

38,550

1.3

Primary metals

18,990

20,635

18,196

17,679

76,280

69,848

9.2

Iron & steel mills

9,017

9,525

8,400

8,258

35,482

32,617

8.8

Aluminum & nonferrous metals

8,729

9,697

8,560

8,054

35,721

31,774

12.4

Ferrous metal foundries

1,244

1,413

1,236

1,367

5,077

5,457

-7.0

Fabricated metal products

30,526

32,744

29,041

29,500

120,895

114,470

5.6

Machinery

30,692

34,642

28,619

30,346

120,364

120,662

-0.2

Farm machinery

3,198

3,281

2,863

3,135

11,636

11,350

2.5

Construction machinery

2,059

2,327

1,885

2,168

7,906

8,250

-4.2

913

1,046

903

813

3,677

5,146

-28.5

2,695

3,317

2,504

2,605

10,768

10,677

0.9

Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery Industrial machinery Photographic equipment

501

669

467

497

2,082

2,134

-2.4

Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment

3,607

4,248

3,087

3,479

13,911

13,526

2.8

Metalworking machinery

2,699

3,216

2,657

2,506

11,191

10,441

7.2

Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment

4,066

4,000

3,680

4,010

15,237

15,402

-1.1

Material handling equipment

2,662

3,048

2,568

2,543

10,700

10,216

4.7

Computers & electronic products

23,942

28,619

23,020

23,266

100,184

95,374

5.0

Computers

693

785

578

658

2,700

2,563

5.3

Computer storage devices

445

991

462

483

2,363

2,316

2.0

Other peripheral equipment

428

639

449

486

1,923

2,242

-14.2

2,305

3,256

2,194

2,231

9,889

9,447

4.7

232

252

239

232

915

954

-4.1

Nondefense communications equipment Defense communications equipment Audio & video equipment

273

311

266

263

1,127

1,075

4.8

Electronic components

3,764

4,256

3,516

3,622

14,919

13,996

6.6

Nondefense search & navigation equipment

1,262

1,666

1,316

1,111

5,455

5,097

7.0

Defense search & navigation equipment

2,447

2,754

2,481

2,157

9,806

9,035

8.5

Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments

7,840

9,573

7,752

7,658

32,374

31,601

2.4

Electrical equipment, appliances, & components

9,621

10,820

9,142

9,584

38,388

37,987

1.1

Electric lighting equipment

1,043

1,131

1,013

1,060

4,147

4,183

-0.9

Household appliances

1,519

1,725

1,378

1,607

5,936

6,348

-6.5

Electrical equipment

2,529

3,133

2,546

2,726

10,664

11,246

-5.2

807

878

788

874

3,295

3,466

-4.9

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Apr-17

P

Year to date

Mar-17

Feb-17

Apr-16

2017

P

2016

% Chg. 2016-17

Transportation equipment

73,130

89,994

74,621

76,075

304,782

310,309

-1.8

Automobiles

7,862

8,774

7,677

9,303

32,131

39,473

-18.6

Light trucks & utility vehicles

14,893

18,905

16,240

15,716

64,071

62,533

2.5 -11.9

Heavy duty trucks

2,246

2,558

2,009

2,530

8,650

9,814

Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers

27,005

30,359

27,372

26,985

109,695

106,505

3.0

Nondefense aircraft & parts

9,637

14,328

9,431

10,696

42,259

44,896

-5.9

Defense aircraft & parts

3,234

4,994

3,428

2,823

14,265

14,586

-2.2

Ships & boats

2,960

3,469

3,059

2,999

11,944

12,077

-1.1

Furniture & related products

6,292

6,634

6,201

6,242

25,198

24,972

0.9 -3.5

Miscellaneous durable goods

11,868

13,282

11,464

12,445

47,870

49,604

Nondurable goods industries

235,599

244,446

219,371

222,309

921,524

863,844

6.7

Food products

66,354

68,868

64,073

62,473

263,763

254,234

3.7

Grain & oilseed milling

6,890

7,569

7,240

6,840

29,200

28,711

1.7

Dairy products

9,419

10,014

9,133

8,886

38,154

36,226

5.3

Meat, poultry, & seafood products

19,488

19,633

17,895

18,322

75,062

72,698

3.3

Beverage & tobacco products

13,051

13,587

12,081

13,329

50,696

50,435

0.5

Beverages

9,431

9,859

8,631

9,758

36,495

37,286

-2.1

Tobacco

3,620

3,728

3,450

3,571

14,201

13,149

8.0

Textile mills

2,661

2,750

2,549

2,583

10,371

10,003

3.7

Textile products

1.9

2,291

2,289

2,125

2,243

8,684

8,523

Apparel

903

944

986

894

3,787

3,618

4.7

Leather & allied products

391

402

388

386

1,551

1,531

1.3

Paper products

15,008

16,276

14,518

15,134

61,038

61,090

-0.1

Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills

6,288

6,774

6,072

6,374

25,689

25,980

-1.1

Paperboard containers

5,159

5,687

4,959

5,140

21,084

20,533

2.7

Printing

6,296

6,676

5,882

6,894

25,075

26,807

-6.5

Petroleum & coal products

43,404

41,146

37,166

33,443

161,094

117,830

36.7

Petroleum refineries

39,544

37,298

34,031

29,907

147,414

105,455

39.8

Chemical products

65,499

70,435

61,056

64,632

257,693

251,565

2.4

Pesticides, fertilizers, & other agricultural chemicals

3,788

4,128

3,230

4,528

13,634

15,739

-13.4

Pharmaceuticals & medicines

21,267

22,717

19,959

20,333

84,364

80,323

5.0

Paints, coatings, & adhesives

4,022

4,105

3,342

3,949

14,625

14,223

2.8

Plastics & rubber products

19,741

21,073

18,547

20,298

77,772

78,208

-0.6

Note: Estimates of shipments are for the duration of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. P = Preliminary Estimate. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

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Value of Exports of All Manufactured Goods, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 (In Millions of US$) Partner World

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2016

Q1 2017 317,974

1,267,996

1,341,398

1,375,170

1,403,782

1,316,771

1,263,616

304,742

Canada

250,383

264,101

268,073

272,199

248,470

238,160

57,404

59,326

Mexico

176,966

194,662

204,092

216,478

214,017

207,949

50,239

53,022

China

70,629

73,236

86,735

91,114

88,878

86,470

18,982

20,790

Japan

52,154

58,033

54,459

54,628

52,050

52,310

12,549

12,487

United Kingdom

48,861

47,424

39,678

45,305

48,368

47,632

11,689

10,928

Germany

43,781

43,141

41,666

43,856

44,642

44,567

10,990

11,720

South Korea

34,384

34,799

35,382

37,524

37,262

35,787

8,311

9,032

Netherlands

37,394

36,563

38,031

38,062

35,930

34,595

8,640

8,490

Hong Kong

32,479

33,572

38,299

36,736

32,923

30,807

7,714

10,009

Belgium

27,882

27,510

30,103

32,790

32,166

29,983

7,692

6,995

France

25,108

28,119

28,936

28,494

27,492

28,137

6,899

7,519

Brazil

39,325

41,021

40,097

38,709

29,597

27,792

5,940

7,494

Singapore

29,769

29,191

29,305

28,424

26,943

24,771

5,714

6,485

Taiwan

20,721

19,842

21,672

22,517

22,582

22,788

5,307

5,747

United Arab Emirates

14,140

20,620

22,328

20,102

21,034

20,652

5,307

4,721

Australia

25,287

28,781

24,245

24,568

23,286

20,392

4,573

5,212

India

18,349

18,952

19,462

18,870

18,546

18,795

4,224

4,835

Switzerland

20,972

22,439

23,343

18,446

17,424

18,344

4,304

5,117

Saudi Arabia

12,366

16,364

17,710

17,265

18,427

16,716

4,468

3,210

Italy

12,858

13,055

13,997

14,169

13,640

14,001

3,425

3,918

Israel

12,977

13,516

12,956

14,309

12,943

12,497

3,054

2,867

Chile

14,443

17,310

15,924

15,036

14,448

11,682

3,480

2,854

Colombia

13,203

15,411

17,225

18,056

14,515

11,146

2,624

3,049

Malaysia

12,922

11,790

12,071

12,165

11,560

11,116

2,738

3,048

Thailand

9,298

9,475

10,692

10,564

10,039

9,182

2,181

2,134

Source: Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

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Exports of Durable & Nondurable Manufactured Goods, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 (In Millions of US$) Durable Goods

NAICS

Total

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

818,807

875,848

891,757

916,905

885,330

859,430

211,839

Wood Products

321

5,867

6,226

6,771

7,503

7,067

7,093

1,849

Nonmetallic Mineral Products

327

10,849

10,920

11,230

11,859

11,564

11,456

2,895

Primary Metals

331

76,613

78,404

73,407

64,073

55,719

51,824

14,280

Fabricated Metal Products

332

40,260

43,722

46,364

49,251

47,053

44,728

11,149

Machinery (Except Electrical)

333

150,917

159,548

150,139

152,587

139,102

124,657

31,889

Computer & Electronic Products

334

198,035

203,164

204,640

209,123

204,710

201,943

49,001

Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components

335

49,774

54,296

57,143

60,614

60,294

57,006

14,430

Transportation Equipment

336

210,277

241,337

258,286

273,784

275,668

276,747

64,996

Furniture & Fixtures

337

5,171

5,751

5,925

6,199

5,899

5,576

1,332

339

70,134

72,481

77,852

81,912

78,255

78,401

20,016

NAICS

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities

Nondurable Goods Total

449,189

465,550

483,413

486,877

431,441

404,186

106,135

Food Products

311

60,073

64,927

68,775

70,684

63,205

61,497

15,793

Beverages & Tobacco Products

312

6,795

7,439

8,844

8,960

9,486

8,740

1,969 2,297

Textiles & Fabrics

313

9,755

9,311

9,647

10,025

9,730

9,040

Textile Product Mills

314

3,028

3,168

3,252

3,294

3,244

3,150

789

Apparel Manufacturing Products

315

4,825

5,165

5,439

5,695

5,697

5,302

1,258

Leather & Allied Products

316

3,974

4,179

4,760

5,030

4,726

4,537

1,101

Paper Manufacturing Products

322

24,808

24,431

24,789

24,912

24,209

23,007

5,895

Printed Matter & Related Products

323

6,533

6,476

6,405

6,042

5,696

5,436

1,259

Petroleum & Coal Products

324

101,933

111,150

119,521

117,956

78,452

66,691

19,132

Chemicals

325

197,473

197,529

199,502

200,407

193,840

184,555

48,502

Plastics & Rubber Products

326

29,992

31,776

32,479

33,873

33,157

32,230

8,139

Note: 2017 figures are year-to-date through March 2017. Source: Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

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Value of Exports of U.S. Vehicles: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 (In Thousands of US$) Partner World

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

1Q 2016

1Q 2017

120,011,781

133,078,053

134,090,149

136,021,619

127,393,132

124,564,186

29,514,530

31,112,125

Canada

46,870,087

50,328,990

51,993,319

51,428,475

47,904,675

48,439,175

11,298,549

12,086,161

Mexico

17,893,830

20,278,050

21,607,458

21,250,784

22,406,733

21,382,959

5,392,602

5,092,414

China

6,767,790

7,059,856

10,330,141

13,268,974

10,868,411

11,034,808

2,441,387

2,984,467

Germany

6,752,064

7,297,112

6,050,402

6,670,519

7,165,876

7,629,992

1,837,811

1,725,754

Saudi Arabia

4,435,451

6,152,108

5,762,407

4,895,798

4,798,743

3,608,774

1,012,515

820,648

United Kingdom

2,125,713

2,080,712

2,094,046

2,687,089

3,063,294

3,128,119

761,340

765,654

Australia

3,967,100

5,850,397

3,484,424

3,648,551

3,363,960

2,704,262

644,726

805,688

United Arab Emirates

2,167,485

3,207,229

3,555,034

3,334,534

3,170,706

2,490,274

601,950

618,926

South Korea

1,065,078

1,167,848

1,281,396

1,598,975

1,873,254

2,197,976

525,807

563,019

Japan

1,546,949

1,916,653

1,585,433

1,447,808

1,324,441

1,309,118

294,377

308,178

Belgium

941,786

957,785

936,969

1,164,869

1,201,608

1,285,545

363,256

370,165

Netherlands

569,334

464,256

686,542

874,107

986,566

1,120,791

243,383

322,316

Brazil

1,342,723

1,405,404

1,268,567

1,280,686

1,067,051

901,322

147,569

340,609

Kuwait

989,676

1,103,220

1,112,784

816,913

932,759

802,157

140,858

167,996

Italy

638,639

623,869

520,268

644,307

848,151

791,493

158,432

208,108

Chile

1,577,777

1,913,465

1,466,279

1,158,751

911,305

703,106

140,292

179,217

Russian Federation

1,120,152

1,538,308

1,999,349

2,140,921

599,327

617,150

160,152

161,379

142,937

262,124

319,428

299,054

326,553

525,306

102,112

113,806

Thailand France

621,893

675,015

606,175

541,621

465,951

520,978

141,648

109,151

Dominican Republic

458,270

433,887

349,833

387,942

451,708

507,583

116,094

126,134

1,254,624

138,157

217,326

105,135

113,512

491,545

109,868

64,468

490,593

327,989

363,664

457,257

472,903

487,974

102,984

99,528

Afghanistan Israel Oman

307,414

495,237

447,709

418,936

433,809

465,756

112,603

116,835

South Africa

1,055,297

1,377,615

1,035,465

1,114,177

650,976

446,082

97,432

120,769

Hong Kong

766,060

534,152

393,785

519,238

451,365

445,109

103,048

326,664

Note: "Vehicles" refers to HS (Harmonized System) Code 87, "vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc." Source: Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

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Exports, Imports & Trade Balance of Computers & Electronic Products, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 (In Millions of US$) Exports

NAICS

Computers & Electronic Products

334

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

198,035

203,164

204,640

209,123

204,710

201,943

49,001

Computer Equipment

3341

48,585

49,339

48,269

49,081

46,748

45,131

10,598

Communications Equipment

3342

33,331

35,361

37,631

40,458

42,155

41,538

9,710

Audio & Video Equipment

3343

10,811

10,501

9,698

9,771

9,614

9,401

2,350

Semiconductors & Other Electronic Components

3344

55,220

52,259

53,176

54,891

53,660

54,505

13,962

Navigational, Measuring, Medical & Control Instruments

3345

48,623

51,118

51,476

50,830

48,879

47,740

11,455

Magnetic & Optical Media

3346

1,465

4,586

4,390

4,091

3,654

3,628

926

Imports

NAICS

Computers & Electronic Products

334

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

335,502

347,794

351,379

366,603

375,972

372,837

86,129

Computer Equipment

3341

91,897

95,802

93,328

92,510

91,760

86,743

19,452

Communications Equipment

3342

89,194

94,827

102,294

107,495

114,242

116,307

26,512

Audio & Video Equipment

3343

39,047

39,333

35,198

36,165

36,813

34,152

6,537

Semiconductors & Other Electronic Components

3344

65,997

64,978

66,623

71,397

72,133

74,257

18,381

Navigational, Measuring, Medical & Control Instruments

3345

45,972

48,584

49,274

53,383

54,159

53,172

12,954

Magnetic & Optical Media

3346

3,395

4,270

4,662

5,654

6,865

8,205

2,292

Trade Balance

NAICS

Computers & Electronic Products

334

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

-137,467

-144,630

-146,739

-157,480

-171,262

-170,893

-37,128

-45,059

-43,429

-45,012

-41,613

-8,854

Computer Equipment

3341

-43,312

-46,463

Communications Equipment

3342

-55,863

-59,466

-64,664

-67,036

-72,087

-74,769

-16,802

Audio & Video Equipment

3343

-28,235

-28,831

-25,500

-26,394

-27,198

-24,751

-4,186

Semiconductors & Other Electronic Components

3344

-10,777

-12,719

-13,447

-16,506

-18,473

-19,752

-4,419

Navigational, Measuring, Medical & Control Instruments

3345

2,651

2,533

2,203

-2,552

-5,280

-5,431

-1,500

Magnetic & Optical Media

3346

-1,930

316

-272

-1,563

-3,212

-4,577

-1,367

Note: 2017 figures are year-to-date through March 2017. Source: Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

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Exports, Imports & Trade Balance of Chemicals, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 (In Millions of US$) Exports

NAICS

Chemicals

325

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

197,473

197,529

199,502

200,407

193,840

184,555

48,502

3251

68,644

67,056

67,152

64,483

59,549

54,731

14,340

3252

40,358

39,259

39,697

39,936

36,524

34,716

9,518

3253

9,677

9,148

9,425

9,195

8,341

7,128

1,997

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines

3254

48,508

51,229

51,617

54,561

58,088

57,307

14,927

Paints, Coatings & Adhesives

3255

4,530

4,805

4,869

5,052

5,074

5,007

1,237

Soaps, Cleaning Compounds & Toilet Preparations

3256

14,381

15,364

16,217

16,918

16,615

16,641

4,202

Other Chemical Products & Preparations

3259

11,375

10,668

10,526

10,263

9,649

9,025

2,280

Basic Chemicals Resins, Synthetic Rubber & Artificial Synthetic Fibers & Filaments Pesticides, Fertilizers & Other Agricultural Chemicals

Imports

NAICS

Chemicals

325

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

201,854

197,900

195,425

205,732

213,800

214,694

54,751

3251

52,178

51,332

52,584

53,013

46,767

48,547

11,910

3252

17,059

17,371

17,572

19,410

18,048

17,365

4,521

3253

13,699

13,364

12,469

12,002

11,679

8,087

2,692

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines

3254

93,203

89,589

85,633

93,563

109,896

113,388

28,918

Paints, Coatings & Adhesives

3255

1,366

1,455

1,542

1,663

1,676

1,763

437

Soaps, Cleaning Compounds & Toilet Preparations

3256

8,690

9,535

10,422

11,112

11,183

11,713

2,855

Other Chemical Products & Preparations

3259

15,659

15,254

15,203

14,969

14,550

13,829

3,417

Basic Chemicals Resins, Synthetic Rubber & Artificial Synthetic Fibers & Filaments Pesticides, Fertilizers & Other Agricultural Chemicals

Trade Balance

NAICS

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

Chemicals

325

-4,380

-371

4,077

-5,325

-19,960

-30,139

-6,249

3251

16,466

15,723

14,567

11,470

12,782

6,184

2,430

3252

23,299

21,888

22,124

20,525

18,475

17,351

4,998

3253

-4,022

-4,215

-3,045

-2,808

-3,338

-960

-695

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines

3254

-44,695

-38,360

-34,016

-39,003

-51,809

-56,082

-13,991

Paints, Coatings & Adhesives

3255

3,164

3,350

3,326

3,389

3,398

3,244

800

Soaps, Cleaning Compounds & Toilet Preparations

3256

5,691

5,829

5,795

5,807

5,432

4,928

1,347

Other Chemical Products & Preparations

3259

-4,283

-4,585

-4,676

-4,706

-4,901

-4,804

-1,137

Basic Chemicals Resins, Synthetic Rubber & Artificial Synthetic Fibers & Filaments Pesticides, Fertilizers & Other Agricultural Chemicals

Note: 2017 figures are year-to-date through March 2017. Source: Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau Plunkett Research, ® Ltd. www.plunkettresearch.com

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Top 50 Destinations of U.S. Textiles & Apparel Exports: 2015-2016 (In Millions of US$) Country

2015

2016

World

23,573.2

22,093.7

26

Taiwan

Country

2015

2016

105.1

102.3

1

Mexico

6,469.7

5,892.9

27

2

Canada

5,220.1

5,143.3

28

Thailand

91.6

99.6

Indonesia

132.8

3

Honduras

1,515.6

1,459.7

29

98.2

Vietnam

102.3

97.0

4

China

1,010.5

899.2

5

United Kingdom

653.9

612.9

30

Saudi Arabia

106.1

91.5

31

Turkey

79.4

6

Japan

572.0

537.5

80.7

32

Panama

79.1

79.7

7

Dominican Republic

638.3

8

Netherlands

400.0

528.5

33

Russia

94.8

72.8

493.3

34

Spain

67.3

9

Belgium / Luxembourg

71.7

488.1

459.7

35

Peru

90.8

68.5

10 11

El Salvador

507.4

381.6

36

New Zealand

68.9

65.5

Hong Kong

369.7

342.3

37

Ireland

56.4

64.4

12

Germany

364.3

336.7

38

Malaysia

63.3

64.4

13

South Korea

363.7

302.7

39

Israel

54.4

63.4

14

Guatemala

275.8

290.0

40

Philippines

53.3

58.5

15

Nicaragua

245.4

282.5

41

Switzerland

45.8

47.2

16

Australia

297.4

276.6

42

Argentina

59.6

47.1

17

United Arab Emirates

258.6

244.9

43

Ukraine

37.8

44.5

18

India

170.8

188.2

44

Poland

50.2

40.5

19

Brazil

211.1

170.2

45

Egypt

60.0

38.4

20

Chile

190.5

169.4

46

South Africa

35.7

36.3

21

Colombia

205.9

154.8

47

Haiti

33.0

34.0

22

Italy

153.0

151.9

48

Morocco

23.9

33.9

23

France

134.1

144.4

49

Venezuela

48.4

32.2

24

Costa Rica

137.2

123.2

50

Sri Lanka

36.6

31.8

25

Singapore

119.1

120.9

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Top Ten Suppliers & Destinations of U.S. Computers & Electronic Products: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 (NAICS Code 334; In Millions of US$) Exports

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

1Q 2016

1Q 2017

World Total

198,035

203,164

204,640

209,123

204,710

201,943

49,170

49,001

Mexico

35,227

36,613

38,602

40,498

43,212

42,794

11,015

9,981

Canada

27,751

28,706

27,992

27,756

25,295

24,347

5,918

6,046

China

13,625

13,922

16,026

16,356

17,406

17,108

4,071

3,885

Hong Kong

8,853

9,206

9,802

11,382

10,742

11,501

2,601

2,943

Japan

8,175

9,308

8,567

8,589

7,956

8,288

1,898

1,946

Germany

7,185

6,965

6,752

7,120

7,096

7,270

1,738

1,834

Malaysia

7,322

6,264

5,971

6,751

6,618

6,581

1,618

1,636

Netherlands

6,487

6,268

6,338

6,823

6,910

6,520

1,552

1,568

South Korea

6,707

6,979

6,645

6,656

6,915

6,157

1,562

1,557

Taiwan

5,556

5,118

4,750

5,010

5,288

6,036

1,586

1,371

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

1Q 2016

1Q 2017

Imports World Total China

335,502

347,794

351,379

366,603

375,972

372,837

82,988

86,129

140,957

154,399

159,054

168,280

170,532

161,253

33,796

36,678

Mexico

51,508

53,931

52,121

51,535

58,239

58,397

13,283

13,106

Malaysia

15,728

16,216

17,066

20,024

23,303

26,356

5,817

6,166

South Korea

17,369

13,653

15,734

16,287

15,211

15,517

3,911

3,289

Japan

19,494

19,228

17,569

16,616

15,832

15,357

3,807

3,849

Taiwan

19,346

15,556

14,818

15,659

14,644

14,613

3,276

3,442

Thailand

9,045

10,321

10,843

11,567

12,514

12,662

2,806

2,974

Viet Nam

1,013

1,540

3,028

5,358

9,498

11,169

2,905

2,260

Germany

9,545

9,662

9,447

10,064

9,878

9,589

2,342

2,286

Canada

7,120

7,130

6,839

6,895

6,670

6,482

1,537

1,577

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Chapter 3 IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY CONTACTS Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Contents:

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21)

Additive Manufacturing Industry Associations Additive Manufacturing Resources Aerospace & Defense Industry Associations Alternative Energy-Solar Alternative Energy-Wind Apparel Associations Apparel Industry Associations Artificial Intelligence Associations Automotive Industry Associations Automotive Parts, Repair & Supplies Associations Baking Industry Associations Beer Industry Associations Beverage Industry Associations Business Model Resources Business Representation Associations Careers-General Job Listings Chemicals Industry Associations Chinese Government AgenciesScience & Technology Coatings Industry Associations Computer & Electronics Industry Associations Computer-Aided Engineering Resources

22) Confectionery & Candy

42) Logistics & Supply Chain

23)

43) Manufacturers Directory 44) Manufacturing Associations-

24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) 38) 39) 40) 41)

Associations Conference Calls with Corporate Management Construction Industry Resources & Associations Consulting Industry Associations Corporate Information Resources Dairy Industry Associations Energy Associations-Refining Engineering, Research & Scientific Associations Environmental Industry Associations Environmental Resources Food Industry Associations, General Food Industry Resources, General Food Processor Industry Associations Games Industry Associations Health Care Business & Professional Associations Hybrid & Electric Vehicles Industrial Organizations Associations Industry Research/Market Research Liquor Industry Associations Logistics & Supply Chain Associations

Resources

General

45) Manufacturing AssociationsMachinery & Technology

46) Manufacturing AssociationsSmall Business

47) Maritime Associations 48) MEMS Associations 49) Metals & Mining Industry Resource

50) Metals & Steel Industry Associations

51) Metals & Steel Industry Resources

52) Motorcycle Industry Associations

53) Nanotechnology Associations 54) Nanotechnology Resources 55) Outsourcing Industry Associations

56) Outsourcing Industry Resources

57) Packaging Industry 58) 59) 60) 61) 62) 63)

Associations Packaging Industry Resources Patent Organizations Patent Resources Pets Industry Associations Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (Drug Industry) Plastics Industry Associations

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Associations Private Label (Generic) Manufacturing Associations Research & Development, Laboratories RFID Industry Associations Robotics & Automation Industry Associations Robotics Industry Resources Rubber Industry Associations Shoe and Footwear Associations Soap & Cleansers Industry Associations Soft Drink Industry Associations Software Industry Associations Sporting Goods Industry Associations Sports Industry Associations Stocks & Financial Markets Data Sustainable Fashion Resources Technology Transfer Associations Telecommunications Industry Associations Textile & Fabric Associations Textile Industry Associations Toy Industry Associations Trade Resources U.S. Government Agencies Watch Manufacturers Associations Water (Bottled) Industry Associations Wine Industry Associations Wireless & Cellular Industry Associations Additive Manufacturing Industry Associations

America Makes 236 W. Boardman St. Youngstown, OH 44503 USA Phone: 330-622-4299 Web Address: www.americamakes.us America Makes is a leading collaborative partner in additive manufacturing (AM) and 3-D printing (3DP) technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. Structured as a public-private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources, America Makes works to innovate and accelerate AM and 3DP to increase global manufacturing competitiveness in the U.S.

www.plunkettresearch.com It is part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). National Additive Manufacturing Institute (NAMII) 236 West Boardman St. Youngstown, OH 44503 US Phone: 330-622-4299 Web Address: www.namii.org As a public-private partnership, NAMII employs a shared leadership model between industry and government. NAMII is operated as a program administered by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) with the support of NCDMM staff and its established procedures and capabilities. The program was awarded to NCDMM through a cooperative agreement between NCDMM and the U.S. Government.

2)

Additive Manufacturing Resources

Thingverse Web Address: www.thingiverse.com Thingverse is a website that offers a rapidly growing list of digital designs of products that can be manufactured using 3D Printers or additive manufacturing equipment. It is sponsored by MakerBot, a 3D printer maker.

3)

Aerospace & Defense Industry Associations

Aerospace Industries Association 1000 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1700 Arlington, VA 22209-3928 USA Phone: 703-358-1000 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aia-aerospace.org The Aerospace Industries Association represents the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, space systems, aircraft engines, missiles, materiel, and related components, equipment, services, and information technology. Aerospace Industries Association of Brazil Rua Jose Alves dos Santos, 281 Ste. 203, Fl. 2 Sao Jose dos Campos, SP 12230081 Brazil Phone: 55-12-3933-0657 Fax: 55-12-3931-2721 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aiab.org.br The Aerospace Industries Association of Brazil (AIAB), established in 1993, is

Brazil's national trade association focused on representing and promoting the country's aerospace sector through support of member companies as well as through advocacy at the legislative level. Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) 255 Albert St., Ste. 703 Ottawa, ON K1P 6A9 Canada Phone: 613-232-4297 Web Address: www.aiac.ca The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) is the national trade organization of Canada's aerospace manufacturing and service sector. Association of Aerospace Industries Singapore (AAIS) 690 West Camp Rd. #08-08 JTC Aviation Two, Seletar Aerospace Park Singapore, 797523 Singapore Phone: 65-6922-1788 Fax: 65-6783-9129 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aais.org.sg The Association of Aerospace Industries Singapore (AAIS) aims to assist aerospace companies in growing existing businesses as well as developing new businesses and partnerships regionally and globally. Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI) 300 - 251 Laurier Ave. W. Ottawa, ON K1P 5J6 Canada Phone: 613-235-5337 Fax: 613-235-0784 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.defenceandsecurity.ca The CADSI is the nonprofit trade organization representing more than 1000 member companies involved in the Canadian defense industry. General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) 1400 K St. NW, Ste. 801 Washington, DC 20005-2485 USA Phone: 202-393-1500 Fax: 202-842-4063 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gama.aero The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is an international trade association that represents more than 80 of the world's leading manufacturers of general aviation aircraft, engines, avionics and related equipment. Members also operate aircraft fleets, fixed base

Plunkett Research, Ltd. operations, pilot training and maintenance training facilities. National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2111 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 400 Arlington, VA 22201 USA Phone: 703-522-1820 Fax: 703-522-1885 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ndia.org The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), an association with more than 47,000 individuals as well as 1,375 corporate members, is dedicated to discussing defense industry concerns and promoting national security.

4)

Alternative Energy-Solar

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) 600 14th St. NW, Ste. 400 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-682-0556 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.seia.org Established in 1974, the Solar Energy Industries Association is the American trade association of the solar energy industry. Among its operations is a web site that provides news for the solar energy industry, links to related products and companies and solar energy statistics.

5)

Alternative Energy-Wind

Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) Samson Towers, Fl. 5 403 L, Pantheon Road Egmore, Chennai 600008 India Phone: 91-44-43016-188 Fax: 19-44-4301-6132 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.indianwindpower.com An industry association that promotes the use of wind power in India and Indian manufactured wind turbine products.

6)

Apparel Associations

China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Textiles (CCCT) Bldg. 12 S. Panjiayuan Chaoyang District Beijing, 100021 China Phone: 86-10-6773-9246 Fax: 86-10-6771-9235 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ccct.org.cn/en/

www.plunkettresearch.com The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles (CCCT), established in October 1988, is a leading national trade organization representing exporters and importers of textiles and clothing in China, with a membership of more than 12,000 companies. China National Garment Association (CNGA) Phone: 86-10-8522-9073 Fax: 86-10-8522-9139 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cnga.org.cn The China National Garment Association (CNGA) promotes the development of the garment related industry in China. Clothing Manufacturers' Association of India (The, CMAI) 902 Mahalaxmi Chambers 22 Bhulabhai Desai Rd. Mumbai, 400 026 India Phone: 022-2353-82-45 Fax: 022-2351-59-08 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cmai.in The Clothing Manufacturers Association Of India (CMAI) is the representative association of the Indian apparel industry for over four decades. It has a membership base of over 20,000 companies. Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association 25 Kimberley Rd. TST, Rm 401-3 4/F Cheung Lee Comm. Bldg. Kowloon, New Territories Hong Kong Phone: 852-2-305-2893 Fax: 852-2-305-2493 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.textilecouncil.com/member_hkgm.h tml The Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association is a membership organization open to any incorporated firm in Hong Kong which engages in the garment trade. International Apparel Federation (IAF) Utrechtseweg 95 Zeist, 3702 AA The Netherlands Phone: 31-30-232-09-08 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iafnet.com The International Apparel Federation (IAF) is the world's leading association of apparel manufacturers, retailers, their associations and supporting industry, representing 150,000 companies in 40 countries.

UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) 3 Queen Sq. Bloomsbury London, WC1N 3AR UK Phone: 44-20-7843-9460 Fax: 44-20-7843-9478 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ukft.org The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT), formerly the British Clothing Industry Association, works to promote the fashion, clothing and knitting businesses across the UK.

7)

Apparel Industry Associations

United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) 1717 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste. 430 Washington, DC 20006 USA Phone: 202-419-0444 Web Address: www.usfashionindustry.com The United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) represents the fashion industry: textile and apparel brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers based in the United States and doing business globally. Founded in 1989 as the United States Association of Importers of Textiles & Apparel with the goal of eliminating the global apparel quota system, USFIA now works to eliminate the tariff and non-tariff barriers that impede the industry's ability to trade freely and create economic opportunities in the United States and abroad.

8)

Artificial Intelligence Associations

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) 2157 N. Northlake Way. Ste. 110 Seattle, WA 98103 USA Phone: 206-548-5600 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: allenai.org AI2 was founded in 2014 with the singular focus of conducting high-impact research and engineering in the field of artificial intelligence, all for the common good. AI2 is the creation of Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, and is led by Dr. Oren Etzioni, a world-renowned researcher and professor in the field of AI and computer science. Situated on the shores of Lake Union, AI2 employs over 40 of the world's best scientific talent in the field of AI, attracting individuals of varied interests and backgrounds from across the globe. AI2 prides itself on the

Plunkett Research, Ltd. diversity and collaboration of its team, and takes a results-oriented approach to complex challenges in AI. Neural Information Processing System Foundation, Inc. (NIPS) Web Address: https://nips.cc NIPS is a leading organization gathering leaders from academia and the corporate world together for a highly regarded annual conference on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and related topics. OpenAI E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.openai.com Near the end of 2015, a group of wellknown Silicon Valley investors, including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, announced a long term commitment to raise funds of as much a $1 billion for a new organization to be known as OpenAI, www.openai.com. OpenAI is a nonprofit group.

9)

Automotive Industry Associations

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers 803 7th St. NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20001 USA Phone: 202-326-5500 Fax: 202-326-5598 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.autoalliance.org The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is a trade association composed of 9 car manufacturing companies including BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota and Volkswagen. Alliance members account for more than 90% of vehicles sold in the U.S. ANFAVEA (National Association of Automobile Manufacturers-Brazil) Avenida Indianopolis, 496 Sao Paulo, 04062-900 Brazil Phone: 55 11 2193-7800 Web Address: www.anfavea.com.br ANFAVEA brings together automobile manufacturing companies and agricultural machinery manufacturers in Brazil, by sponsoring and supporting industry related events; and compiles and disseminates industry performance data. ANFIA (Italian Association of the Automotive Industry) Corso Galileo Ferraris 61 Torino, 10128 Italy

www.plunkettresearch.com Phone: 39-011-55-46-511 Fax: 39-011-54-59-86 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.anfia.it ANFIA - the Italian Association of the Automotive Industry - is one of the main Trade Associations within CONFINDUSTRIA (the Confederation of Italian Industry) and is the networking and strategic benchmark between the automotive trade and the Italian and international political and institutional scene.

European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) Avenye des Nerviens 85 Brussels, B-1040 Belgium Phone: 32-2-732-55-50 Fax: 32-2-738-73-10 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.acea.be The European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or the Association des Constructeurs Européens d' Automobiles (ACEA), represents the automobile industry in Europe.

Association of Global Automakers (Global Automakers) 1050 K St. NW, Ste. 650 Washington, DC 20001 USA Phone: 202-650-5555 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.globalautomakers.org The Association of Global Automakers (Global Automakers), formerly the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., is a trade association representing 14 international motor vehicle manufacturers. Members concentrate on improving the safety and efficiency of vehicles, as well as investing in American communities.

Global Automakers of Canada (GAC) 2 Bloor St. W., Ste. 1804, Box 5 Toronto, ON M4W 3E2 Canada Phone: 416-595-8251 Fax: 416-595-2864 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.globalautomakers.ca The Global Automakers of Canada (GAC) represents before federal, provincial and territorial governments the interests of members engaged in the manufacturing, importation, distribution and servicing of light duty vehicles. While GAC was initially dedicated to the interests of importers, it has broadened its focus as offshore-based companies have set up vehicle manufacturing plants in Canada. There are presently 15 members.

Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association (CVMA) 170 Attwell Dr., Ste. 400 Toronto, ON M9W 5Z5 Canada Phone: 416-364-9333 Fax: 416-367-3221 Toll Free: 800-758-7122 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cvma.ca The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association (CVMA) is the industry organization representing manufacturers of light and heavy duty motor vehicles in Canada. Association members collaborate to solve industry objectives in the way of consumer protection, the environment and vehicle safety. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) No. 46 SanLiHe Rd. Xicheng District Beijing, 100823 China Phone: 86-10-68594182 Fax: 86-10-68595243 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.caam.org.cn/english/ China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) represents the automobile and vehicle manufacturers in China.

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association of Canada (JAMA Canada) 151 Bloor St. W., Ste. 460 Toronto, ON M5S 1S4 Canada Phone: 416-968-0150 Fax: 416-968-7095 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.jama.ca The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association of Canada (JAMA Canada) represents the interests of members in both the Canadian and Japanese auto industries by promoting closer industrial ties. The association provides up-to-date statistics, newsletters and industry links on its web site. Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) Shiba Daimon 1-chome, Minato-ku Jidosha Kaikan (NBF Twr.), 16th Fl., 130 Tokyo, 105-0012 Japan Phone: 81-3-5405-6126 Web Address: www.jama-english.jp Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) is a nonprofit industry association that is made up of 14 manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan. Besides

Plunkett Research, Ltd. its Tokyo headquarters, JAMA maintains offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) Lodhi Rd. Core 4-B, 5th Fl., India Habitat Ctr. New Delhi, 110 003 India Phone: 91-11-24647810-12 Fax: 91-11-24648222 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.siamindia.com The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) represents 38 leading vehicle and vehicular engine manufacturers in India. The site contains industry statistics, technical regulations, fuel specifications, industry news and events.

10) Automotive Parts, Repair & Supplies Associations

Auto Care Association, The 7101 Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 1300 Bethesda, MD 20814-3415 USA Phone: 301-654-6664 Fax: 301-654-3299 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.autocare.org The Auto Care Association, formerly the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) consists of members, including independent manufacturers, marketers, repair shops, distributors and retailers in the auto care industry. The organization serves the interests of its members through promotion of technology, best practices, professional education and market intelligence. Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) The Capital Ct., 6th Fl. Olof Palme Marg, Munirka New Delhi, 110 067 India Phone: 91-11-2616-0315 Fax: 91-11-2616-0317 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.acmainfo.com Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) is the nodal agency for the Indian auto component industry. Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA) 180 Elgin St., Ste. 1400 Ottawa, ON K2P 2K3 Canada Phone: 613-728-5821 Fax: 613-728-6021 Toll Free: 800-808-2920 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aiacanada.com

www.plunkettresearch.com The Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA) is a national trade organization representing the Canadian automotive repair, accessories and tools aftermarket industry. Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) 10 Four Seasons Pl., Ste. 801 Toronto, ON M9B 6H7 Canada Phone: 416-620-4220 Fax: 416-620-9730 Web Address: www.apma.ca The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) is a leading national association representing OEM producers of parts and services for the worldwide automotive industry. Automotive Recyclers Association 9113 Church St. Manassas, VA 20110 USA Phone: 571-208-0428 Fax: 571-208-0430 Toll Free: 888-385-1005 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.a-r-a.org The Automotive Recyclers Association is dedicated to the efficient removal and reuse of automotive parts and the safe disposal of inoperable motor vehicles. Hong Kong Auto Parts Industry Association (HKAPIA) 5/F HKPC Bldg. 78 Tat Chee Ave. Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-278-85457 Fax: 852-2788-5543 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hkapia.com The Hong Kong Auto Parts Industry Association (HKAPIA) represents the automotive components industry in Hong Kong. Its members are engaged in the design, manufacturing and business investment in the auto parts industry. Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) 10 Laboratory Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC 277093966 USA Phone: 919-549-4800 Fax: 919-406-1465 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.mema.org The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) exclusively represents and serves manufacturers of motor vehicle components, tools and equipment, automotive chemicals and related products used in the production, repair and maintenance of all classes of motor vehicles.

Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) 1575 S. Valley Vista Dr. Diamond Bar, CA 91765 USA Phone: 909-610-2030 Web Address: www.sema.org Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) members offer innovative specialty equipment products and services that enhance a vehicle's style, utility and performance. Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) 333 West Wacker Dr., Ste. 810 Chicago, IL 60606 USA Phone: 312-929-1970 Fax: 312-929-1975 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.truckandenginemanufacturers.org The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) is the voice of the engine manufacturing and on-highway medium- and heavy-duty truck industries on domestic and international public policy, as well as regulatory and technical issues.

11) Baking Industry Associations

American Bakers Association (ABA) 601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 230 Washington, DC 20004 USA Phone: 202-789-0300 Fax: 202-898-1164 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.americanbakers.org The American Bakers Association (ABA) is a voluntary trade association designed to represent the interests of the wholesale baking industry on a national and state level. American Institute of Baking (AIB) P.O. Box 3999 1213 Bakers Way Manhattan, KS 66505-3999 USA Phone: 785-537-4750 Fax: 785-537-1493 Toll Free: 800-633-5137 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aibonline.org The American Institute of Baking (AIB) is a source for education and research in the science of baking; bakery management; equipment; ingredients; cereal science; nutrition; food safety and hygiene; occupational safety; and maintenance engineering.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Baking Association of Canada 7895 Tranmere Dr., Ste. 202 Mississauga, ON L5S 1V9 Canada Phone: 905-405-0288 Fax: 905-405-0993 Toll Free: 888-674-2253 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bakingassoccanada.com The Baking Association of Canada is the national trade association representing retail, in-store and wholesale baking companies and supporting industries. Independent Bakers Association (IBA) Web Address: www.independentbaker.net The Independent Bakers Association (IBA) protects the interests of independent wholesale bakers from antitrust and anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions; lobbies Congress to support market-oriented farm commodity programs; and seeks representation to consider federal labor, tax and environmental law. It consists of 250 mostly family owned bakeries and related trades. Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) 1400 North 14th St. Arlington, VA 22209 USA Fax: 800-944-6177 Toll Free: 800-944-6099 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.tortilla-info.com The Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) assists member companies and the industry as a whole in efficient growth and development and promotes the consumption of tortillas and related food products to consumers.

12) Beer Industry Associations Beer Canada 45 O'Connor St., Ste. 650 Ottawa, ON K1P 1A4 Canada E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.beercanada.com Beer Canada, formerly known as the Brewers Association of Canada is a trade association consisting of 26 brewers nationwide, which collectively represent 90% of the beer brewed in Canada. Brewers Association (The) 1327 Spruce St. Boulder, CO 80302 USA Phone: 303-447-0816 Toll Free: 888-822-6273 E-mail Address: [email protected]

www.plunkettresearch.com Web Address: www.brewersassociation.org The Brewers Association is non-profit trade association that promotes and protects the U.S. craft brewing community and provides brewing resources through its website. Brewers of Europe (The) 23-25 Rue Caroly 23-25 Brussels, B - 1050 Belgium Phone: 32-2-551-18-10 Fax: 32-2-660-94-02 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.brewersofeurope.org The Brewers of Europe promotes the interest of the European brewing sector to European institutions and international organizations. North American Brewers Association (NABA) 601 West 19th St. Idaho Falls, ID 83402 USA Web Address: www.northamericanbrewers.org North American Brewers Association (NABA) promotes the advancement of brewing quality and consumer education. It advocates the development of corporate policies and procedures and sanctions beer awards, beer festivals, beer judging and evaluation course.

13) Beverage Industry Associations

American Beverage Institute (ABI) 1090 Vermont Ave., Ste. 800 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-463-7110 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.abionline.org The American Beverage Institute (ABI) is an association of restaurant operators that serve alcohol. The organization develops campaigns and educational material to provide professionals with information on current issues, as well as promote responsible on premise alcohol consumption.

14) Business Model Resources Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering & Organization Nobelstrasse 12 Stuttgart, 70569 DEU Phone: 49-711-970-01 Web Address: www.iao.fraunhofer.de/lang-en/ The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering & Organization assists

companies and institutions in introducing new business models and efficient processes in Germany. Clients range from major corporations and SMEs to public sector bodies and institutions.

15) Business Representation Associations

Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Phone: 90-212-249-19-29 Fax: 90-212-249-13-50 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.tusiad.org The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) was established in 1971 following the opening of the Turkish economy to international competition. The association is a representative organization mediating between the business world and the Turkish government. TUSIAD has offices in Ankara, Brussels, Berlin, Beijing, Paris and Washington D.C.

16) Careers-General Job Listings

LaborMarketInfo (LMI) Employment Development Dept. P.O. Box 826880, MIC 57 Sacramento, CA 94280-0001 USA Phone: 916-262-2162 Fax: 916-262-2352 Web Address: www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov LaborMarketInfo (LMI) provides job seekers and employers a wide range of resources, namely the ability to find, access and use labor market information and services. It provides statistics for employment demographics on both a local and regional level, as well as career searching tools for California residents. The web site is sponsored by California's Employment Development Office.

17) Chemicals Industry Associations

American Chemical Society (ACS) 1155 16th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-872-4600 Toll Free: 800-227-5558 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.acs.org The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting the understanding of chemistry and chemical sciences. It represents a wide range of disciplines including

Plunkett Research, Ltd. chemistry, chemical engineering and other technical fields. American Chemistry Council (ACC) 700 2nd St. NE Washington, DC 20002 USA Phone: 202-249-7000 Fax: 202-249-6100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.americanchemistry.com The American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents leading companies in the chemistry sector and works to protect public health and the environment. It includes several substantial business groups, including the Solvents Industry Group and Plastics Division. Association of Chemical Industry of Texas (ACIT) 1402 Nueces St. Austin, TX 78701-1586 USA Phone: 512-646-6400 Fax: 512-646-6420 Web Address: www.acit.org The Association of Chemical Industry of Texas (ACIT) represents chemical companies and those affiliated with the industry in Texas. Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Kings Bldg. Smith Sq. London, SW1P 3JJ UK Phone: 44-20-7834-3399 Fax: 44-20-7834-4469 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cia.org.uk The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is the UK's leading trade association for the chemical and chemistry-related industries, representing members both nationally and internationally. Chemistry Industry Association of Canada 350 Sparks St., Ste. 805 Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8 Canada Phone: 613-237-6215 Fax: 613-237-4061 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.canadianchemistry.ca The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, formerly Canada's Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA), is a trade association that represents over 50 companies active in Canada's chemistry sector.

www.plunkettresearch.com International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Ave. E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4, Box 1 Brussels, B-1160 Belgium Phone: 32-2-676-74-15 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.icca-chem.org The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) represents chemical manufacturers and producers all over the world. Korea Petrochemical Industry Association (KPIA) Yulgok-ro, Jongno-Gu Fl. 6, Yeojundo-Bldg., 190 Seoul, 110-738 Korea Phone: 82-2-3668-6100 Fax: 82-2-743-1887 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.kpia.or.kr The Korea Petrochemical Industry Association (KPIA) is a leading Korean association focused on the petrochemicals sector. It is especially dedicated to developing safe practices, promoting international cooperation and general research and development in the industry. Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) One American Pl., Ste. 2040 Baton Rouge, LA 70825 USA Phone: 225-344-2609 Fax: 225-343-1007 Web Address: www.lca.org The Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) promotes the growth of chemical industry in Louisiana by protecting and expanding the petrochemical manufacturing base. Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) 8 Jurong Town Hall #25-04, The JTC Summit Singapore, 609434 Singapore Phone: 65-6267-8891 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.scic.sg The Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) is the official body representing the chemical industry of Singapore in the private sector. Its membership comprises key companies, logistics service providers and traders. Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) 14/15 Belgrave Sq. London, SW1X 8PS UK Phone: 44-20-7598-1500 Fax: 44-20-7598-1545 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.soci.org The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a professional association for networking

and problem solving in the international chemical industry. Established in 1881, SCI has members in over 70 countries. Its international headquarters are in London, with additional offices in the U.S., Canada, Continental Europe, India and Australia. Solvents Industry Group (SIG) 700 Second St. NE Washington, DC 20002 USA Phone: 202-249-7000 Fax: 202-249-6100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: solvents.americanchemistry.com The Solvents Industry Group (SIG), a part of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), is a trade group that represents the leading producers of oxygenated and hydrocarbon organic solvents. UIC (Union des Industries Chimiques) Le Diamant A 14 Rue de la Republique Puteaux, 92909 France Phone: 33-1-46-53-11-00 Web Address: www.uic.fr UIC, the Union des Industries Chimiques (Union of French Chemical Industries), represents chemicals manufacturers in France, including basic, fine, specialty and pharmaceuticals. It provides support to its members in six areas: technical, economic, social, innovation, communication and legal.

18) Chinese Government Agencies-Science & Technology

China Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) 15B Fuxing Rd. Beijing, 100862 China Web Address: www.most.gov.cn The China Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is the PRC's official body for science and technology related activities. It drafts laws, policies and regulations regarding science and technology; oversees budgeting and accounting for funds; and supervises research institutes operating in China, among other duties.

19) Coatings Industry Associations

American Coatings Association (ACA) 1500 Rhode Island Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-462-6272

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Fax: 202-462-8549 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.paint.org The American Coatings Association (ACA) is a non-profit organization with members involved in the formulation, testing, manufacture and sale of coatings. The organization was formed from the merger of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA). Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) 201 Springs St. Fort Mill, SC 29715 USA Phone: 803-948-9470 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aimcal.org The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) offers the flexible metallizing, coating and laminating industry marketing, technical and networking resources, services and information. Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) 170 Laurier Ave. W., Ste. 608 Ottawa, ON K1P 5V5 Canada Phone: 613-231-3604 Fax: 613-231-4908 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.canpaint.com The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) is the national, nonprofit trade association for the Canadian paint manufacturing industry. International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC) IPPIC Secretariat c/o ACA 1500 Rhode Island Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005-5503 USA Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ippic.org The International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC) consists of paint and printing ink associations from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico and the U.S. IPPIC was established to ensure coordination on international issues affecting the industry. Powder Coating Institute (The) (PCI) 5040 Old Taylor Mill Rd., PMB 13 Taylor Mill, KY 41015 USA Phone: 859-525-9988 Fax: 859-356-0908 Toll Free: 800-988-2628

www.plunkettresearch.com E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.powdercoating.org The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) is a non-profit organization representing the North American powder coating industry. Society for Protective Coatings (The) (SSPC) 800 Trumbull Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15205 USA Phone: 412-281-2331 Fax: 412-281-9992 Toll Free: 877-281-7772 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sspc.org The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) is a non-profit organization providing information on surface preparation, coating selection, coating application, environmental regulations and health and safety issues affecting the protective coatings industry.

20) Computer & Electronics Industry Associations

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2 Penn Plz., Ste. 701 New York, NY 10121-0701 USA Phone: 212-626-0500 Fax: 212-944-1318 Toll Free: 800-342-6626 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.acm.org The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences and applications of computing and information technology. ACM's online Digital Library offers visitors access to journal publications and other educational materials. Association of Electronics Industries of Singapore (AEIS) 1010 Dover Rd. 02-13, SPGG Singapore, 139658 Singapore Phone: 65-6776-1880 Fax: 65-6776-0238 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aeis.org.sg The Association of Electronics Industries of Singapore (AEIS) is the country's representative of electronics business, covering manufacturers of industrial electronics, electronics components and consumer electronics products as well as industrial electronics companies associated with the electronics industry.

Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (PIKOM) E1, Empire Damansara, E-01-G No.2, Jalan PJU 8/8A, Damansara Perdana Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan 47820 Malaysia Phone: 603-4065-0078 Fax: 603-4065-0079 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.pikom.org.my The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia, or, in Malay, Persatuan Industri Komputer dan Multimedia Malaysia (PIKOM), is the national association representing more than 1,000 companies active in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry in Malaysia. Business Technology Association (BTA) 12411 Wornall Rd., Ste. 200 Kansas City, MO 64145 USA Phone: 816-941-3100 Fax: 816-941-4843 Toll Free: 800-826-6159 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bta.org The Business Technology Association (BTA) is an organization for resellers and dealers of business technology products. Its site offers buying groups, message boards, legal advice, news on industry trends and live chats. China Electronic Components Association (CECA) 23311 Beijing Shijingshan Rd. ZhongChuDaSha Beijing, 100049 China Phone: 86-10-6863-8939 Web Address: www.ic-ceca.org.cn The China Electronic Components Association (CECA) acts as the representative of the Chinese electronics components industry. Its web site provides consultation services and research reports on components for a wide variety of markets. China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (CECC) No. 15 Bldg., Cuiwei Zhongli Haidian District Beijing, 100036 China Phone: 86-10-6825-6762 Fax: 86-10-6825-6764 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cecc.org.cn China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (CECC), which is led by the Ministry of Information Industry, is the national professional organization for telecommunications and mobile

Plunkett Research, Ltd. electronics. The group circulates industry information and mediates between its members and the government. Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) 900 17th St. NW, Ste. 1100 Washington, DC 20006 USA Phone: 202-783-0070 Fax: 202-783-0534 Web Address: www.ccianet.org The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is a nonprofit membership organization for companies and senior executives representing the computer, Internet, information technology (IT) and telecommunications industries. Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) 3500 Lacey Rd., Ste. 100 Downers Grove, IL 60515 USA Phone: 630-678-8300 Toll Free: 866-835-8020 Web Address: www.comptia.org The Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the leading association representing the international technology community. Its goal is to provide a unified voice, global advocacy and leadership, and to advance industry growth through standards, professional competence, education and business solutions. Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) 422 Okhla Industrial Estate ELCINA House New Delhi, Delhi 110020 India Phone: 91-11-2692-4597 Fax: 91-11-2692-3440 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.elcina.com The Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) is an organization for the promotion of electronic hardware manufacturing through active representation and advice to the Indian government. European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association (EECA) 11/13 rue de la Duchesse Brussels, 1150 Belgium Phone: 32-2-290-36-60 Fax: 32-2-290-36-65 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.eeca.eu The European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association (EECA) is comprised of two more specific industry associations: the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) and the

www.plunkettresearch.com European Passive Components Industry Association (EPCIA). The mission of the EECA is to promote and support the electronic components industry of Europe in the global marketplace. Federation of Malaysia Manufacturers (FMM) Wisma FMM, No. 3 Persiaran Dagang, PJU 9 Bandar Sri Damansara Kuala Lumpur, 52200 Malaysia Phone: 603-6286-7200 Fax: 603-6274-1266 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fmm.org.my The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers is an economic organization for the electrical and electronics industry in Malaysia. Federation of Thai Electrical, Electronics and Allied Industries Club (FTI) 60 New Rachadapisek Rd., Klongtoey Fl. 4, Zone C Queen Sirikit National Convention Ctr. Bangkok, 10110 Thailand Web Address: http://ftiweb.off.fti.or.th/industrialgroup/el ectric/index.asp The Federation of Thai Electrical, Electronics and Allied Industries Club (FTI) represents manufacturers and related firms in these industries within Thailand. German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V. Lyoner St. 9 Frankfurt am Main, 60528 Germany Phone: 49-69-6302-0 Fax: 49-69-6302-317 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.zvei.org The German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) represents its members' interests at the national and international level. Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) 12400 Coit Rd., Churchill Tower, Ste. 650 Dallas, TX 75251 USA Phone: 972-866-7579 Fax: 972-239-2292 Toll Free: 888-322-5195 Web Address: www.gsaglobal.org The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) serves the entire supply chain of the global semiconductor industry, including intellectual property (IP), electronic design automation

(EDA)/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging activities. Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association (HKEIA) Harbor Crystal Ctr., 100 Granville Rd. Rm. 1201, Fl. 12 Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2778-8328 Fax: 852-2788-2200 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hkeia.org The Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association Limited (HKEIA) is a nonprofit trade organization dedicated to the promotion and development of the electronics industry. Hong Kong Green Manufacturing Alliance (HKGMA) 8 Cheung Yue St. 31/F Billion Plz., Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2732-3188 Fax: 852-2721-3494 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gma.org.hk The Hong Kong Green Manufacturing Alliance (HKGMA) promotes and assists members in meeting compliance standards with EU and other national legislation regarding the collection and treatment of end-of-life electrical and electronic products and other related hazardous substances. Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) 501 Kakad Chambers 132 Dr. Annie Besant Rd., Worli Mumbai, 400018 India Phone: 91-22-2493-0532 Fax: 91-22-2493-2705 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ieema.org The Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) represents all sectors of the electrical and allied products businesses of the Indian electrical industry. International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA) 1226 Lincoln Ave., Ste. 100 San Jose, CA 95125 USA Phone: 408-294-0082 Fax: 408-294-0087 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.idema.org The International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA) is a not-for-profit trade association that represents its members on issues concerning the hard drive industry worldwide.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS) P. O. Box 110127 Research Triangle Park, NC 277095127 USA Phone: 919-293-5000 Fax: 919-287-2339 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.imaps.org The International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS) is dedicated to the advancement and growth of the use of microelectronics and electronic packaging through professional education, workshops and conferences. Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) Ote Cen. Bldg. 1-1-3, Otemachi Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku 100-0004 Japan Phone: 81-3-5218-1050 Fax: 81-3-5218-1070 Web Address: www.jeita.or.jp/english Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) promotes the manufacturing and international trade and consumption of electronics and electronic components in Japan. Korea Association of Information and Telecommunications (KAIT) NO. 1678-2, 2nd Fl. Dong-Ah Villat 2 Town Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu Seoul, 137-070 Korea Phone: 82-2-580-0582 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.kait.or.kr/eng The Korea Association of Information and Telecommunications (KAIT) was created to develop and promote the InfoTech, computer, consumer electronics, wireless, software and telecommunications sectors in Korea. Korea Electronics Association (KEA) World Cup buk-ro 54-gil, Mapo-gu, Fl. 11 Seoul, 03924 Korea Phone: 82-2-6388-6172 Web Address: www.gokea.org The Korea Electronics Association (KEA) was established by Korea's Ministry of Commerce to promote the growth and development of the nation's electronics industry. Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) 182, Pangyoyeok-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si

www.plunkettresearch.com Fl. 9-12, KSIA Bldg. Gyeonggi-do, Korea Phone: 82-2-570-5232 Fax: 82-2-577-1719 Web Address: www.ksia.or.kr The Korean Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) represents the interests of Korean semiconductor manufacturers.

SUNY Poly SEMATECH, formerly SEAMTECH is an international 12member consortium of semiconductor manufacturing companies. The organization researches advanced technology and manufacturing effectiveness in the semiconductor industry, working to decrease time between innovation and manufacturing.

Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) 4/2, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg Fl. 4, PHD House, Ramakrishna Dalmia Wing New Delhi, Delhi 110-016 India Phone: 91-11-2685-5487 Fax: 91-11-2685-1321 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.mait.com The Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) is an organization that focuses on the promotion of the hardware, training, design/R&D and the associated services sectors of the Indian IT industry.

Semiconductor & Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc. (SEIPI) Tower 2, Fl. 14, Insular Dr. Filinvest Corporate City Manila, 1200 Philippines Phone: 632-236-5555 Fax: 02-869-0000 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.seipi.org.ph The SEIPI Foundation is an organization of foreign and local semiconductor and electronics companies in the Philippines.

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) 1300 N. 17th St., Ste. 900 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Phone: 703-841-3200 Web Address: www.nema.org The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) develops standards for the electrical manufacturing industry and promotes safety in the production and use of electrical products. North America Chinese Clean-tech & Semiconductor Association (NACSA) 809-B Cuesta Dr., Ste. 208 Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Web Address: www.nacsa.com The North America Chinese Clean-tech & Semiconductor Association (NACSA), founded in Silicon Valley in 1996, is dedicated to the advancement of Chinese professionals in high-tech and related industries, including chip design, chip manufacture, system manufacture, equipment manufacture and software. SEMATECH 257 Fuller Rd. Albany, NY 12203 USA Phone: 518-649-1000 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sunycnse.com/LeadingEdgeResearc handDevelopment/ResearchCentersProgra ms/SEMATECH.aspx

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) 3081 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA 95134 USA Phone: 408-943-6900 Fax: 408-428-9600 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.semi.org Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) is a trade association serving the global semiconductor equipment, materials and flat-panel display industries. Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) 3 Rokubancho Chiyoda-ku 6F Rokubancho SK Bldg. Tokyo, 102-0085 Japan Phone: 81-3-3261-8260 Fax: 81-3-3261-8263 Web Address: www.seaj.or.jp The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) represents the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry in Japan. The association is an organization of semiconductor manufacturing and flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing equipment manufacturers. Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 1101 K St. NW, Ste. 450 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-446-1700 Fax: 202-216-9745 Toll Free: 866-756-0715 Web Address: www.semiconductors.org The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is a trade association representing

Plunkett Research, Ltd. the semiconductor industry in the U.S. Through its coalition of more than 60 companies, SIA members represent roughly 80% of semiconductor production in the U.S. The coalition aims to advance the competitiveness of the chip industry and shape public policy on issues particular to the industry. Shenzhen Electronics Industries Association (SZEIA) Guangdong Shenzhen SEG 4 W. Fl. 11 Shenzhen, 518031 China Phone: 86-755-3300-5162 Fax: 86-755-3300-5155 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.szeia.com The Shenzhen Electronics Industries Association (SZEIA) is one of China's primary organizations for the electronics industry. Its web site contains information regarding policies and regulations affecting the electronics industry, as well as news and career opportunities. Singapore Manufacturers Federation (SMA) 2985 Jalan Bukit Merah Singapore, 159457 Singapore Phone: 65-6826-3000 Fax: 65-6826-3008 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.smafederation.org.sg The Singapore Manufacturers Federation (SMA) represents the manufacturing industry in Singapore, and helps its members deal issues such as productivity enhancement, research and development, technological upgrading and innovation and worker training. Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) 425 Market St., Ste. 1020 San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Phone: 415-402-0006 Fax: 415-402-0009 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.snia.org The Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) is a trade associated dedicated to viability of storage networks within the IT industry. SNIA sponsors technical work groups, produces the Storage Networking Conference series and maintains a Technology Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) 6600 City West Pkwy., Ste. 300 Eden Prairie, MN 55424 USA Phone: 952-920-7682

www.plunkettresearch.com Fax: 952-926-1819 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.smta.org The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) is an international network of professionals whose careers encompass electronic assembly technologies, microsystems, emerging technologies and associated business operations. Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) Min Chuan E. Rd. Fl. 6, No. 109, Sec. 6 Taipei, 11490 Taiwan Phone: 886-2-8792-6666 Fax: 886-2-8792-6088 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.teema.org.tw The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) works as an intermediary between its members and the government to help the industry to succeed. Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) 195 Sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd. Rm. 1246, Bldg. 51 Chutung, Hsinchu 31040 Taiwan Phone: 886-3-591-5574 Fax: 886-3-582-0056 Web Address: www.tsia.org.tw The TSIA is Taiwan's national trade organization, containing more than 130 member companies that represent all aspects of the semiconductor industry. Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA) PHD House, 4th Fl. Khel Gaon Marg, Hauz Khas New Delhi, 110 0016 India Phone: 91-11-49545454 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.tematelecom.in The Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA) is national organization for companies in the telecommunications industry. The group disseminates and exchanges information with the Indian government, foreign agencies, embassies, trade missions, Indian missions abroad and leading international trade associations. Vietnam Electronic Industries Association (VEIA) 11B Phan Huy Chu, Hoan Kiem Ha Noi, Vietnam Phone: 84-4-3-933-2845 Fax: 84-4-3-933-2846 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Web Address: www.VEIA.org.vn Vietnam Electronic Industries Association (VEIA) is the representative body for the electronic businesses in Vietnam. The VEIA has 104 regular and 11 associate members.

21) Computer-Aided

Engineering Resources

Center for Design Research (CDR) at Stanford University Center for Design Research Bldg. 560, 424 Panama Mall Stanford, CA 94305-2232 USA Phone: 650-723-9233 Fax: 650-725-8475 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www-cdr.stanford.edu The web site of the Center for Design Research (CDR) at Stanford University provides information on the center's staff, laboratories and projects on design process and design tool development for engineering.

22) Confectionery & Candy Associations

Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries Avenue des Nerviens 9-31 Brussels, 1040 Belgium Phone: 32-2-508-10-21 Web Address: www.caobisco.eu Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries (CAOBISCO) is the association of chocolate, biscuit and confectionery industries of the European Union. National Confectioners Association (NCA) 1101 30th St. NW, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20007 USA Phone: 202-534-1440 Fax: 202-337-0637 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.candyusa.com The National Confectioners Association (NCA) is the major association representing the entire confection industry in the U.S., offering education and leadership in manufacturing, technical research, public relations, retailing practices, government relations, and statistical analyses. The web site contains information about international trade regulations, tariffs, import/export trade statistics and related information. Retail Confectioners International (RCI) 3029 E. Sunshine St., Ste. A

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Springfield, MO 65804 USA Toll Free: 800-545-5381 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.retailconfectioners.org The Retail Confectioners International (RCI) is a not-for-profit trade association that represents the interests of confectionery manufacturing retailers and promotes public interest in their products. Membership in the association is composed of chocolate and candy makers, confectioners and industry suppliers throughout the U.S., Canada and overseas.

23) Conference Calls with

Corporate Management

Vcall, Inc. 9011 Arboretum Pkwy., Ste. 295 c/o PrecisionIR Group Richmond, VA 23236 USA Fax: 804-327-3400 Toll Free: 804-327-3400 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.investorcalendar.com/vcall/index.as px Vcall, Inc. provides live and archived web casts, special events and conference broadcasts of investor relations events. Vcall is part of the PrecisionIR Group.

24) Construction Industry

Resources & Associations

Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) 1300 Sumner Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115-2851 USA Phone: 216-241-7333 Fax: 216-241-0105 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.mbma.com The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) promotes the design and construction of metal building and metal roofing systems in the low-rise, non-residential building and roofing marketplace. Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 200 W. Adams St., Ste. 2100 Chicago, IL 60606-6938 USA Phone: 312-786-0300 Web Address: www.pci.org The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) is an organization dedicated to the precast and prestressed concrete industry and includes a staff of technical and marketing specialists.

www.plunkettresearch.com 25) Consulting Industry Associations

American Society For Quality (ASQ) 600 N. Plankinton Ave. Milwaukee, IL 53203 USA Phone: 414-272-8575 Fax: 414-272-1734 Toll Free: 800-248-1946 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.asq.org The American Society For Quality (ASQ) is a professional association that works to advance organizational management techniques in order to improve business results and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.

26) Corporate Information Resources

bizjournals.com 120 W. Morehead St., Ste. 400 Charlotte, NC 28202 USA Toll Free: 866-853-3661 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bizjournals.com Bizjournals.com is the online media division of American City Business Journals, the publisher of dozens of leading city business journals nationwide. It provides access to research into the latest news regarding companies both small and large. The organization maintains 42 websites and 64 print publications and sponsors over 700 annual industry events. Business Wire 101 California St., Fl. 20 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Phone: 415-986-4422 Fax: 415-788-5335 Toll Free: 800-227-0845 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.businesswire.com Business Wire offers news releases, industry- and company-specific news, top headlines, conference calls, IPOs on the Internet, media services and access to tradeshownews.com and BW Connect On-line through its informative and continuously updated web site. Edgar Online, Inc. 11200 Rockville Pike, Ste. 310 Rockville, MD 20852 USA Phone: 301-287-0300 Fax: 301-287-0390 Toll Free: 888-870-2316 Web Address: www.edgar-online.com Edgar Online, Inc. is a gateway and search tool for viewing corporate

documents, such as annual reports on Form 10-K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. PR Newswire Association LLC 350 Hudson St., Ste. 300 New York, NY 10014-4504 USA Fax: 800-793-9313 Toll Free: 800-776-8090 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.prnewswire.com PR Newswire Association LLC provides comprehensive communications services for public relations and investor relations professionals, ranging from information distribution and market intelligence to the creation of online multimedia content and investor relations web sites. Users can also view recent corporate press releases from companies across the globe. The Association is owned by United Business Media plc. Silicon Investor E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.siliconinvestor.com Silicon Investor is focused on providing information about technology companies. Its web site serves as a financial discussion forum and offers quotes, profiles and charts.

27) Dairy Industry Associations American Cheese Society (ACS) 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 570 Denver, CO 80222-5954 USA Phone: 720-328-2788 Fax: 720-328-2786 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cheesesociety.org The American Cheese Society (ACS) seeks to promote the consumption of cheese through educational campaigns and to promote and improve cheese making in the U.S. American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) 126 N. Addison Ave. Elmhurst, IL 60126 USA Phone: 630-530-8700 Fax: 630-530-8707 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.adpi.org The American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) exists to promote consumption of dairy products and to provide its members with timely industry information. The institute also collaborates with other associations to lobby Congress on behalf of dairy manufacturers.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. California Cheese and Butter Association (CCBA) Phone: 925-209-6998 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cacheeseandbutter.org The California Cheese and Butter Association (CCBA) is a voluntary notfor-profit organization for any person, company or organization engaged in the manufacture, sale, promotion or distribution of cheese or butter in the State of California. Canadian Dairy Commission 960 Carling Ave. Bldg. 55, NCC Dr., Central Experimental Farm Ottawa, ON K1A 0Z2 Canada Phone: 613-792-2000 Fax: 613-792-2009 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cdcccl.gc.ca/CDC/index-eng.php The Canadian Dairy Commission is a Crown corporation created to coordinate federal and provincial dairy policies in Canada. International Dairy Federation (IDF) 70/B, Blvd. Auguste Reyers Brussels, 1030 Belgium Phone: 32-2-325-67-40 Fax: 32-2-325-67-41 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fil-idf.org The International Dairy Federation (IDF) exists to provide timely and relevant information about global dairy issues. International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) 1250 H St. NW, Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-737-4332 Fax: 202-331-7820 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.idfa.org The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) represents more than 500 dairy food manufacturers, marketers, distributors and industry suppliers across the United States and Canada and in 20 other countries. National Dairy Council (NDC) 10255 W. Higgins Rd., Ste. 900 Rosemont, IL 60018-5616 USA Phone: 312-240-2880 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nationaldairycouncil.org

www.plunkettresearch.com The National Dairy Council (NDC), part of Dairy Management, Inc., promotes research and education on the benefits of dairy and on general nutrition.

28) Energy AssociationsRefining

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) 1667 K St. NW, Ste. 700 Washington, DC 20006 USA Phone: 202-457-0480 Fax: 202-457-0486 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.afpm.org The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), formerly the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, gathers and distributes information and statistics regarding the petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing industries. Canadian Fuels Association 1000-275 Slater Ottawa, ON K1P 5H9 Canada Phone: 613-232-3709 Fax: 613-236-4280 Web Address: http://canadianfuels.ca/ The Canadian Fuels Association, formerly known as The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) is an association of Canadian companies involved in the refining, distribution and marketing of petroleum products. The Institute represents the views of its members on business, environmental, health and safety issues. Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA) 400 N. Columbus St., Ste. 201 Alexandria, VA 22314 USA Phone: 703-684-5574 Fax: 703-836-8503 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ilma.org The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA) strives to improve the role of independent lubricant manufacturers in a universal, competitive marketplace.

29) Engineering, Research & Scientific Associations

European Industrial Research Management Association rue de al Loi, 81 A Brussels, 1040 Belgium Phone: 33-2-233-11-80 Web Address: www.eirma.org

EIRMA is not-for-profit organization which focuses on the effective global management and organization of business R&D and innovation within a European perspective. EIRMA engages over 100 major companies which are based in over 20 countries and operate in a wide range of sectors. Industrial Research Institute (IRI) 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Ste. 400 Arlington, VA 22201 USA Phone: 703-647-2580 Fax: 703-647-2581 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iriweb.org The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) is a nonprofit organization of over 200 leading industrial companies, representing industries such as aerospace, automotive, chemical, computers and electronics, which carry out industrial research efforts in the U.S. manufacturing sector. IRI helps members improve research and development capabilities. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) 3577 Parkway Ln., Ste. 200 Norcross, GA 30092 USA Phone: 770-449-0460 Fax: 770-441-3295 Toll Free: 800-494-0460 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iienet2.org The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is an international, non-profit association dedicated to the education, development, training and research in the field of industrial engineering. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) 13181 Crossroads Pkwy. N., Ste. 450 City of Industry, CA 91746 USA Phone: 323-725-3970 Fax: 323-725-0316 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: oneshpe.shpe.org The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is a national nonprofit organization that promotes Hispanics in science, engineering and math. Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) One SME Dr. Dearborn, MI 48121 USA Phone: 313-425-3000 Fax: 313-425-3400 Toll Free: 800-733-4763 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sme.org The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is a leading professional

Plunkett Research, Ltd. organization serving engineers in the manufacturing industries.

30) Environmental Industry Associations

Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Fl. 3 Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1435 USA Phone: 412-232-3444 Fax: 412-232-3450 Toll Free: 800-270-3444 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.awma.org The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) is a nonprofit professional organization that provides education and support to more than 5,000 environmental professionals in 65 nations.

31) Environmental Resources Environment Canada 10 Wellington, Fl. 23 Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3 Canada Phone: 819-997-2800 Fax: 819-994-1412 Toll Free: 800 668-6767 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ec.gc.ca Environment Canada is the Canadian government's natural environment preservation department.

32) Food Industry Associations, General

Brazilian Manufacturers Association of Biscuits, Pasta and Industrialized Breads & Cakes (ABIMAPI) Av. Paulista 1754, cj.104 Sao Paulo, SP 01451-00101310920 Brazil Phone: 55-11-5188-6200 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.abimapi.com.br The Brazilian Manufacturers Association of Biscuits, Pasta and Industrialized Breads & Cakes (ABIMAPI), a result of the merger of Brazilian Association of Manufacturers of Pasta (ANIB) and Brazilian Association of Industrialized Pasta and Bread & Cake Manufacturers (ABIMA), represents manufacturers of industrialized biscuits, pasta and breads & cakes throughout the country. The organization conducts lobbying activities, sponsors conferences for its membership and works to provide information about pasta to the public.

www.plunkettresearch.com Singapore Food Manufacturers' Association 7 Teo Hong Rd. Singapore, 088324 Singapore Phone: 65-6221-2438 Fax: 65-6223-7235 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sfma.org.sg Singapore Food Manufacturers' Association provides trade links, searches, information and resources regarding food manufacturers and related industries in Singapore.

33) Food Industry Resources, General

Food Institute (The) 10 Mountainview Rd., Ste. S125 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 USA Phone: 201-791-5570 Fax: 201-791-5222 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.foodinstitute.com As a leading food industry association, the Food Institute provides specialized services for companies and trade organizations. Information available through its web site includes food industry news, international news, food regulation and food market reports. Food Manufacturing 199 E. Badger Rd., Ste. 101 Madison, WI 53713 USA Phone: 973-920-7761 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.foodmanufacturing.com Food Manufacturing is a trade magazine for companies and employees in the food manufacturing industry. It is published by Advantage Business Media.

34) Food Processor Industry Associations

All India Food Processors' Association 206 Aurobindo Pl. Hauz Khas New Delhi, 110 016 India Phone: 91-11-26518848 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aifpa.net The All India Food Processors' Association aims to promote, encourage and support Indian Food Processing Industries and raise the technical standards of product quality to match global standards. American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) 2000 Corporate Ridge, Ste. 1000

McLean, VA 22102 USA Phone: 703-821-0770 Fax: 703-821-1350 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.affi.org The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) represents all parts of the frozen food industry supply chain, from manufacturers to distributors to suppliers to packagers. Canadian National Millers Association 303-265 Metcalfe St. Ottawa, ON K2P 1R3 Canada Phone: 613-236-2293 Fax: 613-271-1112 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.canadianmillers.ca The Canadian National Millers Association is an organization of Canadian wheat, oats and corn processors and producers of milled grain products. Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) 1451 Dolly Madison Blvd., Ste. 101 McLean, VA 22101-3850 USA Phone: 703-761-2600 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fpsa.org The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA), created by the merger of the International Association of Food Industry Suppliers (IAFIS) and Food Processing Machinery Association (FPMA), is a global trade association of suppliers to the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and related sanitary processing industries. Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 1350 I St. NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-639-5900 Fax: 202-639-5932 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gmaonline.org The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), formerly the National Food Products Association (NFPA), is the voice of the food, beverage and consumer products industry on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, food security, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters and consumer affairs. Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils (ISEO) 1319 F St. NW, Ste. 600 Washington, DC 20004 USA Phone: 202-783-7960 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iseo.org

Plunkett Research, Ltd. The Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils (ISEO) is a trade association representing the refiners of edible fats and oils in the United States. Korea Foods Industry Association (KFIA) 2423 Nambu Circular Rd., Fl. 3 & 4 Seocho-gu Seoul, 1449-12 Korea Phone: 02-3470-8100 Fax: 02-581-0691 Web Address: www.kfia.or.kr The Korea Foods Industry Association (KFIA) offers policy proposals and consultation regarding food hygiene and safety to government authorities. It advances the cause of food sanitation through food analysis, education, public information and related food industry publications. National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) 4755 Linglestown Rd., Ste. 300 Harrisburg, PA 17112 USA Phone: 717-657-8601 Fax: 717-657-9862 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nfraweb.org The National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) promotes the sales and consumption of refrigerated and frozen foods through education, research, training, sales planning and menu development, providing a forum for industry dialogue. It represents manufacturers, sales agents, suppliers, local associations, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and logistic providers involved in the frozen and refrigerated food industry. National Pasta Association (NPA) 750 National Press Bldg. 529 14th St. NW Washington, DC 20045 USA Phone: 202-591-2459 Fax: 202-591-2445 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ilovepasta.org The National Pasta Association (NPA) is a trade association for the United States pasta industry, composed of manufacturing, industry supplier and allied industry representatives. North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAAFEM) 161 N. Clark St., Ste. 2020 Chicago, IL 60601 USA Phone: 312-821-0201 Fax: 312-821-0202 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nafem.org

www.plunkettresearch.com The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAAFEM) represents approximately 550 companies throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico that manufacture commercial food service equipment and supplies. North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA) 3301 Route 66, Ste. 205, Bldg. C Neptune, NJ 07753 USA Phone: 732-922-3008 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: naooa.org The North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA), representing olive oil producers and distributors, is committed to fostering a clear understanding of the different grades of olive oil; and to expounding the benefits of olive oil in nutrition, health, and the culinary arts. Pet Food Institute (PFI) 1020 19th St. NW, Ste. 225 Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-791-9440 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.petfoodinstitute.org The Pet Food Institute (PFI) serves the pet food industry as a public and media relations resource, a representative before the U.S. Congress and state and federal agencies, an organizer of seminars and educational programs, a sponsor and clearing house for research and a liaison with other private organizations. Refrigerated Foods Association (RFA) 3823 Roswell Rd., Ste. 208 Marietta, GA 30062 USA Phone: 678-426-8175 Fax: 678-550-4504 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.refrigeratedfoods.org The Refrigerated Foods Association (RFA) is an organization of manufacturers and suppliers of prepared and refrigerated food products and their suppliers. Salt Institute 405 5th Ave. S., Ste. 7C Naples, FL 34102-6515 USA Phone: 239-231-3305 Fax: 239-330-1492 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.saltinstitute.org The Salt Institute is one of the world's foremost sources of authoritative information about salt (sodium chloride) and its more than 14,000 known uses.

SNAC International 1600 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 650 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Phone: 703-836-4500 Toll Free: 800-628-1334 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: snacintl.org SNAC International, formerly the Snack Food Association (SFA), is a trade association for the snack food industry, representing more than 400 snack manufacturers, marketers and suppliers. Specialty Food Association, Inc. 136 Madison Ave., Fl. 12 New York, NY 10016 USA Phone: 212-482-6440 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.specialtyfood.com The Specialty Food Association, Inc., formerly the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), is a notfor-profit trade association that fosters trade, commerce and interest in the specialty food industry.

35) Games Industry Associations

Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) 240 N. Fifth St., Ste. 340 Columbus, OH 43215 USA Phone: 614-255-4500 Fax: 614-255-4499 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gama.org The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is an international non-profit trade association serving the hobby games industry. It hosts two annual events, the GAMA Trade Show and Origins Game Fair, and publishes a quarterly information newsletter, GAMATimes.

36) Health Care Business &

Professional Associations

Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 800 Washington, DC 20004-2654 USA Phone: 202-783-8700 Fax: 202-783-8750 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.advamed.org The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) strives to be the advocate for a legal, regulatory and economic climate that advances global health care by assuring worldwide access to the benefits of medical technology.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA) P.O. Box 29398 Lincoln, NE 68529 USA Phone: 402-465-4122 Fax: 402-465-4187 Toll Free: 800-344-9060 Web Address: www.clma.net The Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA) seeks to increase awareness and utilization of custommanufactured contact lenses. German Medical Technology Association (BVMed) Reinhardt Strasse 29b Berlin, D-10117 Germany Phone: 49-30-246-255-0 Fax: 49-30-246-255-99 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bvmed.de The German Medical Technology Association (BVMed) represents about 200 manufacturers and service providers of medical devices. Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) 1333 H St., Ste. 400 W. Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-354-7171 Web Address: www.medicaldevices.org The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) is a national trade association that represents independent manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products and health care information systems. Shanghai Medical Instrument Trade Association (SMITA) Zhao Jia Bang Rd. 701 No. 2 446 Ln. Shanghai, 200031 China Phone: 86-21-61248288 Fax: 86-21-54651421 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.smianet.com The Shanghai Medical Instrument Trade Association (SMITA) serves the interests of manufacturers and suppliers of medical radio-diagnostic and radio-therapeutic machines, emergency apparatus, equipment for operating room, medical ultrasonic instrument, medical optical instrument, medical physiologic detecting and diagnostic device, artificial organ, surgical instrument, dental equipment, sanitary material etc.

www.plunkettresearch.com 37) Hybrid & Electric Vehicles Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) 1250 Eye St. NW, Ste. 902 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-408-0774 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.electricdrive.org The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) is an industry association working to advance electric vehicle transportation technologies and supporting infrastructure through policy, information and market development initiatives.

38) Industrial Organizations Associations

Federation of Industrial Associations Mete St. No 10/3 Taksim-Beyoqlu Istanbul, 34349 Turkey Phone: 90-212-211-4945 Fax: 90-212-211-4946 Web Address: www.sedefed.org The Federation of Industrial Associations (SEDEFED) is an umbrella organization bringing together the leading associations of the Turkish industry sector such as, automotive manufacturers and distributors, iron and steel producers, chemical manufacturers and other industrial business associations. SEDEFED promotes cooperation between private sector companies to ensure Turkish industries remain competitive on the global market.

39) Industry Research/Market Research

ClickZ Phone: 44-208-0806-489 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.clickz.com ClickZ, is an online publication that offers news, information and e-commerce statistics. Forrester Research 60 Acorn Park Dr. Cambridge, MA 02140 USA Phone: 617-613-5730 Toll Free: 866-367-7378 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.forrester.com Forrester Research is a publicly traded company that identifies and analyzes emerging trends in technology and their impact on business. Among the firm's specialties are the financial services,

retail, health care, entertainment, automotive and information technology industries. Gartner, Inc. 56 Top Gallant Rd. Stamford, CT 06902 USA Phone: 203-964-0096 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gartner.com Gartner, Inc. is a publicly traded IT company that provides competitive intelligence and strategic consulting and advisory services to numerous clients worldwide. MarketResearch.com 11200 Rockville Pike, Ste. 504 Rockville, MD 20852 USA Phone: 240-747-3093 Fax: 240-747-3004 Toll Free: 800-298-5699 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.marketresearch.com MarketResearch.com is a leading broker for professional market research and industry analysis. Users are able to search the company's database of research publications including data on global industries, companies, products and trends. NPD Group (The) 900 W. Shore Rd. Port Washington, NY 11050 USA Phone: 516-625-0700 Toll Free: 866-444-1411 Web Address: www.npd.com The NPD Group is one of the world's leading market research firms covering the retailing and related sectors. NPD covers industries including automotive, beauty, technology, entertainment, fashion, food & beverage, home, software, toys and wireless. Plunkett Research, Ltd. P.O. Drawer 541737 Houston, TX 77254-1737 USA Phone: 713-932-0000 Fax: 713-932-7080 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.plunkettresearch.com Plunkett Research, Ltd. is a leading provider of market research, industry trends analysis and business statistics. Since 1985, it has served clients worldwide, including corporations, universities, libraries, consultants and government agencies. At the firm's web site, visitors can view product information and pricing and access a large amount of basic market information on industries

Plunkett Research, Ltd. such as financial services, InfoTech, ecommerce, health care and biotech. Pyramid Research 179 South St., Ste. 200 Boston, MA 02111 USA Phone: 617-747-4100 Web Address: www.pyramidresearch.com Pyramid Research provides international market analysis and advisory services to the global communications, media and technology industries. It advises vendors, equipment manufacturers, service providers and the financial community. Simba Information 11200 Rockville Pike, Ste. 504 Rockville, MD 20852 USA Phone: 240-747-3096 Fax: 240-747-3004 Toll Free: 888-297-4622 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.simbainformation.com Simba Information is a leading authority for market intelligence and forecasts in all aspects of the media industry.

40) Liquor Industry Associations

All India Distillers' Association (AIDA) 805/96 Siddhart, Nehru Pl. New Delhi, 110 019 India Phone: 91-11-26432743 Fax: 91-11-26476628 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aidaindia.org All India Distillers' Association (AIDA) is a membership organization of roughly 200 distilleries in India which are in industries connected with industrial spirits, power alcohol, potable and other liquors and their byproducts. American Distilling Institute (ADI) P.O. Box 577 Hayward, CA 94541 USA Phone: 510-886-7418 Web Address: www.distilling.com The ADI is a membership organization that aims to provide professional information and resources on the distilling process. Spirits Canada 19 Dufferin St, Ste. 2-B Toronto, ON M6K 1Y9 Canada Phone: 416-626-0100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.spiritscanada.ca Spirits Canada is the trade organization representing Canada's major distillers.

www.plunkettresearch.com 41) Logistics & Supply Chain Associations

American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) 1717 K St. NW, Ste. 1120 Washington, DC 20006 USA Phone: 202-857-8009 Fax: 202-857-7843 Web Address: www.aaei.org The American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) is the only national association dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of both United States importers and exporters. APICS Supply Chain Council, Inc. (SCC) 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Ste. 1000 Chicago, IL 60631 USA Phone: 773-867-1777 Fax: 773-639-3000 Toll Free: 800-444-2742 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.apics.org APICS Supply Chain Council (SCC) is a professional organization promoting communications and standard metrics for the supply chain industry. The SCC maintains the Supply Chain Reference model (SCOR), the supply chain management community's most widely accepted framework for evaluating and comparing supply chain activities and performance. Australian Logistics Council (ALC) 16 National Circuit, Ste. 17B Barton, ACT 2600 Australia Phone: 61-2-6273-0755 Fax: 61-2-6273-3073 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: austlogistics.com.au The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) is a government chartered organization that provides leadership on issues of interest to the Australian logistics industry. Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation (CILT) Earlstrees Ct. Earlstrees Rd. Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 4AX UK Phone: 44-1536-740100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ciltuk.org.uk The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation (CILT) is a professional organization of more than 33,000 logistics personnel, promoting excellence in transportation and logistics worldwide. It

has local chapters in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Pakistan, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Malta, the U.K., Ireland and North America. China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing 25 Yuetan N. St. Beijing, 100045 China Phone: 86-10-6839-1462 Fax: 86-10-6839-1462 Web Address: www.chinawuliu.com.cn The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) works in cooperation with other logistics and supply chain organizations internationally, especially throughout the Asia Pacific region, to advance the theory and practice of effective supply chain management. Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) 333 E. Butterfield Rd., Ste. 140 Lombard, IL 60148 USA Phone: 630-574-0985 Fax: 630-574-0989 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cscmp.org The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is a nonprofit organization of professionals interested in supply chain management. CSCMP provides educational, career development and networking opportunities to over 8,500 members. European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) Square de Meeus 35 Brussels, B-1000 Belgium Phone: 32-2-893-97-37 Fax: 32-2-893-97-88 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ecsla.eu The European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) represents the cold storage industry in Europe. European Logistics Association (ELA) Handelsstraat 77 Brussels, B-1040 Belgium Phone: 32-471-83-29-89 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.elalog.org The European Logistics Association (ELA) formulates European Logistics Education Standards and encourages the acceptance of these standards by each of its member nations. GS1 Hong Kong 160 Gloucester Rd. 22/F, OTB Bldg. Wanchai, Hong Kong Hong Kong

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Phone: 852-2861-2819 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gs1hk.org GS1 Hong Kong, a new name of Hong Kong Article Numbering Association, is a not-for-profit, industry led organization to promote global standards, best practices and enabling technologies in the arena of global value and supply chain management. GS1 US 1009 Lenox Dr., Ste. 202 Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 USA Phone: 609-620-0200 Fax: 609-620-1200 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gs1us.org GS1 US, formerly known as the Uniform Code Council, Inc., is a nonprofit organization created to administer the Universal Product Code (UPC), known as the GS1 System, in the United States. The organization supports the implementation of standardized identification numbers for use in bar codes and e-commerce messaging standards such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and GS1 Extensible Markup Language (XML). Hong Kong Logistics Association (HKLA) 78 Tat Chee Ave. LG1, HKPC Bldg. Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2777-9656 Fax: 852-3421-2477 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hkla.org.hk The Hong Kong Logistics Association (HKLA) represents the supply chain management and logistics industry in Hong Kong. The organization promotes modern logistics and use of technology to increase efficiency in warehousing, freight transportation, packaging, order processing, materials handling and other relevant areas. Hong Kong Logistics Development Council 21/F, E. Wing, Central Gov't Offices 2 Tim Mei Ave. Tamar, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-3509-8252 Fax: 852-2523-0030 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.logisticshk.gov.hk The Hong Kong Logistics Development Council serves Hong Kong, a world-class logistics hub. Hong Kong is one of the busiest container ports and international air cargo handling centers in the world. The association focuses on all logistics services; sea, air and land transport and

www.plunkettresearch.com involves various policy portfolios and services areas, including distribution, supply chain management and information technology.

The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) serves the interests of the third-party logistics warehousing industry.

Hong Kong Sea Transport and Logistics Association (HKSTLA) Proficient Ind. Ctr, A7-9, 8/F, Blk A 6 Wang Kwun Rd. Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2687-2633 Fax: 852-2687-2733 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hkstla.org The Hong Kong Sea Transport and Logistics Association (HKSTLA) is a nonprofit group of more than 100 companies that represents the interests of the shipping industry in Hong Kong.

Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) P.O. Box 1265 Parramatta, NSW 2124 Australia Phone: 61-02-9635-3422 Fax: 61-02-9635-3466 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.laa.asn.au The Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) is a professional organization for the employees of Australia's logistics industry.

Institute for Supply Management (ISM) 2055 E. Centennial Cir. Tempe, AZ 85284-1802 USA Phone: 480-752-6276 Fax: 480-752-7890 Toll Free: 800-888-6276 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ism.ws Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is an organization dedicated to improving the professionalism and education of supply chain managers. The organization offers the Certified Professional in Supply Management credential, as well as the Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity designation. In addition, it sponsors the widely followed, ISM Manufacturing Report on Business, an important indicator of monthly manufacturing activity in the U.S. It also sponsors a similar monthly ISM NonManufacturing Report on Business. International Society of Logistics (SOLE) 14625 Baltimore Ave., Ste. 303 Laurel, MD 20707-4902 USA Phone: 301-459-8446 Fax: 301-459-1522 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sole.org The International Society of Logistics (SOLE) is a non-profit organization that promotes professional development in the logistics field. International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) 2800 S. River Rd., Ste. 260 Des Plaines, IL 60018 USA Phone: 847-813-4699 Fax: 847-813-0115 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iwla.com

Logistics Institute 501 Alliance Ave, Ste. 405 Toronto, ON M6N 2J1 Canada Phone: 416-363-3005 Fax: 416-363-5598 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.loginstitute.ca The Logistics Institute is a nonprofit organization devoted to the professional development of individuals in the logistics field. MHI 8720 Red Oak Blvd., Ste. 201 Charlotte, NC 28217-3996 USA Phone: 704-676-1190 Fax: 704-676-1199 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.mhi.org The MHI, which stands for the material handling industry, a nonprofit association of material handling professionals. National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) 1200 18th St. NW, Ste. 901 Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-466-0222 Fax: 202-466-0226 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ncbfaa.org The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) represents the nation's leading freight forwarders, customs brokers, NVOCCs and air cargo agents. Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Association (PASBA) Phone: 281-440-5044 Web Address: www.pasba.com The Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Association (PASBA) is devoted to best in class business practices in the logistics field. It is a service of The Benchmarking Network, Inc.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Reverse Logistics Association (RLT) 2300 Lakeview Pkwy., Ste. 700 Alpharetta, GA 30009 USA Phone: 801-331-8949 Fax: 801-206-0090 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.reverselogisticstrends.com The Reverse Logistics Association (RLT) provides news and information for third party service providers that cater to original equipment manufacturers. Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) No. 2 Bukit Merah Central #04-02 SPRING Singapore Bldg. Singapore, 159835 Singapore Phone: 65-6499-9799 Fax: 65-6499-9788 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sla.org.sg The Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) is professional organization that promotes the development of Singapore's logistics personnel and industry. Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) 777 Bay St., Ste. 2701 P.O. Box 112 Toronto, ON M5G 2C8 Canada Phone: 416-977-7111 Fax: 416-977-8886 Toll Free: 888-799-0877 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: scma.com/en/ The Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA), a product of the merger of the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Canada and the Purchasing Management Association of Canada, is a professional organization represents almost 8000 members working in the supply chain. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) 1100 Jorie Blvd., Ste. 170 Oak Brook, IL 60523-4413 USA Phone: 630-990-0001 Fax: 630-990-0256 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.werc.org The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the education and promotion of the warehousing industry.

42) Logistics & Supply Chain Resources

Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL) 765 Ferst Dr. NW, Ste. 228

www.plunkettresearch.com Atlanta, GA 30332-0205 USA Phone: 404-894-2343 Fax: 404-894-6527 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.scl.gatech.edu The Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL), formerly the Logistics Institute of Georgia Tech (TLI), provides research, professional classes and industry cooperation for the professionals of the logistics industry. It is part of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at the University.

43) Manufacturers Directory Maker's Row Web Address: www.makersrow.com Maker's Row operates an online database of more than 7,000 U.S.-based manufacturers of all types. It enables companies desiring to source manufacturing of various products to connect with appropriate manufacturers.

44) Manufacturing

Associations-General

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) 55 Standish Ct., Ste. 620 Mississauga, ON L5R 4B2 Canada Phone: 905-672-3466 Fax: 905-672-1764 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cme-mec.ca Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), or, in French, Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Canada (MEC), seeks to promote and expand the Canadian manufacturing and exporting presence in the global community. Its members represent about 75% of all Canadian manufacturing activities and about 90% of Canadian exporting. China National Light Industry Council (CNLIC) B22 Fuwai St. Beijing, 100833 China Phone: 86-10-6839-6228 Web Address: http://en.clii.com.cn/ The China National Light Industry Council (CNLIC) serves as an intermediary organization representing a range of industries and services and promotes light industry development in China. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) The Mantosh Sondhi Ctr. 23 Institutional Area, Lodi Rd.

New Delhi, 110 003 India Phone: 91-11-24629994-7 Fax: 91-11-24626149 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cii.in Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to develop industry in India. The site provides research reports, a library supporting members and other industry resources and information. CII organizes trade shows including the Auto Expo held biennially in India. German Association of Wood and Plastics Processing Industry (HDH) Flutgraben 2 Bad Honnef, 53604 Germany Phone: 49-22-24-93-770 Fax: 49-22-24-93-77-77 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hdh-ev.de The German Association of Wood and Plastics Processing Industry, in German, Hauptverband der Holz und Kunststoffe verarbeitenden Industrie (HDH), is the lead association of German furniture, woodworking, plastic and wood-based industries. MAPI/Manufacturers Alliance 1600 Wilson Blvd., Fl. 11, Ste. 1100 Arlington, VA 22209-2594 USA Phone: 703-841-9000 Web Address: www.mapi.net Established in 1933, MAPI/Manufacturers Alliance was once known as the Machinery and Allied Products Institute. Today, it represents manufacturers of all types. The organization publishes extensive research on manufacturing in America; and offers webinars, live meeting opportunities, surveys and email discussion forums, education programs, economic forecasts and policy analyses to its members. National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 733 10th St. NW, Ste. 700 Washington, DC 20001 USA Phone: 202-637-3000 Fax: 202-637-3182 Toll Free: 800-814-8468 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nam.org The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is one of the largest industrial trade associations in the United States, representing manufacturers and employees in every industrial sector. The association lobbies Congress on behalf of its members and seeks economic growth through the promotion of manufacturing activities and legislation.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Singapore Furniture Industries Council 62 Sungei Kadut Loop 04-19 Int'l Furniture Ctr. Singapore, 729507 Singapore Phone: 65-6569-6988 Fax: 65-6569-9939 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.singaporefurniture.com The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) is official representative of Singapore's furniture industry. It currently represents 95% of furniture manufacturers in Singapore, 65% of whom have subsidiary manufacturing plants in the region, including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

45) Manufacturing

Associations-Machinery & Technology

AMT Ireland University College Cork, AMT Ireland Food Science & Technology Building Cork, Ireland Phone: 353-21-490-3092 Fax: 353-21-490-3091 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ucc.ie/ga/RannaIonaidagusAonaid/ AMTIreland/AMT/ AMT Ireland is the coordinating program for research and development in advanced manufacturing technologies in Ireland. Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) 7901 Westpark Dr. McLean, VA 22102-4206 USA Phone: 703-893-2900 Fax: 703-893-1151 Toll Free: 800-524-0475 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.amtonline.org The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) actively supports and promotes American manufacturers of machine tools and manufacturing technology. German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V. Corneliusstrasse 4 Frankfurt am Main, 60325 Germany Phone: 49 69 75608 10 Fax: 49 69 756081 11 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.vdw.de

www.plunkettresearch.com German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) represents the industry nationally and internationally. The organization offers information, news and updates from fields, such as economics and statistics, technology, research, law and taxation to its members. Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association (IMTMA) Tumkur Rd., Madavara Post, 10th Mile Bangalore Int'l Exhibition Ctr. Bangalore, 562123 India Phone: 91-80-6624-6600 Fax: 91-80-6624-6661 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.imtma.in Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association (IMTMA) has a membership of over 492 organizations of all sizes spread across the country. Membership of IMTMA specializes in the complete range of metalworking machine tools and manufacturing solutions, accessories for machines, as well as the varied range of cutting tools and tooling systems. National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) 3025 Boardwalk Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3230 USA Fax: 734-995-0380 Toll Free: 800-222-6267 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ncms.org The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to advancing the global competitiveness of North American manufacturing industry. National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) 1357 Rockside Rd. Cleveland, OH 44134 USA Fax: 216-264-2840 Toll Free: 800-248-6862 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ntma.org The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) helps members of the U.S. precision custom manufacturing industries achieve business success in a global economy through advocacy, advice, networking, information, programs and services. Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) 6363 Oak Tree Blvd. Independence, OH 44131-2500 USA Phone: 216-901-8800 Fax: 216-901-9190 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.pma.org

The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) is a trade association representing the $117-billion metalforming industry of North America. The industry creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes. Its nearly 900 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) 73 Nanyang Dr. Singapore, 637662 Singapore Phone: 65-6793-8383 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.a-star.edu.sg/simtech The Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) has completed more than 880 projects with more than 410 companies, big and small, in the electronics, semiconductor, precision engineering, aerospace, automotive, marine, logistics and other sectors.

46) Manufacturing

Associations-Small Business

American Small Manufacturers Coalition P. O. Box 15289 Washington, DC 20003 USA Phone: 202-341-7066 Fax: 202-315-3906 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.smallmanufacturers.org The American Small Manufacturers Coalition (ASMC) is a trade association of manufacturing extension agents who work to improve the innovation and productivity of America's manufacturing community.

47) Maritime Associations Association of Singapore Marine Industries (ASMI) 9 Jurong Town Hall Rd. #04-03 Trade Association Hub, Jurong Town Hall Singapore, 609431 Singapore Phone: 665-6264-6436 Fax: 65-6264-6486 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.asmi.com The Association of Singapore Marine Industries (ASMI) is a nonprofit trade association which promotes the interests

Plunkett Research, Ltd. of a wide cross-section of the Singapore ship repair, shipbuilding, rig building and marine industry in Singapore. German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association Verband fur Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V. Steinhoft 11 (Slomanhaus) Hamburg, 20459 Germany Phone: 49-040-2801-52-0 Fax: 49-040-2801-52-30 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.vsm.de The VSM represents the political and commercial interests of the German maritime industry; shipyards building; oceangoing and inland waterway vessels; and marine equipment suppliers.

48) MEMS Associations MEMS Industry Group (MIG) 1620 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA Phone: 412-390-1644 Fax: 412-381-7714 Web Address: www.memsindustrygroup.org The MEMS Industry Group (MIG) is the premier trade association representing the North American MEMS industry. The organization works to eliminate barriers that prevent greater commercial use of MEMS and MEMS-enabled technology. NEXUS MEMS Network 23 Holsteinische St. Berlin, 12161 Germany Phone: 49-30-24357870 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nexus-mems.com The NEXUS MEMS Network is a nonprofit organization devoted to the MEMS industry in Europe.

49) Metals & Mining Industry Resource

InfoMine 580 Hornby St., Ste. 900 Vancouver, BC V6C 3B6 CAN Phone: 604-683-2037 Fax: 604-681-4166 Toll Free: 888-683-2037 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: infomine.com InfoMine provides focused, in-depth information and functionality encompassing most aspects of mining and mineral exploration activities worldwide. The websites are organized as a series of editions which collectively provide access to the largest, most fully integrated source

www.plunkettresearch.com of worldwide mining and mineral exploration information. Each InfoMine Edition has its own specific audience and content provided in the local language. InfoMine provides the research, knowledge and information necessary to keep a competitive advantage for those who develop mineral properties, invest in mining, sell products and services to the mining industry or just want to find a job.

50) Metals & Steel Industry Associations

Aluminum Association (The) 1400 Crystal Dr., Ste. 430 Arlington, VA 22202 USA Phone: 703-358-2960 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aluminum.org The Aluminum Association is the trade association for producers of primary aluminum, recyclers and makers of semifabricated aluminum products, as well as suppliers to the industry. Chinese Society for Metals Phone: 86-10-65270210 Fax: 86-10-65124122 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.csm.org.cn The Chinese Society for Metals is a nonprofit organization that focuses on advancing science and technology in the metallurgical industry, materials science and engineering and the professionals in these fields. Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) 12999 E. Adam Aircraft Cir. Englewood, CO 80112 USA Phone: 303-948-4200 Fax: 303-973-3845 Toll Free: 800-763-3132 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.smenet.org The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) advances the worldwide mining and minerals community through information exchange and professional development. World Steel Association Rue Colonel Bourg 120 Brussels, B-1140 Belgium Phone: 32-2-702-89-00 Fax: 32-2-7-2-88-99 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.worldsteel.org The World Steel Association is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. A second office in

Beijing, China, opened in April 2006. The World Steel Association (worldsteel) represents approximately 150 steel producers (including 9 of the world's 10 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes.

51) Metals & Steel Industry Resources

American Iron and Steel Institute 25 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Ste. 800 Washington, DC 20001 USA Phone: 202-452-7100 Web Address: www.steel.org AISI provides an in-depth web site with statistics, news, links and various other features geared to members of the steel industry, as well as to students and researchers.

52) Motorcycle Industry Associations

Federation of Asian Motorcycle Industry Wisma Indomobil I Jl. M.T. Haryono Kav 8 Jakarta, 13330 Indonesia Phone: 62-21-856-6181 Fax: 62-21-857-0618 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fami-motorcycle.org The Federation of Asian Motorcycle Industries (FAMI) is a non-profit association currently comprised of seven motorcycle associations in the Asia Pacific: Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) 20, Route de Pre-bois Geneva, CH-1215 Switzerland Phone: 41-22-920-2123 Fax: 41-22-920-2121 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.immamotorcycles.org The International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) is the trade association which represents the motorcycle industry at the global level. Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) 2 Jenner St., Ste. 150 Irvine, CA 92618-3806 USA Phone: 949-727-4211 Fax: 949-727-3313

Plunkett Research, Ltd. E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.mic.org The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) is a not-for-profit, national trade association created to promote and preserve motorcycling and the U.S. motorcycle industry. This is accomplished through its activities in government relations, statistics, communications, technical, and aftermarket programs.

53) Nanotechnology Associations

Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum (APNF) Kent St. 533-539 Level. 2, Ste. 1 Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia Phone: 61-2-9261-8857 Fax: 61-2-8905-9678 Web Address: www.apnf.org The Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum (APNF) is a member-supported non-profit organization formed as the Asia-Pacific catalyst and thought leader in nanotechnology. APNF provides a platform for networking between governments, developing industry and the venture capital market. ASME Nanotechnology Institute Two Park Ave. New York, NY 10016-5990 USA Phone: 973-882-1170 Toll Free: 800-843-2763 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: nano.asme.org The ASME Nanotechnology Institute is sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It provides nanotechnology resources, events, programs, activities, online courses, webcasts, news and links. European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN) Cranfield University Campus, Bldg. 90 Cranfield, Beds MK43 0AL UK Phone: 44-1234-754023 Fax: 44-1234-754080 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.euspen.eu The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN) was created with funding from the E.U. to provide a forum in which industry, research institutes and universities network and cooperate on projects.

www.plunkettresearch.com Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM) 555 Bryant St., Ste. 354 Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Phone: 650-917-1120 Fax: 650-917-1120 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.imm.org The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM) is a non-profit foundation formed in 1991 to conduct and support research on molecular systems engineering and molecular manufacturing. IMM also promotes guidelines for research and development practices that will minimize risk from accidental misuse or abuse of molecular nanotechnology. Institute of Nanotechnology 50 Richmond St. Graham Hills Bldg. Glasgow, G1 1XP Scotland Phone: 44-141-303-8444 Fax: 44-141-303-8496 Web Address: www.nano.org.uk The Institute of Nanotechnology was one of the first providers of nanotechnology information in the world. Its web site disseminates information on events, courses, books and news relating to the field of nanotechnology. Institution of Engineering and Technology (The) Michael Faraday House Six Hills Way Stevenage, Herts SG1 2AY UK Phone: 44-(0)1438-313-311 Fax: 44-(0)1438-765-526 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: kn.theiet.org The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a trade organization for engineers and other workers in related technology industries with more than 167,000 members in 150 countries. International Association of Nanotechnology (IANT) NASA Ames Research Center P.O. Box 151 Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA Phone: 408-280-6222 Fax: 877-636-6266 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ianano.org The International Association of Nanotechnology is a non-profit organization that promotes research collaboration in nanoscience worldwide for the benefit of society. The IANT sponsors panel discussions, regional meetings and an international congress to discuss the development of nanotechnology.

International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Rice University, 6100 Main St. MS 63 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 USA Phone: 713-348-4195 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: http://cben.rice.edu/industry/icon.aspx The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) works to assess, communicate and reduce the environmental and health risks of nanotechnology while also fostering its development. ICON sponsors nanotechnology forums and events, maintains an electronic knowledge base and acts as a communications platform. ICON is managed by Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology. Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) 3925 W. Braker Ln. Austin, TX 78759 USA Phone: 512-697-8849 Fax: 925-886-8461 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nsti.org The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) is engaged in the promotion and integration of nano and other advanced technologies through education, technology and business development. NSTI offers consulting services, continuing education programs, scientific and business publishing and community outreach.

54) Nanotechnology Resources National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyNanomaterials Research Institute 1-1-1 Higashi AIST Tusukubs Central 5 Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565 Japan E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: https://unit.aist.go.jp/nmri/index_en.html The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyNanomaterials Research Institute is Japan's foremost nanomaterials research institute.

55) Outsourcing Industry Associations

Outsourcing Institute (OI) 6800 Jericho Turnpike, Ste. 120W Syosset, NY 11791 USA Phone: 516-279-6850

Plunkett Research, Ltd. E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.outsourcing.com The Outsourcing Institute (OI) is an association devoted to assisting outsourcing professionals. Its web site features news, industry links, webinars and information on upcoming events in the outsourcing industry. Sourcing Interests Group 221 N Hogan St., Ste. 389 Jacksonville, FL 32202 USA Phone: 904-310-9560 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sig.org The Sourcing Interests Group provides forums and supporting services to assist its members in learning from other's sourcing experiences, including outsourcing, strategic sourcing, eBusiness, alliances, and shared services applied to information technology, business processes and corporate support services.

56) Outsourcing Industry Resources

Reshoring Initiative Phone: 847-726-2975 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.reshorenow.org The Reshoring Initiative is an industry led effort whose focus is the return of manufacturing jobs to the U.S. from overseas, namely China. The Initiative achieves this by demonstrating to manufacturers that local production can actually lead to a reduction in total cost by getting rid of superfluous costs such as inventory carrying costs, traveling costs to check on suppliers, intellectual property risks and opportunity costs from product pipelines being too long.

57) Packaging Industry Associations

Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), c/o GreenBlue 600 E. Water St., Ste. C Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA Phone: 434-817-1424 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sustainablepackaging.org The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), c/o GreenBlue, is an industry working group dedicated to a more robust environmental vision for packaging. Through strong member support, an informed and science-based approach, supply chain collaborations and continuous outreach, we endeavor to build packaging systems that encourage

www.plunkettresearch.com economic prosperity and a sustainable flow of materials. The SPC is a project of GreenBlue, a nonprofit that equips business with the science and resources to make products more sustainable. World Packaging Organisation 1833 Center Point Cir., Ste. 123 Naperville, IL 60563 USA Phone: 630-596-9007 Fax: 630-544-5055 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.worldpackaging.org The World Packaging Organisation is a non-profit, non-governmental, international federation of national packaging institutes and associations, regional packaging federations and other interested parties including corporations and trade associations.

58) Packaging Industry Resources

Sustainable Packaging Alliance (SPA) 5 Brooklyn Ave. Dandenong, VIC 3175 Australia Phone: 61-0-3-9791-5888 Fax: 61-0-3-9706-7700 Web Address: www.sustainablepack.org Sustainable Packaging Alliance is the global distributor of PIQET, a web based business tool used for rapid packaging environmental impact assessments. PIQET is used to optimize packaging system design from a sustainability perspective in all stages of the product development process.

59) Patent Organizations European Patent Office Bob-van-Benthem-Platz 1 Munich, 80469 Germany Phone: 49 89 2399-0 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.epo.org The European Patent Office (EPO) provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and companies seeking patent protection in up to 38 European countries. It is the executive arm of the European Patent Organization and is supervised by the Administrative Council. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 34 chemin des Colombettes Geneva, CH-1211 Switzerland Phone: 41-22-338-9111 Fax: 41-22-733-5428 Web Address: www.wipo.int

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has a United Nations mandate to assist organizations and companies in filing patents and other intellectual property data on a global basis. At its web site, users can download free copies of its WIPO magazine and search its international patent applications.

60) Patent Resources Patent Board (The) Web Address: www.patentboard.com The Patent Board is an online platform, which offers tools and metrics for patent analysis and intellectual property investing. Its services include technology landscape analysis, portfolio assessment and merger and acquisition due diligence. The Patent Board platform is owned by Global Ventures, LLC. Patent Docs E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: patentdocs.typepad.com/patent_docs/ Patent Docs is an excellent blog about patent law and patent news in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

61) Pets Industry Associations American Pet Products Association (APPA) 255 Glenville Road Greenwich, CT 06831 USA Phone: 203-532-0000 Fax: 203-532-0551 Toll Free: 800-452-1225 Web Address: www.americanpetproducts.com The mission of the American Pet Products Association (APPA) is to promote responsible pet care and advance the pet products industry. Founded in 1958, American Pet Products Association (APPA) is the leading trade association in the pet industry made up of more than 1,200 pet product manufacturers, their representatives, importers and livestock suppliers. As a trade association, APPA provides a wealth of services and programs designed to help its members prosper. Global Pet Expo is its annual conference and exhibition.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. 62) Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (Drug Industry)

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) 105 Victoria St., Southside, Fl. 7 London, SW1E 6QT UK Phone: 44-20-7930-3477 Fax: 44-20-7747-1447 Web Address: www.abpi.org.uk The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is a trade association that provides research and information for the British pharmaceuticals industry. Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) 777 6th St. NW, Ste. 510 Washington, DC 20001 USA Phone: 202-249-7100 Fax: 202-249-7105 Web Address: www.gphaonline.org The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) represents the manufacturers and distributors of finished generic pharmaceutical products, manufacturers and distributors of bulk active pharmaceutical chemicals and suppliers of other goods and services to the generic pharmaceutical industry. Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) 102-B, Poonam Chambers, A Wing, FL. 1 Dr. A. B. Rd., Worli Mumbai, 400 018 India Phone: 91-22-2494-4624 Fax: 91-22-2495-0723 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.idma-assn.org The Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) is a wholly Indian association mainly promoting the interests of Indian drug manufacturers, as well as protecting the interest of the Indian consumers. Innovative Medicines Canada 55 Metcalfe St., Ste. 1220 Ottawa, ON K1P 6L5 Canada Phone: 613-236-0455 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: innovativemedicines.ca Innovative Medicines Canada is dedicated to the discovery and development of new medicines and vaccines. Its 50 member companies are guided by strict code of ethical practices ensuring valued partnership in the Canadian healthcare system.

www.plunkettresearch.com International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) Chemin des Mines 9 P.O. Box 195 Geneva 20, 1211 Switzerland Phone: 41-22-338-32-00 Fax: 41-22-338-32-99 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ifpma.org The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) is a nonprofit organization that represents the world's research-based pharmaceutical and biotech companies. International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Andries Bickerweg 5 The Hague, AE 2517 JP The Netherlands Phone: 31-70-3021-970 Fax: 31-70-3021-999 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fip.org The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is a global federation of national associations representing 3 million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists around the world. Korean Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) 832-7 Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu Fl. 6, Hwanghwa Bldg. Seoul, 143-200 Korea Phone: 82-2-456-8553 Fax: 82-2-456-8320 Web Address: www.krpia.or.kr The Korean Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) is an association of researchbased pharmaceutical companies operating in Korea. LEEM (French Pharmaceutical Companies Association) 58 Gouvion Blvd. Saint Cyr, 75017 France Phone: 33-1-45-03-88-88 Fax: 33-1-45-04-47-71 Web Address: www.leem.org LEEM (Les Entreprises du Médicament or the French Pharmaceuticals Association) represents the 270 pharmaceutical companies operating in France engaged in the research and/or development of medicines for human use. National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NAPM) 1342 Waterfall Office Park, Bekker Rd. Midrand, South Africa Phone: 27-11-312-6966

Fax: 27-86-529-4245 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.napm.co.za The National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NAPM) is a nonprofit trade association consisting of South African generic-based pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) 950 F St. NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20004 USA Phone: 202-835-3400 Web Address: www.phrma.org Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the nation's leading researchbased pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Royal Pharmaceutical Society 66-68 East Smithfield London, E1W 1AW UK Phone: 44-20-7572-2737 Fax: 44-20-7735-7629 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.rpharms.com The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is the regulatory agency and professional membership organization for pharmacists in England, Wales and Scotland. Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) 151 Chin Swee Rd. 02-13A/14 Manhattan House Singapore, 169876 Singapore Phone: 65-6738-0966 Fax: 65-6738-0977 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sapi.org.sg The Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) represents a wide spectrum of pharmaceutical related businesses, namely the trading houses, manufacturers, representative offices and pharmacies in Singapore.

63) Plastics Industry Associations

Association of Plastic Manufacturers in Europe Ave. E, Van Nieuwenhuyse 4, Box 3 Brussels, B-1160 Belgium Phone: 32-2-675-32-97 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.plasticseurope.org Association of Plastic Manufacturers in Europe is a trade association representing more than 100 companies in the plastics

Plunkett Research, Ltd. industry throughout 28 countries in the European Union, plus Croatia, Norway, Turkey and Switzerland. Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) 800 Roosevelt Rd., Ste. C-312 Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 USA Phone: 630-942-6589 Fax: 630-790-3095 Web Address: www.rotomolding.org Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) represents the worldwide plastics rotational molding industry in 58 countries globally. British Plastics Federation (BPF) 6 Bath Pl. Rivington St. London, EC2A 3JE UK Phone: 44-20-7457-5000 Fax: 44-20-7457-5020 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bpf.co.uk The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the leading trade association of the U.K. plastics industry, representing over 400 members active in the U.K.'s plastic sector. Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) 5955 Airport Rd., Ste. 125 Mississauga, ON L4V 1R9 Canada Phone: 905-678-7748 Fax: 905-678-0774 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.plastics.ca The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) is dedicated to the responsible use and recovery of plastics resources. The organization represents over 2,422 firms active in Canada's plastics industry. Center for the Polyurethanes Industry 700 Second St. NE Washington, DC 20002 USA Phone: 202-249-7000 Fax: 202-249-6100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: polyurethane.americanchemistry.com/ The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry serves as a research arm and data clearinghouse for member companies. It is part of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). China Plastics Processing Industry Association (CPPIA) 6 E. Chang'an Ave. Beijing, 100740 China Phone: 86-10-6559-2882

www.plunkettresearch.com Fax: 86-10-6527-8590 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cppia.com.cn The China Plastics Processing Industry Association (CPPIA) promotes the industry which includes plastic pipe, injection molded products and other engineering plastics. International Association of Plastics Distribution (IAPD) 6734 W. 121st St. Overland Park, KS 66209 USA Phone: 913-345-1005 Fax: 913-345-1006 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iapd.org The International Association of Plastics Distribution (IAPD), founded in 1956, is an international trade association composed of companies engaged in the distribution and manufacture of plastics materials. National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) 7310 Turfway Rd., Ste. 550 Florence, KY 41042 USA Phone: 859-372-6635 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.napcor.com The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) is the trade association for the PET plastic industry in the U.S. and Canada. Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) 700 2nd St. NE Washington, DC 20002 USA Phone: 202-249-7000 Fax: 202-249-6100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: plastics.americanchemistry.com The Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents manufacturers of plastic resins. Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI), (The) 1425 K St. NW, Ste. 500 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-974-5200 Fax: 202-296-7005 Web Address: www.plasticsindustry.org The Plastics Industry Trade Association, formerly The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), founded in 1937, is a trade association representing the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment manufacturers and raw materials suppliers.

Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) 6737 W. Washington Ave., Ste. 1300 Milwaukee, WI 53214 USA Phone: 414-431-3094 Fax: 414-276-7704 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.pmahome.org The Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) is the trade association of the cast polyurethane elastomer industry, serving processors of polyurethane products, materials and equipment suppliers and independent agents. Vinyl Institute (The) (VI) 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 825 Washington, DC 20006 USA Phone: 202-765-2200 Fax: 202-765-2275 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.vinylinfo.org The Vinyl Institute (VI), founded in 1982, is a U.S. trade association representing the leading manufacturers of vinyl, vinyl chloride monomer, vinyl additives and modifiers and vinyl packaging materials.

64) Printers & Publishers Associations

American Book Producers Association (ABPA) 31 W 8th St., Fl. 2 New York, NY 10011 USA E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.abpaonline.org The American Book Producers Association (ABPA) is the trade association for independent book producers in the U.S. and Canada. Epicomm 1800 Diagonal Rd., Ste. 320 Alexandria, VA 22314-2862 USA Phone: 703-836-9200 Web Address: http://epicomm.org Epicomm is a non-profit business management association formed in 2014, through the merger of the National Association of Printers & Lithographers (NAPL), National Association of Quick Printers (NAQP) and the Association of Marketing Service Providers (AMSP). It represents the interests of graphic communications industry in the U.S. German Printing and Media Industries Federation (BVDM) Bundesverband Druck und Medien Friedrichstrasse 194-199 Berlin, 10117 Germany Phone: 49-30-20-91-39-0

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Fax: 49-30-20-91-39-113 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bvdm-online.de The German Printing and Media Industries Federation (BVDM) is a trade association of the German printing and media industries. Its 11 regional members include prepress and premedia companies, flexography, bookbinding, screenprinting, offset and gravure printing companies.

www.plunkettresearch.com research agency. CSRIO performs research in Australia over a broad range of areas including agriculture, minerals and energy, manufacturing, communications, construction, health and the environment.

represent over 900 automation manufacturers, component suppliers, system integrators, end users, research groups and consulting firms from throughout the world that are driving automation forward.

67) RFID Industry Associations

American Automatic Control Council (AACC) Phone: 512-471-3061 Fax: 512-471-8727 Web Address: www.a2c2.org The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) is an umbrella association of the control systems divisions of its member societies. The eight member societies that compose the AACC, and make up its board of directors, are the following: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); International Society of Automation (ISA); Society for Computer Simulation (SCS); and Society for Industrial and Applies Mathematics (SIAM). The AACC is responsible for organizing and putting on the annual American Control Conference (ACC). The ACC is a three day event with about 1,100 participants. Additionally, the AACC provides delegates to the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).

65) Private Label (Generic)

Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) 20399 Rte. 19, Ste. 203 Cranberry Township, PA 16066 USA Phone: 724-742-4470 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.aimglobal.org The Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) is a global trade organization dedicated to accelerating the growth and use of RFID and other automated identification and data capture/collection (AIDC) technologies and services. Its more than 900 members are manufacturers or service providers of RFID, bar code, card, biometrics and electronic article surveillance technologies.

Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) 630 Third Ave. New York, NY 10017 USA Phone: 212-972-3131 Fax: 212-983-1382 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.plma.com The Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) founded in 1979, represents more than 3,000 companies around the world and organizes trade shows, programs and services that are specifically designed for the industry. The private label sector includes makers of store branded and generic-labeled products in foods, consumer products and personal care items.

EPCglobal Inc. 1009 Lenox Dr., Ste. 202 Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 U.S. Phone: 609-620-0200 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gs1.org/epcglobal EPCglobal Inc. is a global standards organization for the Electronic Product Code (EPC), which supports the use of RFID. It was initially developed by the Auto-ID Center, an academic research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Today, offices and affiliates of EPCglobal are based in nearly every nation of the world. The nonprofit organization is a joint venture between GS1, formerly known as EAN International, and GS1 US, formerly known as the Uniform Code Council.

66) Research & Development,

68) Robotics & Automation Industry Associations

American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) 492 Norristown Rd., Ste. 160 Blue Bell, PA 19422 USA Phone: 610-825-7783 Fax: 610-825-7641 Web Address: www.asapnet.org The American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) is a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the application of computer technology in assisting the pharmacists, as well as in the efficient operation and management of a pharmacy.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) CSIRO Enquiries Private Bag 10 Clayton South, Victoria 3169 Australia Phone: 61-3-9545-2176 Toll Free: 1300-363-400 Web Address: www.csiro.au The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) is Australia's national science agency and a leading international

A3 Association for Advancing Automation 900 Victors Way, Ste. 140 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA Phone: 734-994-6088 Fax: 734-994-3338 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.a3automate.org A3 is the umbrella association for Robotic Industries Association (RIA), AIA Advancing Vision + Imaging, and Motion Control & Motor Association (MCMA). RIA, AIA, and MCMA combined

ARM Institute (Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute) Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA USA E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.arminstitute.com To foster and grow the national manufacturing ecosystem, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute has formed a national, publicprivate partnership to develop, demonstrate, and facilitate early adoption

Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) 10015 Main St. Fairfax, VA 22031-3489 USA Phone: 703-385-1335 Fax: 703-273-0456 Toll Free: 888-385-3588 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sgia.org The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) is devoted to specialty imaging, digital printing and screen printing providers in markets ranging from advertising to apparel.

Manufacturing Associations

Laboratories

Plunkett Research, Ltd. of novel robotic solutions. Based in Pittsburgh, ARM is led by a newly established national nonprofit called American Robotics, which was founded by Carnegie Mellon University and includes a national network of 231 stakeholders from industry, academia, local governments and nonprofits. Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI), (The) 11911 Freedom Dr., Ste. 600 Reston, VA 20190 USA Phone: 571-612-3200 Fax: 703-243-8556 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.pmmi.org The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI), formerly the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute is a trade association of companies that manufacture packaging, processing and packagingrelated converting machinery and are primarily based in the U.S.; Canada; and Mexico. The institute is composed of over 700 member companies and has offices in the U.S., Latin America and China. Automated Imaging Association (AIA) 900 Victors Way, Ste. 140 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA Phone: 734-994-6088 Web Address: www.visiononline.org The Automated Imaging Association (AIA) is the trade group for the global machine vision industry. The AIA was organized to promote the understanding and implementation of vision and imaging technologies. The association has over 330 members from 32 countries. Members of AIA include manufacturers of vision components and systems, consulting firms, academic institutions and research groups to name a few. Automation Association (AA) 7300 Hudson Blvd. N., Ste. 285 Oakdale, MN 55128 USA Phone: 651-264-9841 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.automationassociation.com The Automation Association (AA) is a network of engineers, scientists and machine builders involved in the development of products, processes and technology solutions for manufacturing. Through its network, AA offers solutions to clients in every phase of the manufacturing process, from feasibility and design to machine building and implementation.

www.plunkettresearch.com Automation Federation 67 Alexander Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA Phone: 919-314-3920 Fax: 919-314-3921 Web Address: www.automationfederation.org The Automation Federation is a global umbrella organization under which member associations and societies engaged in manufacturing and process automation activities can work more effectively to fulfill their missions, advance the science and engineering of automation technologies and applications and develop the workforce needed to capitalize on the benefits of automation. Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) 1173 Cyrville Rd., Ste. 210 Ottawa, ON K1J 7S6 Canada Phone: 613-686-1814 Fax: 613-744-7833 Toll Free: 888-798-2222 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.caba.org The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is an international not-for-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies. The organization is supported by an international membership of nearly 335 companies involved in the design, manufacture, installation and retailing of products relating to home automation and building automation. Public organizations, including utilities and government are also members. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) 445 Hoes Ln Piscataway, NJ 10016 USA Phone: 732-562-6585 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ieee-ras.org The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) society for the advancement of the theory and application of robotics and automation. The membership of RAS is composed of over 13,000 members with local chapters in over 40 countries. Industrial Wireless at Work (WINA) 1500 Sunday Dr., Ste. 102 Raleigh, NC 27607 USA Phone: 919-314-6560 Fax: 919-314-6561 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.wina.org

WINA's mission is to provide unbiased information and education about industrial wireless technologies and applications to accelerate the widespread deployment of wireless in the industrial market. Industrie 4.0Germany Web Address: www.hightechstrategie.de/de/Industrie-4-0-59.php Industrie 4.0 is an alliance of German academics, companies (including manufacturing firms and software firms) and government agencies. It was launched in 2013 in response to the growing reliance of major German industries on advanced software in factory automation and management. It is focused on making certain that Germany remains on the forefront of the development of factory systems. International Federation of Robotics (IFR) Lyoner St. 18 Frankfurt am Main, 60528 Germany Phone: 49-69-6603-1502 Fax: 49-69-6603-2502 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ifr.org The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) promotes the robotics industry worldwide, including the fields of industrial robots for manufacturing and other purposes, service robots and robotics research. Among other things, it is focused on research, development, use and international co-operation in the entire field of robotics, and it seeks to act as a focal point for organizations and governmental representatives in activities related to robotics. International Society of Automation (ISA) 67 T. W. Alexander Dr. P.O. Box 12277 Research Triangle Park, NC 22709 USA Phone: 919-549-8411 Fax: 919-549-8288 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.isa.org Founded in 1945, the International Society of Automation (ISA) is a leading, global, nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping over 36,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities. ISA develops standards, certifies industry professionals, provides education and training, publishes books and technical articles, and hosts conferences and exhibitions for automation professionals.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.lrig.org Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) is a membership group focused on the application of robotics in the laboratory. The organization currently has over 12,000 members, with individual chapters across the U.S. and in Europe. Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA) 200 City Hall Ave., Ste. D Poquoson, VA 23662 USA Phone: 757-258-3100 Fax: 757-258-3100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.measure.org MCAA helps the management teams of process control product and solution providers run and grow successful businesses by offering timely, unique and highly specialized resources acquired from shared management benchmarks and strategies where proprietary company information is secure. MCAA's core purpose is to bring process control providers together to develop the resources they need to prosper. Measurement, Control and Automation Association (MCAA) 200 City Hall Ave., Ste. D Poquoson, VA 23662 USA Phone: 757-258-3100 Fax: 757-258-3100 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.measure.org The Measurement, Control and Automation Association (MCAA) is the national trade association representing companies who manufacture and distribute internationally a variety of systems, software and instrumentation used in factory automation and industrial process control. The association's membership includes both specialty niche companies and multi-national conglomerates. The MCAA provides its members with management data, a network of industry resources and with peer/customer networking opportunities. Motion Control Association (MCA) 900 Victors Way, Ste. 140 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA Phone: 734-994-6088 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.motioncontrolonline.org The Motion Control Association (MCA) is international not-for-profit trade group

www.plunkettresearch.com composed of manufacturers, distributors, system integrators, end users, consulting firms, academic institutions and research centers involved in mechanical and electronic (mechatronics) motion control. The association promotes the understanding and use of motion control technologies and helps to develop business opportunities for mechatronics motion control companies. National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Phone: 703-292-8930 Fax: 703-292-9073 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pi ms_id=503641&org=CISE The National Robotics Initiative (NRI) works to accelerate the development and use of robots in the U.S. that work beside or cooperatively with people. NRI is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of Public Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) 419 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Phone: 650-450-9681 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.osrfoundation.org Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) is an independent nonprofit that supports the development, distribution and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education and product development. Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) 1911 Freedom Dr., Ste. 600 Reston, VA 20190 USA Phone: 571-612-3190 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.omac.org OMAC is a non-profit, membership-based organization for end-user manufacturers, OEM machine builders, system integrators, technology providers and government agencies. It addresses issues that confront global manufacturing. OMAC's two working groups, Packaging and Machine Tool, lead the way in producing industry consensus guidelines that help manufacturers reduce their delivery times, be more efficient with available resources, and increase profitability, all while maintaining their competitive advantage.

Precision Machine Products Association (PMPA) 6880 West Snowville Rd., Ste. 200 Brecksville, OH 44141 USA Phone: 440-526-0300 Fax: 440-526-5803 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.pmpa.org The Precision Machine Products Association (PMPA) is an international trade association that represents the interests of those in the precision machined products industry. Founded in 1933, the association primarily represents manufacturers based in North America; however, these manufacturers operate various international facilities. The PMPA represents the over 3,000 companies within the precision machined products industry. Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College Of Business Administration Florida International University Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-1413 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.poms.org The Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) is an international professional organization which represents the interests of professionals within the production and operations management (POM) field. The purpose of the POMS society is three fold: to extend and integrate knowledge in order to improve the understanding and practice of POM; to disseminate information on POM to managers, educators, scientists, private and public organizations, local and national governments and the public in general; and to promote the improvement and teaching of POM in private and public manufacturing on a global scale. In addition to its North American chapter, POMS has chapters in Hong Kong, India and Taiwan. Robotic Industries Association (RIA) 900 Victors Way, Ste. 140 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA Phone: 734-994-6088 Fax: 734-994-3338 Web Address: www.robotics.org The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) acts as one of the few North American trade groups that serves the robotics industry specifically. Members of RIA include robot manufacturers, users, component suppliers, system integrators, consulting firms and research group. The association also sponsors Robotics Online (www.robotics.org), a source of

Plunkett Research, Ltd. information for engineers, managers and executives to justify robotics and flexible automation. Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA) 1010 Dover Rd., Ste. 03-10 Singapore, 139658 Singapore Phone: 65-6749-1822 Fax: 65-6841-3986 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.siaa.org The Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA) is a non-profit organization which promotes the application of industrial automation with reference to business, technology & information services. Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 100 Illinois St., Ste. 242 St. Charles, IL 60174 USA Phone: 630-256-7527 Toll Free: 877-990-7527 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.slas.org The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), formerly the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA), is an international community of scientists, researchers, engineers and technologists from commercial, academic and government laboratories. The society is composed of over 18,000 individuals. The SLAS provides forums for education and information exchange to further the study of laboratory automation and screening. The society is divided into two sections: Biomolecular Sciences Section, with a focus on drug discovery and the development of biomolecular screening technology; and Laboratory Automation Section, with a focus on furthering the study of the science and education related to laboratory automation.

69) Robotics Industry Resources

Robo Global 300 Crescent Court Suite 840 Dallas, TX 75201 USA Phone: 214-272-2710 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.roboglobal.com Robo Global produces an index of stocks of robotics-related firms. Its index is used in the creation of robotics ETFs for the investment community. Its website contains news and information on robotics.

www.plunkettresearch.com Unmanned Systems Technology (UST)GBR E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) is a dedicated directory of component, service and platform suppliers within the unmanned systems industry. All categories of unmanned systems are included: Air vehicles (UAV/UAS/RPAS), Ground Vehicles and Robotic Systems (UGVs), Surface and Subsea vehicles (USV, UUV) and Space vehicles.

70) Rubber Industry Associations

China Rubber Industry Association F5 Bldg. B, Kinglong Int'l Chaoyang District Beijing, 100107 China Phone: 86-10-8491-5391 Fax: 86-10-8492-8207 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cria.org.cn The China Rubber Industry Association represents over 1200 members active in China's national rubber industry. International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) 2077 S. Gessner Rd., Ste. 133 Houston, TX 77063 USA Phone: 713-783-7511 Fax: 713-783-7253 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iisrp.com International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) is an international notfor-profit trade association with 50 corporate members in 23 countries that produce 90% of the world supply of synthetic rubber. Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) 1400 K St. NW, Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-682-4800 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.rma.org The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) is the national trade association for the rubber products industry. Its members include companies that manufacture various rubber products, such as tires, hoses, belts, seals, molded goods and other finished rubber products.

Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC) 2000 Argentia Rd., Plz. 4, Ste. 100 Mississauga, ON L5N 1W1 Canada Phone: 905-814-1714 Fax: 905-814-1085 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.tracanada.ca The Tire and Rubber Association of Canada, formerly The Rubber Association of Canada (RAC) is the national association of tire and other rubber manufacturers, distributors, as well as importers of rubber goods in Canada.

71) Shoe and Footwear Associations

American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) 1601 N. Kent St., Ste. 12 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Phone: 703-524-1864 Web Address: www.wewear.org The American Apparel & Footwear Association, formerly known as the American Apparel and Footwear Manufacturing Association (AAFA) is the national trade association for the apparel, footwear and fashion industries and their suppliers. Hong Kong Footwear Association 185 Prince Edward Rd. Block A 2/F, Kar Tseuk Bldg. Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2381-2297 Fax: 852-2397-6927 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hkfootwear.org Hong Kong Footwear Association represents and promotes the footwear manufacturing industry in Hong Kong. The association organizes training courses, lectures and seminars and offers referral services, trade cooperation, as well as discounts on advertising for its members.

72) Soap & Cleansers Industry Associations

American Cleaning Institute (ACI) 1331 L St. NW, Ste. 650 Washington, DC 20005 USA Phone: 202-347-2900 Fax: 202-347-4110 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cleaninginstitute.org The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), formerly the Soap and Detergent

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Association, is a non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of household, industrial and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning product industry.

73) Soft Drink Industry Associations

American Beverage Association (ABA) 1101 16th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-463-6732 Fax: 202-659-5349 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ameribev.org The American Beverage Association, formerly the National Soft Drink Association (NSDA), is a trade association for America's non-alcoholic beverage industry.

74) Software Industry Associations

Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent Ste. 02-03/04/05 Singapore, 139955 Singapore Phone: 65-6325-9700 Fax: 65-6325-4993 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: sitf.org.sg Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) is an infocom industry association that has four chapters: Cloud Computing Chapter, Digital Media Wireless Chapter, Security and Governance Chapter and Singapore Enterprise Chapter. Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, Fl. 6 Washington, DC 20005-4095 USA Phone: 202-289-7442 Fax: 202-289-7097 Web Address: www.siia.net The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is a principal trade association for the software and digital content industry.

75) Sporting Goods Industry Associations

National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) 1601 Feehanville Dr., Ste. 300 Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 USA

www.plunkettresearch.com Fax: 847-391-9827 Toll Free: 800-815-5422 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nsga.org The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) is a trade association designed to help its members profit in a competitive marketplace. The group publishes excellent market research in addition to hosting a major annual conference. Sports & Fitness Industry Association, The (SFIA) 8505 Fenton St., Ste. 211 Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA Phone: 301-495-6321 Fax: 301-495-6322 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.sfia.org The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), formerly the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, is a trade organization representing manufacturers of sporting goods equipment.

76) Sports Industry Associations

SnowSports Industries America (SIA) 8377 Greensboro Dr., Ste. B McLean, VA 22102-3587 USA Phone: 703-556-9020 Fax: 703-821-8276 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.snowsports.org SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is a not-for-profit, North American memberowned trade association representing suppliers of consumer snow sports equipment and services. Members are in the retail, manufacturers' representative and resort communities. Established in 1954, SIA annually produces the SIA Snow Show, the largest snow sports industry trade show and networking environment globally, while delivering research, support, marketing products, government affairs representation, services and programs to the industry.

77) Stocks & Financial Markets Data

Bloomberg LP 731 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10022 USA Phone: 212-318-2000 Web Address: www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP is a provider of financial information and business news.

78) Sustainable Fashion Resources

Project Just 40 Worth St., Ste. 303 New York, NY 10013 USA E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.projectjust.com Project Just publishes sustainability and ethical information about fashion brands. Qualified brands and manufacturers may receive a Project Just Seal of Approval based on style, ethics and sustainability. The goal is to help consumers to be informed shoppers. Criteria may include business transparency, labor conditions, environmental impact, innovation and community, among others.

79) Technology Transfer Associations

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) One Parkview Plaza, Ste. 880 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60015 USA Phone: 847-686-2244 Fax: 847-686-2253 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.autm.net The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) is a nonprofit professional association whose members belong to over 300 research institutions, universities, teaching hospitals, government agencies and corporations. The association's mission is to advance the field of technology transfer and enhance members' ability to bring academic and nonprofit research to people around the world. Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer 950 N. Kings Hwy., Ste. 105 Cherry Hill, NJ 08304 USA Phone: 856-667-7727 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.federallabs.org In keeping with the aims of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 and other related legislation, the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) works to facilitate the sharing of research results and technology developments between federal laboratories and the mainstream U.S. economy. FLC affiliates include federal laboratories, large and small businesses, academic and research institutions, state and local governments and various federal agencies. The group has regional support offices and local contacts throughout the U.S.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada), Inc. 11130 Sunrise Valley Dr., Ste. 350 Reston, VA 20191 USA Phone: 703-234-4058 Fax: 703-435-4390 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.lesusacanada.org Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada), Inc., established in 1965, is a professional association composed of about 3,000 members who work in fields related to the development, use, transfer, manufacture and marketing of intellectual property. Members include executives, lawyers, licensing consultants, engineers, academic researchers, scientists and government officials. The society is part of the larger Licensing Executives Society International, Inc. (same headquarters address), with a worldwide membership of some 12,000 members from approximately 80 countries. State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) 5015 Pine Creek Dr. Westerville, OH 43081 USA Phone: 614-901-1690 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ssti.org The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) is a national nonprofit group that serves as a resource for technology-based economic development. In addition to the information on its web site, the Institute publishes a free weekly digest of news and issues related to technology-based economic development efforts, as well as a members-only publication listing application information, eligibility criteria and submission deadlines for a variety of funding opportunities, federal and otherwise.

80) Telecommunications

Industry Associations

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) ETSI Secretariat 650, route des Lucioles Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, 06921 France Phone: 33-4-92-94-42-00 Fax: 33-4-93-65-47-16 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.etsi.org The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to produce the telecommunications standards to be implemented throughout Europe.

www.plunkettresearch.com International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) Bishop Ranch 6, 2400 Camino Ramon Ste. 375 San Ramon, CA 94583 USA Phone: 925-275-6600 Fax: 925-275-6691 Web Address: www.imtc.org The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) is a non-profit corporation that promotes interoperable multimedia conferencing and telecommunications solutions based on international standards. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Place des Nations Geneva 20, 1211 Switzerland Phone: 41-22-730-5111 Fax: 41-22-733-7256 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.itu.int The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is an international organization for the standardization of the radio and telecommunications industry. It is an agency of the United Nations (UN).

81) Textile & Fabric Associations

American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA) 3033 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 700 Arlington, VA 22201 USA Phone: 703-875-0432 Fax: 703-875-0907 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fibersource.com/afma/afma.htm The American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA) is the trade association representing United States producers of manufactured fibers, filaments and yarns. The organization also offers educational services. American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA) 201 Park Washington Ct. Falls Church, VA 22046 USA Phone: 703-538-1789 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.atmanet.org The American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA) is one of the only associations devoted to the advancement of manufacturing textile machinery, parts and accessories.

American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) 1130 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 1200 Washington, DC 20036-3954 USA Phone: 202-862-0566 Web Address: www.textileweb.com/companyprofile/d67 a4c38-c94f-47b3-aa2f-c7d7bd5e164d The American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) is a national trade association for the textile industry. Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) 100 S. Hamilton St. Dalton, GA 30720 USA Phone: 706-278-3176 Fax: 706-278-8835 Web Address: www.carpet-rug.org Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) is a national trade association representing 90% of carpet and rug manufactures in the US. China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) #39 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang Rm. 207, Tower B, Huaye Int'l Ctr. Beijing, 100025 China Phone: 86-10-85872528 Fax: 86-10-85872555 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: http://english.ctei.cn/ The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) is the nonprofit, national federation of all textile-related industries in China. The company web site offers market research, directories, a consultancy, a calendar of relevant events, textile base locations and daily news reports on all aspects of the Chinese textile industry. China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) No. 12 E. Chang’an St., Rm. 406 Beijing, 100742 China Phone: 86-10-5822-1177 Fax: 86-10-5822-1076 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: http://www.ctma.net/english The China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) serves the interests of the textile machinery and manufacturing industry and participates in the related trade exhibitions in China and overseas. European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX) 24 rue Montoyer, Ste. 10 Brussels, B-1000 Belgium Phone: 32-2-285-48-83 Fax: 32-2-230-60-54 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: http://euratex.eu/

Plunkett Research, Ltd. The European Apparel and Textile Association (EURATEX) is an international trade association representing the interests of textile manufacturers in the European Union. European Textile Network (ETN) ETN Secretariat 3 Ciempozuelo Titulcia, Madrid E 28359 Spain Phone: 34-918010907 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.etn-net.org The European Textile Network (ETN) is a group of independent organizations that work together to promote common interests and cooperation in the European textile industry. INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry 1100 Crescent Gr., Ste. 115 Cary, NC 27518 USA Phone: 919-459-3700 Fax: 919-459-3701 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.inda.org INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has been representing this sector since 1968. It offers networking events, educational courses, test methods, market data, consultancy and issue advocacy help to its members. Nonwoven textiles are widely used in the health care industry for disposable wipes, drapes, apparel and other items. Industrial Fabrics Association International (IAFI) 1801 County Rd. B W Roseville, MN 55113-4061 USA Phone: 651-222-2508 Fax: 651-631-9334 Toll Free: 800-225-4324 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ifai.com Industrial Fabrics Association International (IAFI) is a not-for-profit trade association that represents the entire range of the specialty fabrics industry. International Rayon & Synthetic Fibres Committee (CIRFS) Ave. E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 6 Brussels, 1160 Belgium Phone: 32-2-676-74-55 Fax: 32-2-676-74-54 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.cirfs.org The International Rayon & Synthetic Fibres Committee (CIRFS) represents the man-made fibers industry in Europe. The organization monitors economic development and provides essential

www.plunkettresearch.com production and market data analysis to its members. International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) P.O. Box 70687 Knoxville, TN 37938-0687 USA Phone: 865-992-1535 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.itaaonline.org The International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) is a nonprofit educational and scientific corporation dedicated to providing opportunities to scholars in the retail, textile and apparel industries. International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) Wiedingstrasse 9 Zurich, CH-8055 Switzerland Phone: 41-44-283-63-80 Fax: 41-44-283-63-89 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.itmf.org The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) is dedicated to providing news and information to the world's textile manufacturers. It is also a government liaison between the textile industries and governments. International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) Rue de l'Industrie 4 Brussels, 1000 Belgium Phone: 32-2-505-40-10 Fax: 32-2-503-47-85 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iwto.org International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) is an international body, which is recognized as the global authority for standards and represents the interests of the world's wool-textile trade and industry. National Cotton Council of America 7193 Goodlett Farms Pkwy. Cordova, TN 38016 USA Phone: 901-274-9030 Fax: 901-725-0510 Web Address: www.cotton.org The National Cotton Council of America represents the interests of producers, ginners, warehouses, merchants, cottonseed crushers, cooperatives and textile manufacturers. South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) 1340 Bull St. Columbia, SC 29201 USA Phone: 803-799-9695 Fax: 803-771-8738

Web Address: www.myscma.com The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) is an organization devoted to the promotion of manufacturing in South Carolina. Southern Textile Association P.O. Box 367 Smithsburg, MD 21783-0367 USA Phone: 704-215-4543 Fax: 704-215-4160 Web Address: www.southerntextile.org The Southern Textile Association is a non-profit organization representing people in textiles and related industries. The organization offers networking opportunities to its 450 members, which represent every sector of the textile industry Synthetic Yarn and Fiber Association (SYAA) 3033 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 700 Arlington, VA 22201 USA Phone: 703-875-0636 Fax: 703-875-0907 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.thesyfa.org The Synthetic Yarn and Fiber Association (SYAA) promotes better communication of improved business practices in the textured yarn industry. Textile Clothing and Technology Corporation (TC2) 5651 Dillard Dr. Cary, NC 27518 USA Phone: 919-380-2156 Fax: 919-380-2181 Toll Free: 800-786-9889 Web Address: www.tc2.com The Textile Clothing and Technology Corporation (TC2) is a nonprofit consortium of fiber producers, retailers, sewn products manufacturers, labor unions, academia and the federal government. The website provides access to other TC2 sites: Size USA; 3D Body Scanning; techexchange.com and inkdropprinting.com. Textile Council of Hong Kong 25 Kimberley Rd., Cheung Lee Comm. Bldg. Fl. 4, Rm 401-3, TST Kowloon, New Territories China Phone: 852-(2)-305-2893 Fax: 852-(2)-305-2493 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.textilecouncil.com. The Textile Council of Hong Kong represents ten major textile associations and acts as a voice for the entire Hong Kong textile industry. Its affiliated associations' activities range from

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spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing and finishing, garment making and the manufacture of textile goods.

toy manufacturers and has roughly 144 members that represent the toy, hobby and game market.

Textile Institute 79 Oxford St. 8th Fl., St. James's Bldg. Manchester, M1 6FQ UK Phone: 44-161-237-1188 Fax: 44-161-236-1991 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.textileinstitute.org The Textile Institute is a professional organization serving the textile, clothing and footwear industry in the U.K.

Hong Kong Toys Council (HKTC) 8 Cheung Yue St. Fl. 31, Billion Plz., Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2732-3188 Fax: 852-2721-3494 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.toyshk.org The Hong Kong Toys Council is an independent trade organization intended to promote the interests of the toy industry, both within Hong Kong's borders and internationally.

Textile Society of America, Inc. (TSA) P. O. Box 5617 Berkley, CA 94705 USA Phone: 510-363-4541 Web Address: textilesocietyofamerica.org The Textile Society of America, Inc. (TSA) provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about textiles worldwide, from artistic, cultural, economic, historic, political, social, and technical perspectives.

82) Textile Industry Associations

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Web Address: http://join.affoa.org/ In 2016, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the founding of the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Institute (AFFOA), a public-private consortium of manufacturers, universities, agencies and companies to accelerate innovation in high-tech, U.S.-based manufacturing involving fibers and textiles. AFFOA includes 32 universities, 16 industry members, 72 manufacturers and 26 startup incubators across 27 U.S. states and Puerto Rico.

83) Toy Industry Associations British Toy & Hobby Association (BTHA) 80 Camberwell Rd. London, SE5 0EG UK Phone: 44-20-7701-7271 Fax: 44-20-7708-2437 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.btha.co.uk British Toy & Hobby Association (BTHA) represents the interests of British

International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI) 1115 Broadway, Ste. 400 New York, NY 10010 USA Phone: 212-675-1141 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.toy-icti.org International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI) represents the interests of the worldwide toy industry and promotes international toy safety standards and responsible marketing. Its membership consists of trade associations from 20 countries. Toy Industry Association, Inc. (TIA) 1115 Broadway, Ste. 400 New York, NY 10010 USA Phone: 212-675-1141 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.toyassociation.org The Toy Industry Association, Inc. (TIA) is a leading organization for North American manufacturers, importers, designers, inventors and retailers of toys and games. It is the owner and manager of the annual PlayCon toy industry conference.

84) Trade Resources World Customs Organization (WCO) Rue du Marche, 30 Brussels, B-1210 Belgium Phone: 32 2 209 92 11 Fax: 32 2 209 92 62 Web Address: www.wcoomd.org The World Customs Organization, or WCO, is a global agency responsible for maintaining a database that categories 5,000 different types of goods that are commonly traded among nations. This database is known as the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and is generally referred to as "Harmonized System" or simply "HS."

85) U.S. Government Agencies Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 4600 Silver Hill Rd. Washington, DC 20233 USA Phone: 301-278-9004 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bea.gov The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the nation's economic accountant, preparing estimates that illuminate key national, international and regional aspects of the U.S. economy. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE Washington, DC 20212-0001 USA Phone: 202-691-5200 Fax: 202-691-7890 Toll Free: 800-877-8339 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: stats.bls.gov The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the field of labor economics and statistics. It is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes and disseminates statistical data to the American public, U.S. Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, business and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 131 M St. NE Washington, DC 20507-0100 USA Phone: 202-663-4900 Fax: 202-633-4679 Toll Free: 800-669-4000 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.eeoc.gov The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a Federal Government agency focused on practices and programs that foster equal opportunity at work and elsewhere. Its web site features details about various protective laws regarding employment. It also provides information on how to file a discrimination claim. FCC-Office of Engineering & Technology (OET) Office of Engineering and Technology 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20554 USA Phone: 202-418-2470 Fax: 202-418-1944 E-mail Address: [email protected]

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Web Address: www.fcc.gov/engineering%26-technology The Office of Engineering & Technology (OET) unit of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) acts as a consultant to the FCC regarding matters of engineering and technology. It also provides evaluations of emerging technologies and equipment.

Phone: 202-482-2000 Web Address: www.ntia.doc.gov The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues.

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 1400 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20250-3700 USA Phone: 402-344-5000 Fax: 402-344-5005 Toll Free: 800-233-3935 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.fsis.usda.gov A public health regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) protects consumers by ensuring that meat, poultry and egg products are safe, wholesome and accurately labeled.

Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) 1 Science.gov Way Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA Phone: 865-576-1188 Fax: 865-576-2865 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.osti.gov The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) provides access to a wealth of energy, science, and technology research and development information from the Manhattan Project to the present.

International Trade Administration (ITA) 1401 Constitution Ave. NW U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20230 USA Phone: 202-482-3809 Toll Free: 800-872-8723 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.trade.gov The International Trade Administration (ITA) is a U.S. Government agency that provides a wealth of information regarding imports and exports. In addition, it publishes in-depth analyses and statistics on various industry sectors and provides assistance to U.S. firms that wish to increase their exports. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 1070 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070 USA Phone: 301-975-6478 Toll Free: 800-877-8339 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.nist.gov The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that works with various industries to develop and apply technology, measurements and standards. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) 1401 Constitution Ave. NW Herbert C. Hoover Bldg. Washington, DC 20230 USA

Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce (OTEC) 1401 Constitution Ave. NW International Trade Administration Washington, DC 20230 USA E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: web.ita.doc.gov/ITI/itiHome.nsf/(HotNew s)/HotNews The Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce (OTEC) supports the growth and competitiveness of the U.S. telecommunications industry in the area of foreign trade. It focuses on electronic commerce, information technology and telecommunications. OTEC is a division of the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) U.S. Department of Commerce 14th and Constitution Ave, Rm. H30003 Washington, DC 20230 USA Phone: 202-482-5078 Fax: 202-482-2331 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/eamain.nsf The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) is a U.S. government agency that provides information and helps ensure fair market practices for American textile products. U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) 1401 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20230 USA

Phone: 202-482-2000 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.commerce.gov The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) regulates trade and provides valuable economic analysis of the economy. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) 200 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20210 USA Phone: 202-693-4676 Toll Free: 866-487-2365 Web Address: www.dol.gov The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is the government agency responsible for labor regulations. U.S. Department of State 2201 C St. NW Washington, DC 20520 USA Phone: 202-647-6575 Toll Free: 800-877-8339 Web Address: www.state.gov The Department of State is the head United States foreign affairs agency. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Ariel Rios Bldg. Washington, DC 20460 USA Phone: 202-272-0167 Web Address: www.epa.gov The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a government organization that seeks to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment by developing and enforcing regulations, performing environmental research, sponsoring voluntary programs and offering financial assistance to state environmental programs. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 10903 New Hampshire Ave. Room 5377, Bldg. 32 Silver Spring, MD 20993 USA Toll Free: 888-463-6332 Web Address: www.fda.gov The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promotes and protects the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way and by monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use. It regulates both prescription and over-the-counter drugs as well as medical devices and food products. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) 600 Dulany St. Madison Bldg.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Alexandria, VA 22314 USA Phone: 571-272-1000 Toll Free: 800-786-9199 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.uspto.gov The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) administers patent and trademark laws for the U.S. and enables registration of patents and trademarks. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 600 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20508 USA Phone: 202-395-3230 Fax: 202-395-6121 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.ustr.gov The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is the nation's chief trade negotiator and the principal trade policy advisor to the President.

86) Watch Manufacturers Associations

Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association (HKWMA) 10 Jubilee St. Fu Hing Bldg., Fl. 2 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong Phone: 852-2522-5238 Fax: 852-2810-6614 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.hkwatchworld.com The Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association (HKWMA) is an organization that seeks to consolidate the watch industry, promote manufacturers' interests and facilitate overseas counterparts. The 600 member companies are all registered companies in Hong Kong.

87) Water (Bottled) Industry Associations

International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) 1700 Diagonal Rd., Ste. 650 Alexandria, VA 22314 USA Phone: 703-683-5213 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.bottledwater.org The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is a trade association representing the bottled water industry, including U.S. and international bottlers, distributors and suppliers.

www.plunkettresearch.com 88) Wine Industry Associations Italian Assoc. of Industrial Producers, Exporters & Importers of Wines, Spirits, Syrups & Vinegars (FEDERVINI) Via Mentana, 2/B Roma, 00185 Italy Phone: 39-06-4941630 Fax: 39-06-4941566 Web Address: www.federvini.it The Italian Association of Industrial Producers, Exporters and Importers of Wines, Spirits, Syrups and Vinegars (FEDERVINI) members are companies operating in the alcoholic beverages sector, excluding beer, as well as in the vinegar, syrup and grape juice sectors for Italy. National Association of American Wineries (The) 1020 16th St., NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-783-2756 Web Address: www.wineamerica.org The National Association of American Wineries, formerly the American Vintners Association, enhances the public perception and business environment of American wine-growing through marketing, public information and grassroots government representation initiatives. Wine Council of Ontario 4890 Victoria Ave. N. P.O. Box 4000 Vineland, ON L0R 2E0 Canada Phone: 905-562-8070 Fax: 905-562-1993 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.winecouncilofontario.ca The Wine Council of Ontario is a nonprofit trade organization that represents 62 companies in the Ontario wine industry. Wine Institute 425 Market St., Ste. 1000 San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Phone: 415-512-0151 Fax: 415-356-7569 Web Address: www.wineinstitute.org The Wine Institute represents its members in issues affecting the California wine industry. Besides its nine offices in the U.S., the Institute has offices in Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.K., as well as affiliates in other countries.

Wine Market Council E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.winemarketcouncil.com The Wine Market Council is a nonprofit association of grape growers, wine producers, importers, wholesalers, and other affiliated businesses and organizations. The council's mission is to establish the widespread acceptance of wine as a rewarding part of American culture and to encourage the responsible enjoyment of wine by current and future generations of adults in the United States. WineAmerica 1020 16th St. NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-783-2756 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.wineamerica.org WineAmerica (formerly the American Vintners Association) was founded in 1978 as the Association of American Vintners, a trade association of wineries with membership based in the eastern U.S. Its early mission included fostering general communications within the developing wine industry, providing a unified voice for government relations issues and comprehensive, affordable insurance for its members. With more than 600 members from 50 states WineAmerica is the only wine trade association with national membership.

89) Wireless & Cellular

Industry Associations

Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) 1400 16th St. NW, Ste. 600 Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-785-0081 Web Address: www.ctia.org The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) is an international nonprofit membership organization that represents a variety of wireless communications sectors including cellular service providers, manufacturers, wireless data and Internet companies. CTIA's industry committees study spectrum allocation, homeland security, taxation, safety and emerging technology. Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) The Wallbrook Bldg. Fl. 2, 25 Wallbrook London, EC4N 8AF UK Phone: 44-207-356-0600

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Fax: 44-20-7356-0601 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.gsmworld.com The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) is a global trade association representing nearly 800 GSM mobile phone operators from 219 countries.

Web Address: www.wca.org The Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA) is a non-profit business association for companies and organizations working with wireless technologies. It promotes networking, education and the exchange of information amongst its members.

Industrial Internet Consortium 109 Highland Ave. Needham, MA 02492 USA Phone: 781-444-0404 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.iiconsortium.org The Industrial Internet Consortium was founded in 2014 to further development, adoption and wide-spread use of interconnected machines, intelligent analytics and people at work. Through an independently-run consortium of technology innovators, industrial companies, academia and government, the goal of the IIC is to accelerate the development and availability of intelligent industrial automation for the public good.

Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) 1333 H St. NW, Ste. 700 W Washington, DC 20005-4754 USA Phone: 202-452-7823 Web Address: www.wcai.com The Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) is the principal nonprofit trade association representing the wireless broadband industry.

Open Handset Alliance E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.openhandsetalliance.com The Open Handset Alliance is a group of about mobile-handset and technology makers, cellular carriers, semiconductor companies and software firms (largely led by Google, Inc.) who are collectively committed to an open system platform for cell phones. The Alliance has developed Android, the first open and free mobile platform. Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) 4330 La Jolla Village Dr., Ste. 110 San Diego, CA 92122 USA Phone: 858-623-0742 Fax: 858-623-0743 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.openmobilealliance.org The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) facilitates global user adoption of mobile data services by specifying market driven mobile service enablers that ensure service interoperability across devices, geographies, service providers, operators and networks, while allowing businesses to compete through innovation and differentiation. Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA) 1510 Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94304-1125 USA E-mail Address: [email protected]

Wireless Technology Association P.O. Box 680 Hood River, OR 97031 USA Phone: 541-490-5140 Fax: 413-410-8447 E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Address: www.pcca.org The Wireless technology association, formerly known as the Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA) provides a forum for disparate computer and communications industries to meet, share information and collaborate on the union of these industries.

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Chapter 4 THE MANUFACTURING 500: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN Includes Indexes by Company Name, Industry & Location The companies chosen to be listed in PLUNKETT’S MANUFACTURING & ROBOTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC comprise a unique list. THE MANUFACTURING 500 were chosen specifically for their dominance in the many facets of the manufacturing and robotics industry in which they operate. Complete information about each firm can be found in the “Individual Profiles,” beginning at the end of this chapter. These profiles are in alphabetical order by company name. THE MANUFACTURING 500 companies are from all parts of the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia/Pacific and beyond. Essentially, THE MANUFACTURING 500 includes companies that are deeply involved in the technologies, services and trends that keep the entire industry forging ahead. Simply stated, THE MANUFACTURING 500 contains 503 of the largest, most successful, fastest growing firms in manufacturing, robotics and related industries in the world. To be included in our list, the firms had to meet the following criteria: 1) Generally, these are corporations based in the U.S., however, the headquarters of many firms are located in other nations. 2) Prominence, or a significant presence, in manufacturing and robotics, manufacturing-based services, equipment and supporting fields. (See the following Industry Codes section for a

complete list of types of businesses that are covered). 3) The companies in THE MANUFACTURING 500 do not have to be exclusively in the manufacturing and robotics field. 4) Financial data and vital statistics must have been available to the editors of this book, either directly from the company being written about or from outside sources deemed reliable and accurate by the editors. A small number of companies that we would like to have included are not listed because of a lack of sufficient, objective data. INDEXES TO THE MANUFACTURING 500, AS FOUND IN THIS CHAPTER AND IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK: Index of Companies Within Industry Groups Alphabetical Index Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country Index of Firms Noted as “Hot Spots for Advancement” for Women/Minorities Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations

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INDEX OF COMPANIES WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS The industry codes shown below are based on the 2012 NAIC code system (NAIC is used by many analysts as a replacement for older SIC codes because NAIC is more specific to today’s industry sectors, see www.census.gov/NAICS). Companies are given a primary NAIC code, reflecting the main line of business of each firm.

Industry Group/Company Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing BAE Systems plc Agricultural Equipment or Machinery (Farm Implement) Manufacturing AGCO Corporation CNH Industrial NV Deere & Co (John Deere) Kubota Corporation Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing Atlas Copco AB Gardner Denver Holdings Inc Air Conditioning and Heating (HVAC) and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Daikin Industries Ltd Aircraft Components, Parts, Assemblies, Interiors and Systems Manufacturing (Aerospace) B/E Aerospace Inc Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing GE Aviation Honeywell International Inc Rolls-Royce plc Safran SA United Technologies Corporation Aircraft Manufacturing (Aerospace), including Passenger Airliners and Military Aircraft, Airbus Group NV Airbus SAS Boeing Company (The) Bombardier Inc General Dynamics Corporation IHI Corporation Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA Lockheed Martin Corp Northrop Grumman Corporation Textron Inc Aircraft, Missile and Space Vehicle (including Rockets) and Parts Manufacturing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Alumina & Aluminum Refining; Smelting; Rolling; Drawing; Extruding; and Sheet, Plate & Foil Manufacturing Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd

Industry Code

2016 Sales

2016 Profits

336410

22,734,821,376

1,166,773,120

333111 333111 333111 333111

7,410,500,096 24,871,999,488 26,644,000,768 14,385,159,168

160,100,000 -252,000,000 1,523,900,032 1,194,053,376

333912 333912

1,939,436,032

-36,620,000

333415

18,419,263,488

1,234,619,776

336413

2,932,900,096

311,100,000

336412 336412 336412 336412 336412

26,261,000,000 39,302,000,640 19,111,819,264 18,473,437,184 57,244,000,256

2,861,600,000 4,808,999,936 -5,152,715,264 2,138,534,016 5,055,000,064

336411 336411 336411 336411 336411 336411 336411 336411 336411 336411

74,625,646,592 58,359,199,140 94,571,003,904 16,339,000,320 31,352,999,936 13,874,109,440 13,452,140,544 47,247,998,976 24,508,000,256 13,788,000,256

1,115,220,864 3,333,210,452 4,895,000,064 -1,022,000,000 2,955,000,064 13,780,485 566,016,576 5,302,000,128 2,200,000,000 962,000,000

336400

36,472,860,672

575,319,488

331310

21,175,517,184

59,160,720

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Aluminum Production, Alumina Refining and Aluminum Form Production Alcoa Corporation Hindalco Industries Limited Norsk Hydro ASA Vedanta Resources plc Apparel and Clothing Brands, Designers, Importers and Distributors Christian Dior SE Kering SA VF Corporation Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing Asahi Kasei Corp Eastman Chemical Company ATV, Snowmobile, Golf Cart, Gocart and Race Car Equipment Manufacturing Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd Automobile (Car) and Truck Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing BorgWarner Inc Automobile (Car) and Truck Parts, Components and Systems Manufacturing, Including Gasoline Engines, Interiors and Electronics, Aisin Seiki Co Ltd Autoliv Inc Benteler Group (The) Cummins Inc Dana Incorporated Delphi Automotive PLC Denso Corporation Eaton Corporation plc Faurecia SA Federal-Mogul Corporation GKN plc Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd Lear Corporation Magna International Inc Robert Bosch GmbH Tenneco Inc Valeo SA Visteon Corporation Wanxiang Group Corporation Automobile (Car) and Truck Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing Toyota Boshoku Corporation Automobile (Car) and Truck Steering and Suspension Components (except Spring) Manufacturing JTEKT Corporation

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2016 Sales

2016 Profits

331313 331313 331313 331313

9,317,999,616 15,535,704,064 9,706,160,128 10,737,899,520

-400,000,000 6,958,615 756,567,168 -1,837,400,064

424300 424300 424300

40,763,073,502 13,881,305,088 12,019,003,392

7,291,814,464 911,791,104 1,074,105,984

325220 325220

17,492,961,280 9,008,000,000

826,955,264 854,000,000

336999

13,889,503,232

414,973,760

336310

9,070,999,552

118,500,000

336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300 336300

29,229,932,544 10,073,600,000 8,812,575,654 17,508,999,168 5,825,999,872 16,661,000,192 40,778,358,784 19,747,000,320 20,971,194,368

874,001,792 567,100,032 130,127,444 1,394,000,000 640,000,000 1,256,999,936 2,201,371,648 1,922,000,000 714,862,144

11,274,120,192 17,558,028,288 18,557,599,744 36,444,999,680 86,279,000,000 8,599,000,064

309,265,152 1,799,320,960 975,100,032 2,031,000,064 2,805,000,000 363,000,000

3,160,999,936 19,000,000,000

75,000,000

336360

12,759,990,272

35,149,700

336330

12,617,723,904

438,668,256

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Automobile (Car) and Truck Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) Automobile (Car) Manufacturing American Honda Motor Co Inc Audi AG Audi of America Inc BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) BMW of North America LLC BYD Company Limited Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daimler AG Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FCA US LLC Ford Motor Co Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) General Motors Company (GM) Honda Motor Co Ltd Hyundai Motor America Hyundai Motor Company Isuzu Motors Ltd Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Kia Motors Corporation Mahindra & Mahindra Limited Mazda Motor Corporation Mitsubishi Motors Corp Nissan Motor Co Ltd Nissan North America Inc Peugeot PSA Peugeot Citroen SA PT Astra International TbK Renault SA SAIC Motor Corp Ltd Skoda Auto AS Suzuki Motor Corporation Tata Motors Limited Toyota Industries Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Volkswagen AG (VW) Volvo Car Corporation Bakeries (Including Breads, Cookies, Cakes, Tortillas and Other Baked Goods) and Pasta Manufacturing Grupo Bimbo SA Ball Bearing and Roller Bearing Manufacturing NSK Ltd

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2016 Sales

2016 Profits

336350

37,230,900,000

978,257,000

336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111 336111

61,551,806,117 66,483,970,048 12,998,684,059 105,540,239,360 18,832,600,000 14,729,063,424 16,570,347,520 171,778,752,512 18,423,550,077 17,994,240,000 62,852,000,000 12,000,000,000 151,800,004,608 8,456,000,000 29,131,513,856 166,379,995,136 131,596,435,456 16,144,000,000

1,525,529,259 2,224,837,376 412,027,737 7,692,221,440

17,367,259,136 15,763,999,744 27,973,419,008 12,115,165,184 30,702,839,808 20,439,541,760 109,861,011,456 58,250,613,400 60,558,172,160 60,558,172,160 13,638,923,264 57,434,431,488 108,846,000,000 13,562,215,832 28,666,464,256 41,888,686,080 20,088,901,632 255,990,022,144 98,245,124,503 243,518,259,200 21,604,490,000

1,033,545,408 701,699,968 1,831,320,576 498,681,568 1,211,484,032 654,099,904 4,721,244,672 2,110,236,609 1,939,027,072 1,939,027,072 1,141,522,944 3,832,100,608 46,048,000 1,135,738,784 1,051,426,752 1,488,988,416 1,649,656,576 20,843,716,608

311800

14,064,669,696

328,996,160

332991

8,790,300,672

592,308,544

742,592,512 410,830,496 9,556,153,344 2,000,100,000 1,962,989,184 3,253,000,000 1,985,015,213 4,595,999,744 3,935,450,880 9,427,000,320 3,105,169,664 -55,295,882

6,017,709,056 106,675,000

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company SKF Incorporated Timken Company (The) Basic Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing, Including Acids, Carbides and Alkalies, Solvay SA Battery Manufacturing, Including Energy Storage Technologies EnerSys Integer Holdings Corporation Beer Manufacturing (Breweries) Ambev SA Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Carlsberg AS China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Heineken Holding NV Heineken NV Kirin Holdings Company Limited San Miguel Corp Blank Magnetic and Optical Recording Media Manufacturing TDK Corporation Boilers and Condensers (Including Nuclear Reactors) and Heat Exchangers Manufacturing Alfa Laval AB Areva SA BWX Technologies Inc Broadwoven Fabric Mills Hyosung Corporation ITOCHU Corporation Building Material Dealers CRH plc Candy and Chocolate Manufacturing Ferrero SpA Hershey Co Mars Inc Candy Manufacturing (Nonchocolate) Meiji Holdings Co Ltd Cement and Ready-Mixed Concrete Manufacturing China National Building Material Co Ltd HeidelbergCement AG Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Siam Cement Group PCL (The) Cereal Manufacturing General Mills Inc Kellogg Company

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2016 Sales 8,371,835,392 2,669,799,936

2016 Profits 458,347,840 152,600,000

325180

12,780,766,208

696,032,256

335911 335911

2,316,249,088 1,386,778,000

136,150,000 5,961,000

312120 312120 312120 312120

13,866,872,832 45,517,000,704 15,383,861,248 9,435,361,280

3,815,179,520 1,240,999,936 804,126,016 675,999,552

312120 312120 312120 312120 312120 312120

4,456,115,100 22,284,890,112 23,304,192,000

-225,911,650 1,179,209,856 873,122,624

18,702,073,856 13,747,523,584

1,064,927,808 587,542,656

334613

10,384,978,944

584,278,144

332410 332410 332410

4,037,156,096 12,329,074 1,550,573,056

259,332,368 -745,348,608 183,056,992

313210 313210

10,585,716,648 45,816,606,720

421,864,632 2,166,447,360

444190

30,378,838,016

1,393,185,408

311351 311351 311351

10,100,000,000 7,440,181,248 36,000,000,000

1,006,224,150 720,044,032

311340

11,029,309,440

564,017,472

327310 327310 327310 327310

14,925,888,512 16,998,094,848 12,779,123,712 12,479,881,216

155,535,616 791,526,592 552,625,408 1,652,938,112

311230 311230

16,563,099,648 13,013,999,616

1,697,400,064 694,000,000

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing, Other Johnson Matthey PLC Chips (Tortilla, Potato and Corn), Popcorn and Pretzel Manufacturing Frito-Lay North America Inc Coffee and Tea Manufacturing, Including Roasting Beans, Instant Coffee and Herbal Teas, Nestle SA Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing Acuity Brands Inc Communications Equipment Manufacturing L-3 Communications Holdings Inc Computer Disks (Discs) and Drives, including Magnetic and Optical Storage Media Manufacturing Dell EMC Seagate Technology plc Western Digital Corp Computer Manufacturing, Including PCs, Laptops, Mainframes and Tablets Acer Inc ASUSTeK Computer Inc China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Cognex Corporation Dell Technologies Inc Fujitsu Limited Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Hitachi Limited HP Inc Lenovo Group Limited NEC Corporation Computer Networking & Related Equipment Manufacturing Cisco Systems Inc Computer Peripherals and Accessories, including Printers, Monitors and Terminals Manufacturing Konica Minolta Holdings Inc Seiko Epson Corporation TPV Technology Ltd Xerox Corporation Computer Software, Product Lifecycle, Engineering, Design & CAD Dassault Systemes SA PTC Inc Computer Software, Supply Chain & Logistics Aspen Technology Inc Computer Software, Telecom, Communications & VOIP BlackBerry Ltd

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2016 Sales

2016 Profits

325998

13,691,883,520

425,686,880

311919

15,120,000,000

422,002,500

311920

91,952,644,096

8,767,818,752

335122

3,291,300,096

290,800,000

334200

10,510,999,552

710,000,000

334112 334112 334112

25,000,000,000 11,160,000,512 12,993,999,872

-2,100,000,000 248,000,000 242,000,000

334111 334111 334111 334111 334111 334111 334111 334111 334111 334111 334111

7,675,092,992 15,394,851,840 10,601,307,042 520,752,992 61,000,000,000 42,714,042,368 50,123,001,856 90,436,624,384 48,237,998,080 44,912,095,232 25,426,581,504

-161,608,608 633,293,824 21,575,300 149,572,000 781,972,736 3,160,999,936 1,551,588,864 2,496,000,000 -128,146,000 619,617,152

334210A

49,246,998,528

10,739,000,320

334118 334118 334118 334118

9,298,807,808 9,846,251,520 9,808,336,896 10,771,000,320

288,164,448 412,531,328 38,523,000 -477,000,000

511210N 511210N

3,424,776,960 1,140,532,992

501,223,936 -54,465,000

511210A

472,344,000

139,951,008

511210C

2,160,000,000

-208,000,000

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Connectors for Electronics Manufacturing TE Connectivity Ltd Construction Equipment and Machinery Manufacturing Caterpillar Inc Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd Komatsu Ltd Terex Corporation Consumer Electronics Manufacturing, Including Audio and Video Equipment, Stereos, TVs and Radios Harman International Industries Inc Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips) Panasonic Corporation Sharp Corporation Sony Corporation TCL Corporation Vizio Inc Contract Electronics Manufacturing Services (CEM) and Printed Circuits Assembly Compal Electronics Inc Flex Ltd Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd HTC Corp Inventec Corporation Jabil Circuit Inc Pegatron Corporation Quanta Computer Inc Wistron Corporation Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing Mondelez International Inc Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding and Alloying JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Copper, Lead, Nickel, Bronze, Brass, Beryllium, Magnesium, Titanium and Zinc Foundries (except DieCasting) Precision Castparts Corp Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing Smurfit Kappa Group PLC Cosmetics; Soaps, Detergents & Cleansers; and Personal Care Products, Perfumes & Colognes Manufacturing Kao Corporation SC Johnson & Son Inc Unilever NV Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing DMG Mori Co Ltd Dairy, Milk and Cheese Product Manufacturing Arla Foods amba Danone SA

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2016 Sales

2016 Profits

334417

12,238,000,128

2,008,999,936

333120 333120 333120 333120

38,536,998,912 6,834,642,944 16,718,315,520 4,443,100,160

-67,000,000 79,348,192 1,238,585,344 -176,100,000

334310 334310 334310 334310 334310 334310 334310

6,911,675,904 27,478,142,976 68,079,718,400 22,185,670,656 73,054,707,712 15,365,990,000 3,200,000,000

361,734,016 1,622,954,496 1,741,766,784 -2,307,010,048 1,332,002,432 237,647,000

334418 334418 334418 334418 334418 334418 334418 334418 334418

25,288,900,608 24,418,885,632 143,748,202,496 2,577,704,448 14,130,532,352 18,353,086,464 38,180,532,224 29,482,958,848 21,888,171,807

268,151,504 444,080,992 4,902,809,088 -348,265,376 185,908,576 254,095,008 637,814,592 499,246,848 98,164,781

311821

25,923,000,320

1,659,000,064

331420

9,058,998,088

225,775,049

331529

7,002,000,000

817,000,000

322211

9,144,810,496

497,646,272

325600 325600 325600

13,137,065,984 10,000,000,000 59,082,047,488

1,140,571,776 5,810,356,224

333515

3,477,170,688

-70,533,736

311500 311500

7,837,070,401 24,595,382,272

82,866,117 1,927,818,880

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Dean Foods Co Land O'Lakes Inc Dry Pasta, Dough and Flour Mixes Manufacturing Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation Electric Motor and Power & Motor Generator Manufacturing Allied Motion Technologies Inc Generac Holdings Inc Regal-Beloit Corporation YASKAWA Electric Corporation Electric Signal, Electricity, and Semiconductor Test and Measuring Equipment Manufacturing Agilent Technologies Inc Electrical Appliance Manufacturing, Small Dyson Ltd iRobot Corporation Electricity Control Panels, Circuit Breakers and Power Switches Equipment (Switchgear) Manufacturing ABB Ltd Littelfuse Inc Sensata Technologies Holding NV Explosives Manufacturing Hanwha Corporation Factory Automation, Industrial Process, Thermostat, Flow Meter and Environmental Quality Monitoring and Control Manufacturing Ametek Inc China Automation Group Limited Emerson Electric Co Hiwin Technologies Corp Keyence Corporation Roper Technologies Inc Rotork plc Siemens AG Yokogawa Electric Corporation Fiber Optic Cable, Connectors and Related Products Manufacturing Furukawa Electric Co Ltd General Cable Corp Prysmian SpA Fiber, Yarn and Thread Mills Teijin Ltd Toray Industries Inc Flour, Grain & Corn Milling and Cooking Oils (Including Vegetable, Canola, Olive, Peanut & Soy) Manufacturing Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Bunge Limited Cargill Inc

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2016 Sales 7,710,225,920 13,233,000,000

2016 Profits 119,929,000 299,251,365

311824

8,546,477,056

180,573,312

335312 335312 335312 335312

245,892,992 1,444,452,992 3,224,499,968 3,706,580,992

9,078,000 98,788,000 203,400,000 201,570,016

334515

4,201,999,872

462,000,000

335210 335210

3,100,000,000 660,604,032

785,000,000 41,939,000

335313 335313 335313

33,827,999,744 1,056,158,976 3,202,288,128

1,899,000,064 104,488,000 262,434,000

325920

41,607,533,194

1,488,685,491

334513 334513 334513 334513 334513 334513 334513 334513 334513

3,840,087,040 175,685,552 14,522,000,384 576,515,818 868,395,904 3,789,925,120 754,093,248 89,266,978,816 3,728,860,672

512,158,016 -57,435,548 1,635,000,064 47,961,672 292,688,864 658,644,992 85,844,080 6,108,495,872 271,833,376

335921 335921 335921

7,885,060,096 3,858,400,000 8,481,282,560

90,190,528 -93,800,000 275,722,944

313110 313110

7,126,809,088 18,966,689,792

280,206,208 812,336,576

311200 311200 311200

62,345,998,336 42,679,001,088 107,200,000,000

1,279,000,064 745,000,000 2,380,000,000

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing IMI plc Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing Parker Hannifin Corporation Food Manufacturing, Processing and Packaging, Diversified Conagra Brands Inc Fruit and Vegetable Canning (Including Juices and Sauces) Kraft Heinz Company (The) Furniture Manufacturing, Household Upholstered Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Generators, and Wind, Steam and Gas Turbine Equipment Manufacturing Alstom SA Fuji Electric Co Ltd GE Power & Water TECO Electric & Machinery Co Ltd Vestas Wind Systems A/S Glass (Flat, Pressed & Blown) and Glass Product (Containers, Packaging, Bottles and Tableware) Manufacturing Owens Illinois Inc Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass Asahi Glass Company Limited Heavy Duty Truck (including Buses) Manufacturing AB Volvo Hino Motors Ltd MAN SE Navistar International Corp Oshkosh Corporation PACCAR Inc Holding Companies HRG Group Inc Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing Haier Electronics Group Whirlpool Corp Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer Manufacturing Electrolux AB HVAC (Cooling, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Ingersoll-Rand plc Industrial Gas (i.e. Helium, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Neon) Manufacturing Air Liquide SA Air Products and Chemicals Inc Linde AG Praxair Inc

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2016 Sales

2016 Profits

333996

2,117,571,584

167,156,544

332912

11,360,752,640

806,840,000

311000

11,642,900,480

-677,000,000

311421

26,486,999,040

3,632,000,000

337121

9,000,000,000

333611 333611 333611 333611 333611

7,712,396,288 7,332,317,696 26,827,000,000 1,646,455,936 11,473,884,160

3,363,595,520 276,186,528 2,289,280,000 114,816,960 1,081,596,032

327200

6,702,000,128

209,000,000

327215

11,559,475,200

427,546,528

336120 336120 336120 336120 336120 336120

15,732,104,192 15,202,869,248 8,111,000,064 6,279,199,744 17,033,299,968

587,000,000 -20,174,848 -97,000,000 216,400,000 521,700,000

551112

5,215,399,936

-198,800,000

335224 335224

9,385,731,072 20,718,000,128

409,533,344 888,000,000

335222

13,927,908,352

516,892,160

333400

13,508,899,840

1,476,199,936

325120 325120 325120 325120

20,325,937,152 9,524,400,128 18,995,740,672 10,533,999,616

2,066,801,152 631,100,032 1,293,431,936 1,500,000,000

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, Other Dover Corporation Illinois Tool Works Inc Newport Corporation Schindler Holding AG Sojitz Corporation Industrial Valve Manufacturing SMC Corporation Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing Angang Steel Company Limited ArcelorMittal SA CITIC Limited Essar Group Limited EVRAZ plc Hanwa Co Ltd Hyundai Steel Company JFE Holdings Inc Kloeckner & Co SE Kobe Steel Ltd Mechel PAO Metalurgica Gerdau SA Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Nucor Corp OAO Severstal POSCO Salzgitter AG Tata Group Tata Steel Ltd thyssenKrupp AG Toyota Tsusho Corporation United States Steel Corporation Iron and Steel Pipe, Tube and Conduit Manufacturing from Purchased Steel Tenaris SA LCD (Liquid-Crystal Display), Radio Frequency (RF, RFID) and Microwave Equipment Manufacturing AU Optronics Corp Delta Electronics Inc Innolux Corporation LG Display Co Ltd Liquor Manufacturing (Distilleries) Diageo plc LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Pernod Ricard SA Machine Shops and Precision Machined and Turned Products Manufacturing (Including Screws and Bolts) Proto Labs Inc

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code

2016 Sales

2016 Profits

333249 333249 333249 333249 333249

6,794,341,888 13,598,999,552 756,000,000 9,951,798,272 14,943,777,792

508,892,000 2,035,000,064 56,596,860 785,208,448 329,199,456

332911

4,286,532,864

830,416,128

331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110 331110

8,507,805,696 56,790,999,040 48,822,706,176 27,000,000,000 7,712,999,936

237,528,304 1,779,000,064 5,528,006,144

12,709,852,160 30,929,393,664 6,422,398,464 16,428,474,368 4,782,738,944 11,449,148,416 44,229,398,528 16,208,121,856 5,916,000,256 46,802,137,088 8,846,559,232 103,510,000,000 18,192,654,336 44,006,948,864 73,636,249,600 10,261,000,192

716,435,200 303,341,920 41,242,996 -194,278,720 123,480,752 -879,039,936 1,310,624,128 796,270,976 1,620,999,936 1,197,735,808 60,748,712

331210

4,293,592,064

55,298,000

334419 334419 334419 334419

10,853,143,552 7,069,308,416 9,497,245,125 23,431,292,928

328,643,520 619,939,264 350,025,362 801,592,128

312140 312140 312140

13,399,360,512 42,143,019,008 9,731,002,368

2,867,731,456 4,462,004,224 1,384,218,880

332700

298,055,008

42,707,000

-215,000,000

-473,533,696 331,764,192 -393,983,072 -440,000,000

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Machine Tool and Laser Manufacturing (for Bending, Buffing, Boring, Pressing, Grinding or Forming) 3D Systems Corporation Amada Co Ltd Carbon Inc DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Fanuc Corporation Hardinge Inc Hurco Companies Inc Kennametal Inc Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp Okuma Corporation OSG Corporation Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc Sandvik AB Schuler AG Stratasys Ltd Machinery and Engines Manufacturing, Including Construction, Agricultural, Mining, Industrial, Commercial and HVAC General Electric Co (GE) Mitsubishi Corp Manufacturing Plant and Factory Equipment (Including Food Product, Semiconductor, Sawmill & Printing) Manufacturing GEA Group AG Mattress Manufacturing Tempur Sealy International Inc Measuring and Dispensing Pump Manufacturing Flowserve Corporation Meat Packing and Processing, Including Beef, Pork and Lamb BRF-Brasil Foods SA Hormel Foods Corp JBS SA Smithfield Foods Inc Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 3M Company Baxter International Inc Becton Dickinson & Co Boston Scientific Corp GE Healthcare Olympus Corporation Siemens Healthineers Stryker Corporation Medical Imaging and Electromedical (Medical Devices) Equipment, including MRI, Ultrasound, Pacemakers, EKG and CAT Danaher Corporation

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code

333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517 333517

2016 Sales

2016 Profits

632,964,992 2,740,036,352

-38,419,000 247,174,496

2,539,463,168 5,618,706,944 292,012,992 227,288,992 2,098,435,968 1,459,875,328 1,908,676,204

50,235,372 1,439,335,168 1,224,000 13,292,000 -225,968,000 109,667,064 35,212,778

951,394,240 525,000,000 9,380,085,760 1,316,072,704 672,457,984

91,335,144 633,520,640 86,639,768 -77,219,000

333000 333000

123,692,998,656 62,418,493,440

8,830,999,552 -1,346,458,880

333200

5,034,626,560

318,936,352

337910

3,127,300,096

202,100,000

333913

3,991,461,888

145,060,000

311612 311612 311612 311612

10,257,525,760 9,523,223,552 51,809,439,744 15,780,000,000

-113,239,672 890,051,968 114,326,152 640,000,000

339100 339100 339100 339100 339100 339100 339100 339100

30,108,999,680 10,163,000,320 12,483,000,320 8,385,999,872 18,291,000,000 7,251,455,488 14,259,900,000 11,324,999,680

5,049,999,872 4,965,000,192 976,000,000 347,000,000 1,471,680,000 564,143,680 2,449,530,000 1,647,000,064

334510

16,882,400,256

2,553,700,096

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Medtronic plc Philips Healthcare Metal Can Manufacturing Ball Corporation Crown Holdings Inc Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing China Coal Energy Company Limited Missile (Aerospace Defense) and Space Vehicle Manufacturing Raytheon Company Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing Yamaha Motor Company Limited Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing Herman Miller Inc HNI Corporation Steelcase Inc Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Cameron International Corporation National Oilwell Varco Inc Optical Instrument and Lens (including Medical Devices) Manufacturing Luxottica Group SpA Packaging Machinery Manufacturing Krones AG Paints and Coatings Manufacturing AkzoNobel NV PPG Industries Inc Paper Mills and Paper Manufacturing (Excluding Newsprint) International Paper Co Oji Paper Co Ltd Stora Enso Oyj Svenska Cellulosa AB UPM-Kymmene Oyj Verso Corporation Paper Products Manufacturing, Including Packaging, Containers, Boxes, Stationery and Sanitary Products Amcor Limited Personal Care Products; Cosmetics and Makeup; Fragrances and Perfumes; and Hair Care Products Manufacturing Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) L'Oreal SA Procter & Gamble Co Shiseido Company Limited Petrochemicals Manufacturing ALFA SAB de CV Ashland Global Holdings Inc Braskem SA

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code 334510 334510

2016 Sales 28,832,999,424 20,196,679,771

2016 Profits 3,537,999,872 754,093,072

332431 332431

9,061,000,192 8,284,000,256

263,000,000 496,000,000

336414

24,068,999,168

2,211,000,064

336991

13,544,658,944

569,181,824

337214 337214 337214

2,264,900,096 2,203,489,024 3,060,000,000

136,700,000 85,577,000 170,300,000

333132 333132

4,211,000,000 7,250,999,808

332,000,000 -2,412,000,000

333314

10,183,487,488

953,288,512

333993

3,801,000,960

191,385,344

325510 325510

14,750,999,552

877,000,000

322121 322121 322121 322121 322121 322121

21,078,999,040 12,920,625,152 10,986,326,016 13,493,254,144 10,997,533,696

904,000,000 137,507,440 518,941,952 640,651,776 985,205,120

322200

9,669,164,032

250,522,016

325620 325620 325620 325620

11,262,300,160 28,958,865,408 65,299,001,344 7,663,590,400

1,114,599,936 3,481,058,048 10,508,000,256 289,318,080

325110 325110 325110

16,387,445,760 4,947,999,744

129,690,760 -29,000,000

333131

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Evonik Industries AG ExxonMobil Chemical LG Chem Ltd Lotte Chemical Corporation LyondellBasell Industries NV Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Mitsui Chemicals Inc Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Repsol SA Sasol Limited Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd Petroleum Refineries Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Caltex Australia Limited Cosmo Oil Co Ltd GS Caltex Corporation Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Indian Oil Corporation Ltd JX Holdings Inc Koch Industries Inc Marathon Petroleum Corporation Neste Corporation Phillips 66 Showa Shell Sekiyu KK Tesoro Corporation TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS Valero Energy Corporation Pharmaceuticals and Drug Manufacturing Abbott Laboratories Amgen Inc Astellas Pharma Inc AstraZeneca plc Bayer AG Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Eli Lilly and Company Gilead Sciences Inc GlaxoSmithKline plc Johnson & Johnson Merck & Co Inc Merck KGaA Novartis AG Novo-Nordisk AS Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd Pfizer Inc

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110 325110

2016 Sales 8,455,000,000 14,270,343,168 23,000,000,000 18,246,372,830 11,733,431,631 29,183,000,576 34,456,600,576 12,112,207,872 42,944,950,272 38,880,296,960 13,518,477,312 35,408,193,822 9,691,694,080 18,942,660,608

2016 Profits 1,687,000,000 945,976,256 4,600,000,000 1,130,207,862 163,067,818 3,836,000,000 418,587,872 206,959,632 4,290,706,176 1,945,752,064 1,033,767,744 4,756,637,804 877,276,992 734,097,024

324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110 324110

29,295,966,208 13,427,815,424 24,000,000,000 22,776,406,022 29,002,319,872 55,272,402,944 78,751,711,232 101,000,000,000 63,364,001,792 13,101,322,240 85,776,998,400 15,556,671,488 24,582,000,640

1,239,461,120 464,857,824 -1,325,603 1,252,409,913 764,265,856 1,742,250,240 -2,510,139,392 1,030,000,000 1,174,000,000 1,052,454,592 1,555,000,064 152,486,608 734,000,000

75,659,001,856

2,288,999,936

325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412

20,853,000,192 22,990,999,552 12,371,848,192 23,001,999,360 52,419,862,528 19,427,000,320 8,890,585,088 21,222,100,992 30,389,999,616 35,640,893,440 71,890,001,920 39,807,000,576 16,839,273,472 49,436,000,256 16,844,232,704 10,775,158,784 52,823,998,464

1,400,000,000 7,721,999,872 1,745,651,328 3,499,000,064 5,078,457,344 4,456,999,936 741,586,560 2,737,600,000 13,500,999,680 1,165,495,168 16,540,000,256 3,920,000,000 1,825,823,744 6,712,000,000 5,714,953,216 834,246,592 7,215,000,064

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Roche Holding Ltd Sanofi SA Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Pharmaceuticals and Druggists' Merchandise Distributors Celesio AG Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing Canon Inc FUJIFILM Holdings Corp Kyocera Corporation Nikon Corporation Ricoh Company Ltd Plastics (Including Packaging Materials, Pipe, Laminated & Unlaminated Film & Sheet, Foam and Bottles) Product Manufacturing Borealis AG Nan Ya Plastics Corporation Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Alpek SAB de CV Celanese Corporation Dow Corning Corporation Huntsman Corporation Lanxess AG Shin Etsu Chemical Co Ltd Union Carbide Corporation Poultry (Including Chicken, Duck & Turkey) Processing and Packaging Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Tyson Foods Inc Power, Distribution and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Schneider Electric SE Power-Driven Handtool Manufacturing Stanley Black & Decker Inc Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware (except Glass Packaging Containers) Manufacturing Corning Inc Primary Battery Manufacturing Energizer Holdings Inc Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Printing, Commercial Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd RR Donnelley & Sons Co Toppan Printing Co Ltd Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing Ebara Corporation

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code 325412 325412 325412 325412 325412

2016 Sales 51,979,976,704 38,901,592,064 17,750,634,496 16,289,434,624 21,902,999,552

2016 Profits 9,841,826,816 5,277,964,800 469,823,168 722,515,648 329,000,000

424210

24,001,568,768

440,372,128

333316 333316 333316 333316 333316

30,656,731,136 22,456,369,152 13,335,498,752 7,416,721,920 19,909,402,624

1,357,769,856 1,111,388,416 982,812,672 200,010,816 567,577,536

326100 326100

8,075,891,591 9,140,234,138

1,245,001,903 1,617,310,300

325211 325211 325211 325211 325211 325211 325211

5,030,997,504 5,389,000,192 5,750,000,000 9,656,999,936 8,629,230,592 11,534,573,568 4,919,000,000

202,206,032 900,000,000 553,000,000 326,000,000 215,198,384 1,341,456,896 89,000,000

311615 311615

7,931,123,200 36,880,998,400

440,532,000 1,768,000,000

335311 335311

39,605,178,368 27,676,530,688

2,059,357,952 1,961,443,584

333991

11,406,900,224

965,299,968

327212

9,390,000,128

3,695,000,064

335912 335912

1,634,200,064 5,039,699,968

127,700,000 357,100,000

323111 323111 323111

13,121,798,144 6,895,699,968 13,290,931,200

302,711,008 -495,900,000 317,654,144

333911

4,382,311,424

155,505,888

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company IDEX Corporation SPX Corporation Weir Group PLC Radar, Navigation, Sonar, Space Vehicle Guidance, Flight Systems and Marine Instrument Manufacturing Rockwell Collins Inc Thales SA Railroad Cars, Subways, Trams, Trolleys, Engines and Locomotives Manufacturing CRRC Corporation Limited Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing voestalpine AG Rolling Mill and Other Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing Bosch Rexroth AG KUKA AG Rubber (Including Tires, Hoses and Belting) Product Manufacturing Bridgestone Corporation Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Continental AG Seeds, Pesticides, Herbicides and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co) Syngenta AG Semiconductor and Solar Cell Manufacturing, Including Chips, Memory, LEDs, Transistors and Integrated Circuits Intel Corporation Micron Technology Inc Qualcomm Inc Renesas Electronics Corporation SK Hynix Inc STMicroelectronics NV Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Texas Instruments Inc (TI) Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and Systems (Including Etching, Wafer Processing & Surface Mount) Manufacturing Applied Materials Inc Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation THK Co Ltd Ship Building and Repairing Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd Shoe and Footwear Brands, Designers, Importers and Distributors adidas AG Nike Inc

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code 333911 333911 333911

2016 Sales 2,113,042,944 1,472,300,032 2,357,699,584

2016 Profits 271,108,992 -67,200,000 48,945,684

334511 334511

5,258,999,808 16,683,255,808

728,000,000 1,060,748,736

336510

33,765,789,696

1,660,286,976

331221

12,406,074,368

681,237,376

333519 333519

7,785,898,393 3,305,200,640

97,063,440

326200 326200 326200

30,075,680,768 23,433,086,976 45,448,888,320

2,393,334,272 1,878,502,528 3,141,112,064

325320 325320

25,301,999,616 12,789,999,616

2,512,999,936 1,178,000,000

334413 334413 334413 334413 334413 334413 334413 334413 334413

59,386,998,784 12,398,999,552 23,554,000,896 6,248,436,224 14,496,955,392 6,973,000,192 31,261,433,856 13,370,000,384 51,090,432,000

10,316,000,256 -276,000,000 5,704,999,936 777,727,680 2,300,214,016 165,000,000 10,939,704,320 3,595,000,064 -4,145,979,392

333242 333242 333242

10,824,999,936 5,668,871,680 2,167,366,656

1,720,999,936 324,359,648 122,348,000

21,621,833,728 32,376,000,512

1,139,878,912 3,760,000,000

336611 336611

424340 424340

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing Colgate Palmolive Co Ecolab Inc Henkel AG & Company KGaA Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Unilever PLC Soft Drinks (Including Bottled Carbonated and Flavored Water, Bottled Coffee & Tea, Sodas, Pop and Energy Drinks) Manufacturing Coca-Cola Company (The) Coca-Cola European Partners plc Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV PepsiCo Inc Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing Sime Darby Bhd Specialized Commercial and Service Machinery Manufacturing, Including Cleaning, Laundry and Automobile (Car) Washing Equipment Neopost SA Specialty Canned Foods (Including Soups & Ethnic Foods) Campbell Soup Co Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing, Including Frangrances, Silicones, Biodiesel and Enzymes, BASF SE China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Dow Chemical Company (The) Spices, Seasonings, Salad Dressing, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Catsup and Condiments Manufacturing Ajinomoto Co Inc Telecommunications, Telephone and Network Equipment Manufacturing, including PBX, Routers, Switches and Handsets Manufacturing ZTE Corporation Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Tobacco Products Manufacturing (Including Cigarettes, Cigars, e-Cigarettes and Vaporizers) Altria Group Inc British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Imperial Brands PLC Japan Tobacco Inc Philip Morris International Inc Reynolds American Inc Vitamins, Botanicals, Nutritional Supplements and Medicinal Chemicals Manufacturing DSM NV Watches and Parts (except Crystals) Manufacturing Swatch Group AG

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code

2016 Sales

2016 Profits

325611 325611 325611 325611 325611

15,194,999,808 13,152,799,744 20,975,116,288 12,640,254,976 59,082,047,488

2,440,999,936 1,229,600,000 2,301,053,440 2,341,213,952 5,810,356,224

312111 312111 312111 312111

41,863,000,064 10,236,493,824 9,913,283,584 62,798,999,552

6,527,000,064 615,332,864 561,714,368 6,328,999,936

311224

10,286,101,504

571,478,720

333318

1,334,230,016

149,742,208

311422

7,960,999,936

563,000,000

325199 325199 325199

64,503,476,224 11,430,943,744 48,157,999,104

4,546,065,920 181,939,328 4,318,000,128

311940

10,688,933,888

573,138,432

334210

14,879,793,152

-346,505,888

326211

15,157,999,616

1,264,000,000

312230 312230 312230 312230 312230 312230

19,337,000,960 18,851,117,056 35,315,011,584 19,316,895,744 26,684,999,680 12,503,000,064

14,238,999,552 5,939,935,744 806,389,696 3,800,628,992 6,967,000,064 6,072,999,936

325411

8,876,933,120

696,032,256

334519A

7,762,669,568

589,934,144

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Group/Company Water Meters, Fluid Metering, Fluid Measurement and Control Instruments Crane Co Wireless Communications and Radio and TV Broadcasting Equipment Manufacturing, including Cellphones (Handsets) Apple Inc LG Electronics Inc Motorola Mobility LLC Motorola Solutions Inc Nokia Corporation Nokia Networks Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson) Women's Clothing, Apparel and Accessories Stores Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Wooden Kitchen Cabinets & Countertops Manufacturing Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Masco Corporation

www.plunkettresearch.com Industry Code

2016 Sales

2016 Profits

334514

2,748,000,000

122,800,000

334220 334220 334220 334220 334220 334220 334220

215,638,999,040 48,947,990,528 4,000,000,000 6,038,000,128 26,467,158,016 24,414,740,298 25,603,989,504

45,687,001,088 43,704,580

448120

23,425,732,608

3,221,905,408

337110 337110

4,984,900,096 7,357,000,192

413,200,000 491,000,000

560,000,000 -858,551,872 2,167,194,445 197,371,360

Plunkett Research, Ltd.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX 3D Systems Corporation 3M Company AB Volvo ABB Ltd Abbott Laboratories Acer Inc Acuity Brands Inc adidas AG AGCO Corporation Agilent Technologies Inc Air Liquide SA Air Products and Chemicals Inc Airbus Group NV Airbus SAS Aisin Seiki Co Ltd Ajinomoto Co Inc AkzoNobel NV Alcoa Corporation Alfa Laval AB ALFA SAB de CV Allied Motion Technologies Inc Alpek SAB de CV Alstom SA Altria Group Inc Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd Amada Co Ltd Ambev SA Amcor Limited American Honda Motor Co Inc Ametek Inc Amgen Inc Angang Steel Company Limited Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Apple Inc Applied Materials Inc ArcelorMittal SA Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Areva SA Arla Foods amba Asahi Glass Company Limited Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Asahi Kasei Corp Ashland Global Holdings Inc Aspen Technology Inc Astellas Pharma Inc AstraZeneca plc ASUSTeK Computer Inc Atlas Copco AB AU Optronics Corp Audi AG Audi of America Inc Autoliv Inc B/E Aerospace Inc BAE Systems plc Ball Corporation

www.plunkettresearch.com BASF SE Baxter International Inc Bayer AG Becton Dickinson & Co Benteler Group (The) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BlackBerry Ltd BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) BMW of North America LLC Boeing Company (The) Bombardier Inc Borealis AG BorgWarner Inc Bosch Rexroth AG Boston Scientific Corp Braskem SA BRF-Brasil Foods SA Bridgestone Corporation Bristol-Myers Squibb Co British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Bunge Limited BWX Technologies Inc BYD Company Limited Caltex Australia Limited Cameron International Corporation Campbell Soup Co Canon Inc Carbon Inc Cargill Inc Carlsberg AS Caterpillar Inc Celanese Corporation Celesio AG Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited China Automation Group Limited China Coal Energy Company Limited China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd China National Building Material Co Ltd China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) Christian Dior SE Cisco Systems Inc CITIC Limited CNH Industrial NV Coca-Cola Company (The) Coca-Cola European Partners plc Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Cognex Corporation Colgate Palmolive Co Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Compal Electronics Inc Conagra Brands Inc Continental AG Corning Inc Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Crane Co

Plunkett Research, Ltd. CRH plc Crown Holdings Inc CRRC Corporation Limited Cummins Inc Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Daikin Industries Ltd Daimler AG Dana Incorporated Danaher Corporation Danone SA Dassault Systemes SA Dean Foods Co Deere & Co (John Deere) Dell EMC Dell Technologies Inc Delphi Automotive PLC Delta Electronics Inc Denso Corporation Diageo plc DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft DMG Mori Co Ltd Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd Dover Corporation Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Corning Corporation DSM NV DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co) Dyson Ltd Eastman Chemical Company Eaton Corporation plc Ebara Corporation Ecolab Inc Electrolux AB Eli Lilly and Company Emerson Electric Co Energizer Holdings Inc EnerSys Essar Group Limited Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Evonik Industries AG EVRAZ plc ExxonMobil Chemical Fanuc Corporation Faurecia SA FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FCA US LLC Federal-Mogul Corporation Ferrero SpA Flex Ltd Flowserve Corporation Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Ford Motor Co Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc

www.plunkettresearch.com Frito-Lay North America Inc Fuji Electric Co Ltd Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) FUJIFILM Holdings Corp Fujitsu Limited Furukawa Electric Co Ltd Gardner Denver Holdings Inc GE Aviation GE Healthcare GE Power & Water GEA Group AG Generac Holdings Inc General Cable Corp General Dynamics Corporation General Electric Co (GE) General Mills Inc General Motors Company (GM) Gilead Sciences Inc GKN plc GlaxoSmithKline plc Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Grupo Bimbo SA GS Caltex Corporation Haier Electronics Group Hanwa Co Ltd Hanwha Corporation Hardinge Inc Harman International Industries Inc HeidelbergCement AG Heineken Holding NV Heineken NV Henkel AG & Company KGaA Herman Miller Inc Hershey Co Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Hindalco Industries Limited Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Hino Motors Ltd Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Hitachi Limited Hiwin Technologies Corp HNI Corporation Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd Honda Motor Co Ltd Honeywell International Inc Hormel Foods Corp HP Inc HRG Group Inc HTC Corp Huntsman Corporation Hurco Companies Inc Hyosung Corporation Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd Hyundai Motor America Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Steel Company

Plunkett Research, Ltd. IDEX Corporation IHI Corporation Illinois Tool Works Inc IMI plc Imperial Brands PLC Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Ingersoll-Rand plc Innolux Corporation Integer Holdings Corporation Intel Corporation International Paper Co Inventec Corporation iRobot Corporation Isuzu Motors Ltd ITOCHU Corporation Jabil Circuit Inc Japan Tobacco Inc Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited JBS SA JFE Holdings Inc Johnson & Johnson Johnson Matthey PLC JTEKT Corporation JX Holdings Inc JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Kao Corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd Kellogg Company Kennametal Inc Kering SA Keyence Corporation Kia Motors Corporation Kirin Holdings Company Limited Kloeckner & Co SE Kobe Steel Ltd Koch Industries Inc Komatsu Ltd Konica Minolta Holdings Inc Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips) Kraft Heinz Company (The) Krones AG Kubota Corporation KUKA AG Kyocera Corporation L-3 Communications Holdings Inc Land O'Lakes Inc Lanxess AG Lear Corporation Lenovo Group Limited Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA LG Chem Ltd LG Display Co Ltd LG Electronics Inc Linde AG Littelfuse Inc Lockheed Martin Corp L'Oreal SA

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INDEX OF HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY U.S. STATE To help you locate the firms geographically, the city and state of the headquarters of each company are in the following index. ARKANSAS Tyson Foods Inc; Springdale

CALIFORNIA Agilent Technologies Inc; Santa Clara American Honda Motor Co Inc; Torrance Amgen Inc; Thousand Oaks Apple Inc; Cupertino Applied Materials Inc; Santa Clara Carbon Inc; Redwood City Cisco Systems Inc; San Jose Gilead Sciences Inc; Foster City Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Palo Alto HP Inc; Palo Alto Hyundai Motor America; Fountain Valley Intel Corporation; Santa Clara Newport Corporation; Irvine Qualcomm Inc; San Diego Vizio Inc; Irvine Western Digital Corp; Irvine

COLORADO Ball Corporation; Broomfield Pilgrim's Pride Corporation; Greeley

CONNECTICUT Crane Co; Stamford General Electric Co (GE); Fairfield Harman International Industries Inc; Stamford Praxair Inc; Danbury Stanley Black & Decker Inc; New Britain Terex Corporation; Westport United Technologies Corporation; Farmington Xerox Corporation; Norwalk

DELAWARE DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co); Wilmington

FLORIDA B/E Aerospace Inc; Wellington Jabil Circuit Inc; St. Petersburg Roper Technologies Inc; Sarasota

GEORGIA Acuity Brands Inc; Atlanta AGCO Corporation; Duluth Coca-Cola Company (The); Atlanta GE Power & Water; Atlanta

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ILLINOIS Abbott Laboratories; Abbott Park Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM); Chicago Baxter International Inc; Deerfield Boeing Company (The); Chicago Caterpillar Inc; Peoria Conagra Brands Inc; Chicago Deere & Co (John Deere); Moline Dover Corporation; Downers Grove Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc; Deerfield IDEX Corporation; Lake Forest Illinois Tool Works Inc; Glenview Littelfuse Inc; Chicago Mondelez International Inc; Deerfield Motorola Mobility LLC; Libertyville Motorola Solutions Inc; Schaumburg Navistar International Corp; Warrenville RR Donnelley & Sons Co; Chicago Tenneco Inc; Lake Forest

INDIANA Cummins Inc; Columbus Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis Hurco Companies Inc; Indianapolis

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MINNESOTA 3M Company; St. Paul Cargill Inc; Minneapolis Ecolab Inc; St. Paul General Mills Inc; Minneapolis Hormel Foods Corp; Austin Land O'Lakes Inc; Arden Hills Medtronic plc; Minneapolis Proto Labs Inc; Maple Plain Stratasys Ltd; Eden Prairie

MISSOURI

IOWA

Emerson Electric Co; St. Louis Energizer Holdings Inc; St. Louis

HNI Corporation; Muscatine Rockwell Collins Inc; Cedar Rapids

NEW JERSEY

KANSAS Koch Industries Inc; Wichita

KENTUCKY Ashland Global Holdings Inc; Covington General Cable Corp; Highland Heights Tempur Sealy International Inc; Lexington

MARYLAND Lockheed Martin Corp; Bethesda

MASSACHUSETTS Aspen Technology Inc; Bedford Boston Scientific Corp; Marlborough Cognex Corporation; Natick Dell EMC; Hopkinton iRobot Corporation; Bedford Philips Healthcare; Andover PTC Inc; Needham Raytheon Company; Waltham

MICHIGAN BorgWarner Inc; Auburn Hills Dow Chemical Company (The); Midland

Becton Dickinson & Co; Franklin Lakes BMW of North America LLC; Woodcliff Lake Campbell Soup Co; Camden Honeywell International Inc; Morris Plains Johnson & Johnson; New Brunswick Merck & Co Inc; Kenilworth

NEW YORK Alcoa Corporation; New York Allied Motion Technologies Inc; Amherst Bristol-Myers Squibb Co; New York Bunge Limited; White Plains Colgate Palmolive Co; New York Corning Inc; Corning Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The); New York Hardinge Inc; Elmira HRG Group Inc; New York L-3 Communications Holdings Inc; New York PepsiCo Inc; Purchase Pfizer Inc; New York Philip Morris International Inc; New York

NORTH CAROLINA Nucor Corp; Charlotte Reynolds American Inc; Winston-Salem SPX Corporation; Charlotte

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UTAH Huntsman Corporation; Salt Lake City

Dana Incorporated; Maumee GE Aviation; Cincinnati Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The); Akron Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Findlay Owens Illinois Inc; Perrysburg Parker Hannifin Corporation; Cleveland Procter & Gamble Co; Cincinnati Timken Company (The); North Canton

VIRGINIA

OREGON

WASHINGTON

Nike Inc; Beaverton Precision Castparts Corp; Portland

PENNSYLVANIA Air Products and Chemicals Inc; Allentown Ametek Inc; Berwyn Crown Holdings Inc; Philadelphia EnerSys; Reading Hershey Co; Hershey Kennametal Inc; Pittsburgh Kraft Heinz Company (The); Pittsburgh PPG Industries Inc; Pittsburgh United States Steel Corporation; Pittsburgh

RHODE ISLAND Textron Inc; Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA 3D Systems Corporation; Rock Hill

TENNESSEE Eastman Chemical Company; Kingsport International Paper Co; Memphis Nissan North America Inc; Franklin Verso Corporation; Memphis

TEXAS Cameron International Corporation; Houston Celanese Corporation; Irving Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC; The Woodlands Dean Foods Co; Dallas Dell Technologies Inc; Round Rock ExxonMobil Chemical; Spring Flowserve Corporation; Irving Frito-Lay North America Inc; Plano Integer Holdings Corporation; Frisco National Oilwell Varco Inc; Houston Phillips 66; Houston Tesoro Corporation; San Antonio Texas Instruments Inc (TI); Dallas Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS); Plano Union Carbide Corporation; Houston Valero Energy Corporation; San Antonio

Altria Group Inc; Richmond Audi of America Inc; Herndon BWX Technologies Inc; Lynchburg General Dynamics Corporation; Falls Church Mars Inc; McLean Northrop Grumman Corporation; Falls Church Smithfield Foods Inc; Smithfield

Danaher Corporation; Washington PACCAR Inc; Bellevue

WISCONSIN Gardner Denver Holdings Inc; Milwaukee Generac Holdings Inc; Waukesha Oshkosh Corporation; Oshkosh Regal-Beloit Corporation; Beloit SC Johnson & Son Inc; Racine Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc; Middleton

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AUSTRIA Benteler Group (The); Salzberg Borealis AG; Vienna voestalpine AG; Linz

BELGIUM Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV; Brussels Solvay SA; Brussels

BRAZIL Ambev SA; Sao Paulo Braskem SA; Sao Paulo BRF-Brasil Foods SA; Sao Paulo JBS SA; Sao Paulo Metalurgica Gerdau SA; Porto Alegre

CANADA BlackBerry Ltd; Waterloo Bombardier Inc; Montreal Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited; Oakville Magna International Inc; Aurora

CHINA Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd; Beijing Angang Steel Company Limited; Anshan, Liaoning Province BYD Company Limited; Shenzhen China Automation Group Limited; Beijing China Coal Energy Company Limited; Beijing China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd; Shenzhen, Guangdong China National Building Material Co Ltd; Haidain District China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer); Hong Kong CRRC Corporation Limited; Beijing Dongfeng Motor Corporation; Wuhan Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd; Wuhan FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works); Changchun Lenovo Group Limited; Beijing SAIC Motor Corp Ltd; Shanghai Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd; Shanghai Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd; Shanghai TCL Corporation; Huizhou Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation; Shanghai City Wanxiang Group Corporation; Hangzhou ZTE Corporation; Shenzhen

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CZECH REPUBLIC Skoda Auto AS; Mlada Boleslav

DENMARK Arla Foods amba; Viby J Carlsberg AS; Copenhagen V Novo-Nordisk AS; Bagsværd Vestas Wind Systems A/S; Aarhus

FINLAND Neste Corporation; Espoo Nokia Corporation; Espoo Nokia Networks; Espoo Stora Enso Oyj; Helsinki UPM-Kymmene Oyj; Helsinki

FRANCE Air Liquide SA; Paris Airbus SAS; Blagnac Alstom SA; Cedex Areva SA; Paris Christian Dior SE; Paris 9 Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin; Clermont-Ferrand Danone SA; Paris Dassault Systemes SA; Velizy-Villacoublay Faurecia SA; Nanterre Kering SA; Paris L'Oreal SA; Clichy LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE; Paris Neopost SA; Bagneux Pernod Ricard SA; Paris Peugeot; Paris PSA Peugeot Citroen SA; Paris Renault SA; Billancourt Cedex Safran SA; Paris Sanofi SA; Paris Schneider Electric SE; Rueil Malmaison Thales SA; Neuilly-sur-Seine Valeo SA; Paris

GERMANY adidas AG; Herzogenaurach Audi AG; Ingolstadt BASF SE; Ludwigshafen Bayer AG; Leverkusen BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG); Munich Bosch Rexroth AG; Lohr Celesio AG; Stuttgart Continental AG; Hanover Daimler AG; Stuttgart DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft; Bielefeld Evonik Industries AG; Essen GEA Group AG; Dusseldorf HeidelbergCement AG; Heidelberg Henkel AG & Company KGaA; Duesseldorf Kloeckner & Co SE; Duisburg

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HONG KONG China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited; Causeway Bay CITIC Limited; Hong Kong Haier Electronics Group; Hong Kong TPV Technology Ltd; Kowloon

INDIA Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd; Mumbai Essar Group Limited; Mumbai Hindalco Industries Limited; Mumbai Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited; Mumbai Indian Oil Corporation Ltd; New Delhi Mahindra & Mahindra Limited; Mumbai Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group); Mumbai Tata Group; Mumbai Tata Motors Limited; Mumbai Tata Steel Ltd; Mumbai

INDONESIA PT Astra International TbK; Jakarta

IRELAND Eaton Corporation plc; Dublin Ingersoll-Rand plc; Dublin Seagate Technology plc; Dublin Smurfit Kappa Group PLC; Dublin

ISRAEL Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited; Petach Tikva

ITALY Ferrero SpA; Torino Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA; Roma Luxottica Group SpA; Milan Prysmian SpA; Milan

JAPAN Aisin Seiki Co Ltd; Kariya Ajinomoto Co Inc; Tokyo Amada Co Ltd; Karagawa Asahi Glass Company Limited; Tokyo Asahi Group Holdings Ltd; Tokyo

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KOREA Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd; Seoul GS Caltex Corporation; Seoul Hanwha Corporation; Seoul Hyosung Corporation; Seoul Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd; Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd; Seoul Hyundai Motor Company; Seoul Hyundai Steel Company; Seoul Kia Motors Corporation; Seoul LG Chem Ltd; Seoul LG Display Co Ltd; Seoul LG Electronics Inc; Seoul Lotte Chemical Corporation; Seoul POSCO; Seoul SK Hynix Inc; Icheon

LUXEMBOURG ArcelorMittal SA; Luxembourg Tenaris SA; Luxembourg

MALAYSIA Sime Darby Bhd; Kuala Lumpur

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MEXICO ALFA SAB de CV; San Pedro Garza García Alpek SAB de CV; San Pedro Garza Garcia Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV; Mexico DF Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA); Monterrey Grupo Bimbo SA; Álvaro Obregón

NORWAY Norsk Hydro ASA; Oslo

PHILIPPINES San Miguel Corp; Mandaluyong

RUSSIA Mechel PAO; Moscow OAO Severstal; Cherepovets

SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC); Riyadh

SINGAPORE Flex Ltd; Singapore Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited; Singapore

SOUTH AFRICA Sasol Limited; Johannesburg Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited; Stellenbosch

SPAIN Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA); Arteixo Repsol SA; Madrid

SWEDEN AB Volvo; Gothenburg Alfa Laval AB; Lund Atlas Copco AB; Stockholm Autoliv Inc; Stockholm Electrolux AB; Stockholm Sandvik AB; Stockholm SKF Incorporated; Goteborg Svenska Cellulosa AB; Stockholm Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson); Stockholm Volvo Car Corporation; Goteborg

SWITZERLAND ABB Ltd; Zurich Nestle SA; Vevey Novartis AG; Basel Roche Holding Ltd; Basel Schindler Holding AG; Hergiswil STMicroelectronics NV; Geneva Swatch Group AG; Bienne Syngenta AG; Basel TE Connectivity Ltd; Schaffhausen

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TAIWAN Acer Inc; Taipei City ASUSTeK Computer Inc; Taipei AU Optronics Corp; Hsinchu Compal Electronics Inc; Taipei Delta Electronics Inc; Taipei Hiwin Technologies Corp; Taichung Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd; Tu-Chen City, Taipei HTC Corp; Taoyuan Innolux Corporation; Taipei City Inventec Corporation; Taipei Nan Ya Plastics Corporation; Songshan Dist., Taipei City Pegatron Corporation; Taipei Quanta Computer Inc; Tao Yuan Shien Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC); Hsinchu TECO Electric & Machinery Co Ltd; Taipei Wistron Corporation; Taipei

THAILAND Siam Cement Group PCL (The); Bangkok

THE NETHERLANDS Airbus Group NV; Leiden AkzoNobel NV; Arnhem DSM NV; Heerlen Heineken Holding NV; Amsterdam Heineken NV; Amsterdam Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips); Amsterdam LyondellBasell Industries NV; Rotterdam Sensata Technologies Holding NV; Hengelo Unilever NV; Rotterdam

TURKEY Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS; Kortez-Kocaeli

UNITED KINGDOM AstraZeneca plc; London BAE Systems plc; London British American Tobacco plc (BAT); London CNH Industrial NV; London Coca-Cola European Partners plc; Uxbridge, Middx CRH plc; Dublin 16 Delphi Automotive PLC; Gillingham Diageo plc; London Dyson Ltd; Malmesbury EVRAZ plc; London GE Healthcare; Chalfont St. Giles GKN plc; Worcestershire GlaxoSmithKline plc; Middlesex IMI plc; Birmingham Imperial Brands PLC; Bristol Johnson Matthey PLC; London Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB); Slough Rolls-Royce plc; London Rotork plc; Bath

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3D Systems Corporation

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NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: 3D Printer Equipment Additive Manufacturing Equipment Rapid Prototyping Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Vyomesh Joshi, CEO John McMullen, CFO G. Loewenbaum, Chairman of the Board Kevin McAlea, COO, Divisional Daniel Van Riper, Director Emeritus Charles Hull, Executive VP Andrew Johnson, Executive VP

3D Systems Corporation is a holding company that operates through subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services 3D printing (additive manufacturing) equipment. Customers who use its proprietary systems can produce physical objects from digital data using commonly available computer-aided design software, often referred to as CAD software. Its systems' ability to produce functional parts from digital art enables customers to create detailed prototypes or production-quality parts quickly and effectively without an investment in expensive tooling, greatly reducing the time and cost required to produce these goods. The firm's principal technology platforms include its stereo lithography equipment, selective laser sintering equipment, multi-jet 3D printing equipment and film transfer imaging equipment. The company has outsourced certain of its equipment assembly and refurbishment activities to several selected design and engineering companies and suppliers. These suppliers also carry out quality control procedures on its systems prior to the firm's shipment to customers. 3D Systems produces print materials at its facilities in Marly, Switzerland; Andover, Massachusetts, Barberton, Ohio and Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA. The company's sales and marketing strategy focuses on an integrated systems approach that is directed to providing equipment, materials and services to meet a range of customer needs, including traditional prototyping, 3-D printing and rapid manufacturing.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 632,965,000 88,395,000 -38,420,000 -6.06% 259,776,000 -38,419,000 56,902,000 17,699,000 22,005,000 -4.40% -5.97% 0.01

2015 666,163,000 92,770,000 -641,924,000 -96.36% 303,784,000 -655,492,000 -3,128,000 23,306,000 -569,873,000 -54.18% -67.27% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 653,652,000 75,395,000 26,315,000 4.02% 215,724,000 11,637,000 51,111,000 23,480,000 81,503,000 .88% 1.04%

2013 513,400,000 43,489,000 80,861,000 15.75% 143,244,000 44,107,000 25,184,000 8,620,000 111,305,000 4.96% 6.24% 0.02

Stock Ticker: DDD Employees: 2,445 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $102,967

2011 230,423,000 14,331,000 34,902,000 15.14% 59,795,000 35,420,000 27,660,000 3,206,000 46,404,000 10.54% 18.26% 0.54

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 803 326-3900 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 333 Three D Systems Cir., Rock Hill, SC 29730 United States Top Exec. Salary: $661,730 Second Exec. Salary: $329,500

2012 353,633,000 23,203,000 60,571,000 17.12% 97,422,000 38,941,000 53,044,000 3,953,000 81,800,000 6.82% 10.59% 0.18

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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3M Company

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NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Health Care Products Specialty Materials & Textiles Industrial Products Safety, Security & Protection Products Display & Graphics Products Consumer & Office Products Electronics & Communications Products Fuel Cell Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: 3M Purification Inc Thinsulate Scotch Command Filtrete 3M Semfinder

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Inge Thulin, CEO Khandpur Ashish, Senior VP, Divisional Michael Roman, Executive VP, Divisional James Bauman, Executive VP, Divisional Frank Little, Executive VP, Divisional Hak Shin, Executive VP, Divisional Michael Vale, Executive VP, Divisional Joaquin Delgado, Executive VP, Divisional Ivan Fong, General Counsel Marlene McGrath, Senior VP, Divisional Jon Lindekugel, Senior VP, Divisional Kimberly Price, Senior VP, Divisional Paul Keel, Senior VP, Divisional Julie Bushman, Senior VP, Divisional Nicholas Gangestad, Senior VP Eric Hammes, Vice President Eric Hammes, Vice President

3M Company is involved in the research, manufacturing and marketing of a variety of products. Its operations are organized in five segments: industrial, safety and graphics, electronics and energy, health care and consumer. The industrial business segment serves the automotive, electronics, appliance, paper, printing, food, beverage and construction markets. Its major industrial products include Thinsulate acoustic insulation and 3M paint finishing and detail products. Also, 3M Purification, Inc. provides a line of filtration products. The safety and graphics business segment serves a wide range of markets that increase the safety, security and productivity of people, facilities and systems. Major product offerings include personal protection, traffic safety, border and civil security solutions, commercial graphics sheeting, architectural surface and lighting solutions, cleaning products and roofing granules for asphalt shingles. The electronics and energy business segment serves customers with solutions for electronic devices for telecommunications networks, electrical products, power generation and distribution and infrastructure protection. Major products include LCD computer monitors, LCD televisions, hand-held mobile devices, notebook PCs and automotive displays. The health care business segment serves medical clinics, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, dental and orthodontic practitioners, health information systems and food manufacturing and testing. Products include medical and surgical supplies, skin health, infection prevention, inhalation and transdermal drug delivery systems. The consumer segment serves markets that include consumer retail, office retail, home improvement, building maintenance and other markets. Major products include the Scotch tape, Command adhesive and Filtrete filtration family lines of products. In 2016, the firm sold its temporary protective films business, Polymask, to Pregis, LLC; and acquired Semfinder, a medical coding technology company. The company offers employees medical and dental insurance, domestic partner benefits, tuition reimbursement, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, 401(k) and adoption assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,109,000,000 1,735,000,000 7,223,000,000 23.98% 6,111,000,000 5,050,000,000 6,662,000,000 1,420,000,000 8,726,000,000 15.39% 45.89% 1.04

2015 30,274,000,000 1,763,000,000 6,946,000,000 22.94% 6,182,000,000 4,833,000,000 6,420,000,000 1,461,000,000 8,407,000,000 15.10% 38.94% 0.75

2014 31,821,000,000 1,770,000,000 7,135,000,000 22.42% 6,469,000,000 4,956,000,000 6,626,000,000 1,493,000,000 8,576,000,000 15.29% 32.38% 0.51

2013 30,871,000,000 1,715,000,000 6,666,000,000 21.59% 6,384,000,000 4,659,000,000 5,817,000,000 1,665,000,000 8,078,000,000 13.81% 26.56% 0.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 651 733-1110 Fax: 651 733-9973 Toll-Free: 800-364-3577 Address: 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55144 United States

Stock Ticker: MMM Employees: 91,584 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,483,929 Second Exec. Salary: $747,022

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 29,904,000,000 1,634,000,000 6,483,000,000 21.67% 6,102,000,000 4,444,000,000 5,300,000,000 1,484,000,000 7,810,000,000 13.57% 26.93% 0.28

2011 29,611,000,000 1,570,000,000 6,178,000,000 20.86% 6,170,000,000 4,283,000,000 5,284,000,000 1,379,000,000 7,453,000,000 13.86% 27.55% 0.29

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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AB Volvo

www.volvo.com

NAIC Code: 336120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Truck Manufacturer Engines Buses Aerospace Products Construction Equipment Financial Services Intelligent Transport Systems Overhaul & Repair Services

AB Volvo, also called the Volvo Group, is a world leader in the manufacture of trucks and heavy machinery, including buses; construction equipment; and marine, industrial and aerospace components. The Volvo Group has six product-related business areas: trucks, buses, construction equipment, Volvo Penta, financial services and governmental sales. The truck division's brands include Volvo, Renault, UD and Mack, which mainly manufacture medium-heavy to heavy long-haul trucks marketed in 140 countries worldwide. This business area also includes joint ventures and trucks for the Asia market, which is designed to meet the specific needs of the Group's truck customers in the value truck segment. The buses division develops, manufactures and sells hybrid, single-decker and double-decker buses, and also offers a network of services such as spare parts handling, financial, traffic information systems and repair contracts. Construction equipment develops, manufactures and sells large road machinery, including hydraulic wheeled and crawler excavators; simulators; expander bolts; filters; lubricants; batteries; and other remanufactured products. Volvo Penta develops, manufactures and sells engines and drive systems for marine duties. It also supplies engines for various industrial applications. Financial services offers customer financing, insurance, treasury, real estate and related services operations. The governmental sales division is responsible for the Group's sales to government authorities and organizations. In late-2016, the firm divested its properties in the areas of Arendal, Torslanda and Save in Gothenburg, Sweden; and announced plans to sell is governmental sales business.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Volvo Group Volvo Renault UD Mack

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Martin Lundstedt, CEO Jan Ohlsson, Exec. VP-Oper. Olof Persson, Pres. Jan Gurander, CFO Kerstin Renard, Exec. VP-Corp. Human Resources Lars Stenqvist, Exec. VP-IT Sofia Frandberg, General Counsel Mikael Bratt, Exec. VP-Group Truck Oper. Karin Falk, Exec. VP-Corp. Strategy Marten Wikforss, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Anders Osberg, Exec. VP-Corp. Finance & Control Niklas Gustavsson, Exec. VP-Public & Environmental Affairs Martin Weissburg, Exec. VP-Volvo Construction Equipment Torbjorn Homstrom, Exec. VP-Group Trucks Tech. Dennis Slagle, Exec. VP-Group Trucks Sales & Mktg., Americas Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chmn. Peter Karlsten, Exec. VP-Group Trucks Sales & Mktg., EMEA

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 35,944,940,000 1,767,601,000 2,681,996,000 7.46% 3,848,857,000 1,731,945,000 2,974,143,000 2,225,258,000 4,553,689,000 3.97% 18.57% 0.89

2014 32,544,190,000 1,915,744,000 669,866,400 2.05% 3,779,041,000 241,423,400 1,004,915,000 2,156,478,000 2,502,108,000 .57% 2.71% 1.37

2013 31,356,510,000 1,739,536,000 821,000,400 2.61% 3,952,948,000 412,110,500 1,275,553,000 1,403,568,000 2,824,849,000 1.04% 4.43% 1.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 31660000 Fax: 46 31665170 Toll-Free: Address: Volvo Bergegardsvag 1, Torslanda, Gothenburg, SE-405 08 Sweden

Stock Ticker: VOLVF Employees: 92,822 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 34,924,950,000 1,701,580,000 2,026,852,000 5.80% 3,901,075,000 1,269,687,000 438,794,800 1,683,638,000 3,723,947,000 3.19% 12.96% 0.95

2011 35,697,880,000 1,526,983,000 3,093,876,000 8.66% 3,810,901,000 2,041,689,000 2,262,409,000 2,302,206,000 4,807,304,000 5.28% 22.51% 1.01

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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ABB Ltd

www.abb.com

NAIC Code: 335313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Diversified Engineering Services Power Transmission & Distribution Systems Control & Automation Technology Products Industrial Robotics Energy Trading Software

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SVIA Yumi Robot

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO Eric Elzvik, CFO Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, Head-Human Resources Diane de Saint Victor, General Counsel Brice Koch, Head-Power Systems Div. Bernhard Jucker, Head-Power Prod. Div. Veli-Matti Reinikkala, Head-Process Automation Div. Tarak Mehta, Head-Low Voltage Prod. Div. Peter Voser, Chmn. Frank Duggan, Head-Global Markets

ABB Ltd. is a global leader in power and automation technologies for utility and industrial companies. The firm provides a broad range of products, systems and services that improve power grid reliability, increase industrial productivity and enhance energy efficiency. ABB operates in approximately 100 countries and divides its business into four divisions: power grids, electrification products, discrete automation & motion and process automation. The power grids division focuses on the changing needs of utility customers with ABB's complete power & automation offering for transmission and distribution delivered from a single source: power & automation for the grid. The electrification products division combines ABB's low- and medium-voltage businesses. Its products help customers improve productivity, use energy efficiently and increase safety. Products and systems in this division provide protection, control & measurement for electrical installations, enclosures, switchboards, electronics and electromechanical devices for industrial machines and plants. The discrete automation & motion division, as well as the process automation division, address customer needs and operational efficiency. Discrete automation & motion products and services include drive products and systems for industrial, commercial and residential applications. Drives provide speed, torque and motion control for equipment such as fans, pumps, compressors, conveyors, centrifuges, mixers, hoists, cranes, extruders, printing and textile machines. Process automation provides engineered solutions, products and services for process control, safety, instrumentation, plant electrification and energy management for the key process industry sectors of chemical, oil & gas, marine, mining, minerals, metals, cement and pulp & paper. In May 2016, the firm acquired SVIA, a provider of robot automation cells for machine tending. ABB recently introduced a low-cost, advanced industrial robot arm called YuMi, suitable for collaboration with human workers in small parts assembly.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 33,828,000,000 1,300,000,000 2,987,000,000 8.82% 5,349,000,000 1,899,000,000 3,843,000,000 831,000,000 4,195,000,000 4.69% 13.62%

2015 35,481,000,000 1,406,000,000 3,049,000,000 8.59% 5,574,000,000 1,933,000,000 3,818,000,000 876,000,000 4,286,000,000 4.48% 12.57%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 39,830,000,000 1,499,000,000 4,178,000,000 10.48% 6,067,000,000 2,594,000,000 3,845,000,000 1,026,000,000 5,563,000,000 5.58% 14.84%

2013 41,848,000,000 1,470,000,000 4,387,000,000 10.48% 6,094,000,000 2,787,000,000 3,653,000,000 1,106,000,000 5,774,000,000 5.73% 15.66%

Stock Ticker: ABB Employees: 132,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $2,614,621 Bonus: $1,085,654

2011 37,990,000,000 1,371,000,000 4,667,000,000 12.28% 5,373,000,000 3,168,000,000 3,612,000,000 1,021,000,000 5,752,000,000 8.34% 20.66%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41-43-317-7111 Fax: 41-43-317-4420 Toll-Free: Address: Affolternstrasse 44, Zurich, CH-8050 Switzerland Top Exec. Salary: $1,644,420 Second Exec. Salary: $1,013,890

2012 39,336,000,000 1,464,000,000 4,058,000,000 10.31% 5,756,000,000 2,704,000,000 3,779,000,000 1,293,000,000 5,313,000,000 6.09% 16.54%

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Abbott Laboratories

www.abbott.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Nutritional Products Manufacturing Immunoassays Diagnostics Consumer Health Products Medical & Surgical Devices Generic Pharmaceutical Products LASIK Devices

Abbott Laboratories develops, manufactures and sells health care products and technologies ranging from pharmaceuticals to medical devices marketed in over 150 countries. It operates in four segments: established pharmaceutical, diagnostics, nutrition and vascular products. Established pharmaceuticals deal with gastroenterology issues, women's health, cardiovascular and metabolic illnesses, pain and the central nervous system, respiratory health and immunization. The diagnostics segment develops systems and tests to diagnose infectious diseases, cancer, diabetes and genetic conditions, including the ARCHITECT chemistry system and i-STAT hematology systems, which are marketed to hospitals, laboratories, physicians' offices and plasma protein therapeutic companies. The nutritional segment offers consumer products such as Similac, Ensure, PediaSure and Zone Perfect as well as feeding devices in health care institutions. Vascular products consist of coronary, endovascular and vessel closure devices used in the treatment of vascular disease. Products include the Multi-Link Vision coronary metallic stents, TREK balloon dilatation systems and StarClose vessel closure devices. Other products include the FreeStyle line of diabetes products. In September 2016, Abbott sold Abbott Medical Optics, its vision care business, to Johnson & Johnson for $4.325 billion in cash. The following December, the firm terminated its agreement to acquire Alere, a leading point of care diagnostics company, due to the substantial loss in Alere's value following the merger agreement. In January 2017, Abbott completed its acquisition of St. Jude Medical, Inc. for $25 billion. The firm offers employees medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; legal services; tuition assistance; and life insurance.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Multi-Link Vision ARCHITECT i-STAT Similac Ensure Pediasure Zone Perfect St. Jude Medical Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Miles White, CEO Jared Watkin, Senior VP, Divisional Robert Funck, Chief Accounting Officer Heather Mason, Executive VP, Divisional Stephen Fussell, Executive VP, Divisional John Capek, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Ford, Executive VP, Divisional Brian Blaser, Executive VP, Divisional Hubert Allen, Executive VP Michael Rousseau, President, Divisional Eric Fain, President, Divisional Roger Bird, Senior VP, Divisional Deepak Nath, Senior VP, Divisional Andrew Lane, Senior VP, Divisional Thomas Frinzi, Senior VP, Divisional Jaime Contreras, Senior VP, Divisional Brian Yoor, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,853,000,000 1,422,000,000 3,185,000,000 15.27% 6,672,000,000 1,400,000,000 3,203,000,000 1,121,000,000 3,197,000,000 2.98% 6.70% 1.00

2015 20,405,000,000 1,405,000,000 2,867,000,000 14.05% 6,785,000,000 4,423,000,000 2,966,000,000 1,110,000,000 4,818,000,000 10.71% 20.69% 0.27

2014 20,247,000,000 1,345,000,000 2,599,000,000 12.83% 6,530,000,000 2,284,000,000 3,675,000,000 1,077,000,000 4,216,000,000 5.42% 9.78% 0.15

2013 21,848,000,000 1,452,000,000 2,629,000,000 12.03% 6,936,000,000 2,576,000,000 3,324,000,000 1,145,000,000 4,397,000,000 4.67% 9.92% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 937-6100 Fax: 847 937-1511 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Abbott Park Rd., Abbott Park, IL 60064-6400 United States

Stock Ticker: ABT Employees: 75,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,900,000 Second Exec. Salary: $999,443

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 39,873,910,000 4,322,182,000 8,084,515,000 20.27% 12,059,500,000 5,962,920,000 9,314,401,000 1,795,289,000 9,638,224,000 9.35% 23.31% 0.67

2011 38,851,260,000 4,129,414,000 5,751,948,000 14.80% 12,756,820,000 4,728,449,000 8,970,077,000 1,491,500,000 8,772,677,000 7.89% 20.19% 0.49

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Acer Inc

www.acer.com.tw

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing PCs & Accessories Components Software

Acer, Inc. is a Taiwanese multi-national hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology. The firm offers products under three brands: Acer, Gateway and Packard Bell. The company is one of the world's top personal computer (PC) manufacturers, with a presence in over 100 countries. Acer designs environmentally-friendly products for personal and commercial use, including notebook and desktop PCs, servers, storage, liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, projectors, smartphones and tablets. Acer's Chromebook portfolio offers screen sizes ranging from 11 to 15 inches, and comes with an array of different forms and specifications to meet the needs of consumers, schools and businesses, such as models with all-metal housings, convertible form factors and military-grad construction for durability purposes. Gateway, via U.S.-based subsidiary Gateway, Inc., offers notebooks and desktop PCs, as well as screen display products. Packard Bell, via Dutch-based subsidiary Packard Bell BV, manufactures and sells laptops, tablets, desktops, netbooks and monitors. During 2016, Acer, Inc. made an equity investment in grandPad, a provider of technology solutions specifically-designed for senior citizens; acquired Wi-Fi pet camera maker, Pawbo; and established a joint venture with Starbreeze AB, called Acer Starbreeze Corporation, to design, manufacture, promote, market and sell StarVR virtual reality head-mounted displays.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Acer Gateway Inc Packard Bell BV Chromebook grandPad Pawbo Acer Starbreeze Corporation StarVR

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jason Chen, CEO Jason Chen, Pres. Nancy Hu, CFO Ruei-Chuan Chang, Chief Technology Officer George Huang, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,675,093,000 67,557,180 39,328,310 .51% 667,867,200 -161,608,600 272,792,900 5,597,916 87,629,080 -2.90% -7.93%

2015 8,699,136,000 68,903,960 30,954,690 .35% 729,921,000 19,908,980 -28,545,840 10,902,450 86,553,790 .33% .95%

2014 10,872,770,000 83,252,460 89,297,040 .82% 792,919,200 59,055,800 185,462,700 10,969,760 155,050,100 .93% 3.06% 0.15

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 11,876,920,000 101,965,200 -376,283,400 -3.16% 983,095,600 -676,717,500 -285,303,900 18,767,630 -287,254,800 -9.83% -31.26% 0.28

Stock Ticker: ACEIY Employees: 7,970 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 15,676,470,000 38,406,270 -210,942,500 -1.34% 1,445,757,000 -217,728,600 199,481,800 40,544,590 -117,271,500 -2.49% -7.78% 0.30

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886-2-2719-5000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 5-7/Fl, No.369, Fuxing N. Rd., Songshan Dist, Taipei City, 105 Taiwan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 14,164,990,000 94,591,780 33,794,140 .23% 1,296,182,000 -95,980,670 19,490,300 32,747,580 49,376,920 -1.22% -3.86% 0.05

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Acuity Brands Inc

www.acuitybrands.com

NAIC Code: 335122

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing

Acuity Brands, Inc., the parent company of Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., is a provider of lighting fixtures, control devices, components, systems and services for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications for various markets throughout North America and internationally. The firm designs, produces and distributes a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting and control systems for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure and residential applications. The company manufactures or procures lighting products primarily in North America, Europe and Asia. These products and related services are marketed under numerous brand names, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Mark Architectural Lighting, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Gotham, Carandini, Winona Lighting, Antique Street Lamps, Juno, AccuLite, Aculux, RELOC Wiring Solutions and Acuity Controls. The company's principal customers include electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, national accounts, electric utilities, municipalities and lighting showrooms located in North America and select international markets serving new construction, renovation, and facility maintenance applications. In North America, the firm's products and lighting systems are sold by independent sales agents and factory sales representatives who cover specific geographic areas and market segments. Products are delivered directly or through a network of distribution centers, regional warehouses, and commercial warehouses using both common carriers and a company-owned truck fleet. The company operates 17 manufacturing facilities in North America and two facilities in Europe. The firm utilizes a blend of internal and outsourced manufacturing processes and capabilities to fulfill a variety of customer needs in the most cost-effective manner. Products are delivered directly or through a network of strategically located distribution centers, regional warehouses and commercial warehouses in North America using both common carriers and a company-owned truck fleet. In June 2016, the firm acquired DGLogik, Inc., an IoT software solutions provider.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Acuity Brands Lighting Inc Lithonia Lighting Holophane Peerless Mark Architectural Lighting Gotham Carandini Acuity Controls

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Vernon Nagel, CEO Richard Reece, CFO Mark Black, Executive VP, Subsidiary C. Smith, Secretary

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,291,300,000

2015 2,706,700,000

2014 2,393,500,000

2013 2,089,100,000

2012 1,933,700,000

2011 1,795,700,000

475,200,000 14.43% 946,000,000 290,800,000 345,700,000 83,700,000 540,500,000 10.80% 19.23% 0.21

376,300,000 13.90% 756,900,000 222,100,000 288,900,000 56,500,000 422,000,000 9.66% 17.60% 0.25

299,100,000 12.49% 680,300,000 175,800,000 233,100,000 35,300,000 341,700,000 8.63% 16.30% 0.30

221,500,000 10.60% 607,600,000 127,400,000 132,300,000 40,600,000 265,800,000 6.99% 13.94% 0.35

208,000,000 10.75% 566,700,000 116,300,000 172,200,000 31,400,000 250,100,000 6.97% 14.61% 0.42

188,700,000 10.50% 541,300,000 105,500,000 161,100,000 23,300,000 228,100,000 6.80% 14.53% 0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 404 853-1400 Fax: 404 853-1300 Toll-Free: Address: 1170 Peachtree Street NE, Ste. 2300, Atlanta, GA 30309-7676 United States

Stock Ticker: AYI Employees: 7,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $451,250

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 08/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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adidas AG

www.adidas.com

NAIC Code: 424340

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Footwear Distribution Golf Equipment & Accessories Street & Sports Apparel Personal Care Products Eyewear Watches

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: adidas Reebok CCM TaylorMade adidas Body

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Herbert Hainer, CEO Glenn Bennett, COO Robin J. Stalker, CFO Roland Auschel, Global Sales Karen Parkin, Chief HR Officer Patrik Nilsson, Pres., Adidas Group North America Igor Landau, Chmn.

adidas AG is an athletic apparel manufacturer and one of the world's largest producers of sporting goods. The company operates in more than 160 countries and markets products under four primary brands: adidas, Reebok, CCM and TaylorMade. The adidas brand develops and markets products in two divisions. The Sport Performance Division focuses on footwear and apparel for sports such as running, basketball and soccer; and the Sport Style division designs and markets products with a combination of style and performance. The company's Reebok brand develops sports apparel, footwear and athletic equipment for a variety of sports. Its divisions include Reebok, a global brand that creates and markets sports and lifestyle products in sports, fitness and women's categories; and CCM, the world's largest designer, manufacturer and marketer of hockey equipment and related apparel. The firm's TaylorMade golf brand develops and markets a variety of products for the golf industry, including TaylorMade drivers, balls and putters; and adidas Golf footwear. In addition to these primary offerings, the company has expanded its product line to include adidas Body, a line of fragrances and personal care products; adidas eyewear, which includes sunglasses designed for a variety of sports; and adidas watches. The firm is the official soccer ball provider for the FIFA World Cup as well as the official uniform and apparel provider for the National Basketball Association (NBA), Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the NBA Development League. In 2016, the firm divested its Mitchell & Ness business to Juggernaut Capital Partners.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,621,830,000 183,815,300 1,671,150,000 7.72% 7,993,724,000 1,139,879,000 1,510,872,000 729,657,000 2,141,897,000 7.13% 16.75% 0.15

2015 18,958,750,000

2014 16,290,070,000

2013 16,243,000,000

2012 16,681,240,000

1,186,954,000 6.26%

989,688,400 6.07%

1,347,232,000 8.29%

1,031,159,000 6.18%

710,603,000 1,221,699,000 574,983,200 1,677,875,000 4.92% 11.23% 0.25

549,204,200 785,698,300 614,212,000 1,443,623,000 4.08% 8.81% 0.28

882,089,200 710,603,000 536,875,100 1,735,037,000 6.76% 14.58% 0.11

589,553,900 1,055,817,000 486,438,000 1,631,921,000 4.56% 9.89% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 9132840 Fax: 49 9132842241 Toll-Free: Address: Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, Herzogenaurach, 91074 Germany

Stock Ticker: ADS N Employees: 60,617 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 14,956,290,000 128,894,900 1,133,154,000 7.57% 5,302,623,000 752,073,500 887,693,400 421,430,200 1,451,468,000 6.10% 13.49% 0.18

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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AGCO Corporation

www.agcocorp.com

NAIC Code: 333111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Challenger Fendt Massey Ferguson GSO Valtra Rabobank

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Martin Richenhagen, CEO Andrew Beck, CFO Rob Smith, General Manager, Geographical Gary Collar, General Manager, Geographical Hans-Bernd Veltmaat, Other Executive Officer Lucinda Smith, Senior VP, Divisional Helmut Endres, Senior VP, Divisional Thomas Welke, Senior VP, Divisional Eric Hansotia, Senior VP, Divisional Robert Crain, Senior VP

AGCO Corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment under the Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson, GSI and Valtra brand names. The company operates through a network of over 3,000 independent dealers and distributors in more than 150 countries. The firm's products include tractors, combines, self-propelled sprayers, hay tools, forage equipment and implements and power and diesel engines. Additionally, the firm provides retail financing in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, the U.K., Australia, Ireland and Austria through a joint venture with Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA under the name Rabobank. AGCO's compact tractors are used on small farms and in specialty agricultural industries. The company's utility tractors, used on small and medium-sized farms, include twowheel and all-wheel drive versions. The firm's self-propelled, three- and four-wheeled vehicles are used in the application of liquid and dry fertilizers and crop protection chemicals. Combines are sold with a variety of threshing technologies. All combines are complemented by a variety of crop-harvesting heads available in different sizes. AGCO manufactures chemical sprayer equipment for use prior to planting crops and after crops have emerged as well as vehicles for waste application. The firm's hay tools and forage equipment include balers, self-propelled windrowers, disc mowers, spreaders and mower conditioners used for the harvesting and packaging of vegetative feeds. AGCO's power engines division produces diesel engines, gears and generating sets. Diesel engines are manufactured for use in a portion of the firm's tractors, combines and sprayers as well as for sale to third parties. The company sells replacement parts, many of which are proprietary, for all its products. In June 2016, the firm agreed to acquire Cimbria Holdings Ltd. for $340 million. In March 2017, AGCO agreed to acquire the forage division of the Lely Group.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,410,500,000 296,100,000 288,400,000 3.89% 867,900,000 160,100,000 369,500,000 201,000,000 544,900,000

2015 7,467,300,000 282,200,000 361,100,000 4.83% 852,300,000 266,400,000 524,200,000 211,400,000 603,600,000

0.57

0.32

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2014 9,723,700,000 337,000,000 646,500,000 6.64% 995,400,000 410,400,000 438,400,000 301,500,000 891,300,000

2013 10,786,900,000 353,400,000 900,700,000 8.34% 1,088,700,000 597,200,000 797,000,000 391,800,000 1,140,800,000

2012 9,962,200,000 317,100,000 693,200,000 6.95% 1,041,200,000 522,100,000 666,400,000 340,500,000 888,300,000

2011 8,773,200,000 275,600,000 610,300,000 6.95% 869,300,000 583,300,000 725,900,000 300,400,000 793,500,000

0.28

0.23

0.30

0.47

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 770 813-9200 Fax: 770 813-6070 Toll-Free: Address: 4205 River Green Parkway, Duluth, GA 30096 United States

Stock Ticker: AGCO Employees: 19,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,345,575 Second Exec. Salary: $608,289

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Agilent Technologies Inc

www.home.agilent.com

NAIC Code: 334515

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Test Equipment Communications Test Equipment Integrated Circuits Test Equipment Bioanalysis Equipment Laboratory Automation and Robotics Bioinstrumentation Software Products Informatics Products

Agilent Technologies, Inc. is a measurement technology company with three business segments: life sciences and applied markets; diagnostics and genomics; and Agilent CrossLab. The life sciences and applied markets segment provides application-focused solutions, including instruments and software that enable customers to identify, quantify and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances. Product categories include liquid chromatography systems and components; gas chromatography systems and components; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry instruments; atomic absorption instruments; and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry systems among others. The diagnostics and genomics segment consists of reagent partnership, pathology, companion diagnostics, genomics and the nucleic acid contract manufacturing businesses. This segment provides solutions including reagents, instruments, software and consumables for customers in the clinical and life sciences research areas. The Agilent CrossLab consists of operations of Agilent Technologies Research Laboratories as well as consumables and services portfolio. Product categories in consumables include GC and LC columns, sample preparation products, custom chemistries, and a large selection of laboratory instrument supplies. Services include startup, operational, training and compliance support, as well as asset management and consultation services that help increase customer productivity. In August 2016, Agilent completed the asset acquisition of iLab Solutions LLC, a leader in cloud-based solutions for core laboratory management. The following December, the firm announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Multiplicom N.V., a diagnostic company with genetic testing technology and products. Agilent offers its employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans; 401(k) and pension plans; an employee assistance plan; onsite fitness centers; tuition reimbursement; training and development programs; and recreational sports leagues.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Agilent CrossLab Agilent Technologies Research Laboratories iLab Solutions LLC Multiplicom NV

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Didier Hirsch, CFO James Cullen, Chairman of the Board Rodney Gonsalves, Chief Accounting Officer Michael Tang, General Counsel Mark Doak, President, Divisional Jacob Thaysen, President, Divisional Patrick Kaltenbach, President, Divisional Henrik Ancher-Jensen, President, Divisional Michael McMullen, President Dominique Grau, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,202,000,000 329,000,000 615,000,000 14.63% 1,253,000,000 462,000,000 793,000,000 139,000,000 862,000,000 6.04% 10.98% 0.45

2015 4,038,000,000 330,000,000 522,000,000 12.92% 1,189,000,000 401,000,000 491,000,000 98,000,000 799,000,000 4.38% 8.47% 0.39

2014 6,981,000,000 719,000,000 831,000,000 11.90% 2,043,000,000 504,000,000 711,000,000 205,000,000 1,143,000,000 4.68% 9.52% 0.52

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 6,782,000,000 704,000,000 951,000,000 14.02% 1,880,000,000 724,000,000 1,152,000,000 195,000,000 1,338,000,000 6.82% 13.83% 0.51

Stock Ticker: A Employees: 21,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,615,000,000 649,000,000 1,071,000,000 16.19% 1,809,000,000 1,012,000,000 1,260,000,000 188,000,000 1,371,000,000 10.79% 26.85% 0.44

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 408 345-8886 Fax: Toll-Free: 877-424-4536 Address: 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95051 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,041,667 Second Exec. Salary: $600,000

2012 6,858,000,000 668,000,000 1,119,000,000 16.31% 1,817,000,000 1,153,000,000 1,228,000,000 194,000,000 1,445,000,000 11.76% 24.29% 0.40

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Air Liquide SA

www.airliquide.com

NAIC Code: 325120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Gases Welding Equipment Medical Gases Gas Production Facility Design & Construction

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Airgas Inc Oxymaster

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Benoit Potier, CEO Fabienne Lecorvaisier, CFO Francois Darchis, Sr. VP-Innovation, Digital, Science, Technologies, IT and Industrial Merchant Fabienne Lecorvaisier, SR. VP-Finance & Oper. Control Pierre Dufour, Sr. Exec. VP Jean-Pierre Duprieu, Exec. VP Jean-Marc de Royere, Sr. VP-Asia Pacific Michael J. Graff, Sr. VP-Americas Benoit Potier, Chmn. Pascal Vinet, VP-Healthcare Global Oper.

Air Liquide SA primarily produces and supplies oxygen and gas solutions for the energy, health and environment sectors. The company has six business segments: industry, health care, electronics, engineering & construction, global markets & technology and large industries. The industry segment aims to move industries forward by delivering innovative gas solutions and technologies to customers in the aeronautics, automotive, beverage, chemicals, construction, food, glass, metals, metal fabrication, oil & gas, pharma & biotech, photonics, professionals/craftsmen, space and waste & water management industries. The health care segment provides medical products and health care specialty ingredients and services to the home health care, hospital care, hygiene and healthcare specialty ingredients sectors. Electronics designs, manufactures and supplies the materials used in state-of-theart technologies such as flat screen displays, computers, mobile phones and digital cameras. This division offers on-site gas generation, bulk gases supply solutions, electronics materials, solutions for assembly, analytical services, gas and chemical management and equipment installations. Engineering & construction designs, engineers and constructs processing facilities and related infrastructures worldwide. The global markets & technologies segment focuses on new markets requiring a global approach. The segment is composed of advanced business and technologies division, in charge of opening new markets relating to the energy transition, and Air Liquide Maritime, which develops gas usage by customers in the maritime sector. The large industries segment provides gas and energy to customers who need it to conduct their own industrial production. In May 2016, the firm completed its acquisition of Airgas, Inc. In January 2017, Air Liquide acquired Oxymaster, a Columbian healthcare business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,325,940,000

2015 18,358,890,000

2014 17,213,970,000

2013 17,064,780,000

2012 17,178,100,000

2011 16,203,650,000

3,429,164,000 16.87%

3,091,684,000 16.84%

2,969,962,000 17.25%

2,921,430,000 17.11%

2,839,498,000 16.52%

2,730,890,000 16.85%

2,066,801,000 4,143,129,000 2,531,495,000 5,221,923,000 5.04% 12.65% 0.88

1,968,617,000 3,174,625,000 2,272,697,000 4,629,007,000 6.31% 14.67% 0.50

1,866,173,000 3,171,486,000 2,131,473,000 4,358,776,000 6.42% 15.02% 0.50

1,838,489,000 3,141,336,000 2,416,611,000 4,307,106,000 6.54% 15.74% 0.54

1,803,856,000 3,035,754,000 2,250,504,000 4,220,130,000 6.55% 16.11% 0.56

1,787,380,000 2,718,897,000 1,967,048,000 3,955,055,000 6.57% 16.44% 0.58

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 140625555 Fax: 33 140625526 Toll-Free: Address: 75 Quai d'Orsay, Paris, 75007 France

Stock Ticker: AIQUF Employees: 66,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Air Products and Chemicals Inc

www.airproducts.com

NAIC Code: 325120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Gases & Chemicals Respiratory Therapy & Home Medical Equipment Specialty Resins Hydrogen Refinery Natural Gas Liquefaction Semiconductor Materials

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Versum Materials Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

M. Crocco, CFO Seifollah Ghasemi, Chairman of the Board Russell Flugel, Chief Accounting Officer Corning Painter, Executive VP, Divisional Mary Afflerbach, General Counsel Jennifer Grant, Other Executive Officer

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APC) serves global energy, electronics, chemicals, metals and manufacturing customers. Products and services include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, and equipment. Atmospheric gases include oxygen, nitrogen, argon and rare gases; process gases include hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, syngas and specialty gases; and equipment for the production or processing of gases include air separation units and noncyrogenic generators. APC is a major supplier of hydrogen, and has built leading positions in markets such as helium, refinery hydrogen, semiconductor materials, natural gas liquefaction and advanced coatings/adhesives. The company supplies industrial gases and equipment throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, to customers in many industries, including those in metals, glass, chemical processing, electronics, energy production/refining, food processing, metallurgical industries, medical and general manufacturing. Gases are distributed to customers through a variety of modes: liquid bulk, packaged, on-site facilities located adjacent to customers' facilities or via pipeline systems. APC has more than 50 subsidiaries worldwide. In October 2016, the firm spun off Versum Materials, Inc., its materials technologies business division. That same year, APC discontinued its energy-from-waste operations.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,524,400,000 132,000,000 2,106,000,000 22.11% 855,700,000 631,100,000 2,707,400,000 1,055,800,000 3,173,600,000 3.55% 8.80% 0.69

2015 9,894,900,000 138,800,000 1,699,100,000 17.17% 962,900,000 1,277,900,000 2,437,800,000 1,614,800,000 2,773,400,000 7.25% 17.48% 0.54

2014 10,439,000,000 141,400,000 1,328,200,000 12.72% 1,064,800,000 991,700,000 2,186,400,000 1,684,200,000 2,436,500,000 5.56% 13.76% 0.65

2013 10,180,400,000 133,700,000 1,324,400,000 13.00% 1,088,800,000 994,200,000 1,553,100,000 1,524,200,000 2,399,200,000 5.71% 14.70% 0.71

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 610 481-4911 Fax: 610 481-5900 Toll-Free: Address: 7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195 United States

Stock Ticker: APD Employees: 18,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $600,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 9,611,700,000 126,400,000 1,282,400,000 13.34% 946,800,000 1,167,300,000 1,765,100,000 1,521,000,000 2,277,000,000 7.47% 19.02% 0.70

2011 10,082,000,000 118,800,000 1,622,200,000 16.09% 1,014,400,000 1,224,200,000 1,753,200,000 1,351,700,000 2,650,400,000 8.80% 21.58% 0.67

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Airbus Group NV

www.airbusgroup.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Helicopter Manufacturing Transport Aircraft Military Aircraft Defense Communications Systems Satellites Space Systems Maintenance Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: A380 A320neo A350 XWB A330MRTT EC120 EC225 Super Puma A5550 C3 Fennec Airbus SAS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Thomas Enders, CEO Tom Williams, COO Harald Wilhelm, CFO Marwan Lahoud, Chief Mktg. Officer Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer Jean Botti, CTO Marwan Lahoud, Chief Strategy Officer Fabrice Bregier, CEO-Airbus Bernhard Gerwert, CEO-Airbus Defense & Space Guillaume Faury, CEO-Airbus Helicopters Francois Auque, Exec. VP-Space Systems Denis Ranque, Chmn.

Airbus Group NV is a leading developer of aerospace and defense products and technologies worldwide. It was formed from the combination of several European aerospace companies, including DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Germany), Aerospatiale Matra (France) and Construcciones Aeronauticas SA (Spain). The company operates through three major divisions: Airbus SAS, Airbus defense & space and Airbus helicopters. Airbus manufactures commercial aircraft, capturing roughly half of all commercial airliner orders. Airbus's latest projects include the model A380, one of the largest commercial jets available with space for 555 passengers divided between two levels of seating; the A320neo (new engine option), featuring new engines and large wingtip devices that result in a 15% fuel-burn reduction and an annual CO2 reduction of 3,600 tons per aircraft; and the A350 XWB, a fuel efficient model that can transport 250-400 passengers. Airbus defense & space consists of the firm's military aircraft, including the Eurofighter and A330MRTT; space systems, which include telecom and observation satellites and launchers; communication, intelligence and security (CIS), including cyber security and defense systems; and electronics operations. Airbus helicopters offers one of the largest ranges of civil and military helicopters. The company's helicopter models range from the EC120 light helicopter to the EC225 Super Puma, as well as from the AS550 C3 Fennec to the Tiger on the military side. In late 2016, Airbus Group announced a major reorganization. The holding company will be merged into its primary business unit, Airbus SAS. The defense and space subsidiary, as well as the helicopters subsidiary, will also be merged into Airbus SAS. In February 2017, the company signed a contract with the European Space Agency for the production of the second European service module for NASA's Orion spacecraft. In late 2017, the firm will be releasing E-Fan 2.0, an all-electric plane certified to international airworthiness standards.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 74,625,650,000 3,328,850,000 2,530,823,000 3.39% 3,052,006,000 1,115,221,000 4,896,884,000 3,429,724,000 4,603,228,000 .91% 20.67% 2.40

2015 72,237,160,000 3,878,054,000 3,782,784,000 5.23% 2,971,307,000 3,021,744,000 4,034,970,000 3,277,292,000 7,164,313,000 2.65% 41.39% 1.06

2014 68,048,650,000 3,800,717,000 3,601,210,000 5.29% 2,915,266,000 2,626,093,000 2,869,312,000 2,855,862,000 6,528,805,000 2.47% 25.92% 0.88

2013 66,415,600,000 3,541,807,000 2,215,871,000 3.33% 3,264,963,000 1,642,008,000 2,164,313,000 3,305,313,000 4,978,704,000 1.58% 13.67% 0.35

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31 715245600 Fax: 31 715232807 Toll-Free: Address: P.O. Box 32008, Leiden, 2303 DA Netherlands

Stock Ticker: EADSF Employees: 133,782 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 63,304,190,000 3,521,632,000 1,880,744,000 2.97% 3,210,043,000 1,376,373,000 4,303,968,000 3,665,098,000 4,766,868,000 1.36% 12.75% 0.94

2011 55,063,890,000 3,532,840,000 1,438,018,000 2.61% 2,698,947,000 1,162,295,000 4,807,218,000 2,462,452,000 4,080,923,000 1.20% 11.67%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Airbus SAS

www.airbus.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Commercial Aircraft Military Aircraft

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Airbus Group NV A320 A320neo A330 A350 A380 A330-200F A330P2F

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Fabrice Bregier, CEO Thomas Charles Williams, COO Harald Wilhelm, CFO Charles Champion, Exec. VP-Eng. John Leahy, COO-Customers Domingo Urena-Raso, Head-Airbus Military Tom Williams, Exec. VP-Programs Eric Chen, Pres., Airbus China Klaus Richter, Exec. VP-Procurement

Airbus SAS (Airbus), a subsidiary of Airbus Group NV, designs and manufactures jetliners ranging from 100 to more than 600 seats. The company's single-aisle, wide-body A320 jet is Airbus' best-selling product line. The A320neo family incorporates the latest technologies, including new generation engines and Sharklet wing tip devices, which together deliver more than 15% in fuel savings and aims to deliver 20% by 2020. The A330 is another wide-body family of jetliners that integrate the latest developments from the A350 and A380 families for comfort and fuel efficiency. The A380 jumbo jet is the company's flagship double-deck model. The A350 XWB family of aircraft offers fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions. Commercial aircraft is a core business of Airbus, which is also a leader of Europe's aeronautics and space activities. Airbus also builds freighter aircraft to fulfill a range of cargo lift requirements. Freighter aircraft include the A330200F mid-size long-haul freighter; the A330P2F passenger aircraft which can also be converted into freighter versions; and the Beluga, which transports oversized air cargo. Airbus maintains over 150 field sites around the globe; production facilities in Europe; engineering and sales locations in North America; sales and customer support centers in Japan and China; and a joint engineering center in Russia with Kaskol. The firm has subsidiaries in the U.S., China, Japan, India and the Middle East. Spare parts centers are located in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Washington, Beijing, Dubai and Singapore; and engineering and training centers are based in Toulouse, Miami, Wichita, Hamburg, Bangalore and Beijing. In late-2016, Airbus Group announced a major reorganization. The holding company will be merged into its primary business unit, Airbus SAS. The defense and space subsidiary, as well as the helicopters subsidiary, will also be merged into Airbus SAS.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 58,359,199,140

2015 52,350,594,720

2014 48,268,962,000

2013 58,249,000,000

2012 50,998,600,000

2011 42,863,400,000

3,333,210,452

2,940,771,792

2,649,823,912

2,370,740,000

1,625,420,000

756,192,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33-5-61-93-33-33 Fax: 33-5-61-93-49-55 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Rond Point Maurice Bellonte, Blagnac, 31707 France

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 75,300 Parent Company: Airbus Group NV

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Aisin Seiki Co Ltd

www.aisin.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Parts Manufacturing Sewing & Embroidery Machines Air Conditioners Hospital & Biotechnology Equipment Lasers & Laser Imaging Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yasumori Ihara, Pres. Shinzo Kobuki, Exec. VP Takashi Morita, Exec. VP Makoto Mitsuya, Exec. VP Toshikazu Nagura, Exec. VP Kanshiro Toyoda, Chmn.

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. primarily develops and manufactures automotive parts and household appliance products. It operates in four business units: automotive parts lineup; life & amenity products; energy systems and new business. The automotive parts lineup unit manufactures drivetrains, brake and chassis, body-related, engine and information products. Specific products include transmissions, clutches, flywheels, suspension and steering systems, power seats, power sliding doors, sunroofs, water and oil pumps, valve timing systems and exhaust manifolds. Information products include parking assist systems, front and side monitors and vehicle navigation systems. The unit also produces casting products, such as press worked products, aluminum die cast products, iron castings and resin moldings. The life & amenity products unit manufactures lifestyle and amenity-related products, including beds and bedding, home construction materials, sewing machines and audio equipment; energy system products, such as gas-powered air conditioners, coolers, generators and vacuum devices; and welfare products including reclining beds, electric wheelchairs and portable toilets. The energy system products unit makes gas heat pump air conditioning systems, cogeneration system for commercial and residential use and peltier modules for heating, cooling and precise temperature control in small microscopic spaces. Lastly, the new business unit develops new technologies for the other two units, including fiber optic lasers and biotechnology. Aisin maintains 11 manufacturing plants, all located in Japan. In total, the firm has 179 subsidiaries and affiliates, of which 65 are in Japan with the remainder in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Australia.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 29,229,932,544

2015 26,713,511,936

2014 25,435,901,952

2013 22,801,917,952

2012 20,766,875,648

2011 20,345,692,160

874,001,792

1,064,224,768

1,173,765,632

1,028,263,936

745,813,504

912,360,064

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-566-24-8441 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 2-1, Asahi-machi, Kariya, Kariya, 448-8650 Japan

Stock Ticker: ASEKF Employees: 99,389 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Ajinomoto Co Inc

www.ajinomoto.com

NAIC Code: 311940

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Seasoning & Dressing Manufacturing Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Edible Oils Beverages Processed Foods Dairy Products Cosmetics Pharmaceuticals

Ajinomoto Co., Inc., based in Japan, is a leading manufacturer of seasonings, monosodium glutamate (MSG), processed foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals amino acids and specialty chemicals. The company operates through four business divisions: food products, which produces dressings, frozen foods and beverages under brand names Cook Do and Pal Sweet; amino acids, which supply amino acids as natural protein replacements in animal feed formulations; bioscience products and fine chemicals, which includes amino acids and aspartame; pharmaceuticals fine chemicals, such as medical foods and health products; wellness, including sports supplements, medical and nursing care foods, fundamental foods, functional food ingredients and the firm's amino index business; and pharmaceuticals and health division, which operates through Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., developing and marketing amino acid technologies, designed to treat osteoporosis, gastrointestinal diseases and metabolic diseases as well as dietary supplements and other medical foods. The bioscience products and fine chemicals division also includes products derived from amino acids and nucleic acids, such as Aji-No-Moto (MSG) seasoning; Jino cosmetics and specialty chemicals; and Ajinomoto build-up films (ABF), an insulation material used in semiconductor substrates. Wholly-owned Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc. manufactures a variety of coffee products, including instant, regular, liquid and individually-packaged powder stick, selling them under the Blendy, Maxim, marim and AGF Gift brands.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd Ajinomoto General Foods Inc Cook Do Pal Sweet Aji-No-Moto Jino Blendy AGF Gift

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Takaaki Nishii, CEO Masatoshi Ito, Pres. Yutaka Kunimoto, Mgr.-Tech. & Prod. Tamotsu Iwamoto, VP-Legal Koji Igarashi, Sr. VP-Bus. Strategy & Dev. Tamotsu Iwamoto, VP-Public Comm. Masatoshi Ito, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,688,930,000

2015 9,072,499,000

2014 8,934,621,000

2013 10,566,920,000

2012 10,791,070,000

2011 10,884,650,000

820,565,300 7.67%

671,620,700 7.40%

563,729,100 6.30%

641,995,700 6.07%

654,181,100 6.06%

625,250,100 5.74%

573,138,400 1,128,567,000 503,145,400 1,447,447,000 5.05% 9.83% 0.39

499,080,700 984,723,300 441,002,600 1,142,509,000 3.96% 7.33% 0.11

452,710,100 567,956,100 479,973,700 1,105,584,000 3.92% 6.93% 0.17

435,973,400 797,636,900 592,461,700 1,329,263,000 4.42% 7.79% 0.12

376,318,100 840,997,200 442,165,200 1,103,863,000 3.84% 6.88% 0.17

273,987,400 1,015,880,000 397,660,300 948,266,800 2.81% 5.02% 0.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 352508111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8315 Japan

Stock Ticker: AJINY Employees: 33,295 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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AkzoNobel NV

www.akzonobel.com

NAIC Code: 325510

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Specialty Chemicals Coatings Decorative Paints

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Chemicals Pakistan Eka Chemicals AB AkzoNobel Sikkens Delux Hammerite Interpon Dissolvine

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ton Buchner, CEO Maelys Castella, CFO Marten Booisma, Human Resources Sven Dumoulin, General Counsel Conrad Keijzer, Managing Dir.-Performance Coatings Ruud Joosten, Managing Dir.-Decorative Paints Werner Fuhrmann, Managing Dir.-Specialty Chemicals Ton Buchner, Chmn.

AkzoNobel NV is a leading international producer of chemicals and coatings. The company is divided into three segments: decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. The decorative paints division includes paint, lacquer and varnish products as well as floor leveling compounds, mixing machines and training courses. Brands in this division consist of Sikkens, Dulux and Hammerite. The segment has offices in the U.K., Continental Europe, the Americas and Asia. AkzoNobel's performance coatings division makes a variety of chemical products, including powder, industrial and marine coatings; wood finishes and adhesives; and a line of car refinishes. Brands in this segment include International, Interpon, Sikkens, Awlgrip, Chemcraft, Resicoat, Wanda, Trimetal and Zweihorn. The specialty chemicals division produces pulp and paper chemicals; polymer chemicals such as metal alkyls and suspending agents; surfactants used in hair and skincare products; base chemicals such as salt and chlor-alkali products used in the manufacture of glass and plastics; and functional chemicals used in toothpaste, ice cream and flame retardants. Brands in this segment include AkzoNobel, Dissolvine, Eka, Expancel, Jozo, Kromasil, Ecosel, Bindzil and Biostyle. This division operates through several subsidiaries, including Eka Chemicals AB, a provider of colloidal silica products, and Chemicals Pakistan, which operates exclusively in the Pakistani market. In July 2016, the firm acquired the remaining 40% in Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings SAE, an Egyptian powder coatings firm. The following December, AkzoNobel finalized the acquisition of BASF's global Industrial Coatings business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 16,654,340,000 388,926,200 1,763,058,000 10.58% 4,781,439,000 1,097,288,000 1,273,257,000 729,657,000 2,496,077,000 6.06% 15.95% 0.33

2014 16,023,310,000 406,859,500 1,106,254,000 6.90% 4,690,652,000 611,970,400 908,989,000 659,045,100 1,823,582,000 3.37% 9.59% 0.43

2013 16,352,840,000 418,067,700 1,073,750,000 6.56% 4,895,763,000 811,477,200 802,510,700 746,469,400 1,803,407,000 4.25% 11.59% 0.47

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31-26-366-4433 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Velperweg 76, Arnhem, 6824 BM Netherlands

Stock Ticker: AKZOY Employees: 45,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 17,249,500,000 433,759,300 -1,394,306,000 -8.08% 5,016,813,000 -2,431,069,000 826,048,000 925,801,400 -699,394,800 -11.46% -26.93% 0.49

2011 17,593,590,000 399,013,700 1,167,900,000 6.63% 5,196,145,000 534,633,500 364,268,100 793,544,100 1,548,980,000 2.38% 5.24% 0.32

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Alcoa Corporation

www.alcoa.com

NAIC Code: 331313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Primary & Fabricated Aluminum Bauxite Mining Vinyl Siding Industrial Fasteners Building & Construction Materials

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Roy Harvey, CEO Michael Morris, Chairman of the Board Molly Beerman, Chief Accounting Officer William Oplinger, Executive VP Tomas Sigurosson, Executive VP Jeffrey Heeter, Executive VP Leigh Ann Fisher, Executive VP

Alcoa Corporation is a global industry leader in the production of bauxite, alumina, and aluminum, with a strong portfolio of value-added cast and rolled products, as well as substantial energy assets. The company is active in all major aspects of the aluminum industry, including bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminum smelting and fabrication, recycling and technology. Alcoa is a global company with 43 operating locations across 10 countries. The firm's operations consist of six reportable segments: Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Cast Products, Energy, and Rolled Products. Bauxite is Alcoa's basic raw material input for its alumina refining process and is also sold into the third-party market. Mines operated by the firm produced 37.7 million bone dry metric tons (bdmt) and separately mines operated by third parties produced 7.3 million bdmt on a proportional equity basis for a total bauxite production of 45.0 million bdmt. The alumina segment includes the firm's worldwide alumina system, including the mining of bauxite, which is then refined to alumina. The aluminum segment consists of the firm's smelter system. The segment receives alumina and produces aluminum by the fabricating businesses. Alcoa's cast products business offers differentiated, value-added aluminum products that are cast into specific shapes to meet customer demand. The firm has 18 casthouses capable of providing value-added products to customers in growing markets, with 15 currently operating. The energy segment is composed of the firm's eight energy facilities that partially provide its smelters with the electric power needed for the electrolytic process to produce aluminum from the alumina. The rolled products segment represents Alcoa's rolling mill in Warrick, Indiana, which produces aluminum sheet primarily sold directly to customers in the packaging end market to produce aluminum cans. Employee benefits include health coverage, life insurance, disability, coverage for domestic partners, savings plans, retirement programs and tuition assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,318,000,000 33,000,000 -8,000,000 - .08% 359,000,000 -400,000,000 -311,000,000 404,000,000 799,000,000 -2.41% -5.29% 0.25

2015 11,199,000,000 69,000,000 -25,000,000 - .22% 353,000,000 -863,000,000 875,000,000 391,000,000 713,000,000 -3.41% -5.98% 0.02

2014 13,147,000,000 95,000,000 304,000,000 2.31% 383,000,000 -256,000,000 842,000,000 444,000,000 1,200,000,000 -1.37% -2.41% 0.02

2013 12,573,000,000 86,000,000 -2,428,000,000 -19.31% 406,000,000 -2,909,000,000 452,000,000 567,000,000 -1,416,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 212 836-2674 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 390 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022 United States

Stock Ticker: AA Employees: 14,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $591,667 Second Exec. Salary: $550,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Alfa Laval AB

www.alfalaval.com

NAIC Code: 332410

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alfa Laval AB provides products and solutions for heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Its products are used for a variety of applications, including pharmaceuticals, food and water supply, energy and environmental protection. Alfa Laval currently holds more than 2,500 patents and a presence in six countries throughout Europe, Asia, the U.S. and Latin America. The company divides its operations into three divisions: food & water, energy and marine. The food & water division produces high-speed separators, food systems, food heat transfer systems, decanters and hygienic fluid handling systems. The energy business produces plate heat exchangers, including gasketed, brazed/fusion bonded and welded; and energy separation systems. The marine business produces marine separation and heat transfer equipment, boilers and gas systems, and pumping systems. In addition, Alfa Laval provides manufacturing, distribution and logistics services, as well as operations development solutions. The firm comprises 42 production units worldwide: 22 in Europe, 10 in Asia, eight in the U.S. and two in Latin America.

Tom Erixon, CEO Mikael Tyden, COO Lars Renstrom, Pres. Thomas Thuresson, CFO Peter Bailliere, Sr. VP-Human Resources Svante Karlsson, Pres., Process Tech. Div. Goran Mathiasson, Pres., Oper. Div. Peter Torstensson, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Susanne Pahlen Aklundh, Pres., Equipment Div. Peter Leifland, Pres., Marine & Diesel Div. Joakim Vilson, Exec. VP-Europe, Middle East & Africa Nish Patel, Exec. VP-Western Europe & North America Anders Narvinger, Chmn. Ray Field, Exec. VP-Asia, India & Oceania

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,037,156,096

2015 4,503,025,152

2014 3,972,917,504

2013 3,391,374,336

2012 3,377,665,536

2011 3,246,129,920

259,332,368

434,939,712

333,767,232

342,944,128

361,411,232

368,322,240

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 46366500 Fax: 46 46323579 Toll-Free: Address: Rudeboksvagen 1, Lund, 22655 Sweden

Stock Ticker: ALFVF Employees: 16,941 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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ALFA SAB de CV

www.alfa.com.mx

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemicals Synthetic Fibers Frozen Food Aluminum Automobile Components Telecommunications Services Oil & Natural Gas Exploration & Production

ALFA SAB de CV, through its subsidiaries, operates petrochemical, food processing, automotive and telecommunication businesses. Based in Monterrey, Mexico, the company has operations in Mexico, the U.S. and 25 other countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Primary subsidiaries include the following. Nemak, a provider of innovative light-weighting solutions for the automotive industry. Nemak specializes in the development and manufacturing of aluminum components for powertrain and body structure. Alpek, a producer of polyester (PTA, PET and fibers), as well as petrochemicals such as polypropylene, expandable polystyrene and caprolactam. Axtel, a provider of information technology and communication services for the enterprise, government and residential markets through its Alestra and Axtel brands. Last, Newpek, is engaged in the hydrocarbons industry within Mexico and the U.S. ALFA owns 51% of the combined entity's stock.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nemak Alpek Axtel Alestra Newpek

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alvaro Fernandez Garza, Pres. Ramon A. Leal Chapa, CFO Paulino Rodriguez Mendivil, Sr. VP-Human Capital Carlos Jimenez, Sr. VP-Legal & Corp. Affairs Alejandro M. Elizondo Barragan, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. Ochoa Reyes, Dir.-Investor Rels. Armando Garza Sada, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,387,450,000

2015 14,408,230,000

2014 12,786,450,000

2013 11,348,970,000

2012 11,165,510,000

2011 10,194,700,000

1,350,680,000 8.24% 2,284,008,000 129,690,800 2,080,519,000 1,454,210,000 1,605,655,000 .75% 3.37% 1.79

1,341,979,000 9.31% 1,766,081,000 210,740,500 1,701,654,000 970,254,300 1,450,584,000 1.51% 6.42% 1.63

960,883,100 7.51% 1,362,283,000 -113,625,800 1,336,122,000 804,919,400 1,496,771,000 -1.02% -3.64% 1.47

785,675,000 6.92% 1,134,083,000 330,558,000 1,102,120,000 680,416,300 1,228,130,000 3.71% 10.92% 0.83

909,508,800 8.14% 1,071,776,000 501,694,100 1,150,204,000 487,079,500 1,353,637,000 6.15% 20.48% 0.90

824,163,900 8.08%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-8748-1111 Fax: 81-8748-2552 Toll-Free: Address: Ave. Gomez Morin 1111, Sur Colonia Carrizalejo, San Pedro Garza GarcÃ-a, NL 666254 Mexico

Stock Ticker: ALFA A Employees: 70,453 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

327,713,200 815,629,400 380,314,700 1,180,716,000 4.15% 15.51% 1.51

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Allied Motion Technologies Inc

www.alliedmotion.com

NAIC Code: 335312

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electric Motors, Controls and Drives

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michael Leach, CFO Richard Warzala, Chairman of the Board Kenneth Wyman, Vice President, Divisional Robert Maida, Vice President, Divisional

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells precision and specialty motion control components and systems. While the company serves a broad base of industries, its primary target markets are vehicle, medical, aerospace & defense, electronics and industrial. Allied's products and solutions support applications such as brush & brushless DC motors, brushless servo & torque motors, coreless DC motors, integrated brushless motor-drives, gear motors, gearing modular digital servo drives, motion controllers, incremental & absolute optical encoders and associated motion controlrelated products. The company focuses exclusively on motion control applications and is widely-known for its expertise in electro-magnetic, mechanical and electronic motion technology. Allied develops, designs and manufactures its products through its seven Allied Motion Technology Unit facilities located in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. The company also operates Allied Motion Solution Centers that create integrated motion control solutions that incorporate various Allied Motion products to produce uniquely-designed solutions for customer applications. These centers are in China, Sweden and the U.S.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 245,893,000 16,170,000 18,883,000 7.67% 34,747,000 9,078,000 14,303,000 5,188,000 29,001,000

2015 232,434,000 14,798,000 20,930,000 9.00% 30,400,000 11,074,000 20,073,000 4,730,000 28,910,000

0.97

0.91

2014 249,682,000 13,881,000 24,150,000 9.67% 32,681,000 13,860,000 20,296,000 4,046,000 32,325,000

2013 125,502,000 9,844,000 7,058,000 5.62% 18,795,000 3,953,000 10,779,000 3,087,000 10,139,000

1.19

1.53

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 716-242-8634 Fax: Toll-Free: 888-392-5543 Address: 495 Commerce Drive, Amherst, NY 14228 United States

Stock Ticker: AMOT Employees: 1,220 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $486,667 Second Exec. Salary: $266,667

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 101,968,000 6,060,000 7,128,000 6.99% 15,904,000 5,397,000 4,604,000 2,597,000 9,309,000

2011 110,941,000 5,983,000 9,652,000 8.70% 18,265,000 6,967,000 8,881,000 1,849,000 11,774,000

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Alpek SAB de CV

www.alpek.com

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Plastics Resins Artificial Fibers Chemicals PET

Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. is a petrochemical company based in Mexico. It operates two business segments: polyester chain products (purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyester fibers) and specialty chemicals and plastics (expandable polystyrene, polypropylene, polyurethane, caprolactam and other industrial chemicals). Alpek owns 23 plants with a total chemical product capacity of nearly 5.8 million tons per year, located in the U.S., Mexico, Chile and Argentina. Alpek subsidiaries include Indelpro, S.A. de C.V., a petrochemical company in the Americas; Grupo Styropek, S.A. de C.V., a petrochemical company in the Americas; Polioles, S.A. de C.V., a producer of PTA and PET worldwide; Univex Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of mixers, slicers, dough processors and prep equipment; and Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. de C.V., the largest PTA/PET producer in North America. In December 2016, the firm agreed to acquire Companhia PetroquÃ-mica de Pernambuco and Companhia Integrada Têxtil de Pernambuco from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. for $385 million.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Indelpro SA de CV Grupo Styropek SA de CV Polioles SA de C Univex Corporation Grupo Petrotemex SA de CV

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jose de Jesus Valdez, CEO Eduardo Escalante Castillo, CFO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,030,998,000

2015 4,662,757,000

2014 4,801,183,000

2013 5,023,699,000

2012 5,364,091,000

2011 5,057,494,000

550,167,700 10.93% 201,982,900 202,206,000 335,745,700 333,626,000 612,530,900 4.35% 10.81% 0.58

423,354,600 9.07% 179,406,600 153,308,400 456,192,200 188,577,500 494,982,400 3.91% 9.83% 0.61

208,541,800 4.34% 141,938,500 44,675,040 367,763,300 233,764,200 311,146,400 1.29% 3.20% 0.60

163,195,200 3.24% 121,035,700 14,602,620 309,128,700 126,928,400 276,128,500 .43% 1.04% 0.57

417,041,600 7.77% 124,456,800 204,300,500 305,869,600 84,873,100 535,820,100 6.17% 18.98% 0.53

448,758,000 8.87% 116,693,800 239,300,400 262,393,700

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 52 811521300 Fax: 52 811522525 Toll-Free: Address: Ave. Gomez Morin No. 111-C Sur Carrizalejo, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL 66254 Mexico

Stock Ticker: ALPKF Employees: 5,284 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

448,758,000 9.01% 35.47% 1.43

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Alstom SA

www.alstom.com

NAIC Code: 333611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Equipment-Electric Power Distribution Energy & Transport Infrastructure Power Plant Machinery Rail Transport Services Rail Transport Manufacturing Technical Consulting & Power Plant Refurbishment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nomad Holdings EasyMile EZ10 Aptis

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO Thierry Best, COO Jean-Baptiste Eymeoud, Sr. VP-Finance Keith Carr, Group General Counsel Jerome Pecresse, Exec. VP Philippe Cochet, Exec. VP Gregoire Poux-Guillaume, Exec. VP

Alstom SA develops and markets a complete range of systems, equipment and services in the railway sector. The company manages solutions such as high-speed trains, metros and tramways; offers customized services such as maintenance and modernization; and provides solutions for infrastructure and signaling. Components for all types of railway vehicles include bogies, motors, traction systems, switchgear, auxiliary converters, traction transformers, cariboni feeding systems and dispen dampers. Its solutions, services and infrastructure are offered separately, bundled or fully-integrated. Alstom is present in more than 60 countries, and is headquartered in France. In January 2017, the firm acquired Nomad Holdings, a provider of passenger and fleet digital connectivity solutions to the railway sector. In that same month, Alstom invested over $15 million in EasyMile, a start-up company developing the EZ10 electric driverless shuttle, an electric vehicle that operates from a transport hub within a confined precinct and can transport up to 12 passengers. In March 2017, the company, in conjunction with NTL, launched Aptis, a fully electric public transport bus that offers all the advantages of a tram.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,712,396,000 152,432,200 -253,306,400 -3.28% 600,762,200 3,363,596,000 -2,418,740,000 576,104,000 431,517,600 12.80% 80.96% 0.55

2015 6,907,644,000 125,532,400 356,422,300 5.15% 555,929,200 -805,873,200 341,851,600 847,343,700 -284,689,500 -2.25% -15.66% 0.77

2014 22,718,000,000 821,564,700 1,596,055,000 7.02% 2,128,447,000 623,178,700 716,207,100 945,976,300 2,233,804,000 1.79% 11.05% 0.87

2013 22,718,000,000 826,048,000 1,330,419,000 5.85% 1,955,839,000 898,901,600 1,220,578,000 827,168,800 1,939,027,000 2.55% 17.17% 0.92

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 14149200 Fax: 33 14149248 Toll-Free: Address: 3 Ave. Andre Malraux, Cedex, 75795 France

Stock Ticker: ALSMY Employees: 32,779 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 22,342,520,000 764,402,600 1,201,524,000 5.37% 1,907,644,000 820,443,800 242,098,200 911,230,700 1,959,202,000 2.41% 17.45% 1.00

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Altria Group Inc

www.altria.com

NAIC Code: 312230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tobacco Products Wine Financial Services

Altria Group, Inc. is the parent company for several consumer goods firms whose products include cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, wine and other beverages. The company operates in three segments: smokeable products, smokeless products and wine. The smokeable products segment consists of Phillip Morris USA, Inc., one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the U.S. In addition to its market leading brand, Marlboro, it produces the Basic, L&M, Parliament and Virginia Slims brands. This division also includes John Middleton Company, a producer of machine-made cigars and pipe tobacco under the Prince Albert's, Black & Mild, Carter Hall, Middleton's and Kentucky Club brands. The smokeless tobacco segment, through U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, LLC, markets moist smokeless tobacco (snus) products, including the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal and Husky brands, as well as Marlboro snus, a spit-less smokeless product. Altria Group's wine unit consists of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd., one of the top wine producers in the U.S. It owns wineries in or distributes wines from several other domestic and foreign wine regions. Its own wines are marketed under the primary brands Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest and 14 Hands, among others. In addition, the financial services unit consists of whollyowned Phillip Morris Capital Corporation, which manages a portfolio comprised primarily of leveraged and direct finance leases. Moreover, Altria Group holds a 27% interest in SABMiller plc, owner of the Miller Brewing Company and one of the largest brewers in the world. In January 2017, the firm acquired Sherman Group Holdings, LLC, which sells superpremium cigarettes and premium cigars. The company offers its employees medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; an employee assistance plan; a 401(k); a profit sharing plan; tuition assistance; adoption assistance; day care reimbursements; an employe

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Phillip Morris USA Inc US Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC Ste Michelle Wine Estates Ltd Phillip Morris Capital Corporation SAB Miller plc Marlboro Copenhagen Skoal

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Craig Johnson, CEO, Subsidiary Daniel Bryant, Treasurer Brian Quigley, CEO, Subsidiary Clifford Fleet, CEO, Subsidiary Martin Barrington, CEO William Gifford, CFO Ivan Feldman, Controller Howard Willard, COO Denise Keane, Executive VP Murray Garnick, Other Corporate Officer W. Surgner, Other Corporate Officer Charles Whitaker, Other Executive Officer James Dillard, Senior VP, Divisional Salvatore Mancuso, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,337,000,000

2015 18,854,000,000

2014 17,945,000,000

2013 17,663,000,000

2012 17,500,000,000

2011 16,619,000,000

8,762,000,000 45.31% 2,650,000,000 14,239,000,000 3,791,000,000 189,000,000 22,816,000,000 36.23% 181.66% 1.08

8,361,000,000 44.34% 2,708,000,000 5,241,000,000 5,810,000,000 229,000,000 9,111,000,000 15.61% 177.50% 4.48

7,620,000,000 42.46% 2,539,000,000 5,070,000,000 4,663,000,000 163,000,000 8,839,000,000 14.59% 141.81% 4.54

8,084,000,000 45.76% 2,320,000,000 4,535,000,000 4,375,000,000 131,000,000 8,207,000,000 12.92% 124.46% 3.39

7,253,000,000 41.44% 2,281,000,000 4,180,000,000 3,903,000,000 124,000,000 7,830,000,000 11.56% 122.07% 3.92

6,068,000,000 36.51% 2,643,000,000 3,390,000,000 3,613,000,000 105,000,000 7,055,000,000 9.11% 76.42% 3.55

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 804 274-2200 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230 United States

Stock Ticker: MO Employees: 8,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,408,333 Second Exec. Salary: $938,500

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd

www.chalco.com.cn

NAIC Code: 331310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Alumina & Aluminum Products

Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (CHALCO) is one of the largest producers of raw aluminum and aluminum products in China and the world. Its principle activities include refining raw alumina (also called aluminum oxide) from bauxite ore; and smelting primary or metallic aluminum from alumina. Additionally, CHALCO sells a small amount of other products, including chemicals used to refine alumina (such as alumina hydrate), alumina-based industrial chemicals and various carbon products, principally carbon anodes and cathodes. The company maintains a research and development institute and aluminum production facilities. CHALCO's key operating assets include eight subsidiaries engaged in bauxite mining, one integrated alumina & primary aluminum production plant, nine stand-alone alumina refineries, 11 stand-alone primary aluminum smelters, one carbon production plant and one integrated power generation company with coal mining operations. All of the firm's alumina and primary aluminum production facilities are operated in accordance with ISA14001 standards. CHALCO's annual alumina and primary aluminum production capacity was approximately 16.3 million tons and 3.8 million tons, respectively. Aluminum Corporation of China (CHINALCO) is the firm's largest shareholder, holding a 32.81% stake.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aluminum Corporation of China (CHINALCO)

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Qiao Guiling, VP Jianchuan Lou, Pres. Weizhi Xie, CFO Xiangmin Liu, Sr. VP Ge Honglin, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,175,520,000 24,820,240 731,152,400 3.45% 795,748,900 59,160,720 1,693,076,000 962,583,600 1,955,625,000 .21% 1.04% 1.24

2015 18,144,730,000 24,821,270 -260,078,900 -1.43% 489,616,500 30,325,870 1,062,917,000 1,302,886,000 1,906,880,000 .10% .61% 1.38

2014 20,838,450,000 43,179,300 -865,078,300 -4.15% 757,921,000 -2,383,644,000 2,024,436,000 1,240,543,000 -225,023,700 -8.27% -44.65% 1.58

2013 24,903,910,000 28,459,300 -330,464,500 -1.32% 580,633,900 143,346,900 1,212,826,000 1,329,706,000 2,064,776,000 .52% 2.21% 1.04

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86 1082298103 Fax: 86 1082298081 Toll-Free: Address: No. 62 North Xizhimen St., Haidian District, Beijing, 100082 China

Stock Ticker: ACH Employees: 65,755 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $643,000 Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 21,971,190,000 29,242,140 -703,261,600 -3.20% 480,813,000 -1,210,241,000 164,969,300 1,353,056,000 314,379,700 -4.95% -17.21% 0.83

2011 21,441,400,000 32,046,630 527,178,700 2.45% 511,810,000 34,978,690 365,957,600 1,284,790,000 1,486,096,000 .15% .46% 0.69

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Amada Co Ltd

www.amada.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool (Metal Cutting Types) Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fujinomiya Works Toki Works Amada Ono Plant Amada Austria GmbH Amada Lianyungang Machine Tech Co Ltd Amada Lianyungang Machinery Co Ltd Amada Lianyungang Machine Tool Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Tsutomu Isobe, CEO Mitsuo Okamoto, Pres. Yasuhiro Endo, Pres., Amada Engineering Co., Ltd. Yasuhiro Endo, Sr. Corp. Officer-Sheet Metal Mfg. Tsutomu Isobe, Sr. Managing Dir.-Corp Mgmt. & Financial

Amada Co. Ltd. is a metal works machinery producer, conducting its operations through its subsidiaries that manufacture, sell, lease, repair, maintain, check and inspect metalworking machinery and devices. It divides its products into four businesses: sheet metal machinery, metal cutting & stamping press machines, structural steel machines and machine tools. Sheet metal machinery offers a variety of machines for metal work in large scale facilities, including punching, laser, punch & laser, bending, welding, shearing and general fabrication. Additionally, Amada sells computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software that transfers designs made within the software into machine program data. Also sold within this segment is a degreasing washer for metal parts and a line of chlorine-free consumables (cutting fluids, lubricants, etc.). Metal cutting & stamping press machines sells metal cutting machines, structural steel machines, band saws, grinders and machines for processing thin metal plates via stamping press machines. Structural steel machines comprise drilling machines, band saws, surface grinders, beveling/scalloping and punching/shearing machinery. Machine tools consists of equipment for cutting and shaping blocks, which produces precision components, tools, dies and more. All products are sold to the Japanese domestic market. In conjunction with its products, the firm offers a series of analytics to help customers properly utilize the machines, a production control support system and environment related products. Amada's products have the capability to produce a wide variety of goods, such as mobile phones, elevators, air conditioners and bridges. The firm operates seven manufacturing bases in Japan, Austria and China: Fujinomiya Works, Toki Works and the Amada Ono Plant in Japan; Amada Austria GmbH; and Amada Lianyungang Machine Tech Co. Ltd., Amada Lianyungang Machinery Co. Ltd. and Amada Lianyungang Machine Tool Co. Ltd. in China.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,740,036,000 69,992,970 383,275,900 13.98% 172,485,900 247,174,500 475,269,000 75,373,580 470,888,800 4.81% 6.53% 0.01

2015 2,582,394,000 75,094,180 249,598,900 9.66% 169,322,400 169,358,500 227,499,700 75,148,260 359,743,700 3.27% 4.39% 0.01

2014 2,311,607,000 81,547,310 146,231,800 6.32% 151,639,400 112,181,600 234,151,100 85,359,700 277,141,900 2.32% 3.05%

2013 1,712,584,000 67,514,460 41,683,940 2.43% 131,342,700 38,781,840 30,454,060 104,583,900 133,884,300 .85% 1.09% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 463961111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 200, Ishida, Isehara-shi, Karagawa, 259-1196 Japan

Stock Ticker: AMDLY Employees: 5,870 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 1,672,216,000 63,287,490 82,448,580 4.93% 135,750,000 43,973,180 67,208,030 123,781,000 163,770,600 1.00% 1.24%

2011 1,470,456,000 56,816,340 39,232,470 2.66% 139,174,800 26,173,010 109,820,300 72,174,060 126,998,600 .58% .71%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Ambev SA

www.ambev.com.br

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Breweries Soft Drinks Sports Drinks Bottled Water Tea Beverage Exports

Ambev SA produces, distributes and sells beer, carbonated soft drinks and other non-alcoholic and non-carbonated products in 19 countries across the Americas. Ambev is the largest brewer in Latin America, one of the largest brewers in the world and one of PepsiCo's largest bottlers in the world. The company's operations are divided into three segments: Latin America North, Latin America South and Canada. Latin America North is split among two sub-divisions: Brazil, which includes beer sales and carbonated soft drinks and nonalcoholic non-carbonated sales; and Hispanic Latin America, which comprises the Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent, Cuba, Antigua and Guatemala (which also serves El Salvador and Nicaragua). Latin America South consists of operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The Canada segment includes the operations of Labatt Canada Holding Ltd., a leading Canadian brewer. Its main brands in the Canadian market are Budweiser and Bud Light (through a license from Anheuser-Busch), Labatt Blue, Alexander Keith's and Kokanee. Ambev's other beer brands include Skol, Brahma, Antarctica and Bohemia, while in the soft drink market it offers Guarana Antarctica, a leader in the noncola flavored segment, and Pepsi-Cola, which is sold under exclusive production and bottling agreements with PepsiCo. Additionally, the company has license agreements to produce, distribute and market the Stella Artois, Beck, Gatorade, Seven Up, H2OH! and Lipton brands. It has 32 breweries, two maltarias and 100 distribution centers located in Brazil. Anheuser-Busch InBev NV/SA, the company's largest shareholder, controls a majority share of Ambev's outstanding stock.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Anheuser-Busch InVeb NV/SA Labatt Canada Holding Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bernardo Pinto Paiva, CEO Ricardo Rittes de Oliveira Silva, CFO Victorio Carlos De Marchi, Co-Chmn. Pedro de Abreu Mariani, General Counsel Milton Seligman, Corp. Affairs Exec. Officer Nelson Jamel, Investor Rels. Officer Victorio C. De Marchi, Co-Chmn. Alexandre Medicis, Sales Exec. Officer Marcel Regis, Exec. Officer-Soft Drinks Marcio Froes Torres, Supply Exec. Officer Carlos A. De Brito, Co-Chmn. Jean Jereissati, Exec. Officer-Hispanic Latin America Vinicius Guimaraes Barbosa, Dir.-Logistics & Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,866,870,000

2015 14,206,710,000

2014 11,579,330,000

2013 10,579,390,000

2012 9,800,827,000

2011 8,248,708,000

5,201,423,000 37.50% 4,319,893,000 3,815,180,000 3,753,694,000 1,256,675,000 5,833,121,000 14.41% 26.93% 0.03

5,710,180,000 40.19% 4,165,420,000 3,777,838,000 7,170,467,000 1,599,830,000 6,337,742,000 15.30% 27.43% 0.04

4,812,564,000 41.56% 3,338,442,000 3,668,886,000 4,833,576,000 1,366,265,000 5,403,911,000 17.13% 28.36% 0.03

4,671,805,000 44.15% 2,968,497,000 2,899,410,000 4,635,985,000 1,155,750,000 5,594,995,000 15.52% 26.59% 0.04

4,229,885,000 43.15% 2,704,221,000 3,195,311,000 4,296,236,000 916,529,800 4,953,689,000 20.95% 38.57% 0.07

3,560,603,000 43.16% 2,259,806,000 2,627,562,000 3,833,485,000 973,119,200 4,235,906,000 19.45% 34.58% 0.07

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 55 1121221200 Fax: 55 1121221526 Toll-Free: Address: Rue Dr. Renato Paes de Barros, 1017, 3/Fl, Sao Paulo, SP 04530-001 Brazil

Stock Ticker: ABEV Employees: 53,250 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Amcor Limited

www.amcor.com

NAIC Code: 322200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Packaging & Containers Plastic & Metal Closures

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Stelvin Alusa Hebei Qite Packing Co Ltd Plasticos Team SAS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ron Delia, CEO Michael Casamento, CFO Tom Cochran, VP-Mktg. & Sales Steve M. Keogh, Exec. VP-Human Resources Julie F. McPherson, General Counsel Ian G. Wilson, Exec. VP-Strategic Dev. John V. Murray, Sr. VP-Corp. Affairs Ron Delia, Exec. VP-Finance Peter Konieczny, Pres., Amcor Tobacco Packaging Ralf K. Wunderlich, Pres., Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific Nigel Garrard, Pres., Amcor Australasia & Packaging Dist. Michael Schmitt, Pres., Amcor Rigid Plastics Graeme Liebelt, Chmn. Peter Brues, Pres., Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas

Amcor Limited is a leading global packaging manufacturer, providing a range of plastic, fiber, metal and glass packaging products. Headquartered in Australia, the company operates over 180 manufacturing and distribution sites in 43 countries. Amcor's flexible packaging business is divided into three units across regions: Flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa and the Americas, Flexibles Asia Pacific and Global Tobacco Packaging. The flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa and the Americas unit delivers solutions to the food, home care, personal care, hospital, medical device, pharmaceutical and industrial markets, as well as servicing the wine industry with Stelvin closures. Stelvin wine screw caps have a long outside skirt intended to resemble the traditional wine capsule (foil), but uses plastic polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) as a neutral liner on the inside wadding. Flexibles Asia Pacific produces innovative packaging solutions to service customers across food and health care markets, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, personal care and home care. Global Tobacco Packaging delivers various standard and complex tobacco packaging solutions through its 20 worldwide plants. The company's Rigid Plastics business manufactures polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers. The range of PET containers include packaging for hot, cold and alcoholic beverages; blow molded and extrusion molded plastic containers for food; and containers for pharmaceutical, personal care and home care products. In 2016, the firm acquired Alusa, the largest flexible packaging business in South America; the North American rigid plastics blow molding operations of Sonoco Products Company for $180 million; and Hebei Qite Packing Co. Ltd., a Chinese flexible packaging producer, for $28 million. In May 2017, Amcor acquired Plasticos Team S.A.S., a manufacturer of preforms, thin wall containers and closures, from Team Foods Columbia S.A. Employee benefits include an employee assistance program.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,669,164,000 69,173,220 496,220,400 5.13% 3,623,794,000 250,522,000 1,128,324,000 358,079,200 989,464,400 2.88% 22.17% 4.37

2015 9,538,423,000 62,419,810 921,114,000 9.65% 2,954,968,000 675,106,500 994,648,300 320,534,200 1,436,549,000 8.50% 43.58% 1.75

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 8,277,341,000 57,922,410 806,112,300 9.73% 2,364,149,000 430,455,000 907,933,800 276,046,000 1,232,833,000 5.10% 19.60% 1.47

2013 9,479,231,000 49,996,190 641,948,000 6.77% 2,932,093,000 457,739,500 797,576,300 362,548,600 1,158,601,000 5.05% 17.41% 0.88

Stock Ticker: AMCRY Employees: 32,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,535,020,000 71,031,170 463,226,900 4.85% 3,268,806,000 271,854,300 598,887,200 475,192,400 988,034,400 3.20% 9.19% 0.83

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 61 392269000 Fax: 61 392269050 Toll-Free: Address: 109 Burwood Rd., Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 9,299,748,000 51,901,530 490,740,000 5.27% 2,933,694,000 314,457,700 792,774,900 537,306,600 983,004,200 3.70% 11.82% 0.91

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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American Honda Motor Co Inc

www.hondainamerica.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Manufacturing Motorcycles & ATVs Power Equipment Marine Engines Parts Manufacturing & Retail Research & Development

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Honda Motor Co Ltd Honda of America Manufacturing Inc Honda R&D Americas Inc Accord Civic CR-V HR-V Pilot

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Takuji Yamada, CEO Tom Elliott, Exec. VP-Oper. Tetsuo Iwamura, Pres. Hiroyuki Suganuma, CFO Bruce Smith, Sr. VP-Parts & Svcs. Div. Michael Accavitti, Sr. VP-Auto Oper. Steven Center, VP-Environmental Bus. Dev. Office Sage Marie, Sr. Mgr.-Public Rel. Michael Ryan, VP-Finance Robyn Eagles, Mgr.-Honda Public Rel.. Gary Robinson, Mgr.-Acura Advertising Dave Speck, VP-Tech Coordination Product, Regulatory Office Tom Peyton, Assistant VP-Auto Advertising

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. manufactures and sells automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft, marine engines, lawn care equipment, snow equipment, generators and water pumps. It is the U.S. subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. Ltd. The company's car models include the Accord, Civic, CRV, HR-V, Odyssey, Pilot and Ridgeline. In addition, Honda owns the Acura brand of vehicles, with 70% of the Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the U.S. being manufactured in the U.S. Other Power Sport products include offroad bikes, ATVs, the Side by Side and scooters. Through Honda of America Manufacturing Inc., the firm operates engine, transmission, automobile, motorcycle, ATV and power equipment plants in Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. In 2016, the firm produced 1.29 million cars and light trucks, 1.47 million automobile engines, 1.27 million transmissions, 2 million general purpose engines, 560,000 power equipment products and 82,000 ATVs. Through Honda R&D Americas, Inc., American Honda operates office, testing and research/development facilities in North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio, California, Michigan and Toronto. Its 12 manufacturing plants are in Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and North Carolina. Employee benefits include tuition reimbursement, comprehensive health care plans, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement plans, same-sex domestic-partner benefits and onsite wellness/fitness facilities.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 61,551,806,117

2015 60,557,038,000

2014 52,624,765,000

2013 45,043,300,000

2012 45,029,700,000

2011 50,053,100,000

1,525,529,259

1,801,247,748

3,330,926,576

2,052,150,000

2,706,720,000

3,631,260,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 310-783-2000 Fax: 310-783-3023 Toll-Free: 800-999-1009 Address: 1919 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA 90501 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 30,000 Parent Company: Honda Motor Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Ametek Inc

www.ametek.com

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Monitoring, Testing, Calibration and Display Electronic Device Manufacturing Electromechanical Device Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Global Tubes Brookfield Engineering Laboratories ESP/SurgeX Laserage Technology Corporation Rauland-Borg Corporation Mocon Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

David Zapico, CEO William Burke, CFO Frank Hermance, Chairman of the Board Thomas Montgomery, Chief Accounting Officer Timothy Jones, President, Divisional Ronald Oscher, President, Divisional Thomas Marecic, President, Divisional Tony Ciampitti, President, Divisional

Ametek, Inc. is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. The company markets its products worldwide through two operating groups: the electronic instruments group (EIG) and the electromechanical group (EMG). EIG builds monitoring, testing, calibration and display devices for the process, aerospace, industrial and power markets. The group makes significant use of distributors and sales representatives in marketing its products as well as direct sales in some of its more technically sophisticated products. EMG is a supplier of electromechanical devices. EMG produces highly engineered electromechanical connectors for hermetic (moisture-proof) applications, specialty metals for niche markets and brushless air-moving motors, blowers and heat exchangers. Management believes that the firm has several competitive advantages that assist it in sustaining and enhancing its market positions. The company's marketing efforts are generally organized and carried out at the division level. In general, most of the firm's markets are highly competitive. The principal elements of competition for the company's products are price, product technology, distribution, quality and service. AMETEK owns numerous unexpired U.S. patents and foreign patents, including counterparts of its more important U.S. patents, in the major industrial countries of the world. The firm has 84 operating facilities: 53 in the U.S., nine in the U.K., eight in Germany, three in Canada, two in China, two in France, two in Switzerland and one each in Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Japan, Mexico and Taiwan. In 2016, it acquired Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, a manufacturer of viscometers and rheometers; ESP/SurgeX, a provider of energy intelligence and power protection; and Laserage Technology Corporation, a provider of laser fabrication services for the medical device market. In 2017, the firm acquired Rauland-Borg Corporation, a leading provider of mission critical communication solutions for healthcare and education; and Mocon, Inc., a laboratory and field gas analysis instrumentation provider.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,840,087,000

2015 3,974,295,000

2014 4,021,964,000

2013 3,594,136,000

2012 3,334,213,000

2011 2,989,914,000

801,897,000 20.88% 462,970,000 512,158,000 756,835,000 63,280,000 967,123,000 7.44% 15.73% 0.63

907,716,000 22.83% 448,592,000 590,859,000 672,540,000 69,083,000 1,047,635,000 9.03% 18.19% 0.47

898,586,000 22.34% 462,637,000 584,460,000 725,962,000 71,327,000 1,023,344,000 9.50% 18.33% 0.44

815,079,000 22.67% 398,177,000 516,999,000 660,659,000 63,314,000 917,024,000 9.34% 18.23% 0.36

745,872,000 22.37% 380,532,000 459,132,000 612,464,000 57,427,000 843,418,000 9.65% 20.01% 0.44

635,941,000 21.26% 349,321,000 384,464,000 508,565,000 50,816,000 712,903,000 9.44% 20.08% 0.54

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Phone: 610 647-2121 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1100 Cassatt Rd., Berwyn, PA 19312-1177 United States

Stock Ticker: AME Employees: 15,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $909,891

Bonus: $572,000 Bonus: $311,804

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Amgen Inc

www.amgen.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Diversified Oncology Drugs Nephrology Drugs Inflammation Drugs Neurology Drugs

Amgen, Inc. is a global biotechnology medicines company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human therapeutics based on cellular and molecular biology. Its products are used for treatment in the fields of supportive cancer care, nephrology and inflammation. Amgen's primary products include Aranesp, EPOGEN, Neulasta, NEUPOGEN, Enbrel, XGEVA and Prolia. Aranesp and EPOGEN stimulate the production of red blood cells to treat anemia and belong to a class of drugs referred to as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Aranesp is used for the treatment of anemia both in chronic kidney failure and in concomitant chemotherapy. EPOGEN is used to treat anemia associated with end-stage renal disease. Neulasta and NEUPOGEN selectively stimulate the production of neutrophils, one type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections. Enbrel inhibits tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a substance induced in response to inflammatory and immunological reactions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. XGEVA is approved for the prevention of skeletalrelated events for patients with bone metastases from solid tumors, while Prolia is approved for the treatment of men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and a high risk of fracture. Other marketed products include Sensipar/Mimpara, which lowers serum calcium levels; Vectibix, used to treat specific progressions of metastatic colorectal cancer; Nplate, used to treat low platelet count; Kyprolis, used to treat patients with relapsed multiple myeloma; BLINCYTO, to treat certain types of acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Corlanor, used to reduce the risk of worsening heart failure; IMLYGIC, used to treat melanoma; PARSABIV, a calcium-sensing receptor for chronic kidney disease; and Repatha, an inhibitor antibody for cardiovascular diseases. Amgen maintains sales and marketing forces primarily in the U.S., Europe and Canada and markets its products to health care providers such as physicians or their clinics, dialysis centers, hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen offers its employees health, disability and life insurance; paid time off; home and auto insurance; tuition reimbursement; childcare services; telecommuting options; and recreation/fitness classes.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aranesp EPOGEN Neulasta NEUPOGEN Enbrel Sensipar Vectibix Parsabiv

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Robert Bradway, CEO David Piacquad, Senior VP, Divisional David Meline, CFO Annette Such, Chief Accounting Officer Sean Harper, Executive VP, Divisional Anthony Hooper, Executive VP, Divisional Brian Mcnamee, Executive VP, Divisional Esteban Santos, Executive VP, Divisional Cynthia Patton, Other Executive Officer Lori Johnston, Senior VP Jonathan Graham, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 22,991,000,000 3,840,000,000 9,794,000,000 42.59% 5,062,000,000 7,722,000,000 10,354,000,000 837,000,000 11,899,000,000 10.35% 26.64% 1.01

2015 21,662,000,000 4,070,000,000 8,470,000,000 39.10% 4,846,000,000 6,939,000,000 9,077,000,000 649,000,000 11,181,000,000 9.87% 25.76% 1.04

2014 20,063,000,000 4,297,000,000 6,191,000,000 30.85% 4,699,000,000 5,158,000,000 8,555,000,000 1,003,000,000 8,283,000,000 7.63% 21.54% 1.17

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2013 18,676,000,000 4,083,000,000 5,867,000,000 31.41% 5,184,000,000 5,081,000,000 6,291,000,000 693,000,000 7,153,000,000 8.43% 24.69% 1.34

Stock Ticker: AMGN Employees: 19,200 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,000,000 Bonus: $

2011 15,582,000,000 3,167,000,000 4,312,000,000 27.67% 4,486,000,000 3,683,000,000 5,119,000,000 567,000,000 5,820,000,000 7.97% 17.14% 1.12

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 805 447-1000 Fax: 805 447-1010 Toll-Free: 800-772-6436 Address: 1 Amgen Center Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 United States Top Exec. Salary: $916,789 Second Exec. Salary: $1,531,731

2012 17,265,000,000 3,380,000,000 5,577,000,000 32.30% 4,801,000,000 4,345,000,000 5,882,000,000 689,000,000 7,150,000,000 8.42% 22.81% 1.26

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Angang Steel Company Limited

www.ansteel.com.cn

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills

Angang Steel Company Limited is one of the larger steelmakers in China, primarily producing and selling hot-rolled products, cold-rolled products, plates and other steel products. The company is majority-owned by Anshan Iron and Steel Group, which has a 67.3% controlling stake. Products are produced for a range of industries, including railroad, automotive, infrastructure, energy and power, marine and lifting and excavating. Angang produces 12 categories of products, all of which are marketed under hundreds of different brands with thousands of specifications of steel products. Its more notable products include heavy rail cards, license ship containers with hot-roller steel sheets and strips, oil and natural gas components with hot wide strip rolling, rolled steel track shoes, low-carbon cold-rolled steel sheets and strips, normal strength hull structural steel, high-strength hull structural steep, rolled quality carbon steel rods and 50 kilograms (kg) per meter rail for railways. Its facilities produce 21.8 million tons of iron and 21 million tons of steel on an annual basis. The firm owns and operates more than 10 facilities, including plants, mills and factories.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Anshan Iron and Steel Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yidong Wang, Managing Dir. Ziping Ren, Chief Engineer Baoshan Liu, Deputy Gen. Mgr. Fuping Tang, Exec. Dir. Lin Yao, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,507,806,000

2015 7,754,799,000

2014 10,883,680,000

2013 11,072,260,000

2012 11,427,820,000

2011 13,290,860,000

233,853,700 2.74% 522,385,900 237,528,300 639,239,200 204,750,600 933,650,900 1.82% 3.66% 0.11

-569,274,200 -7.34% 605,432,600 -675,103,600 755,063,700 559,573,200 204,456,600 -5.10% -10.08% 0.02

230,032,000 2.11% 597,936,300 136,402,400 314,107,600 649,087,200 1,010,524,000 1.00% 1.95% 0.11

97,598,260 .88% 736,837,500 113,178,700 1,552,606,000 433,312,800 914,248,800 .79% 1.64% 0.14

-817,679,400 -7.15% 643,501,800 -611,018,000 213,569,700 428,903,200 304,259,600 -4.07% -8.54% 0.17

-506,511,500 -3.81% 718,464,300 -315,430,500 685,392,600 809,301,200 774,024,800 -2.06% -4.09% 0.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86 412-6334292 Fax: 86 412-6727772 Toll-Free: Address: Angang Steel Factory Plant, Anshan, Liaoning Province, 114021 China

Exchange: GREY Stock Ticker: ANGGF Employees: 37,363 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Anshan Iron and Steel Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

www.ab-inbev.com

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Breweries

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC Budweiser Corona Stella Artois Beck's Michelob Pilsener SABMiller plc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Carlos Brito, CEO Felipe Dutra, CFO Michel Doukeris, Chief Sales Officer Claudio Garcia, Chief People Officer David Almeida, CIO Sabine Chalmers, Chief Legal Officer Stuart MacFarlane, Pres., Central & Eastern Europe Jo Van Biesbroeck, Chief Strategy Officer Tony Milikin, Chief Procurement Officer Sabine Chalmers, Chief Corp. Affairs Officer Bernardo Pinto Paiva, Chief Sales Officer Francisco Sa, Pres., Latin America South Luiz Fernando Edmond, Pres., North America Joao Castro Neves, Pres., Latin America North Michel Doukeris, Pres., Asia Pacific Jo Van Biesbroeck, Pres., Western Europe Claudio Braz Ferro, Chief Supply Officer

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is a leading global brewer with operations in 50 countries. The firm has more than 400 beer brands, which are sold in over 100 countries. Just a few of InBev's famous brands include Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck's, Bud Light, Cristal, Michelob, Modelo, Pilsener and Victoria. Ingredients used by the company include barley, grains, sugars, spices, hops, rice, yeast and water. Subsidiary Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC brews and sells the beer. Its beer-making process consists of soaking barley kernels in water, germinating seeds and then drying them in a kiln, which begins to convert the grain's starch into the sugars that provide nutrition for the yeast used in brewing; selecting clusters of hop cones to add to the mixture; contributing some rice to give the beer a crisp taste; adding proprietary yeast which contributes to the flavor of beer; and filtered, pure water is used for purity, quality and consistency purposes. In October 2016, the firm acquired SABMiller plc for approximately $107 billion. In order to gain regulatory approval, the firm had to sell many of SABMiller's assets, including its 58% interest in joint venture MillerCoors, LLC to joint venture partner Molson Coors Brewing Co.; the global rights to Italian beer Peroni, and Dutch beer Grolsch to Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.; and SABMmiller's Chinese beer business to a Chinese government-controlled brewer, China Resources Beer Holdings Co. Additionally, Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell the SABMiller asset of Pilsner Urquell, as well as the beer businesses in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 45,517,000,000

2015 43,604,000,000

2014 47,063,000,000

2013 43,195,000,000

2012 39,758,000,000

2011 39,046,000,000

12,882,000,000 28.30% 15,171,000,000 1,241,000,000 10,110,000,000 4,979,000,000 12,004,000,000 .63% 2.18% 1.59

13,904,000,000 31.88% 13,732,000,000 8,273,000,000 14,121,000,000 4,749,000,000 17,537,000,000 5.96% 17.96% 1.03

15,111,000,000 32.10% 14,385,000,000 9,216,000,000 14,144,000,000 4,395,000,000 19,123,000,000 6.48% 18.37% 0.87

20,443,000,000 47.32% 12,558,000,000 14,394,000,000 13,864,000,000 3,869,000,000 24,566,000,000 10.89% 31.45% 0.81

12,733,000,000 32.02% 11,230,000,000 7,243,000,000 13,268,000,000 3,264,000,000 16,448,000,000 6.16% 18.42% 0.94

12,329,000,000 31.57% 10,499,000,000 5,855,000,000 12,486,000,000 3,376,000,000 16,173,000,000 5.16% 16.09% 0.92

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 32 16276111 Fax: 32 16506111 Toll-Free: Address: Rue Royale, 4/Fl, Brussels, 1000 Belgium

Stock Ticker: BUD Employees: 206,633 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Apple Inc

www.apple.com

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronics Design and Manufacturing Software Computers and Tablets Retail Stores Smartphones Online Music Store Apps Store Home Entertainment Software & Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: iPhone iPad iPod Apple Watch Apple TV watchOS tvOS Clips

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Timothy Cook, CEO Luca Maestri, CFO Arthur Levinson, Chairman of the Board Chris Kondo, Chief Accounting Officer Jeffery Williams, COO D. Sewell, General Counsel Philip Schiller, Senior VP, Divisional Craig Federighi, Senior VP, Divisional Angela Ahrendts, Senior VP, Divisional Johny Srouji, Senior VP, Divisional Eduardo Cue, Senior VP, Divisional Daniel Riccio, Senior VP, Divisional

Apple, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets personal computers, portable digital music players and mobile communication devices and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals and networking applications. The company's products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple Watch, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS, OS X and watchOS operating systems, iCloud, Apple Pay and a variety of accessory, service and support offerings. iOS is the company's multi-touch operating system that serves the foundation for iOS devices. OS X is the firm's Mac operating system, built on an open-source UNIX-based foundation and provides an intuitive and integrated computer experience. watchOS is Apple's operating system for Apple Watch. iCloud provides cloud storage and syncing for a range of data, including email, contacts, calendars, photos and documents. Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service. In addition, tvOS is the firm's operating system for Apple TV; and Clips is an app that allows iPad and iPhone users to make and edit short videos for sharing on social media networks. Peripheral products are sold directly to end-users through its retail and online stores and include printers, storage devices, computer memory, digital video and still camera and other computing products and supplies. Apple's retail stores have been a tremendous success. The company sells and delivers digital content and applications through the iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, tvOS, Apple TV App Store and Mac App Store. One company goal is to double revenues from digital services, such as the App Store and Apple Music, from $25 billion in 2016 to $50 billion in 2020. Apple employee benefits include health, life, long-term care and disability insurance; an employee stock purchase and 401(k) plans; paid vacations/holidays; and employee discounts, tuition assistance, counseling services and other perks.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 215,639,000,000 10,045,000,000 60,024,000,000 27.83% 14,194,000,000 45,687,000,000 65,824,000,000 13,548,000,000 73,333,000,000 14.92% 36.90% 0.58

2015 233,715,000,000 8,067,000,000 71,230,000,000 30.47% 14,329,000,000 53,394,000,000 81,266,000,000 11,488,000,000 84,505,000,000 20.44% 46.24% 0.44

2014 182,795,000,000 6,041,000,000 52,503,000,000 28.72% 11,993,000,000 39,510,000,000 59,713,000,000 9,813,000,000 61,813,000,000 18.00% 33.61% 0.25

2013 170,910,000,000 4,475,000,000 48,999,000,000 28.66% 10,830,000,000 37,037,000,000 53,666,000,000 9,076,000,000 57,048,000,000 19.33% 30.63% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 408 996-1010 Fax: 408 974-2483 Toll-Free: 800-692-7753 Address: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 United States

Stock Ticker: AAPL Employees: 116,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $3,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 156,508,000,000 3,381,000,000 55,241,000,000 35.29% 10,040,000,000 41,733,000,000 50,856,000,000 9,402,000,000 58,518,000,000 28.54% 42.84%

2011 108,249,000,000 2,429,000,000 33,790,000,000 31.21% 7,599,000,000 25,922,000,000 37,529,000,000 7,452,000,000 35,604,000,000 27.06% 41.67%

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Applied Materials Inc

www.appliedmaterials.com

NAIC Code: 333242

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment LCD Display Technology Equipment Automation Software Energy Generation & Conversion Technologies

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Gary Dickerson, CEO Robert Halliday, CFO James Morgan, Chairman Emeritus Omkaram Nalamasu, Chief Technology Officer Thomas Larkins, General Counsel Ali Salehpour, General Manager, Divisional Ginetto Addiego, Senior VP, Divisional Charles Read, Vice President

Applied Materials, Inc. (AMI), a global leader in the semiconductor industry, provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the global semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV) and related industries. AMI operates in three segments: semiconductor systems, applied global services and display and adjacent markets. The semiconductor systems division, accounting for 64% of the firm's 2016 revenue, develops, manufactures and sells a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. Technologies found in this segment are transistor and interconnect, patterning and packaging, and imaging and process control. The applied global services segment (24%) provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity, including spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor, display and other products. Its services encompass the following components: fabrication services, automation systems and software, sub-fabrication systems and equipment, parts programs and abatement control systems. The display and adjacent market segment (11%) is comprised of products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic lightemitting diodes (OLEDs), and other display technologies for TVs, personal computers (PCs), tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices as well as equipment for flexible substrates. The segment offers a variety of technologies and products, including: array testing, defect review, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition and flexible technologies. The company offers employees medical, life, AD&D, disability and business travel accident insurance; flexible spending accounts; an employee assistance program; health appraisals; a 401(k) plan; a stock purchase plan; and credit union membership.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,825,000,000 1,540,000,000 2,152,000,000 19.87% 819,000,000 1,721,000,000 2,466,000,000 253,000,000 2,557,000,000 11.51% 23.20% 0.43

2015 9,659,000,000 1,451,000,000 1,693,000,000 17.52% 883,000,000 1,377,000,000 1,163,000,000 215,000,000 2,072,000,000 9.66% 17.78% 0.43

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2014 9,072,000,000 1,428,000,000 1,520,000,000 16.75% 890,000,000 1,072,000,000 1,800,000,000 241,000,000 1,918,000,000 8.50% 14.33% 0.24

2013 7,509,000,000 1,320,000,000 432,000,000 5.75% 902,000,000 256,000,000 623,000,000 197,000,000 855,000,000 2.12% 3.57% 0.27

Stock Ticker: AMAT Employees: 16,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $2,203,125 Bonus: $1,732,500

2011 10,517,000,000 1,118,000,000 2,398,000,000 22.80% 901,000,000 1,926,000,000 2,426,000,000 209,000,000 2,683,000,000 15.52% 23.57% 0.22

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 408 727-5555 Fax: 408 727-9943 Toll-Free: Address: 3050 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95052 United States Top Exec. Salary: $637,019 Second Exec. Salary: $560,577

2012 8,719,000,000 1,237,000,000 411,000,000 4.71% 1,076,000,000 109,000,000 1,851,000,000 162,000,000 833,000,000 .83% 1.35% 0.26

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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ArcelorMittal SA

www.arcelormittal.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

ArcelorMittal SA is a steel and mining company with a production capacity of 113 million tons annually and industrial operations across 60 countries. The firm has production facilities in the Americas, Europe and other regions including Kazakhstan, South Africa and Ukraine. Its products include flat products such as slabs, plates, hot and cold-rolled coils and sheets, among others. It serves the automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging markets. ArcelorMittal's steel shipments totaled 83.9 million tons in 2016. Its mining business produced 62.9 million tons of iron ore, as well as 6.9 million tons of coking and pulverized coal in 2016. Iron ore mining operations are located in Brazil, Bosnia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Mexico, Ukraine and the U.S. ArcelorMittal's research and development operations consist of 12 laboratories worldwide focused on the development of more sustainable steelmaking as well as ultra-high-strength steels. The company's global shared services include purchasing, shipping, information technology, legal, real estate and byproducts sales. In June 2017, the firm, along with Marcegaglia, acquired Ilva SpA and its subsidiaries, which are engaged in the production and distribution of steel and iron in Italy.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ilva SpA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Lakshmi N. Mittal, CEO Aditya Mittal, CFO Aditya Mittal, Head-Comm. Aditya Mittal, Head-Investor Rel. Sudhir Maheshwari, Head-Corp. Finance Michel Wurth, Head-Long Carbon Worldwide Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chmn. Gonzalo Urquijo, Head-Asia & Africa Lakshmi N. Mittal, Head-Purchasing

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 56,791,000,000

2015 63,578,000,000

2014 79,282,000,000

2013 79,440,000,000

2012 84,213,000,000

2011 93,973,000,000

4,161,000,000 7.32% 2,202,000,000 1,779,000,000 2,708,000,000 2,444,000,000 6,613,000,000 2.34% 6.42% 0.39

-4,161,000,000 -6.54% 2,543,000,000 -7,946,000,000 2,151,000,000 2,707,000,000 -2,946,000,000 -9.02% -23.59% 0.69

3,034,000,000 3.82% 2,960,000,000 -1,086,000,000 3,870,000,000 3,665,000,000 4,984,000,000 -1.02% -2.36% 0.41

1,197,000,000 1.50% 2,996,000,000 -2,545,000,000 4,296,000,000 3,452,000,000 5,450,000,000 -2.24% -5.01% 0.36

-3,226,000,000 -3.83% 3,322,000,000 -3,844,000,000 5,294,000,000 4,683,000,000 1,652,000,000 -3.25% -7.09% 0.44

4,898,000,000 5.21% 3,556,000,000 2,263,000,000 1,777,000,000 4,838,000,000 10,187,000,000 1.79% 3.79% 0.41

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 352 47922484 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 24-26, Boulevard d'Avraches, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Stock Ticker: MT Employees: 199,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $1,550,000 Second Exec. Salary: $

L-1160

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM)

www.adm.com

NAIC Code: 311200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Food Processing-Oilseeds, Corn & Wheat Agricultural Services Nutraceuticals Transportation Services Biodiesel Natural Plastics Chocolate Corn Syrups

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) is an agricultural processor that produces and sells oils and corn-based sweeteners. It procures, transports, stores, processes and markets oils and protein meals from soy, canola, sunflower seeds, palm, cotton, peanut and other oilseeds. The company also uses corn to develop sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, feed additives and biofuels like ethanol. It produces a variety of other food and feed ingredients, including cocoa, wheat flour, oats, bulgur, starch, soy concentrates, nutraceuticals and industrial flour used to make wallboard. These materials are processed and stored in 428 processing plants in the U.S. and more than 75 countries abroad. ADM offers sourcing and distribution services for third parties, making use of the company's owned network of 28,200 railcars, 400 trucks, 1,410 trailers, 2,500 barges and 31 oceangoing vessels also used for its own goods. The company has 50% interests in Almidones Mexicanos SA, which operates a wet corn milling plant in Mexico; a 50% interest in Edible Oils Limited, which procures, packages and sells edible oils in the U.K.; and a 40% stake in Red Star Yeast Company LLC, which produces and sells fresh and dry yeast in the U.S. and Canada. Moreover, ADM wholly-owns Eaststarch CV, which operates wet corn milling plants in Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and Turkey. In January 2017, the firm agreed to acquire Crosswind Industries, Inc., a Kansas-based producer of dual-texture, semi-dry and semi-most treat products for pets. Later that year, in March, ADM announced the proposed acquisition of Chamtor, a French producer of wheat-based sweeteners and starches. In May 2017, the firm acquired Industries Centers, an Israeli company specializing in the import and distribution of agricultural feed products. Employee benefits include medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; stock & pension plans; and 401(k).

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Almidones Mexicanos SA Edible Oils Limited Red Star Yeast Company LLC Eaststarch CV Crosswind Industries Inc Chamtor Industries Centers

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stuart Funderburg, Assistant Secretary Scott Fredericksen, President, Divisional Thuy-Nga Vo, Assistant Secretary Juan Luciano, CEO Vikram Luthar, CFO, Divisional Ray Young, CFO John Stott, Chief Accounting Officer Mark Bemis, Chief Risk Officer Todd Werpy, Chief Technology Officer Benjamin Bard, Other Executive Officer Patricia Logan, Other Executive Officer Ismael Roig, Other Executive Officer Ian Pinner, President, Divisional Pierre Duprat, President, Divisional Gregory Morris, President, Divisional Christopher Cuddy, President, Divisional Vincent Macciocchi, President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 62,346,000,000

2015 67,702,000,000

2014 81,201,000,000

2013 89,804,000,000

2012 89,038,000,000

1,639,000,000 2.62% 2,045,000,000 1,279,000,000 1,475,000,000 882,000,000 3,015,000,000

2,010,000,000 2.96% 2,010,000,000 1,849,000,000 2,481,000,000 1,125,000,000 3,474,000,000

2,861,000,000 3.52% 1,907,000,000 2,248,000,000 4,962,000,000 894,000,000 4,361,000,000

1,871,000,000 2.08% 1,759,000,000 1,342,000,000 5,226,000,000 913,000,000 3,346,000,000

1,605,000,000 1.80% 1,626,000,000 1,223,000,000 2,895,000,000 1,477,000,000 3,054,000,000

0.37

0.32

0.28

0.26

0.36

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 312-634-8100 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-637-5843 Address: 77 West Wacker Drive, Ste 4600, Chicago, IL 60601 United States

Stock Ticker: ADM Employees: 31,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $650,004 Second Exec. Salary: $1,283,340

Bonus: $640,000 Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Areva SA

www.areva.com

NAIC Code: 332410

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Nuclear Power Generation Equipment Nuclear Power Plant Design, Construction & Maintenance Electrical Transmission & Distribution Products Electrical & Electronic Interconnect Systems Uranium Mining & Processing Forged Steel Equipment Solar Thermal Technology (CSP)

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AREVA NC AREVA NP AREVA Gabon AREVA Mongol AREVA Resources Namibia SOMAIR AREVA Australia Holdings Pty Ltd AREVA Projects

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Philippe Knoche, CEO Luc Oursel, Pres. Olivier Wantz, Sr. VP-Mining

AREVA SA is a leading producer of nuclear reactors. The Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), the French atomic energy commission, owns a major interest in the company. AREVA operates in five divisions: mining, front-end, reactors & services, back-end and nuclear engineering. The mining division handles the uranium ore exploration, mining and processing operations of the company. This division has 13 mining facilities worldwide, including AREVA Gabon, AREVA Mongol, AREVA Resources Namibia, SOMAIR and AREVA Australia Holdings Pty Ltd. Through the front-end division, and wholly-owned subsidiary AREVA NC, the company manages concentration, conversion and enrichment of uranium ore as well as nuclear fuel design and fabrication. The reactors & services division offers design and construction services for nuclear reactors and other non-carbon dioxide emitting power generation systems. Through AREVA NP, the firm designs and constructs nuclear power plants and research reactors and offers instrumentation and control, modernization and maintenance services, components manufacture and the supply of nuclear fuel. The back-end division provides treatment and recycling of used fuel as well as cleanup of nuclear facilities. The nuclear engineering division operates through AREVA Projects, which provides a wide range of solutions including project management, consulting expertise, construction, testing, engineering and design. In January 2017, the firm sold its stake in its offshore wind activities to Gamesa Corporation, part of transformation plan that includes AREVA refocusing its business solely on nuclear fuel cycle activities.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,329,070 14,570,720 -495,404,600 -4018.18% 151,311,400 -745,348,600 -666,890,800 7,845,775 -461,779,900 -2.30%

2015 4,711,948,000 125,532,400 -1,555,705,000 -33.01% 243,219,000 -2,284,241,000 405,738,600 724,052,900 -791,302,400 -6.91%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 9,363,371,000 258,910,600 -2,964,582,000 -31.66% 564,895,700 -5,418,067,000 212,956,700 1,290,070,000 -915,714,000 -15.59% -241.70%

2013 10,411,340,000 328,401,700 12,329,070 .11% 678,099,100 -474,109,000 1,179,108,000 1,593,813,000 870,881,000 -1.33% -8.59% 1.21

Stock Ticker: ARVCF Employees: 36,469 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,988,791,000 384,442,900 -2,155,346,000 -21.57% 738,623,600 -2,716,880,000 1,013,226,000 2,284,241,000 930,284,700 -7.38% -35.92% 0.81

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33-1-34-96-00-00 Fax: 33-1-34-96-00-01 Toll-Free: Address: 33 rue La Fayette, Paris, 75442 France Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 10,541,360,000 355,301,500 132,257,300 1.25% 735,261,200 -110,961,700 799,148,200 2,357,095,000 1,117,462,000 - .31% -1.76% 1.06

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Arla Foods amba

www.arla.com

NAIC Code: 311500

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Dairy Products, Manufacturing Dairy-Based Ingredients Cheeses Milk Butter & Spreads Milk Powder Whey Protein

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Arla Lurpak Castello Lactofree Milex Maltide Baby & Me Organic Closer to Nature

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Peder Tuborgh, CEO Povl Krogsgaard, Vice CEO Nathalie Knight, CFO Ola Arvidsson, Chief Human Resources Officer Tim Orting Jorgensen, Exec. VP-Consumer, Germany & Netherlands Jais Valeur, Exec. VP-Global Categories & Oper. Peter Lauritzen, Exec. VP-Consumer, U.K. Christer Aberg, Exec. VP-Sweden Ake Hantoft, Chmn. Finn S. Hansen, Exec. VP-Consumer, Int'l

Arla Foods amba is a leading European cooperative dairy company owned by 12,700 European members. The firm produces four globally available brands: Arla, Lurpak and Castello. Operations are divided into seven different markets to meet their respective demands and include: global categories and operations; consumer United Kingdom; consumer Denmark; consumer Sweden; consumer Finland; consumer Central Europe; and consumer international. The firm's main product categories are: fresh dairy, butter, spreads, cheese and other. The company's fresh dairy category comprises five organic milk lines, including Lactofree, a lactose reduced line of milk, yogurts and cheeses. Arla's yogurts and fermented product brands include Arla Yoggi, Arla Cultura and ihana yogurt. Butter and spreads are sold under the Lurpak, Anchor, Arla Svenskt Smor and Arla Kaergarden brand names. The company's cheese products include white, cream, yellow, blue and havarti, sold under the Arla, Castello, Puck and Riberhus brands. Arla also produces sauces and meal helpers under the Arla Karolines Kokken, Arla Koket and Kelda brands. Milex and Dano are branded milk powders targeted for young children. Several fruit juice and chocolate milk drinks are marketed under the Matilde, Cocio, Pucko and God Morgon names. The firm also processes whey, a by-product of cheese production, into whey protein, which is marketed as an ingredient in ice cream, yogurt, infant formula and food supplements under the brand Baby & Me Organic. Closer to Nature products are manufactured without artificial coloring and flavoring and with limited additives. Arla also has line of Castello pop-up stores located in the Netherlands. During 2016, the firm sold Rynkeby Foods A/S; opened a new production site in Dakar, Senegal; opened a new distribution terminal near Hamburg, Germany; and announced plans to triple its beverage business with new sparkling milk/fruit, milk/tea and energy protein drinks.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,837,070,401

2015 11,553,231,401

2014 12,024,809,190

2013 13,002,120,915

2012 11,149,956,343

2011 9,697,603,599

82,866,117

332,117,671

348,080,000

394,994,476

334,744,578

247,128,055

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 45-89-38-10-00 Fax: 45-86-28-16-91 Toll-Free: Address: Sonderhoj 14, Viby J, DK-8260 Denmark

Stock Ticker: Cooperative Employees: 5,299 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Asahi Glass Company Limited

www.agc.com

NAIC Code: 327215

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Glass Manufacturing Home & Office Window Glass Manufacturing Automotive Glass Manufacturing Specialty Glass Manufacturing Chemicals Manufacturing Electronics Components Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vinythai PCL

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Takuya Shimamura, CEO Kazuhiko Ishimura, Pres. Tomoya Takigawa, Gen. Mgr.-Research Center, Tech. Gen. Div. Tadayuki Oi, Gen. Mgr.-Production Tech. Center Shinichi Kawakami, Gen. Mgr.-Admin. Office Eisuke Yanagisawa, Gen. Mgr.-Legal Yuji Nishimi, Sr. Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. & Electronics Bus. Takashi Fujino, Mgr.-Finance Marehisa Ishiko, Pres., Glass Company Jean-Francois Heris, Pres., Europe Glass Company Yasumasa Nakao, VP-Tech.-Glass Company Takuya Shimamura, Pres., Electronics Company Kazuhiko Ishimura, Chmn. Kei Yonamoto, Brazil Global Project Leader

Asahi Glass Company Limited (AGC) is a global supplier of products, materials and components for glass and related fields. The company operates through six business fields: flat glass, display, chemicals, automotive glass, electronic materials and applied glass materials. The flat glass business maintains a global share for many glass product types, including glass for glazing, decorative glass and specialpurpose glass. Flat glass for construction purposes include float glass, insulating glass, polished wired glass, tempered glass and mirrors; and glass for industrial use include laminated glass, low-E insulating glass, heat-resistant tempered glass and figured glass. The display business produces glass for TFT-LCD displays (thin-film transistor liquid crystal display), as well as other display types, which help to improve image qualities, clarity and contrast. The chemicals business produces soda ash, a raw ingredient in flat glass. This division comprises facilities in 14 countries worldwide. The automotive glass business provides laminated glass and tempered glass, providing features such as water repellency, safety/strength, ultra-violet protection, 2-sheet glass with radio wave permeability, privacy glass, acoustic glass (decreases noise), defog functionality and more. The electronic materials business provides technology to support the information and communication industry. Its expertise in glass, chemicals and ceramics embedded with advanced technology in materials, processing, forming and surface finishing enables the development and production of innovative electronic components. Last, the applied glass materials business produces cover glass for electronic devices, including smartphones and tablet PC models, as well as glass substrates for photovoltaic modules. This division focuses on developing multiple applications for products utilizing AGC's thin, lightweight and strong glass. In April 2017, the firm acquired a controlling stake (58.77%) of Vinythai PCL. In June, it agreed to sell AGC Flat Glass Philippines, Inc. to TQMP Glass Manufacturing Corp., with the transaction expected to close by year's end.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,559,480,000

2015 11,953,540,000

2014 12,151,960,000

2013 11,896,880,000

2012 10,724,770,000

2011 10,947,530,000

867,855,200 7.50% 2,293,464,000 427,546,500 1,835,328,000 1,066,920,000 1,773,411,000 2.38% 4.33% 0.30

641,455,000 5.36% 2,386,124,000 386,700,800 1,686,915,000 1,140,031,000 2,067,091,000 2.10% 3.88% 0.34

559,970,800 4.60%

720,064,200 6.05%

837,689,500 7.81%

1,493,078,000 13.63%

184,535,900 1,223,841,000 1,027,146,000 1,684,266,000 .75% 1.44% 0.36

171,449,400 1,508,472,000 1,338,185,000 1,682,887,000 .80% 1.58% 0.36

430,592,800 1,533,654,000

902,455,000 1,371,947,000

1,753,988,000 2.43% 4.99% 0.45

2,352,470,000 5.51% 11.77% 0.40

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-3218-5741 Fax: 81-3-3218-7815 Toll-Free: Address: 1-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8405 Japan

Stock Ticker: ASGLY Employees: 50,963 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Asahi Group Holdings Ltd

www.asahigroup-holdings.com

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Brewery Wine & Spirits Alcoholic Beverage Importer Restaurants

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Asahi Breweries Ltd Nikka Whisky Distilling Co Ltd Asahi Soft Drinks Co Asahi Group Foods Ltd Asahi Super Dry Asahi Ume Wine Wonda Mintia

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Naoki Izumiya, CEO Akiyoshi Koji, COO Katsuyuki Kawatsura, Sr. Managing Dir.

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, foods and raw materials throughout the world. The company operates four business segments: alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, foods and overseas. The alcoholic beverages segment, accounting for 55.7% of 2016 net sales, includes Asahi Breweries Ltd., one of Japan's major brewers and distillers of beer, spirits and wine. Its brand-named beers include Asahi Super Dry, its most popular seller; Asahi Cool Draft; Asahi Off; and Clear Asahi. In addition, the firm markets whiskey and shochu spirits, which are made from wheat, potatoes, rice and buckwheat distills, through subsidiary Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd. The firm imports wines and other alcoholic beverages from around the world and makes Asahi Ume Wine, Nikka Cider and chu-hi (low-alcohol fruit-flavored carbonated beverages). The soft drinks business (20.9%) is operated by Asahi Soft Drinks Co., which manufactures carbonated drinks, different blends of Ju Roku Cha canned teas, Wonda brand coffee and Rokko No Oishi Mizu water in addition to other chilled beverages and juice drinks. Asahi Group Foods Ltd. oversees the food business (6.4%) for Asahi Group, with its proprietary technology offering diverse foods such as mint tablets, baby foods and freeze-dried foods, all tailored to various lifestyles worldwide. This division's core brands include Mintia, DearNatura, Elyou Marche and Goo Goo Kitchen. Ashai's overseas business (14.5%) comprise eight breweries located in Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania, featuring Ashai beer brands in more than 1,000 international markets (primarily Asia). The firm's R&D center develops new technologies, primarily in microbial fermentation techniques, but also develops chemical and efficiency analysis methods to maintain the Asahi Group's high quality standards. In October 2016, Asahi Group acquired the Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime beer brands from AnheuserBusch InBev NV for $2.9 billion.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,383,861,248

2015 16,740,432,896

2014 16,092,055,552

2013 15,449,978,880

2012 14,231,808,000

2011 13,183,264,768

804,126,016

688,816,960

623,528,640

557,384,128

518,521,152

496,539,072

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-5608-5112 Fax: 81-3-5608-5152 Toll-Free: Address: 1-23-1, Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, 130-8602 Japan

Stock Ticker: ASBRY Employees: 23,619 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Asahi Kasei Corp

www.asahi-kasei.co.jp

NAIC Code: 325220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemical Manufacturing Fibers & Textiles Plastics Synthetic Rubber Construction Materials Home Construction Electronics Components Medical Devices

Asahi Kasei Corp. is a holding company that provides a diverse range of chemical and materials-based solutions to the fibers, chemicals, consumer products, housing, construction, electronics and health care industries. The company operates through ten subsidiaries within four divisions: the chemical & fibers division includes Asahi Kasei Chemicals and Asahi Kasei Fibers; homes & construction materials includes Asahi Kasei Homes and Asahi Kasei Construction Materials; electronics includes Asahi Kasei Microdevices, Ploypore International and Asahi Kasei E-materials; and health care includes Asahi Kasei Pharma, Asahi Kasei Medical and ZOLL Medical. Asahi Kasei Chemicals manages all chemical-related operations and produces industrial chemicals, synthetic resins and rubber; latexes; pharmaceutical and food additives; explosives; storage bags; and plastic film. Asahi Kasei Fibers produces materials for apparel and industrial applications, including Roica-brand elastane, Eltas-brand spunbond fabrics, Lamousbrand artificial suede and Leona-brand nylon. Asahi Kasei Homes designs and constructs earthquake-resistant Hebel Haus houses and Hebel Maison apartments and condominiums, and conducts real estate, remodeling and urban development operations. Asahi Kasei Construction Materials manufactures Hebel AAC panels and Neoma foam insulation panels for the residential, commercial building and civil engineering markets. Asahi Kasei Microdevices manufactures LSI products and Hall elements for electronic devices. Asahi Kasei E-materials produces electronic, photosensitive and energy materials and epoxy resins. The Polypore International delivers advanced membranes or separators, which are used in lithium-ion batteries and lead acid batteries. Asahi Kasei Pharma produces pharmaceuticals, diagnostic reagents and nutritional products; Asahi Kasei Medical produces Planova virus removal filters, APS artificial kidneys and Sepacell leukocyte reduction filters; and ZOLL Medical produces professional defibrillators and AutoPulse, a non-invasive cardiac support pump. In February 2017, the firm announced a joint venture agreement with China National Bluestar Group Co., Ltd. for plans of integrated production and sales of Xyron modified polyphenylene ether in China.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Asahi Kasei Fibers Asahi Kasei Chemicals Asahi Kasei Pharma Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Asahi Kasei Homes Asahi Kasei Microdevices Asahi Kasei Medical ZOLL Medical

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Toshio Asano, Pres. Ichiro Itoh, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,492,961,280

2015 17,902,958,592

2014 17,104,078,848

2013 15,020,999,680

2012 14,179,118,080

2011 14,405,852,160

826,955,264

963,444,288

920,138,048

485,813,920

512,689,920

555,788,864

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332963000 Fax: 81 332963161 Toll-Free: Address: 1-105 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8101 Japan

Stock Ticker: AHKSF Employees: 30,313 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Ashland Global Holdings Inc

www.ashland.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemicals, Manufacturing Lubricants Specialty Chemicals Motor Oil Plastics Water Treatment Solution Antifreeze Environmental Management Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Valvoline Inc Pharmachem Laboratories Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

J. Willis, CFO J. Heitman, Chief Accounting Officer Anne Schumann, Chief Administrative Officer William Wulfsohn, Director Peter Ganz, General Counsel Gregory Elliott, Other Executive Officer Luis Fernandez-Moreno, President, Divisional Keith Silverman, Vice President, Divisional

Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. is a leading global producer of specialty chemical products, with a presence in over 100 countries. The company operates through two segments: performance materials and specialty ingredients. Performance materials helps customers create stronger, lighter, more resistant substitutes for traditional materials through higher performing, cost-efficient resin technologies that improve the manufacturing, fabrication and design process. Industries served by this segment include construction, transportation, infrastructure and boatbuilding. Specialty ingredients offers products, technologies and resources for solving formulation and product-performance challenges via natural, synthetic and semisynthetic polymers. These polymers are derived from plant and seed extract; cellulose ethers; coatings and adhesives that are water-based, solvent-based and energycurable; and vinyl pyrrolidones. Key customers of this segment include pharmaceutical companies; makers of personal and home care products; food and beverage companies; manufacturers of paint, coatings and construction materials; packaging and converting markets; and oilfield service companies. In April 2017, the firm announced the completion of the final separation of Valvoline, Inc. into an independent, publicly-traded company. Additionally, the firm acquired Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc., a provider of quality ingredients to the global health and wellness industries and high-value differentiated products to fragrance and flavor houses, for $660 million. Employee benefits include a 401(k) savings plan; company retirement contribution or pension plan; health and life insurance; vision coverage; and group legal, long-term care group auto and home and pet insurance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,948,000,000 100,000,000 327,000,000 6.60% 1,228,000,000 -29,000,000 663,000,000 300,000,000 663,000,000 - .29% - .90% 0.91

2015 5,387,000,000 110,000,000 458,000,000 8.50% 1,028,000,000 309,000,000 334,000,000 265,000,000 676,000,000 2.94% 9.33% 1.10

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2014 6,121,000,000 114,000,000 46,000,000 .75% 1,358,000,000 233,000,000 580,000,000 248,000,000 440,000,000 2.02% 5.72% 0.82

2013 7,813,000,000 178,000,000 1,241,000,000 15.88% 1,044,000,000 683,000,000 733,000,000 314,000,000 1,649,000,000 5.55% 15.91% 0.64

Stock Ticker: ASH Employees: 11,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,502,000,000 89,000,000 81,000,000 1.24% 1,442,000,000 414,000,000 245,000,000 201,000,000 433,000,000 3.68% 10.43% 0.88

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 859 815-3333 Fax: 859 329-5188 Toll-Free: Address: 50 E. Rivercenter Blvd., Covington, KY 41012 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,188,462 Second Exec. Salary: $579,404

2012 8,206,000,000 137,000,000 244,000,000 2.97% 1,800,000,000 26,000,000 354,000,000 298,000,000 667,000,000 .20% .63% 0.77

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Aspen Technology Inc

www.aspentech.com

NAIC Code: 0

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Manufacturing Automation Decision Support Software Support Services Petroleum & Chemical Process Software

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: aspenONE Engineering aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain Aspen HYSYS Aspen Plus Aspen Info Plus.21 Aspen DMC3 Aspen Collaborative Demand Manager Fidelis Group LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Karl Johnsen, CFO Robert Whelan, Chairman of the Board Antonio Pietri, Director William Griffin, Executive VP, Divisional Frederic Hammond, General Counsel

Aspen Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of software and services for the process industries. The company has over 30 offices located in various countries and a customer base of over 1,750 leading process manufacturers in the chemicals, refining, construction and energy industries. Its software applications are organized into two principal suites: aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain. These integrated suites allow end users to utilize common data models to design process manufacturing environments, forecast and simulate potential actions, monitor operational performance and manage planning and scheduling activities. In the engineering module, Aspen's major tools include Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus for process simulation and optimization; Aspen Economic Evaluation, used for estimating costs of conceptual process designs; Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating, which is used to design, simulate and optimize the performance of heat exchangers; and Aspen Basic Engineering, which produces front-end design deliverables such as multi-disciplinary datasheets, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams and equipment lists. The manufacturing and supply chain module covers production management and execution tools, such as data historian software, Aspen Info Plus.21; multi-variable controller software, Aspen DMC3; software for combining process measurements, product characteristics, alarms and events, AspenONE Process Explorer; refinery planning software, Aspen PIMS Advanced Optimization; economic planning software, Aspen Petroleum Supply Chain Planner; software for forecasting market demand and managing forecast through changes, Aspen Collaborative Demand Manager; software for inventory management and truck transportation optimization, Aspen Plant Scheduler; and software for determining optimal production plan, Aspen Supply Planner. The company provides customer support services and customer training for all of its products. In June 2016, the firm acquired Fidelis Group, LLC. Aspen employees receive medical, vision, dental, life, disability, auto, homeowners and travel insurance; a 401(k); and tuition reimbursement.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 472,344,000 67,152,000 211,381,000 44.75% 145,200,000 139,951,000 153,744,000 3,752,000 217,912,000 38.07%

2015 440,401,000 69,584,000 179,792,000 40.82% 141,449,000 118,407,000 191,985,000 8,004,000 185,717,000 32.73% 674.10%

2014 391,453,000 68,410,000 129,724,000 33.13% 140,646,000 85,783,000 200,131,000 5,096,000 133,785,000 21.69% 92.45%

2013 311,387,000 62,516,000 55,600,000 17.85% 142,928,000 45,262,000 146,562,000 6,565,000 63,091,000 12.05% 42.00%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 781-221-6400 Fax: 781-221-6410 Toll-Free: 855-882-7736 Address: 20 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730 United States

Stock Ticker: AZPN Employees: 1,372 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $360,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 243,134,000 56,218,000 -15,007,000 -6.17% 149,947,000 -13,808,000 104,637,000 4,752,000 -5,670,000 -3.53% -10.17%

2011 198,154,000 50,820,000 -54,576,000 -27.54% 149,812,000 10,257,000 63,330,000 4,829,000 -33,246,000 2.54% 6.86% 0.05

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Astellas Pharma Inc

www.astellas.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs, Manufacturing Immunological Pharmaceuticals Over-the-Counter Products Reagents Genomic Research Venture Capital Drug Licensing

Astellas Pharma, Inc. is one of the largest pharmaceuticals manufacturers in Japan. The company's business activities consist of research, development, manufacturing and technology, and medical representatives. The research department explores, optimizes and develops global research activities. The development department engages in clinical trials. The activities within manufacturing and technology department include the industrialization of research, and the manufacturing of products. The medical representatives department supplies information on drug usage. Wholly-owned Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of new therapies in the field of regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine is the process of replacing or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function. In December 2016, the firm acquired Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG, a biopharmaceutical company in Germany that aims to revolutionize cancer treatment by developing a new class of therapeutic drugs called Ideal Monoclonal Antibodies.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ocata Therapuetics Inc Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Yoshihiko Hantanaka, CEO Yoshihiko Hantanaka, Pres. Yoshiro Miyokawa, Exec. VP Shinichi Tsukamoto, Sr. Corp. Exec. Officer Masao Yoshida, Sr. Corp. Exec. Officer Masaru Imahori, Sr. Corp. Exec. VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,371,850,000 2,033,861,000 2,244,047,000 18.13% 4,509,607,000 1,745,651,000 2,827,631,000 1,064,558,000 2,997,503,000 10.78% 15.03%

2015 11,241,230,000 1,861,979,000 1,673,333,000 14.88% 4,078,465,000 1,224,435,000 1,691,566,000 731,528,400 2,327,406,000 7.88% 10.50%

2014 10,273,710,000 1,725,580,000 1,052,743,000 10.24% 3,578,222,000 819,033,200 1,931,043,000 506,029,500 1,693,828,000 5.86% 7.79%

2013 9,063,314,000

2012 8,736,837,000

1,386,764,000 15.30%

1,185,347,000 13.56%

746,714,800 1,299,205,000 608,765,800 1,647,521,000 5.82% 7.96%

705,067,000 1,556,276,000 577,960,300 1,736,729,000 5.71% 7.67%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-3244-3000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 2-5-1 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-8411 Japan

Stock Ticker: ALPMY Employees: 17,219 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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AstraZeneca plc

www.astrazeneca.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Diversified Pharmaceutical Research & Development

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nexium Seroquel Crestor Zestril Symbicort Pulmicort Oxis Diprivan

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Pascal Soriot, CEO Marc Dunoyer, CFO Fiona Cicconi, Exec. VP-Human Resources Briggs Morrison, Chief Medical Officer Jeff Pott, General Counsel David Smith, Exec. VP-Global Oper. Katarina Ageborg, Chief Compliance Officer Menelas (Mene) Pangalos, Exec. VP-Innovative Medicines & Early Dev. Bahija Jallal, Exec. VP-MedImmune Briggs Morrison, Exec. VP-Global Medicines Dev. Leif Johansson, Chmn. Mark Mallon, Exec. VP-Intl

AstraZeneca plc is a leading global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets prescription pharmaceuticals, biologics and vaccines for the treatment or prevention of diseases in the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection and vaccines, neuroscience, oncology and respiratory and inflammation areas. AstraZeneca's cardiovascular products include Seloken ZOK, Crestor, Atacand, Plendil, Zestril and Tenormin. The firm's gastrointestinal products, such as Nexium and Vimovo, are used to treat acid-related diseases. Merrem and Synagis are antibiotics used to treat serious hospital-acquired infections. AstraZeneca's neuroscience offerings include Zomig, a migraine treatment; anesthetics Diprivan and Xylocaine; Naropin, a long-acting anesthetic; and Seroquel for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar mania. Its cancer treatments include Casodex for prostate cancer; Nolvadex, Zoladex; Armidex and Faslodex for breast cancer; and Iressa for lung cancer. The firm's respiratory and inflammation brands include Pulmicort, Symbicort, Rhinocort, Accolate and Oxis. The firm invests over $4 billion annually in research and development (R&D) and it sells products in over 100 countries. In August 2016, the company divested its small molecule antibiotics business to Pfizer, Inc. to reinforce its focus on three main therapy areas. As of February 2017, the firm has 132 projects in its pipeline.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,002,000,000 5,890,000,000 4,902,000,000 21.31% 9,739,000,000 3,499,000,000 4,145,000,000 2,314,000,000 6,589,000,000 5.70% 20.98% 0.97

2015 24,708,000,000 5,997,000,000 4,114,000,000 16.65% 11,451,000,000 2,825,000,000 3,324,000,000 2,788,000,000 6,390,000,000 4.75% 14.82% 0.76

2014 26,095,000,000 5,579,000,000 2,137,000,000 8.18% 13,324,000,000 1,233,000,000 7,058,000,000 2,752,000,000 4,946,000,000 2.15% 5.75% 0.42

2013 25,711,000,000 4,821,000,000 3,712,000,000 14.43% 12,512,000,000 2,556,000,000 7,400,000,000 2,058,000,000 8,345,000,000 4.67% 10.88% 0.36

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 2076048000 Fax: 44 2076048151 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Kingdom St., Paddington, London, W2 6BD United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: AZN Employees: 57,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,520,767 Second Exec. Salary: $903,514

Bonus: $1,491,374 Bonus: $797,444

2012 27,973,000,000 5,243,000,000 8,148,000,000 29.12% 10,159,000,000 6,297,000,000 6,948,000,000 4,619,000,000 11,194,000,000 11.84% 26.80% 0.39

2011 33,591,000,000 5,523,000,000 12,795,000,000 38.09% 11,507,000,000 9,983,000,000 7,821,000,000 1,297,000,000 15,897,000,000 18.32% 42.97% 0.31

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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ASUSTeK Computer Inc

www.asus.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Computer Components & Accessories Networking Devices Wireless Communication Products Smart Phones Personal Computers Computer Monitors Computers for Video Game Players

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ZEN Your Way Chromebook Flip C302 ASUS ROG ASUS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jerry Shen, CEO Jonathan Tsang, Co-Pres. Jonney Shih, Chmn.

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS) participates in the 3C industry (computing, consumer electronics and communications). The company manufactures personal computers (PCs), monitors, mobile phones, networking equipment, notebook computers, storage devices, PC components, personal palmtop computers (PDAs), gaming devices, wearables and server equipment generally marketed under the ASUS brand. ASUS also produces commercial desk tops, commercial notebooks and servers and workstations. Additionally, the company manufactures PC components such as barebones; graphic cards; motherboards; multi-media products, such as audio cards, digital media players and TV tuners; and DVD and Blu-ray drives. Products recentlyreleased include the ZEN Your Way family line, which includes ZenBook 3 Deluxe laptop, ZenFone 3 Zoom smart phone, Zen AiO all-in-one desktop and ZenPad tablet; the convertible 12.5inch Chromebook Flip C302, for small-to-medium-sized businesses and educational institutions; and the ASUS ROG Maximus IX Formula LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 Z270 ATX motherboard with onboard AC Wi-Fi and USB 3.1, designed for the seventh-generation Intel Core processors for the maximization of connectivity and speed.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,394,850,000 438,589,300 618,427,400 4.01% 1,127,119,000 633,293,800 1,626,033,000 189,221,400 671,319,000 5.50% 11.00%

2015 15,577,310,000 427,297,000 692,776,800 4.44% 1,118,742,000 563,863,500 -348,521,000 32,524,140 749,884,200 4.98% 10.33% 0.01

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2014 15,744,610,000 374,909,700 715,980,500 4.54% 1,065,425,000 642,121,500 864,154,200 54,837,020 818,154,500 6.00% 13.03%

2013 15,278,890,000 361,661,900 654,178,800 4.28% 961,933,300 707,403,700 985,492,200 83,946,430 752,448,000 7.61% 16.42%

Stock Ticker: AKCPF Employees: 11,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 12,667,770,000 253,687,800 600,908,500 4.74% 895,589,800 546,737,000 609,361,000 86,448,120 739,414,800 7.88% 15.00%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 228943447 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Li-Te Rd., No. 150, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 14,797,330,000 281,599,100 720,228,100 4.86% 1,013,820,000 739,473,900 731,984,800 100,557,400 974,604,700 9.24% 18.60%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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Atlas Copco AB

www.atlascopco.se

NAIC Code: 333912

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Atlas Copco Edwards Leybold Kompressoren Druckluft und Industrietechnik GmbH Orcan Basincli Hava Makinalari San ve Tic Ltd Pressure Compressores Ltda CSKT Inc Mobilaris MCE AB

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ronnie Leten, CEO Ronnie Leten, Pres. Mats Rahmstrom, Bus. Unit Mgr.-Industrial Tech. Nico Delvaux, Bus. Area Mgr.-Construction Eng. Hakan Osvald, Gen. Counsel Stephan Kuhn, Bus. Area Pres., Compressor Technique Annika Berglund, Sr. VP Bob Fassl, Bus. Unit Mgr.-Mining & Rock Excavation Technique Hans Straberg, Chmn.

Atlas Copco AB provides solutions for the compressor, construction, mining and industrial business industries. The company is divided into five segments: compressor technique, industrial technique, mining & rock excavation technique, vacuum technique and construction technique. The compressor technique division sells pneumatic equipment, including industrial compressors, gas and process compressors and expanders, equipment for air and gas treatment and management systems. Products are sold to the manufacturing and process industries, utility companies and the service sector. The major products in this division are the stationary industrial compressor and air treatment equipment. The industrial technique division sells power tools, assembly systems, quality assurance products, software and services. Products are sold to the automotive industry; engineering industry; assembly, manufacturing and technology companies; shipyards; foundries; and machine manufacturers. The mining & rock excavation technique division sells equipment for drilling and rock excavation such as drilling rigs as well as related consumables and services. The vacuum technique segment provides vacuum products, exhaust management systems, valves and related products primarily under brand names Edwards, Atlas Copco and Leybold. Finally, the construction technique division sells construction tools, portable compressors, pumps, generators, lighting towers and paving and compaction equipment. Products are rented or sold to the construction industry, contractors, the mining industry and the manufacturing industry. In 2017, the company has made several acquisitions thus far: Kompressoren Druckluft- und Industrietechnik GmbH and Orcan Basincli Hava Makinalari San. ve Tic. Ltd., both suppliers and distributors of industrial air compressors; Pressure Compressores Ltda., a manufacturer of piston compressors; CSKT Inc., an exhaust management company; and Mobilaris MCE AB, a provider of advanced underground mining software. In addition to numerous acquisitions, the firm divested its road construction equipment business to French construction company, Fayat Group.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 11,750,380,000 378,065,100 2,269,081,000 19.31% 1,995,797,000 1,347,669,000 2,083,211,000 330,447,500 2,775,276,000 11.25% 24.11% 0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 10,779,630,000 337,348,600 1,957,036,000 18.15% 1,781,978,000 1,399,657,000 1,884,805,000 314,575,000 2,383,639,000 12.59% 26.97% 0.43

2013 9,648,653,000 243,493,700 1,961,752,000 20.33% 1,511,225,000 1,388,501,000 1,364,922,000 260,401,400 2,272,646,000 14.28% 32.31% 0.50

Stock Ticker: ATLCY Employees: 43,645 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,339,829,000 207,608,000 2,019,721,000 21.62% 1,583,112,000 1,493,857,000 968,569,000 269,947,900 2,399,281,000 17.66% 44.76% 0.59

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 87438000 Fax: 46 86449045 Toll-Free: Address: Sickla Industrivag 19, Stockholm, 10523 Sweden Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 10,412,950,000 234,867,300 2,211,571,000 21.23% 1,568,964,000 1,598,869,000 1,589,898,000 298,127,400 2,517,980,000 17.79% 43.54% 0.57

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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AU Optronics Corp

www.auo.com

NAIC Code: 334419

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Unit Screens Manufacturing Information Technology Displays Television Displays Consumer Product Displays Solar Module Design, Production & Installation Silicon Wafer Production

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), based in Taiwan, designs, manufactures, assembles and markets thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels used in various electronics such as laptops, cellular phones, digital cameras and LCD televisions, among others. Additionally, the firm has expanded into the solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing sector. AUO's screens are purchased by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and companies that design and assemble products based on customer specifications. Its operations consist of two segments: display business and solar business. The company organizes its display manufacturing into three sections, each with its own production, R&D and sales and marketing operations: video displays, which includes applications in LCD TVs, desktop monitors and other related equipment; mobile displays, focused on smartphones, notebooks and audio video products; and touch panel products, including its e-paper technology. AUO's solar business consists of a controlling interest in M. Setek Co., Ltd., which produces polysilicon and single crystal silicon wafers and ingots in Japan; a joint venture with SunPower Corp. (AUO SunPower Sdn Bhd), which operates a solar cell manufacturing plant in Malaysia; and AUO Crystal Corp., which is responsible for the design and installation of PV modules and systems. Other subsidiaries in this segment include AUO Green Energy America Corp.; AUO Green Energy Europe BV; and AUO Crystal (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. AUO markets its solar PV products and services under the BenQ Solar brand worldwide. The firm owns more than 15,700 patents worldwide, as well as over 22,000 patent applications. In September 2016, Sunpower Corp. agreed to acquire AUO's stake in AUO SunPower Sdn Bhd., offering to make the $170 million purchase over the next four years under a stock-buying agreement. AUO offers its employees onsite wellness and fitness centers; profit sharing; onsite cafeteria, convenience store, bakery and coffee shop discounts; and subsidized travel and entertainment discounts.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: M Setek Co Ltd AUO SunPower Sdn Bhd AUO Crystal Corp AUO Green Energy America Corp AUO Green Energy Europe BV AUO Crystal (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd BenQ Solar

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng, CEO Benjamin Tseng, CFO F.C. (Fwu-Chyi) Hsiang, Exec. VP Michael Tsai, Sr. VP James C.P. Chen, VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,853,140,000 299,478,600 427,342,200 3.93% 410,670,700 328,643,500 1,210,205,000 1,530,478,000 1,767,266,000 2.47% 6.29% 0.67

2015 11,883,990,000 293,642,200 577,836,200 4.86% 442,322,000 238,842,100 2,044,832,000 1,112,837,000 1,910,683,000 1.72% 4.63% 0.43

2014 13,461,470,000 301,980,600 731,001,300 5.43% 566,867,800 539,760,800 2,090,651,000 569,299,400 2,668,964,000 3.60% 11.14% 0.55

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 13,731,380,000 281,329,100 273,482,000 1.99% 565,961,500 125,458,200 1,637,176,000 894,138,800 2,429,147,000 .75% 2.64% 0.85

Stock Ticker: AUO Employees: 63,499 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 12,522,650,000 284,473,700 -1,901,541,000 -15.18% 687,467,900 -2,020,441,000 478,699,300 1,956,970,000 922,648,800 -9.86% -25.87% 0.86

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 35008800 Fax: 886 35643370 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Li-Hsin Rd. 2, Hsin-chu Science Park, Hsinchu, 30078 Taiwan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 12,481,730,000 335,431,900 -1,248,753,000 -10.00% 627,223,500 -1,801,158,000 1,177,800,000 1,446,383,000 859,022,700 -9.47% -30.80% 1.13

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Audi AG

www.audi.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Luxury & Sports Cars Automobile Customization & Accessories Engine Manufacturing Automotive Electronics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Audi A8 Audi Hungaria Motor Kft Quattro GmbH Automobili Lamborghini Holding SpA Lunar Quattro AUTOGERMA SpA Audi Brussels SA/NV e-tron Quattro

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Rupert Stadler, CEO Axel Strotbek, Dir.-Finance & Organization Luca de Meo, Dir.-Mktg. & Sales Thomas Sigi, Dir.-Human Resources Ulrich Hackenberg, Dir.-Tech. Dev. Frank Dreves, Dir.-Prod. Bernd Martens, Dir.-Procurement Rupert Stadler, Chmn. Ulf Berkenhagen, Dir.-Purchasing

Audi AG, a publically listed subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, is a German firm that designs and manufactures high-end luxury cars. Its most popular vehicle series include Audi A8, Audi Q7, Audi TT and Audi RS. The group's brands include Audi and Lamborghini as well as vehicles from other Volkswagen Group companies, which are manufactured and sold through its subsidiaries. The Ingolstadt plant is the group's headquarters and one of 10 production facilities. It is responsible for the technical development, sales and administration of all vehicle manufacturing operations. The company operates through four main subsidiaries: Audi Hungaria Motor Kft.; Automobili Lamborghini Holding SpA; Quattro GmbH; and Audi Brussels SA/NV. Audi Hungaria Motor Kft., based in Gyor, Hungary, develops and builds engines for Audi, other Volkswagen Group companies and third parties. This subsidiary also produces the Audi TT Coupe and TT Roadster vehicle lines. Automobili Lamborghini Holding builds the Lamborghini brand of high-end sports cars, consisting of Gallardo Coupe, Gallardo Spyder, Murcielago LP640 Coupe and Murcielago LP640 Roadster. Additionally, this subsidiary oversees AUTOGERMA SpA, which sells Audi and Volkswagen vehicles in Italy. Quattro GmbH operating out of the Neckarsulm plant, designs and manufactures the RS range of vehicles as well as the Avant model. In addition, Quattro runs customization operations. Audi Brussels is a specialized subsidiary, which exclusively and solely manufactures models of the A1 car line. Formed in Germany in 1932 from the combination of four separate auto manufacturers, Audi now has production facilities in Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Slovakia, Spain and Russia, manufacturing over 1.8 million cars per year. In December 2016, the firm and its partner, Part-Time Scientists, announced the launch of the Audi Lunar Quattro rover to the moon, which will occur late-2017. Additionally, the firm is releasing its e-tron Quattro model in 2018, its first fullyelectric car.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 66,483,970,000

2015 65,478,590,000

2014 60,285,810,000

2013 55,906,750,000

2012 54,663,750,000

2011 49,423,900,000

3,420,758,000 5.14% 7,251,738,000 2,224,837,000 8,425,241,000 5,699,395,000 7,045,506,000

5,420,309,000 8.27% 7,197,938,000 4,711,948,000 8,073,302,000 5,375,477,000 8,978,929,000

5,772,249,000 9.57% 6,144,362,000 4,894,643,000 8,317,642,000 4,808,339,000 9,766,869,000

5,637,750,000 10.08% 5,836,135,000 4,439,587,000 7,596,951,000 4,027,124,000 6,143,241,000

6,030,038,000 11.03% 5,738,623,000 4,801,614,000 6,886,348,000 3,650,527,000 6,031,159,000

5,994,171,000 12.12% 4,514,683,000 4,976,463,000 7,055,593,000 3,207,801,000 7,067,922,000

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-800-2834444 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Ettinger Straße, Ingolstadt, D-85045 Germany

Stock Ticker: AUDVF Employees: 60,457 Parent Company: Volkswagen AG

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Audi of America Inc

www.audiusa.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automotive Accessories Personal Accessories Automotive Service

Audi of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., is the U.S. sales and marketing branch of the Audi car brand. Audi's 2016-2017 sedan models include the A3, S3, A4, S4, A6, S6, A7, S7, RS7, A8 L, A8 L W12 and S8 plus. SUVs, crossovers and wagon models include the A3 Sportback e-tron, allroad, Q3, Q5, Q5 hybrid, SQ5 and Q7. The models come with various body style options, including sedan, SUVs, crossovers, wagons, coupes and convertibles. Audi vehicles are identifiable through the four-ring logo that appears prominently on the grills of all cars. S models have additional specially-stylized features compared to the A models. Audi equips its luxury cars with options such as Audi MMI Navigation with voice control system, Audi MMI touch, Audi connect, BOSE surround sound and keyless start. Models range in price from about $30,900 (the A3) to roughly $137,900 (the A8 L W12). The Volkswagen Group manufactures a line of car and personal accessories that Audi of America then sells. This line of car accessories allows customers to customize a car at a local dealership as well as from the manufacturer through the company web site's Build Your Audi function. In addition to new cars, the company offers certified pre-owned models that are subject to a 300+ point inspection process. Service and support programs for these vehicles include roadside assistance, nocharge scheduled maintenance and extended warranties. Audi of America imports its cars from five main manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Germany, Italy, Hungary and China. For fiscal 2016-17, the USA division sold 210,213 units, displaying an 4% increase from the previous year. In May 2017, the company acquired Silvercar Inc., a premium car rental company.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Volkswagen Group of America Inc A3 RS7 A8 L W12 S8 plus e-tron Q5 hybrid Silvercar Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Scott Keogh, Pres. Mark Del Rosso, COO Chritian Schroth, CFO Filip Brabec, Dir.-Prod. Planning Ricky Hudi, Chief Exec. Eng. Electrics & Electronics Reinhard Fischer, Dir.-Strategy Joe Jacuzzi, Chief Communications Officer Peter Donnellan, Dir.-After Sales Pete Hamilton, Regional Dir.-Southern Region Jeri Ward, Dir.-Customer Exper. Jeff Tolerico, Dir.-Eastern Region

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,998,684,059

2015 10,145,871,400

2014 9,291,103,561

2013 8,400,000,000

2012 7,800,000,000

412,027,737

856,793,784

652,541,100

394,760,691

652,241,116

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2011 6,478,130,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 703-364-7000 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-822-8987 Address: 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, VA 20171 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 14,809 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Volkswagen Group of America Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Autoliv Inc

www.autoliv.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Safety Products Manufacturing Seat Belts Airbags Seat Components Steering Wheels Child Seats Safety Electronics Anti-Whiplash Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Inflatable Curtain Autoliv ASP Inc Active Hood Pedestrian Protection Airbag Autoliv AB Dynamic Light Spot Pedestrian Protection System Zenuity

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jan Carlson, CEO Jan Carlson, Pres. Mats Wallin, CFO Steve Fredin, Group VP-Sales & Eng. Karin Eliasson, Group VP-Human Resources Jan Olsson, VP-Research & Eng. Henrik Arrland, Group VP-Purchasing Johan Lofvenholm, VP-Eng. Svante Mogefors, VP-Mfg. & Quality Anthony J. Nellis, Interim General Counsel Thomas Jonsson, VP-Corp. Comm. Mats Wallin, VP-Finance Steve Fredin, Pres., Autoliv Americas Jonas Nilsson, Pres., Autoliv Europe Steven Rode, Pres., Electronics Jan Carlson, Chmn. George Chang, Pres., Autoliv Asia Henrick Arrland, VP-Purchasing

Autoliv, Inc. develops, manufactures and produces automotive safety equipment and systems. Autoliv is the result of a merger between Autoliv AB (AAB) and Autoliv ASP, Inc. (ASP). Swedish-based AAB produced restraint systems; steering wheels, seatbelts and seatbelt pretensioners; frontal and sideimpact airbags; and seat subsystems. U.S.-based ASP provided air bag inflators, modules and airbag cushions, seatbelts and steering wheels. Autoliv's customers include all the leading automobile manufacturers in the world, with its annual sales coming from Americas (34%), Europe (30%), China (18%), Japan (9%) and the rest of Asia (9%). The firm has approximately 78 plants in 27 countries and 19 crash tracks and 20 technical centers in nine countries. Autoliv invented one of the world's first side-impact airbags, the Inflatable Curtain. Other products include airbags designed to protect the lower body, a night vision system that uses an infrared camera to project on a display in front of the driver, and the Pedestrian Protection System. Utilizing the Active Hood, which raises instantly when a sensor system placed in the front bumper is triggered, and the Pedestrian Protection Airbag (a pair of airbags installed near the front windshield), the Pedestrian Protection System greatly reduces the chances of pedestrian fatality in a car-to-pedestrian impact at 25 mph. The Dynamic Light Spot is a product nighttime pedestrian safety headlight available on various BWM vehicles. In January 2017, the firm signed an agreement with Volvo Car Corporation, which will establish a joint venture called Zenuity, where the companies will develop advanced driver assist systems and autonomous driving technologies.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,073,600,000 651,000,000 847,700,000 8.41% 476,100,000 567,100,000 868,400,000 507,900,000 1,249,200,000 7.19% 15.90% 0.35

2015 9,169,601,000 523,800,000 727,800,000 7.93% 411,500,000 456,800,000 750,500,000 490,700,000 1,059,900,000 6.10% 13.27% 0.43

2014 9,240,500,000 535,600,000 722,600,000 7.81% 414,900,000 467,800,000 712,700,000 456,000,000 1,035,800,000 6.48% 12.62% 0.44

2013 8,803,400,000 489,300,000 761,400,000 8.64% 389,900,000 485,800,000 837,900,000 385,600,000 1,052,900,000 7.16% 12.55% 0.07

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46-8-587-20-600 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Vasagatan 11, Fl. 7, Stockholm, 11120 Sweden

Stock Ticker: ALV Employees: 70,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,376,766 Second Exec. Salary: $439,701

Bonus: $ Bonus: $494,663

2012 8,266,700,000 455,400,000 705,400,000 8.53% 366,700,000 483,100,000 688,500,000 365,400,000 983,500,000 7.61% 13.62% 0.14

2011 8,232,400,000 441,500,000 889,200,000 10.80% 368,700,000 623,400,000 758,200,000 367,300,000 1,158,600,000 10.58% 19.91% 0.10

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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B/E Aerospace Inc

www.beaerospace.com

NAIC Code: 336413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

B/E Aerospace, Inc. is a manufacturer of cabin interior products for commercial aircraft and business jets and a distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables. The company sells its products directly to virtually all of the world's major airlines and aerospace manufacturers. B/E Aerospace conducts its operations through strategic business units that have been aggregated under three reportable segments: commercial aircraft, business jet and consumables management. The commercial and business jet aircraft segments produce a range of cabin interior products, including aircraft seating; passenger entertainment and service systems; food and beverage preparation and storage systems; galleys; passenger and crew oxygen storage; distribution and delivery systems; lavatories, and lighting systems, evacuation equipment and overhead bins. These segments also provide aircraft cabin interior reconfiguration and passenger-to-freighter conversion engineering services, galley systems and component kits and a variety of other engineering design, integration, installation, retrofit and certification services. In addition, through its consumables management segment, it sells a large and growing number of consumable parts to market participants in the defense industry. It markets its aerospace fasteners and other consumables directly to the airlines; aircraft leasing companies; general aviation airframe manufacturers; first-tier suppliers to commercial, military and defense airframe manufacturers; and other distributors. Its manufacturing operations consist of both the in-house manufacturing of component parts and sub-assemblies and the assembly of its designed component parts that are purchased from outside vendors. In April 2017, the firm was acquired as a whollyowned subsidiary by Rockwell Collins Inc. for $8.3 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rockwell Collins Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Stephen Swisher, Assistant Secretary Eric Wesch, Assistant Secretary Amin Khoury, CEO, Subsidiary Werner Lieberherr, CEO Joseph Lower, CFO Ryan Patch, General Counsel Sean Cromie, General Manager, Divisional Tommy Plant, General Manager, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,932,900,096

2015 2,729,600,000

2014 2,599,000,064

2013 3,483,699,968

2012 3,085,299,968

2011 2,499,800,064

311,100,000

285,700,000

104,300,000

365,600,000

233,700,000

227,800,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 561 791-5000 Fax: 561 791-7900 Toll-Free: Address: 1400 Corporate Center Way, Wellington, FL 33414 United States

Stock Ticker: BEAV Employees: 2,226 Parent Company: Rockwell Collins Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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BAE Systems plc

www.baesystems.com

NAIC Code: 336410

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Defense and Aerospace Systems Military Vehicles Military Aircraft Naval Vessels & Submarines Satellite Manufacturing Electronic Systems Advanced Materials & Technologies Security & Surveillance Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BAE Systems Applied Intelligence BAE Systems Saudi Arabia BAE Systems Australia BAE Systems India BAE Systems Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ian King, CEO Peter Lynas, CFO Lynn C. Minella, Dir.-Human Resources Phillip Bramwell, General Counsel Alan Garwood, Dir.-Bus. Dev. Claire Divver, Dir.-Comm. Nigel Whitehead, Managing Dir.-Programs & Support Tom Arseneault, COO-BAE Systems, Inc. Kevin Taylor, Dir.-Strategy Jerry Demuro, CEO Roger Carr, Chmn. Guy Griffiths, Managing Dir.-Intl

BAE Systems plc is an aerospace and defense firm involved in the research, development, engineering and manufacture of military vehicles, aircraft, naval vessels and submarines, satellites, surveillance systems and security technology. The company operates in seven business groups. Defense designs, develops, manufactures and integrates defense systems and equipment. Its products include advanced materials, artillery, combat aircraft/vehicles, commercial aircraft, communications, amphibious, avionics and critical infrastructure. Electronics & systems integration provides flight and engine controls, electronic warfare and night vision systems, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors, secure networked communications equipment and energy management systems. Cyber & intelligence collects, manages and uses information to protect and enhance critical assets, provide intelligence and strengthen resilience in today's operating environment. Consultancy services works with its customers to better understand their challenges and to develop and implement business strategies, initiatives and best practice solutions that increase business performance. IT & information systems provide IT operations and business solutions, comprehensive analysis and threat assessments to a wide range of customers. Military & technical services consist of maintenance, modernization, supply chain, training, engineering and information, facilities, energy and availability services. Security delivers effective, custom built and innovative solutions to help address a range of security issues. BAE's primary markets include Australia, Saudi Arabia, India, the U.K. and the U.S. Subsidiaries include BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and BAE Systems Australia/India/Saudi Arabia. U.S. subsidiary BAE Systems, Inc. offers employees medical, dental and vision coverage; a flexible spending account; life, voluntary home and auto, disability and long-term care insurance; a 401(k); transit benefits; and wellness programs.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 22,734,820,000

2015 21,453,030,000

2014 19,718,850,000

2013 21,551,440,000

2012 22,791,050,000

2,226,198,000 9.79%

1,919,489,000 8.94%

1,661,342,000 8.42%

1,030,032,000 4.77%

2,095,847,000 9.19%

2011 22,709,260,000 1,468,370,000 2,019,169,000 8.89%

1,166,773,000 1,570,607,000 626,198,000 2,177,636,000 4.24% 28.41% 1.28

1,173,163,000 802,555,800 527,795,500 2,204,473,000 4.60% 38.00% 1.26

945,686,800 854,952,000 411,501,600 2,192,971,000 3.74% 28.33% 1.55

214,696,500 -140,575,100 343,770,000 2,814,057,000 .80% 4.73% 0.74

1,364,856,000 2,776,997,000 513,738,000 2,843,450,000 4.70% 26.83% 0.79

1,584,664,000 615,974,400 489,456,800 3,110,543,000 5.26% 25.90% 0.63

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 1252373232 Fax: 44 1252383991 Toll-Free: Address: 6 Carlton Gardens, London, SW1Y 5AD United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: BAESF Employees: 83,100 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,254,952 Second Exec. Salary: $940,575

Bonus: $2,325,879 Bonus: $1,956,549

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Ball Corporation

www.ball.com

NAIC Code: 332431

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Metal Can Manufacturing Civil Space Systems Defense Systems Commercial Space Systems Metal Food and Household Products Packaging Radio Frequency and Microwave Technology Metal Beverage Packaging

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rexam PLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Hayes, CEO Scott Morrison, CFO Shawn Barker, Controller James Peterson, COO, Divisional Daniel Fisher, COO, Divisional Charles Baker, General Counsel Robert Strain, President, Subsidiary Lisa Pauley, Senior VP, Divisional Jeff Knobel, Treasurer

Ball Corporation is a leading manufacturer of metal packaging for the food and beverage, personal care and household products industries. It also supplies aerospace technologies and services to commercial and government customers. The company operates in five business segments: metal beverage packaging, North America and Central America; beverage packaging, South America; beverage packaging, Europe; food & aerosol packaging; and aerospace. The metal beverage packaging, North America and Central America segment, accounting for 40% of the firm's net sales, is involved in the sale of metal beverage containers in multi-year supply contracts to fillers of beer, energy drinks and carbonated soft drinks. The beverage packaging, South America, segment, accounting for 11% of net sales, consists of 14 facilities and produces 60% of South American shipments of containers. The beverage packaging, Europe segment, accounting for 21% of 2016 net sales, supplies two-piece metal beverage containers and ends for beer, energy drink and carbonated soft drink producers as well as aluminum slugs and extruded aerosol containers. The food & aerosol packaging segment, 13% of Ball's net sales, produces two- and three-piece steel food containers and ends for the packaging of pet food, nutritional products, seafood, fruits, vegetables, soups and meats. The aerospace business, 9%, includes national defense hardware, antenna and video tactical solutions, civil space systems and commercial space operations. Products produced include spacecraft sensors, instruments and radio frequency systems. In June 2016, the firm acquired Rexam PLC for $6.1 billion, a U.K.-based beverage can manufacturing company; and sold eight U.S. aluminum can plants and associated assets to Ardagh Group for $3.1 billion in order to settle FTC charges due to the Rexam acquisition.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,061,000,000

2015 7,997,000,000

2014 8,570,000,000

2013 8,468,100,000

2012 8,735,700,000

2011 8,630,900,000

463,000,000 5.10% 512,000,000 263,000,000 194,000,000 606,000,000 807,000,000 2.02% 11.22% 2.12

605,200,000 7.56% 451,300,000 280,900,000 1,006,700,000 527,900,000 774,200,000 3.23% 24.59% 4.03

838,600,000 9.78% 466,500,000 470,000,000 1,012,500,000 390,800,000 1,086,400,000 6.10% 42.09% 2.89

795,400,000 9.39% 418,600,000 406,800,000 839,000,000 378,300,000 1,067,300,000 5.30% 35.15% 2.65

790,500,000 9.04% 385,500,000 403,500,000 853,200,000 305,000,000 1,058,300,000 5.45% 34.58% 2.76

836,900,000 9.69% 381,400,000 444,000,000 948,400,000 443,800,000 1,138,000,000 6.24% 32.44% 2.21

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 303 469-3131 Fax: 303 460-2127 Toll-Free: Address: 10 Longs Peak Dr., Broomfield, CO 80021 United States

Stock Ticker: BLL Employees: 18,450 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,238,615 Second Exec. Salary: $695,243

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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BASF SE

www.basf.com

NAIC Code: 325199

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals Manufacturing Agricultural Products Oil & Gas Production Plastics Coatings Nanotechnology Research Nutritional Products Agricultural Biotechnology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wintershall AG Rolic AG Chemetall

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kurt Bock, Chmn-Exec. Board Hans-Ulrich Engel, CFO Margret Suckale, Head-Human Resources Andreas Kreimeyer, Exec. Dir.-Research Wayne T. Smith, Head-Chemical Eng. Margret Suckale, Dir.-Industrial Rel. Martin Brudermuller, Vice Chmn-Exec. Board Kurt Bock, Chmn. Harold Schwager, Head-Procurement

BASF SE is a chemical manufacturing company that serves customers in more than 200 countries. The firm operates in five business segments: chemicals, performance products, agricultural solutions, functional materials and solutions and oil and gas. The chemicals segment manufactures inorganic, petrochemical and intermediate chemicals for the pharmaceutical, construction, textile and automotive industries. The performance products segment produces pigments, printing supplies, coatings and polymers for the automotive, oil, packaging, textile, detergent, sanitary care, construction and chemical industries. BASF also employs chemical nanotechnology to produce pigments used to color coatings, paints, plastics and sunscreen. The firm's agricultural solutions segment produces genetically engineered plants, nutritional supplements, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides for use in agriculture, public health and pest control. The functional materials and solutions segment develops automotive and industrial catalysts, construction chemicals and coatings and refinishes for the automotive and construction markets. The oil and gas segment, operated through Wintershall AG, focuses on petroleum and natural gas exploration and production in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South America, Russia and the Caspian Sea. In December 2016, the firm sold its industrial coatings businesses to AkzoNobel and acquired Chemetall, a global surface treatment business. In February 2017, BASF acquired Rolic AG, a specialist in light management for advanced LCD/OLED displays.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 64,503,480,000 2,088,097,000 7,033,176,000 10.90% 10,200,630,000 4,546,066,000 8,649,406,000 4,645,819,000 11,501,900,000 5.50% 12.93% 0.40

2015 78,960,990,000 2,188,971,000 7,002,914,000 8.86% 10,637,750,000 4,468,729,000 10,587,310,000 6,514,234,000 11,831,430,000 5.60% 13.62% 0.37

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 83,306,430,000 2,111,634,000 8,547,411,000 10.26% 9,921,542,000 5,777,852,000 7,798,700,000 5,935,889,000 12,676,530,000 7.59% 18.83% 0.45

2013 82,910,780,000 2,056,714,000 8,151,760,000 9.83% 9,850,930,000 5,427,034,000 8,820,893,000 5,223,044,000 11,843,760,000 7.52% 18.73% 0.41

Stock Ticker: BASFY Employees: 113,292 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $2,914,145 Bonus: $1,937,906

2011 82,377,270,000 1,798,924,000 9,623,402,000 11.68% 9,681,686,000 6,935,665,000 7,963,461,000 3,822,013,000 14,734,360,000 10.26% 27.17% 0.37

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 621600 Fax: 49 6216042525 Toll-Free: 800-526-1072 Address: 38 Carl-Bosch St., Ludwigshafen, GM 67056 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $1,457,072 Second Exec. Salary: $969,514

2012 88,241,430,000 1,956,960,000 10,060,520,000 11.40% 10,799,150,000 5,468,505,000 7,546,514,000 4,650,302,000 14,281,550,000 7.77% 20.02% 0.37

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Baxter International Inc

www.baxter.com

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Equipment Manufacturing Supplies-Intravenous & Renal Dialysis Systems Medication Delivery Products & IV Fluids Biopharmaceutical Products Plasma Collection & Processing Vaccines Software Contract Research

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Suprane Tisseel Vepacel Gammagard Olimel Floseal Hemostatic Matrix

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jose Almeida, CEO James Saccaro, CFO Caroline Karp, Controller Sean Martin, General Counsel Marcus Schabacker, Other Executive Officer Brik Eyre, President, Divisional Paul Vibert, President, Divisional Giuseppe Accogli, President, Divisional Scott Pleau, Vice President, Divisional Jeanne Mason, Vice President, Divisional

Baxter International, Inc. manufactures and markets products for the treatment of immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma and other chronic and acute medical conditions, offering expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Baxter markets its offerings to hospitals, clinical and medical research labs, blood and blood dialysis centers, rehab facilities, nursing homes, doctor's offices and patients undergoing supervised home care. The firm has manufacturing facilities in 20 countries and offers products and services in 100 countries. Baxter operates in two business segments: hospital products, which manufactures products used in delivery of fluids and drugs, such as IV (intravenous ) and other sterile solutions and administrations sets, IV nutrition products, infusion pumps, inhalation anesthetics, premix drugs and drug-reconstitution systems; and renal, which includes products and drugs for patients with kidney failure or kidney disease, including innovative technologies and therapies for peritoneal dialysis, in-center and home hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, multi-organ extracorporeal support therapy, as well as additional dialysis services. The firm's products include Suprane, a general inhalation anesthetic; Tisseel, a hemostatic agent; Actifuse, a bone graft filler; and Floseal Hemostatic Matrix, a blood control tool.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,163,000,000 647,000,000 724,000,000 7.12% 2,739,000,000 4,965,000,000 1,654,000,000 719,000,000 5,843,000,000 27.18% 57.94% 0.33

2015 9,968,000,000 603,000,000 449,000,000 4.50% 3,094,000,000 968,000,000 1,647,000,000 911,000,000 1,333,000,000 4.12% 11.41% 0.44

2014 16,671,000,000 1,421,000,000 2,707,000,000 16.23% 4,029,000,000 2,497,000,000 3,215,000,000 1,898,000,000 3,611,000,000 9.64% 30.11% 0.93

2013 15,259,000,000 1,246,000,000 2,668,000,000 17.48% 3,681,000,000 2,012,000,000 3,198,000,000 1,525,000,000 3,527,000,000 8.69% 26.12% 0.96

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 948-2000 Fax: 847 948-2964 Toll-Free: 800-422-9837 Address: 1 Baxter Pkwy., Deerfield, IL 60015 United States

Stock Ticker: BAX Employees: 48,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $514,028

Bonus: $ Bonus: $400,000

2012 14,190,000,000 1,156,000,000 2,821,000,000 19.88% 3,324,000,000 2,326,000,000 3,106,000,000 1,161,000,000 3,714,000,000 11.78% 34.40% 0.80

2011 13,893,000,000 946,000,000 2,946,000,000 21.20% 3,154,000,000 2,224,000,000 2,817,000,000 960,000,000 3,571,000,000 12.16% 33.82% 0.72

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Bayer AG

www.bayer.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals Animal Health Products Health Care Products Crop Science Plant Biotechnology Over-the-Counter Drugs Personal Care Products

Bayer AG is a German life science company with core competencies in the areas of healthcare and agriculture. With the company's innovative products, Bayer contributes to finding solutions to some of the major challenges confronting these sectors, specifically improved medical care and an adequate supply of food. Bayer seeks to improve quality of life by preventing, alleviating and treating diseases; and the firm helps to provide a reliable supply of high-quality food, feed and plantbased raw materials. Bayer develops new molecules for use in innovative products. Its research and development activities are based on the biochemical processes in living organisms. Bayer groups its business into four divisions. The pharmaceuticals division focuses on prescription products, especially for cardiology and women's healthcare, and on specialty therapeutics in the areas of oncology, hematology and ophthalmology. This division also includes a radiology unit, which markets contrast-enhanced diagnostic imaging equipment together with contrast agents. The consumer health division markets non-prescription products in dermatology, dietary supplement, analgesic, gastrointestinal, allergy, cold and flu, foot care, sun protection and cardiovascular risk prevention categories. These products include globally-known brands such as Claritin, Bayer Aspirin, Aleve, Bepanthen/Bepanthol, Canesten, Dr. Scholl's and Coppertone. The crop science division comprises businesses in seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Last, the animal health division offers products and services for the prevention and treatment of diseases in companion and farm animals. The Bayer group comprises more than 300 consolidated companies in 77 countries. Its global headquarters are in Leverkusen, Germany. In September 2016, the company reached an agreement to acquire global biotech seed company, Monsanto. That December, Monsanto shareholders approved the merger.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Claritin Bayer Aspirin Aleve Bepanthen/Bepanthol Canesten Dr. Scholl's Coppertone

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Johannes Dietsch, CFO Hartmut Klusik, Human Resources Werner Baumann, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 52,419,860,000 5,229,769,000 7,892,849,000 15.05% 16,509,750,000 5,078,457,000 10,187,180,000 2,889,487,000 11,560,190,000 5.80% 16.59% 0.50

2015 51,921,090,000 4,798,252,000 5,879,848,000 11.32% 16,212,730,000 4,606,590,000 7,722,484,000 2,821,116,000 10,485,320,000 5.70% 18.52% 0.67

2014 47,342,530,000 4,005,828,000 5,071,733,000 10.71% 14,300,610,000 3,839,946,000 6,511,993,000 2,657,476,000 8,362,475,000 5.63% 16.78% 0.88

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 45,008,970,000 3,575,432,000 4,715,311,000 10.47% 13,408,430,000 3,574,311,000 5,795,786,000 2,417,619,000 7,961,220,000 6.21% 16.27% 0.24

Stock Ticker: BAYRY Employees: 116,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,828,000 Bonus: $1,051,000

2011 40,941,490,000 3,286,259,000 4,650,302,000 11.35% 11,960,320,000 2,768,438,000 5,671,374,000 1,810,132,000 7,753,867,000 4.73% 12.98% 0.40

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 214301 Fax: 49 2143066328 Toll-Free: 800-269-2377 Address: Bayerwerk Gebaeude W11, Leverkusen, GM D-51368 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $1,363,000 Second Exec. Salary: $899,000

2012 44,564,000,000 3,377,046,000 4,438,467,000 9.95% 13,285,140,000 2,741,538,000 5,079,578,000 2,162,071,000 7,756,108,000 4.69% 12.98% 0.36

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Becton Dickinson & Co

www.bd.com

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Equipment-Injection/Infusion Drug Delivery Systems Infusion Therapy Products Diabetes Care Products Surgical Products Microbiology Products Diagnostic Products Consulting Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BD Medical BD Life Sciences CareFusion Corporation BD Vacutainer BD Hypak Cellular Research Inc CRISI Medical Systems Vyaire Medical

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Vincent Forlenza, CEO Jeffrey Sherman, General Counsel Christopher Reidy, CFO John Gallagher, Chief Accounting Officer Nabil Shabshab, Chief Marketing Officer Ellen Strahlman, Chief Medical Officer Stephen Sichak, Executive VP, Divisional Linda Tharby, Executive VP Alberto Mas, Executive VP Thomas Polen, Executive VP Gary Cohen, Executive VP James Lim, Executive VP Alexandre Conroy, President, Geographical Gary DeFazio, Secretary Alexandre Conroy, President, Geographical

Becton, Dickinson & Co. (BD) manufactures and sells a broad line of medical supplies, devices and diagnostic systems used by health care professionals, medical research institutions and the public. The company operates in two worldwide business segments: BD Medical and BD Life Sciences. BD Medical offers products, including specially designed devices for diabetes care; pre-fillable drug delivery systems; and infusion therapy products. It also offers anesthesia and surgical products, ophthalmic surgery devices, critical care systems, elastic support products, respiratory ventilation and diagnostic equipment and thermometers. BD Life Sciences offers products for safe collection and transport of diagnostics specimens; instruments and reagent systems to detect a broad range of infectious diseases; and research and clinical tools that facilitate the study of cells in order to get a comprehensive understanding of normal and disease processes. Some of the products are integrated systems for specimen collection, molecular testing systems for infectious diseases and fluorescence-activated cell sorters and analyzers. Two of BD's most popular products are BD Hypak pre-fillable syringes and BD Vacutainer blood-collection products. Outside of the U.S., the company's products are manufactured and sold in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Asia Pacific and Canada. In April 2016, the firm divested its vertebral augmentation solutions business to Stryker Corporation. In October 2016, the company formed a joint venture company with Apax Partners, Vyaire Medical, a standalone, global respiratory solutions company. In April 2017, BD announced that it would acquire C.R. Bard, Inc., a medical supplies manufacturer, for $24 billion. The firm offers employees medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage; a flexible spending account; an employee assistance program; and at select locations, onsite services such as fitness centers, walking trails, banks and cafeterias.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,483,000,000 828,000,000 1,430,000,000 11.45% 3,005,000,000 976,000,000 2,559,000,000 718,000,000 2,576,000,000

2015 10,282,000,000 632,000,000 1,074,000,000 10.44% 2,563,000,000 695,000,000 1,730,000,000 633,000,000 2,001,000,000

1.38

1.58

2014 8,446,000,000 550,000,000 1,606,000,000 19.01% 2,145,000,000 1,185,000,000 1,746,000,000 653,000,000 2,219,000,000

2013 8,054,000,000 494,000,000 1,255,000,000 15.58% 2,422,000,000 1,293,000,000 1,717,000,000 588,000,000 1,849,000,000

2012 7,708,382,000 471,755,000 1,557,885,000 20.21% 1,923,354,000 1,169,927,000 1,760,228,000 553,644,000 2,118,004,000

2011 7,828,904,000 476,496,000 1,763,282,000 22.52% 1,851,774,000 1,270,994,000 1,716,000,000 605,257,000 2,304,371,000

0.74

0.74

0.90

0.51

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 201 847-6800 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-284-6845 Address: 1 Becton Dr., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 United States

Stock Ticker: BDX Employees: 50,928 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,105,000 Second Exec. Salary: $746,568

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Benteler Group (The)

www.benteler.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Parts Manufacturing Chassis & Structure Parts Manufacturing Engine Parts Manufacturing Exhaust Systems Manufacturing Engineering Solutions Design & Testing Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Beneteler International AG

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hubertus Benteler, Managing Dir. Hubertus Benteler, Chmn.

The Benteler Group is one of the largest industrial companies in Germany. The firm operates through four independent business divisions: automotive, steel/tube, distribution and glass processing equipment. The automotive division provides components and modules for chassis, body, engine and exhaust systems for nearly every major vehicle manufacturer. This segment also provides lightweight solutions for vehicle structures in steel and aluminum; mechanical engineering machines, systems and tools for the automotive industry; protective solutions for various customers and market segments; and innovative material composites for customized lightweight solutions. The steel/tube division develops and produces seamless and welded steel tubes for the automotive, energy and industry markets. The distribution division is a stockholding company for steel tubes with more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space. This segment offers a full range of carbon steel and stainless steel tubes, short and flexible delivery times, as well as customized services. The glass processing equipment segment provides flat glass processing machinery primarily for the architectural, automotive, solar and display glass industries. Benteler's worldwide presence comprises more than 150 locations in 40 countries. Benteler International AG is the management holding company of The Benteler Group, and is responsible for the development of the processes, structures and targets of Benteler's global business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,812,575,654

2015 8,996,113,585

2014 8,553,911,459

2013 9,776,514,985

2012 9,847,690,000

2011 9,200,690,000

130,127,444

75,481,302

114,569,833

4,127,033

54,166,100

125,600,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 43-662-2283-0 Fax: 43-662-2283-0 Toll-Free: Address: Schillerstranbe 25-27, Salzberg, 5020 Austria

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 27,917 Parent Company: Benteler International AG

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

www.bharatpetroleum.in

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Products Jet Fuel Refining Petrochemicals & Lubricants Oil Change Shops Gas Stations

Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. is one of India's top petroleum companies. The government of India is the firm's majority shareholder. Bharat Petroleum provides petroleum for motorists, fleet owners, industry sectors and households. The company's refinery units include the Mumbai Refinery, Kochi Refinery, Bina Refinery and Numaligarh Refinery. Products of the firm include gases, which comprise poly propylene feed stock, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), petroleum and diesel, as well as Bharat metal cutting gas; fuels, such as marine fuels, white oils and black oils; solvents and special products; bitumen; lubricants; and sulfur. Bharat provides fuel and fueling services to more than 42 million homes under the Bharatgas name; and comprises a network of more than 13,000 vehicle fuel stations, 8,400 of which offer a wide range of convenience store and restaurant-related food options. Bharat Petroleum Aviation Fuel Services supplies aviation fuels, jet fuels and facilities. It provides product and fueling services to 40 airports throughout the country, including fuel, fuel management, technical training and consultancy. Lubricants are sold under the MAK brand, including diesel engine oils, automotive vehicle oils and motorcycle oils. Subsidiary Bharat PetroResources Limited engages in the exploration and production of oil & gas in India and internationally, with interests in multiple exploration blocks. Moreover, Bharat Petroleum provides proficiency testing for the petroleum industry in order to support the needs of petroleum sector laboratories in the country and adjoining regions. BPCL Proficiency Testing is based in Mumbai, and primarily performs proficiency test programs for petroleum sectors located throughout India.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mumbai Refinery Kochi Refinery Bina Refinery Numaligarh Refinery Bharatgas Bharat Petroleum Aviation Fuel Services Bharat PetroResources Limited BPCL Proficiency Testing

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. D. Rajkumar, Managing Dir. K. Sivakumar, CFO S. Ramesh, CMO S.P. Gathoo, Human Resources M. M. Chawla, Exec. Dir.-Eng. & Projects G. S. Wankhede, Exec. Dir.-Oper. S. Varadaraja, Dir.-Finance Shri. B.K. Datta, Dir.-Refineries Manoj Pant, Chief Vigilance Officer D. Rajkumar, Chmn. R. K. Mehra, Exec. Dir.-Int'l Trade

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 29,295,966,208

2015 37,673,500,672

2014 41,060,114,432

2013 37,608,660,992

2012 32,943,484,928

2011 23,859,767,296

1,239,461,120

746,419,776

607,295,680

292,077,024

121,256,312

253,895,488

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91-22-2271-3000 Fax: 91-22-2271-3874 Toll-Free: Address: 4 & 6 Currimbhoy Rd., Ballard Est., Bharat Bhavan, Mumbai, 400001 India

Stock Ticker: BRQPY Employees: 12,623 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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BlackBerry Ltd

www.blackberry.com

NAIC Code: 0

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Software for Wireless Device Management Wireless Software & Services Secure Wireless Communications Software

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BlackBerry BBM Enterprise SDK PT BB Merah Putih TCL Communications Technology Holdings Limited BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Chen, CEO James Yersh, CFO Marty Beard, COO James Mackey, Executive VP, Divisional Sai Yuen Ho, Executive VP, Divisional Nita White-Ivy, Executive VP, Divisional Steve Zipperstein, Other Executive Officer Eric Johnson, President, Divisional Ron Louks, President, Divisional John Sims, President, Divisional Sandeep Chennakeshu, President, Divisional Carl Wiese, President, Divisional

BlackBerry Ltd. is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of software and services for the worldwide mobile communications market. The company focuses on software and services that support multiple wireless network standards and provide access to time-sensitive information, including email, phone, text messaging, internet and intranet applications. This is provided through various offerings, including the BlackBerry wireless platform, software development tools and software and hardware licensing agreements. The BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager software platform, part of the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite, enables corporate and government customers to manage wireless devices from a wide variety of makers when they are used on enterprise networks. Blackberry has long had an excellent reputation for systems that offer a high level of data and network security. At one time, the company was a major designer and seller of Blackberry brand wireless devices. However, in September 2016, after several years of declining hardware shipments, Blackberry announced that it would stop all internal development of wireless hardware and will outsource such work to newly formed subsidiary, PT BB Merah Putih in Indonesia. Going forward, the company will focus on developing and marketing software and services. In December 2016, Blackberry announced an agreement with TCL Communications Technology Holdings Limited, in which TCL will design, manufacture, sell and provide customer support for BlackBerry-branded mobile devices. The following month, BlackBerry, in partnership with Renesas Electronics America, Inc., put its joint autonomous driving technology platform on a test track. In February 2017, the company released its BBM Enterprise SDK (software development kit), which will enable developers to integrate secure messaging, voice and video capabilities into applications and services. The firm offers its employees an employee assistance plan, a gym/fitness membership, free BlackBerry smartphones and training & development.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,160,000,000 469,000,000 -223,000,000 -10.32% 712,000,000 -208,000,000 257,000,000 102,000,000 393,000,000 -3.44% -6.26% 0.39

2015 3,335,000,000 711,000,000 -423,000,000 -12.68% 938,000,000 -304,000,000 813,000,000 508,000,000 271,000,000 -4.31% -8.61% 0.49

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 6,813,000,000 1,286,000,000 -7,163,000,000 -105.13% 2,103,000,000 -5,873,000,000 -159,000,000 1,363,000,000 -5,893,000,000 -56.69% -89.76% 0.44

2013 11,073,000,000 1,509,000,000 -1,235,000,000 -11.15% 2,111,000,000 -646,000,000 2,303,000,000 1,418,000,000 683,000,000 -4.80% -6.60%

Stock Ticker: BBRY Employees: 4,044 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 519 888-7465 Fax: 519 888-7884 Toll-Free: Address: 295 Phillip St., Waterloo, ON N2L 3W8 Canada Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $700,000

2012 18,435,000,000 1,559,000,000 1,490,000,000 8.08% 2,604,000,000 1,164,000,000 2,912,000,000 3,119,000,000 3,013,000,000 8.74% 12.22%

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 02/28

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)

www.bmw.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Financial Services Motorcycles Software Consulting Services Fleet Management IT Solutions Engines

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MINI Rolls-Royce Motor Cars BMW Motoren Bavaria Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH BMW Technik Z4 Cooper Rolls Royce Motor Car Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Friedrich Eichiner, CFO Ian Robertson, Dir.-Sales & Mktg. Milagros Caina Carreiro-Andree, Dir.-Human Resources Frank-Peter Arndt, Head-Prod. Herbert Diess, Dir.-Dev. Friedrich Eichner, Dir.-Finance Harald Kruger, Dir.-MINI, Motorcycles, Rolls-Royce & After Sales Peter Schwarzenbauer, Head-MINI, Rolly-Royce & Aftersales Norbert Reithofer, Chmn. Klaus Draeger, Chief Purchasing & Supplier Network Officer

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG), based in Munich, Germany, is a leading vehicle manufacturer in Europe, with brands including BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The company operates in three primary business segments: automobiles, motorcycles and financial services. The company's automobile models include the 1 Series; the 3 Series; the 5 Series; the 6 Series; the 7 Series; the M series; the X1, X3, X5 and X6 sport utilities; the BMW i electric and hybrid vehicles; and the Z4 roadster. The company also manufactures specialty vehicles such as the BMW X5 armored security vehicle. Additionally, BMW produces the MINI brand of cars (Cooper, Cooper D and Cooper S) and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (Phantom, Ghost and Wraith). BMW brand motorcycles include the R 1200 GS, F 800 GS, F 800 ST, G 650 and BMW HP2 Sport. The financial services segment manages vehiclerelated financial services, including financing and leasing, asset management, insurance, dealer financing and company car pools. Other group activities include Bavaria Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH, which provides insurance and other services to the firm; BMW Technik, which works to develop innovative automobile technologies; and BMW Motoren, which manufactures engines. The firm operates 30 production and assembly facilities in 14 countries and has a global sales network in over 140 countries.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 105,540,200,000

2015 103,312,000,000

2014 90,115,440,000

2013 85,247,710,000

2012 86,133,150,000

2011 77,136,290,000

10,520,060,000 9.96% 10,264,510,000 7,692,221,000 3,556,377,000 6,526,564,000 16,801,170,000 3.80% 15.31% 1.05

10,752,070,000 10.40% 9,676,081,000 7,138,534,000 1,075,992,000 6,600,538,000 16,064,780,000 3.89% 15.97% 0.79

10,219,680,000 11.34% 8,845,551,000 6,498,543,000 3,263,842,000 6,835,911,000 14,969,740,000 3.62% 14.63% 1.12

8,950,908,000 10.49% 8,131,585,000 5,956,064,000 4,050,661,000 7,474,782,000 13,509,300,000 3.60% 14.83% 1.09

9,302,847,000 10.80% 7,853,620,000 5,711,724,000 5,689,307,000 5,868,639,000 13,165,210,000 3.99% 17.77% 1.25

8,986,775,000 11.65% 6,923,336,000 5,499,888,000 6,403,273,000 4,123,515,000 12,633,940,000 4.20% 19.48% 1.39

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 893820 Fax: 49 8938214661 Toll-Free: Address: Petuelring 130, Munich, 80788 Germany

Stock Ticker: BMWM5N Employees: 124,729 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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BMW of North America LLC

www.bmwusa.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Financial Services Automobile Manufacturing Automobile Design Services

BMW of North America LLC (BMWNA), a subsidiary of BMW, imports BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce motor cars and motorcycles. It markets, sells and provides financial services for 342 BMW car dealerships, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers, 120 MINI passenger car dealers and 32 Rolls-Royce dealers. The BMW product line includes the 2 series (coupe and convertible); 3 series (sedan, sports wagon and gran turismo); 4 series (coupe, gran coupe and convertible); 5 series (sedan and gran turismo); 6 series (coupe, gran coupe, ALPINA gran coupe and convertible); 7 series (sedan); the X models (sports activity vehicles and coupe); the Z4 Roadster; the M models (sedan, coupe, gran coupe, convertible, sports activity vehicle and coupe); and the all-electric BMW i3 and plug-in hybrid i8. The BMW Motorcycle product line includes the Adventure line: BMW G650, F700, F800, R1200 GSs and S1000 XR; the Roadster line: BMW F800, R1200 and S1000 Rs; the Sport line: BMW S1000 and R1200 RSs and K1300 S; the Urban Mobility line: BMW C650 GT; and the Tour line: BMW F800 FT, R1200 RT, K1600 GT and K1600 GTL. The MINI line includes the Mini Cooper and the Mini Cooper S (both available in convertible, hardtop and clubman models), and the RollsRoyce line includes Phantom, Ghost and Wraith. BMWNA's sister companies include BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, which provides financial tools for buying or leasing a new or used vehicle; and Designworks, a design consultancy firm. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC is the exclusive plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity vehicles and X6 and X4 Sports Activity Coupes. The plant has a daily output average of about 1,000 vehicles. The vehicles produced at the factory are shipped to more than 130 countries.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) BMW Financial Services NA LLC Designworks BMW Manufacturing Co LLC ALPINA Z4 Roadster MINI Rolls-Royce

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ludwig Willisch, CEO Ludwig Willisch, Pres. Stefan Sengewald, CFO Peter Miles, Exec. VP-Oper.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,832,600,000

2015 20,388,972,750

2014 18,061,340,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 17,039,000,000

2012 18,094,550,000

2011 16,710,000,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 201-307-4000 Fax: 201-307-0880 Toll-Free: 800-831-1117 Address: 300 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 19,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Boeing Company (The)

www.boeing.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Aerospace Technology & Manufacturing Military Aircraft Satellite Manufacturing Communications Products & Services Air Traffic Management Technology Financing Services Research & Development

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Boeing 777 Boeing 737 Boeing 787 Dreamliner Boeing Capital Corporation Boeing 747-8 Liquid Robotics

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Leanne Caret, CEO, Divisional Scott Fancher, Senior VP, Divisional Kevin McAllister, CEO, Divisional Stanley Deal, CEO, Divisional Gregory Smith, CFO Robert Verbeck, Chief Accounting Officer Theodore Colbert, Chief Information Officer Gregory Hyslop, Chief Technology Officer Dennis Muilenburg, Director J. Luttig, Executive VP Bertrand-Marc Allen, President, Subsidiary Heidi Capozzi, Senior VP, Divisional Patrick Shanahan, Senior VP, Divisional Diana Sands, Senior VP, Divisional Thomas Downey, Senior VP, Divisional

The Boeing Company is one of the world's major aerospace firms. The company operates in the following segments: commercial airplanes; defense, space & security (BDS), which is further subdivided into Boeing military aircraft (BMA), network & space systems (N&SS) and global services & support (GS&S); and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC). The commercial airplanes segment develops, produces and markets commercial jet aircraft and related support services. Its family of jet aircraft includes the 737 narrow-body model, the 767 and 777 wide-body models, the 787 Dreamliner and the 747-8 intercontinental and freighter models. On the BDS side, the BMA subdivision is focused on the development of military aircraft and precision engagement as well as mobility products and services. The N&SS subdivision provides products and services to assist customers in transforming operations through network integration, intelligence and surveillance systems, communications and space exploration. The GS&S subdivision is engaged in operations, maintenance and logistics support functions for military platforms. BCC provides financing to commercial aircraft customers. In December 2016, the firm announced it will acquire Liquid Robotics, a market leader in autonomous maritime systems. The company offers its employees benefits including medical, dental, life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; pension and retirement savings plans; tuition assistance; and onsite and on-the-job training.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 94,571,000,000 4,627,000,000 5,834,000,000 6.16% 3,616,000,000 4,895,000,000 10,499,000,000 2,613,000,000 7,784,000,000 5.30% 136.80% 11.71

2015 96,114,000,000 3,331,000,000 7,443,000,000 7.74% 3,525,000,000 5,176,000,000 9,363,000,000 2,450,000,000 9,263,000,000 5.34% 68.95% 1.37

2014 90,762,000,000 3,047,000,000 7,473,000,000 8.23% 3,767,000,000 5,446,000,000 8,858,000,000 2,236,000,000 9,376,000,000 5.67% 46.21% 0.93

2013 86,623,000,000 3,071,000,000 6,562,000,000 7.57% 3,956,000,000 4,585,000,000 8,179,000,000 2,238,000,000 8,462,000,000 5.05% 44.20% 0.54

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 312 544-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 100 N. Riverside Plz., Chicago, IL 60606 United States

Stock Ticker: BA Employees: 150,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $92,308 Second Exec. Salary: $1,640,962

Bonus: $2,000,000 Bonus: $

2012 81,698,000,000 3,298,000,000 6,311,000,000 7.72% 3,717,000,000 3,900,000,000 7,508,000,000 1,710,000,000 8,184,000,000 4.61% 83.13% 1.52

2011 68,735,000,000 3,918,000,000 5,844,000,000 8.50% 3,408,000,000 4,018,000,000 4,023,000,000 1,713,000,000 7,551,000,000 5.40% 127.94% 2.85

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Bombardier Inc

www.bombardier.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Railway Vehicles & Equipment Business, Passenger & Civil Aircraft Jet Leasing & Charters Railroad Car Leasing & Management Amphibious Aircraft

Bombardier, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer with operations in commercial aircraft, business jets and rail transportation equipment, systems and services. The company operates in two divisions: aerospace and transportation. Through its aerospace division, Bombardier Aerospace, the company is one of the largest producers of commercial aircraft, specialty aircraft and business jets in the world. Its business aircraft include the Learjet, Challenger and Global models. Bombardier also offers business jet leases and charter services, in part through SkyJet. In addition, the aerospace division provides defense services, including fleet management and aviation training management. The firm also makes multi-role amphibious aircraft, suitable for tasks such as forest-fire fighting, maritime surveillance, search and rescue and utility transport. Through the Flexjet program, Bombardier offers whole aircraft ownership and management, fractional jet ownership, jet cards and charter brokerage services. The company's transportation division, Bombardier Transportation, is one of the world's largest producers of railway vehicles and equipment, with approximately 60 production and engineering sites in 28 countries. It covers a full range of products and services, which the firm divides into six categories: propulsion and controls, including products for applications such as trolley buses and freight locomotives; bogies, which includes all products for application on rail vehicles; rail vehicles, which includes monorails, advanced rapid transit and commuter trains; transportation systems, which provide customized transportation system solutions; general fleet servicing; and rail control solutions.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Learjet Challenger Global Flexjet Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Transportation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alain Bellemare, CEO Jianwei Zhang, President, Geographical John Di Bert, CFO Laurent Beaudoin, Chairman Emeritus Pierre Beaudoin, Chairman of the Board J. R. Bombardier, Director Jean-Louis Fontaine, Director Dimitrios Vounassis, Other Executive Officer FranCois Caza, Other Executive Officer Frederick Cromer, President, Divisional Jean Seguin, President, Divisional Laurent Troger, President, Divisional David Coleal, President, Divisional Daniel Brennan, Senior VP, Divisional Nico Buchholz, Senior VP, Divisional Daniel Desjardins, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,339,000,000 287,000,000 297,000,000 1.81% 1,133,000,000 -1,022,000,000 137,000,000 1,255,000,000 -61,000,000 -4.60%

2015 18,172,000,000 355,000,000 405,000,000 2.22% 1,213,000,000 -5,347,000,000 20,000,000 1,879,000,000 -4,591,000,000 -21.26%

2014 20,111,000,000 347,000,000 872,000,000 4.33% 1,358,000,000 -1,260,000,000 847,000,000 1,982,000,000 -286,000,000 -4.42% -142.05%

2013 18,151,000,000 293,000,000 923,000,000 5.08% 1,417,000,000 564,000,000 1,380,000,000 2,357,000,000 1,433,000,000 2.04% 36.82% 3.36

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 514 861-9481 Fax: 514 861-7053 Toll-Free: Address: 800 Rene-Levesque Blvd. W., Montreal, QC H3B 1Y8 Canada

Stock Ticker: BBD.A Employees: 61,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 16,768,000,000 299,000,000 757,000,000 4.51% 1,443,000,000 588,000,000 1,348,000,000 2,140,000,000 1,142,000,000 2.36% 92.16% 5.44

2011 18,347,000,000 271,000,000 1,202,000,000 1,439,000,000 837,000,000 243,000,000 1,500,000,000 2,054,000,000

Exchange: TSE Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Borealis AG

www.borealisgroup.com

NAIC Code: 326100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Polyolefin Production Plastic Resin Polypropylene Production Polyethylene Production Fertilizers

Borealis AG is a plastics company that provides innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. With headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Borealis operates in over 120 countries. The International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi owns 64% of the company, with the remaining 36% owned by European energy group, OMV. Borealis provides its services and products globally in collaboration with Borouge, a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Polyolefins manufactured by Borealis form the basis of many plastics applications that are used in everyday life. This division's main sectors include energy, for which Borealis manufactures extrahigh, high and medium voltage cable applications as well as semi-conductive products via its Borlink technology; automotive, for which it supplies polyolefin plastic materials via its Borstar post-reactor technology, delivering replacement solutions for materials such as metal, rubber and engineering polymers; consumer products, for which the company supplies polyolefin plastics used in consumer products, advanced packaging and fibre; and pipe, for which is supplies materials for advance polyolefin pipe systems that help the pipe industry better serve global communities. Base chemicals consist of melamine, phenol, acetone, ethylene and propylene for use in numerous and diverse industries, as well as fertilizers and technical nitrogen products. Fertilizers are manufactured through Borealis L.A.T., which has 60 warehouses in Europe and an inventory capacity of more than 700,000 tons. Its fertilizer portfolio consists of nitrogen, nitrogen-phosphorous and nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium products that help to meet farming needs. This division also provides technical products such as ammonia, ammonium nitrates, nitric acid and urea. In July 2016, the firm acquired the German plastics recyclers mtm plastics GmbH and mtm compact GmbH. In April 2017, Borealis acquired the remaining 60% of FEBORAN OOD/Bulgaria from the First Energy Bank of Bulgaria.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: International Petroleum Investment Company OMV Borouge Borealis LAT Borlink Borstar mtm plastics GmbH mtm compact GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mark Garrett, CEO Martijn van Koten, Exec. VP-Oper. Mark J. S. Tonkens, CFO Kerstin Meckler, Dir.-Comm Alfred Stern, Exec. VP-Polyolefins Markku Korvenranta, Exec. VP-Base Chemicals Herbert Willerth, Deputy CEO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,075,891,591

2015 10,050,451,000

2014 9,062,781,050

2013 10,902,070,051

2012 9,970,570,000

2011 9,193,440,000

1,245,001,903

1,100,138,000

621,402,957

557,062,205

634,310,000

656,489,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 43-1-22-400-302 Fax: 43-1-22-400-333 Toll-Free: Address: 17-19 Wagramerstrasse, IZD Tower, Vienna, A-1220 Austria

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 6,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: International Petroleum Investment Company

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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BorgWarner Inc

www.bwauto.com

NAIC Code: 336310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Motor Vehicle Transmissions Power Train Parts Turbochargers Cooling Systems Chain Systems Industrial Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BorgWarner Emissions Systems Inc NSK-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha HY-VO MORSE TEC DualTronic

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

James Verrier, CEO Ronald Hundzinski, CFO Alexis Michas, Chairman of the Board John Gasparovic, Executive VP Stefan Demmerle, General Manager, Subsidiary Frederic Lissalde, General Manager, Subsidiary Joseph Fadool, General Manager, Subsidiary Brady Ericson, General Manager, Subsidiary Robin Kendrick, General Manager, Subsidiary Thomas McGill, Treasurer Joel Wiegert, Vice President Tonit Calaway, Vice President, Divisional Anthony Hensel, Vice President

BorgWarner, Inc. manufactures and sells engineered systems and components, designed to improve fuel efficiency, air quality and vehicle stability, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of passenger cars, SUVs, trucks, commercial transportation products and industrial equipment worldwide. BorgWarner operates manufacturing and technical facilities at 62 locations in 17 countries, serving customers in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Products fall into two operating segments: engine and drivetrain. The engine group produces turbochargers, timing systems, emissions systems, thermal systems, diesel cold start and gasoline ignition technology. Brand names developed by the engine group include the HY-VO front-wheel drive transmission and four-wheel drive (4WD) chain and the MORSE TEC chain system for light vehicles. This division is operated through subsidiary BorgWarner Emissions Systems, Inc., which manufactures the engine group's products. The drivetrain group produces transmission components and systems as well as all-wheel drive (AWD) torque management systems. Products include friction plates, one-way clutches, transmission bands and torque converter lock-up clutches. The company's Japanese joint-venture, NSK-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha, is one of the leading producers of friction pads and one way clutches in Japan. The drivetrain group's DualTronic transmission technology, used by the entire VW Group vehicle family, provides smooth-shifting convenience through a twoclutch wet-friction system. In October 2016, the firm agreed to sell its REMY light vehicle aftermarket business to Torque Capital Group, for approximately $80 million.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,071,000,000

2015 8,023,200,000

2014 8,305,100,000

2013 7,436,600,000

2012 7,183,200,000

2011 7,114,700,000

225,900,000 2.49% 817,500,000 118,500,000 1,035,700,000 500,600,000 666,500,000 1.34% 3.49% 0.63

939,700,000 11.71% 687,700,000 609,700,000 867,900,000 577,300,000 1,307,400,000 7.58% 17.00% 0.59

963,700,000 11.60% 698,900,000 655,800,000 801,800,000 563,000,000 1,346,900,000 9.27% 18.27% 0.19

855,200,000 11.49% 645,600,000 624,300,000 718,800,000 417,800,000 1,202,900,000 9.37% 18.79% 0.28

752,900,000 10.48% 629,300,000 500,900,000 878,700,000 407,400,000 1,089,000,000 8.10% 18.31% 0.26

797,500,000 11.20% 621,000,000 550,100,000 708,200,000 393,700,000 1,123,500,000 9.55% 23.67% 0.31

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 248 754-9200 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3850 Hamlin Rd., Auburn Hills, MI 48326 United States

Stock Ticker: BWA Employees: 27,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,245,000 Second Exec. Salary: $665,750

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Bosch Rexroth AG

www.boschrexroth.com

NAIC Code: 333519

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Assembly Machines Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Robert Bosch GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bertram Hoffmann, Head-Production & Quality Mgmt. Paul Cooke, Sr. VP-Eng. Stefan Spindler, Head-Mobile Application Rolf Najork, Chmn. Rolf-Dieter Amann, Head-Purchasing & Logistics

Bosch Rexroth AG is a company specializing in the manufacture of large scale engineering equipment. Products are manufactured in 20 countries and sold through sales associates in more than 80 countries worldwide. Bosch Rexroth divides its sales between the regions of Asia Pacific & Africa, the Americas and Europe, with over 50% of sales coming out of the European market. The company operates through three segments based on the industries it serves: mobile applications, machinery application & engineering and factory automation. The mobile applications segment sells equipment for several uses, including construction machinery, on-highway and commercial vehicles, materials handling and agricultural and forestry equipment. Products in this segment aim to provide the most power with the lowest emissions. The machinery applications & engineering segment sells machines for a wide range of purposes and for a long list of industries. Some of the products sold in this segment include machines for civil engineering, marine, mining, oil and gas drilling, stage technology, energy technology and machine tools and presses. The factory automation segment manufactures machines used in a variety of factories, including assembly and handling, automotive, semiconductor, electronics, printing, converting, packaging, processing, machine tools (cutting) and solar. Bosch Rexroth is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,785,898,393

2015 6,061,665,886

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 6,335,719,403

2013 7,569,768,296

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 32,521 Parent Company: Robert Bosch GmbH

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 8,342,720,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-9352-18-0 Fax: 49-9352-18-3972 Toll-Free: Address: Maria-Theresien Strabe 23, Lohr, 97816 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 8,589,620,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Boston Scientific Corp

www.bostonscientific.com

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Supplies-Surgery Interventional Medical Products Catheters Guide wires Stents Oncology Research

Boston Scientific Corp. is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices that are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. Boston Scientific operates in seven segments. The cardiac rhythm management segment offers implantable devices that monitor the heart and deliver electricity to treat cardiac abnormalities. The interventional cardiology segment sells coronary stent systems and products for the treatment of peripheral diseases, such as the WATCHMAN appendage closure device or the CrossBoss coronary CTO crossing catheter. The electrophysiology segment develops less-invasive medical technologies used in the diagnosis and treatment of rate and rhythm disorders of the heart. Products in this segment include the ZURPAZ, DIREX, CHANNEL brands of steerable sheaths. The endoscopy segment sells products for the treatment of a variety of digestive diseases, such as the EndoVive endoscopic gastrostomy kit or the Dreamwire high performance guidewire. The urology and pelvic health segment offers products for the treatment of urinary stone disease, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), stress urinary incontinence and other conditions. Products in this segment include LithoVue singleuse digital ureteroscope or GreenLight XPS laser therapy. The peripheral interventions segment includes balloon catheters, stents, wires vena cava filters and peripheral embolization devices used to treat patients with peripheral diseases. Brands included in this segment are the ELUVIA vascular stent system and the AngioJet ZelanteDVT thrombectomy catheter. The neuromodulation segment sells the Precision Spinal Cord Stimulation system for the treatment of chronic intractable pain management of the trunk and/or limbs. In 2016, the company made a number of acquisitions: Cosman Medical, Inc., a manufacturer of radiofrequency ablation systems; the Resectr Tissue Resection Device portfolio from Distal Access, LLC; EndoChoice Holdings, Inc.; and the advanced biological tissue business of Neovasc, Inc. The firm offers employees medical, dental, vision and life insurance; educational assistance; and flexible spending accounts.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WATCHMAN CrossBoss Zurpaz LithoVue Dreamwire AngioJet ZelanteDVT Precision Spinal Cord Stimulation Cosman Medical Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michael Mahoney, CEO Arthur Butcher, President, Divisional Daniel Brennan, CFO Timothy Pratt, Chief Administrative Officer Keith Dawkins, Chief Medical Officer John Abele, Director Emeritus Edward Mackey, Executive VP, Divisional Ian Meredith, Executive VP Joseph Fitzgerald, Executive VP Michael Phalen, Executive VP Kevin Ballinger, Executive VP Supratim Bose, Executive VP Jeffrey Mirviss, President, Divisional David Pierce, President, Divisional Maulik Nanavaty, President, Divisional Eric Thepaut, President, Geographical John Sorenson, Senior VP, Divisional Wendy Carruthers, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,386,000,000 920,000,000 447,000,000 5.33% 3,178,000,000 347,000,000 972,000,000 376,000,000 1,225,000,000 1.91% 5.31% 0.80

2015 7,477,000,000 876,000,000 -327,000,000 -4.37% 2,987,000,000 -239,000,000 600,000,000 247,000,000 439,000,000 -1.35% -3.74% 0.89

2014 7,380,000,000 817,000,000 -301,000,000 -4.07% 3,013,000,000 -119,000,000 1,269,000,000 259,000,000 432,000,000 - .70% -1.83% 0.59

2013 7,143,000,000 861,000,000 120,000,000 1.67% 2,814,000,000 -121,000,000 1,082,000,000 245,000,000 790,000,000 - .71% -1.80% 0.64

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 508 683-4000 Fax: 508 647-2200 Toll-Free: 888-272-1001 Address: 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough, MA 01752-1234 United States

Stock Ticker: BSX Employees: 27,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,042,191 Second Exec. Salary: $640,017

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 7,249,000,000 886,000,000 -3,868,000,000 -53.35% 2,688,000,000 -4,068,000,000 1,260,000,000 226,000,000 -3,163,000,000 -21.16% -44.64% 0.61

2011 7,622,000,000 895,000,000 904,000,000 11.86% 2,659,000,000 441,000,000 1,008,000,000 304,000,000 1,640,000,000 2.03% 3.89% 0.37

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Braskem SA

www.braskem.com.br

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemicals Polymers Chemicals Distribution

Braskem SA is a petrochemical company and one of the largest Brazilian-owned private sector industrial companies. The company produces a diversified portfolio of petrochemical products, with a strategic focus on polyethylene, polypropylene and PVC (polyvinyl chloride). Braskem maintains integrated first- and second-generation petrochemical production facilities, with plants in Brazil, the U.S. and Germany. It operates in five business segments: basic petrochemicals, polyolefins, vinyls, U.S. & Europe, and chemical distribution. The basic petrochemicals unit produces olefins, such as ethylene, polymer and chemical grade propylene, butadiene, isoprene and butene-1; and aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, para-xylene and ortho-xylene. Products of the unit are used primarily in the manufacture of intermediate secondgeneration petrochemical products, including those manufactured by Braskem's other business units. The firm's polyolefins segment is responsible for the production and sale of polyethylene and polypropylene produced in Brazil. The vinyls segment includes the production and sale of PVC, caustic soda and ethylene dichloride. The U.S. & Europe unit consists of the polypropylene operations of Braskem Europe GmbH, as well as the polypropylene plants in the U.S. and Germany. The chemical distribution unit includes the operations of IQ Solucoes & Quimica (QuantiQ) and Ipiranga Quimica Armazens Gerais Ltda. (IQAG) and distributes petrochemical products manufactured by Braskem and other domestic and international companies.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Braskem Europe GmbH IQ Solucoes & Quimica Ipiranga Quimica Armazens Gerais Ltda

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Carlos Fadigas, CEO Mauricio Roberto de Carvalho Ferro, General Counsel Fernando Musa, Head-Planning & Bus. Dev. Marcela Aparecida Drehmer Andrade, Dir.-Investor Rel. Manoel Carnauba Cortez, Exec. VP-Basic Petrochemicals Marcelo Lyra do Amaral, VP-Institutional Rel. & Sustainable Dev. Rui Chammas, Exec. VP-Polymers Decio Fabricio Oddone da Costa, VP-Investments Luiz Mendonca, CEO-Braskem America

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 14,377,850,000 53,649,280 2,144,436,000 14.91% 744,193,300 808,018,300 2,470,777,000 1,239,807,000 2,542,994,000 4.85% 65.92% 13.30

2014 13,997,260,000 42,097,240 1,085,327,000 7.75% 719,432,000 262,745,200 1,153,033,000 1,621,373,000 1,370,725,000 1.76% 12.72% 4.51

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 12,458,030,000 35,216,200 833,157,200 6.68% 632,087,500 154,989,000 747,366,900 1,727,844,000 1,259,441,000 1.13% 6.32% 2.30

Stock Ticker: BAK Employees: 8,126 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 10,088,230,000 30,129,230 586,847,000 5.81% 562,505,300 -159,685,600 844,584,300 688,428,200 1,344,242,000 -1.46% -5.21% 1.41

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 55 1135769000 Fax: 55 1135769532 Toll-Free: Address: Rua Lemos Monteiro, 120, 22 andar, Sao Paulo, SP 05501050 Brazil Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 10,798,940,000 32,292,770 467,859,600 4.33% 598,004,600 -222,326,500 782,038,300 854,037,200 1,214,210,000 -1.86% -7.98% 1.82

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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BRF-Brasil Foods SA

www.brf-br.com

NAIC Code: 311612

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Meat Production & Processing Frozen Foods Animal Feed Soybean Production & Processing Grain Purchasing Pet Food

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sadia Perdigao Qualy Perdix Paty Golden Food Siam Alimentos Calchaqui Productos OneFoods

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Pedro De Andrade Faria, CEO Jose Alexandre Borges, CFO Rodrigo Reghini Vieira, VP-Mktg. & Innovation Artur Tacla, VP-People Helio Rubens Dos Santos Jr, VP-Supply Chain Nilvo Mittanck, VP-Oper. Helio Rubens, VP-Integrated Planning & Mgmt. Control Augusto Ribeiro Jr, VP-Investor Rel. Augusto Ribeiro Jr, VP-Finance Sergio Carvalho Mandin Fonseca, CEO-Brazil Ely David Mizrahi, VP-Food Service Abilio Diniz, Chmn. Pedro de Andrade Faria, CEO-Intl

BRF-Brasil Foods SA is primarily a producer of poultry, pork, dairy and processed foods, offering its products in over 150 countries worldwide. Brasil Foods operates poultry and pork raising farms, for which it supplies feed, medication, technical assistance and genetic material; it does not raise cattle. Domestically, the company operates meat processing plants, pasta processing plants, soybean crushing plants, margarine processing plants and a dessert processing plant. Internationally, it operates meat processing plants, a margarine and oil processing plant, a sauce and mayonnaise processing plant, a pasta and pastries processing plant and a frozen vegetables processing plant. Outside of Brazil, the firm has production facilities in the Netherlands and the U.K., which produce food for the European market; and production facilities located in Argentina. Its products include whole and cut chickens, frozen pork and beef cuts, dairy products, soy meal and refined soy flour, animal feed and processed food products. Processed foods include marinated frozen whole and cut chickens, roosters and turkeys; specialty meats, including sausages, ham, bacon and other smoked products; frozen meats, including hamburgers and steaks; frozen vegetarian foods; and frozen entrees, including lasagnas, pizzas and other frozen foods, such as vegetables, pies and pastries. The company's principal brands are Sadia, Perdigao, Qualy, Perdix and Paty. The firm generates the majority of its revenue from the Brazilian market and the remainder from its export activities. During 2016, the firm acquired Golden Food Siam, based in Thailand; Alimentos Calchaqui Productos, based in Argentina; and agreed to acquire Al Khan Foodstuff, LLC, based in Oman. That same year, Brasil Foods established OneFoods, a subsidiary dedicated to the halal market; and Brasil Foods advanced to Tier 2 (from Tier 3) in the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,257,530,000

2015 9,790,367,000

2014 8,820,410,000

2013 9,280,909,000

2012 8,671,592,000

2011 7,816,760,000

551,967,400 5.38% 1,651,432,000 -113,239,700 553,791,900 584,534,500 843,520,100 - .89% -2.93% 1.32

1,285,775,000 13.13% 1,683,908,000 946,056,100 1,257,860,000 456,759,700 1,477,650,000 8.13% 21.37% 0.92

1,057,684,000 11.99% 1,348,203,000 676,579,600 1,520,951,000 325,792,100 1,381,439,000 6.49% 14.71% 0.56

595,876,700 6.42% 1,606,307,000 323,055,400 1,009,122,000 402,268,400 950,708,500 3.36% 7.27% 0.51

422,337,800 4.87% 1,406,434,000 247,278,500 743,051,700 577,449,300 713,860,000 2.67% 5.68% 0.48

608,496,000 7.78% 1,296,722,000 415,800,000 347,442,700 360,031,600 1,135,194,000 4.73% 9.87% 0.32

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 55 1123225000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1400 R. Hungria, 5/Fl, Sao Paulo, SP 01455-000 Brazil

Stock Ticker: BRFS Employees: 102,463 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Bridgestone Corporation

www.bridgestone.com

NAIC Code: 326200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Plastics & Rubber, Manufacturing Tires Building Materials Adhesive Films Industrial Products Marine Products Sporting Goods Bicycles

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bridgestone Americas Inc Bridgestone Europe NV/SA Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masaaki Tsuya, CEO Kazuhisa Nishigai, COO Akihiro Eto, CFO Takashi Tomomoto, CMO Masayuki Ishii, Chief Human Resources Officer Yuichiro Takenami, VP-Central Research & Global Innovation Yuichiro Takenami, CIO Yoshiyuki Morimoto, CTO Masato Hiruma, VP-Prod. Dev. Shingo Kubota, General Counsel Asahiko Nishiyama, VP-Original Equipment Tire Sales Narumi Zaitsu, Sr. VP-Intl. Tire Bus. Oper. Franco Annunziato, CEO Minoru Shimizu, Chmn. Masaaki Tsuya, Chmn. Gary Garfield, CEO Masakazu Sekiguchi, VP-Global Prod. Admin. & Logistics

Bridgestone Corporation is a major producer of tires and rubber products. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries and affiliates manufacture a variety of tires, tire materials and other products at 180 plants across the globe. The firm operates in two principal business segments: tires, which generated 83% of its 2016 sales; and diversified products, which generated the remaining 17%. The tire business manufactures and markets tires for passenger vehicles, aircraft, construction and mining vehicles, agricultural and industrial machinery, motorcycles and scooters as well as offering retreading products and services, automotive maintenance and repair work, raw materials for tires and other tire-related products. The diversified products unit supplies chemical and industrial products, including vehicle parts, polyurethane foam seat pads, anti-vibration rubber, conveyor belts, multi-rubber bearings, films used in plasma display panels and civil engineering and construction materials and equipment; sporting goods, such as golf balls and clubs; and bicycles and related accessories. During 2016, the Americas represented 43% of Bridgestone's sales; Japan, 28%; Europe, 13%; and other regions, 16%. Some of the firm's larger subsidiaries include Bridgestone Americas, Inc., which oversees the company's operations in the Americas; Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, overseeing the firm's European operations; and Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., overseeing the firm's Asia and Oceania tire operations.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,075,680,000 859,842,800 4,051,661,000 13.47% 2,421,995,000 2,393,334,000 4,006,480,000 1,736,882,000 5,586,270,000 7.06% 11.80% 0.07

2015 34,160,560,000 856,003,400 4,661,823,000 13.64% 2,601,177,000 2,562,269,000 4,992,501,000 2,336,257,000 6,261,658,000 7.33% 13.25% 0.12

2014 33,112,500,000 848,522,800 4,308,434,000 13.01% 2,489,581,000 2,794,383,000 3,863,051,000 2,622,429,000 6,146,619,000 7.97% 15.47% 0.17

2013 32,158,290,000 803,008,400 3,948,762,000 12.27% 2,393,064,000 1,926,798,000 4,251,951,000 2,474,593,000 4,786,686,000 6.10% 12.69% 0.15

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 335670111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1 Kyobashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8340 Japan

Stock Ticker: BRDCY Employees: 143,616 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 27,396,380,000 746,264,200 2,577,600,000 9.40% 1,943,166,000 1,616,129,000 3,645,357,000 2,208,023,000 3,974,827,000 6.00% 13.69% 0.24

2011 27,257,740,000 756,899,300 1,724,327,000 6.32% 2,015,908,000 970,816,700 1,371,352,000 1,693,071,000 3,020,666,000 3.82% 9.06% 0.32

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co

www.bms.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Diversified Medical Imaging Products Nutritional Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Baraclude Reyataz Opdivo Sprycel Yervoy Eliquis Padlock Therapeutics Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Katherine Kelly, Assistant General Counsel Giovanni Caforio, CEO Charles Bancroft, CFO Joseph Caldarella, Chief Accounting Officer Paul von Autenried, Chief Information Officer Thomas Lynch, Chief Scientific Officer Murdo Gordon, Executive VP Sandra Leung, General Counsel Anne Nielsen, Other Executive Officer Emmanuel Blin, Other Executive Officer Louis Schmukler, President, Divisional John Elicker, Senior VP, Divisional Ann Judge, Senior VP, Divisional

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) discovers, develops, licenses, manufactures, markets, distributes and sells pharmaceuticals and other health care related products. The company manufactures drugs across multiple therapeutic classes, including cardiovascular; virology, including immunodeficiency virus infection; oncology; affective and other psychiatric disorders; and immunoscience. The firm's pharmaceutical products include chemically-synthesized drugs, or small molecules, and an increasing portion of products produced from biological processes typically involving recombinant DNA technology, or biologics. Small molecule drugs are typically administered orally in the form of a pill, although there are other drug delivery mechanisms that are also used. Biologics are typically administered to patients through injections. Most of the firm's revenues come from products in the following therapeutic classes: cardiovascular; virology, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; oncology; neuroscience; immunoscience; and metabolics. Products include Baraclude, Reyataz, Opdivo, Sprycel, Yervoy, Orencia and Eliquis. These products are manufactured at 15 worldwide locations owned by the company. BMS maintains major research and development (R&D) facilities in New Jersey, California, Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Japan, France, England, Belgium and India. BMS invests approximately $4.9 billion in R&D annually. In February 2016, the firm sold its HIV R&D portfolio to ViiV Healthcare for $350 million. In April 2016, BMS acquired Padlock Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to treating destructive autoimmune diseases. The firm offers employees medical and dental insurance, health care reimbursement accounts, a pension plan, a 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, travel accident insurance, an employee assistance plan and adoption assist

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,427,000,000 4,940,000,000 4,630,000,000 23.83% 4,911,000,000 4,457,000,000 2,850,000,000 1,215,000,000 6,464,000,000 13.61% 29.28% 0.35

2015 16,560,000,000 5,920,000,000 1,890,000,000 11.41% 4,841,000,000 1,565,000,000 1,832,000,000 820,000,000 2,637,000,000 4.77% 10.74% 0.45

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 15,879,000,000 4,534,000,000 2,591,000,000 16.31% 4,822,000,000 2,004,000,000 3,148,000,000 526,000,000 3,051,000,000 5.54% 13.35% 0.48

2013 16,385,000,000 3,731,000,000 3,096,000,000 18.89% 4,939,000,000 2,563,000,000 3,545,000,000 537,000,000 3,853,000,000 6.88% 17.81% 0.52

Stock Ticker: BMY Employees: 25,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 21,244,000,000 3,839,000,000 6,531,000,000 30.74% 5,160,000,000 3,709,000,000 4,840,000,000 367,000,000 7,927,000,000 11.58% 23.42% 0.33

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 212 546-4000 Fax: 212 546-4020 Toll-Free: Address: 345 Park Ave., New York, NY 10154 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,513,077 Second Exec. Salary: $966,115

2012 17,621,000,000 3,904,000,000 2,260,000,000 12.82% 5,017,000,000 1,960,000,000 6,941,000,000 548,000,000 3,203,000,000 5.69% 13.25% 0.48

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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British American Tobacco plc (BAT)

www.bat.com

NAIC Code: 312230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tobacco Products Cigarettes & Cigars Smokeless Tobacco Products

British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is one of the largest international tobacco groups in the world. BAT operates 44 cigarette factories in 41 countries and sells tobacco products in over 200 markets worldwide, with annual sales reaching more than 660 billion cigarettes. Of its more than 200 brands, the firm's major global brands are Dunhill, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Kent. Other international brands included in its portfolio include Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, 555, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Peter Stuyvesant and John Player Gold Leaf. Imperial Tobacco Canada, Ltd., the firm's Canadian subsidiary, is a leader in the Canadian market, producing such brands as du Maurier and Player's. BAT is also one of the largest international tobacco companies in the Asia Pacific and European regions. The firm's brands are among the top five in 20 Western European markets. These include Parisienne in Switzerland, HB in Germany and Caballero in the Netherlands. BAT holds interests in Reynolds American, Inc., which comprises BAT's U.S. tobacco business. Although cigarettes account for the majority of the company's product portfolio, BAT also manufactures Snus, a form of smokeless tobacco produced in Sweden, South Africa and Canada and sold under the brands Lucky Strike, Peter Stuyvesant, Granit and Mocca, in addition to cigars and roll-your-own and pipe tobacco. Also, the firm's E-cigarettes are cigarette-shaped products that contain a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized and inhaled and used by smokers as a substitute for the experience of smoking tobacco. In 2016, the firm acquired U.K. e-cigarette company Ten Motives. That December it opened its first retail outlet (Milan, Spain) under its Vype vapor brand, introducing the next generation of vaping. In January 2017, the firm agreed to acquire the 58% of Reynolds American, Inc. that it did not already own. The purchase was subject to regulatory approval.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dunhill Lukcy Strike Pall Mall Kent Rothmans Reynolds American Inc Ten Motives Vype

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Nicandro Durante, CEO Ben Stevens, Dir.-Finance David OReilly, Dir.-Science Des Naughton, Managing Dir.-Next Generation Prod. Neil Withington, General Counsel Alan Davy, Dir.-Oper. Ricardo Oberlander, Dir.-Americas Jack Bowles, Dir.-Asia Pacific Naresh Sethi, Dir.-Western Europe Kingsley Wheaton, Dir.-Corp. & Regulatory Affairs Richard Burrows, Chmn. Andrew Gray, Dir.-Eastern Europe, Africa & Middle East

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,851,120,000

2015 16,746,320,000

2014 17,854,310,000

2013 19,501,600,000

2012 19,412,140,000

5,948,881,000 31.55%

5,823,642,000 34.77%

5,809,584,000 32.53%

7,061,981,000 36.21%

5,939,936,000 5,891,373,000 861,341,800 9,612,778,000 13.04% 71.09% 2.01

5,482,427,000 6,031,948,000 768,051,100 8,803,833,000 14.87% 82.46% 3.02

3,980,830,000 4,748,881,000 884,345,000 7,603,833,000 11.74% 51.30% 1.77

4,989,137,000 5,669,009,000 921,405,700 8,805,111,000 14.40% 55.35% 1.46

6,916,293,000 35.62% 621,086,200 4,908,626,000 5,657,507,000 1,027,476,000 7,932,268,000 14.10% 49.12% 1.21

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 2078451000 Fax: 44 2072400555 Toll-Free: Address: 4 Temple Place, Globe House, London, WC2R 2PG United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: BTI Employees: 49,817 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,325,879 Second Exec. Salary: $989,137

Bonus: $3,001,283 Bonus: $2,118,955

2011 19,679,230,000 103,514,400 6,033,226,000 30.65% 3,955,271,000 4,426,836,000 788,498,400 7,685,623,000 11.25% 35.62% 1.04

Exchange: ASE Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Bunge Limited

www.bunge.com

NAIC Code: 311200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Crop Production, Soybeans Oils & Shortening Oilseed Processing Ingredients & Prepared Foods Fertilizer Milling

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Raul Padilla, CEO, Divisional Brian Thomsen, CEO, Divisional Todd Bastean, CEO, Geographical Tommy Jensen, CEO, Geographical Enrique Humanes, CEO, Geographical Soren Schroder, CEO Thomas Boehlert, CFO L. Lupo, Chairman of the Board Matt Simmons, Chief Accounting Officer Deborah Borg, Executive VP David Kabbes, General Counsel Gordon Hardie, Managing Director, Divisional Pierre Mauger, Other Executive Officer

Bunge Limited is a food and agribusiness firm involved in the farm-to-consumer food chain. Through its facilities in North and South America, the company manufactures fertilizer and animal feed for farmers; transports oilseeds and grains to markets worldwide; processes oilseeds to produce meal for the livestock industry and oil for food processing, food service and biofuel industries; produces bottled oils, mayonnaise, margarines and other food products for consumers; and mills wheat and corn for food processors, bakeries, brewers and other commercial customers. The company divides its operations into four segments: agribusiness, fertilizer, sugar and bioenergy, and food and ingredients. The agribusiness division is involved in the purchase, storage, transport, processing and sale of agricultural commodities and commodity products, including oilseeds and grains. Additionally, the segment invests in biodiesel producers throughout the U.S., Argentina and Europe. The fertilizer division produces, blends and distributes solid and liquid nitrogen, phosphate and potash (NPK) fertilizers throughout South America, with assets and operations primarily located in Argentina. The sugar and bioenergy segment controls the firm's production and sale of sugar and ethanol as well as its production of sugarcane bagasse derived energy. The company operates eight sugarcane mills in Brazil. Additionally, the firm invests in U.S. corn-based ethanol producers. The food and ingredients segment consists of two business units, edible oils and milling. Its edible oil unit includes packaged and bulk oils, shortenings, margarines, mayonnaise and other vegetable oil refining products. Milling activities include the production and sale of wheat flours and bakery mixes in Brazil and Mexico as well as corn-based products and rice milling in North America. In 2016, the firm (45%), along with Wilmar International Limited (45%) and Quang Dung (10%), formed a joint venture in Vietnam. Bunge and Wilmar wanted to leverage its footprint in Asia.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 42,679,000,000

2015 43,455,000,000

2014 57,161,000,000

2013 61,347,000,000

2012 60,991,000,000

2011 58,743,000,000

1,124,000,000 2.63% 1,286,000,000 745,000,000 1,904,000,000 784,000,000 1,777,000,000 3.82% 11.61% 0.47

1,258,000,000 2.89% 1,435,000,000 791,000,000 610,000,000 649,000,000 1,854,000,000 3.75% 10.92% 0.51

930,000,000 1.62% 1,691,000,000 515,000,000 1,399,000,000 839,000,000 1,688,000,000 1.93% 5.51% 0.36

1,201,000,000 1.95% 1,559,000,000 306,000,000 2,225,000,000 1,042,000,000 1,945,000,000 .85% 2.37% 0.34

1,010,000,000 1.65% 1,563,000,000 64,000,000 -457,000,000 1,095,000,000 1,236,000,000 .11% .26% 0.34

1,175,000,000 2.00% 1,553,000,000 942,000,000 2,614,000,000 1,125,000,000 1,768,000,000 3.68% 8.05% 0.30

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 914 684-2800 Fax: 914 684-3499 Toll-Free: Address: 50 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10606 United States

Stock Ticker: BG Employees: 32,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,154,563

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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BWX Technologies Inc

www.bwxt.com

NAIC Code: 332410

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Reactors, Nuclear, Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc GE Hitachi Nuclear Canada Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David Black, CFO John Fees, Chairman of the Board Jason Kerr, Chief Accounting Officer Rex Geveden, Director James Canafax, General Counsel Joseph Henry, President, Subsidiary

BWX Technologies, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures precision naval nuclear components, reactors and nuclear fuel for the U.S. government. The company also provides uranium processing and environmental site restoration services, as well as a variety of products and services to nuclear power customers. BWX operates in three segments: nuclear operations, technical services and nuclear energy. Nuclear operations designs and manufactures close-tolerance and high-quality equipment for nuclear applications. This division is also a leading manufacturer of critical nuclear components, fuels and assemblies. Technical services provides various services to the U.S. government, including uranium processing, environmental site restoration services and management and operating services for various U.S. government-owned facilities. These services are provided primarily to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), including the NNSA, the Office of Nuclear Energy, the Office of Science and the Office of Environmental Management; the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The nuclear energy segment designs, licenses, manufactures and delivers commercial nuclear steam generators, pressure vessels, reactor components, heat exchangers and other auxiliary equipment for the storage of spent nuclear fuel. This division is a significant supplier to nuclear power utilities undergoing major refurbishment projects and has supplied more than 300 pressurized water reactor steam generators worldwide, as well as other critical plant components. In addition, this division offers steam generators and balance of plant equipment, as well as non-destructive examination and tooling/repair solutions for other plant systems and components. It offers engineering and licensing services for new nuclear plant designs. In December 2016, the firm acquired GE Hitachi Nuclear Canada, Inc. and renamed it BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada, Inc., a supplier of nuclear fuel, fuel handling systems, tooling delivery systems and replacement components for CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) reactors.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,550,573,000 6,407,000 239,263,000 15.43% 216,486,000 183,057,000 239,850,000 52,634,000 316,215,000 12.36% 88.06% 3.31

2015 1,415,529,000 10,537,000 205,941,000 14.54% 207,761,000 131,465,000 330,164,000 68,335,000 309,867,000 6.20% 20.79% 1.07

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2014 2,923,019,000 73,234,000 -2,622,000 - .08% 442,615,000 29,388,000 74,925,000 76,751,000 118,843,000 1.07% 2.71% 0.28

2013 3,269,208,000 79,226,000 536,362,000 16.40% 379,382,000 346,078,000 137,886,000 67,150,000 590,813,000 12.70% 32.17%

Stock Ticker: BWXT Employees: 5,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $212,500 Bonus: $

2011 2,952,040,000 106,396,000 235,968,000 7.99% 413,210,000 169,654,000 173,591,000 63,874,000 312,481,000 6.41% 22.05%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 434-522-3800 Fax: 434-522-6909 Toll-Free: Address: 800 Main St., Lynchburg, VA 24504 United States Top Exec. Salary: $525,000 Second Exec. Salary: $668,750

2012 3,291,359,000 120,562,000 346,589,000 10.53% 428,293,000 227,695,000 184,927,000 86,635,000 392,850,000 8.08% 25.12%

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BYD Company Limited

www.byd.com.cn

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Cellular Telephone Equipment Manufacturing Battery Manufacturing Advanced Battery Technologies Hybrid and Electric Cars Contract Electronics Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BYD Auto Company Limited Shenzhen BYD Automobile Company Limited MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co Berkshire Hathaway Inc F3DM

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Chuan-fu Wang, CEO Chuan-Fu Wang, Pres. Jing-Sheng, CFO Lian Yubo, VP Chuan-Fu Wang, Chmn.

BYD Company Limited (BYD), based in China, is involved in the design and production of automobiles as well as contract electronics manufacturing. The company operates in three divisions: automobiles, new energy and IT. The automobile division, operating as BYD Auto Company Limited, manufactures low to high-end vehicles, auto molding, auto parts, Dual Mode (DM) electric cars and all-electric cars. BYD's all-electric compact crossover, the BYD e6, can travel about 250 miles and has zero emissions. Through Shenzhen BYD Automobile Company Limited, the firm manufactures buses and coaches for the Chinese market. In addition to the development of BYD's electric vehicles, the energy division has developed energy storage solutions based on its Fe battery technology and solar energy stations. Additionally, it has developed solar farms, LED lighting and electric forklifts. BYD's IT division produces rechargeable batteries, battery chargers, electro acoustic components, connectors, keypads, microelectronics, cell phone accessories and opto-electronics. It is a major manufacturer of cell phone handsets as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones. BYD has manufacturing facilities located across China and branch offices in the U.S. (Illinois and California), Europe, Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong. MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., owns a 10% stake in the company. In February 2017, the firm launched the biggest etaxi fleet in Singapore. As of 2017, BYD's electric taxi, bus and other energy vehicles have made its mark in 240 cities across 50 countries.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,729,060,000 466,192,500 1,410,625,000 9.57% 1,159,226,000 742,592,500 -271,271,900 913,745,200 2,231,443,000 3.71% 11.58% 0.18

2015 11,407,820,000 293,750,000 901,945,100 7.90% 925,560,100 415,004,400 564,731,500 845,263,000 1,554,864,000 2.65% 9.65% 0.34

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2014 8,138,047,000 274,082,800 389,584,500 4.78% 709,844,800 63,721,820 5,595,585 595,565,600 934,792,500 .50% 1.84% 0.43

2013 7,315,150,000 187,981,000 334,217,600 4.56% 600,488,100 81,291,570 358,081,100 790,083,200 773,073,700 .74% 2.57% 0.39

Stock Ticker: BYDDF Employees: 194,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,807,226,000 201,937,400 362,839,000 5.33% 576,975,200 203,519,600 879,637,600 1,274,744,000 756,594,100 2.29% 6.99% 0.33

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-755-89888888 Fax: 86-755-84202222 Toll-Free: Address: BYD Rd., No. 3009, Pingshan, Shenzhen, 518118 China Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 6,523,335,000 169,094,700 173,099,800 2.65% 524,269,200 11,961,230 816,552,200 1,029,827,000 648,098,400 .11% .38% 0.34

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Caltex Australia Limited

www.caltex.com.au

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining Pipelines Gas Stations Convenience Stores Chemicals & Lubricants Fuel Wholesaling & Distribution

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vortex Premium AdBlue Caltex StarCard Foodary (The)

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Julian Segal, CEO Simon Hepworth, CFO Joanne Taylor, Human Resources Viv Da Ros, CIO Peter Lim, General Counsel Mike McMenamin, Gen. Mgr.-Strategy, Planning & Dev. Greig Gailey, Chmn. Gary Smith, Gen. Mgr.-Supply & Refining

Caltex Australia Limited is Australia's leading refiner, distributor and marketer of fuels and lubricants. The company's Vortex Premium line of fuels include high octane, friction reducing agents, cleaning agents, and rust and foam inhibitors in order to keep engines working and running as cleanly and efficiently as possible. Fuel types include petroleum, diesel, compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid petroleum gas (LPG). Fuels are N-methylaniline-free, and these compounds are not used in any fuel at Caltex's terminals or refineries. Its AdBlue ureabased diesel exhaust fluid, used in selective catalytic reduction systems, helps vehicle manufacturers to meet the latest requirements on diesel engine emissions. The company's range of lubricants include engine oils, driveline fluids, automotive specialty lubricants, coolants, hydraulic oils, industrial products, greases and cleaners. This segment's primary manufacturing facility, Lytton Lubricants Manufacturing, is based in Brisbane, Queensland. Caltex's products are primarily used by the mining, commercial transport, passenger vehicle, agriculture, construction and power generation industries. The firm has more than 1,800 service stations across Australia. The Caltex StarCard is a business fuel credit card with rewards opportunities attached. The Foodary brand is a convenience on-the-go food concept offering fresh and healthy food options, as well as a coffee bar and goods from local businesses.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,427,820,000

2015 15,008,080,000

2014 18,198,440,000

2013 18,559,700,000

2012 17,728,740,000

2011 16,847,190,000

472,499,000 3.51% 1,067,180,000 464,857,800 707,417,100 244,287,000 878,501,600 11.72% 21.88% 0.24

324,380,000 2.16% 895,445,400 397,459,800 674,236,700 270,947,300 773,109,500 10.19% 19.69% 0.25

-161,605,100 - .88% 896,657,300 15,190,150 504,206,200 301,389,300 268,975,700 .35% .78% 0.27

159,142,600 .85% 557,352,300 403,954,000 463,333,500 373,884,600 761,247,600 9.29% 22.38% 0.33

-90,427,550 - .51% 507,398,800 43,271,850 304,655,100 271,375,600 237,803,500 1.10% 2.60% 0.44

-951,942,600 -5.65% 748,755,400 -543,795,400 340,219,500 245,346,400 -558,788,200 -14.05% -27.04% 0.21

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: (02) 9250 5000 Fax: (02) 9250 5742 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Market St., Level 24, Sydney, NSW NSW 2000 Australia

Stock Ticker: CTXAF Employees: 3,045 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Cameron International Corporation

www.c-a-m.com

NAIC Code: 333132

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Oil Field Machinery Gas Turbines, Compressors & Engines Oil Field Services Pressure & Flow Control Equipment

Cameron International Corporation engineers, designs and manufactures flow and pressure control technologies. The company is a subsidiary of oil services giant, Schlumberger Limited. Cameron's products and services include: drilling system technologies for land rigs, jackups and floaters such as wellhead systems, drilling equipment, pressure control equipment, valves and measurement solutions; fluid control and monitoring technologies, including wellheads, flowback and well testing; subsea technologies and services for operators worldwide, including OneSubsea integrated solutions, chemical injection metering valves and other types of valves; production technologies to recover and store hydrocarbons, manage water quality, control/enhance asset performance, maintain well equipment and monitor produced streams; technologies designed to transport and store crude oil, refined liquid products and natural gas; industrial technologies designed to direct, control and measure the flow of product in industrial applications; and valve and valve automation technologies designed to safely and efficiently direct or control the flow of fluid in various oil and gas applications.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Schlumberger Limited OneSubsea

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

R. Scott Rowe, Pres. Charles Sledge, CFO William Lemmer, General Counsel Stefan Radwanski, General Manager, Divisional Grace Holmes, Other Executive Officer Douglas Meikle, President, Divisional Hunter Jones, President, Divisional Steven Roll, President, Divisional Scott Rowe, President Gary Halverson, Senior VP W. Lamb, Vice President, Divisional Dennis Baldwin, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,211,000,000

2015 8,782,000,128

2014 10,380,999,680

2013 9,838,399,488

2012 8,502,099,968

2011 6,959,000,064

332,000,000

501,000,000

811,000,000

699,200,000

750,499,968

521,900,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 713 513-3300 Fax: 713 513-3456 Toll-Free: Address: 1333 West Loop S., Ste. 1700, Houston, TX 77027 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 21,500 Parent Company: Schlumberger Limited

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Campbell Soup Co

www.campbellsoup.com

NAIC Code: 311422

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Soup & Sauces-Manufacturing Pastas Snack Foods Packaged Foods Canned Foods Cookies Juice Frozen Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Pepperidge Farm V8 Pace Prego Swanson Campbell's Organic Garden Fresh Gourmet Bolthouse Farms

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Denise Morrison, CEO Anthony Disilvestro, CFO William O'Shea, Chief Accounting Officer Les Vinney, Director Adam Ciongoli, General Counsel Robert Morrissey, Other Corporate Officer Edward Carolan, President, Divisional Luca Mignini, Senior VP Carlos Barroso, Senior VP Mark Alexander, Senior VP Bethmara Kessler, Senior VP, Divisional Stanley Polomski, Vice President, Divisional

Campbell Soup Co. is a global manufacturer and marketer of convenience food products. The firm operates in three business segments: Americas Simple Meals and Beverages, Global Biscuits and Snacks and Campbell Fresh. The Americas Simple Meals and Beverages segment includes the retail and food service businesses in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Brand names in this segment are Campbell's condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; Campbell's gravies, pasta, beans and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; Plum food and snacks; V8 juices and beverages; and Campbell's tomato juice. The Global Biscuits and Snacks segment includes Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, bakery and frozen products in U.S. retail, Arnott's biscuits in Australia and Asia Pacific, and Kelsen cookies globally. The segment also includes the simple meals and shelf-stable beverages business in Australia and Asia Pacific. The Global Baking and Snacking segment products include Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, bakery items and frozen products in the U.S.; Kelsen cookies internationally; and Arnott's biscuits, marketed in Australia and Asia. The Campbell Fresh segment includes Bolthouse Farms fresh carrots, carrot ingredients, refrigerated beverages and refrigerated salad dressings, Garden Fresh Gourmet salsa, hummus, dips and tortilla chips and the U.S. refrigerated soup business. In 2016, the firm reorganized from five reportable segments to three.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,961,000,000 124,000,000 1,102,000,000 13.84% 1,534,000,000 563,000,000 1,463,000,000 341,000,000 1,272,000,000 7.07% 38.76% 1.51

2015 8,082,000,000 113,000,000 1,095,000,000 13.54% 1,471,000,000 691,000,000 1,182,000,000 380,000,000 1,401,000,000 8.52% 46.14% 1.84

2014 8,268,000,000 121,000,000 1,251,000,000 15.13% 1,508,000,000 818,000,000 899,000,000 347,000,000 1,500,000,000 9.95% 57.76% 1.38

2013 8,052,000,000 128,000,000 1,146,000,000 14.23% 1,624,000,000 458,000,000 1,019,000,000 336,000,000 1,497,000,000 6.16% 43.30% 2.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 856 342-4800 Fax: 856 342-3878 Toll-Free: 800-257-8443 Address: 1 Campbell Pl., Camden, NJ 08103 United States

Stock Ticker: CPB Employees: 16,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $700,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,100,000

Bonus: $600,000 Bonus: $

2012 7,707,000,000 125,000,000 1,231,000,000 15.97% 1,631,000,000 774,000,000 1,120,000,000 323,000,000 1,482,000,000 11.55% 77.94% 2.23

2011 7,719,000,000 129,000,000 1,352,000,000 17.51% 1,619,000,000 805,000,000 1,142,000,000 272,000,000 1,558,000,000 12.25% 79.94% 2.23

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 07/31

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Canon Inc

www.canon.com

NAIC Code: 333316

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing Printers & Scanners Semiconductor Production Equipment Cameras, Film & Digital Optics & Lenses X-Ray Equipment Fax Machines Photovoltaic Cells

Canon, Inc. manufactures a diverse mix of imaging electronics, including copiers, printers, computer peripherals and digital and film cameras as well as semiconductor production equipment. The company operates in five segments: personal, office, professional, industry and global marketing and services. The personal segment produces interchangeable lens digital cameras, digital compact cameras, digital camcorders, inkjet printers and Connect Station, which is a cloud-based storage and viewing service. The office segment produces business information products, office imaging products and computer peripherals. The business information products group includes document scanners, electronic calculators and dictionaries and computer information products. Office imaging products include a wide range of monochrome-networked and personal-use multifunctional devices (MFDs), full-color copying machines and office color MFDs. Computer peripherals include laser printers, inkjet printers and scanners. The professional segment manufactures several film and digital cameras for professional use as well as lenses, photo inkjet printers, ophthalmic equipment, digital radiography, calculators and liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors. Its flagship camera products are the Digital ELPH and the EOS Rebel cameras. This division also produces TV broadcasting lenses. The industry segment includes semiconductor lithography equipment, 3D machine vision systems, digital production printing systems, commercial photo printers and MR systems. The global marketing and services segment represents the individual global marketing operations of Canon. In September 2016, the firm announced its equity investment in T2 Biosystems, Inc., a patient health diagnostic product developer. In December 2016, the firm acquired Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation. In February 2017, the firm agreed to acquired Toshiba Medical Finance Co., Ltd., which accelerates the company's growth in its medical equipment business. The firm offers employees medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; an employee assistance program; and an educational assistance program.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: EOS Rebel Digital ELPH Canon (China) Co Ltd Canon Europa NV Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation Canon USA Inc T2 Biosystems Inc Toshiba Medical Finance Co Ltd

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Fujio Mitarai, CEO Toshizo Tanaka, CFO Ryuichi Ebinuma, Group Exec.-R&D Core Tech. Toshiaki Ikoma, CTO Haruhisa Honda, Exec.-Prod. Eng. Sachio Kageyama, Group Exec.-Mfg. Kenichi Nagasawa, Group Exec.-Legal & Intellectual Property Kunio Watanabe, Sr. Managing Dir.-Corp. Planning Dev. Shigeyuki Matsumoto, Exec.-Device Tech. Dev. Masaki Nakaoka, CEO-Office Imaging Prod. Yasou Mitsuhashi, Sr. Managing Dir. Hideki Ozawa, Pres. Fujio Mitarai, Chmn. Yoroku Adachi, Pres. Toshio Homma, Exec.-Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,656,730,000 2,725,237,000 2,062,711,000 6.72% 10,297,880,000 1,357,770,000 4,508,923,000 1,865,377,000 4,468,591,000 3.14% 5.24% 0.21

2015 34,250,870,000 2,960,686,000 3,201,417,000 9.34% 11,272,000,000 1,984,687,000 4,278,566,000 2,279,756,000 5,600,059,000 4.95% 7.40%

2014 33,592,770,000 2,784,749,000 3,276,033,000 9.75% 10,716,190,000 2,296,420,000 5,262,785,000 1,968,041,000 5,833,219,000 5.85% 8.65%

CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 81 337582111 Fax: 81 354825135 Toll-Free: Address: 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2013 33,629,970,000 2,760,820,000 3,039,791,000 9.03% 10,408,100,000 2,077,284,000 4,575,247,000 2,101,547,000 5,617,886,000 5.62% 8.36%

2012 31,362,440,000 2,671,954,000 2,918,831,000 9.30% 9,279,935,000 2,023,938,000 3,461,588,000 2,849,929,000 5,423,076,000 5.69% 8.72%

2011 32,062,230,000 2,774,123,000 3,407,457,000 10.62% 9,471,420,000 2,240,838,000 4,232,042,000 2,146,196,000 5,739,811,000 6.28% 9.56%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER: 146-8501

Stock Ticker: CAJ Employees: 197,673 Parent Company:

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Carbon Inc

www.carbon3d.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: 3D Printer Equipment Additive Manufacturing Equipment Rapid Prototyping Equipment

Carbon, Inc. designs and develops full-print and postprocessing solutions. These solutions include the development and manufacture of 3D printers utilizing its Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) process. CLIP is a photochemical process that harnesses light and oxygen in order to rapidly produce objects from a pool of resin. Therefore, CLIP makes it possible for creators to design parts and products such as tennis shoes, electronics, industrial components and even medical devices quickly and accurately every time. Carbon's SpeedCell is a system of connected manufacturing unit operations that enables repeatable production of end-use parts at any scale. The company's M Series printers and the automated Smart Part Washer allow industries to design, engineer, make and deliver end-use parts with one common manufacturing workflow. A Carbon subscription includes: pairing the customer's business hardware with Carbon's predictive services, access to Carbon's full suite of materials and up-to-date next-generation software. Materials can include elastomers, high-temperature automotive materials and other materials which provide properties in additive manufacturing. Next-generation software blends hardware and materials together into a single, easy-to-use system, which optimizes each print for speed, accuracy and repeatability. For example, grown from liquid, formed with light, the Futurecraft 4D Carbon + shoe jointly created by adidas and Carbon was made with midsole geometries impossible with revolutionary 3D printable materials, crafting custom, high-performance shoes that meet unique needs of individual customers. Carbon's technology has also delivered new capabilities to dental model creation, to optimize fluid manifold designs, to manufacture high-quality audio parts for motorcycles, to create production parts for an end-use technology application and much more.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Continuous Liquid Interface Production SpeedCell M Series Smart Part Washer Futurecraft 4D Carbon +

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joseph M. DeSimone, CEO Heather Miksch, VP-Operations Luke Kelly, VP-Finance Valerie Buckingham, VP-Mktg. Theresa DeMichele, Human Resources Paul DiLaura, VP-Sales

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015

2014

2013

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 650-285-6307 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1089 Mills Way, Redwood City, CA 94063 United States

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012

2011

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Cargill Inc

www.cargill.com

NAIC Code: 311200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Crop Production, Milling & Distribution Meat Processing Food Ingredients Fertilizers Steel Money Markets & Commodity Trading Supply Chain Solutions Risk Management & Financial Services

Cargill, Inc., established in 1865, is a leading provider and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services operating in 70 countries worldwide. The company has four major market segments: agriculture, food, financial and industrial. The agriculture segment processes and distributes grain, oilseeds and other commodities to makers of food and animal nutrition products. The food segment provides food and beverage manufacturers, foodservice companies and retailers with high-quality ingredients, meat and poultry products and health-promoting ingredients and ingredient systems. The financial segment provides risk management and financial solutions around the world. The industrial segment serves industrial users of energy, salt, starch and steel products. In addition, Cargill's research and development team focuses on industry segments such as animal and fish feed, bio-industrial products and biofuels, food ingredients and meat and other proteins in more than 200 locations in Europe and in North America. In 2016, the firm agreed to sell its dressings, sauces & mayonnaise business to Ventura Foods; acquired NatureWax, a provider of natural, vegetable-based waxes; announced plans to close the London office of its ocean transportation arm, as it will consolidate its freight activities onto Geneva; acquired Five Star Custom Foods, Ltd., a business specializing in cooked protein products and custom prepared soups and sauces for the foodservice and food processing sectors; and acquired SGS Agricultura e Industria Ltda., a processer and producer of oleo chemicals and emulsifiers for the food, animal nutrition and industrial segments. In May 2017, Cargill acquired the vegetable-based polyol product line, Agrol, and other assets from BioBased Technologies.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: NatureWax Five Star Custom Foods Ltd SGS Agricultura e Industria Ltda Agrol

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

David W. MacLennan, CEO Ruth Kimmelshue, Head-Bus. Oper. & Supply Chain David W. MacLennan, Pres. Marcel H.M. Smits, CFO LeighAnne Baker, Corp. VP-Human Resources Christopher P. Mallett, Corp. VP-R&D Laura Witte, General Counsel Thomas M. Hayes, Corp. VP-Oper. Sarena Lin, Corp. VP-Strategy & Bus. Dev. Michael A. Fernandez, Corp. VP-Corp. Affairs Kimberly A. Lattu, Controller Emery N. Koenig, Chief Risk Officer Jayme D. Olson, Treas.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 107,200,000,000

2015 120,400,000,000

2014 134,900,000,000

2013 136,654,000,000

2012 133,900,000,000

2011 119,560,000,000

2,380,000,000

1,580,000,000

2,310,000,000

2,312,000,000

1,170,000,000

2,690,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 952-742-7575 Fax: 952-742-7393 Toll-Free: 800-227-4455 Address: P.O. Box 9300, Minneapolis, MN 55440-9300 United States

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 153,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 05/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Carlsberg AS

www.carlsberggroup.com

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Breweries Soft Drinks & Water Malt

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Carlsberg Group Carlsberg Kronenbourg 1664 Tuborg Baltika Holsten Carlsberg Breweries A/S Baltic Beverages Holding

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Cees Hart, CEO Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen, Pres. Heine Dalsqaard, CFO Claudia Schlossberger, Sr. VP-Human Resources Anne-Marie Skov, Sr. VP-Comm. Isaac Sheps, Sr. VP-Eastern Europe Jorn Tolstrup Rohde, Sr. VP-Western Europe Bengt Erlandsson, Sr. VP-Procurement Christopher Warmoth, Sr. VP-Asia Peter Ernsting, Sr. VP-Supply Chain

Carlsberg AS is a holding company and parent to a variety of brewing companies and other businesses collectively known as the Carlsberg Group. Through its subsidiaries, Carlsberg is one of the world's largest brewery groups, offering over 140 brands. Based in Denmark, Carlsberg produces, markets and sells beer, soft drinks and water in over 150 markets. It also manufactures and sells Coca-Cola products under license. Primarily active in Northern and Western Europe, it also has a significant presence in Eastern Europe and Asia. The firm's brands include Carlsberg, Kronenbourg 1664, Tuborg, Baltika and Holsten, among numerous others. Through subsidiary Carlsberg Breweries A/S, the company owns and operates brewing facilities in Asia (Carlsberg Asia), the U.K. (Carlsberg U.K.) and Europe (Carlsberg Sverige in Sweden, Ringnes in Norway, Sinebrychoff in Finland and Carlsberg Polska in Poland). Carlsberg Asia owns interests in several breweries in Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Nepal and China, especially in the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. Joint venture Baltic Beverages Holding manages the company's interests in Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic States. The group is also involved in the sale of real estate; and in the Carlsberg Research Center, which focuses on scientific discoveries within the malting, brewing and fermentation stages. In 2016, the firm sold its wholly-owned Danish Malting Group to Viking Malt Oy; and sold its 59% share of Carlsberg Malawi Limited to Castel Group.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,435,361,000

2015 9,848,254,000

2014 9,720,468,000

2013 10,028,780,000

2012 10,126,580,000

2011 9,578,066,000

1,242,447,000 13.16% 3,570,772,000 675,999,600 1,405,796,000 578,653,200 1,962,297,000 3.56% 9.51% 0.41

1,274,393,000 12.94% 3,626,679,000 -440,921,700 1,528,006,000 625,367,400 632,901,900 -2.23% -6.10% 0.72

1,390,877,000 14.30% 3,515,318,000 665,149,800 1,115,866,000 890,282,000 2,009,162,000 3.06% 7.34% 0.73

1,483,401,000 14.79% 3,498,893,000 824,430,100 1,368,726,000 874,911,600 2,083,603,000 3.58% 7.92% 0.45

1,475,716,000 14.57% 3,590,965,000 844,924,000 1,487,470,000 764,455,000 2,077,124,000 3.71% 8.23% 0.52

1,479,182,000 15.44% 3,373,367,000 857,732,800 1,328,039,000 657,766,000 2,103,344,000 3.52% 7.91% 0.52

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Phone: 45 33273300 Fax: 45 33274808 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Ny Carslberg Vej, Copenhagen V, DK-1799 Denmark

Stock Ticker: CABGY Employees: 42,062 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Caterpillar Inc

www.cat.com

NAIC Code: 333120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machinery-Earth Moving & Agricultural Diesel and Turbine Engines Financing Fuel Cell Manufacturing Rail Car Maintenance Engine & Equipment Remanufacturing Locomotive Manufacturing and Maintenance

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cat Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

D. Umpleby, CEO Bradley Halverson, CFO Jananne Copeland, Chief Accounting Officer David Calhoun, Director James Buda, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Charter, President, Divisional Thomas Pellette, President, Divisional Denise Johnson, Vice President

Caterpillar, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. The company's principal lines of business are machinery, energy and transportation and financial products. The machinery, energy and transportation segment comprises the firm's construction industries division, the resource industries division, and the energy and transportation division. The construction industries division supports customers via machinery in infrastructure, forestry and building construction. The majority of its machine sales are made in the heavy and general construction, rental, quarry and aggregates markets and mining. The resource industries division supports customers using machinery for mining, quarry, waste and material handling applications. This division manufactures high productivity equipment for both surface and underground mining operations worldwide. The equipment is used to extract and haul copper, iron ore, coal, oil sands, aggregates, gold and other minerals and ores. The energy and transportation division supports customers in oil and gas, power generation, marine, rail and industrial applications. Products and services include reciprocating engines, generator sets, marine propulsion systems, gas turbines, the remanufacturing of Cat-branded engines and components, as well as the remanufacturing services for other companies. The financial products segment is conducted by Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, which provides retail and wholesale financing alternatives for Caterpillar products to customers and dealers globally. Caterpillar's machines are distributed through a worldwide organization of dealers, 49 in the U.S. and 123 located outside the U.S., serving 190 countries. During 2016, Caterpillar ceased production of on-highway vocational trucks; and closed its hydraulic excavators/loaders factory in Belgium. In January 2017, after more than 90 years of being headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, the firm announced plans to move to Chicago by the end of 2017. Employees of the company receive benefits including a 401(k), health coverage, an employee assistance program and flexible spending accounts.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 38,537,000,000 1,951,000,000 498,000,000 1.29% 4,686,000,000 -67,000,000 5,608,000,000 2,928,000,000 4,274,000,000 - .08% - .47% 1.73

2015 47,011,000,000 2,165,000,000 3,256,000,000 6.92% 5,199,000,000 2,102,000,000 6,675,000,000 3,261,000,000 6,995,000,000 2.57% 13.32% 1.70

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2014 55,184,000,000 2,135,000,000 5,328,000,000 9.65% 5,697,000,000 3,695,000,000 8,057,000,000 3,379,000,000 9,354,000,000 4.35% 19.67% 1.65

2013 55,656,000,000 2,046,000,000 5,628,000,000 10.11% 5,547,000,000 3,789,000,000 10,191,000,000 4,446,000,000 9,407,000,000 4.34% 19.76% 1.28

Stock Ticker: CAT Employees: 95,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $500,000

2011 60,138,000,000 2,297,000,000 7,153,000,000 11.89% 5,203,000,000 4,928,000,000 7,010,000,000 3,924,000,000 10,474,000,000 6.77% 41.57% 1.93

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 309 675-1000 Fax: 309 675-4332 Toll-Free: Address: 100 NE Adams Street, Peoria, IL 61629 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,008 Second Exec. Salary: $729,768

2012 65,875,000,000 2,466,000,000 8,573,000,000 13.01% 5,919,000,000 5,681,000,000 5,241,000,000 5,076,000,000 12,313,000,000 6.65% 37.35% 1.58

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 11 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Celanese Corporation

www.celanese.com

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Acetyl Intermediate Chemicals Industrial Products Technical & High-Performance Polymers Sweeteners & Sorbates Ethanol Production Food Ingredients Cellulose Derivative Fibers

Celanese Corporation produces a line of industrial chemicals and advanced materials. It manufactures acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals for nearly all major industries, and also produces high-performance engineered polymers. The company operates through two segments: materials solutions and the acetyl chain. Together, these segments utilize raw materials, technology, integrated systems and research resources in order to increase efficiency and respond to market needs. Materials solutions is further divided into two units: advanced engineered materials, which includes polyoxymethylene, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, polybutylene terephthalate, long-fiber thermoplastics and liquid crystal polymers; and consumer specialties, which includes acetate tow, acetate flake, acetate film, acesulfame potassium, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid and sweetener systems. These materials are used for fuel system components, automotive safety systems, medical applications, industrial applications, battery separators, consumer electronics, filtration, films, packaging, confections, telecommunications and more. The acetyl chain segment is further divided into two units: industrial specialties, which includes conventional emulsions, vinyl acetate ethylene emulsions, ethylene vinyl acetate resins/compounds and low-density polyethylene resins; and acetyl intermediates, which includes acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer, acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, fomaldehyde, butyl acetate and ethanol. These materials are used for paints, coatings, adhesives, textiles, paper finishing, packaging, lamination, medical applications, automotive parts, pharmaceuticals, inks and more. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, the company's operations are primarily located in North America, Europe and Asia, consisting of 30 global production facilities and eight affiliate production facilities. In late-2016, the firm acquired Italy-based SO.F.TER Group, a leading independent thermoplastic compounder. In February 2017, it agreed to acquire Nilit Limited's plastics division.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SO.F.TER Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mark Rohr, CEO Kevin Oliver, Chief Accounting Officer Peter Edwards, Executive VP Patrick Quarles, Executive VP Scott Sutton, Executive VP Christopher Jensen, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,389,000,000 78,000,000 893,000,000 16.57% 416,000,000 900,000,000 893,000,000 246,000,000 1,445,000,000 10.62% 36.24% 1.11

2015 5,674,000,000 119,000,000 326,000,000 5.74% 506,000,000 304,000,000 862,000,000 520,000,000 970,000,000 3.49% 11.70% 1.03

2014 6,802,000,000 86,000,000 758,000,000 11.14% 758,000,000 624,000,000 962,000,000 678,000,000 1,386,000,000 6.99% 22.62% 0.92

2013 6,510,000,000 85,000,000 1,508,000,000 23.16% 311,000,000 1,101,000,000 762,000,000 377,000,000 2,100,000,000 12.22% 49.71% 1.06

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 972 443-4000 Fax: 972 332-9373 Toll-Free: Address: 222 West Las Colinas Blvd, Ste 900N, Irving, TX 75039-5421 United States

Stock Ticker: CE Employees: 7,293 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,142,308 Second Exec. Salary: $627,692

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 6,418,000,000 102,000,000 511,000,000 7.96% 507,000,000 605,000,000 722,000,000 410,000,000 1,162,000,000 6.90% 39.40% 1.69

2011 6,763,000,000 96,000,000 690,000,000 10.20% 536,000,000 607,000,000 638,000,000 204,000,000 1,287,000,000 7.22% 53.55% 2.14

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Celesio AG

www.celesio.com

NAIC Code: 424210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceutical and Equipment Distribution Pharmacy Services Medical Tests

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: McKesson Corporation Belmedis Menges Medizintechnik

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Marc E. Owen, Managing Dir. Alain Vachon, Finance Marc Binder, Dir.-Corp. Comm. Sabine Gottgens, Dir.-Investor Rel. Stephan Borchert, Mgmt. Board Member Ihno Goldenstein, Deputy Chmn. John H. Hammergren, Chmn.

Celesio AG is an international service provider within the pharmaceutical and health care markets. Serving more than 2 million customers in 14 countries across Europe, the firm operates 2,200 proprietary pharmacies. Additionally, it supplies 52,150 pharmacies and hospitals with nearly 130,000 pharmaceutical products. It operates in two divisions: consumer solutions and pharmacy solutions. The consumer solutions division offers medical services including tests for cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure as well as consultation on medications. These services are offered at the firm's proprietary pharmacies as well as 5,500 participating pharmacy locations. These pharmacies additionally offer prescription and non-prescription drugs. The pharmacy solutions division manages the wholesale operations of Celesio, selling pharmaceuticals and pharmacy and laboratory equipment. This division is also involved in property development for pharmacies as well as services for pharmacists including pharmacy cooperation program management. Customers include pharmaceutical service providers such as pharmacies, manufacturers and wholesalers. McKesson Corporation owns an approximate 76% stake in the company. In 2016, the firm completed the acquisition of Bupa Home Healthcare, a clinical home healthcare provider. In May 2017, Celesio completed two acquisitions: Belmedis, a provider of distribution services; and Menges Medizintechnik, a distributor of products for the operating room and radiology.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,001,570,000

2015 5,905,739,000

2014 25,023,420,000

2013 23,994,280,000

2012 24,961,670,000

2011 25,808,670,000

642,905,200 2.67% 260,591,800 440,372,100 336,807,900 181,013,200 829,970,800 4.95% 14.96% 0.19

61,084,960 1.03% 75,879,850 -250,056,000 -79,690,660 37,211,390 114,884,600 -2.87% -8.85% 0.37

177,987,000 .71%

455,727,400 1.89%

414,817,300 1.66%

265,411,300 1.02%

54,472,090 249,159,400 164,088,800 458,641,600 .63% 1.98% 0.03

179,219,900 461,219,500 125,532,400 605,021,300 2.05% 7.40% 0.64

-174,960,800 473,100,200 134,723,200 608,047,500 -1.86% -6.63%

6,837,032 626,877,400 238,959,900 453,597,900 .02% .08%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 7115001735 Fax: 49 7115001736 Toll-Free: Address: Neckartalstrasse 155, Stuttgart, 70376 Germany

Stock Ticker: CAKFF Employees: 28,795 Parent Company: McKesson Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

www.cpchem.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemical & Plastics Manufacturing Olefins & Polyolefins Aromatics & Styrenics Specialty Chemicals

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem) is the combined petrochemical businesses of Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66, both 50% owners. With 33 production and research centers worldwide, CPChem is an international producer of olefins and polyalphaolefins. It is also a supplier of aromatics, alpha olefins, styrenics, specialty chemicals, polyethylene pipe and proprietary plastics. The company manufactures chemical products that are vital in the various production processes of over 70,000 consumer and industrial products. Its business is separated into two divisions: olefins and polyalphaolefins; and aromatics, styrenics and specialty products. Products in the olefins and polyalphaolefins family consist of ethylene, propylene and their polymer derivatives; olefins and polyalphaolefins; and high-density polyethylene pipe, conduit and pipe fitting. These products are sold as building blocks for other chemicals and as ingredients for use in a variety of end-products, including motor oils, lubricants, plastics, coatings, textiles and packaging. CPChem's aromatics and styrenics include cyclohexane, paraxylene, benzene, styrene, polystyrene and K-Resin SBC, a unique type of copolymer. Aromax is the company's proprietary benzene production process. Aromatics and styrenics are used in the manufacturing of insulation products, housewares, food packaging, electronic parts and media enclosures. Specialty chemicals are used in various applications, including electronics, automobiles, oil and gas well-drilling, appliances, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Primary brands of the company include Marlex polyethylene, an extrusion and rigid packaging resin; Scentinel gas odorants, which give natural gas a distinctive smell; and Soltex drilling mud additive, for fluid loss control in relation to water-based muds. In October 2016, the firm agreed to sell its K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC) business to INEOS Styrolution, subject to regulatory approvals. The firm offers employees medical, dental and vision benefits; educational assistance; an employee assistance program; discounts on personal items; and relocation assistance.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: K-Resin SBC Aromax Marlex Scentinel Soltex Chevron Corporation Phillips 66

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Peter Cella, CEO Tim D. Leveille, CFO Greg Wagner, VP-Human Resources Dennis Holtermann, VP-Research & Tech. Peggy Colsman, CIO Rick Roberts, Sr. VP-Mfg. Tim Hill, General Counsel Ron Corn, VP-Corp. Planning & Dev. Brian Cain, Head-Corp. Comm. Tim D. Leveille, Controller Dan Coombs, Sr. VP-Specialties, Aromatics & Styrenics Mark Lashier, Exec. VP-Olefins & Polyolefins Trevor Roberts, Treas. David Morgan, VP-Polyethylene

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,455,000,000

2015 9,248,000,000

2014 13,416,000,000

2013 13,147,000,000

2012 13,243,000,000

2011 13,935,000,000

1,687,000,000

2,651,000,000

3,288,000,000

2,743,000,000

2,403,000,000

1,970,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 832-813-4100 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-231-1212 Address: 10001 Six Pines Dr., The Woodlands, TX 77380 United States

Stock Ticker: Joint Venture Employees: 5,550 Parent Company: Chevron Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited

www.chinaagri.com/en

NAIC Code: 325199

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Biodiesel

China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited, a member of the COFCO Group, is engaged in the businesses of agricultural production, processing and trading. The company's products are divided into five business lines: oilseeds processing, biochemical & biofuel, rice processing & trading, wheat processing and brewing materials. Oilseeds processing produces vegetable oil and oilseeds meals mainly via soybeans, palm oil, rapeseeds, peanuts and safflower oil crops. This division is also engaged in the storage and logistics, trade and distribution of its related products. Biochemical & biofuel produces various corn-based ingredients for food products, and also recycles raw materials into clean energy. This division is primarily engaged in the production and sales of consumable cornstarch and starch-based products, sweeteners, fuel ethanol, consumable alcohol, anhydrous ethanol, crude corn oil and feed ingredients. The rice processing & trading segment oversees more than 500,000 acres of rice planting areas in China, and is therefore engaged in grain purchasing, rice cultivation, storage, production, processing and selling. The wheat processing unit is engaged in the production and marketing of general purpose flour and flour-based food such as noodles and bread. The brewing materials division supplies brewing materials, primarily through its production and sale of malt. It imports barley from Australia, Canada and France, and then produces malt and other raw materials for major brewers in China. China Agri-Industries' brands include Fortune, Xiangxue, Maple, Five Lakes, Donghai Mingzhu, Xiyingying, Fuzhanggui, Fuzhiquan, Sihai and Guhua.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: COFCO Group Fortune Xiangxue Maple Five Lakes Donghai Mingzhu Xiyingying Guhua

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Wei Dong, Managing Dir. Shi Bo, VP-Strategic Mgmt. Shi Bo, VP-Investor Rel. VP-Finance, Yang Hong, VP Xubo Yu, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,430,940,000

2015 10,582,970,000

2014 11,953,530,000

2013 12,120,740,000

2012 11,707,440,000

2011 10,557,540,000

327,008,900 2.86% 669,468,500 181,939,300 203,141,600 183,634,000 516,405,900 2.03% 5.39% 0.06

60,202,820 .56% 621,096,500 -42,657,140 704,737,100 204,964,400 290,473,800 - .45% -1.22% 0.06

19,488,470 .16% 678,132,000 -99,409,370 228,052,800 241,525,700 245,831,300 - .96% -2.71% 0.03

600,620,200 4.95% 657,737,000 195,038,400 573,487,200 423,710,000 530,665,000 1.93% 5.42% 0.10

316,672,000 2.70% 593,701,900 157,372,700 273,090,500 579,694,400 473,619,700 1.69% 5.00% 0.21

474,118,800 4.49% 519,479,000 303,579,900 154,551,600 677,124,600 727,328,700 3.73% 11.53% 0.40

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852-2833-0606 Fax: 852-2833-0319 Toll-Free: Address: 31/F, Top Glory Tower, 262 Gloucester Rd., Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Stock Ticker: CIDHY Employees: 27,413 Parent Company: COFCO Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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China Automation Group Limited

www.cag.com.hk

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Beijing Consen Automation Control Co Ltd Wuzhong Instrument Co Ltd

China Automation Group Limited is an integrated solutions provider of safety and critical control systems. The company is one of the largest domestic manufacturers of control valves in the petrochemical industry, and also supplies traction systems and power supply/converting equipment in the railway industry within China. China Automation's primary products for the petrochemical sector include emergency shutdown devices, fire and gas systems, integrated turbine and compressor controls, as well as automatic control valves. Primary products for the railway sector include traction systems and power supply/converting equipment. Subsidiaries of the firm include Beijing Consen Automation Control Co. Ltd., a developer of petrochemical industry automation control systems and railway signal control systems; and Wuzhong Instrument Co. Ltd., a manufacturer and supplier of control valves.

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kuang Jian Ping, CEO Cui Da Chao, CFO Benson Chow Chiu Chi, Company Sec. Li Hai Tao, Head-Strategic Dev. Benson Chow Chiu Chi, Financial Controller Wang Wen Hui, Sr. VP Zhou Zheng Qiang, Sr. VP Xuan Rui Guo, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 175,685,600 12,668,960 -30,694,510 -17.47% 49,095,310 -57,435,550 17,588,560 38,773,410 -45,812,390 -9.98% -24.72% 0.43

2015 241,200,400 11,189,990 13,638,770 5.65% 53,973,900 -15,450,220 14,447,190 23,455,330 -27,853,720 -2.39% -5.76% 0.19

2014 326,011,300 15,130,080 43,395,070 13.31% 63,197,670 5,184,467 30,140,230 17,166,270 41,906,250 .74% 1.90% 0.61

2013 339,359,900 14,093,100 46,036,690 13.56% 71,558,340 10,814,300 49,251,850 12,193,320 48,327,900 1.55% 4.10%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852 2598 0088 Fax: 852 2598 6633 Toll-Free: Address: No. 1 Harbour Rd., Convention Plz., 32/F, Unit 3205B-3206, Beijing, 101318 China

Stock Ticker: CAUZF Employees: 1,936 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 324,948,400 10,925,860 45,084,660 13.87% 69,617,100 12,432,460 2,953,523 13,758,860 52,342,510 1.93% 4.89% 0.67

2011 291,180,200 5,000,882 62,713,640 21.53% 54,588,890 28,775,910 -18,104,480 10,999,060 67,508,310 5.76% 12.04% 0.72

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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China Coal Energy Company Limited

www.chinacoalenergy.com

NAIC Code: 333131

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Qin'an Weng, CFO Yanjiang Li, Vice Chmn. Jianjun Gao, VP Hegang Qi, VP Jianhua Niu, VP Yanjiang Li, Chmn.

ChinaCoal Energy Company Limited is a large energy conglomerate which integrates relevant engineering and technological service businesses comprising coal production and trading and coal mining equipment manufacturing. It divides its operations into four segments: coal production, sales & trade, coal-based chemicals, coal mining equipment manufacturing and power generation. The company's coal production, sales & trade segment operates more than 15 mines with a total capacity of 226 million tons per year, and has approximately 25 mines under construction. In addition, this segment comprises 21 existing coal washing plants and 13 coal washing plants under construction with a total washing capacity of 246 million tons per year. The coal-based chemicals segment focuses on refined coking chemicals and coal-based methanol-dimethylether fuel, ether and olefin. In this segment the production capacity of coal-based natural gas is a capacity of 480,000 tons per year. The company plans to construct three new types of coal chemical bases, Inner Mongolia-Shaanxi base (Ordos and Yulin), Xinjiang base and Heilongjiang base, as well as a coke refined chemical base in Shanxi. The coal mining equipment manufacturing segment has six large coal mining equipment manufacturing bases in Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Shijiazhuang, Xi'an, Handan and Fushun. Its main products are heavy-duty armored face conveyor, hydraulic roof support, electric shearer, thin coal seam plough and mining chain. This segment has an output of 10 million tons per year of equipment's. Last, the Power Generation segment has built environmental-friendly pit-mouth power plants consuming coal refuse, coal slurry and middlings by adopting CFB (circulating fluidized bed) combustion technology.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 8,711,948,000

2014 10,386,550,000

2013 12,099,320,000

2012 12,830,600,000

2011 12,901,350,000

6,352,707 .07% 646,783,700 -480,170,400 1,070,736,000 1,681,651,000 1,237,096,000 -1.30% -3.82% 0.96

366,973,600 3.53% 720,748,200 20,739,190 747,203,600 2,894,904,000 1,303,067,000 .06% .16% 0.94

1,011,174,000 8.35% 679,000,500 559,298,000 997,716,500 3,729,683,000 1,906,579,000 1.89% 4.36% 0.67

1,882,474,000 14.67% 674,136,900 1,299,675,000 1,600,313,000 4,050,870,000 2,734,677,000 5.11% 10.49% 0.46

2,046,589,000 15.86% 672,361,900 1,440,683,000 2,160,337,000 2,926,582,000 2,867,565,000 6.93% 12.58% 0.32

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-10-82256688 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1 Huangsi St., Chaoyang Distr., Beijing, 100120 China

Stock Ticker: CCOZF Employees: 52,648 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd

www.greatwall.cn

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Great Wall Technology Co Ltd Shenzhen Kaifa Magnetic Recording Co Ltd GreatWall Info Industry Co Ltd Beijing Digipro Information Technology Co Ltd Shenzhen ExelStor Technology Co Ltd International System Technology (SZ) Co Ltd Shenzhen Hailiang Storage Product Co Ltd Shenzhen Elcoteq Network Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Zhou Gengshen, Pres.

China GreatWall Technology Group Co. Ltd. (formerly China GreatWall Computer Shenzhen Co. Ltd.) manufactures and sells computer systems and related peripherals in China. Its products include computers and systems, desktops, notebooks, monitors, e-books, media players, digital photo frames, printers, servers, consumable electronics and power supplies, including light-emitting diode (LED) power options. GreatWall Technology also provides technical support services as well as networking solutions. The company maintains four research and development/manufacturing bases: the Nanshan Science and Industry Park, Shenzhen Futian Free Trade Zone, the Shiyan Hi-tech Industrial Base and the Beijing Star-Net Industrial Park. The total R&D area comprise nearly 4.2 million square feet (1.28 million square meters). GreatWall Technology's subsidiaries and associates include Shenzhen Kaifa Magnetic Recording Co. Ltd.; GreatWall Info Industry Co. Ltd.; Beijing Digipro Information Technology Co. Ltd.; Shenzhen Kaifa Technology Co. Ltd.; Shenzhen ExelStor Technology Co. Ltd.; Great Wall Computer Software and Systems Inc., Ltd.; Great Wall Broadband Network Service Co. Ltd.; International System Technology (SZ) Co. Ltd.; Shenzhen Hailiang Storage Product Co. Ltd.; and Shenzhen Elcoteq Network Corporation. The firm itself operates as a subsidiary of Great Wall Technology Co. Ltd. In March 2017, the China GreatWall Computer Shenzhen changed its name to China GreatWall Technology.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,601,307,042

2015 10,929,182,518

2014 11,711,800,000

2013 12,530,000,000

2012 12,401,400,000

2011 11,919,200,000

21,575,300

27,660,550

8,574,770

4,800,000

-37,629,400

15,915,900

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-755-2663-9997 Fax: 86-755-2663-1695 Toll-Free: Address: 3 Kefa Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057 China

Exchange: Shenzhen Stock Ticker: 66 Employees: 36,288 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Great Wall Technology Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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China National Building Material Co Ltd

www.cnbmltd.com

NAIC Code: 327310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cement Manufacturing

China National Building Material Co., Ltd. is a leading Chinese building materials company mainly engaged in the cement, lightweight building materials, glass fiber & composite materials and engineering services business segments. The firm operates through eight subsidiaries: China United (engaged in cement), South Cement, North Cement, BNBM (lightweight building materials), China Composites Group, China Fiberglass, China Triumph (engineering) and CNBM Investment. The cement segment is engaged in production and has an annual production capacity of 40 million tons. This segment has more than 30 subsidiaries throughout Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, Anhui and Sichuan provinces. The lightweight building materials segment produces gypsum boards through subsidiary BNBM and is divided into three business systems: wall & ceiling systems, residential systems and fiber-cement systems. Wall & ceiling systems are composed of gypsum board, metal frames, mineral wool board and ancillary products. Residential systems focus on saving energy and comprise doors, windows, heating, insulation and environmental protection paints. Fiber-cement systems include wall board systems, roof tile systems and lightweight hybrid steel structure/multi-layer building systems. The glass fiber and composite materials segment produces and sells glass fiber and composite material products. Its fiberglass technology is first-class in the areas of large-scale non-alkali fiberglass tank furnaces, C-glass fiber furnaces and waste fiberglass recycling, with a total capacity that has reached 900,000 tons. Composite materials manufactures and markets composites, new flooring, glass fiber, glass, ceramics and other inorganic non-metal materials and products. Its kiloton carbon production plant produces fiberglass reinforced pipe (FRP) materials and tanks for flooring, boats, yachts and automobile parts. The engineering services segment, operated through is engaged in provision of engineering services to glass and cement manufacturers and equipment procurement.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: China United South Cement North Cement BNBM China Composites Group China Fiberglass China Triumph CNBM Investment

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jianglin Cao, Pres. Zhang Li Chang, Gen. Mgr. Hongyan Pei, Accountant Zhiping Song, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,925,890,000

2015 14,741,390,000

2014 17,933,860,000

2013 17,298,390,000

2012 12,819,710,000

2011 11,767,420,000

1,316,047,000 8.81% 2,621,927,000 155,535,600 2,261,991,000 1,686,186,000 3,179,866,000 .31% 2.00% 1.08

2,102,807,000 14.26% 2,441,176,000 149,831,100 1,220,277,000 1,372,963,000 3,328,269,000 .31% 2.09% 0.93

2,981,540,000 16.62% 2,470,782,000 870,085,800 2,229,633,000 1,428,364,000 4,405,169,000 1.94% 14.62% 1.02

2,833,729,000 16.38% 2,214,061,000 846,908,000 1,713,327,000 1,513,466,000 3,864,340,000 2.14% 17.49% 1.83

2,347,705,000 18.31% 1,358,513,000 820,119,500 1,472,352,000 1,765,722,000 3,125,053,000 2.75% 19.63% 1.81

2,130,416,000 18.10% 969,655,600 1,178,098,000 1,771,701,000 1,848,170,000 3,075,893,000 5.93% 35.23% 1.32

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-10-68138300 Fax: 86-10-68138388 Toll-Free: Address: 21/Fl, Twr 2, No. 17 Fuxing Rd., Haidain District, Beijing 100036 China

Stock Ticker: CBUMY Employees: 120,989 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) www.crbeer.com.hk NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Breweries

China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) manufactures, sells and distributes beer products through subsidiary China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (CR Breweries). CR Beer itself is a subsidiary of China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Holdings). Per total beer sales volume, the company has ranked number one in the China market since 2006. Through CR Breweries, CR Beer operates 97 breweries in 25 Chinese provinces. Its aggregate annual production capacity is more than 5.8 billion gallons (22 million kiloliters). The group's flagship brand, Snow, is a popular favorite sold in large volumes worldwide.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited China Resources Snow Breweries Limited Snow

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hou Xiaohai, CEO Tomakin Lai Po Sing, CFO Chen Lang, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,456,115,100

2015 4,489,470,000

2014 4,445,763,000

-225,911,650

-497,412,000

37,519,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 18,877,021,000

2012 16,279,082,000

2011 14,203,439,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852-2827-1028 Fax: 852-2598-8453 Toll-Free: Address: China Resources Bldg., Fl 39, 26 Harbour Rd., Wanchai, Hong Kong, China

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Government-Owned Employees: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31 Parent Company: China Resources (Holdings) Conmpany Limited

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Christian Dior SE

www.dior-finance.com/en-US/

NAIC Code: 424300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Apparel and Clothing Brands, Designers, Importers and Distributors Leather Goods Perfume & Cosmetics Wines & Spirits Watches & Jewelry Online Sales Cruise Lines

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Christian Dior Couture SA LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA Starboard Cruise Services Givenchy Donna Karan International Fendi Sephora

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sidney Toledano, Managing Dir. Sidney Toledano, Group Managing Dir. Bernard Arnault, Chmn.

Christian Dior SE is a major international manufacturer and retailer of luxury goods. It owns the Dior fashion brand and has a 40.9% stake in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA. The company's business is divided into six segments: Christian Dior Couture SA, wines and spirits, fashion and leather goods, watches and jewelry, perfumes and cosmetics and selective retailing. The company operates more than 6,900 stores across these businesses. Wholly-owned Christian Dior Couture creates individual haute couture clothing designs for celebrity clients as well as luxury ready-to-wear clothing and accessories that are sold both through other retailers and at the firm's international boutiques. In addition to Dior-branded fashions for men and women in its couture segment, the company owns a number of other fashion businesses, such as Givenchy, Donna Karan International, Fendi, Celine, Marc Jacobs and Kenzo. The wines and spirits segment produces brands such as Moet & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Dom Perignon and Moet Hennessy. The fashion and leather goods segment includes the Louis Vuitton, Celine, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Pucci and Berluti brands, among others. The watches and jewelry segment includes the TAG Heuer, Bvlgari, Hublot, Chaumet and Zenith brands. Sephora, which is part of the firm's selective retailing and perfumes and cosmetics segments, features approximately 300 brands, with stores located across North America and internationally, as well as its e-commerce web site. The perfumes and cosmetics segment also includes BeneFit Cosmetics, an American brand that has expanded into the U.K., and carries Guerlain, Parfums Givenchy, Kenzo Parfums, Parfums Christian Dior and other lines. The selective retailing segment owns and operates Starboard Cruise Services in Miami, Florida.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 40,763,073,502

2015 39,276,687,600

2014 34,827,960,320

2013 32,024,400,000

2012 30,200,800,000

2011 27,683,418,112

7,291,814,464

6,941,520,000

1,595,200,000

1,450,800,000

1,323,200,000

1,437,676,416

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 331 44132222 Fax: 331 44132786 Toll-Free: Address: 30 Ave. Montaigne, Paris 9, 75008 France

Stock Ticker: CDI Employees: 109,435 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Paris Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Cisco Systems Inc

www.cisco.com

NAIC Code: 0

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Networking Equipment Routers & Switches Real-Time Conferencing Technology Server Virtualization Software Data Storage Products Security Products Teleconference Systems and Technology Unified Communications Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cisco Unified Computing System Acano Limited Lancope Inc OpenDNS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Charles Robbins, CEO John Chambers, Chairman of the Board Prat Bhatt, Chief Accounting Officer Karen Walker, Chief Marketing Officer Chris Dedicoat, Executive VP, Divisional Kelly Kramer, Executive VP Mark Chandler, General Counsel Rebecca Jacoby, Other Executive Officer

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs and sells broad lines of products, provides services and delivers integrated solutions to develop and connect networks around the world, building the internet. The company is organized into three geographic segments: the Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific, Japan and China. Its products and technologies are grouped into: switching, next-generation network routing, collaboration, data center, wireless and security. Switching is an integral networking technology used in campuses, branch offices and data centers. It is used within buildings in local-area networks (LANs) and across great distances in wide-area networks (WANs). Switching products offer forms of connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, wireless access points and servers. NGN routing technology interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice and video applications. This division's portfolio of hardware and software solutions consists of physical and virtual routers, as well as routing and optical systems. Collaboration integrates voice, video, data and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks across a wide range of devices and related IT equipment. Digital interactive devices enable content originators to deliver entertainment, information and communication services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Data center's Cisco Unified Computing System enables fast IT and scalability for workloads, data analytics and cloud-native applications and infrastructures. Wireless access via wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) is a technology that provides indoor/outdoor coverage with seamless roaming for voice, video and data applications. Security aims to protect the digital economy of Cisco customers. During 2015, the firm acquired Acano Limited; and sold the customer premises equipment portion of its service provider video connected devices business. In 2016, it acquired Lancope, Inc., a context-aware security analytics company; and OpenDNS, a cloud security platform designed to provide effective security.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 49,247,000,000 6,296,000,000 12,660,000,000 25.70% 11,433,000,000 10,739,000,000 13,570,000,000 1,146,000,000 15,746,000,000 9.13% 17.42% 0.38

2015 49,161,000,000 6,207,000,000 10,770,000,000 21.90% 11,861,000,000 8,981,000,000 12,552,000,000 1,227,000,000 14,209,000,000 8.21% 15.43% 0.35

2014 47,142,000,000 6,294,000,000 9,345,000,000 19.82% 11,437,000,000 7,853,000,000 12,332,000,000 1,275,000,000 12,711,000,000 7.61% 13.56% 0.36

2013 48,607,000,000 5,942,000,000 11,196,000,000 23.03% 11,802,000,000 9,983,000,000 12,894,000,000 1,160,000,000 14,161,000,000 10.34% 18.08% 0.21

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 408 526-4000 Fax: 408 526-4100 Toll-Free: 800-553-6387 Address: 170 W. Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134 United States

Stock Ticker: CSCO Employees: 71,833 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $749,135 Second Exec. Salary: $1,172,115

Bonus: $500,000 Bonus: $

2012 46,061,000,000 5,488,000,000 10,065,000,000 21.85% 11,969,000,000 8,041,000,000 11,491,000,000 1,126,000,000 13,357,000,000 8.99% 16.32% 0.31

2011 43,218,000,000 5,823,000,000 7,674,000,000 17.75% 11,720,000,000 6,490,000,000 10,079,000,000 1,174,000,000 10,939,000,000 7.71% 14.18% 0.34

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 07/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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CITIC Limited

www.citic.com/

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Manufacturing Iron Ore Mining Real Estate Development Aviation Holdings Environmental Services Electricity Generation Telecommunications

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CITIC Group CITIC Bank CITIC Engineering Design & Construction CITIC Mining International CITIC Pacific Special Steel CITIC Heavy Industries CITIC Press CITIC Offshore Helicopter Co Ltd.

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Wang Jiong, Pres. Ricky Choy Wing Kay, General Counsel Fei Yiping, Controller Milton Law Ming To, Exec. VP-Hong Kong Property, Shipping & Resources Kwok Man Leung, Pres., CITIC Pacific Special Steel Co., Ltd. Yu Yapeng, Chmn.-CITIC Pacific Special Steel Co., Ltd. Liu Jifu, Exec. Dir. Chang Zhenming, Chmn.

CITIC Limited is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in industries including steel manufacturing, iron ore mining, property and other businesses. The company is the largest member of the CITIC Group, which owns 78% of the firm. CITIC divides its operations into six business segments: financial services, real estate, engineering contracting, resources & energy, manufacturing and other business. The financial services operations are carried out by CITIC Bank (64%-owned), CITIC Securities (16%-owned), CITIC Trust and CITIC Prudential (50%-owned), offering banking, trust and insurance products and services. The real estate segment holds a 10% stake in China Overseas Land & Investment Limited, as well as other assets, with a focus on developing commercial property globally, as well as development projects in Hong Kong. Engineering contracting, through wholly-owned CITIC Construction and CITIC Engineering Design & Construction, offers infrastructure contracting, housing and industrial construction services as well as urban planning, engineering design and consulting services. Operations within resources & energy are divided into six units: crude oil, coal and aluminum, carried out by CITIC Resources (59%-owned); iron ore operations, CITIC Mining International; mineral and platinum exploration, CITIC Metal (50%); manganese production, CITIC Dameng (49.26%); ferroniobium production, CITIC Metal; and energy, Sunburst Energy. Manufacturing operations include steel manufacturing, managed by CITIC Pacific Special Steel; the manufacture of heavy machinery, CITIC Heavy Industries (67.27%); and aluminum wheel and aluminum casting, CITIC Dicastal. The other business segment includes publishing, CITIC Press; aviation, CITIC Offshore Helicopter Co., Ltd.; environmental services, CITIC Envirotech Ltd.; infrastructure investment, CITIC Industrial Investment; and Tourism, CITIC Tourism. In January 2017, the firm acquired an 80%-stake of the franchise rights of McDonald's in Hong Kong and mainland China for $2.08 billion. That February, it acquired the telecommunication business of Linx Telecommunication BV.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 48,822,706,176

2015 53,436,874,752

2014 51,553,697,792

2013 11,287,161,856

2012 11,957,794,816

2011 12,831,373,312

5,528,006,144

5,505,954,816

5,251,727,872

1,085,755,264

891,526,976

1,183,702,784

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852 28202111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1 Tim Mei Ave., CITIC Tower, 32/Fl., Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Stock Ticker: CTPCF Employees: 127,610 Parent Company: CITIC Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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CNH Industrial NV

www.cnh.com

NAIC Code: 333111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Case iH Agriculture Steyr Tractoren Case Construction New Holland IVECO HeuliezBus Magirus FPT Powertrain Technologies

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Richard J. Tobin, CEO Ricard Tobin, Pres. Mario Gasparri, Pres., Construction Equipment Sergio Marchionne, Chmn. Franco Fusignani, CEO-Intl

CNH Industrial NV is a leading global capital goods company engaged in the design, production, marketing, sale and financing of agricultural and construction vehicles and equipment. The company has 64 manufacturing plants and 49 research and development centers in 180 countries. CNH designs, produces and sells agricultural and construction equipment, trucks, commercial vehicles, buses and specialty vehicles, as well as a portfolio of powertrain applications. Agricultural equipment includes farm machinery such as twoand four-wheel-drive tractors, crawler tractors, combines, cotton pickers, grape and sugar cane harvesters, hay/forage equipment, planting and seeding equipment, soil preparation and cultivation implements and material handling equipment. Construction equipment includes excavators, crawler dozers, graders, wheel loaders, backhoe loaders, skid steer loaders, telehandlers and trenchers. Trucks, buses and specialty vehicles include light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, quarry/construction site vehicles, city and intercity buses and special vehicles for applications such as firefighting, off-road missions, the military and civil defense. Powertrains are used for industrial vehicles, including on-road, off-road, marine and power generation applications. CNH comprises 12 brands: Case iH Agriculture, Steyr Tractoren, Case Construction, New Holland Agriculture, New Holland Construction, IVECO, IVECO Astra, IVECO Bus, HeuliezBus, Magirus, IVECO Defence Vehicles and FPT Powertrain Technologies.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,872,000,000 860,000,000 2,211,000,000 8.88% 2,262,000,000 -252,000,000 2,108,000,000 503,000,000 2,280,000,000 - .54% -5.45% 5.68

2015 25,912,000,000 856,000,000 2,382,000,000 9.19% 2,317,000,000 253,000,000 2,782,000,000 656,000,000 2,819,000,000 .51% 5.20% 5.49

2014 32,555,000,000 1,106,000,000 2,806,000,000 8.61% 2,925,000,000 710,000,000 681,000,000 1,022,000,000 3,547,000,000 1.34% 14.45% 6.01

2013 33,836,000,000 1,222,000,000 2,898,000,000 8.56% 3,094,000,000 677,000,000 1,522,000,000 1,227,000,000 3,673,000,000 1.31% 15.34% 6.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 630 887 2233 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 25 St. James Street, London, SW1A 1HA United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: CNHI Employees: 62,828 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,314,169 Second Exec. Salary: $1,573,874

Bonus: $2,311,000 Bonus: $

2012 32,801,000,000 1,129,000,000 2,836,000,000 8.64% 3,036,000,000 756,000,000 842,000,000 1,048,000,000 3,595,000,000 1.54% 19.26% 6.89

2011 33,480,000,000 1,026,000,000 2,839,000,000 8.47% 3,214,000,000 545,000,000 2,165,000,000 820,000,000 3,527,000,000

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Coca-Cola Company (The)

www.coca-cola.com

NAIC Code: 312111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Soft Drink Manufacturing Concentrates & Syrups Sports Drinks Bottled Water Fruit Juices

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Coca-Cola Classic Diet Coke Fanta Sprite Minute Maid Schweppes Beverage Partners Worldwide Dasani

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

James Quincey, CEO Ceree Eberly, Other Executive Officer Kathy Waller, CFO Muhtar Kent, Chairman of the Board Marcos De Quinto, Chief Marketing Officer Ed Hays, Chief Technology Officer Irial Finan, Executive VP J. Douglas, Executive VP Clyde Tuggle, Executive VP Bernhard Goepelt, General Counsel Mark Randazza, Other Corporate Officer Julie Hamilton, Other Executive Officer Brian Smith, President, Divisional Alfredo Rivera, President, Divisional Barry Simpson, Senior VP

The Coca-Cola Company manufactures, distributes and markets nonalcoholic beverages, beverage concentrates and beverage syrups in over 200 countries. The firm owns or licenses over 3,600 products, including diet and light beverages, waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees and energy and sports drinks. Coca-Cola's carbonated products include Coca-Cola Classic, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, Fanta and Sprite. The company also produces, distributes and markets juice and juice-drink products including Minute Maid, Georgia, Powerade, Simply and Del Valle. Water brands include Schweppes, Aquarius, Dasani, Glaceau Vitaminwater, Bonaqua/Bonaqa, Ice Dew and Glaceau Smartwater. Tea brands include Gold Peak and FUZE TEA. In addition, Beverage Partners Worldwide, Coca-Cola's joint venture with Nestle SA, markets and distributes the Nestea brand of products in Europe and Canada. The CocaCola Company either owns or holds a majority interest in bottling operations, consisting of 76 principal beverage bottling and canning plants located throughout the world. In December 2016, the firm agreed to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev's 54.5% equity stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa for $3.15 billion. The transaction was expected to close by the end of 2017.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 41,863,000,000

2015 44,294,000,000

2014 45,998,000,000

2013 46,854,000,000

2012 48,017,000,000

2011 46,542,000,000

8,626,000,000 20.60% 9,439,000,000 6,527,000,000 8,796,000,000 2,262,000,000 10,656,000,000 7.36% 26.85% 1.28

8,728,001,000 19.70% 10,237,000,000 7,351,000,000 10,528,000,000 2,553,000,000 12,431,000,000 8.07% 26.31% 1.11

9,708,000,000 21.10% 17,218,000,000 7,098,000,000 10,615,000,000 2,406,000,000 11,784,000,000 7.79% 22.35% 0.62

10,228,000,000 21.82% 17,310,000,000 8,584,000,000 10,542,000,000 2,550,000,000 13,917,000,000 9.74% 26.02% 0.57

10,779,000,000 22.44% 17,738,000,000 9,019,000,000 10,645,000,000 2,780,000,000 14,188,000,000 10.85% 27.99% 0.44

10,154,000,000 21.81% 17,440,000,000 8,572,000,000 9,474,000,000 2,920,000,000 13,810,000,000 11.21% 27.36% 0.43

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 404 676-2121 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-438-2653 Address: One Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30313 United States

Stock Ticker: KO Employees: 100,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $923,625

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Coca-Cola European Partners plc

www.ccep.com

NAIC Code: 312111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Soft Drink Bottling Production, Marketing & Distribution-Coca-Cola Products Vending Machines

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Coca-Cola Enterprises Coca-Cola Iberian Partners Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetranke AG Coca-Cola Fanta Sprite Aquarius Monster Energy

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be

Coca-Cola European Partners plc (CCEP) is a leading consumer packaged goods company in Europe. The firm produces, sells and distributes a wide range of non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink beverages. The company was formed by the 2015 merger between Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetranke AG. CEEP serves a consumer population of over 300 million, with 2.5 billion unit cases of beverages sold on an annual basis. The firm's brands include Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero, Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Aquarius, Nestea, Schweppes, Monster Energy and Capri-Sun. These beverages include carbonated beverages, waters, juices, sports drinks and ready-to-drink teas. Primary European countries served include Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. CCE offers its employees 401(k) and pension plans; health, dental and vision coverage; and life and disability insurance.

intentionally listed here more than once. Damian Gammell, CEO Manik Jhangiani, CFO Nik Jhangiani, CFO John Parker, General Counsel Hubert Patricot, President, Divisional Suzanne Forlidas, Secretary Laura Brightwell, Senior VP, Divisional Pamela Kimmet, Senior VP, Divisional Ronald Lewis, Senior VP, Divisional Sol Daurella, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,236,490,000

2015 7,187,493,000

2014 7,617,107,000

2013 6,665,508,000

2012 6,832,549,000

2011 7,163,775,000

953,822,000 9.31% 3,023,985,000 615,332,900 1,394,306,000 557,050,000 1,385,340,000 4.30% 14.96% 0.86

887,800,400 12.35% 1,746,896,000 611,003,500 964,688,400 329,080,800 1,168,698,000 7.79% 53.12% 3.56

939,234,300 12.33% 1,801,044,000 611,101,400 905,130,600 306,011,600 1,217,594,000 7.83% 38.56% 2.32

741,874,600 11.13% 1,581,151,000 541,389,900 676,128,600 254,055,500 991,871,700 6.85% 26.19% 1.63

786,480,500 11.51% 1,671,271,000 573,757,900 802,583,000 320,355,200 1,072,936,000 7.20% 23.96% 1.05

893,310,000 12.46% 1,726,951,000 647,714,600 745,433,900 325,154,400 1,168,308,000 8.57% 25.12% 1.03

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 01895-231313 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Bakers Road, Uxbridge, Middx, UB8 1EZ United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: CCE Employees: 24,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $241,737 Second Exec. Salary: $1,200,000

Bonus: $1,507,041 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV

www.coca-colafemsa.com

NAIC Code: 312111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Soft Drink Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV Coca-Cola Company (The) Ciel Fanta Sprite Lift Fresca AdeS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Santa Maria Otazua, CEO Hector Trevino Gutierrez, CFO Alejandro Duncan Ancira, Tech. Officer Hector Trevino Gutierrez, Chief Admin. Officer Gabriel Coindreau Montemayor, Strategic Planning Officer John Anthony Santa Maria Otazua, COO-South America Ernesto Silva Almaguer, COO-Mexico & Central America Rafael Alberto Suarez Olaguibel, New Bus. & Commercial Dev. Officer Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal, Chmn. Juan Ramon Felix Castaneda, COO-Philippines Hermilo Zuart Ruiz, Strategic Supply Officer

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV is a leading bottler of CocaCola beverages in Latin America, delivering 3.34 billion unit cases a year. The company has operations in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. The company produces, markets and distributes a range of Coca-Cola trademark beverages and brands. The firm's most important brand is Coca-Cola and its line extensions. Other main brands include Ciel, Fanta, Sprite, Lift and Fresca. Coca-Cola FEMSA maintains 66 manufacturing facilities and 328 distribution centers, which serves millions of consumers through more than 1.97 million retailers. The company's capital stock is 47.9%owned by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de C.V., 28.1% by wholly-owned subsidiaries of The Coca-Cola Company and 24% by the public. In December 2016, the company acquired Vonpar, one of the largest privately owned bottlers in Brazil. In March 2017, the firm, along with The Coca-Cola Company, acquired Univer's AdeS soybased beverage business for $575 million. AdeS is based in Argentina, and is the leading soy-based beverages brand in Latin America.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,913,284,000

2015 8,498,789,000

2014 8,216,425,000

2013 8,702,446,000

2012 8,241,025,000

2011 6,956,724,000

1,347,222,000 13.59% 3,093,724,000 561,714,400 1,809,869,000 708,027,900 1,698,252,000 4.11% 8.87% 0.70

1,324,575,000 15.58% 2,693,329,000 570,918,300 1,294,230,000 641,537,000 1,573,358,000 4.84% 9.72% 0.60

1,201,076,000 14.61% 2,613,339,000 588,043,000 1,361,390,000 641,258,000 1,524,048,000 4.91% 9.63% 0.61

1,205,985,000 13.85% 2,862,401,000 643,879,800 1,232,592,000 662,175,900 1,561,086,000 6.03% 10.74% 0.50

1,237,780,000 15.01% 2,590,469,000 743,727,700 1,319,220,000 556,471,000 1,541,730,000 8.39% 13.37% 0.24

1,124,098,000 16.15% 2,068,080,000 592,115,000 853,839,400 462,982,100 1,286,477,000 7.99% 12.56% 0.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 52-55-5081-5100 Fax: 52-55-5292-3473 Toll-Free: Address: Calle Mario Pani No. 100, Mexico DF, 05348 Mexico

Exchange: NYS Stock Ticker: KOF Employees: 85,140 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Cognex Corporation

www.cognex.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Machine Vision Technology Modular Vision Systems-Computers & Software Surface Inspection Systems Automotive Vision Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: In-Sight In-Sight 2000 EnShape GmbH AQSense

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert Willett, CEO John Curran, CFO Robert Shillman, Chairman of the Board Patrick Alias, Director

Cognex Corporation develops, manufactures and markets systems and products that incorporate sophisticated machine vision technology that provides the ability to see. Cognex products include barcode readers, machine vision sensors and machine vision systems used in factories, warehouses and distribution centers worldwide. These systems and products guide, gauge, inspect, identify and assure the quality of items during the manufacturing and distribution processes. Cognex's In-Sight 2000 series combines the power of its industry-leading In-Sight vision systems with the simplicity and affordability of a vision sensor. The product is ideal for solving simple errorproofing applications and includes an integrated, highperformance image formation system that consists of field interchangeable lenses, as well as a patent-pending LED ring light that produces even, diffuse illumination across the entire image. This eliminates the need for costly external lighting. Customers can easily swap out the lens and change the color of the integrated ring light as needed for specific applications. Together with In-Sight's easy builder interface, which enables a fast, step-by-step application setup, the In-Sight 2000 series allows even novice users to achieve extremely reliable inspection performance in nearly any production environment. The company has shipped more than 1 million vision-based products. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has regional offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm has 437 patents issued worldwide and 358 pending. In 2015, the firm sold its surface inspection systems division, along with its SmartView web inspection products, to Ametek, Inc. for $160 million. During 2016, it acquired two 3D vision companies: EnShape GmbH, based in Germany, and AQSense, based in Spain. Cognex employees receive medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; credit union membership; stock options; tuition assistance; patent awards; and an employee assistance program.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 520,753,000 78,269,000 160,784,000 30.87% 166,110,000 149,572,000 182,081,000 12,816,000 175,853,000 15.52% 16.72%

2015 450,557,000 69,791,000 121,521,000 26.97% 156,674,000 187,074,000 118,363,000 28,703,000 135,639,000 21.88% 23.95%

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2014 486,270,000 59,920,000 143,663,000 29.54% 161,667,000 121,485,000 155,970,000 20,934,000 156,130,000 15.86% 17.60%

2013 353,886,000 48,087,000 86,368,000 24.40% 135,351,000 73,573,000 95,455,000 13,380,000 97,470,000 11.00% 12.09%

Stock Ticker: CGNX Employees: 1,421 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 321,914,000 40,946,000 85,355,000 26.51% 117,694,000 69,869,000 86,094,000 7,820,000 95,111,000 12.20% 13.61%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 508 650-3000 Fax: 508 650-3333 Toll-Free: Address: One Vision Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2059 United States Top Exec. Salary: $376,442 Second Exec. Salary: $301,154

2012 324,279,000 41,549,000 83,407,000 25.72% 119,828,000 68,098,000 101,131,000 9,878,000 94,265,000 10.98% 12.10%

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Colgate Palmolive Co

www.colgatepalmolive.com

NAIC Code: 325611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Toothpaste & Oral Care Products Manufacturer Household Cleaning Products Soap Products Baby Care Products Pet Food Hair Products Shaving Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Softsoap Palmolive Ajax Hill's Prescription Diet Tom's of Maine Lady Speed Stick Hill's Pet Nutrition Irish Spring

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ian Cook, CEO Dennis Hickey, CFO Mukul Deoras, Chief Marketing Officer Patricia Verduin, Chief Technology Officer Victoria Dolan, Controller Noel Wallace, COO, Divisional P. Skala, COO, Geographical Daniel Marsili, Other Executive Officer Delia Thompson, Other Executive Officer Jennifer Daniels, Other Executive Officer John Huston, Other Executive Officer Franck Moison, Vice Chairman

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Colgate), founded in 1806, is a consumer products company whose merchandise is marketed in over 200 countries and territories throughout the world. The company manages its business in two product segments: oral, personal & home care and pet nutrition. Colgate oral care products include toothbrushes, toothpaste, tooth whitener, mouth rinses, dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals. The segment, accounting for 85% of 2016 revenue, also markets bar & liquid hand soaps, shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants, antiperspirants and shave products. The firm's Softsoap and Palmolive brands are two U.S. market leaders in liquid soaps. Other major products include household care products such as Ajax and Palmolive dishwashing liquids and Murphy's Oil Soap. Additional oral, personal and home care brands include Irish Spring, Tom's of Maine and Lady Speed Stick. Colgate also supplies specialty pet nutrition products for dogs and cats through subsidiary Hill's Pet Nutrition, with products marketed in over 95 countries. This segment accounted for 15% of the firm's 2016 revenue. Pet foods are marketed primarily under the Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet trademarks. Hill's Science Diet is sold by authorized pet supply retailers, breeders and veterinarians for everyday nutritional needs, while Hill's Prescription Diet includes a range of therapeutic products sold by veterinarians to help nutritionally manage disease conditions in dogs and cats. Employee benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; short- and long-term disability; life insurance; 401(k) with company match; profit sharing; a company funded retirement plan; and tuition assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,195,000,000

2015 16,034,000,000

2014 17,277,000,000

2013 17,420,000,000

2012 17,085,000,000

2011 16,734,000,000

3,837,000,000 25.25% 5,249,000,000 2,441,000,000 3,141,000,000 593,000,000 4,330,000,000 20.27%

2,789,000,000 17.39% 5,464,000,000 1,384,000,000 2,949,000,000 691,000,000 3,345,000,000 10.89% 327.18%

3,557,000,000 20.58% 5,982,000,000 2,180,000,000 3,298,000,000 757,000,000 4,105,000,000 15.95% 126.37% 4.92

3,556,000,000 20.41% 6,223,000,000 2,241,000,000 3,204,000,000 670,000,000 4,132,000,000 16.43% 99.73% 2.06

3,889,000,000 22.76% 5,930,000,000 2,472,000,000 3,196,000,000 565,000,000 4,379,000,000 18.92% 108.32% 2.25

3,841,000,000 22.95% 5,758,000,000 2,431,000,000 2,896,000,000 537,000,000 4,269,000,000 20.34% 96.27% 1.86

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 212 310-2000 Fax: 212 310-3284 Toll-Free: 800-468-6502 Address: 300 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022 United States

Stock Ticker: CL Employees: 36,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,346,533 Second Exec. Salary: $942,867

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 29 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin www.michelin.com NAIC Code: 326200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Plastics & Rubber, Manufacturing Tire Production Tourism Services Maps, Guidebooks & Atlases

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (CGEM), based in France, is a worldwide corporation best known for its production of Michelin tires for cars, trucks, aircraft, earthmovers and motorcycles. The company is one of the world's largest tire producers, with 68 production facilities in 17 countries and marketing operations in over 170 countries. CGEM produces roughly 184 million tires annually. The company produces three main lines of products: passenger car and light truck tires, truck tires and specialty business products and services. Passenger car and light truck tires account for 60% of Michelin's net sales. Tires range from premium, midrange and entry level qualities. The Michelin brand sells only premium tires, and BFGoodrich markets mid-range. The company currently has more than 4,300 dealerships and service centers across the globe where it sells its tires, with a target of having more than 5,000 by 2020. Truck tires accounted for 30% of net sales, and sells specialty tires for aviation, agriculture, earth mover and industrial vehicles. Specialty business products and services account for 10% of net sales and are comprised of travel services and lifestyle products. Products are marketed under the brands Michelin, Komoran, Riken, Taurus and Tiger, among others. The majority of sales come from the Michelin brand, which comprises approximately 85% of sales. In 2017, the firm announced that its BFGoodrich brand would be replacing the Komoran brand in Southeast Asia, in order to globally strategize its primary brands.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Michelin BFGoodrich Komoran Riken Taurus Tiger

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jean-Dominique Senard, Managing Gen. Partner Terry Gettys, Dir.-R&D Laurent Noual, Dir.-Corp. Dev. Francois Corbin, Dir.-Geographic Zones Eric de Cromieres, Dir.-Commercial Performance Jean-Cristophe Guerin, Dir.-Materials Prod. Line Serge Lafon, Dir.-Truck Prod. Line

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,433,090,000 804,752,300 3,128,222,000 13.34% 4,108,944,000 1,878,503,000 3,099,081,000 2,034,297,000 4,542,704,000 6.81% 16.68% 0.15

2015 23,760,370,000 772,248,400 2,473,661,000 10.41% 4,075,320,000 1,309,124,000 3,020,623,000 1,988,343,000 3,841,067,000 5.04% 12.29% 0.24

2014 21,915,490,000 735,261,200 2,231,562,000 10.18% 3,853,396,000 1,155,571,000 2,826,720,000 2,061,197,000 3,482,403,000 4.75% 10.92% 0.16

2013 22,693,340,000 720,690,400 2,212,508,000 9.74% 3,906,075,000 1,263,170,000 3,462,228,000 2,203,542,000 3,267,205,000 5.29% 12.62% 0.15

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 473985900 Fax: 33 473985904 Toll-Free: Address: 23, place des Carmes-Dechaux, Clermont-Ferrand, 63040 France

Stock Ticker: MLN Employees: 111,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 24,068,600,000 697,153,100 2,767,317,000 11.49% 3,963,237,000 1,759,695,000 3,279,534,000 2,151,984,000 3,912,800,000 7.39% 18.91% 0.23

2011 23,222,370,000 663,528,400 2,180,004,000 9.38% 3,728,985,000 1,638,646,000 1,340,507,000 1,869,536,000 3,513,786,000 7.21% 18.02%

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Compal Electronics Inc

www.compal.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Electronics Manufacturing Personal Music Players Monitors Notebook Computers LCD Televisions Automotive Electronics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bizcom Electronics Inc Compal (Vietnam) Co Limited Auscom Engineering Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ray Chen, Gen. Mgr. Ray Chen, Pres. Rock Hsu, Chmn.

Compal Electronics, Inc., headquartered in Taiwan, is one of the world's leading contract manufacturers of notebook computers, monitors, automotive electronics and consumer digital electronics. Compal specializes in manufacturing highquality electronics marketed under its clients' brands. The company has established branches in China, Brazil, Mexico, Vietnam, Poland and the U.S. Compal's in-house research and development groups enable it to produce innovative and highquality products at a rapid pace, with the capability to process most orders in 48 hours. The firm's 15 manufacturing facilities in China, Vietnam and Mexico are state-of-the-art and are certified for ISO-9001 international quality standards and ISO14001 and OHSAS 18000 international environmental standards. Compal makes a wide variety of products including notebook computers, LCD televisions, monitors and portable music players. Subsidiaries include Bizcom Electronics, Inc.; Compal (Vietnam) Co., Limited; and Auscom Engineering, Inc. In September 2016, the firm announced the transfer ownership of its Poland LCD TV manufacturing factory to Vestel Ticaret A.S. Compal offers its employees company trips, an onsite fitness center, shuttle services, a pension plan and health insurance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 25,288,900,000 394,480,200 364,871,900 1.44% 323,590,000 268,151,500 42,466,260 137,705,600 551,802,500 2.40% 7.75% 0.22

2015 27,943,590,000 403,985,900 373,077,300 1.33% 323,733,400 286,412,800 314,433,600 201,464,000 568,467,100 2.45% 8.47% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 27,890,660,000 399,414,100 385,018,800 1.38% 282,932,700 231,979,400 1,114,644,000 229,629,800 584,110,700 1.96% 7.17% 0.20

2013 22,846,390,000 373,011,800 304,532,800 1.33% 249,517,900 81,367,020 18,124,860 203,111,900 487,756,600 .76% 2.44% 0.14

Stock Ticker: CMPFF Employees: 40,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 22,858,870,000 349,286,800 443,957,500 1.94% 314,445,300 363,257,000 1,135,943,000 234,411,500 628,145,600 3.59% 10.04%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886-2-87978588 Fax: 886-2-26585001 Toll-Free: Address: 581 Ruiguang Rd., Neihu, Taipei, 11492 Taiwan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 22,521,320,000 364,240,700 332,034,000 1.47% 286,909,100 211,431,500 -378,842,000 277,536,300 511,118,800 2.18% 6.03%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Conagra Brands Inc

www.conagrafoods.com

NAIC Code: 311000

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Food Products Manufacturing

Conagra Brands, Inc., formerly ConAgra Foods, Inc., is a packaged food company serving grocery retailers as well as restaurants and other food service establishments. It operates in two segments: consumer foods and commercial foods. The consumer foods segment includes products that are sold in various retail and foodservice channels in the U.S. and internationally. Products include meals, entrees, condiments, sides, snacks and desserts. Major brands include Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, PAM, Peter Pan and Reddi-wip. The commercial food segment includes commercially branded and private branded food and ingredients, which are sold primarily to commercial, restaurants, foodservice, food manufacturing, and industrial customers. Main products include bakery, vegetable, spice, grain products, frozen potato and sweet potato items, which are sold under brands, such as Alexia. ConAgra sold its unit that makes private-label foods for supermarkets to Treehouse Foods, Inc. for $2.7 billion in February 2016. The firm also divested two of its ingredient firms, JM Swank and Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings. In November 2016, ConAgra separated from its Lamb Weston unit, which primarily sells frozen potato products to restaurant and commercial customers, with about $3 billion in annual revenues. Employee benefits include medical, life, disability, dental and vision coverage; pre-tax spending accounts; a stock purchase plan; adoption assistance; domestic partner benefits; a 401(k) plan; a pension plan; and an extended medical plan for retirees.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PAM Healthy Choice Hunt's Chef Boyardee Peter Pan Blake's All Natural Foods Alexia Reddi-wip

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Sean Connolly, CEO Steven Goldstone, Chairman of the Board Robert Wise, Controller David Marberger, Executive VP Colleen Batcheler, Executive VP Charisse Brock, Executive VP David Biegger, Executive VP Andrew Ross, Executive VP Darren Serrao, Other Executive Officer Thomas Werner, President, Divisional Thomas McGough, President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,642,900,000

2015 15,832,400,000

2014 17,702,600,000

2013 15,491,400,000

2012 13,262,600,000

2011 12,303,100,000

881,400,000 7.57% 2,209,400,000 -677,000,000 1,207,400,000 440,200,000 1,256,600,000 -4.40% -16.54% 1.32

-163,600,000 -1.03% 3,472,100,000 -252,600,000 1,480,600,000 471,900,000 429,900,000 -1.37% -5.19% 1.52

955,400,000 5.39% 2,767,100,000 303,100,000 1,551,200,000 603,400,000 1,560,800,000 1.51% 5.72% 1.66

1,424,400,000 9.19% 2,135,600,000 773,900,000 1,412,200,000 463,500,000 1,872,600,000 4.85% 15.91% 1.68

829,200,000 6.25% 1,997,700,000 467,900,000 1,052,000,000 399,200,000 1,205,000,000 4.08% 10.20% 0.64

1,402,400,000 11.39% 1,511,100,000 817,000,000 1,352,300,000 466,200,000 1,805,500,000 7.05% 16.97% 0.61

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 312-549-5000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Ste 1300, Chicago, IL 60654 United States

Stock Ticker: CAG Employees: 20,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $643,269

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 05/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Continental AG

www.conti-online.com

NAIC Code: 326200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Components Tires, Plastics & Rubber Brake Products Transmissions & Suspensions Vehicle Interiors Sealing Systems Aviation Products Protective Clothing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ContiTech Benecke-Kaliko Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Wolfgang Schafer, CFO Wolfgang Schafer, Dir.-Law Nikolai Setzer, Dir.-Tire Div. Jose A. Avila, Dir.-Powertrain Div. Helmut Matschi, Dir.-Interior Div. Ralf Cramer, Dir.-Chassis & Safety Div. Elmar Degenhart, Chmn.

Continental AG is one of Europe's largest manufacturers of tires and other automotive systems for cars and trucks. With a presence in 56 countries, the company's operations consist of two business groups, the automotive group and the rubber group. The automotive group operates in three divisions: chassis & safety, powertrain and interior. The chassis & safety division offers electronic brake systems, hydraulic brake systems, dynamic driving control systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), airbag electronics, windshield washer systems, electronic air suspension systems and sensors. The powertrain segment provides products including engine system components, transmission control units, hybrid and electric vehicle components, sensors and actuators and fuel systems parts. The interior division combines all activities relating to the management and visualization of information in the vehicle, including body and security, connectivity, instrumentation and displays, interior modules and multimedia. The operations of the rubber group also include two divisions: tires and ContiTech. Tires offers tires for every application, including passenger cars, trucks, buses, construction site vehicles, special vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles. The ContiTech subsidiary, which has production locations in 30 countries, manufactures a variety of non-tire rubber products, such as transportation hoses for use in automotive fluid delivery as well as conveyor belts and accessories. ContiTech operates in nine units: air spring systems, Benecke-Kaliko Group, conveyor belt group, elastomer coatings, mobile fluid systems, power transmission group, compounding technology, industrial fluid systems and vibration control.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 45,448,888,320

2015 43,972,202,496

2014 38,674,849,792

2013 37,358,215,168

2012 36,691,550,208

2011 34,190,653,440

3,141,112,064

3,056,937,728

2,662,295,552

2,155,458,560

2,111,073,792

1,392,288,768

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 51193801 Fax: 49 51193881 Toll-Free: Address: Vahrenwalder Strasse 9, Hanover, GM 30165 Germany

Stock Ticker: CTTAF Employees: 220,137 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Corning Inc

www.corning.com

NAIC Code: 327212

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Glass & Optical Fiber Manufacturing Glass Substrates for LCDs Optical Switching Products Photonic Modules & Components Networking Devices Semiconductor Materials Laboratory Supplies Emissions Control Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co Ltd Vascade LEAF SMF-28e ClearCurve InfiniCor Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc STRAN Technologies

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Wendell Weeks, CEO James Clappin, President, Divisional R. Tripeny, CFO Edward Schlesinger, Chief Accounting Officer Lisa Ferrero, Chief Administrative Officer David Morse, Chief Technology Officer Clark Kinlin, Executive VP Eric Musser, Executive VP, Divisional Martin Curran, Executive VP Lewis Steverson, General Counsel Lawrence McRae, Other Corporate Officer Jeffrey Evenson, Other Executive Officer Christine Pambianchi, Senior VP, Divisional Mark Rogus, Senior VP Mark Rogus, Senior VP

Corning, Inc. is an international technology-based corporation. The firm operates in five business segments: display technologies, optical communications, specialty materials, environmental technologies and life sciences. The display technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs), used in notebook computers, flat panel desktop monitor and LCD televisions. Corning owns 57.5% of Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd., which produces glass substrates using a proprietary fusion process. The optical communications segment is divided into carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network products include Vascade submarine optical fibers for use in submarine networks; LEAF optical fiber for long-haul, regional and metropolitan networks; SMF-28e single mode optical fiber for additional transmission wavelengths in metropolitan and access networks, and ClearCurve fiber for use in multiple dwelling units. The enterprise network product portfolio includes ClearCurve ultra-bendable multimode fiber for data centers and other enterprise network applications; InfiniCor fibers for local area networks; and ClearCurve VSDN ultra-bendable optical fiber designed to support emerging highspeed interconnects between computers and other consumer electronics devices. The specialty materials segment offers products such as glass windows for space shuttles and optical components for high-tech industries and includes the firm's Gorilla glass product line of protective cover glass for portable display devices. In its environmental technologies segment, Corning produces ceramic products for emissions and pollution control, such as gasoline/diesel substrate and filter products. The life sciences segment manufactures laboratory products such as consumables (plastic vessels, specialty surfaces and media), as well as general labware and equipment used for cell culture research, bioprocessing, genomics, drug discovery, microbiology and chemistry. In 2016, the firm acquired Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.; and wholly-acquired STRAN Technologies, a U.S.-based producer of harsh environment and tactical interconnect products and services.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,390,000,000 742,000,000 1,391,000,000 14.81% 1,472,000,000 3,695,000,000 2,521,000,000 1,130,000,000 5,046,000,000 12.74% 22.42% 0.23

2015 9,111,000,000 769,000,000 1,322,000,000 14.50% 1,523,000,000 1,339,000,000 2,809,000,000 1,250,000,000 2,810,000,000 4.23% 6.93% 0.23

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 9,715,000,000 815,000,000 1,931,000,000 19.87% 1,211,000,000 2,472,000,000 4,709,000,000 1,076,000,000 4,891,000,000 8.44% 12.22% 0.16

2013 7,819,000,000 710,000,000 1,371,000,000 17.53% 1,126,000,000 1,961,000,000 2,787,000,000 1,019,000,000 3,595,000,000 6.77% 9.19% 0.15

Stock Ticker: GLW Employees: 40,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 7,890,000,000 671,000,000 1,694,000,000 21.47% 1,033,000,000 2,805,000,000 3,189,000,000 2,432,000,000 4,259,000,000 10.45% 13.86% 0.11

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 607 974-9000 Fax: 607 974-8688 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Riverfront Plaza, Corning, NY 14831 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,337,740 Second Exec. Salary: $731,971

2012 8,012,000,000 745,000,000 1,321,000,000 16.48% 1,165,000,000 1,728,000,000 3,206,000,000 1,801,000,000 3,225,000,000 6.03% 8.11% 0.15

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Cosmo Oil Co Ltd

www.cosmo-oil.co.jp

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Oil Refining & Distribution Petrochemical Sales Wind Energy Generation Photovoltaic Cell Manufacture 5-Amino Levulinic Acid (ALA) Production

Cosmo Oil Co. Ltd. is one of Japan's top oil refiners and petroleum distributors. Abu Dhabi and Qatar are the firm's core production areas. The company operates many business segments, including crude oil development, marine transportation, stockpiling, LPG, distribution, manufacturing and sales of lubricating oils, oil refining, oil product sales, service station asset management, information services, engineering, trading, renewable energy and more. Among Cosmo Oil's many subsidiaries are Cosmo Abu Dhabi Energy Exploration & Production Co. Ltd., Cosmo Kaiun Co. Ltd., Okinawa CTS Corp., Tozai Oil Terminal Co. Ltd., Cosmo Oil Lubricants Co. Ltd., Cosmo Matsuyama Oil Co. Ltd., Cosmo Oil Sales Corp. Cosmo Oil Property Service Co. Ltd., Cosmo Computer Center Co. Ltd., Cosmo Engineering Co. Ltd. and Cosmo Trade & Service Co. Ltd.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Abu Dhabi Energy Exploration & Production Co Cosmo Kaiun Co Ltd Okinawa CTS Corp Tozai Oil Terminal Co Ltd Cosmo Oil Lubricants Co Ltd Cosmo Matsuyama Oil Co Ltd Cosmo Computer Center Co Ltd Cosmo Trade & Service Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hisashi Kobayashi, Pres. Muneyuki Sano, Sr. Exec. Officers-Finance Dept.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,000,000,000

2015 25,279,733,760

2014 29,459,666,944

2013 26,369,517,568

2012 25,895,344,128

2011 23,078,907,904

-1,325,603

-291,655,367

-758,989,535

42,703,535

-843,483,079

-89,217,767

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 337983243 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 105-8528 Japan

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 1,367 Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31 Parent Company: Cosmo Energy Holdings Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Crane Co

www.craneco.com

NAIC Code: 334514

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fluid Control Systems Engineered Materials Industrial Pump & Valve Manufacturing Aerospace Components Electronics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Crane Payment Innovations Hydro-Aire ELDEC Lear Romec Polyflon Saunders Xomox Westlock Controls

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Max Mitchell, CEO Richard Maue, CFO Curtis Baron, Controller Robert Evans, Director Augustus Dupont, General Counsel Thomas Craney, President, Divisional Brendan Curran, President, Divisional Louis Pinkham, Senior VP Bradley Ellis, Senior VP Anthony Pantaleoni, Vice President, Divisional Kristian Salovaara, Vice President, Divisional Edward Switter, Vice President, Divisional James Lavish, Vice President, Divisional

Crane Co. is a manufacturer of engineered industrial products. The company is divided into four business segments: aerospace & electronics, engineered materials, payment & merchandising technologies and fluid handling. The aerospace & electronics segment supplies critical components and systems, including original equipment and aftermarket parts, primarily for the commercial aerospace and military aerospace and defense markets. Products include a wide range of custom designed, highly-engineered products used in landing systems, sensing & utility systems, fluid management, seat actuation, power & microelectronic applications and microwave systems. Brands within this division include Hydro-Aire, ELDEC, Lear Romec, PL Porter, Keltec, Interpoint, Signal Technology, Merrimac Industries and Polyflon. The engineered materials segment manufactures fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels for the transportation industry such as in refrigerated and dry-van trailers and truck bodies and RVs. It also produces these panels for industrial building applications and the commercial construction industry for food processing, restaurants and supermarket applications. The payment & merchandising technologies segment comprises two business units: Crane Payment Innovations, which provides payment solutions such as coin accepters and dispensers, coin recyclers, bill validators and cashless systems; and merchandising systems, which designs and manufactures vending equipment and related solutions. The fluid handling segment provides highlyengineered fluid handling equipment for critical performance applications. This division is comprised of process valves and related products, including on/off valves for critical and demanding applications in the chemical, oil & gas, power and general industrial end markets globally; and commercial valves, which manufactures and distributes valves for the nonresidential construction, general industrial and municipal markets. Brands within this division include Crane, Saunders, Jenkins, Pacific, Xomox, Krombach and many more. In May 2017, the firm acquired Westlock Controls from Emerson Electric Company for $40 million. Westlock manufactures and sells switchboxes, position transmitters and other solutions for networking, monitoring and controlling process valves.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,748,000,000

2015 2,740,500,000

2014 2,924,997,000

2013 2,595,281,000

2012 2,579,068,000

2011 2,545,867,000

200,300,000 7.28% 597,000,000 122,800,000 318,100,000 51,500,000 268,000,000 3.62% 10.80% 0.65

372,900,000 13.60% 573,700,000 228,900,000 229,300,000 39,600,000 441,100,000 6.73% 20.81% 0.65

316,290,000 10.81% 65,553,000 192,672,000 263,951,000 43,732,000 396,144,000 5.49% 17.02% 0.70

347,876,000 13.40% 535,646,000 219,502,000 239,432,000 29,461,000 407,313,000 6.80% 20.68% 0.62

310,441,000 12.03% 540,215,000 216,993,000 234,756,000 29,308,000 368,699,000 7.56% 25.05% 0.43

42,264,000 1.66% 578,863,000 26,315,000 149,812,000 34,737,000 109,652,000 .94% 2.92% 0.49

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 203 363-7300 Fax: 203 363-7295 Toll-Free: Address: 100 First Stamford Pl., Stamford, CT 06902 United States

Stock Ticker: CR Employees: 11,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $915,000 Second Exec. Salary: $509,870

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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CRH plc

www.crh.com

NAIC Code: 444190

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Building Materials Aggregates Asphalt Cement & Concrete Products Distribution Glass Fabrications Security Gates & Fencing Insulation Products

CRH plc is the parent company for an international group of firms engaging in the operation of builders' merchanting and do-it-yourself (DIY) stores as well as in the manufacturing and supplying of building materials. The firm focuses on three core businesses: materials, products and distribution. With operations in 31 countries, CRH is divided into six regionally focused business segments: Europe materials, Europe products, Europe distribution, Americas materials, Americas products and Americas distribution. The materials businesses deal with the firm's operations in the production and sale of primary materials such as ready mixed concrete, cement, aggregates, agricultural chemical lime and asphalt/bitumen. The products businesses include the production and sale of structural and architectural concrete products and associated construction accessories and services. Additionally, the products businesses deal with the firm's operations in the production and sale of exterior products such as fabrication and tempered glass products, clay products and inter-related services and products for the construction market. The distribution business deals with the firm's DIY store operations and builders' merchanting activities. The company owns stakes in several companies, including My Home Industries Ltd. and Jilin Yatai Group's cement operations.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: My Home Industries Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Albert Manifold, CEO S, Murphy, Dir.-Finance N. Hartery, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,378,840,000

2015 26,490,700,000

2014 21,197,040,000

2013 20,209,590,000

2012 20,913,470,000

2011 20,265,640,000

2,271,912,000 7.47% 7,632,818,000 1,393,185,000 2,622,730,000 956,063,700 3,539,565,000 3.90% 9.23% 0.54

1,431,293,000 5.40% 6,684,600,000 811,477,200 2,518,494,000 988,567,600 2,538,668,000 2.68% 6.24% 0.65

1,027,796,000 4.84% 5,119,928,000 652,320,100 1,386,460,000 487,558,800 1,954,719,000 2.74% 5.86% 0.53

112,082,500 .55% 5,174,849,000 -331,764,200 1,223,941,000 557,050,000 933,647,200 -1.42% -2.93% 0.47

947,097,100 4.52% 4,694,015,000 618,695,400 1,148,846,000 644,474,400 1,956,960,000 2.59% 5.24% 0.40

976,238,500 4.81% 4,459,763,000 661,286,700 1,149,966,000 645,595,100 1,970,410,000 2.75% 5.66% 0.42

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 353-1-404-1000 Fax: 353-1-404-1007 Toll-Free: 800-899-8455 Address: Stonemason's Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 KH5 United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: CRH Employees: 86,778 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,569,155 Second Exec. Salary: $1,467,160

Bonus: $2,603,676 Bonus: $1,621,834

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Crown Holdings Inc

www.crowncork.com

NAIC Code: 332431

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Metal Can Manufacturing Food and Beverage Cans Plastic Containers

Crown Holdings, Inc. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. Its primary products include steel and aluminum cans for food, beverage, household and other consumer products and metal vacuum closures and caps. The company operates 146 plants, along with sales and service facilities in 36 countries. Crown is organized geographically within three divisions: Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. The Americas division includes operations in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, the Caribbean, Colombia and Mexico. Within this region, the company produces aluminum beverage cans and ends and steel crowns, commonly referred to as bottle caps, as well as steel and aluminum food cans and ends and metal vacuum closures. The European division includes operations in Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and produces beverage, food and aerosol cans and ends, specialty packaging and metal vacuum closures and caps. This division includes 63 plants in 23 countries. The Asia Pacific division consists of beverage can operations in Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam and non-beverage can operations, primarily including food cans and specialty packaging in China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. In this region, Crown operates 31 plants in six countries. The firm supplies beverage cans and ends and other packaging products to a variety of beverage and beer companies, including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Carlsberg, Coca-Cola, Cott Beverages, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Heineken, Molson Coors, Pepsi-Cola and SAB Miller, among others. Customers for its food packaging products include Abbot Laboratories, Bonduelle, Cecab, Morgan Foods, Mars, Simmons Foods, Nestle and Princes Group, among others. The firm primarily supplies aerosol cans to Colgate Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, Friesland Campina, SC Johnson and Unilever.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Timothy Donahue, CEO Thomas Kelly, CFO John Conway, Chairman of the Board David Beaver, Controller Caesar Sweitzer, Independent Director Djalma Novaes, President, Divisional Robert Bourque, President, Divisional Gerard Gifford, President, Divisional Didier Sourisseau, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,284,000,000

2015 8,762,000,000

2014 9,097,000,000

2013 8,656,000,000

2012 8,470,000,000

2011 8,644,000,000

1,021,000,000 12.32% 389,000,000 496,000,000 930,000,000 473,000,000 1,259,000,000 5.05% 194.50% 12.88

927,000,000 10.57% 416,000,000 393,000,000 956,000,000 354,000,000 1,146,000,000 3.98% 298.85% 36.49

810,000,000 8.90% 398,000,000 387,000,000 912,000,000 328,000,000 959,000,000 4.36% 629.26% 42.07

917,000,000 10.59% 425,000,000 324,000,000 885,000,000 275,000,000 946,000,000 4.17%

812,000,000 9.58% 417,000,000 557,000,000 621,000,000 324,000,000 1,042,000,000 7.75%

842,000,000 9.74% 395,000,000 282,000,000 379,000,000 401,000,000 995,000,000 4.09%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

867.25

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 215 698-5100 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: One Crown Way, Philadelphia, PA 19154-4599 United States

Stock Ticker: CCK Employees: 24,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $915,000 Second Exec. Salary: $600,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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CRRC Corporation Limited

www.crrcgc.cc/g5050.aspx

NAIC Code: 336510

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing

CRRC Corporation Limited is principally engaged in the development of railway vehicles and parts, manufacturing, sales, repair, rental and rail transportation equipment. CRRC stands for China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation. The firm is headquartered in Beijing and is state-owned. Railway vehicles include locomotives, bullet and passenger trains, metro vehicles and freight wagons. Operations are stationed across China as well as branches on five continents. CRRC customizes railway vehicles to suit the needs of each establishment. Other products manufactured by the firm include electromechanical products, proprietary technologies and various parts, including traction parts, magnets, inverters, modules, generators, gearboxes, air controlling systems, buffers, support and bogie springs, beams, cylinders and more. CRRC distributes its products to nearly 100 countries across six continents. The company currently has a contract to build 400 7000-series cars for the Chicago Transit Authority, with an option for another 446 cars. As a result, CRRC is developing a $40 million assembly factory in Chicago. In June 2017, the firm unveiled a 99-foot rail-less train called ART (Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit) with three carriages as part of its intelligent rail express system that runs on rubber tires rather than rails. The electric train can move up to 44-miles-per-hour and carry up to 500 passengers, with operations scheduled to begin in downtown Zhuzhou in 2018.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART)

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Xi Guohua, Pres. Xinning Zhang, Chief Engineer Renqiang Shao, Sec. Jun Zhang, VP Jianguo Fu, VP Jun Wang, VP Qiliang Lou, VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 33,765,789,696

2015 35,557,609,472

2014 17,597,712,384

2013 14,387,850,240

2012 13,295,741,952

2011 11,863,304,192

1,660,286,976

1,737,131,136

781,222,272

608,515,136

589,331,584

567,973,760

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86 1051862188 Fax: 86 1063984785 Toll-Free: Address: No. 16-5 Xisihuan Zhonglu, Haidian Distr., Beijing, 10036 China

Stock Ticker: CRRRF Employees: 183,061 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Cummins Inc

www.cummins.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Products, Motors & Parts Manufacturing Engines Filtration Systems Power Generation Systems Alternators Air Handling Systems Filtration & Emissions Solutions Fuel Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Stamford AVK Markon Fleetguard

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

N. Linebarger, CEO Thaddeaus Ewald, Vice President, Divisional Anant Talaulicar, Chairman of the Board, Subsidiary Marsha Hunt, Chief Accounting Officer Marya Rose, Chief Administrative Officer Sherry Aaholm, Chief Information Officer Jennifer Rumsey, Chief Technology Officer Sharon Barner, General Counsel Jill Cook, Other Executive Officer Livingston Satterthwaite, President, Divisional Tracy Embree, President, Divisional Norbert Nusterer, President, Divisional Richard Freeland, President Donald Jackson, Treasurer Mark Smith, Vice President, Divisional Mark Osowick, Vice President, Divisional Steven Chapman, Vice President, Geographical Patrick Ward, Vice President

Cummins, Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes and services diesel and natural gas engines; electric power generation systems; and engine-related component products, including filtration and emissions solutions, fuel systems, controls and air handling systems. The company's operations are divided into four segments: engine, power generation, components and distribution. The engine segment, which generates 35% of Cummins' sales, manufactures and markets diesel and natural gas-powered engines, parts and services under the Cummins brand name for the heavy- and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle, light-duty automotive, agricultural, construction, mining, marine, oil and gas, rail and governmental equipment markets. The power generation segment, accounting for 16% the firm's sales, designs and manufactures components of power generation systems, including engines, controls, alternators, transfer switches and switchgear. Products are marketed principally under the Stamford, AVK and Markon brands and include diesel and alternative-fuel electrical generator sets for commercial, institutional and consumer applications, such as office buildings, hospitals, factories, municipalities, utilities, universities, boats and homes. The components segment (21% of sales) produces filters, silencers and intake and exhaust systems and commercial turbochargers. It produces and sells Fleetguard branded filtration products in over 160 countries. The distribution segment (28% of sales) consists of 36 companyowned groups and six joint ventures that distribute the company's products and services in roughly 80 distribution territories. Cummins serves customers through its companyowned and joint venture network to more than 450 locations in approximately 80 countries and territories. In October 2016, the firm opened a new Alaska service location on Kodiak Island to provide service and support for commercial marine applications, as well as for on-highway trucks and power generation customers. The firm offers employees life, medical and dental insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee stock purchase plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,509,000,000 636,000,000 1,928,000,000 11.01% 2,046,000,000 1,394,000,000 1,935,000,000 594,000,000 2,529,000,000 9.24% 19.52% 0.22

2015 19,110,000,000 735,000,000 2,057,000,000 10.76% 2,092,000,000 1,399,000,000 2,059,000,000 799,000,000 2,604,000,000 9.05% 18.46% 0.21

2014 19,221,000,000 754,000,000 2,365,000,000 12.30% 2,095,000,000 1,651,000,000 2,266,000,000 798,000,000 2,953,000,000 10.82% 21.63% 0.20

2013 17,301,000,000 713,000,000 2,101,000,000 12.14% 1,920,000,000 1,483,000,000 2,089,000,000 740,000,000 2,567,000,000 10.87% 21.01% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 812 377-5000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 500 Jackson Street, Columbus, IN 47202 United States

Stock Ticker: CMI Employees: 55,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,375,000 Second Exec. Salary: $848,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 17,334,000,000 728,000,000 2,254,000,000 13.00% 1,900,000,000 1,645,000,000 1,532,000,000 777,000,000 2,664,000,000 13.58% 27.20% 0.10

2011 18,048,000,000 629,000,000 2,681,000,000 14.85% 1,837,000,000 1,848,000,000 2,073,000,000 682,000,000 3,040,000,000 16.74% 36.37% 0.11

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd www.dsme.co.kr NAIC Code: 336611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ship Building Offshore Oil Rig Construction Submarine Building Wind Power Turbines Robotic Technology

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) builds vessels, drilling rigs, offshore platforms, floating oil production units, destroyers and submarines. Its international subsidiaries include Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) in Romania and DSME Shandong Co., Ltd. (DSSC) in China. The firm also has four Korean subsidiaries: Welliv, Ltd.; DSME Construction; Samwoo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; and Shinhan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. The firm also offers ship repair and refurbishment services. Its commercial vessels include tankers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, passenger ferries, container ships, roll-on roll-off (RORO) carriers, chemical carriers, product tankers and others. Specialty vessels include submarines, destroyers, submarine rescue vehicles and AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles). DSME is one of the only companies in Korea that builds submarines. Offshore plants include fixed platforms, rigs and offshore oil and gas exploration and production plants. The firm is engaged in a variety of R&D projects, including developing robotic technologies for painting and welding applications. It also engages in ship and ocean R&D, such as researching special and multipurpose propellers, developing noise and vibration reduction systems and software and developing automation systems for offshore platforms and ships. The firm maintains shipyards in Korea and Romania and overseas branch offices in Japan, China, Greece, the U.K., Norway, Angola, the UAE and Australia as well as U.S. offices in Houston, Texas.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries DSME Shandong Co Ltd Welliv Ltd DSME Construction Shinhan Heavy Industries Co Ltd Samwoo Heavy Industries Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sung Leep Jung, CEO Gap-Jung Kim, CFO Kim Gap-Jung, VP Mun Gyu-Sang, VP Ryu Wan-Soo, VP Jung Bang-Eon, VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 11,335,600,128

2014 11,739,235,328

2013 11,448,250,368

2012 10,656,321,536

2011 10,395,305,984

-2,991,283,968

-704,029,440

-571,238,848

116,207,048

630,264,768

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82 221290114 Fax: 82 27564390 Toll-Free: Address: 125, Namdaemunno-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, 100-214 South Korea

Stock Ticker: DWOTF Employees: 13,120 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd

www.dnp.co.jp/eng

NAIC Code: 323111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Commercial Printing Electronic Components Manufacturing Decorative Surface Products CD-ROM Manufacturing Hologram Screen Systems Manufacturing Information Coded Tag Manufacturing Packaging Products Optical Film Production

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP), established in 1876, is a printing firm engaged in diverse printing operations, including books and magazines, packaging materials, display components and electronic devices. It divides its businesses into three divisions: information communication, electronics and lifestyle and industrial supplies. The information communication division focuses on emerging technologies and digital sales promotion in addition to traditional printing operations for commercial communication purposes. This division's services consist of space design, event promotion and logistics, and its printed products include books, magazines, print-on-demand books, product catalogs, pamphlets, calendars, flyers, printed media, promotional videos and other visual media. DNP's electronics division designs and supplies display products, such as color filters for LCD displays, hologram screens, back panels for plasma screens and organic electro-luminescence (EL) technology. In addition, it produces printable electronic components, such as semiconductor photomasks, printed wiring boards, micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and integrated circuit tags. The lifestyle and industrial supplies division develops and manufactures various packaging items, including beverage cartons, packets for ready-to-eat food and packaging for processed foods, cosmetics, toiletry products, pharmaceuticals and general merchandise. This division also produces decorative surface products, including flooring, wallpaper, door enhancements, countertops and car interior parts; optical and industrial supplies, such as optical film for displays, projection TV screens, cover film for carrier tapes, fused thermal transfer materials (TTRs) and dye-sublimation transfer materials (STRs); and solar battery components. In September 2016, the firm acquired Eco Mark, an environmental label company.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Foto Fantasy Inc TAMURA PLASTIC MFG Co Ltd Eco Mark

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yoshitoshi Kitajima, CEO Koichi Takanami, Exec. VP Yoshitoshi Kitajima, Pres. Mitushiko Hakii, Sr. Managing Director Koichi Takanami, Exec. VP Yoshinari Kitajima, Exec. VP Masayoshi Yamada, Exec. VP Teruomi Yoshino, Sr. Managing Dir.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,121,800,000

2015 13,177,700,000

2014 13,055,410,000

2013 13,037,900,000

2012 13,584,250,000

2011 14,324,610,000

409,818,500 3.12%

434,170,900 3.29%

451,520,400 3.45%

322,466,900 2.47%

306,568,500 2.25%

611,226,200 4.26%

302,711,000 654,586,600 658,975,800 1,124,691,000 1.90% 3.20% 0.13

256,773,100 772,662,500 555,320,300 1,104,386,000 1.59% 2.67% 0.12

241,487,500 1,082,503,000 494,574,300 1,159,291,000 1.62% 2.80% 0.13

173,197,900 905,753,700 596,787,800 1,098,221,000 1.20% 2.17% 0.15

-147,412,400 978,811,000 673,008,600 948,681,400 -1.00% -1.83% 0.21

225,607,000 1,262,262,000 809,759,000 1,405,997,000 1.53% 2.74% 0.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-3266-2111 Fax: 81-3-5225-8239 Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Ichigaya Kagacho, 1-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 1628001 Japan

Stock Ticker: DNPCF Employees: 39,451 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd

www.daihatsu.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Industrial Engines

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toyota Motor Corporation Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co Ltd Daihatsu Business Support & Engineering Center Daihatsu Credit Co Ltd Daihatsu Transportation Co Ltd Aoi Machine Industry Co Ltd Daihatsu Metal Co Ltd Akashi-Kikai Industry Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masanori Mitsui, Pres. Tatsuya Kaneko, Exec. VP Takashi Nomoto, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer Yasunori Nakawaki, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer Naoto Kitagawa, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., headquartered in Osaka, Japan, develops, manufactures and sells mini vehicles that offer fuel efficiency, affordability and added value. Mini vehicles are super small-sized cars unique to Japan. Their overall length is approximately 11 feet or less, with an overall width of less than 5 feet and a height of less than 6.5 feet. Daihatsu's mini cars are among the world's smallest class of vehicles, but can accommodate four adults, steadily drive at 62 miles per hour (100 km/h) and offer a level of safety equal to compact cars. The firm has been manufacturing mini vehicles since it was established in 1949, with plants located in Osaka, Shiga and Kyoto, and a parts center located in Nishinomiya. Whollyowned subsidiaries include Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co. Ltd., which develops, designs, produces, sells and repairs automobiles, industrial vehicles and other types of vehicles and their parts; Daihatsu Business Support & Engineering Center Corp., which sells automotive accessories and materials, is engaged in research and development for automobiles and machines, and provides facility maintenance; Daihatsu Credit Co. Ltd., offering sales and lease financing; and Daihatsu Transportation Co. Ltd., providing cargo and vehicle transportation services. Majority-owned subsidiaries include Aoi Machine Industry Co. Ltd., which manufactures stamped vehicle and agricultural equipment body parts; Daihatsu Metal Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of vehicle parts, diesel engine parts for marine and land vehicles, as well as hydraulic components and machinery; Akashi-Kikai Industry Co. Ltd., which manufactures vehicle control devices, engine parts, transmissions and hydraulic components; and Kanbishi Co. Ltd., which manufactures die cast parts, automobile door locks, switches and other functional parts. August 2016, Daihatsu became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. In January 2017, the firm ceased from trading on Other OTC.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,570,347,520

2015 17,813,338,112

2014 18,755,971,072

2013 17,302,329,344

2012 15,992,079,360

2011 15,287,153,664

410,830,496

901,978,240

1,068,504,448

994,245,504

809,142,464

695,092,608

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-72-751-8811 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1 Daihatsu-cho Ikeda-shi, Osaka, 563-8651 Japan

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 12,454 Parent Company: Toyota Motor Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd

www.daiichisankyo.co.jp

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Prescription Drugs Over-the-Counter Drugs Cosmetics

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., formed from the merger of the century-old Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., is a pharmaceuticals research, manufacturing and marketing firm. Based in Japan, the firm has a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide. Daiichi Sankyo's research and development is focused on cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, bones/joint diseases and contrast media. Some of its major drugs developments include Pravastatin, an antihyperlipidemic agent that is also sold under the name Mevalotin; Levofloxacin, an oral antibacterial agent, also called Cravit; Olmesartan, an antihypertension agent sold in the U.S. as Benicar, and sold in Japan and Europe as Olmetec; Omnipaque, a contrast media for X-ray imaging; and Loxonin, an analgesic. A few of Daiichi's current late-stage products include Prasugrel, an oral antiplatelet agent that prevents blood clots; Edoxaban, a once-daily, oral anticoagulant that specifically, reversibly and directly inhibits factor Xa, an important factor in the system that leads to blood clotting; Denosumab, a fully-human monoclonal antibody that targets human RANK ligand, a protein that plays a key role in bone breakdown. Besides its domestic network, the firm has more than 30 overseas subsidiaries in over 20 countries. Domestic subsidiaries include Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co. Ltd., which manufactures and sells OTC medications as well as nonmedical goods, cosmetics and medical equipment in Japan. Overseas subsidiaries include Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. in the U.S., which markets the firm's products as well as conducting clinical trials. Daiichi Sankyo also holds a majority interest in one of India's largest pharmaceutical firms, Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. In April 2017, the firm sold its pharmaceutical packaging plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to UDG Healthcare, Inc.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sankyo Co Ltd Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co Ltd Daiichi Sankyo Inc Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George Nakayama, CEO Sunao Manabe, Pres. Takeshi Ogita, Sr. Exec. Officer Kazunori Hirokawa, Sr. Exec. Officer Yuki Sato, Sr. Exec. Officer Glenn Gormley, Sr. Exec. Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,890,585,000 1,880,563,000 1,175,370,000 13.22% 2,962,984,000 741,586,600 1,570,750,000 625,457,300 1,619,788,000 4.23% 6.49% 0.14

2015 8,286,064,000 1,718,424,000 670,746,400 8.09% 2,984,976,000 2,874,371,000 1,286,803,000 852,876,000 1,127,665,000 18.21% 30.26% 0.15

2014 8,964,607,000 1,661,887,000 889,945,300 9.92% 3,362,087,000 593,993,900 1,165,204,000 715,161,200 1,427,087,000 4.00% 7.48% 0.23

2013 8,993,384,000 1,649,756,000 905,925,000 10.07% 872,163,200 600,438,000 1,164,870,000 710,763,000 1,341,610,000 4.21% 7.86% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362251111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-5-1, Nihonbashi-honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-8426 Japan

Stock Ticker: DSNKY Employees: 28,895 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 8,460,055,000 1,667,826,000 885,069,500 10.46% 862,465,500 93,579,310 834,300,700 574,111,800 856,282,800 .69% 1.25% 0.25

2011 8,718,612,000 1,751,447,000 1,100,844,000 12.62% 898,129,000 631,982,600 1,272,050,000 325,648,400 1,632,677,000 4.72% 8.19% 0.26

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Daikin Industries Ltd

www.daikin.com

NAIC Code: 333415

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Flanders Holdings LLC Zanotti SpA Dinair AB

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Masanori Togawa, CEO Masanori Togawa, Pres. Noriyuki Inoue, Chmn.

Daikin Industries, Ltd. is engaged in manufacturing airconditioning systems and fluorochemical products. It is a Japan-based multinational company with a presence in Japan, China, Australia, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. The majority of revenue stems from the firm's air conditioning operations. The chemicals segment and all other operations make up the rest of the firm's revenue. These other operations include the oil hydraulics division, the defense systems division and computer graphics systems. Air conditioning products include room air conditioning systems, heat pump hot water supply and room heating systems, packaged air conditioning systems and multiple airconditioning systems for office buildings, air conditions systems for facilities and plants, air purifiers, water chilled and marine type container refrigeration. Daikin offers 1,800 fluorine compounds, including fluorocarbons, fluoroplastics, mold release agents, pharmaceuticals and intermediates and dry air suppliers. Hydraulic technologies, designed with performance and efficiency in mind, include oil hydraulic pumps, oil hydraulic units, oil hydraulic valves, cooling equipment and systems, hydrostatic transmissions and centralized lubrication units and systems. The defense system division sells warheads, warheads for guided missiles and home-use oxygen therapy equipment. Products are developed at more than 90 production bases worldwide, including Japan, Thailand, the USA, India, Czech Republic, Belgium, Turkey and China. Its products are sold in over 180 countries. In 2016, the firm acquired Flanders Holdings LLC, a U.S. air filter manufacturer; Zanotti SpA, an Italian manufacturer of commercial-use refrigerators and freezers; and Dinair AB, a Swedish air filter manufacturer.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,419,263,488

2015 17,259,522,048

2014 16,070,416,384

2013 11,634,577,408

2012 10,983,830,528

2011 10,457,756,672

1,234,619,776

1,122,465,152

876,480,320

424,860,736

402,139,648

213,070,272

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 663734312 Fax: 81 663734380 Toll-Free: Address: 2-4-12, Nakazaki-Nishi, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-8323 Japan

Stock Ticker: DKILF Employees: 51,398 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Daimler AG

www.daimler.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Financial Services & Insurance Commercial Vehicles, Trucks & Buses Aerospace & Defense Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: moovel NA Mercedes-Benz Daimler Mercedes-AMG Maybach Freightliner BharatBenz Athlon Car Lease International

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Dieter Zetsche, CEO Bodo Uebber, Dir.-Finance Thomas Weber, Dir.-Group Research Andreas Renschler, Dir.-Mfg. Cristine Hohmann-Dennhardt, Dir.-Legal Affairs & Integrity Bodo Uebber, Dir.-Controlling Thomas Weber, Dir.-Mercedes-Benz Cars Dev. Wolfgang Bernhard, Dir.-Trucks Dieter Zetsche, Chmn. Andreas Renschler, Dir.-Procurement

Daimler AG develops, manufactures, distributes and sells a wide range of automotive products, mainly passenger cars, trucks, vans and buses. Daimler distributes over 100 products in 200 countries worldwide. It also provides financial and other services relating to its automotive businesses in more than 40 countries. The company reports in five segments: MercedesBenz cars, Daimler trucks, Daimler financial services, Mercedes-Benz vans and Daimler buses. The Mercedes-Benz cars segment designs, produces and sells Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG passenger cars, Maybach luxury sedans and smart micro compact cars. The Daimler trucks segment manufactures trucks and specialty vehicles under the Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star, Fuso, Thomas and BharatBenz; it also maintains the components brand, Detroit. Daimler financial services primarily provides financing, leasing, insurance and fleet management services. Mercedes-Benz vans comprises the Citan urban delivery vehicle, the Sprinter and Vito medium- and heavy-duty vans, as well as the V-Class MPV van. Daimler buses includes the Mercedes-Benz and Setra brands. Daimler offers products and services primarily in Western Europe and in the NAFTA region, including the U.S., Canada and Mexico. In addition, Daimler's Mercedes me package of innovative services includes access to vehicles via smartphone and personalized home pages with relevant topics concerning entertainment, travel and lifestyle. Subsidiary moovel NA, help people navigate cities in real-time, connects users to transportation solutions no matter where they are and provides mobile payment solutions as needed. In December 2016, the firm acquired Athlon Car Lease International, a leading fleet management company in Europe, for $1.2 billion. In January 2017, Daimler announced a partnership with Uber, where they will join forces to bring more autonomous vehicles on the road through R&D and network operations.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 171,778,800,000 5,892,176,000 14,093,250,000 8.20% 17,535,310,000 9,556,153,000 4,159,382,000 9,900,247,000 20,590,680,000 3.70% 15.29% 1.16

2015 167,526,400,000 5,335,127,000 14,283,790,000 8.52% 17,772,920,000 9,441,829,000 248,823,100 8,222,372,000 20,664,650,000 4.14% 17.32% 1.00

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2014 145,563,800,000 5,079,578,000 11,402,150,000 7.83% 16,658,820,000 7,803,183,000 -1,427,931,000 7,069,043,000 17,005,160,000 3.88% 16.12% 1.05

2013 132,237,200,000 4,596,503,000 11,364,040,000 8.59% 16,520,960,000 7,668,684,000 3,681,910,000 7,741,538,000 17,250,620,000 4.12% 15.80% 0.92

Stock Ticker: DAI N Employees: 284,957 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

8,650,527,000 6.75% 16,166,780,000 6,831,428,000 -1,232,907,000 7,461,331,000 15,142,340,000 3.91% 14.59% 0.84

2011 119,412,700,000 4,678,323,000 9,812,823,000 8.21% 15,331,760,000 6,351,715,000 -780,094,100 6,585,967,000 13,736,830,000 3.99% 14.91% 0.75

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 7111792543 Fax: 49 7111794116 Toll-Free: Address: Mercedesstrasse 137, Stuttgart, 70546 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 128,106,900,000

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Dana Incorporated

www.dana.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Products, Motors & Parts Manufacturing Engine Systems Fluid Systems Heavy Vehicle Technologies Brake Components Chassis & Drive Train Components Filtration Products Financial Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dana Holding Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jonathan Collins, CFO Rodney Filcek, Chief Accounting Officer George Constand, Chief Technology Officer James Kamsickas, Director Mark Wallace, Executive VP Marc Levin, General Counsel Aziz Aghili, President, Divisional Dwayne Matthews, President, Divisional Robert Pyle, President, Divisional

Dana Incorporated (formerly Dana Holding Corporation) supplies high technology driveline, sealing and thermal management products for global vehicle manufacturers. The company operates 91 facilities in 25 countries. Dana divides its operations into four segments: light vehicle, commercial vehicle, off-highway and power technologies. In the light vehicles segment, Dana engages in the manufacturing of component parts for light trucks, crossover utility vehicles, sport utility vehicles, vans and passenger cars. Products include front axles, rear axles, driveshafts, differentials, torque couplings and modular assemblies. Largest customers in this segment are Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Renault-Nissan, Toyota, General Motors and Tata. The commercial vehicle segment manufactures parts for the medium/heavy duty vehicle market, including medium duty trucks, heavy duty trucks, buses and specialty vehicles. Products include axles, driveshafts, steering shafts, suspensions and tire management systems. Major customers include PACCAR, Ford, Volvo, Daimler and Navistar International. The off-highway segment manufactures axels, driveshafts, end-fittings, transmissions, torque converters and electronic controls for off-highway use such as construction, earth moving, agriculture, mining, forestry, rail and material handling. Major customers include Deere & Company, AGCO, Manitou, Sandvik and Oshkosh. Finally, the power technologies segment manufactures parts for the light vehicle, medium/heavy vehicle and off-highway markets. Products include gaskets, cover module, heat shields, engine sealing systems, cooling and heat transfer products. Major customers include Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Renault-Nissan and Mahle. In August 2016, the firm changed its name to Dana Incorporated to better reflect how the company conducts its business in the global market as a unified organization. In early-2017, it acquired Brevini Group SpA's power transmission and fluid power businesses; and acquired U.S. Manufacturing Corporation's axle housing and driveline shaft manufacturing operations for $100 million.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,826,000,000

2015 6,060,000,000

2014 6,617,000,000

2013 6,769,000,000

2012 7,224,000,000

2011 7,592,000,000

430,000,000 7.38% 406,000,000 640,000,000 384,000,000 322,000,000 510,000,000 13.93% 67.90% 1.37

444,000,000 7.32% 391,000,000 159,000,000 406,000,000 260,000,000 579,000,000 3.43% 17.58% 2.13

471,000,000 7.11% 411,000,000 319,000,000 510,000,000 234,000,000 591,000,000 6.20% 30.93% 1.49

412,000,000 6.08% 410,000,000 244,000,000 577,000,000 209,000,000 729,000,000 - .25% -1.28% 1.67

448,000,000 6.20% 434,000,000 300,000,000 339,000,000 164,000,000 725,000,000 5.14% 25.94% 0.73

375,000,000 4.93% 409,000,000 219,000,000 370,000,000 196,000,000 682,000,000 3.61% 19.71% 0.84

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 419 887-3000 Fax: 419 535-4643 Toll-Free: 800-537-8823 Address: 3939 Technology Drive, Maumee, OH 43537 United States

Stock Ticker: DAN Employees: 24,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $580,000

Bonus: $500,000 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Danaher Corporation

www.danaher.com

NAIC Code: 334510

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Diagnostic Equipment Environmental Management Products Test & Calibration Equipment Automotive Components & Repair Equipment Motors & Drives Bar Code Equipment Security & Defense Products

Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial and commercial products. The company operates through four segments: life sciences, deriving 32% of annual sales; diagnostics, 30%; dental, 16%; and environmental & applied solutions, 22%. The life sciences segment offers a range of research tools that scientists use to study genes, proteins, metabolites and cells in an effort to understand the cause of disease and identify new therapies and test new drugs and vaccines. The diagnostics segment offers analytical instruments, reagents, consumables, software and services that hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories and other critical care settings use to diagnose disease and make treatment decisions. The dental segment provides products used to diagnose, treat and prevent disease and ailments of the teeth, gums and supporting bone, as well as to improve the aesthetics of the human smile. These products include implant systems, dental prosthetics, treatment planning software, orthodontic bracket systems, endodontic systems, restorative materials and instruments, infection prevention solutions, digital imaging systems and software, air and electric powered handpieces and treatment units. Last, the environmental & applied solutions segment offers products and services that help protect resources and keep global food and water supplies safe. This division's products include a wide range of analytical instruments, software and related equipment that detect and measure water; ultraviolet disinfection systems; and industrial water treatment solutions. Danaher's manufacturing locations and worldwide presence include North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. During 2016, Danaher separated its test & measurement segment, industrial technologies segment and retail/commercial petroleum platform through the spin-off of Fortive Corporation. Fortive is now a standalone company trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol FTV.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fortiv Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas Joyce, CEO Steven Rales, Chairman of the Board Robert Lutz, Chief Accounting Officer Mitchell Rales, Co-Founder Rainer Blair, Executive VP William Daniel II, Executive VP Daniel Comas, Executive VP Brian Ellis, General Counsel Daniel Raskas, Senior VP, Divisional William King, Senior VP, Divisional Angela Lalor, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,882,400,000 975,100,000 2,750,900,000 16.29% 5,608,600,000 2,553,700,000 3,521,800,000 589,600,000 3,923,800,000 5.46% 10.93% 0.42

2015 20,563,100,000 1,239,100,000 3,469,100,000 16.87% 6,054,300,000 3,357,400,000 3,801,800,000 633,000,000 4,538,100,000 7.87% 14.26% 0.50

2014 19,913,800,000 1,314,200,000 3,431,300,000 17.23% 5,697,000,000 2,598,400,000 3,758,400,000 597,500,000 4,543,000,000 7.25% 11.35% 0.14

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2013 19,118,000,000 1,249,900,000 3,274,900,000 17.12% 5,432,800,000 2,695,000,000 3,585,300,000 551,500,000 4,606,900,000 7.97% 13.01% 0.15

Stock Ticker: DHR Employees: 62,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $300,000

2011 16,090,540,000 1,018,526,000 2,617,226,000 16.26% 4,607,692,000 2,172,264,000 2,626,267,000 334,471,000 3,224,420,000 8.32% 14.19% 0.30

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 202 828-0850 Fax: 202 828-0860 Toll-Free: Address: 2200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 800W, Washington, WA 20006 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $603,986

2012 18,260,400,000 1,137,900,000 3,165,100,000 17.33% 5,181,200,000 2,392,200,000 3,415,000,000 458,300,000 4,008,100,000 7.60% 13.31% 0.27

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Danone SA

www.danone.com

NAIC Code: 311500

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Dairy Product Manufacturing Cereal Manufacturing Beverages Bottled Water Infant Formula Non-Pharmaceutical Nutritional Supplements

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nutricia North America Inc Dannon Company Inc (The) Stonyfield Farm Aqua Evian Actimel Activia Danimals

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Emmanuel Faber, CEO Cecile Cabanis, CFO Marc Benoit, Exec. VP-Human Resources Jean-Philippe Pare, Gen. Mgr.-R&D Emmanuel Faber, Deputy Gen. Mgr. Bernard Hours, Deputy Gen. Mgr. Thomas Kunz, Gen. Mgr.-Fresh Dairy Prod. Felix Martin Garcia, Gen. Mgr.-Baby Nutrition Franck Riboud, Chmn.

Danone SA is a food company with approximately 195 production sites worldwide and a market presence in more than 130 countries. Its products are divided into four categories: fresh dairy products, which produces and markets fermented fresh dairy products; waters, which include natural still water, flavored natural water, tea beverages and functional beverages; early life nutrition, including both infant formulas and solid foods such as baby cereals; and medical nutrition, encompassing non-pharmaceutical plant and herbal products and supplements such as omega-3 fatty acids. The company's brands include Danone (Dannon in the U.S.), a fresh dairy brand; Prostokvashino, a provider of Russian dairy products; Nutricia, a medical nutrition and infant product line; Evian, a bottled still water brand; Bonafont, a bottled mineral water in Mexico; Aqua, a brand of packaged water in Indonesia; and SGM, Dumex and Bledina, three milk brands formulated to meet specific nutritional needs of infants and children. The company also offers several pro-biotic dairy product lines such as Actimel and Activia; a line of low-fat products under the names Taillefine, Vitalinea and Ser; and a cold cheese line designed for children under the brands Danonino, Danimals and Petit Gervais. Despite its worldwide presence and growth, Europe remains the company's strongest market. Danone's subsidiaries in the U.S. include Stonyfield Farm, an organic dairy products company; Nutricia North America, Inc., which oversees sales of medical nutrition products; and The Dannon Company, Inc. In July 2016, Danone agreed to acquire WhiteWave Foods Co. for $10.4 billion.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,595,380,000 373,234,700 3,276,171,000 13.32% 8,480,162,000 1,927,819,000 2,972,428,000 1,036,763,000 4,138,086,000 4.48% 13.37% 1.40

2015 25,119,930,000 344,093,200 2,477,023,000 9.86% 8,541,807,000 1,436,898,000 2,655,234,000 1,050,213,000 3,828,738,000 3.97% 10.55% 0.62

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2014 23,698,720,000 304,864,400 2,410,895,000 10.17% 7,791,975,000 1,254,203,000 2,453,486,000 1,102,892,000 3,439,812,000 3.57% 9.99% 0.53

2013 23,871,330,000 308,226,800 2,385,115,000 9.99% 7,993,724,000 1,593,813,000 2,640,664,000 1,164,537,000 3,187,626,000 4.70% 12.42% 0.61

Stock Ticker: DANOY Employees: 798 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 21,652,090,000 261,152,200 3,058,731,000 14.12% 5,707,240,000 1,872,899,000 2,919,749,000 991,930,000 3,110,289,000 5.91% 13.84% 0.28

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33-1-44-35-2020 Fax: 33-1-42-25-6716 Toll-Free: Address: 17, Boulevard Haussman, Paris, 75 009 France Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 23,390,490,000 288,052,000 3,078,906,000 13.16% 8,092,356,000 1,874,019,000 3,203,318,000 1,093,925,000 3,015,019,000 5.76% 13.71% 0.36

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Dassault Systemes SA

www.3ds.com

NAIC Code: 0

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Product Lifecycle Management 3D Imaging Software

Dassault Systemes SA is a global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and 3D rendering software. The company's software applications and services enable businesses to digitally define and simulate products, providing a 3D vision for the lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. Its products facilitate the design, simulation and production of complex systems, such as cars, aircraft and dams, as well as the manufacturing facilities used to produce them. PLM software aims to offer customers a competitive advantage in the market by reducing product introduction costs, managing supplier networks, extending design expertise globally and accelerating time to market. Its applications are also employed to design and manufacture products for everyday life, from tableware and household appliances to jewelry. The firm's software brands include CATIA, which creates and simulates digital products; SOLIDWORKS, a 3D software that trains engineering and design teams; NETVIBES, a real-time monitoring and analysis dashboard; DELMIA, which simulates manufacturing processes; SIMULIA, for virtual testing; and ENOVIA, for online global collaborative lifecycle management. For science driven companies, Dassault offers the biological, chemical and material modeling and simulation BIOVIA and GEOVIA portfolios. Additions to Dassault's brand lineup include 3DVIA platform, which is dedicated to extending 3D content creation to new businesses and consumers; and Exalead, a cloud view platform focused on search and other search-based applications where companies can discover, search and manage information assets. In April 2016, the firm fully acquired its joint venture, 3DPLM Software. In July 2016, the company acquired CST Computer Simulation Technology AG, a tech leader in electromagnetic and electronics simulation.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SOLIDWORKS CATIA DELMIA SIMULIA 3DPLM Software ENOVIA 3DVIA BIOVIA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bernard Charles, CEO Bernard Charles, Pres. Thibault de Tersant, CFO Monica Menghini, Exec. VP-Strategy, Industry & Mktg. Laurence Barthes, Chief People Officer Dominique Florack, Sr. Exec. VP-R&D Pascal Daloz, Exec. VP-Brands Pascal Daloz, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev. Sylvain Laurent, Exec. VP-Bus. Transformation & Asia Pacific Market Bruno Latchague, Sr. Exec. VP-Americas Market & Global Sales Oper. Charles Edelstenne, Chmn. Philippe Forestier, Exec. VP-Global Affairs & Communities

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,424,777,000 605,812,600 753,232,400 21.99% 1,325,968,000 501,223,900 696,863,900 63,500,340 944,471,000 6.74% 12.20% 0.25

2015 3,182,532,000 551,999,600 709,714,200 22.30% 1,237,293,000 450,771,100 709,774,700 48,844,430 954,812,900 7.13% 12.54% 0.28

2014 2,571,486,000 459,157,200 482,869,300 18.77% 1,051,186,000 326,430,200 559,799,400 50,877,610 680,517,800 6.36% 10.48% 0.11

2013 2,315,762,000 420,900,000 563,823,200 24.34% 917,450,100 394,843,100 568,086,800 47,511,770 722,222,600 9.04% 14.16% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 33 161626162 Fax: 33 170734363 Toll-Free: Address: 10 rue Marcel Dassault, CS 40501, Velizy-Villacoublay, 78140 France

Stock Ticker: DASTY Employees: 13,312 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 2,273,416,000 412,618,200 561,489,600 24.69% 892,072,400 375,275,700 634,720,900 45,534,630 709,571,800 9.40% 15.11% 0.01

2011 1,998,479,000 369,082,000 479,621,200 23.99% 765,365,400 324,124,600 505,338,500 79,979,820 612,784,100 8.77% 14.99% 0.03

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Dean Foods Co

www.deanfoods.com

NAIC Code: 311500

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Dairy Products, Manufacturing Milk Processing & Distribution Organic Dairy Products Soy-Based Products Juices Coffee Creamers Powdered Ingredients

Dean Foods Co. is a leading food and beverage company. The company produces over 50 dairy brands in 67 manufacturing facilities in 32 states and manufactures, markets and distributes a range of branded and private label dairy and dairy case products to distributors, retailers, government and educational institutions and food service outlets. Product categories include milk, ice cream, cultured dairy products, creamers, juices and teas. Brands include Alta Dena, Berkeley Farms, Country Fresh, Creamland, Land-O-Lakes, Dean's, Garelick Farms, Mayfield Dairy Farms, PET, TruMoo, Oak Farms and Tuscan. The firm has an extensive refrigerated direct-to-store delivery system due to the perishable nature of its products. The company sells products primarily on a local or regional basis through a local and regional sales force, although some national customer relationships are coordinated by a centralized corporate sales department.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TruMoo Berkeley Farms Dean's Country Fresh Alta Dena Tuscan Oak Farms Swiss Premium

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ralph Scozzafava, CEO Chris Bellairs, CFO Scott Vopni, Chief Accounting Officer Jim Turner, Director Brad Cashaw, Executive VP, Divisional Russell Coleman, Executive VP Kimberly Warmbier, Executive VP Kurt Laufer, Other Executive Officer Brad Anderson, Senior VP, Divisional Craig McCutcheon, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,710,226,000

2015 8,121,661,000

2014 9,503,196,000

2013 9,016,321,000

2012 11,462,280,000

2011 13,055,490,000

263,668,000 3.41% 1,694,377,000 119,929,000 257,413,000 144,642,000 447,831,000 4.67% 20.74% 1.22

93,361,000 1.14% 1,729,641,000 -8,508,000 408,153,000 162,542,000 230,387,000 - .32% -1.45% 1.54

8,553,000 .08% 1,643,797,000 -20,296,000 152,946,000 149,421,000 173,033,000 - .72% -3.02% 1.46

130,796,000 1.45% 1,648,198,000 813,178,000 -316,641,000 175,163,000 657,421,000 19.15% 151.78% 1.25

427,787,000 3.73% 2,467,600,000 158,622,000 440,542,000 228,083,000 689,602,000 2.77% 125.00% 8.61

-1,801,562,000 -13.79% 2,572,616,000 -1,575,621,000 449,290,000 325,484,000 -1,513,880,000 -22.98% -225.71%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 214 303-3400 Fax: 214 303-3850 Toll-Free: 800-395-7004 Address: 2711 N. Haskell Ave., Ste. 3400, Dallas, TX 75204 United States

Stock Ticker: DF Employees: 17,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,130,000 Second Exec. Salary: $850,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Deere & Co (John Deere)

www.deere.com

NAIC Code: 333111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Construction & Agricultural Equipment Commercial & Consumer Equipment Forestry Equipment Financing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: John Deere

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Samuel Allen, CEO Rajesh Kalathur, CFO Marc Howze, Chief Administrative Officer John May, Chief Information Officer James Field, President, Divisional Cory Reed, President, Divisional Markwart Pentz, President, Divisional Max Guinn, President, Divisional Jean Gilles, Senior VP, Divisional Mary Jones, Senior VP

Deere & Co. is known for its John Deere brand name. The firm conducts business in three divisions: agriculture and turf; construction and forestry; and financial services. The agriculture and turf segment manufactures and distributes farm, lawn and garden equipment including tractors; combines; harvesters; tillage, seeding and soil preparation machinery; sprayers; hay and forage equipment; material handling equipment; integrated agricultural management systems technology; mowers; golf course equipment; utility tractors; landscape and irrigation equipment; and other outdoor power products. The construction and forestry division offers equipment and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling and timber harvesting, including backhoe loaders, crawler dozers and loaders, fourwheel-drive loaders, excavators and more. The financial services segment primarily finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. In addition, the segment provides wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment, finances retail revolving charge accounts and operating loans, and offers crop risk mitigation products and extended equipment warranties. Sales are generally conducted through 2,365 dealer locations (largely independently-owned), 1,522 of which sell agricultural equipment. The firm has parts distribution centers in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Germany, India, Russia, Argentina, Australia, China, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden and the U.K. Its products are sold in over 100 countries.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 26,644,000,000 1,389,100,000 2,987,300,000 11.21% 2,951,700,000 1,523,900,000 3,764,300,000 2,955,100,000 3,729,700,000 2.62% 22.96% 3.64

2015 28,862,800,000 1,425,100,000 3,460,100,000 11.98% 3,056,300,000 1,940,000,000 3,740,300,000 2,826,100,000 4,842,500,000 3.25% 24.53% 3.53

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 36,066,900,000 1,452,000,000 5,461,400,000 15.14% 3,608,400,000 3,161,700,000 3,525,900,000 2,659,300,000 5,955,400,000 5.23% 32.70% 2.69

2013 37,795,400,000 1,477,300,000 6,224,700,000 16.46% 3,809,500,000 3,537,300,000 3,254,300,000 2,375,300,000 6,613,700,000 6.10% 41.34% 2.10

Stock Ticker: DE Employees: 56,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 32,012,500,000 1,226,200,000 4,982,200,000 15.56% 3,361,700,000 2,799,900,000 2,326,300,000 1,680,800,000 5,288,200,000 6.11% 42.76% 2.49

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 309 765-8000 Fax: 309 765-9929 Toll-Free: Address: 1 John Deere Plaza, Moline, IL 61265 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $696,118

2012 36,157,100,000 1,433,600,000 5,517,200,000 15.25% 3,662,000,000 3,064,700,000 1,167,700,000 2,121,000,000 5,855,700,000 5.86% 44.91% 3.28

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Dell EMC

www.emc.com/en-us/index.htm

NAIC Code: 334112

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Networked Computer Storage Systems Virtual Server Software Management Protection Software Consulting Services Storage Management Services

Dell EMC (formerly EMC Corporation) provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform information technology (IT) and protect information assets. The company enables enterprise customers' digital and IT transformation through the hybrid cloud and big data solutions built on a data center infrastructure that incorporates industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage and cybersecurity technologies. Dell EMC works with organizations around the globe, in every industry, in both the public and private sectors, and of every size, including startups and Fortune Global 500 entities. The company services customers across 180 countries. In September 2016, Dell acquired EMC in a deal valued at $67 billion, and became Dell EMC. The new company operates as a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, Inc. VMware, Inc. remains an independent, publicly-traded company.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dell Technologies Inc EMC Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

David Goulden, Pres. Robert Mee, CEO, Divisional Marium Haas, Chief Commercial Officer Howard Elias, COO, Divisional Erin McSweeney, Executive VP, Divisional Paul Dacier, Executive VP Harry You, Executive VP Jeremy Burton, President, Divisional Amit Yoran, President, Divisional William Scannell, President, Divisional William Teuber, Vice Chairman

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 25,000,000,000

2015 24,704,000,000

2014 24,440,000,512

2013 23,221,999,616

2012 21,713,901,568

2011 20,007,587,840

-2,100,000,000

1,990,000,000

2,713,999,872

2,888,999,936

2,732,613,120

2,461,337,088

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 508 435-1000 Fax: 508 435-5222 Toll-Free: Address: 176 South St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 71,250 Parent Company: Dell Technologies Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 02/28

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Dell Technologies Inc

www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/index.htm

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Direct Sales Technical & Support Services Online Music Service Web Hosting Services Printers & Accessories Personal Music Players Storage Devices

Dell Technologies, Inc. is a multinational information technology corporation. The firm provides transformational devices, processes and services in order to modernize data centers, drive progress and help its clients thrive within the digital era. Dell's products are divided into four groups. Within the digital transformation group, Dell's solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud-native applications and big data empower companies to reinvent their businesses and transform their IT infrastructure. IoT products are sensorenabled equipment and smart devices that connect the physical world with the digital world, optimizing operations and delivering enhanced customer experience. Cloud-native applications transform businesses IT into modern and digital enterprises. Big data and analytics help businesses keep up with customer expectations via systems, smart devices and software. The IT transformation group comprises a hybrid cloud IT model modernizes data centers, automates IT processes and transforms operations; a converged infrastructure which streamlines operations and presents an on-demand business culture; and offers all-flash storage architecture. The workforce transformation group provides innovative devices for employees, digital workplace and data security solutions. Last, the security transformation group offers security operations solutions to mitigate advanced threats; identity and access management solutions; perimeter and endpoint security solutions; and governance, risk and compliance solutions. Brands by Dell Technologies include Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, Secureworks, VirtuStream and VMware. In September 2016, the firm acquired EMC Corporation, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Technologies. Later that year, Dell Technologies sold Dell Services to NTT Data International, LLC for $3 billion; sold Dell Software Group to Francisco Partners and Elliot Management Corporation for $2.4 billion; and sold its Dell EMC enterprise content division to OpenText Corporation for $1.6 billion. Dell offers employees medical, dental, vision, life, disability, auto and home insurance; 401(k); and discounts and various assistance programs.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dell Dell EMC Pivotal RSA Secureworks VirtuStream Vmware EMC Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Dell, CEO Thomas Sweet, CFO Jeffrey Clarke, Director Jeremy Burton, Executive VP, Divisional Steven Price, Other Executive Officer Karen Quintos, Other Executive Officer Rory Read, Other Executive Officer Marius Haas, Other Executive Officer John Swainson, President, Divisional Suresh Vaswani, President, Divisional Howard Elias, President, Divisional David Goulden, President, Divisional Richard Rothberg, Secretary

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 54,142,000,000 920,000,000 -316,000,000 - .58% 8,292,000,000 -1,221,000,000 2,551,000,000 478,000,000 2,569,000,000

2014

2013

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 512 338-4400 Fax: 512 283-6161 Toll-Free: 800-289-3355 Address: One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682 United States

Stock Ticker: DVMT Employees: 138,000 Parent Company: Silver Lake Partners

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $826,160 Second Exec. Salary: $496,154

Bonus: $2,957,658 Bonus: $2,954,633

2012

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 01/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Delphi Automotive PLC

www.delphi.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing

Delphi Automotive PLC is a global vehicle components manufacturer and provides electrical and electronic, powertrain, safety and thermal technology solutions to the global automotive and commercial vehicle markets. Its customers include the 25 largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the world. The company operates 126 manufacturing facilities and 15 major technical centers utilizing a regional service model that enables it to efficiently and effectively serve its global customers from low cost countries. The firm has a presence in approximately 46 countries and has over 20,000 scientists, engineers and technicians focused on developing market relevant product solutions for its customers. Delphi operates in three reportable segments: electrical/electronic architecture, powertrain systems and electronics & safety. The electrical/electronic segment provides design of vehicles electrical architecture, including connectors, wiring assemblies and harnesses, electrical centers and hybrid high voltage and safety distribution systems. The powertrain systems segment provides systems integration of full end-to-end gasoline and diesel engine management systems including fuel handling, fuel injection, combustion, electronic controls, test and validation capabilities, automotive aftermarket and original equipment services. The electronics & safety segment provides critical components, systems and advanced software for passenger safety, security, comfort and infotainment as well as vehicle operation, including body controls, reception systems, infotainment and connectivity systems. In January 2017, the firm completed the acquisition of Movimento, a provider of over-the-air (OTA) software lifecycle and data management for the automotive industry. In June 2017, the company announced a commercial partnership with Transdev, a global provider of mobility services, to develop a fully automated, mobility-on-demand transport system.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Movimento

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kevin P. Clark, CEO Rodney ONeal, Pres. Joseph R. Massaro, CFO J. Christopher Preuss, CMO Susan M. Suver, Sr. VP-Human Resource Mgmt. & Global Bus. Sacs. Matthew Peterson, Sr. VP Jeffrey J. Owens, CTO Lucia V. Moretti, Sr. VP David M. Sherbin, Sr. VP James A. Spencer, Exec. VP-Oper. Eleanor E. Mascheroni, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Keith D. Stipp, VP Majdi B. Abulaban, Sr. VP James A. Bertrand, Sr. VP Steven A. Kiefer, Sr. VP Jugal K. Vijayvargiya, Sr. VP Rajiv L. Gupta, Chmn. Sidney Johnson, Sr. VP-Global Supply Mgmt.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,661,000,000

2015 15,165,000,000

2014 17,023,000,000

2013 16,463,000,000

2012 15,519,000,000

2011 16,041,000,000

1,947,000,000 11.68% 1,145,000,000 1,257,000,000 1,941,000,000 828,000,000 2,285,000,000 10.36% 54.05% 1.64

1,723,000,000 11.36% 1,017,000,000 1,450,000,000 1,703,000,000 704,000,000 2,175,000,000 12.76% 60.92% 1.75

1,847,000,000 10.84% 1,081,000,000 1,351,000,000 2,135,000,000 855,000,000 2,427,000,000 12.39% 49.84% 0.96

1,684,000,000 10.22% 963,000,000 1,212,000,000 1,750,000,000 682,000,000 2,206,000,000 11.42% 46.11% 0.80

1,476,000,000 9.51% 927,000,000 1,077,000,000 1,478,000,000 705,000,000 1,967,000,000 11.15% 53.40% 0.99

1,644,000,000 10.24% 901,000,000 1,145,000,000 1,377,000,000 630,000,000 2,104,000,000 11.33% 31.24% 1.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 1634234422 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Courtney Rd., Hoath Way, Gillingham, Kent ME8 0RU United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: DLPH Employees: 145,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $578,689 Second Exec. Salary: $1,175,000

Bonus: $865,800 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Delta Electronics Inc

www.delta.com.tw

NAIC Code: 334419

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Switches for Electronic Applications Manufacturing

Delta Electronics, Inc. manufactures switching power supplies, components, video and electromechanical products. The firm organizes its business into three categories: power electronics, energy management and smart green life. The power electronics division manufactures embedded power supplies, mobile power supplies, fans and thermal management and electronic components for ICT equipment. These products are sold primarily to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and ODMs (original design manufacturers) for use in cloud computing equipment, home appliances, portable devices and medical-devices. The company provides power supplies for notebook computers, power inverters, electronic stabilizers, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and others. The energy management division offers industrial automations, telecom power systems, mission critical infrastructure, renewable energy and automotive electronics and electric vehicle (EV) charging. This segment has a leading market position in China, India and Brazil for its telecom power solutions. Targeted industries include packaging, textile, chemicals, electronics, plastics, printing and pharmaceuticals. Smart green life products include networking systems, display and visualization, LED lighting, health care devices and voice intelligence platform. Products in this segment are marketed under the brands Innergie and vivitek to both consumer and enterprise clients. Delta maintains more than 150 offices, 61 research & development sites and 40 plant facilities throughout the Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia and Australia, and holds more than 4,900 registered patents. In June 2016, the firm joined with Nanyang Technological University to develop smart technologies and cyber-physical systems.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Innergie vivitek

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ping Cheng, CEO Johnson Lee, Pres. Mark Ko, Vice Chmn. Bruce Cheng, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,069,308,416

2015 6,709,704,192

2014 6,287,023,104

2013 5,839,097,856

2012 5,664,531,456

2011 5,674,306,048

619,939,264

617,196,224

682,636,352

586,247,680

531,282,304

362,477,120

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 287972088 Fax: 886 287972120 Toll-Free: Address: Ruey Kuang Road, Neihu District, No. 186, Taipei, 11491 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: DLELY Employees: 68,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Denso Corporation

www.denso.com/global/en.html

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Parts Manufacturer Engine Components Automotive Electrical Systems Automotive Electronic Systems Thermal Systems Small Motors Semiconductors Industrial Robots

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Koji Arima, CEO Nobuaki Katoh, Pres. Hikaru Sugi, Exec. VP Hiromi Tokuda, Exec. VP Koji Kobayashi, Exec. VP Masahiko Miyaki, Exec. VP Nobuaki Katoh,

Denso Corporation is a supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems and components for major automakers. The company has more than 185 locations worldwide, including Japan, North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Its products fall under four categories: automotive, consumer, industrial and new business fields. Automotive products are grouped into five divisions. Powertrain control systems include products for hybrid and electric vehicles; gasoline and diesel engine management systems and components; powertrain control systems; starters; and powergeneration systems such as alternators. Electronic systems include sensors, micro electronic devices such as integrated circuits (ICs) and electronics products such as engine electronic control units (ECUs). Thermal systems include car and bus air conditioning systems, cooling systems and components such as radiators and cooling fans. Information and safety systems include car navigation and electronic toll collection systems; telematics products; driving control and safety products such as airbag sensors and ECUs; body electronics; and meters. Small motors include windshield wiper systems, power windows, power seats, power sliding doors, power steering and engine control systems. Consumer products help to make smart homes a reality via charging stations, CO2 refrigerant heat-pump water heaters, central air conditioners and home energy management systems (HEMS). Industrial products include robots, programmable logic controllers and automatic identification products such as barcode readers, QR code readers and IC card-related products. Denso's new business fields include micro-grid products such as HEMS, storage batteries and vehicle-to-home power supply systems; electric power assist technology for automotive motor/control systems; sensing security technologies; biosensor systems and surgical support robots; greenhouse environment control systems; and energy-saving cooling and freezing technology. Denso has more than 38,000 active patents worldwide.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 40,778,360,000

2015 38,843,010,000

2014 36,915,520,000

2013 32,273,940,000

2012 28,431,870,000

2011 28,223,050,000

2,845,576,000 6.97% 3,713,386,000 2,201,372,000 4,982,804,000 3,103,809,000 5,343,971,000 4.73% 7.57% 0.06

2,986,607,000 7.68% 3,600,267,000 2,493,907,000 3,453,287,000 3,286,191,000 5,420,292,000 5.31% 8.58% 0.10

3,404,077,000 9.22% 679,200,400 2,754,331,000 4,171,089,000 2,838,023,000 5,632,460,000 6.82% 11.50% 0.11

2,364,728,000 7.32% 672,558,000 1,782,721,000 3,377,751,000 2,040,539,000 4,236,377,000 4.78% 8.42% 0.15

1,448,636,000 5.09% 529,931,300 920,732,900 1,592,390,000 1,563,432,000 3,154,631,000 2.55% 4.48% 0.23

1,697,379,000 6.01% 604,106,200 1,432,089,000 3,564,784,000 1,297,727,000 3,692,593,000 4.24% 7.36% 0.15

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 566255511 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya, 448-8661 Japan

Stock Ticker: DNZOF Employees: 151,775 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Diageo plc

www.diageo.com

NAIC Code: 312140

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Distilleries Beer, Liquor & Wine Production

Diageo plc is one of the world's largest producers of alcoholic drinks and alcohol brands, with more than 151 operation sites located in 30 countries. The company manufactures and markets globally-recognized brands, including Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker Scotch whiskies, Guinness stout, Baileys Irish Cream liqueur, Captain Morgan rum and Tanqueray gin. Diageo's prominent regional brands include Crown Royal Canadian whiskey, Yeni Raki aniseed flavored spirit, J&B whisky, Buchanan's whisky, Windsor Canadian whisky, Grand Old Parr Scotch whisky, Bundaberg rum, McDowell's spirits, Ypio'ca cachata, Shui Jing Fang liquor and Black & White whisky. Diageo's reserve brands include spirits brands at above-premium price points in order to capture the global luxury market. Reserve brands include Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve, John Walker & Sons King George V, John Walker & Sons Private Collection, LAGAVULIN, The Singleton of Glen Ord, Ciroc, Ketel One Vodka, Tanqueray No. TEN, Zucapa XO, Don Julio and Bulleit Bourbon. The firm operates manufacturing facilities in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Turkey, the U.S., Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, India, Africa, Jamaica and Australia. The recently-launched Diageo Technology Ventures (DTV) division was created to solve business challenges and unlock new opportunities for future growth by working with emerging technology companies. In 2016, Diageo sold its U.S.-based Chateau and Estate Wines and the U.K.-based Percy Fox businesses, to Treasury Wine Estates; and sold its Grand Mariner cognac to Italian aperitif maker Campari Group. In January 2017, it announced the launch of a new premium blended Irish whiskey, Roe & Co., with plans to invest in a whiskey distillery in the Power Station at St. James's Gate; the project is expected to take three years.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Smirnoff Johnnie Walker Guinness Baileys Irish Cream Captain Morgan Tanqueray Captain Morgan Roe & Co

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ivan Menezes, CEO John O'Keeffe, COO Andy Fennell, Pres. Kathryn Mikells, CFO Syl Saller, CMO Mairead Nayager, Dir.-Human Resources Siobhan Moriarty, General Counsel Ian Wright, Dir.-Corp. Rel. Gilbert Ghostine, Pres., Asia Pacific & Lebanese Nick Blazquez, Pres., Africa, Turkey, Russia & Eastern Europe Larry Schwartz, Pres., North America Andrew Morgan, Pres., New Business Javier Ferran, Chmn. John Kennedy, Pres., Western Europe David Gosnell, Pres., Global Supply & Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,399,360,000

2015 13,818,530,000

2014 13,109,260,000

2013 14,610,860,000

2012 13,753,350,000

2011 12,697,760,000

3,630,671,000 27.09% 1,996,166,000 2,867,731,000 3,256,230,000 646,645,300 5,009,584,000 8.26% 27.53% 0.94

3,574,440,000 25.86% 2,081,789,000 3,042,811,000 3,260,064,000 815,335,400 5,055,591,000 9.76% 32.62% 1.01

3,459,425,000 26.38% 2,070,287,000 2,872,843,000 2,287,540,000 820,447,200 4,999,361,000 9.35% 32.44% 1.11

4,384,664,000 30.00% 2,283,706,000 3,175,718,000 2,617,252,000 821,725,200 5,340,575,000 10.47% 39.36% 1.17

4,035,783,000 29.34% 2,161,022,000 2,481,789,000 2,674,760,000 618,530,300 5,336,741,000 9.21% 35.85% 1.32

3,316,294,000 26.11% 1,965,495,000 2,428,115,000 2,672,204,000 535,463,200 4,292,652,000 9.68% 41.07% 1.32

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44-20-8978-6000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Lakeside Dr., Park Royal, London, Kingdom

Stock Ticker: DEO Employees: 32,078 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $1,312,460 Second Exec. Salary: $535,463

NW10 7HQ United

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $81,789

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft

www.dmgmoriseiki.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gildemeister Beteiligungen GmbH DMG Mori Management GmbH Deckel Maho Pfroten GmbH Sauer GmbH DMG Mori Software Solutions GmbH Graziano Tortona Srl Deckel Mano Seebach GmbH ISTOS GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Gunter Bachmann, Head-Tech. Christian Thones, Head-Prod. Dev. Kathrin Dahnke, Head-Finance & Accounting Kathrin Dahnke, Head-Risk Mgmt. Gunter Bachmann, Head-Prod. Christian Thones, Chmn. Christian Thones, Head-Int'l Production Workshop Expansion

DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft (DMB Mori AG) is a global producer of cutting machine tools with 157 German and international sales and service locations. The firm's business is divided into three groups: machine tools, industrial services and corporate services. The machine tools segment is the firm's core business and is overseen by subsidiary Gildemeister Beteiligungen GmbH. This division produces turning technology products, including universal lathes, turnmill machining centers, production lathes, vertical lathes and automatic lathes; milling technology, including vertical and horizontal machining centers, 5 axis universal milling centers, traveling column milling machines and precision cutting centers; as well as advanced technologies, electronics and systems. The industrial services segment is operated by DMG Mori Management GmbH, and offers industrial services such as marketing, maintenance, spindle, training and retrofitting services, as well as spare parts, used machines and presetters and energy solutions. DMG Mori AG serves the aerospace, automotive, medical technology and power engineering industries. Other subsidiaries include Deckel Maho Pfroten GmbH, Sauer GmbH, DMG Mori Software Solutions GmbH, Graziano Tortona Srl, Deckel Mano Seebach GmbH, Realizer GmbH, ISTOS GmbH and Gildemeister Italiana SpA, among others.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,539,463,000

2015 2,583,189,000

2014 2,498,333,000

2013 2,302,420,000

2012 2,283,526,000

2011 1,891,568,000

116,505,300 4.58% 182,032,000 50,235,370 139,009,200 98,751,400 188,176,400 1.93% 3.80% 0.03

208,314,300 8.06%

204,695,100 8.19%

165,432,700 7.18%

148,974,400 6.52%

126,089,400 6.66%

167,446,800 159,995,500 155,584,000 316,553,500 6.61% 12.75% 0.03

123,935,200 191,219,500 143,380,400 264,506,800 5.21% 10.04% 0.03

95,356,420 191,711,500 118,184,300 217,377,300 4.69% 9.59%

86,633,040 189,135,900 80,522,300 198,043,000 5.17% 11.48%

51,041,250 180,450,600 78,044,160 146,085,000 3.43% 8.92% 0.02

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-52-05-74-0 Fax: 49-52-05-74-30-09 Toll-Free: Address: Gildemeisterstrasse 60, Bielefeld, D-33689 Germany

Stock Ticker: GDMOF Employees: 6,964 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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DMG Mori Co Ltd

www.dmgmori.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333515

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DMG Mori Sales and Service Co Ltd DMG Mori Wasino Ltd DMG Mori Used Machines Co Ltd DMB Mori Mold Laboratory Co Ltd DMG Mori Renewable Energy Co Ltd Ecoline Celos

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Masahiko Mori, Pres. Tatsuo Kondo, VP Hiroaki Tamai, Sr. Exec. Managing Dir. Naoshi Takayama, Managing. Dir.

DMG Mori Co. Ltd. is a Tokyo-based manufacturer and seller of machine tools. Products manufactured by the company can be organized into nine categories: 5-axis/multi-axis machines, turning centers, machining centers, ultrasonic/lasertec, Ecoline, Celos/software, systems, presetters and peripherals. Multi-axis machining is a manufacturing process where computer numerically-controlled (CNC) tools move in various ways in order to manufacture parts out of metal or other materials. The machining process mills away excess material via jet cutting or by laser cutting. Turning centers is a machining process in which a cutting tool moves more-or-less less linearly while the workpiece rotates. Machining centers involves any CNC milling and drilling machine that includes an automatic tool changer, as well as a table that clamps the workpiece in place. Ultrasonic and lasertec machining is a subtraction manufacturing process that removes material from the surface of a part through high frequency, low amplitude vibrations of a tool against the material surface. Ecoline is a brand of CNC, 5axis, vertical and compact machines and machining centers. Celos is a brand of software for machining, turning, multithreading, gear hobbing and more. Systems include pallet pool systems, as well as workpiece, pallet and tool handling systems. Presetters include tool pre-setting devices, shrinking devices, balancing devices and measuring devices. Last, peripherals include environmental equipment, software, tables and pallets, measuring/monitoring devices, tool-related products and automation systems. Manufacturing facilities for these machine tools are located in Japan, the U.S., China, Germany, Poland, Italy and Russia. Group companies include DMG Mori Sales and Service Co. Ltd.; DMG Mori Wasino Ltd.; DMG Mori Used Machines Co. Ltd.; DMG Mori Mold Laboratory Co. Ltd; and DMG Mori Renewable Energy Co. Ltd.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,477,171,000

2015 1,574,166,000

2014 1,448,600,000

2013 1,338,924,000

2012 1,399,859,000

17,673,990 .50%

128,305,400 8.15%

84,332,240 5.82%

37,258,680 2.78%

61,178,500 4.37%

-70,533,740 164,365,400 137,363,200 185,320,000 -1.35% -6.12% 1.60

139,481,200 103,998,100 76,932,780 257,647,300 5.38% 9.57% 0.35

86,035,660 53,229,260 81,204,820 162,274,400 4.40% 7.42% 0.25

49,696,270 193,062,000 107,440,900 118,373,400 2.77% 5.25% 0.32

53,139,140 77,653,800 90,307,690 130,035,900 3.14% 5.97% 0.36

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 525871811 Fax: 81 Toll-Free: Address: 2-35-16 Meieki, Nagoya City, 4500002 Japan

Stock Ticker: MRSKY Employees: 4,117 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Dongfeng Motor Corporation

www.dfmc.com.cn

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Truck & Bus Manufacturing Auto Parts & Components Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Ltd Dongfeng-Yueda Kia Automobile Company Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co Ltd Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd Dongfeng Special-Purpose Vehicle Co Ltd Dongfeng Electric Vehicle Co Ltd Dongfeng Honda Auto Parts Co Ltd Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel Company

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Li ShaoZhu, General Manager Jun Seki, Pres. Cai Wei, VP Fan Zhong, Exec. Dir. Li Shaozhu, Exec. Dir. Hu Xindong, Joint Sec. Susan Lo Yee Har, Joint Sec. Zhu Yangfeng, Chmn.

Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM) is one of China's leading automakers. Established as a state-owned company in 1969, DFM was restructured in the 1990s and has since sought out numerous joint ventures as well as integrating its development with international automotive companies. Subsequently, it has become one of the Chinese automotive companies most heavily vested in foreign partnerships. DFM partnered with PSA Peugeot Citroen to establish Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Limited, while its other joint-venture partners and affiliates include Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., with which it has created Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel Company; Kia Motors Corporation, with which it formed Dongfeng-Yueda Kia Automobile Company; and Honda Motor Co., Ltd., with which it formed Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. The firm's main subsidiary is Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Dongfeng Motor). DFM has two primary product lines: commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles. The company's commercial products include semi-trucks, heavy-duty passenger trucks, cement mixers, watering trucks, garbage trucks, dump trucks, freight trucks and buses, mostly manufactured by Dongfeng Motor and other subsidiaries, including Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd.; Dongfeng Special-Purpose Vehicle Co., Ltd. ; and Dongfeng Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. Its passenger vehicles include cars, multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) and SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles). The company has passenger vehicle production facilities in Wuhan and Guangzhou, a medium and heavy duty commercial vehicle manufacturing facility in Shiyan and a light commercial and passenger vehicle production facility in Xiangfan. In addition to manufacturing vehicles, the firm's subsidiary, Dongfeng Honda Auto Parts Co., Ltd., manufactures auto parts and components.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,423,550,077

2015 19,576,351,777

2014 13,028,413,251

2013 6,069,000,000

2012 991,900,000

2,000,100,000

1,786,529,167

2,143,345,698

1,714,700,000

1,480,800,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-719-8226-962 Fax: 86-719-8226-845 Toll-Free: Address: 29 Baiye Rd., Wuhan, 430015 China

Stock Ticker: 489 Employees: 133,200 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: Hong Kong Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd

www.dfmg.com.cn

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. is involved in the manufacture and sale of commercial and passenger vehicles, both new and used, operating through a series of subsidiaries and joint ventures. Commercial vehicles include heavy duty trucks, medium trucks, light trucks, mini trucks and buses. The firm has 42 series of these vehicles, 35 series of trucks and seven series of buses. Subsidiary Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Co. Ltd. manages all operations of commercial vehicles. Through this subsidiary, the company has a joint venture agreement with Volvo. Passenger vehicles include sedans, multipurpose vehicles and sport utility vehicles. The firm has 55 series of these vehicles, 32 of which are sedans, eight MPV (multi-purpose vehicles) and 15 SUVs. Operations for these vehicles are managed by the Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company as well as a handful of joint ventures with of PSA Peugeot Citreon and Honda. Subsidiary Dongfeng Electric Vehicle Co. manages the operations of new energy vehicles. Additionally, the firm manufactures and sells parts and engines for both passenger and commercial vehicles and import and export vehicles and equipment; and offers financing options, vehicle insurance, and trades used cars. Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd., a 50%-owned subsidiary, oversees vehicle manufacturing equipment.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Co Ltd Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company Dongfeng Electric Vehicle Co Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Fu Shou Zhu, Pres. Li Kang, Head-Audit Dept. Zhong Fan, Exec. Dir. Shao Zhu Li, Exec. Dir. Zhu Yanfeng, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,994,240,000

2015 18,603,350,000

2014 11,899,050,000

2013 5,477,114,000

2012 18,231,470,000

2011 19,319,900,000

1,222,918,000 6.79% 1,673,134,000 1,962,989,000 528,853,200 517,388,400 2,642,209,000 7.72% 14.73% 0.07

1,174,560,000 6.31% 1,592,586,000 1,697,681,000 82,017,820 539,142,200 2,347,797,000 7.54% 14.57% 0.08

710,821,100 5.97% 1,089,896,000 1,888,027,000 -144,780,600 500,779,000 2,424,523,000 9.82% 18.75%

222,682,800 4.06% 653,643,800 1,547,462,000 -1,424,876,000 186,377,400 1,711,644,000 9.12% 17.98%

1,849,075,000 10.14% 1,565,835,000 1,336,391,000 45,124,500 1,154,276,000 2,378,664,000 7.82% 18.12% 0.02

2,114,237,000 10.94% 1,457,507,000 1,540,553,000 1,354,617,000 1,031,690,000 2,627,657,000 9.18% 24.98% 0.06

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-27-84285000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Special No 1 Dongfeng Rd., Wuhan Economic & Tech. Dev. Zone, Wuhan, Hubei 430056 China

Stock Ticker: DNFGF Employees: 149,092 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Dover Corporation

www.dovercorporation.com

NAIC Code: 333249

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machinery Manufacturing Communications Components Oil & Gas Drilling Equipment Aerospace & Defense Components

Dover Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer providing innovative components and equipment, specialty systems and support services. The company has four business segments: energy, which derives 16% of total revenue; engineered systems, 35%; fluids, 25%; and refrigeration & food equipment, 24%. The energy segment provides solutions and services for the production and processing of oil, natural gas liquid and gas to the drilling and production, bearings and compression and automation end markets. The engineered systems segment focuses on the design, manufacture and service of critical equipment and components serving the printing and identification, vehicle service, environmental solutions and industrial end markets. The fluids segment provides safe handling of critical fluids across the retail fueling, chemical, hygienic and industrial end markets. The refrigeration & food equipment segment provides innovative and energy efficient equipment and systems for the commercial refrigeration and food service industries. In 2016, the firm acquired Tokheim's dispenser and system businesses, which became part of Dover's fluid's segment; sold its Texas hydraulics business to Wynnchurch Capital; acquired Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd., expanding the company's global retail fueling market; and acquired Ravaglioli S.p.A. Group, a global automotive service equipment manufacturer. In April 2017, Dover acquired Caldera Graphics SAS, a software company for digital printing.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd Ravaglioli SpA Group Caldera Graphics SAS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

William Spurgeon, CEO, Divisional James Moran, Treasurer Sivasankaran Somasundaram, CEO, Divisional C. Fincher, CEO, Divisional William Bosway, CEO, Subsidiary Brad Cerepak, CFO Carrie Anderson, Chief Accounting Officer Michael Johnston, Director Ivonne Cabrera, General Counsel Stephen Kennon, President, Subsidiary Robert Livingston, President Russell Toney, Senior VP, Divisional Jay Kloosterboer, Senior VP, Divisional Patrick Burns, Senior VP, Divisional Paul Goldberg, Vice President, Divisional Anthony Kosinski, Vice President, Divisional Anthony Kosinski, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,794,342,000

2015 6,956,311,000

2014 7,752,728,000

2013 8,729,813,000

2012 8,104,339,000

2011 7,950,140,000

714,446,000 10.51% 1,757,523,000 508,892,000 861,975,000 165,205,000 1,186,472,000 5.43% 13.67% 0.84

920,762,000 13.23% 1,647,382,000 869,829,000 949,059,000 154,251,000 1,259,375,000 9.82% 23.68% 0.71

1,215,484,000 15.67% 1,758,765,000 775,235,000 975,924,000 166,033,000 1,533,084,000 7.78% 17.07% 0.60

1,353,932,000 15.50% 1,985,849,000 1,003,129,000 1,154,517,000 236,833,000 1,779,770,000 9.42% 19.48% 0.48

1,265,377,000 15.61% 1,841,688,000 811,070,000 1,273,173,000 297,012,000 1,621,151,000 8.13% 16.46% 0.44

1,210,815,000 15.23% 1,840,609,000 895,243,000 1,077,978,000 271,809,000 1,523,185,000 9.91% 18.93% 0.44

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 630 541-1540 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3005 Highland Pkwy., Downers Grove, IL 60515 United States

Stock Ticker: DOV Employees: 29,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,030,000 Second Exec. Salary: $670,000

Bonus: $880,000 Bonus: $530,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Dow Chemical Company (The)

www.dow.com

NAIC Code: 325199

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Specialty Chemicals Manufacturer Electronic & Functional Materials Coatings & Infrastructure Agricultural Sciences Performance Materials Performance Plastics Feedstocks & Energy

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics Dow Elastomers Dow Automotive Systems Dow Electrical and Telecommunications Dow Electronic Materials

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Andrew Liveris, CEO Howard Ungerleider, CFO Attiganal Sreeram, Chief Technology Officer Ronald Edmonds, Controller Heinz Haller, Executive VP Charles Kalil, General Counsel Joseph Harlan, Other Executive Officer James Fitterling, President Peter Holicki, Senior VP, Divisional Johanna Soderstrom, Vice President, Divisional Gary McGuire, Vice President

The Dow Chemical Company manufactures chemical products for use as raw materials in the creation of customer products and services. It delivers a broad range of products and services to customers in about 175 countries, has 189 manufacturing sites in 34 countries and produces roughly 7,000 products. The firm targets clients in the appliance, agricultural, automotive, building & construction, electronics, chemical processing, furniture, oil & gas, housewares, packaging, paints, personal care, coating & adhesives, processed foods, pulp & paper, pharmaceutical, utilities, textile & carpet and water treatment industries. Dow divides its business operations into five segments: agricultural sciences, which provides crop protection and seed/plant biotechnology products and technologies, urban pest management solutions and healthy oils; consumer solutions, which consists of three global businesses, Consumer Care, Dow Automotive Systems and Dow Electronic Materials; infrastructure solutions, which is comprised of businesses utilizing advanced technology to deliver products such as architectural and industrial coating applications, building insulation, adhesives and microbial protection; performance materials & chemicals, which is comprised of four technology-driven global businesses, Chlorinated Organics, Epoxy, Industrial Solutions and Polyurethanes; and performance plastics, which is comprised of five global businesses, Dow Elastomers, Dow Electrical and Telecommunications, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, Energy and Hydrocarbons. Dow reached an agreement to combine with DuPont in all-stock merger of equals, expected to close during August 2017. The combined company will be named DowDuPont. The merged firm will then be split into three distinct new companies, each one specializing in agriculture, materials science or specialty products. The firm offers employees retirement plans; health, life, disability and business travel insurance; and an employee stock purchase plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 48,158,000,000 1,584,000,000 5,085,000,000 10.55% 3,304,000,000 4,318,000,000 5,478,000,000 3,991,000,000 8,133,000,000 5.39% 16.79% 0.78

2015 48,778,000,000 1,598,000,000 5,954,000,000 12.20% 2,971,000,000 7,685,000,000 7,516,000,000 3,872,000,000 13,397,000,000 10.73% 36.91% 0.75

2014 58,167,000,000 1,647,000,000 5,514,000,000 9.47% 3,106,000,000 3,772,000,000 6,502,000,000 3,572,000,000 8,995,000,000 4.96% 16.61% 1.02

2013 57,080,000,000 1,747,000,000 4,254,000,000 7.45% 3,024,000,000 4,787,000,000 7,823,000,000 2,302,000,000 10,586,000,000 6.39% 22.36% 0.73

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 989 636-1000 Fax: 989 636-3518 Toll-Free: 800-422-8193 Address: 2030 Dow Ctr., Midland, MI 48674 United States

Stock Ticker: DOW Employees: 56,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,930,800 Second Exec. Salary: $1,090,134

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 56,786,000,000 1,708,000,000 3,947,000,000 6.95% 2,861,000,000 1,182,000,000 4,075,000,000 2,614,000,000 5,632,000,000 1.21% 4.78% 1.18

2011 59,985,000,000 1,646,000,000 4,026,000,000 6.71% 2,788,000,000 2,742,000,000 3,879,000,000 2,830,000,000 7,825,000,000 3.46% 13.30% 1.00

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Dow Corning Corporation

www.dowcorning.com

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Silicone Materials. Resins Sealants, Coatings & Lubricants Adhesives Insulating Materials Design, Engineering & Testing Services Custom Manufacturing & Packaging Consulting Nanotechnology Research

Dow Corning Corporation has been studying and manufacturing silicone and silicone products since 1943. Currently, the firm serves over 25,000 customers in various worldwide industries, including the automotive, chemical manufacturing, beauty, oil/gas and plastics industries. The company researches and develops applications of silicone in forms ranging from greases, gels and fluids to rigid materials such as resins. Dow Corning's 7,000 products, sold under the Dow Corning and Xiameter brands, include adhesives, insulating materials, sealants, coatings and lubricants. These products are used in computer chips, cell phones and consumer electronics; automotive coatings, paints and lubricants; laundry detergents; tubing for dialysis, hydrocephalus shunts and pacemaker leads; roofing materials and pavement sealants; and for waterproofing clothing fabric. Dow Corning is researching additional silicon-based technologies including using nanotechnology to toughen silicone resins and to develop new liquid crystal materials; and using room-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma to apply different coatings to various substrates, such as consumer electronics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, airbags and textiles. It has also formed alliances to develop future products. Besides its silicone-based chemical products, the company also provides analytical and application testing, package recycling, facilities design and engineering, product development and environmental consulting. The firm holds a majority interest in Hemlock Semiconductor Group (comprised of Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Hemlock Semiconductor, LLC), which produces polycrystalline silicon products for the manufacture of solar modules/cells and semiconductor devices. Dow Corning maintains operations internationally, with locations in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Australia. In 2016, The Dow Chemical Company assumed full ownership of Dow Corning. In March 2017, the firm expanded into India with a second building, the Sahayog Building Solutions Centre, located in New Delhi. The firm offers its employees employee assistance plans; medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage; and medical facilities.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Corning Xiameter Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation Hemlock Semiconductor LLC Sahayog Building Solutions Centre

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mauro Gregoria, CEO Robert D. Hansen, Pres. Kenneth P. Kaufman, Sr. VP-Eng. Kenneth P. Kaufman, Sr. VP-Mfg. N. Cornell Boggs II, General Counsel Kenneth P. Kaufman, Sr. VP-Global Oper. Bridget Sparrow, Chief Communications Officer Thomas Cook, Sr. VP Linda D. Kennan, VP-Corp. Stewardship Andrew E. Tometich, Sr. VP-Silicones

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,750,000,000

2015 5,650,000,000

2014 6,220,000,000

2013 5,710,000,000

2012 6,120,000,000

2011 6,430,000,000

553,000,000

563,000,000

513,000,000

376,000,000

188,000,000

806,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 989-496-4000 Fax: 989-496-6731 Toll-Free: Address: 2200 W. Salzburg Road, Midland, MI 48686-0994 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 13,210 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Dow Chemical Company (The)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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DSM NV

www.dsm.com

NAIC Code: 325411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Specialty & Industrial Chemicals Food & Nutritional Ingredients & Additives Performance Materials & Plastics Fertilizers & Agrochemicals Pharmaceutical Ingredients Oil & Gas Exploration Antibiotics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals Patheon DSM Nutritional Products DSM Food Specialties DSM Engineering Plastics DSM Dyneema DSM Resins & Functional Materials DSM Biomedical

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Feike Sijbesma, CEO Geraldine Matchett, CFO Stephan B. Tanda, Mgr.-Sales & Mktg. Cees Los, General Counsel Dave Huizing, VP-Investor Rel. Stefan Doboczky, CEO-DSM Sinochem Pharmaceutical Nico Gerardu, Board Mgr.

DSM NV is a global developer, producer and supplier of industrial chemicals, performance materials and pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients. Operating from approximately 200 locations in 50 countries worldwide, the company is grouped into four business clusters: partnerships, nutrition, materials and innovation center. Partnerships comprises DSM's pharma activities: DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals for anti-infectives and Patheon for contract development and manufacturing services; and the bulk chemicals businesses in polymer intermediates and composite resins. Nutrition is comprised of DSM Nutritional Products, a world leading producer of essential nutrients such as vitamins, carotenoids, nutritional lipids and other ingredients to the feed, food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries; and DSM Food Specialties, which includes food enzymes, cultures, yeast extracts, savory flavors, hydrocolloids and other specialty ingredients found in dairy, baking, beverage and savory lines. Materials is made up of DSM Engineering Plastics, a provider of specialty plastics in which its materials are used in components for the electrical and electronics, automotive, flexible food packaging and consumer goods industries; DSM Dyneema, the inventor, manufacturer and marketer of Dyneema fiber; and DSM Resins & Functional Materials, a global producer of innovative, sustainable resins solutions for paints & industrial and optical fiber coatings. The innovation center supports innovation in DSM's core businesses and venturing activities, and aims to develop its emerging business areas comprised of DSM Biomedical, focused on innovative materials for medical devices; DSM Bio-based Products & Services, focused on clean energy from crop residues as well as bio-chemicals with enzymes and yeasts for biomass conversion; and DSM Advanced Surfaces, offering yieldboosting solutions for solar energy.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,876,933,000 346,334,900 767,765,100 8.64% 1,887,469,000 696,032,300 1,141,000,000 533,512,700 1,299,036,000 4.99% 10.62% 0.42

2015 8,655,010,000 372,113,900 405,738,600 4.68% 1,793,320,000 98,632,590 780,094,100 608,607,900 938,130,500 .65% 1.38% 0.46

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2014 10,404,620,000 362,026,500 325,039,200 3.12% 1,726,070,000 162,519,600 905,626,600 731,898,700 940,372,100 1.11% 2.32% 0.28

2013 10,144,590,000 413,584,400 722,932,100 7.12% 1,702,533,000 303,743,600 996,413,400 823,806,300 1,324,815,000 2.17% 4.43% 0.29

Stock Ticker: RDSMY Employees: 20,786 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 10,141,220,000 423,671,800 884,330,900 8.72% 1,534,409,000 912,351,500 988,567,600 534,633,500 1,626,317,000 7.52% 14.45% 0.35

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31 455788111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Het Overloon 1, Heerlen, 6411 TE Netherlands Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 10,234,250,000 429,275,900 494,283,800 4.82% 1,685,721,000 322,797,600 818,202,200 768,885,900 1,054,696,000 2.49% 4.94% 0.32

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co)

www.dupont.com

NAIC Code: 325320

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals Manufacturing Polymers Research & Development Nutrition & Health Products Electronics Materials Agricultural Seeds Fuel-Cell, Biofuels & Solar Panel Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dupont Pioneer DuPont Crop Protection DuPont Sorona PTT

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Edward Breen, CEO Nicholas Fanandakis, CFO Douglas Muzyka, Chief Scientific Officer James Collins, Executive VP Christopher Doyle, Executive VP Stacy Fox, General Counsel Benito Cachinero-Sanchez, Senior VP, Divisional

DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.) provides materials, products and services for the biotechnology, electronics, materials science, synthetic fibers and safety and security sectors. DuPont's businesses are operated through six segments. The agriculture segment, operating through DuPont Pioneer and DuPont Crop Protection, is involved in products such as seed, insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. The electronics & communications segment provides a range of advanced materials for the electronics industry, flexographic printing, color communication systems and a range of fluoropolymer and fluorochemical products. Industrial biosciences provides a range of enzymes for the animal nutrition, detergents, ethanol production and food manufacturing industries and includes BioPDO 1,3 propanediol and DuPont Sorona PTT renewably sourced polymers. This segment also includes clean technologies that work with customers in order to improve the performance, productivity and sustainability of their products and processes. Nutrition & health produces emulsifiers, gums, natural sweeteners, cultures and soy-based food ingredients. Performance materials manufactures polymer-based materials including engineered polymers and films for use in food packaging, sealants, adhesives, sporting goods and laminated safety glass. The protection solutions segment provides consulting and sustainable solutions for markets such as industrial, construction, consumer, military/law enforcement, automotive, aircraft and energy. Dow Chemical reached an agreement to combine with DuPont in all-stock merger of equals, expected to close during August 2017. The combined company will be named DowDuPont. The merged firm will then be split into three distinct new companies, each one specializing in agriculture, materials science or specialty products.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 25,302,000,000 1,641,000,000 4,187,000,000 16.54% 4,319,000,000 2,513,000,000 3,300,000,000 1,019,000,000 4,893,000,000 6.17% 25.64% 0.83

2015 25,827,000,000 1,898,000,000 2,933,000,000 11.35% 4,615,000,000 1,953,000,000 2,316,000,000 1,629,000,000 4,399,000,000 4.26% 17.01% 0.78

2014 36,046,000,000 2,067,000,000 5,368,000,000 14.89% 5,344,000,000 3,625,000,000 3,712,000,000 2,020,000,000 6,985,000,000 7.13% 24.86% 0.70

2013 36,144,000,000 2,153,000,000 3,937,000,000 10.89% 3,668,000,000 4,848,000,000 3,179,000,000 1,882,000,000 5,540,000,000 9.55% 37.44% 0.67

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 302 774-1000 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-441-7515 Address: 974 Centre Rd., Wilmington, DE 19805 United States

Stock Ticker: DD Employees: 46,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $780,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 35,310,000,000 2,067,000,000 4,072,000,000 11.53% 3,567,000,000 2,788,000,000 4,849,000,000 1,793,000,000 5,292,000,000 5.65% 30.51% 1.06

2011 38,719,000,000 1,956,000,000 4,779,000,000 12.34% 4,170,000,000 3,474,000,000 5,152,000,000 1,843,000,000 6,289,000,000 7.79% 39.82% 1.40

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Dyson Ltd

www.dyson.co.uk

NAIC Code: 335210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Hair Dryers Robotics Advanced, Solid-State Battery Technologies Research and Development Consumer and Household Goods Air Filters

Dyson Ltd. is a British technology company that designs and manufactures vacuum cleaners, handheld hair dryers, hand dryers, fans, heaters and lighting. Owner and Inventor James Dyson became frustrated with his vacuum's performance, took it apart and realized the bag was clogging with dust, causing suction to diminish. So, he built an industrial cyclone tower that separated particles from the air using centrifugal force. More than 5,000 prototypes later, the Dyson bagless vacuum cleaner was invented. Today, there are Dyson machines in over 65 countries worldwide, and Dyson Ltd. comprises more than 1,000 engineers and scientists engaged in research, design and development. Vacuum cleaner products include uprights, cylinders, cordless, handheld, robot and parts. The Dyson Supersonic handheld hair dryer comprises a motor uniquely position in the handle. The digital motor spins on average six times faster than other hair dryer motors at one inaudible frequency, at one-third less weight. Its 13-blade impeller generates pressure, propelling 13 liters of air up to the amplifier every second. With the motor in the handle, there is space in the head for this Air Multiplier technology. Hand dryers, primarily used in bathrooms, replace the need for towels after washing one's hands. Dyson Airblade hand dryers are hygienic, quiet and use 430-miles-per-hour sheets of air to scrape water from hands, drying them in just 10-12 seconds. Room fans are therefore bladeless, safe and clean; bladeless purifiers remove allergens and pollutants; bladeless heaters provide fast, even room heating; and bladeless humidifiers provide hygienic humidification with even room coverage. Lighting products include the Csys desk lamp with heat pipe technology to cool light emitting diodes (LEDs), providing powerful lighting precisely where it is needed; and the Cu-Bean suspended light, which also utilizes heat pipe technology, hangs from the ceiling primarily in office locations. The culture is very focused on research and engineering, and 14.5% of revenues are invested in research and development. The workforce is split between the UK and Malaysia, USA offices are in Chicago.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sakti3 Dyson Supersonic Air Multiplier Dyson Airblade Csys Cu-Beam

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Max Conze, CEO Jake Dyson, VP James Dyson, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,100,000,000

2015 2,000,000,000

785,000,000

465,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014

2013

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 7,350 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: Fax: 01666 827 200 Toll-Free: 0800-298-0298 Address: Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 0RP United Kingdom Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012

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Eastman Chemical Company

www.eastman.com

NAIC Code: 325220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals, Fibers & Plastics Coatings, Adhesives & Additives Performance & Intermediate Chemicals Acetate Fibers & Textiles Gasification Services Food Safety Diagnostics Logistics Services PET, Polyethylene & Polymers

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Estrobond Estron Chromspun Taminco BVBA Te An Ling Tian Fine Chemical Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Curtis Espeland, CFO Scott King, Chief Accounting Officer Stephen Crawford, Chief Technology Officer Mark Costa, Director Brad Lich, Executive VP David Golden, Other Executive Officer Mark Cox, Other Executive Officer Perry Stuckey, Other Executive Officer Michael Chung, Other Executive Officer Damon Warmack, Senior VP, Divisional Lucian Boldea, Senior VP, Divisional

Eastman Chemical Company manufactures and sells a broad portfolio of chemicals, plastics and fibers through 49 manufacturing sites in 14 countries. The firm has four operating segments: additives & functional products (AFP); fibers; advanced materials; and chemical intermediates. The AFP segment manufactures chemicals for products in the coatings, tires, consumables, building and construction, industrial applications including solar energy markets, animal nutrition, care chemicals, crop protection, and energy markets. Key technology platforms in this segment are cellulose esters, polyester polymers, insoluble sulfur, hydrocarbon resins, alkylamine derivatives and propylene derivatives. The fibers segment manufactures Estron acetate and Estrobond triacetin plasticizers for use in cigarette filters; Estron natural and Chromspun solution-dyed acetate yarns for the apparel, home furnishing and industrial fabrics industries; and cellulose acetate and acetyl raw materials for other acetate fiber producers. The advanced materials segment produces specialized co-polyesters, cellulosic plastics, aftermarket window films, polyvinyl butyral sheets and resins used in industries including transportation, consumables, building and construction. The chemical intermediates segment sells excess intermediates beyond our specialty needs for use in markets such as industrial chemicals and processing, building and construction, health and wellness and agrochemicals. Key technology platforms include acetyls, oxos, plasticizers, polyesters and alkylamines. In May 2016, the firm sold its joint venture interest of Primester to its other controlling interest company, Solvay Chemicals. In December 2016, the company's subsidiary, Taminco BVBA, acquired the remaining shares of Te An Ling Tian Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., a joint venture project that manufactures amines and specialty derivatives. The company offers employees health, life, dependent life and disability insurance; a 401(k); and an employee stock purchase plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,008,000,000 219,000,000 1,383,000,000 15.35% 703,000,000 854,000,000 1,385,000,000 626,000,000 1,910,000,000 5.49% 20.15% 1.39

2015 9,648,000,000 251,000,000 1,384,000,000 14.34% 762,000,000 848,000,000 1,612,000,000 652,000,000 1,963,000,000 5.35% 22.76% 1.67

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2014 9,527,000,000 227,000,000 1,162,000,000 12.19% 755,000,000 751,000,000 1,408,000,000 596,000,000 1,627,000,000 5.38% 20.55% 2.06

2013 9,350,000,000 193,000,000 1,862,000,000 19.91% 645,000,000 1,165,000,000 1,297,000,000 488,000,000 2,292,000,000 9.93% 34.57% 1.12

Stock Ticker: EMN Employees: 14,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 7,178,000,000 158,000,000 1,021,000,000 14.22% 469,000,000 696,000,000 625,000,000 466,000,000 1,313,000,000 11.43% 39.80% 0.77

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 423 229-2000 Fax: 423 229-2145 Toll-Free: Address: 200 S. Wilcox Dr., Kingsport, TN 37662 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,102,895 Second Exec. Salary: $736,887

2012 8,102,000,000 198,000,000 800,000,000 9.87% 644,000,000 437,000,000 1,128,000,000 470,000,000 1,152,000,000 4.90% 18.15% 1.62

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Eaton Corporation plc

www.eaton.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Hydraulic Products Electrical Power Distribution & Control Equipment Truck Transmissions & Axles Engine Components Aerospace & Military Components

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alexander M. Cutler, CEO Richard H. Fearon, CFO Steven M. Boccadoro, Sr. VP-Mktg. & Sales Cynthia K. Brabander, Chief Human Resources Officer William W. Blausey, Jr., CIO Ramanath Ramakrishnan, CTO Mark M. McGuire, General Counsel Richard H. Fearon, Chief Planning Officer Donald J. McGrath, Sr. VP-Comm. Donald H. Bullock, Jr., Sr. VP-Investor Rel. Ken D. Semelsberger, Controller Uday Yadav, Pres., Aerospace Group Curtis J. Hutchins, Pres., Asia Pacific Region Craig Arnold, COO-Industrial Sector Thomas S. Gross, COO-Electrical Sector Alexander M. Cutler, Chmn. Frank C. Campbell, Pres., EMEA Pavan Pattada, Sr. VP-Supply Chain Mgmt.

Eaton Corporation plc is a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of electrical systems and components. The firm operates in four business segments: electrical products and electrical systems and services; hydraulics; aerospace; and vehicle. The electrical products and electrical systems and services segment operates in two geographic divisions, electrical Americas and electrical rest of world, which together distribute electrical power and control equipment for industrial, commercial and residential markets across the globe. The hydraulics segment develops and sells fluid power products to industrial, mobile equipment and aerospace customers worldwide. The aerospace business segment serves commercial/military aviation, space, military weapon, marine and off-road applications. The vehicle segment is a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a complete line of drivetrain and powertrain systems and components for performance, fuel economy and safety for commercial vehicles. Products include transmissions, clutches and hybrid power systems. This segment also supplies drivetrain and powertrain systems for passenger cars and light trucks. Its products include engine valves and valve actuation systems; transmission and engine controls; fluid connectors and hoses for air conditioning and power steering; and under-hood plastic components.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,747,000,000 589,000,000 2,253,000,000 11.40% 3,505,000,000 1,922,000,000 2,552,000,000 497,000,000 3,182,000,000 6.25% 12.77% 0.45

2015 20,855,000,000 625,000,000 2,342,000,000 11.22% 3,596,000,000 1,979,000,000 2,371,000,000 506,000,000 3,267,000,000 6.13% 12.77% 0.51

2014 22,552,000,000 647,000,000 1,805,000,000 8.00% 3,810,000,000 1,793,000,000 1,878,000,000 632,000,000 2,788,000,000 5.19% 11.00% 0.50

2013 22,046,000,000 644,000,000 2,147,000,000 9.73% 3,886,000,000 1,861,000,000 2,285,000,000 614,000,000 3,152,000,000 5.21% 11.67% 0.53

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 440-523-5000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Eaton House, 30 Pembroke Road, Dublin, 4 Ireland

Stock Ticker: ETN Employees: 95,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,040,389 Second Exec. Salary: $852,550

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 16,311,000,000 439,000,000 1,530,000,000 9.38% 2,894,000,000 1,217,000,000 1,664,000,000 593,000,000 2,057,000,000 4.53% 10.79% 0.64

2011 16,049,000,000 417,000,000 1,633,000,000 10.17% 2,738,000,000 1,350,000,000 1,248,000,000 568,000,000 2,189,000,000 7.68% 18.20% 0.45

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Ebara Corporation

www.ebara.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ebara Environmental Plant Co Ltd Elliott Group Ebara-Byron Jackson Ltd Ebara Hamada Blower Co Ltd Swing Corporation Ebara Field Tech Corporation Ebara Earnest Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Toichi Maeda, Pres. Masaru Shibuya, Managing Exec. Officer Akira Ogata, Managing Exec. Officer Atsuo Ohi, Managing Exec. Officer Nobuharu Noji, Managing Exec. Officer Natsunosuke Yago, Chmn. Tetsuji Fujimoto, Sr. Managing Exec. Dir. Manabu Tsujimura, Sr. Managing Exec. VP

Ebara Corporation is a manufacturer of industrial machinery and operates in the fluid machinery and systems business, environmental engineering business and the precision machinery business. Products include custom and standard pumps, compressors and turbines, refrigeration equipment, semiconductor precision machinery, blowers and fans. The firm offers business solutions in five operating segments: pumps business, precision machinery business, compressors and turbines business, environmental engineering business and chillers business. The pumps business supplies efficient pumps for water facilities such as water systems and desalination plants; precision machinery produces dry vacuum pumps, which helps manufacturing facilities maintain clean production environments; the compressors and turbines business operates through subsidiary Elliott Group, which develops compressors and turbines commonly used as core components of energy-related plants; environmental engineering is operated through subsidiary Ebara Environmental Plant Co. Ltd., which manages waste treatment needs and utilizes its proprietary incinerator technology; and the chillers business produces environmentally-conscious cross-flow cooling towers and chillers, and additionally provides after-sales services and customer support. Other subsidiaries include Ebara Hamada Blower Co Ltd., EbaraByron Jackson Ltd., Swing Corporation, Ebara Field Tech. Corporation, Ebara Refrigeration Equipment & Systems Co. Ltd. and Ebara Earnest Co., Ltd. The company has eight domestic offices in Japan and three overseas offices in Indonesia, Bahrain and Taiwan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,382,311,000 68,785,260 342,583,400 7.81% 174,811,200 155,505,900 194,026,400

2015 4,350,442,000 60,872,070 311,543,500 7.16% 176,893,100 228,238,700 101,808,000

2014 4,043,631,000 58,267,390 290,156,300 7.17% 185,716,600 186,672,000 239,874,200

2013 3,842,151,000 45,289,040 226,075,700 5.88% 155,316,600 137,922,000 306,559,500

2012 3,713,936,000 34,491,770 209,690,500 5.64% 143,518,900 26,037,820 113,452,400

2011 3,620,194,000 36,645,820 284,270,900 7.85% 135,786,000 254,078,300 239,775,000

401,076,100 3.00% 7.16% 0.16

460,614,300 4.28% 10.51% 0.22

403,482,500 3.66% 9.57% 0.26

347,828,800 3.08% 9.03% 0.27

235,620,200 .57% 1.90% 0.41

406,465,700 5.47% 19.97% 0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 337436111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 11-1 Haneda-Asahicho, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, 144-8510 Japan

Stock Ticker: EBCOF Employees: 16,102 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Ecolab Inc

www.ecolab.com

NAIC Code: 325611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Soap & Cleaning Compound Manufacturing

Ecolab, Inc. develops and markets premium products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, health care, energy and industrial markets. The firm divides its operations into four segments: global industrial, global institutional, global energy and other. Global industrial consists of the global water, global food and beverage, global paper and global textile care operating units. The segment provides water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions primarily to large industrial customers within the manufacturing, food and beverage processing, chemical, mining and primary metals, power generation, pulp and paper and commercial laundry industries. Global institutional consists of the global institutional, global specialty and global health care operating units. This segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, health care, government and education and retail industries. Global energy, operating under the Nalco Champion name, consists solely of the global energy operating unit. The segment serves the process chemicals and water treatment needs of the global petroleum and petrochemical industries in both upstream and downstream applications. The other segment consists of the global pest elimination and equipment care operating units. The services offered by the segment provide pest elimination and kitchen repair and maintenance. In January 2017, Ecolab acquired Abednego Environmental Services, a provider of chemistry and services in the automotive paint industry. The following February, the firm acquired Laboratoires Anios, a hygiene and disinfection products manufacturer.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nalco Champion Abednego Environmental Services Laboratoires Anios

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Douglas Baker, CEO Christophe Beck, Executive VP Daniel Schmechel, CFO Bryan Hughes, Chief Accounting Officer Bruno Lavandier, Chief Accounting Officer Larry Berger, Chief Technology Officer Thomas Handley, COO Laurie Marsh, Executive VP, Divisional James Seifert, Executive VP Alex Blanco, Executive VP Roberto Inchaustegui, Executive VP Timothy Mulhere, Executive VP Jill Wyant, Executive VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,152,800,000

2015 13,545,100,000

2014 14,280,500,000

2013 13,253,400,000

2012 11,838,700,000

2011 6,798,500,000

1,915,000,000 14.55% 4,299,400,000 1,229,600,000 1,939,700,000 756,800,000 2,786,500,000 6.65% 17.80% 0.89

1,561,300,000 11.52% 4,345,500,000 1,002,100,000 1,999,800,000 815,200,000 2,130,900,000 5.25% 14.08% 0.61

1,955,000,000 13.68% 4,577,600,000 1,202,800,000 1,815,600,000 793,900,000 2,838,400,000 6.15% 16.40% 0.66

1,560,600,000 11.77% 4,281,400,000 967,800,000 1,559,800,000 662,300,000 2,085,300,000 5.20% 14.42% 0.82

1,289,300,000 10.89% 3,920,200,000 703,600,000 1,203,000,000 607,500,000 1,766,400,000 3.92% 11.98% 0.94

753,800,000 11.08% 2,438,100,000 462,500,000 685,500,000 366,000,000 1,157,400,000 4.00% 11.86% 1.16

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 800 232-6522 Fax: 612 225-3080 Toll-Free: Address: 370 Wabasha Street North, St. Paul, MN 55102-1390 United States

Stock Ticker: ECL Employees: 47,565 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,187,500 Second Exec. Salary: $661,250

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Electrolux AB

www.electrolux.com

NAIC Code: 335222

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Electrolux AEG-Electrolux Eureka Grand Cuisine Zanussi Vintec Kwikot Group Anova

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jonas Samuelson, CEO Jan Brockmann, COO Keith McLoughlin, Pres. Anna Ohlsson-Leijon, CFO Marykay Kopf, CMO Lars Worsoe Petersen, Head-Human Resources Jan Brockmann, CTO Stefano Marzano, Chief Design Officer Cecilia Vieweg, General Counsel Lars Worsoe Petersen, Head-Organizational Dev. Henrik Bergstrom, Head-Small Appliances Gunilla Nordstrom, Head-Major Appliances, Asia Pacific Jonas Samuelson, Head-Major Appliances, EMEA Jack Truong, Head-Major Appliances, North America Ronnie Leten, Chmn. Ruy Hisrschheimer, Head-Major Appliances, Latin America

Electrolux AB is a global producer of home and professional appliances. The company is divided into two operating segments: consumer durables and professional products. The consumer durables segment produces home appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, cookers, wine coolers, ranges, dryers, washing machines, ovens, compactors, cook tops, pedestal drawers, ventilation systems, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, water and air filters, air-conditioners and microwaves. Electrolux offers eco-friendly versions of many of its products. The professional products segment consists of food-service equipment for hotels, restaurants and institutions, and laundry systems for apartment complexes and hotels. The firm takes care to provide design and aesthetics in their products. The company provides extended service and maintenance for its products. Products are marketed under the Electrolux, AEGElectrolux, Eureka, Grand Cuisine, Zanussi, Molteni, Westinghouse and Frigidaire brand names. The firm sells more than 60 million products in more than 150 markets, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. Products can be found at independent retailers worldwide. In July 2016, the firm acquired Vintec, an Australian- and Singapore-based company that supplies a wide range of climate-controlled wine cabinets throughout the Asia Pacific region. By mid-2017, Electrolux had acquired Kwikot Group, a producer of water heaters; and Anova, the provider of the Anova Precision Cooker, a connected sous vide cooking device for high-quality results.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,927,910,000

2015 12,898,490,000

2014 12,898,490,000

2013 12,554,360,000

2012 12,651,320,000

2011 11,685,630,000

721,624,600 5.18% 2,187,647,000 516,892,200 1,169,161,000 389,912,000 1,174,107,000 5.30% 27.50% 0.44

411,880,400 3.19% 1,966,927,000 257,756,000 950,856,100 418,666,500 861,832,000 2.64% 14.26% 0.55

411,880,400 3.19% 1,952,780,000 257,756,000 899,673,000 419,931,700 834,112,500 2.77% 14.59% 0.57

181,728,900 1.44% 1,979,464,000 77,177,260 512,406,400 516,547,100 567,730,200 .88% 3.94% 0.83

477,325,900 3.77% 1,970,263,000 298,587,500 822,955,800 591,309,000 851,250,200 3.40% 12.87% 0.50

347,010,100 2.96% 1,816,484,000 237,397,700 620,983,700 856,196,000 750,724,300 2.75% 10.03% 0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 87386000 Fax: 46 87387461 Toll-Free: Address: St Goransgatan 143, Stockholm, S-105 45 Sweden

Stock Ticker: ELUXY Employees: 53,889 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 9 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Eli Lilly and Company

www.lilly.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Discovery & Development Veterinary Products

Eli Lilly and Company researches, develops, manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals designed to treat a variety of conditions. The firm operates through two segments: human pharmaceutical products and animal health products. Human pharmaceutical products are grouped into four divisions: endocrinology, neuroscience, oncology and cardiovascular. Endocrinology products include Humalog, Humulin, Trajenta, Jentadueto, Jardiance, Trulicity and Glyxambi, for the treatment of diabetes; Forteo and Evista, for osteoporosis in women; Humatrope, for human growth hormone deficiency; and Axiron, a topical solution of testosterone. Neuroscience products include Cymbalta and Prozac, for major depressive disorder; Zyprexa, for schizophrenia; Strattera, for attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder; and Amyvid, a radioactive diagnostic agent for brain imaging of people with cognitive decline. Oncology products include Alimta, for non-small cell lung cancer; Erbitux, for colorectal cancers; Gemzar, for pancreatic cancer/metastatic breast cancer/ovarian cancer/bladder cancer; and Cyramza, for advanced or metastatic gastric cancer. Cardiovascular products include Cialis, for erectile dysfunction; and Effient, for reduction of thrombotic cardiovascular events. Animal health products are grouped into two divisions: food animals and companion animals. Food animal products include Rumensin, a cattle feed additive; Posilac, a protein supplement; Paylean and Optaflexx, leanness and/or performance enhancers; and Tylan and Denagard, antibiotics. Companion animal products include Trifexis and Comfortis chewable tablets are manufactured for flea prevention; and Duramune, Bronchi-Shield, Fel-O and Rabvac, vaccines. In early-2017, the firm acquired Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.'s U.S. feline, canine and rabies vaccines portfolio; and CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which is developing lasmiditan oral tablets and intravenous lasmiditan for the acute treatment of headache and migraine pain in adults. Eli Lilly offers employees life, health, prescription drug and dental insurance; domestic partner benefits; an employee assistance program; paid maternity leave; a 401(k); flexible spending accounts; adoption assistance; and tuition reimbursement.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Humulin Tragenta Alimta Cyramza Effient Rumensin Duramune CoLucid Pharmaceuticals Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Derica Rice, CFO Jeffrey Simmons, President, Divisional John Lechleiter, Chairman of the Board Donald Zakrowski, Chief Accounting Officer Jan Lundberg, Executive VP, Divisional Michael Harrington, General Counsel Melissa Barnes, Other Executive Officer Maria Crowe, President, Divisional Alfonso Zulueta, President, Divisional Enrique Conterno, President, Divisional Susan Mahony, President, Divisional David Ricks, President Barton Peterson, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,222,100,000 5,273,900,000 3,841,300,000 18.10% 6,452,000,000 2,737,600,000 4,851,000,000 1,037,000,000 5,055,800,000 7.36% 19.15% 0.59

2015 19,958,700,000 5,331,400,000 3,057,100,000 15.31% 6,533,000,000 2,408,400,000 2,772,800,000 1,066,200,000 4,484,800,000 6.62% 16.08% 0.54

2014 19,615,600,000 4,733,600,000 3,328,700,000 16.96% 6,620,800,000 2,390,500,000 4,367,100,000 1,470,900,000 4,528,100,000 6.60% 14.48% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 23,113,100,000 5,531,300,000 5,370,400,000 23.23% 7,125,600,000 4,684,800,000 5,735,000,000 1,093,300,000 7,495,000,000 13.45% 28.92% 0.23

Stock Ticker: LLY Employees: 41,975 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 24,286,500,000 5,020,800,000 5,528,500,000 22.76% 7,879,900,000 4,347,700,000 7,234,500,000 1,692,900,000 6,909,100,000 13.44% 33.49% 0.40

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 317 276-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,067,805

2012 22,603,400,000 5,278,100,000 5,408,200,000 23.92% 7,513,500,000 4,088,600,000 5,304,800,000 1,044,200,000 7,048,200,000 12.01% 28.88% 0.37

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 8 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Emerson Electric Co

www.emerson.com

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Engineering & Technology Products & Services Industrial Automation Products Power Products Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Products Appliances & Tools

Emerson Electric Co. designs and supplies technology products and engineering services to a wide range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets worldwide. The company is organized into four business segments. The process management segment provides measurement and diagnostic capabilities for automated industrial processes producing items such as foods, medicines, power and fuels. As part of this segment, Emerson offers PlantWeb Digital Plant Architecture, a platform designed to open communication between industrial plant devices and, with its accompanying software, collect and analyze information concerning plant assets and processes. These capabilities give customers the ability to predict changes in equipment and process performance and the impact they can have on plant operations. The industrial automation segment provides integrated manufacturing solutions to diverse industries. Products for this group include electrical distribution devices, joining equipment and hermetic motors. The climate technologies segment provides food safety and energy efficiency through heating, air conditioning and refrigeration technology. Last, the commercial and residential solutions segment provides: tools for professionals and homeowners; residential storage systems, including freestanding, fixed and mobile storage products; and appliance solutions, including food waste disposers, ceiling fans, instant hot water dispensers and compact electric water heaters. Emerson operates approximately 205 manufacturing locations, 135 of which are located outside the U.S. In 2016, Emerson sold its network power business unit to Platinum Equity, LLC. In February 2017, it sold its Leroy-Somer and Control Techniques businesses to Nidec Corporation for $1.2 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PlantWeb Digital Plant Architecture

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David Farr, CEO Frank Dellaquila, CFO K Bell, Chief Marketing Officer Edgar Purvis, COO Steven Pelch, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Sharp, Executive VP, Divisional Michael Train, Executive VP, Divisional Sara Bosco, General Counsel Edward Monser, President Mark Bulanda, Senior VP, Divisional Richard Schlueter, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,522,000,000

2015 22,304,000,000

2014 24,537,000,000

2013 24,669,000,000

2012 24,412,000,000

2011 24,222,000,000

2,798,000,000 19.26% 3,464,000,000 1,635,000,000 2,881,000,000 447,000,000 3,090,000,000 7.46% 20.89% 0.53

3,864,000,000 17.32% 5,184,000,000 2,710,000,000 2,529,000,000 685,000,000 5,176,000,000 11.71% 29.78% 0.53

4,443,000,000 18.10% 5,715,000,000 2,147,000,000 3,692,000,000 767,000,000 4,397,000,000 8.78% 20.73% 0.35

4,304,000,000 17.44% 5,648,000,000 2,004,000,000 3,649,000,000 678,000,000 4,249,000,000 8.25% 19.19% 0.38

4,332,000,000 17.74% 5,436,000,000 1,968,000,000 3,053,000,000 665,000,000 4,179,000,000 8.25% 19.02% 0.36

4,229,000,000 17.45% 5,328,000,000 2,480,000,000 3,233,000,000 647,000,000 4,721,000,000 10.62% 24.56% 0.41

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 314 553-2000 Fax: 314 553-3527 Toll-Free: Address: 8000 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis, MO 63136 United States

Stock Ticker: EMR Employees: 103,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $740,000

Bonus: $1,700,000 Bonus: $950,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Energizer Holdings Inc

www.energizer.com

NAIC Code: 335912

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Battery Manufacturing Flashlight Manufacturing Personal Care Products

Energizer Holdings, Inc. is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of household batteries, specialty batteries and lighting products. The company organizes its business into four geographic segments: North America, comprising the U.S. and Canada; Latin America, comprising Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America; EMEA, comprising Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific, comprised of Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Energizer offers batteries using many technologies including lithium, alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel metal hydride, zinc air and silver oxide. These products are sold under the Energizer brand, such as Energizer Max, Energizer EcoAdvanced Energizer Ultimate Lithium, Energizer Recharge Universal and Energizer Recharge Power Plus. Types of batteries include primary, rechargeable, specialty and hearing aid batteries. Lighting products include headlights, lanterns, kid's lights and area lights. In additional the firm's primary brands, it markets its flashlights under the Hard Case, Dolphin and WeatherReady sub-brands. Moreover, the company licenses the Energizer and Eveready brands to companies developing consumer solutions in gaming, automotive batteries, portable power for critical devices (such as smartphones), LED light bulbs and other lighting products. The firm owns approximately 537 U.S. patents which have a range of expiration dates until December 2035, and approximately 47 U.S. pending patent applications. In addition, it owns approximately 920 foreign patents and 85 patent applications pending in foreign countries. In July 2016, the firm acquired HandStands Holding Corporation from Trivest Partners for $340 million, a manufacturer and supplier of car air fresheners, wipes, cleaning and conditioning products.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Energizer WeatherReady Hard Case Dolphin HandStands Holding Corporation Energizer Max Energizer EcoAdvanced Energizer Recharge

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Timothy Gorman, Chief Accounting Officer Mark LaVigne, COO J. Mulcahy, Director Alan Hoskins, Director Kinder Gregory, Executive VP Emily Boss, General Counsel Benjamin Angelette, Other Corporate Officer Susan Drath, Other Executive Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,634,200,000 26,600,000 228,000,000 13.95% 455,000,000 127,700,000 193,900,000 28,700,000 254,300,000 7.59%

2015 1,631,600,000 24,900,000 172,700,000 10.58% 558,600,000 -4,000,000 161,800,000 40,400,000 119,000,000 - .28% -1.20%

2014 1,840,400,000 25,300,000 268,600,000 14.59% 513,000,000 157,300,000 219,900,000 28,400,000 310,100,000 12.92% 21.51%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 2,012,200,000 29,700,000 357,100,000 17.74% 515,100,000 114,900,000 329,600,000 17,800,000 286,000,000 9.27% 15.57%

Stock Ticker: ENR Employees: 4,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 314 985-2200 Fax: 314 985-2161 Toll-Free: 800-383-7323 Address: 533 Maryville Univeristy Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141 United States Top Exec. Salary: $923,625 Second Exec. Salary: $539,438

2012 2,087,700,000 41,800,000 326,700,000 15.64% 525,900,000 187,000,000 285,300,000 38,100,000 383,300,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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EnerSys

www.enersysinc.com

NAIC Code: 335911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Battery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PowerSafe DataSafe Hawker EnerSys Ironclad Fiamm Motive Power ICS Industries Pty Ltd Enser Corporation (The)

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Schmidtlein, CFO Kerry Kane, Chief Accounting Officer Arthur Katsaros, Director Todd Sechrist, Executive VP Holger Aschke, President, Divisional Jeffrey Long, President, Geographical David Shaffer, President

EnerSys is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries such as chargers, power equipment and battery accessories. Additionally, the firm provides after-market and customer-support services for industrial batteries. The company markets and sells its products globally to over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries through a network of distributors, independent representatives and its internal sales force. Its customers are in markets such as telecom, uninterruptible power systems (UPS), emergency lighting and premium starting, lighting and ignition applications. EnerSys has two primary industrial battery product lines: reserve power products and motive power products. Reserve power products are used for backup power for the continuous operation of applications in telecommunications systems, UPS applications for computer and computer-controlled systems and other specialty power applications, including security systems for premium starting, lighting and ignition applications; in switchgear and electrical control systems used in electric utilities; and in commercial aircraft and military aircraft, submarines, ships and tactical vehicles. The firm's products are marketed and sold under the PowerSafe, DataSafe, Hawker, Genesis, Odyssey and Cyclon brand names. Motive power products are used to provide power for manufacturing, warehousing and other material handling equipment, primarily electric industrial forklift trucks, mining equipment and for diesel locomotive starting, rail car lighting and rail signaling equipment. Its motive power batteries are marketed and sold under the Hawker, EnerSys, Ironclad, General Battery, Fiamm Motive Power, Uranio, Oldham and Express brand names. In addition, EnerSys also manufactures and sells related direct current (DC) power products such as chargers, electronic power equipment and battery accessories. The company operates and manages its business in three geographic regions of the world: Americas, Europe and Asia. In 2016, the firm acquired ICS Industries Pty. Ltd., a full line shelter designer and manufacturer; and The Enser Corporation, a manufacturer of molten salt thermal batteries.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,316,249,000

2015 2,505,512,000

2014 2,474,433,000

2013 2,277,559,000

2012 2,283,369,000

209,999,000 9.06% 352,767,000 136,150,000 307,571,000 55,880,000 260,274,000 6.22% 13.26% 0.59

263,381,000 10.51% 342,148,000 181,188,000 194,471,000 63,625,000 326,023,000 8.07% 15.85% 0.47

194,510,000 7.86% 402,605,000 150,328,000 193,621,000 61,995,000 234,824,000 6.97% 12.44% 0.23

249,868,000 10.97% 312,324,000 166,508,000 244,400,000 55,286,000 299,454,000 8.52% 15.12% 0.13

210,811,000 9.23% 297,806,000 144,003,000 204,196,000 48,943,000 258,103,000 7.68% 14.35% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 610 208-1991 Fax: 610 372-8628 Toll-Free: Address: 2366 Bernville Rd., Reading, PA 19605 United States

Stock Ticker: ENS Employees: 9,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $490,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Essar Group Limited

www.essar.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Production Oil & Gas Electric Generation Logistics & Shipping Investments Construction Communications Investments Trucking

Essar Group Ltd., based in Mumbai, is a multinational conglomerate active in the metals & mining, energy, infrastructure and services sectors. Essar Global Fund Limited is a global investor that controls the company's world-class assets, with a portfolio of $27 billion. Essar Steel is an integrated flat carbon steel manufacturer with an annual production capability of 10 million tons. The division's operations comprise iron ore beneficiation, pellet making, iron making and steel making, as well as downstream facilities, including a cold rolling mill, a galvanizing and pre-coated facility, a steel-processing facility, an extra-wide plate mill and three pipe mills with coating facilities. Essar Energy consists of Essar Oil and Essar Power. Essar Oil is a fully-integrated oil and gas company with a strong presence across the hydrocarbon value chain from exploration and production to refining and oil retail. This division owns one of the world's most complex and among India's largest single site refineries in Vadinar, Gujarat, which has a capacity of 20 million tons. Its portfolio of onshore and offshore oil and gas blocks comprises about 1.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent in reserves and resources. In the U.K., Essar Oil owns and operates the 14million-ton Stanlow Refinery near Liverpool, which produces 3 billion liters of petrol, 4.4 billion liters of diesel and 2 billion liters of jet fuel per year. Essar Power operates power plants with a combined generation capacity of 6,100 megawatts (MW), most of which is coal-based. Essar Projects is a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company that provides end-to-end project development and delivery model for mega projects. Essar Ports is one of the largest port companies in India, with a current capacity of 140 million tons, with plans to expand to 194 million tons over the next few years. Essar Shipping operates a diversified fleet of 14 vessels, including VLCCs, capsize, mini-capesize, supramax, mini-bulk carriers and tugs.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Essar Global Fund Limited Essar Steel Essar Energy Essar Oil Essar Power Essar Projects Essar Ports Essar Shipping

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Prashant Ruia, CEO V. Ashok, CFO Vikash Saraf, Dir.-Strategy & Planning Sunil Bajaj, Head-Corp. Rel. Group Dilip Oommen, CEO-Steel Bus. Group Lalit Kumar Gupta, Managing Dir. Alwyn Bowden, CEO-Project Bus. Group Sushil Maroo, CEO-Energy Group Shashi Ruia, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 27,000,000,000

2015 28,000,000,000

2014 32,208,207,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 26,000,000,000

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 60,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91-22-5001-1100 Fax: 91-22-6660-1809 Toll-Free: Address: Essar House, 11 Kesharao Khadye Marg, Mumbai, 400 034 India Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 17,000,000,000

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Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The)

www.elcompanies.com

NAIC Code: 325620

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cosmetics Cosmetic & Fragrance Sales Retail Cosmetics Stores Hair Care Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aveda La Mer Clinique Estee Lauder Bobbie Brown Aramis Becca Cosmetics Too Faced

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Fabrizio Freda, CEO John Demsey, President, Divisional Tracey Travis, CFO Leonard Lauder, Chairman Emeritus William Lauder, Chairman of the Board Ronald Lauder, Chairman, Divisional Michael OHare, Executive VP, Divisional Carl Haney, Executive VP, Divisional Gregory Polcer, Executive VP, Divisional Alexandra Trower, Executive VP, Divisional Sara Moss, Executive VP Spencer Smul, Other Corporate Officer Cedric Prouve, President, Divisional

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. is a global manufacturer and marketer of skin care, cosmetic, fragrance and hair care products. The company's products are sold in over 150 countries and territories under brand names such as Estee Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Origins, M.A.C., Bobbi Brown, La Mer and Aveda. The firm is also the global licensee for fragrances and cosmetics sold under the Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Tom Ford, Tory Burch and Coach brand names. Estee Lauder sells its products principally through 46,000 points of sale, including upscale department stores, specialty retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies and prestige salons and spas as well as freestanding company-owned stores and spas, authorized retailer web sites, stores on cruise ships, television direct marketing, in-flight and duty-free shops and self-select outlets. The founding Lauder family still controls 86.7% of the company's voting shares. The firm operates on a global basis, with over half of its sales generated outside the U.S. Skin care products currently account for roughly 39% of the company's sales; makeup products, 42%; fragrance products, 13%; and hair care items, 5%. In December 2016, the company acquired Becca Cosmetics, a prestige makeup brand, offering innovative color and complexion products that complement a wide range of skin tones, for $235 million; and Too Faced Cosmetics, a high-quality, cruelty-free cosmetics company with a large millennial following, for $1.45 billion.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,262,300,000

2015 10,780,400,000

2014 10,968,800,000

2013 10,181,700,000

2012 9,713,601,000

2011 8,810,000,000

1,610,300,000 14.29% 7,337,800,000 1,114,600,000 1,788,700,000 525,300,000 2,040,600,000 12.76% 30.89% 0.53

1,606,300,000 14.90% 7,073,500,000 1,088,900,000 1,943,300,000 473,000,000 2,029,900,000 13.51% 29.04% 0.44

1,827,600,000 16.66% 6,985,900,000 1,204,100,000 1,535,200,000 510,200,000 2,212,200,000 16.03% 33.71% 0.34

1,526,000,000 14.98% 6,597,000,000 1,019,800,000 1,226,300,000 461,000,000 1,886,000,000 14.84% 33.87% 0.40

1,311,700,000 13.50% 6,324,800,000 856,900,000 1,126,700,000 420,700,000 1,618,000,000 13.31% 31.95% 0.39

1,089,400,000 12.36% 5,696,700,000 700,800,000 1,027,000,000 351,000,000 1,383,800,000 12.07% 30.61% 0.41

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 212 572-4200 Fax: 212 572-3941 Toll-Free: Address: 767 5th Ave., New York, NY 10153 United States

Stock Ticker: EL Employees: 44,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,900,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,500,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Evonik Industries AG

www.evonik.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemicals Industrial Engineering Electricity Generation Real Estate Renewable Energy-Biomass Paints and Coatings

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH Evonik Performance Materials GmbH Evonik Technology & Infrastructure GmbH RAG Foundation Gabriel Acquisitions GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Klaus Engel, CEO Ralph Sven Kaufmann, COO Ute Wolf, CFO Thomas Wessel, Chief Human Resources Officer

Evonik Industries AG is an international industrial group with plants in 25 countries and activities in more than 100 countries worldwide. The firm operates through three primary operating subsidiaries: Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH and Evonik Performance Materials GmbH. Evonik Nutrition & Care's product lines involve animal nutrition, health care, baby care, personal care, household care, rigid and flexible foams for comfort and insulation purposes, as well as oleochemical and silicone based specialties to industrial markets. Evonik Resource Efficiency specializes in chemicals for industrial applications, including energy-efficient systems for the automotive, paints and coatings, adhesives, construction and other industries. Business lines in this segment include active oxygens, catalysts, coating additives, coating and adhesive resins, crosslinkers, high performance polymers, oil additives, silanes and silica. Evonik Performance Materials is comprised of intermediates, agrochemicals and polymer additives, functional solutions, acrylic monomers and acrylic polymers. This segment's high-volume intermediates and solutions allow its customers to make plastics, biofuels and agrochemicals. Additionally, Evonik Technology & Infrastructure GmbH provides customers from the chemical industry the backing needed to be free to perform their core businesses. Its business lines include utilities, waste management, technical service, process technology and engineering, logistics and site management. Evonik Industries is headquartered in Germany, is 67.9%-owned by RAG Foundation; 14 % by Gabriel Acquisitions GmbH; and 18.1% free float. In March 2017, the firm announced plans to form a joint venture with Koninklijke DSM NV to produce omega-3 fatty acid products from natural marine algae for animal nutrition, a breakthrough innovation. That same month, Evonik agreed to acquire Dr. Straetmans GmbH of Hamburg, Germany, which specializes in developing and marketing alternative preservatives for the cosmetic industry.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,270,340,000 490,921,300 1,454,831,000 10.19% 2,466,936,000 945,976,300 1,970,410,000 1,062,542,000 2,169,917,000 4.60% 11.14% 0.42

2015 15,138,980,000 486,438,000 1,615,109,000 10.66% 2,398,565,000 1,110,738,000 2,209,146,000 1,026,676,000 2,612,643,000 6.06% 14.23% 0.18

2014 14,477,700,000 462,900,700 943,734,600 6.51% 2,118,359,000 636,628,500 1,194,799,000 1,227,303,000 1,678,996,000 3.59% 8.60% 0.09

2013 14,429,500,000 441,605,000 937,009,700 6.49% 2,157,588,000 2,302,174,000 1,213,853,000 1,208,249,000 1,643,129,000 12.61% 30.45% 0.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-201-177-01 Fax: 49-201-177-3475 Toll-Free: Address: Rellinghauser Strasse 1-11, Essen, 45128 Germany

Stock Ticker: EVKIF Employees: 34,351 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 15,275,720,000 440,484,200 1,806,770,000 11.82% 2,117,238,000 1,304,640,000 1,591,571,000 1,144,362,000 2,703,430,000 6.92% 18.33% 0.20

2011 16,296,800,000 409,101,100 1,729,433,000 10.61% 2,135,171,000 1,133,154,000 1,467,160,000 991,930,000 3,092,356,000 5.39% 17.80%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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EVRAZ plc

www.evraz.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

EVRAZ plc is a U.K.-based, vertically-integrated steel, mining and vanadium company. The firm divides its business into five segments: steel, iron ore, coal, vanadium and sales, services and logistics. The steel segment produces steel and rolled sheet through facilities located in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Italy, Czech Republic, South Africa, the U.S. and Canada. The iron ore segment comprises two subsidiaries: Evrazruda, which owns and operates several ore mining and ore enrichment enterprises in the Kemerovo Region, with a 2016-production of nearly 5 million tons of concentrate; and EVRAZ KGOK, an ore mining enterprise in Russia, with an annual output of approximately 60 million tons of iron ore. The coal segment is comprised of four subsidiaries: Yuzhkuzbassugol, a leading producer of coking coal; Raspadskaya, an integrated coal mining and enrichment complex comprising three underground mines, one open-pit mine, one underground mine under construction and a coal enrichment plant; EVRAZ Yuzhkoks, a manufacturer of metallurgical coke for further sale to steel producers; and Mezhegeyugol, of which EVRAZ holds the license to develop two sections of Ulug-Kehm coal basin with an aggregate deposit amounting to 862 million tons of Zh-grade coal. The vanadium segment is comprised of three subsidiaries: EVRAZ Vanady Tula, which processes vanadium slag; EVRAZ Stratcor, which has facilities in Hot Springs, Arizona that produce up to 12 million pounds of pure vanadium oxide per year; and EVRAZ Nikom, which converts vanadium oxide into ferrovanadium. Last, the sales, services and logistics segment comprises: Trading Company Evraz Holding, LLC, a supplier of bar sections, coal and coke products; EVRAZ Metall Inprom, a Russian steel trader; and East Metals AG, a Swissbased EVRAZ trading company. In May 2017, the firm sold its joint stock company EVRAZ Nokhodha Trade Sea Port to Lanebrook Limited.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Evrazruda EVRAZ KGOK Yuzhkuzbassugol EVRAZ Yuzkoks EVRAZ Vanady Tula EVRAZ Stratcor EVRAZ Nikom Trading Company Evraz Holding LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alexandre Frolov, CEO Nikolay Ivanov, CFO Natalia Ionova, VP-Human Resources Artem Natrusov, VP-IT Yury Stepin, VP-Admin. Elena Zhavoronkova, VP-Legal Affairs Alexander Kuznetsov, VP-Operational Planning Alexander Kuznetsov, VP-Strategic Dev. Vsevolod Sementsov, VP-Corp. Comm. Grigory Botvinovskiy, VP-Raw Materials Sales Marat Atnashev, Head-Iron Ore Div. Ilya Shirokobrod, Head-Railway Products Div. Sergey Stepanov, Head-Coal Div. Pavel Tatyanin, Head-Intl Bus. Yury Pavlov, VP-Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,713,000,000

2015 8,767,000,000

2014 13,061,000,000

2013 14,411,000,000

2012 14,726,000,000

2011 16,400,000,000

463,000,000 6.00% 1,115,000,000 -215,000,000 1,503,000,000 382,000,000 873,000,000 -2.34% -68.58% 11.21

-24,000,000 - .27% 1,297,000,000 -644,000,000 1,622,000,000 423,000,000 308,000,000 -6.20% -66.59% 43.05

-101,000,000 - .77% 1,782,000,000 -1,175,000,000 1,957,000,000 612,000,000 267,000,000 -8.01% -34.53% 3.04

19,000,000 .13% 2,110,000,000 -522,000,000 1,900,000,000 902,000,000 1,056,000,000 -2.94% -10.25% 1.20

243,000,000 1.65% 2,122,000,000 -308,000,000 2,143,000,000 1,261,000,000 1,772,000,000 -1.77% -5.74% 1.23

1,860,000,000 11.34% 1,154,000,000 461,000,400 2,587,999,000 1,281,000,000 2,680,000,000 2.67% 8.20% 1.19

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44-207-832-8990 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 5/Fl., 6 St. Andrew St., London, EC4A 3AE United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: EVRZF Employees: 77,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $2,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $2,038,870 Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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ExxonMobil Chemical

www.exxonmobilchemical.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Plastics & Rubber Manufacturing Petrochemicals Catalyst Technology Polypropylene

ExxonMobil Chemical, a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation, is a global leader in the petrochemicals industry. The firm applies proprietary technology to create products that improve the quality of life for people worldwide. Its products and services are divided into three units: polymers, chemicals and fluids, and technology licensing and catalysts. These units produce sustainable solutions in relation to olefins, aromatics, fluids, synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, plasticizers, synthetic lubricant base-stocks, additives for fuels and lubricants, and zeolite catalysts. These products span a variety of markets, but most can be grouped into the following areas: automotive, packaging, construction/industrial and personal care. ExxonMobile Chemical's technology division focuses on developing new products with environmentallypreferred characteristics, including tire innerliners made with Exxcore, a vulcanized allow resin that holds air longer; and Enable metallocene polyethylene chemicals, which significantly reduces waste and energy consumption across a wide range of film applications. Technologies are available for licensing through ExxonMobile Chemical Technology Licensing, LLC. Joint venture Univation Technologies, LLC (with Dow Chemical) licenses and supplies catalysts and services to polyethylene producers; and joint venture Badger Licensing, LLC (with Technip) offers licensing for premier alkylation technologies. In February 2017, the firm expanded its tire testing capabilities at its Shanghai technology center, with a new inflation pressure loss rate test room that evaluates a tire's air pressure loss rate over time.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Exxon Mobil Corporation ExxonMobile Chemical Technology Licensing LLC Univation Technologies LLC Badger Licensing LLC Exxcore Enable

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Rex W. Tillerson, CEO Neil A. Chapman, Pres. Sherman J. Glass Jr., Pres., ExxonMobil Refining & Amp Donald D. Humphreys, Sr. VP Rex W. Tillerson, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,000,000,000

2015 24,000,000,000

2014 24,235,000,000

2013 24,063,000,000

2012 24,159,000,000

2011 25,006,000,000

4,600,000,000

4,418,000,000

4,315,000,000

3,828,000,000

3,900,000,000

4,383,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 281-870-6000 Fax: 281-870-6661 Toll-Free: Address: 22777 Springwoods Village Pkwy., Spring, TX 77389-1425 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 18,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Exxon Mobil Corporation (EXXONMOBIL)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Fanuc Corporation

www.fanuc.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool Manufacturing Robotics Factory Automation

Fanuc Corporation is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacturing of factory automation and robots. The firm manages 14 separate factories which build electronics, servo motors and spindle motorsy, turning equipment, press equipment, die-cast equipment, sheet metal, robots, lasers, paint, sensors, machine parts, roboshots/robocuts, injection molding machines and a mill. Fanuc manufactures four tools for factory automation: the ROBODRILL, ROBOSHOT, ROBOCUT and ROBONANO. The ROBODRILL is a highlyaccurate cutting machine available in several formats such as space saver, wide stroke and high-power. The ROBOSHOT is a rigid and low-friction electrical injection molding device intended for precision molding. It comes in three models which vary by clamp tonnage (50-ton class, 100-ton class and 150ton class). The ROBOCUT, available in two varying sizes, is a wire-cut discharge machine for skim cutting and auto wire feeding. Last, the ROBONANO provides nanoscopic precision to mass production, biotechnology and medical industries. The firm's FANUC Robot i series of robots include the GenkotsuRobot, which simulates the human hand; the bin-picking robot for sorting and organization; the super heavy payload robot, which can handle weights up to 1.35 tons; and the learning robot, which is capable of recognizing quick motion. Fanuc is headquartered in Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The company has a presence overseas in Europe and the Americas, including operating subsidiaries FANUC Europe Corporation SA, which provides sales and service in Europe and abroad; and FANUC America Corporation, which is responsible for operations in North and South America.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ROBODRILL ROBOSHOT ROBOCUT ROBONANO FANUC Robot i Genkotsu-Robot FANUC Europe Corporation SA FANUC America Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yoshiharu Inaba, CEO Kenji Yamaguchi, Pres. Yoshihiro Gonda, CFO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,618,707,000

2015 6,577,140,000

2014 4,064,531,000

2013 4,491,907,000

2012 4,853,290,000

2011 4,021,495,000

1,942,850,000 34.57%

2,684,347,000 40.81%

1,479,298,000 36.39%

1,665,744,000 37.08%

1,999,333,000 41.19%

1,710,231,000 42.52%

1,439,335,000 1,267,489,000 919,372,000 2,133,073,000 10.22% 11.79%

1,882,329,000 2,009,049,000 193,116,000 2,879,788,000 14.04% 16.13%

1,005,029,000 1,131,631,000 149,818,800 1,645,078,000 8.65% 9.71%

1,090,443,000 1,431,656,000 400,571,400 1,826,775,000 10.25% 11.63%

1,256,755,000 1,299,845,000 396,191,200 2,138,724,000 12.95% 14.83%

1,088,866,000 1,102,601,000 63,720,100 1,830,290,000 12.61% 14.13%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 555845555 Fax: 81 555845512 Toll-Free: Address: 3580 Furubaba, Shibokusa Oshinomura, Minamitsuru-gun, 401-0597 Japan

Stock Ticker: FANUY Employees: 4,914 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Faurecia SA

www.faurecia.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Part Manufacturing Vehicle Component Modules Vehicle Seats Vehicle Doors Exhaust Systems Front End Modules Acoustic Engineering & Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Amminex

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Patrick Koller, CEO Eelco Spoelder, Exec. VP-Oper. Michel Favre, CFO Jean-Pierre Sounillac, Exec. VP-Human Resources Frank Imbert, Exec. VP Herve Guyot, Exec. VP-Group Strategy Kate Phillips, Exec. VP-Group Comm. Herve Guyot, Exec. VP-Automotive Exteriors Christophe Schmitt, Exec. VP-Emission Control Tech. Patrick Koller, Exec. VP-Automotive Seating Jean-Michel Renaude, Exec. VP-Interior Systems Yann Delabriere, Chmn.

Faurecia SA, headquartered in France, is a global supplier of vehicle equipment. The firm has approximately 330 production facilities and 30 research and development centers in 34 countries throughout Western Europe, Central Europe, North America, South America and Asia. It divides its design and assembly operations into three business groups: seating, interiors and clean mobility. The seating group produces the full line of components that go into automotive seating: frames, mechanisms, mechatronics, foam pads, trim covers, accessories and electronic/pneumatic systems. Faurecia develops state-of-the-art technologies for the best seat performance, including mechanisms, cover technology, comfort systems and integrated safety. It also assembles complete seats, both front and rear, for just-in-time delivery to its customers' plants. The interiors group develops, produces and supplies: instrument panels and center consoles, cockpits, door panels and modules, acoustic products and modules, and decorative components. Faurecia is currently developing and integrating renewable, bio-based materials as part of a longterm campaign to produce lighter components. One of its technologies combines natural hemp fibers with a polypropylene resin to yield a 25% weight reduction over glassreinforced polypropylene. Last, the clean mobility group contributes to the reduction of pollutant emissions by supplying carmakers with solutions in emissions control, as well as acoustic treatment, weight reduction and energy heat recovery. Its selective catalytic reduction systems curb nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel engines, eliminating up to 95% of engine NOx emissions; and its exhaust heat recovery system can capture up to 75% of the energy typically lost as heat when warming the cabin and engine. In December 2016, the firm increased its stake in Danish company, Amminex, to 91.5%. Amminex has developed an ammonia storage and delivery system which has demonstrated its efficiency to nearly eliminate nitrogen oxide pollutants from diesel engines.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,971,190,000 324,478,800 1,087,424,000 5.18% 746,693,600 714,862,100 1,453,374,000 1,171,150,000 1,837,368,000 6.28% 23.88% 0.54

2015 21,038,330,000 312,037,700 930,284,700 4.42% 714,189,600 416,722,700 1,400,135,000 1,044,161,000 1,616,005,000 3.94% 18.07% 0.40

2014 21,103,900,000 263,954,300 754,651,400 3.57% 726,630,800 185,720,700 1,162,744,000 944,407,100 1,377,382,000 1.90% 10.29% 0.59

2013 20,206,900,000 284,689,500 603,340,100 2.98% 672,719,100 98,184,260 1,039,453,000 882,761,700 1,199,619,000 1.06% 6.24% 0.86

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 172367000 Fax: 33 172367007 Toll-Free: Address: 2 rue Hennape, Nanterre, 92000 France

Stock Ticker: FURCF Employees: 98,608 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 19,462,570,000 268,549,700 575,767,700 2.95% 638,758,100 159,493,400 303,183,100 923,559,700 1,041,807,000 1.85% 11.57%

2011 18,146,380,000 249,159,400 729,544,900 4.02% 572,293,200 463,237,000 813,158,500 505,940,400 1,245,909,000 5.40% 37.80%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works)www.faw.com NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Parts Manufacturing Truck Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: First Automotive Works FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd FAW Assets Operation and Management Co Ltd FAW Jilin Automobile Co Ltd FAW Group Import and Export Corporation FAW Foundry Co Ltd FAW Tool and Die Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Xianping Xu, Pres. Tieqi Teng, Chief Acct. Xianping Xu, Chmn.

FAW Group Corporation is a state-owned Chinese vehicle manufacturer. Founded in 1953 as First Automotive Works, it became one of the first vehicle producers in China, starting with the 1956 rollout of Jiefang trucks and the 1958 launch of Hongqi cars. FAW has sold nearly 20 million vehicles worldwide, with product including light-, medium- and heavyduty trucks; automobiles; municipal buses; luxury tourist coaches; custom bus chassis; and mini-vehicles. Headquartered in Changchun, Jilin Province, the firm's domestic production facilities, subsidiaries and engineering development/test centers are located in 18 locations throughout China. Manufacturing plants are located in Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, as well as in the municipality of Tianjin. Wholly-owned subsidiaries include FAW Jiefang Truck Co. Ltd.; FAW Bus and Coach Co. Ltd.; FAW Assets Operation and Management Co. Ltd.; FAW Jilin Automobile Co. Ltd.; FAW Group Import and Export Corporation; FAW Foundry Co. Ltd.; FAW Tool and Die Co. Ltd.; and MMI Planning & Engineering Group.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 62,852,000,000

2015 80,194,000,000

2014 80,194,500,000

2013 68,500,000,000

2012 64,886,000,000

2011 57,003,000,000

3,253,000,000

4,248,000,000

3,000,000,000

2,285,816,000

2,622,000,000

2,297,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-431-8590-0715 Fax: 86-431-8761-4780 Toll-Free: Address: Dongfeng St., No. 3025, Changchun, 130011 China

Stock Ticker: Government-Owned Employees: 132,083 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends:

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FCA US LLC

www.fcanorthamerica.com/company/AboutUs/Pages/AboutUs.aspx

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Research & Development Nanotechnology-Coatings Light Truck Manufacturing Financial Services

FCA US LLC, also known as Chrysler, is a North American automaker headquartered in Michigan. It is a member of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV family of companies. FCA US designs, engineers, manufactures and sells vehicles under the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Fiat brands, as well as the street and racing technology (SRT) performance vehicle designation. The company also distributes the Alfa Romeo model and Mopar products. FCA is one of the largest automakers in the world based on total annual vehicle sales, shipping 2.6 million vehicles in 2016 from its 37 worldwide manufacturing sites. Recent vehicle models feature AppleCarPlay and Android Auto, providing a safer way to use a smartphone inside a car. Its fourth-generation Uconnect system brings interactive ability to the in-car radio and telemetric-like controls to car settings. Other concepts FCA is exploring for future Uconnect models include predictive technology that monitors the driver's daily habits; Vehicle-to-X communication, enabling vehicles to communicate with each other and the roadside; and privacy mode, which detects when a passenger is present in the vehicle. FCA's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica and Pacifica Hybrid models have been re-engineered from the ground up on an all-new platform for class-leading ride, handling and noise, vibration and harshness, and boast 115 minivan innovations. The hybrid offers up to 80 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) in city driving. The firm maintains 12 regional business centers, 23 parts distribution centers and eight training and test facilities. The firm offers employees medical, prescription, vision and dental coverage; life insurance; discounted auto and home insurance; discount new vehicle purchase programs; and educational and personal development programs.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Chrysler Jeep Alfa Romeo Mopar Uconnect AppleCarPlay Vehicle-to-X

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Sergio Marchionne, CEO Richard K. Palmer, CFO Ralph V. Gilles, Sr. VP-Prod. Design Mark M. Chernoby, Sr. VP-Eng. Mauro Pino, Sr. VP-Mfg. & World Class Mfg. Peter Grady, VP-Network Dev. & Fleet Marjorie Loeb, General Counsel Barbara J. Pilarski, VP-Bus. Dev. Gualberto Ranieri, Sr. VP-Comm. Laurie A. Macaddino, VP-Audit Doug D. Betts, Sr. VP-Quality Alistair Gardner, Pres. Reid Bigland, Head-U.S. Sales Sergio Marchionne, Chmn. Steven G. Beahm, Sr. VP-Supply Chain Mgmt.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,000,000,000

2015 11,676,910,000

2014 10,913,000,000

2013 72,140,000,000

2012 65,800,000,000

2011 55,000,000,000

1,985,015,213

1,747,498,195

1,587,005,793

2,760,000,000

1,700,000,000

183,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 248-576-5741 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-992-1997 Address: 1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2766 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 83,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Federal-Mogul Corporation

www.federalmogul.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aftermarket Products & Services Powertrain Products Sealing Systems Vehicle Safety & Performance Products

Federal-Mogul Corporation is a supplier of vehicle and industrial products for fuel economy, alternative energies, environment and safety systems. The company operates two divisions: powertrain, which accounted for 57% of annual sales; and motorparts, 43%. Powertrain focuses on original equipment (OE) products for automotive, heavy duty and industrial applications. This segment offers its customers a diverse array of market-leading products for OE applications, including pistons, piston rings, piston pins, cylinder liners, valve seats & guides, ignition products, dynamic seals, bonded piston seals, combustion & exhaust gaskets, static gaskets & seals, rigid heat shields, engine bearings, industrial bearings, brushings & washers, plus element resistant systems protection sleeving products, acoustic shielding and flexible heat shields. The motorparts segment sells and distributes a broad portfolio of products manufactured by Powertrain. Motorparts' products include brake disc pads, brake linings, brake linings, brake blocks, brake system components, chassis products, wipers and other product lines to OE and aftermarket customers. Federal-Mogul maintains manufacturing facilities and distribution centers in 24 countries. In December 2016, the firm acquired IEH BA, LLC (known as Beck Arnley), a provider of original equipment quality parts and fluids for foreign nameplate vehicles in North America; and agreed to sell certain assets and liabilities related to its wipers business in the motorparts segment. The firm offers employees medical, dental, prescription drug, vision and hearing insurance; flexible spending accounts; life and AD&D insurance; disability coverage; a 401(k) plan; tuition assistance; and a pension plan.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: IEH BA LLC (Beck Arnley)

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michelle Taigman, Assistant Secretary Rainer Jueckstock, CEO, Divisional Daniel Ninivaggi, CEO, Subsidiary Martin Hendricks, President, Divisional Scott Pepin, Senior VP, Divisional Jerome Rouquet, Senior VP John Patouhas, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 7,418,999,808

2014 7,317,000,192

2013 6,785,999,872

2012 6,664,000,000

2011 6,910,000,128

-110,000,000

-168,000,000

41,000,000

-117,000,000

-90,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 248 354-7700 Fax: 248 354-8950 Toll-Free: Address: 27300 West 11 Mile road, Southfield, MI 48034 United States

Stock Ticker: FDML Employees: 53,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Ferrero SpA

www.ferrero.com

NAIC Code: 311351

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Candies Mints Juice Drinks Snacks Bakery Items Confectionaries

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tic-Tac Kinder Eggs Nutella Ferrero Rocher Mon Cheri Esta THE Ferrero International SA Ferrero de Mexico SA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Giovanni Ferrero, CEO

Ferrero SpA is one of the world's leading producers of chocolate and other confections. The Ferrero group manufactures and sells its products through its 74 subsidiaries and 20 productions facilities located in Italy and throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company divides its products into five groups: Kinder, Ferrero, creme, sugar confectionary and drinks. The Kinder brand products include its popular Kinder Eggs that come in Surprise, Schoko-Bons and Joy varieties. Other Kinder brand products include snack bars, chilled milk-based products and baked goods. The company's Ferrero product group includes pralines, snacks and bakery items. Within the pralines subgroup, the company produces the well-known Ferrero Rocher and Mon Cheri confections as well as other chocolate products like Raffaello and Pocket Coffee. Its creme division consists solely of different Nutella products such as Nutella and Nutella & Go!. Ferrero's sugar confectionary products consist primarily of the Tic-Tac brand breath mints that come in a variety of flavors and Tic-Tac Chill. The firm's products under the drinks group consist of the various flavors of the Esta THE juice brand, including verde, limone, pesca and deteinato. Additionally, Ferrero's Palm Oil Charter invests in segregated certified palm oil in order to gain knowledge and assurance of the palm oil it buys from suppliers. As a result, all of the firm's products contain palm oil that is 100% segregated RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified. Among the company's principle subsidiaries are Ferrero Ardennes SA, Ferrero Canada Ltd., Ferrero de Mexico SA, Ferrero Iberica SA and Ferrero International SA.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,100,000,000

2015 10,662,892,347

2014 9,057,560,444

1,006,224,150

997,864,229

977,850,694

2013 10,641,442,570

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 39-011-815-2111 Fax: 39-011-840-470 Toll-Free: Address: Via Maria Cristina, 47, Torino, 10025 Italy

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 29,206 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 10,439,860,000

2011 10,442,800,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 08/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Flex Ltd

www.flextronics.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Engineering, Design & Testing Services Logistics Services Camera Modules Medical Devices LCD Displays Original Design Manufacturing (ODM)

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michael McNamara, CEO Francois Barbier, Pres. Christopher Collier, CFO Michael Mendenhall, CMO Paul Baldassari, Chief Human Resources Officer Mark Kemp, Pres., Medical Mike Dennison, Pres-Consumer Technologies Erik Volkerink, CTO Christopher Obey, Pres., Automotive Christopher Cook, Pres., Power Solutions Jeannine Sargent, Pres., Energy Jonathan Hoak, General Counsel Francois Barbier, Pres., Global Oper. & Components David Mark, Chief Strategy Officer Renee Brotherton, VP-Corp. Comm. Christopher Collier, Chief Accounting Officer Paul Humphries, Pres., High Reliability Solutions Caroline Dowling, Pres., Integrated Network Solutions Doug Britt, Pres., Industrial & Emerging Solutions Mike Dennison, Pres., High Velocity Solutions H. Raymond Bingham, Chmn. Tom Linton, Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer

Flex Ltd. is a provider of innovative design, engineering, manufacturing and supply chain services and solutions that span from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. The company offers packaged consumer electronics and industrial products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through its four business segments: high reliability solutions (HRS), consumer technologies group (CTG), industrial and emerging industries (IEI) and communications and enterprise compute (CEC). HRS is comprised of Flex's medical business, including consumer health, digital health, disposables, drug delivery, diagnostics, life sciences and imaging equipment; automotive business, including vehicle electronics, connectivity and clean technologies; and defense and aerospace businesses, which focus on commercial aviation, defense and military. CTG includes Flex's mobile devices, consumer electronics and connectivity devices. IEI is comprised of semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, household industrial and lifestyle, industrial automation and kiosks, energy and metering and lighting. Last, CEC includes radio access base stations, remote radio heads and small cells for wireless infrastructure; optical, routing, broadcasting and switching products for the data and video networks; server and storage platforms for both enterprise and cloud-based deployments; next generation storage and security appliance products; and rack level solutions, converged infrastructure and software-defined product solutions. Flex is headquartered in Singapore, with locations established throughout the U.S., South America, Europe, the U.K., India, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea, Israel, China and more.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,418,890,000

2015 26,147,920,000

2014 26,108,610,000

2013 23,569,480,000

2012 29,387,660,000

587,206,000 2.40% 954,890,000 444,081,000 1,136,445,000 510,634,000 1,102,573,000 3.69% 18.00% 1.05

668,832,000 2.55% 844,473,000 600,801,000 794,034,000 347,413,000 1,209,322,000 4.97% 26.56% 0.86

519,870,000 1.99% 874,796,000 365,594,000 1,216,460,000 609,643,000 984,413,000 3.16% 16.58% 0.95

319,884,000 1.35% 805,235,000 277,051,000 1,115,430,000 488,993,000 886,241,000 2.56% 12.22% 0.73

580,809,000 1.97% 880,636,000 488,765,000 804,268,000 437,191,000 1,157,284,000 4.31% 21.34% 0.94

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 65 6890-7188 Fax: 65 6543-1888 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore, 486123 Singapore

Stock Ticker: FLEX Employees: 200,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $695,000

Bonus: $481,055 Bonus: $167,550

2011

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Flowserve Corporation

www.flowserve.com

NAIC Code: 333913

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pump, Valve & Seal Manufacturing Aftermarket Servicing, Installation and Retrofitting

Flowserve Corporation is a world leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems in the fluid motion and control industry. The company develops and produces precision-engineered flow control equipment integral to the movement, control and protection of the flow of materials in critical processes in the chemical, power generation, water management and oil and gas industries. Flowserve conducts its business through three segments: the engineered product division (EPD), the industrial product division (IPD) and the flow control division (FCD). EPD designs, manufactures, distributes and services engineers' different pumps and pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems, replacement parts and related equipment. Some of the brands in this segment are BW Seals, GASPAC, Pac-Seal and Durametallic. IPD designs, manufactures, distributes and services pre-configured pumps and pump systems, including submersible motors for industrial markets. It also provides aftermarket products and services for its flow control systems, including advanced diagnostics, repair, installation, commissioning, retrofit programs and field machining capabilities. Products are sold under brand names Durco, Pacific, Aldrich and Innomag among others. FCD designs, manufactures, distributes and services industrial valves and automation solutions, including isolation and control valves, actuation, controls and related equipment. It also offers energy management products such as steam traps and condensate recovery systems. Brands in the FCD segment include Gestra, Norbro, Automax and Limitorque. The company offers employees benefits including medical, dental, vision, AD&D, life and short- and long-term disability insurance; employee assistance programs; flexible spending accounts; financial planning assistance; a cash balance retirement plan; and

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BW Seals GASPAC Pac-Seal Durco Aldrich Innomag Gestra Limitorque

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. R. Rowe, CEO John Roueche, CFO William Rusnack, Director Carey OConnor, General Counsel Dave Stephens, Other Executive Officer Keith Gillespie, Other Executive Officer Kirk Wilson, President, Divisional John Lenander, President, Divisional Kim Jackson, President, Divisional Thomas Pajonas, President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,991,462,000

2015 4,561,030,000

2014 4,877,885,000

2013 4,954,619,000

2012 4,751,339,000

2011 4,510,201,000

277,455,000 6.95% 965,322,000 145,060,000 227,594,000 89,699,000 400,312,000 2.94% 8.75% 0.90

525,568,000 11.52% 971,611,000 267,669,000 417,092,000 181,861,000 614,553,000 5.31% 14.87% 0.94

789,832,000 16.19% 936,900,000 518,824,000 570,962,000 132,619,000 903,789,000 10.37% 27.29% 0.57

760,283,000 15.34% 966,829,000 485,530,000 487,759,000 139,090,000 853,826,000 9.86% 25.82% 0.60

675,778,000 14.22% 922,125,000 448,339,000 517,130,000 135,539,000 762,311,000 9.50% 21.55% 0.45

618,677,000 13.71% 914,080,000 428,582,000 218,213,000 107,967,000 728,757,000 9.43% 19.60% 0.19

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 972 443-6500 Fax: 972 443-6800 Toll-Free: Address: 5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., Ste. 2300, Irving, TX 75039 United States

Stock Ticker: FLS Employees: 18,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,049,988 Second Exec. Salary: $720,302

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) www.femsa.com NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Breweries Soft Drink Bottling Convenience Stores Marketing & Logistics Services Bottle, Can & Label Manufacturing Drugstores

Fomento Economico Mexicano, SAB de CV (FEMSA), founded in 1890, is a leading beverage producer in Latin America and one of the world's largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products. The company owns a large production and distribution network that includes over 60 bottling plants and 260 distribution facilities and serves over 1.8 billion points of sale in 11 countries. The firm operates in three divisions: Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV, FEMSA Comercio SA de CV and CB Equity, LLP. CocaCola FEMSA is responsible for distributing beverages in four categories: colas, including Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Life and Coca-Cola Zero; flavored soft drinks, such as Fanta, Sprite, Fresca, Crush and Quatro, among others; bottled water, under the brands Brisa, Alpina, Aquarius, Bonaqua, Dasani, Manantial, Crystal, Nevada and Ciel; and others, which includes flavored water from Cepita, Del Prado, Estrella Azul, FUZE Tea, Hi-C, Santa Clara, Jugos del Valle, Matte Leao, Valle Frut and Powerade. It has operations throughout Latin America including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Venezuela. Coca-Cola FEMSA is 28.1%-owned by The CocaCola Company. FEMSA Comercio is the largest convenience store chain in Mexico, operating approximately 14,061 OXXO stores. Additionally, it operates 46 OXXO stores in Colombia. FEMSA holds a 12.5% stake in Heineken NV. In 2015, the firm acquired Farmacias Farmacon; and acquired a majority, 60%, equity stake in Grupo Socofar, a leading South American drugstore operator.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV FEMSA Comercia SA de CV CB Equipty LLP Coca-Cola Company (The) OXXO Heineken NV Farmacias Farmacon Grupo Socofar

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Carlos Salazar Lomelin, CEO Eduardo Padilla Silva, CFO Jose Gonzalez Ornelas, Dir.-Admin. Federico Reyes Garcia, Dir.-Corp. Dev. Genaro Borrego Estrada, Dir.-Corp. Affairs Carlos Salazar Lomelin, CEO-Coca-Cola FEMSA Eduardo Padilla Silva, CEO-FEMSA Commercial Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal, Chmn. Alfonso Garza Garza, VP-Strategic Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 22,284,890,000

2015 17,380,740,000

2014 14,695,440,000

2013 14,396,900,000

2012 13,293,110,000

2011 11,325,990,000

2,112,649,000 9.48% 6,151,358,000 1,179,210,000 2,796,356,000 1,193,267,000 2,895,646,000 4.42% 10.74% 0.62

1,957,856,000 11.26% 4,913,188,000 986,374,900 2,049,505,000 1,029,494,000 2,441,254,000 4.50% 10.04% 0.47

1,718,668,000 11.69% 4,422,929,000 931,598,000 2,084,200,000 986,821,200 2,256,842,000 4.54% 10.12% 0.48

1,636,000,000 11.36% 4,436,651,000 888,144,600 1,604,149,000 973,768,400 2,181,426,000 4.86% 10.12% 0.45

1,654,575,000 12.44% 3,996,037,000 1,155,057,000 1,717,217,000 852,612,200 2,115,549,000 7.25% 14.33% 0.18

1,500,731,000 13.25% 3,242,604,000 844,133,400 1,240,792,000 622,125,200 2,111,087,000 6.07% 12.06% 0.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 52 8183286167 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: General Anaya, 601 Poniente, Colonia Bella Vista, Monterrey, 64410 Mexico

Stock Ticker: FMX Employees: 266,144 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Ford Motor Co

www.ford.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automobile Financing Fuel-Cell & Hybrid Research

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ford Lincoln Ford Motor Credit Co Ford Mustang Ford F150 Ford Focus Lincoln Navigator SUV Ford Escape Hybrid SUV

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Nancy Falotico, CEO, Subsidiary Ray Day, Vice President, Divisional James Hackett, CEO Robert Shanks, CFO William Ford, Chairman of the Board Raj Nair, Chief Technology Officer Stephen Odell, Executive VP, Divisional Marcy Klevorn, Executive VP Joseph Hinrichs, Executive VP James Farley, Executive VP Paul Ballew, Other Executive Officer Dave Schoch, President, Geographical Felicia Fields, Vice President, Divisional Ziad Ojakli, Vice President, Divisional John Casesa, Vice President, Divisional

Ford Motor Co. is a designer and manufacturer of automobiles and automotive systems. The firm operates in two segments: automotive and financial services. The automotive segment designs, manufactures, sells and services cars and trucks under the brands Ford and Lincoln. The company sells its vehicles to the public via independently owned dealerships, including roughly 10,608 Ford; 214 Lincoln; and 915 Ford/Lincoln dealerships. These dealerships are in North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. In addition to new car sales, the firm also sells vehicles to its dealerships for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies and governments, and sells parts and accessories to authorized parts distributors. The firm's financial services segment, operating through Ford Motor Credit Co., offers vehicle-related financing, leasing and insurance. Some of Ford's most popular vehicles include the Ford Mustang sports car, the Ford F150 truck, the compact Ford Focus, the Lincoln Navigator SUV and the Ford Escape Hybrid SUV. The company hopes to quickly introduce fully electric vehicles to the U.S. market. In January 2017, the firm announced the production of 13 new electric vehicles in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the F-150 and Mustang, as well as a fully electric small SUV with a projected EPA-estimated range of over 300 miles. In May 2017, Ford announced that it plans to reduce its global workforce by about 10% as part of an effort to reduce its total cost structure and boost profitability.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 151,800,000,000

2015 149,558,000,000

2014 144,077,000,000

2013 146,917,000,000

2012 134,252,000,000

2011 136,264,000,000

4,116,000,000 2.71% 12,196,000,000 4,596,000,000 19,792,000,000 6,992,000,000 16,412,000,000

8,064,000,000 5.39% 14,999,000,000 7,373,000,000 16,170,000,000 7,196,000,000 18,991,000,000

3,745,000,000 2.59% 14,117,000,000 3,187,000,000 14,507,000,000 7,463,000,000 12,575,000,000

5,647,000,000 3.84% 13,176,000,000 7,155,000,000 10,444,000,000 6,597,000,000 14,286,000,000

6,377,000,000 4.74% 12,182,000,000 5,665,000,000 9,045,000,000 5,488,000,000 13,637,000,000

11,341,000,000 8.32% 11,578,000,000 20,213,000,000 9,784,001,000 4,293,000,000 17,368,000,000

3.19

3.13

3.22

2.90

4.15

3.93

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 313 322-3000 Fax: 313 222-4177 Toll-Free: 800-392-3673 Address: 1 American Rd., Dearborn, MI 48126 United States

Stock Ticker: F Employees: 201,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,787,500 Second Exec. Salary: $1,625,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited

www.ford.ca

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Parts Manufacturing Auto Financing & Leasing Hybrid & Electric Vehicles

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ford Motor Co Ford Parts and Service Ford Credit Canada Mustang Explorer Transit Focus Lincoln

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dianne Craig, CEO Dianne Craig, Pres. Lauren More, VP-Public Affairs

Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited (Ford Canada), a subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., manufactures automobiles. The firm's manufacturing operations are located in Ontario and include vehicle assembly in Oakville and St. Thomas, as well as a power train component manufacturing facility in Windsor. Ford Canada's models are available in three segments: cars, trucks & vans and SUVs & crossovers. In the car segment, the firm's current models are the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Mustang, C-Max and Taurus. Current truck & van models include F-150, Super Duty and commercial trucks; and Transit Connect and Transit vans. In the SUV & crossover segment, current models include the Escape, Edge, Explorer, Flex, Expedition and Transit Connect. Past models include Freestar minivan, the Thunderbird, Five Hundred, Grand Marquis, Escape Hybrid, Freestyle, F-250, F-350 and the Excursion. In addition, Ford sells Lincoln models, including the MKX SUV, MKS, MKZ, MKT SUV and Navigator SUVs. Ford Canada operates two parts distribution centers and maintains Ford and Ford-Lincoln dealerships. Ford Parts and Service provides maintenance to its new and used cars at its dealerships. Services provided include oil & filter change; tire rotation and inspection; inspection on air conditioning, hoses, belts, battery test, rotors, hydraulic system and steering & suspension components; and replacement of front or rear brake pads or shoes. Through Ford Credit Canada, the company provides auto leasing and financing for both new and used vehicles. The firm offers employees health care coverage, a tuition refund plan, an employee assistance program, a stock investment program, vacation and paid holidays. Employees and their families can purchase Ford and Lincoln vehicles at dealer invoice cost.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,456,000,000

2015 8,978,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 9,409,000,000

2013 9,729,000,000

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: Parent Company: Ford Motor Co

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,415,000,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 905-845-2511 Fax: 905-844-8085 Toll-Free: 800-565-3673 Address: The Canadian Rd., Oakville, ON L6J 5E4 Canada Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 9,470,000,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc

www.fbhs.com

NAIC Code: 337110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aristokraft Diamond Kitchen Craft Moen Waste King Cleveland Faucet Group Master Lock SentrySafe

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christopher Klein, CEO E. Wyatt, CFO David Thomas, Chairman of the Board Danny Luburic, Chief Accounting Officer Robert Biggart, General Counsel Brett Finley, President, Subsidiary Michael Bauer, President, Subsidiary David Randich, President, Subsidiary Nicholas Fink, President, Subsidiary Tracey Belcourt, Senior VP, Divisional Patrick Hallinan, Senior VP, Divisional Sheri Grissom, Senior VP, Divisional

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. is a home and security products company. The firm operates through four business segments: cabinets, deriving 48% of total net sales; plumbing, 31%; security, 12%; and doors, 9%. The cabinet segment manufactures custom, semi-custom and stock cabinetry, as well as vanities, for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home. Cabinet brands include Aristokraft, Diamond, Kitchen Craft, Mid-Continent, Kitchen Classics, Schrock, Omega, Thomasville, Homecrest, Ultracraft and StarMark. The plumbing segment manufactures or assembles and sells faucets, kitchen sinks, waste disposals and accessories in North America and China, predominantly under the Moen and Waste King brands, as well as the Cleveland Faucet Group brand. The security segment provides locks, safety & security devices and electronic security products manufactured, sourced and distributed under the Master Lock brand; and fire resistant safes, security containers and commercial cabinets manufactured, sourced and distributed under the SentrySafe brand. The doors segment manufactures and sells fiberglass and steel entry door systems under the Therma-Tru brand; and manufactures and sells urethane millwork product lines under the Fypon brand. Fortune Brands sells its products through a wide array of sales channels, including kitchen & bath dealers, wholesalers oriented toward builders or professional remodelers, industrial & locksmith distributors, do-it-yourself remodeling home centers and other retail outlets.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,984,900,000

2015 4,579,400,000

2014 4,013,600,000

2013 4,157,400,000

2012 3,591,100,000

2011 3,328,600,000

632,700,000 12.69% 1,129,900,000 413,200,000 650,500,000 149,300,000 753,900,000 8.25% 17.17% 0.60

496,100,000 10.83% 1,047,600,000 315,000,000 411,100,000 128,500,000 606,900,000 7.05% 13.37% 0.47

403,500,000 10.05% 943,300,000 158,100,000 253,700,000 127,500,000 501,100,000 3.84% 6.44% 0.28

357,100,000 8.58% 1,043,100,000 229,700,000 297,800,000 96,700,000 442,500,000 5.70% 9.13% 0.13

161,700,000 4.50% 976,900,000 118,700,000 282,800,000 75,000,000 264,000,000 3.16% 5.27% 0.12

-15,600,000 - .46% 903,000,000 -35,600,000 175,400,000 68,500,000 94,300,000 - .90% -3.45% 0.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 484-4400 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL 60015 United States

Stock Ticker: FBHS Employees: 22,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,093,333 Second Exec. Salary: $770,333

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Frito-Lay North America Inc

www.fritolay.com

NAIC Code: 311919

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Snack Products Salsas/Dips Chips Cookies

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PepsiCo Inc Doritos Cheetos Lay's Rold Gold SunChips Grandma's Smartfood

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Vivek Sankaran, Pres. Hari Avula, CFO Ted Herrod, Sr. VP-Sales Michael Hourihan, VP-Procurement Mike Zbuchalski, Sr. VP-R&D Kristen Blum, CIO Marc Kesselman, General Counsel Christopher Wyse, VP-Public Affairs Randy Melville, Gen. Mgr.-Central Bus. Unit Vivek Sankaran, Chief Customer Officer Dave Scalera, Sr. VP-Go-to-Market Capability & Productivity Ted Herrod, Gen. Mgr.-West Bus. Unit Marc Guay, Pres., PepsiCo Foods Canada Leslie Starr Keating, Sr. VP-Supply Chain

Frito-Lay North America, Inc., a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc., manufactures, markets, sells and distributes branded snacks. The firm's proprietary products include: Lay's potato chips, Doritos tortilla chips, Tostitos tortilla chips, Cheetos cheeseflavored snacks, Fritos corn chips, Ruffles potato chips, SunChips and multigrain snacks. Additionally, the company's brand portfolio includes: Rold Gold pretzels; Baked! Cheetos, Lay's, Ruffles and Tostitos chips; Grandma's cookies; Cracker Jack candy-coated popcorn; Matador beef jerky; Funyuns onion rings; Sabritones puffed wheat snacks; El Isleno plantain chips; Smartfood popcorn; Stacy's pita chips and 100 calorie mini bite portion control snack packs. The firm's joint venture with Strauss Group markets refrigerated spreads and dips under the Sabra brand name, including hummus, salsas and guacamole. The firm recently updated the Lay's Classic Potato Chips recipe to feature only potatoes, healthier oils such as corn and sunflower oil and a dash of salt; and updated the Tostitos and SunChips brands to feature healthier recipes with no MSG, artificial preservatives or artificial flavorings. The company offers a gluten-free recipe section on its web site for customers with Celiac Disease or gluten sensitivities. Employee benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability coverage; a flexible spending account; wellness programs; an employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement; a pension plan; a retirement plan; a discount stock

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,120,000,000

2015 14,950,000,000

2014 14,502,000,000

2013 14,126,000,000

2012 13,574,000,000

2011 13,322,000,000

422,002,500

4,304,000,000

4,054,000,000

3,877,000,000

3,646,000,000

3,621,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 972-334-7000 Fax: 972-334-2019 Toll-Free: 800-352-4477 Address: 7701 Legacy Dr., Plano, TX 75024 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 49,120 Parent Company: PepsiCo Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Fuji Electric Co Ltd

www.fujielectric.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd is a designer and manufacturer of energy technology and electronics throughout Japan and internationally. The company operates through four business segments: power electronics systems, power infrastructure, electronic devices and food and beverage distribution. The power electronics systems segment supports electricity infrastructure with technologies and products that help ensure that energy can be supplied. Its products include factory energy management systems (FEMS), uninterruptible power systems, smart meters, substation equipment, magnetic switches, data centers, switchboards, power distribution and control equipment, inverters, factory automation systems and components, industrial motors, drive control systems, radiation monitoring systems and information technology (IT) systems. The power infrastructure segment provides plant engineering capabilities that help meet the growing demand for electricity through an array of power plant equipment. Its products and solutions include thermal and geothermal power generation facilities, hydraulic power generation facilities, solar power generation systems, wind power generation systems and fuel cells. The electronic devices segment supplies power semiconductors, which are key devices in power electronics. Last, the food and beverage distribution segment offers products and solutions to help ensure the safety and security of food by combining core heating and cooling technologies with mechatronic technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT). Its products include vending machines, in-store refrigerator and freezer showcases, currency handling equipment and energy management systems. Based in Japan, the firm has offices and facilities worldwide, including America, Asia, Europe and China.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michihiro Kitazawsa, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,332,318,000

2015 7,306,434,000

2014 6,848,883,000

2013 6,721,533,000

2012 6,340,772,000

2011 6,210,366,000

405,627,600 5.53%

354,345,100 4.84%

298,646,300 4.36%

198,208,300 2.94%

173,513,300 2.73%

107,404,900 1.72%

276,186,500 436,667,400 160,814,400 706,824,400 3.50% 11.76% 0.48

277,592,500 463,786,800 137,426,300 738,008,600 3.26% 10.81% 0.38

196,063,200 483,542,700 124,583,200 607,828,500 2.48% 9.28% 0.63

252,753,400 498,783,300 161,436,300 463,255,000 3.38% 14.72% 0.74

106,359,400 255,186,800 135,317,300 360,870,300 1.47% 7.40% 0.61

146,412,000 485,363,300 111,046,000 540,575,400 1.76% 9.03% 1.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 358478000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 11-2, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-0032 Japan

Stock Ticker: FELTF Employees: 26,508 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru)

www.fhi.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Aircraft Manufacturing & Components Heavy-Duty Engines & Equipment Sanitation Vehicles Specialty Vehicles Waste Treatment, Recycling & Alternative Energy Technologies Industrial Robotics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Subaru Outback Forester Impreza Tribeca Legacy Flying Forward Observation System Levor

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, CEO Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, Pres.

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), best known for its Subaru cars, is a transportation conglomerate that also manufactures engines, aircraft components and specialty vehicles. It operates in two main divisions: automotive and aerospace products. The automotive division does business as Subaru, producing all-wheel-drive vehicles, such as the Outback and Forester models, which are built on small-car platforms but maintain the look and feel of an SUV. Other models include the Tribeca, Legacy, Levorg, Exiga, Trezia, WRX/STI and Impreza. The Subaru engine incorporates an unusual design, called the Horizontally-Opposed Boxer Engine, which the firm claims reduces vibration and is generally more compact than other designs. The aerospace division manufactures, sells and repairs fixed wing aircraft and parts. It also conducts research specifically for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The company developed the Flying Forward Observation System (FFOS), an unmanned aircraft technology, for its primary contractor, the Japan Military of Defense (MOD). Its branded offerings consist of the T-7 and T-5 defense trainer jets. The firm is also the sole manufacturer of attack helicopters, AH64D, in Japan. Additionally, FHI's aerospace division is responsible for the design and building of the center wing section of the Boeing 777 and 787. In June 2016, FHI announced that it would officially change its name to Subaru Corporation in April 2017. The following November, the firm announced that it would terminate its industrial products business in September 2017. In December of the same year, FHI transferred to Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. all shares of the U.S. sales company Subaru Industrial Power Products.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 29,131,510,000

2015 25,937,890,000

2014 21,703,850,000

2013 17,241,090,000

2012 13,673,280,000

2011 14,245,210,000

5,097,509,000 17.49%

3,812,796,000 14.69%

2,942,562,000 13.55%

1,085,233,000 6.29%

396,191,200 2.89%

758,287,200 5.32%

3,935,451,000 5,536,132,000 1,142,203,000 6,258,809,000 18.22% 36.90% 0.06

2,360,194,000 2,807,857,000 1,038,025,000 4,208,321,000 12.81% 29.29% 0.12

1,874,516,000 2,821,205,000 656,623,500 3,543,405,000 11.92% 30.36% 0.21

1,079,114,000 1,502,560,000 587,892,300 1,423,671,000 8.16% 22.87% 0.33

347,441,300 494,484,200 471,033,000 1,038,899,000 3.02% 8.91% 0.50

454,377,500 1,245,633,000 430,872,300 1,115,760,000 4.15% 12.68% 0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 03 6447-8000 Fax: 03 6447-8184 Toll-Free: Address: 1-20-8, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8554 Japan

Stock Ticker: FUJHF Employees: 31,151 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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FUJIFILM Holdings Corp

www.fujifilm.com

NAIC Code: 333316

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Copying Machines Cameras Photographic Equipment Medical Imaging Office Equipment Photographic Film & Paper

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: FUJIFILM Corporation Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Toyama Chemical Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shigetaka Komori, CEO Shigehiro Nakajima, COO Kouichi Tamai, Exec. VP Yuzo Toda, Sr. VP Toru Takahashi, Sr. VP Keiji Mihayashi, VP Shigetaka Komori, Chmn.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. is a manufacturer of traditional and digital imaging products, including photographic film, as well as pharmaceutical and life science solutions. Its operations are conducted through its 271 subsidiary companies. The firm provides strategic management of the entire Fujifilm group, including its two major operating companies, FUJIFILM Corporation and Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. FUJIFILM Holdings has three operating segments: imaging solutions, information solutions and document solutions. The imaging solutions division includes businesses related to color film, digital cameras, lab equipment, color paper, chemicals and services for photofinishing. The information solutions segment is responsible for producing optical devices, life science and medical systems, graphic arts equipment, electronic materials and recording media, flat panel displays and inkjet materials. The document solutions segment, which is comprised of the operations of Fuji Xerox and its subsidiaries, produces copying machines, printers, fax machines and consumables for document service applications in offices. Additionally, the firm owns a 66% interest in Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., a pharmaceutical development firm focusing its research in the areas of anti-infectives, central nervous system disorders and anti-inflammatory products.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 22,456,370,000 1,469,375,000 1,723,047,000 7.67% 5,609,712,000 1,111,388,000 1,999,649,000 775,889,100 2,886,394,000 3.56% 5.75% 0.15

2015 22,465,210,000 1,452,350,000 1,553,779,000 6.91% 5,659,697,000 1,068,488,000 2,376,940,000 752,537,100 2,925,338,000 3.49% 5.57% 0.14

2014 21,990,670,000 1,481,254,000 1,269,066,000 5.77% 5,550,796,000 729,996,200 2,636,516,000 855,075,100 2,728,834,000 2.57% 4.16% 0.15

2013 19,960,490,000 1,515,502,000 1,028,498,000 5.15% 5,121,338,000 489,085,500 1,797,601,000 991,672,200 2,389,251,000 1.87% 3.02% 0.16

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362711111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 7-3 Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052 Japan

Stock Ticker: FUJIF Employees: 78,150 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 19,785,610,000 1,562,566,000 1,017,971,000 5.14% 5,240,054,000 394,379,600 1,217,919,000 1,097,500,000 2,166,501,000 1.60% 2.54% 0.01

2011 19,982,010,000 1,489,825,000 1,228,942,000 6.15% 5,142,744,000 575,481,700 1,796,727,000 1,029,291,000 2,507,976,000 2.30% 3.68% 0.06

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Fujitsu Limited

www.fujitsu.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Telecommunications Equipment IT Outsourcing & Consulting Services Microelectronics Appliances & Consumer Electronics Nanotechnology Research Software Products Flash Memory Products

Fujitsu Limited is a leading provider of IT products and services globally. The company has three main business segments: technology solutions, which offers IT-driven business solutions, systems platforms and services; ubiquitous solutions, which caters to the personal computers (PCs), mobile phone and mobilewear markets; and device solutions, which consists of operations of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. The firm has four lines of services: business services, application services, managed infrastructure services and product support services. Business services segment enables organizations across the private and public sectors to plan, deliver and operate IT and business strategies in complex environments. Its capabilities range from business process outsourcing to rich business, IT effectiveness and sustainability consulting services tackling cost, efficiency and environment issues. The application services improves and transforms customer applications to ensure they are optimized and adaptable for present and future business needs. This division provides application development and integration, as well as application management and outsourcing services, and fully integrates emerging delivery models like software as a service. Applications within this segment include SAP technologies, Oracle, legacy modernization, hybrid cloud, IT management as a service and platform as a service. Managed infrastructure services cut costs and boost efficiency through technological innovation and a focus on high-quality service design, and follows green environmental best practices accordingly. Services within this division include data center services, end user services, network and communication services, technical and maintenance services and service desk. Product support services include computing products, software, network capabilities, electronic devices and other products that ensure the reliability of a company's IT infrastructure. In early-2017, the firm agreed to acquire Solekia Limited, a technology solutions provider.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tatsuya Tanaka, Pres. Hidehiro Tsukano, CFO Masami Fujita, Sr. Exec. VP Hideyuki Saso, Sr. Exec. VP Masahiro Koezuka, Vice Chmn. Kazuhiko Kato, Exec. VP Masami Yamamoto, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 42,714,040,000

2015 42,839,470,000

2014 42,922,700,000

2013 39,491,390,000

1,087,045,000 2.54% 9,797,951,000 781,972,700 2,281,053,000 1,710,348,000 3,153,289,000 2.67% 11.03% 0.49

1,609,928,000 3.75% 9,927,510,000 1,306,947,000 2,524,911,000 1,794,518,000 3,583,927,000 4.40% 20.54% 0.51

1,284,920,000 2.99% 10,154,050,000 438,109,500 1,582,025,000 1,613,128,000 2,959,190,000 1.58% 7.17% 0.72

858,716,200 2.17% 9,990,518,000 -657,146,200 639,994,900 1,586,054,000 1,354,444,000 -2.43% -8.98% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362522220 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Shiodome City Center, 1-5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi, Tokyo, 1057123 Japan

Stock Ticker: FJTSY Employees: 169,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 40,265,100,000 2,148,278,000 601,303,200 1.49%

2011 40,813,360,000

384,907,300 2,046,172,000 1,760,441,000 2,573,571,000 1.43% 5.13% 0.33

496,530,100 2,303,063,000 1,639,959,000 3,040,368,000 1.76% 6.80% 0.33

1,195,036,000 2.92%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Furukawa Electric Co Ltd

www.furukawa.co.jp/english

NAIC Code: 335921

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing Real Estate Leasing Hydraulic Power Generation

Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. is a Japanese-based cable and copper products manufacturing company. The firm divides its products and services into five categories: telecommunication, energy, automobile, electronic parts and construction. The telecommunication division produces broadband systems, routers, network equipment, optical fiber sensing systems, wireless products, optical fiber cable, closure/termination boxes, connectors and cords, splicers, identifiers, monitoring/management systems, as well as metal communication and electronic appliance cables. The energy division produces power transmission cables, submarine power cables, superconducting cables, distribution cables, construction and electric wires and cables, industrial and electric equipment wires and cables, power generation cables, offshore cables, cable-related equipment, power distribution products, fire-prevention products, cable conduit materials and electrical conductors. The automobile division produces wire harnesses, connectors, corrosion-proof terminals for aluminum wiring, and functional and interior finishing materials. The electronic parts division produces copper alloy wire, oxygenfree copper wire, enameled wire, triple insulated wire, polyimide tubes, stainless steel wire, ultra-violet tapes for semiconductor manufacturing, heat-dissipation/cooling products, special metals, shape memory alloy, super-elastic alloy, copper alloy products and copper foil. Last, the construction division produces water distribution piping/fluid transport piping, heat insulators, power cables, cable-related equipment, connection and terminal products, power distribution products and fire-prevention products. Furukawa is also engaged in new businesses and products, and currently engaged in the production of industrial laser systems, flow cytometers, single cell picking systems and fluorescent silica nanoparticle technology. In March 2017, the firm, along with the magnet wire division of Superior Essex, Inc., established a joint venture, Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire Europe GmbH, to provide high-voltage winding wire to the European automotive industry.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire Europe GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Keiichi Kobayashi, Pres. Hisaharu Yanagawa, Sr. VP Nozomu Amano, VP Tetsuya Sato, Sr. VP Hideo Sakura, Exec. VP Michio Ueyama, Sr. VP Suguru Shinozaki, VP Yoshiaki Mizota, VP Mitsuyoshi Shibata, Chmn. Hiroyuki Otake, Sr. VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,885,060,000

2015 7,821,412,000

2014 8,397,904,000

2013 8,334,238,000

2012 8,280,981,000

2011 8,343,584,000

244,389,600 3.09% 1,025,812,000 90,190,530 374,650,800 238,567,300 435,585,900 1.38% 5.49% 0.77

161,084,800 2.05% 981,181,400 85,395,750 373,929,700 256,079,100 384,564,800 1.01% 3.99% 0.87

229,428,400 2.73% 1,043,514,000 74,481,310 170,449,000 363,465,900 450,276,700 .73% 3.27% 0.89

160,093,400 1.92% 1,082,674,000 52,192,800 495,223,200 432,206,100 479,883,600 .44% 2.30% 1.16

143,726,200 1.73% 1,044,649,000 -86,170,840 277,358,200 296,573,300 418,101,200 -1.37% -7.16% 1.15

316,743,900 3.79% 1,055,482,000 163,698,500 334,562,000 227,103,100 630,838,000 1.46% 7.41% 1.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332863001 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Marunouchi Nakadori Bldg., 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100-8322 Japan

Stock Ticker: FUWAY Employees: 47,045 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Gardner Denver Holdings Inc

www.gardnerdenver.com

NAIC Code: 333912

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Blowers Manufacturing Pumps Manufacturing

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of missioncritical flow control and compression equipment and associated aftermarket parts. The firm has sales in more than 175 countries and is diverse customer base utilizes its products across a wide array of end-markets that have favorable nearand long-term growth prospects, including industrial manufacturing, energy (with exposure to the North American upstream land-based market), transportation, medical and laboratory sciences, food and beverage packaging and chemical processing. Gardner Denver products are sold under a collection of brands, including Gardner Denver, CompAir, Nash, Emco Wheaton, Robuschi, Elmo Rietschle and Thomas. The firm operates through three segments: Industrials, accounting for 56% of 2016 revenue; Energy, 32%; and Medical, 12%. The Industrials segment designs, manufactures, markets and services a broad range of air compression, vacuum and blower products, including associated aftermarket parts, consumables and services, across a wide array of technologies and applications for use in diverse end-markets. The Energy segment designs, manufactures, markets and services a diverse range of positive displacement pumps, liquid ring vacuum pumps, compressors and integrated systems, engineered fluid loading and transfer equipment and associated aftermarket parts, consumables and services. These highly engineered products offered by the segment serve customers across upstream, midstream and downstream energy markets, as well as petrochemical processing, transportation and general industrial sectors. The Medical segment designs, manufactures and markets a range of highly specialized gas, liquid and precision syringe pumps and compressors that are specified by medical and laboratory equipment suppliers and integrated into their final equipment for use in applications, such as oxygen therapy, blood dialysis, patient monitoring, laboratory sterilization and wound treatment, among others. The former parent company, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., of the firm controls a majority of the voting power of the firm's common stock.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP Gardner Denver CompAir Nash Emco Wheaton Robuschi Elmo Rietschle Thomas

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Vicente Reynal, CEO Philip Herndon, CFO Peter Stavros, Chairman of the Board Mark Sweeney, Chief Accounting Officer Andrew Schiesl, General Counsel Enrique Minarro Viseras, General Manager, Geographical Patrick Bennett, President, Divisional Neil Snyder, Senior VP, Divisional Kimberly Rubottom, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,939,436,000

2015 2,126,885,000

2014 2,570,005,000

104,344,000 5.38% 419,909,000 -36,620,000 165,644,000 74,416,000 279,913,000 - .83% -11.16% 10.35

-205,375,000 -9.65% 426,958,000 -351,153,000 172,066,000 70,973,000 -40,807,000 -7.86% -89.98% 7.09

48,233,000 1.87% 516,123,000 -135,023,000 141,805,000 73,546,000 211,797,000

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2012

2011

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 414-212-4700 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 222 E. Erie St., Ste. 500, Milwaukee, WI 53202 United States

Exchange: NYS Stock Ticker: GDI Employees: 6,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $195,943

Bonus: $ Bonus: $532,517

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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GE Aviation

www.geaviation.com

NAIC Code: 336412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Gas Turbine Manufacturing Marine Engines Engine Maintenance & Parts Engine Leasing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: General Electric Company GE90 F110 CF34 Passport LM6000 Avionics Dowty

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

David L. Joyce, CEO Anthony Aiello, VP David Joyce, Pres. Anne M. Lynch, CFO Chaker A. Chahrour, VP-Mktg. & Sales Ernest W. Marshall, Jr., VP-Human Resources Jim Daily, VP-Chief Digital Officer Mohammad Ehteshami, VP-New Prod. Introduction Oper. Gary Mercer, Chief Engineer Michael McAlevey, General Counsel Bill Fitzgerald, VP Michael R. McAlevey, VP-Bus. Dev. Jamie Regg, Sr. Exec.-Global Comm. & GE Advantage Peter Prowitt, Exec. Dir.-Global Gov't Rel. Jean Lydon-Rodgers, VP Paul McElhinney, VP Jeanne M. Rosario, VP Chris S. Beaufait, Sr. Exec.-China Colleen Athans, VP

GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, produces jet, turboprop and turbo shaft engines, components and integrated systems. The company manufactures its products for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings. Commercial engines by the firm include GE90, GE9X, GEnx, GP7200, CF6, CFM56, LEAP, CF34 and CT7; and its commercial systems include Avionics computing systems, electrical power components, digital systems, structures, Dowty-branded propellers and Unisonbranded solid-state ignition systems. Military engines include adaptive cycle, F110, F404, F414, T408, T700, T901, F108 and F103/138; and military systems include Avionics computer systems, electrical power components, structures, Dowty propellers and Unison ignition systems. Business and general aviation (B&GA) engines include advanced turboprop, CF34, Passport, CFM56, CF700, CFE738, CJ610, H Series and HF120; and B&GA systems include Avionics computer systems, electrical power components, structures, Dowty propellers and Unison ignition systems. For the marine industry, military gas turbine products include the LM500, LM2500, LM2500+, LM2500+G4 AND LM6000; commercial gas turbine products include the 4.5 MW, 25 MW, 30 MW, 35 MW and 42 MW; and systems for the marine industry include propulsion systems, exhaust energy recovery systems and the firm's optional dry low emissions combustor system. In early2016, GE Aviation announced plans to build a new turboprop development, test and engine production headquarters in the Czech Republic, scheduled to open in 2020. In February 2017, the firm invested another $1.1 billion in its U.S. operations, including plans to establish five new plants in Ellisville, Mississippi; Auburn, Alabama; Asheville, North Carolina; Lafayette, Indiana; and Huntsville, Alabama. These plants will comprise about 2 million square feet of new manufacturing, digital engine monitoring, ceramic matrix composites and electrical distribution floor space.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 26,261,000,000

2015 24,660,000,000

2014 23,990,000,000

2013 21,911,000,000

2012 19,997,000,000

2011 18,859,000,000

2,861,600,000

5,507,000,000

4,973,000,000

4,345,000,000

3,747,000,000

3,512,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 513-243-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1 Neumann Way, Cincinnati, OH 45215-6301 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 45,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: General Electric Company (GE)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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GE Healthcare

www3.gehealthcare.com/en

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Imaging & Information Technology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems Patient Monitoring Systems Clinical Information Systems Nuclear Medicine Surgery & Vascular Imaging X-Ray & Ultrasound Bone Densitometers Clinical & Business Services

GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric Co., is a global leader in medical imaging and information technologies, patient monitoring systems and health care services. The company's expertise includes medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services to help its customers deliver better care to people worldwide. GE Healthcare is divided into regions, including the Asia-Pacific, China, Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa, Europe, India, Latin America and U.S./Canada. Its products provide mobile fluoroscopic imaging systems to help guide minimally invasive surgical procedures in the vascular, orthopedics, spine, urology, cardiac and general surgery fields. The company also offers pain management products and solutions as well as outpatient interventional products and solutions. Its detection and guidance solutions specializes in Xray technology, radiology, fluoroscopy and interventional systems. Its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) platforms provide high-definition results and a comprehensive range of applications to address clinical imaging needs. The firm's molecular imaging and computed tomography assists physicians across the continuum of care from diagnosis and staging of diseases to treatment planning and assessment. Ultrasound products provide real-time, portable, non-invasive and non-ionizing imaging that enables clinicians in multiple care settings to achieve fast outcomes and decisions. GE's life sciences solutions division accelerates precision medicine with tools for biotechnology research and development, biopharma manufacturing, cell therapy and regenerative medicine, diagnostic imaging and molecular diagnostics. In June 2016, GE Healthcare sold the intellectual property relating to an inactivated yellow fever vaccine to PnuVax Incorporated.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: General Electric Co

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Flannery, CEO Monish Patolawala, CFO Raghu Krishnamoorthy, VP-Human Resources James Richards, CIO Michael Harsh, CTO Keith Newman, General Counsel Markus Ewert, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. Jeff DeMarrais, Chief Comm. Officer Dee Miller, Chief Quality Officer Kieran Murphy, CEO Rachel Duan, CEO Tom Gentile, CEO-Health Care Systems Terri Bresenham, CEO Brian Masterson, VP-Supply Chain

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,291,000,000

2015 17,639,000,000

2014 19,333,105,080

2013 18,800,000,000

2012 18,500,000,000

2011 18,127,900,000

1,471,680,000

2,882,000,000

3,047,000,000

3,048,000,000

2,920,000,000

2,803,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44-1494-544-000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Nightingales Ln., Pollards Wood, Chalfont St. Giles, HP8 4SP United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 55,125 Parent Company: General Electric Co (GE)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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GE Power & Water

www.gepower.com

NAIC Code: 333611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Generation Equipment-Turbines & Generators Water Processing Technologies and Products Generators-Wind, Hydro, Geothermal & Turbo Nuclear Fuel Systems Pumps & Pipelines Metering & Control Systems Energy Management Systems Consulting-Energy

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: General Electric Co (GE) GE Hitachi Nuclar Energy

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steve Bolze, CEO Robert Green, CFO Brian Gutknecht, CMO Kelly Lafnitzegger, VP-Human Resources Andrew Lammas, CTO Jeffery R. Immelt, CEO-GE

GE Power & Water, a business division of the General Electric Co. (GE), designs and supplies power generation, energy and water process technology. It operates in five business segments: gas power, steam power, nuclear power, water and software. The gas power segment offers a wide spectrum of heavy-duty and aero derivative gas turbines ranging from 43 MW to 470 MW for utilities, independent power producers and numerous industrial applications, ranging from small, mobile power to utility scale power plants. The steam power segment offers steam power technology for coal and nuclear applications including boilers, generators, steam turbines, and Air Quality Control Systems (AQCS) to help efficiently produce power and provide performance over the life of a power plant. The nuclear power segment, through GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, offers advanced reactor technologies solutions, including reactors, fuels and support services for boiling water reactors, and is offered through joint ventures with Hitachi and Toshiba, for safety, reliability and performance for nuclear fleets. The water segment provides water treatment, wastewater treatment and process system solutions. The software segment offers asset performance management, operations optimization, business optimization and controls services with expertise in the Predix operating system for the industrial internet.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 26,827,000,000

2015 21,490,000,000

2014 53,559,000,000

2013 49,628,000,000

2012 50,952,000,000

2011 43,694,000,000

2,289,280,000

4,502,000,000

8,183,000,000

7,280,000,000

7,477,000,000

6,650,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 678-844-6000 Fax: 678-844-6690 Toll-Free: Address: 4200 Wildwood Pkwy., Atlanta, GA 30339 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 57,000 Parent Company: General Electric Co (GE)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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GEA Group AG

www.geagroup.com

NAIC Code: 333200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Production Machinery

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George Zoley, CEO Helmut Schmale, CFO Helmut Perlet, Chmn.

GEA Group AG is a supplier of process technology for the food industry and for a wide range of other industries. The company divides its operations into two groups: business area equipment and business area solutions. Business area equipment includes product engineering and development, product management and sales, supply chain and production and equipment services. Business area solutions include technology centers, application centers and solutions service. As an international technology group, GEA focuses on providing world-leading process solutions and components for sophisticated production processes. The firm's food process and packaging portfolios add value to food products sold in supermarkets, quick-serve restaurants and food service locations worldwide. Its products and services are utilized in dairy processing, dairy farming beverage production, compressor technology for the transportation of refrigerated goods, pharma production, chemical production, marine and fishing needs, sport and leisure needs and utility production and processing. Products and systems by the firm include automation and control systems, beverage production systems, bakery lines, brewery plants, cleaners and sterilizers, dryers and particle processing plants, distillation and fermentation systems and emission control systems. GEA designs evaporators, crystallizers, flow components, filling/packaging systems, food processing and packaging systems, homogenization systems, liquid processing systems, liquid food systems and many more.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,034,627,000 64,325,260 433,811,900 8.61% 1,097,419,000 318,936,400 182,006,300 102,002,900 543,243,600 4.65% 9.74%

2015 5,154,975,000 80,900,020 302,630,600 5.87% 1,186,833,000 405,578,300 338,627,000 101,635,300 474,296,100 6.05% 13.47% 0.05

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2014 5,061,297,000 76,383,100 418,998,000 8.27% 1,093,767,000 359,205,300 491,737,300 105,112,100 613,080,100 5.21% 13.24% 0.17

2013 4,841,957,000 70,049,320 394,682,800 8.15% 1,022,513,000 376,644,200 589,348,800 135,068,400 587,361,600 5.21% 15.01% 0.41

Stock Ticker: GEAGF Employees: 16,937 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,070,952,000 79,401,480 486,776,500 8.01% 1,200,705,000 350,406,800 351,328,200 173,950,900 699,050,700 5.50% 15.38%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-211-91360 Fax: 49 2349801087 Toll-Free: Address: Peter-Muller-Strasse 12, Dusseldorf, 40468 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 6,411,235,000 93,066,580 509,717,500 7.95% 1,307,956,000 352,388,500 521,241,900 180,474,100 669,998,800 4.96% 14.53%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Generac Holdings Inc

www.generac.com

NAIC Code: 335312

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motor and Generator Manufacturing

Generac Holdings, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of a range of generators and other engine powered products for the residential, light commercial, industrial and construction markets. The company also designs, manufactures, sources and modifies engines, alternators, automatic transfer switches and other components necessary for its products. Generac products are fueled by natural gas, liquid propane, gasoline, diesel and Bi-Fuel and are available through a broad network of independent dealers, retailers, wholesalers, and equipment rental companies. The company distributes its merchandise through independent residential and industrial dealers, electrical wholesalers, national accounts, private label arrangements, retailers, catalogs, e-commerce merchants, equipment rental companies, equipment dealers and construction companies. Residential products accounted for 53.5% of 2016 revenue, while industrial and commercial products comprised 38.6%, and other products accounts for 7.9% of the revenue. Generac primarily sells its products in North America. The company owns and operates four manufacturing plants and one distribution facility in the U.S., Mexico, Italy and Brazil, totaling approximately more than 3 million square feet. The firm also maintains inventory warehouses in the U.S. that accommodate material storage and rapid response requirements of its customers. Its operations are subject to a variety of foreign, federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations including those governing, among other things, emissions to air, discharges to water, noise and the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste and other materials. In January 2017, the firm acquired Motortech Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of gaseous-engine control systems and accessories.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Motortech Holding GmbH & Co KG

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Aaron Jagdfeld, CEO York Ragen, CFO Russell Minick, Chief Marketing Officer Patrick Forsythe, Executive VP, Divisional Roger Pascavis, Executive VP, Divisional Erik Wilde, Executive VP, Geographical

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,444,453,000 37,229,000 204,617,000 14.16% 239,307,000 98,788,000 253,409,000 30,467,000 255,368,000

2015 1,317,299,000 32,922,000 179,561,000 13.63% 183,189,000 77,747,000 188,619,000 30,651,000 206,159,000

2.50

2.25

2014 1,460,919,000 31,494,000 293,375,000 20.08% 175,203,000 174,613,000 252,986,000 34,689,000 340,307,000

2013 1,485,765,000 29,271,000 351,465,000 23.65% 163,005,000 174,539,000 259,944,000 30,770,000 369,925,000

2012 1,176,306,000 23,499,000 223,555,000 19.00% 147,479,000 93,223,000 235,594,000 22,392,000 259,626,000

2011 791,976,000 16,476,000 112,981,000 14.26% 107,788,000 324,643,000 169,712,000 12,060,000 166,807,000

2.20

3.70

1.72

0.74

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 262 544-4811 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: S45 W29290 Highway 59, Waukesha, WI 53189 United States

Stock Ticker: GNRC Employees: 4,202 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $794,932 Second Exec. Salary: $404,658

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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General Cable Corp

www.generalcable.com

NAIC Code: 335921

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Copper, Aluminum & Fiber Optic Cable

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Juan Picon, CEO, Divisional Matti Masanovich, CFO John Welsh, Chairman of the Board Leonard Texter, Chief Accounting Officer Emerson Moser, General Counsel Leah Stark, Other Executive Officer Roberto Sacasa, Other Executive Officer Michael McDonnell, President Juan Mogollon, Senior VP, Divisional

General Cable Corp. is a leading developer and manufacturer of copper, aluminum and fiber-optic wire as well as cable products. The company operates 33 manufacturing facilities worldwide. It is divided into four geographic segments: North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa. The North America segment engages in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products for the energy, industrial, construction, specialty and communications markets. It consists of 17 manufacturing facilities, and its products are for use in the electric utility, electrical infrastructure, construction and communications industries as well as in the manufacture and distribution of rod mill wire and cable products primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The Europe segment provides the same manufacturing products as North America principally for use in the electric utility, electrical infrastructure, construction and communications industries located in France, Germany, Norway, Portugal and Spain. Europe consists of six manufacturing facilities. Both the Latin America and Africa segments manufacture product for use in the energy, industrial, construction, specialty and communications markets as well as for the manufacture and distribution of rod mill wire and cable products. Latin America has six manufacturing facilities, with operations and investments located in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Coast Rica, Honduras and Mexico. Africa has manufacturing facilities located in Algeria, Egypt, South Africa and Zambia. In May 2016, the firm sold its North American automotive ignition wire business to Standard Motor Products, Inc. for approximately $71 million.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,858,400,000

2015 4,225,100,000

2014 5,979,800,000

2013 6,421,200,000

2012 6,014,300,000

2011 5,866,700,000

-18,300,000 - .47% 408,900,000 -93,800,000 154,600,000 84,100,000 77,400,000

20,600,000 .48% 390,800,000 -121,900,000 198,900,000 56,500,000 45,900,000

-311,400,000 -5.20% 450,700,000 -627,600,000 133,200,000 89,600,000 -394,400,000

211,700,000 3.29% 492,000,000 -17,800,000 38,200,000 89,100,000 284,500,000

194,800,000 3.23% 419,400,000 4,000,000 288,600,000 108,800,000 304,000,000

248,000,000 4.22% 377,600,000 84,100,000 97,300,000 121,800,000 335,400,000

5.68

4.05

2.06

0.88

0.69

0.63

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 859 572-8000 Fax: 859 572-8458 Toll-Free: Address: 4 Tesseneer Dr., Highland Heights, KY 41076 United States

Stock Ticker: BGC Employees: 10,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $945,192 Second Exec. Salary: $169,538

Bonus: $ Bonus: $350,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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General Dynamics Corporation

www.generaldynamics.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Combat Vehicles & Systems Telecommunications Systems Naval Vessels & Submarines Ship Management Services Information Systems & Technology Defense Systems & Services Business Jets

General Dynamics Corporation is one of the world's largest aerospace and defense contractors, with a portfolio of over 60 businesses. Its customers include the U.S. military, other government organizations, armed forces of allied nations and a diverse base of corporate and industrial buyers. The firm's operations are divided into four segments: information systems and technology (IST), marine systems, combat systems and aerospace. The IST group designs, manufactures and delivers tactical and strategic mission systems, information technology and mission services as well as intelligence mission systems to the U.S. Department of Defense and other customers. The marine systems division provides the U.S. Navy with combat vessels, including nuclear submarines, surface combatants and auxiliary ships. The segment also provides ship management services, such as overhaul, repair and lifecycle support services, and builds commercial ships. The combat systems group provides design, development, production, support and enhancement for tracked and wheeled military vehicles, weapons systems and munitions, with product lines including medium armored vehicles, main battle tanks, munitions, rockets and missile components and armament and detection systems. It is the leading builder of armored vehicles and makes products such as the M1A2 Abrams Tank. The aerospace group designs, manufactures and provides services for technologically advanced business jet aircraft under the Gulfstream name. Wholly-owned Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation's new family of business jets, the G500 and G600, can fly 5,000 and 6,200 nautical miles at Mach 0.85 and Mach 0,995, and carry approximately 19 passengers. The aircraft are expected to enter service in 2017 and 2018.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation M1A2 Abrams Tank G500 G600

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Phebe Novakovic, CEO Jason Aiken, CFO Kimberly Kuryea, Chief Accounting Officer John Casey, Executive VP, Divisional Mark Roualet, Executive VP, Divisional S. Johnson, Executive VP, Divisional Gregory Gallopoulos, General Counsel Gary Whited, President, Subsidiary Jeffrey Geiger, President, Subsidiary Christopher Marzilli, President, Subsidiary Mark Burns, President, Subsidiary Robert Helm, Senior VP, Divisional Marguerite Gilliland, Senior VP, Divisional ...

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 31,353,000,000

2015 31,469,000,000

2014 30,852,000,000

2013 31,218,000,000

2012 31,513,000,000

2011 32,677,000,000

4,309,000,000 13.74% 1,940,000,000 2,955,000,000 2,198,000,000 392,000,000 4,784,000,000 9.11% 27.21% 0.27

4,178,000,000 13.27% 1,952,000,000 2,965,000,000 2,499,000,000 569,000,000 4,682,000,000 8.80% 26.27% 0.26

3,889,000,000 12.60% 1,984,000,000 2,533,000,000 3,728,000,000 521,000,000 4,401,000,000 7.15% 19.24% 0.28

3,685,000,000 11.80% 2,079,000,000 2,357,000,000 3,106,000,000 440,000,000 4,266,000,000 6.75% 18.20% 0.26

833,000,000 2.64% 2,276,000,000 -332,000,000 2,685,000,000 450,000,000 1,317,000,000 - .95% -2.69% 0.34

3,826,000,000 11.70% 2,030,000,000 2,526,000,000 3,238,000,000 458,000,000 4,465,000,000 7.49% 19.02% 0.29

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 703 876-3000 Fax: 703 876-3125 Toll-Free: Address: 2941 Fairview Park Dr., Ste. 100, Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

Stock Ticker: GD Employees: 98,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,585,000 Second Exec. Salary: $747,500

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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General Electric Co (GE)

www.ge.com

NAIC Code: 333000

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Energy Systems & Consulting Business Leasing & Finance Industrial & Electrical Equipment Transportation, Aircraft Engines, Rail Systems & Truck Fleet Management Real Estate Investments & Finance Medical Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GE Capital GE Capital Aviation Services

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Elizabeth Comstock, CEO, Divisional David Joyce, CEO, Divisional John Rice, CEO, Divisional John Flannery, CEO, Subsidiary Kieran Murphy, CEO, Subsidiary Jeffrey Immelt, CEO Jeffrey Bornstein, CFO Jan Hauser, Chief Accounting Officer Alexander Dimitrief, General Counsel Susan Peters, Senior VP, Divisional

General Electric Co. (GE) is one of the largest technology, media and financial services corporations in the world. The firm operates through several divisions: power & water, oil & gas, energy management, aviation, health care, transportation, appliances & lighting and GE Capital. Power & water is a leader in the field of development, implementation and improvement of products and technologies that harness resources such as wind, oil, gas and water to produce electric power. Oil & gas helps oil and gas companies make more efficient and sustainable use of the world's energy resources. Energy management designs, manufactures and services leading technology solutions for the delivery, management, conversion and optimization of electrical power for customers across multiple energy-intensive industries. Aviation is one of the world's leading providers of jet engines and related services with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Health care provides essential health care technologies to developed, developing and emerging countries. Transportation is a global technology leader and supplier to the railroad, marine, drilling and mining industries. Appliances & lighting manufactures, sells and services major home appliances, including refrigerators, freezers and residential water systems; and lighting products such as automotive, decorative and specialty bulbs. GE Capital manages all of the lending and financial services units of GE, including commercial lending and leasing, consumer lending, real estate activities, energy financial services and commercial aircraft leasing and finance (through GE Capital Aviation Services). In late 2016, GE announced plans to merge its oil & gas industry business units with Baker Hughes, Inc.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 123,693,000,000

2015 117,386,000,000

2014 148,589,000,000

2013 146,045,000,000

2012 147,359,000,000

2011 147,300,000,000

17,833,000,000 14.41% 18,377,000,000 8,831,000,000 -244,000,000 7,199,000,000 19,052,000,000 1.90% 9.39% 1.39

16,862,000,000 14.36% 17,831,000,000 -6,126,000,000 19,891,000,000 7,309,000,000 16,496,000,000 -1.07% -5.41% 1.50

26,711,000,000 17.97% 30,572,000,000 15,233,000,000 27,710,000,000 13,727,000,000 35,994,000,000 2.33% 11.77% 1.73

26,267,000,000 17.98% 37,819,000,000 13,057,000,000 28,579,000,000 13,458,000,000 36,029,000,000 1.94% 10.29% 1.85

29,914,000,000 20.30% 39,244,000,000 13,641,000,000 31,331,000,000 15,126,000,000 39,260,000,000 1.94% 11.39% 2.08

34,643,000,000 23.51% 40,296,000,000 14,151,000,000 33,359,000,000 12,650,000,000 43,828,000,000 1.78% 11.14% 2.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 203 373-2211 Fax: 203 373-3131 Toll-Free: Address: 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828 United States

Stock Ticker: GE Employees: 295,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $3,800,000 Second Exec. Salary: $2,575,000

Bonus: $4,320,000 Bonus: $3,784,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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General Mills Inc

www.generalmills.com

NAIC Code: 311230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cereal Manufacturing Snack Foods Frozen Foods Baking Products Yogurt Organic Foods Convenience Meal Products Canned and Frozen Vegetables

General Mills, Inc. is a leading global producer of packaged consumer foods. The company manufactures its products in 13 countries and markets them in more than 100. The firm operates through three segments: U.S. retail, international and convenience stores and foodservice. U.S. retail is divided into the five divisions of baking products, with brands including Betty Crocker, Gold Medal, Pillsbury, Yoki, Bisquick, Jus-Rol, La Saltena and Pillsbury Atta; cereal, with Big G, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Cascadian Farms, Chex, Fiber One, Lucky Charms, Total and Wheaties brands; meals, which includes Annie's, Helper, Old El Paso, Wanchai Ferry, Betty Crocker, V. Pear and Yoki; snacks, with the Annie's, Cascadian Farm, Fiber One, Fruit Snacks, Larabar, Yoki, Bugles, Chex, Food Should Taste Good, Gardetto's and Nature Valley brands; and yogurt, with brands such as Liberte, Yoplait, Mountain High and Yoplait France. The international segment is made up of retail and food service businesses outside the U.S., with products like the U.S. retail segment, as well as super-premium ice cream under the Haagen-Dazs label. The convenience stores and foodservice segment includes products such as ready-to-eat cereals, snacks, refrigerated yogurt, frozen breakfasts, unbaked and fully-baked frozen dough products, baking mixes and flour. The firm, along with Nestle SA, has a 50% interest in Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), which manufactures ready-to-eat cereal products. It also has a 50% stake in Haagen-Dazs Japan, Inc. In January 2017, the firm announced plans to restructure its business into four geographical groups, and eliminating between 400-600 positions worldwide. The company offers employees medical and dental insurance; life, auto and homeowners insurance; disability coverage; educational assistance; a stock purchase plan; credit union access; and domestic partner benefits.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cereal Partners Worldwide Haagen-Dazs Japan Inc Betty Crocker Gold Medal Pillsbury Yoki Bisquick Yoplait

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kendall Powell, CEO Kofi Bruce, Vice President, Divisional Donal Mulligan, CFO Jerald Young, Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey Harmening, COO Peter Erickson, Executive VP, Divisional John Church, Executive VP, Divisional Shawn OGrady, President, Divisional Kimberly Nelson, President, Subsidiary Jacqueline Williams-Roll, Senior VP, Divisional Richard Allendorf, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,563,100,000

2015 17,630,300,000

2014 17,909,600,000

2013 17,774,100,000

2012 16,657,900,000

2011 14,880,200,000

2,707,400,000 16.34% 3,118,900,000 1,697,400,000 2,629,800,000 729,300,000 3,323,600,000 7.77% 34.19% 1.43

2,077,300,000 11.78% 3,328,000,000 1,221,300,000 2,542,800,000 712,400,000 2,678,800,000 5.41% 21.18% 1.52

2,957,400,000 16.51% 3,474,300,000 1,824,400,000 2,541,000,000 663,500,000 3,558,900,000 7.96% 27.62% 0.98

2,851,800,000 16.04% 3,552,300,000 1,855,200,000 2,926,000,000 613,900,000 3,456,700,000 8.47% 28.33% 0.88

2,562,400,000 15.38% 3,380,700,000 1,567,300,000 2,402,000,000 675,900,000 3,113,800,000 7.88% 24.51% 0.95

2,774,500,000 18.64% 3,192,000,000 1,798,300,000 1,526,800,000 648,800,000 3,254,500,000 9.89% 30.56% 0.87

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 763 764-7600 Fax: 763 764-7384 Toll-Free: 800-248-7310 Address: 1 General Mills Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55426 United States

Stock Ticker: GIS Employees: 42,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,206,500 Second Exec. Salary: $712,300

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 05/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 11 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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General Motors Company (GM)

www.gm.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Security & Information Services Automotive Electronics Financing & Insurance Parts & Service Transmissions Engines Locomotives

General Motors Company (GM) is engaged in the worldwide development, production and marketing of cars, trucks, automotive systems and locomotives. The firm's major North American brands include Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC. Besides its North American brands, GM markets vehicles internationally under the following brands: Opel, via Adam Opel AG; Vauxhall, via Vauxhall Motors Ltd.; and Holden, via GM. The company is organized into four geographically-based segments: General Motors North America (GMNA), focused on U.S., Canada, and Mexico; General Motors international operations (GMIO), focused primarily on Egypt, Australia, the Middle East and Asia; General Motors Europe (GME), centered on European operations; and General Motors South America (GMSA), with operations primarily in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. GM's equity ownership stakes through various regional subsidiaries in Asia design, manufacture and market vehicles under the Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Jiefang and Wuling brands. The firm has 19,452 dealerships worldwide, with 4,857 locations in North America.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Chevrolet Buick Cadillac GMC Opel Vauxhall Holden

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mary Barra, CEO Alan Batey, Executive VP Charles Stevens, CFO Karl-Thomas Neumann, Chairman of the Board, Subsidiary Thomas Timko, Chief Accounting Officer Vinit Sethi, Director Mark Reuss, Executive VP, Divisional Alicia Boler-Davis, Executive VP, Divisional Stefan Jacoby, Executive VP, Divisional Craig Glidden, Executive VP Matthew Tsien, Executive VP Carel De Nysschen, Executive VP Barry Engle, Executive VP Daniel Ammann, President John Quattrone, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 166,380,000,000

2015 152,356,000,000

2014 155,929,000,000

2013 155,427,000,000

2012 152,256,000,000

2011 150,276,000,000

9,545,000,000 5.73% 11,710,000,000 9,427,000,000 16,545,000,000 29,166,000,000 22,664,000,000 4.52% 22.52% 1.26

4,897,000,000 3.21% 13,405,000,000 9,687,000,000 11,978,000,000 7,874,000,000 16,178,000,000 5.20% 25.71% 1.09

1,530,000,000 .98% 12,158,000,000 3,949,000,000 10,058,000,000 7,091,000,000 11,887,000,000 1.63% 7.48% 0.89

5,131,000,000 3.30% 12,382,000,000 5,346,000,000 12,630,000,000 7,565,000,000 15,833,000,000 2.38% 11.53% 0.55

-30,363,000,000 -19.94% 13,593,000,000 6,188,000,000 10,605,000,000 9,118,000,000 8,994,000,000 3.30% 18.13% 0.40

5,656,000,000 3.76% 12,163,000,000 9,190,000,000 8,166,000,000 7,078,000,000 13,869,000,000 5.35% 28.34% 0.42

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 313 556-5000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 300 Renaissance Ctr., Detroit, MI 48265-3000 United States

Stock Ticker: GM Employees: 135,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,200,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 8 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Gilead Sciences Inc

www.gilead.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Viral & Bacterial Infections Drugs Respiratory & Cardiopulmonary Diseases Drugs

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Atripla Complera Harvoni Zydelig Letairis Ranexa Cayston AmBisome

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Milligan, CEO Robin Washington, CFO John Martin, Chairman of the Board Kevin Young, COO Gregg Alton, Executive VP, Divisional James Meyers, Executive VP, Divisional Norbert Bischofberger, Executive VP, Divisional

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics for the treatment of life-threatening diseases such as viral and bacterial infections as well as respiratory and cardiopulmonary diseases. The firm maintains research, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing facilities in the U.S., Europe and Australia and operates through its subsidiaries in over 30 countries. Gilead's current products on the market consist of: Atripla, Complera, Emtriva, Stribild, Truvada, Tybost, Viread and Vitekta, which are oral medicines used as part of a combination therapy to treat HIV/AIDS; Harvoni, Hepsera, Sovaldi and Viread, which are oral medicines to treat liver diseases; Zydelig, an oral medicine for oncology purposes; Letairis, Ranexa (oral medicines) and Lexiscan (injection medicine), for cardiovascular purposes; Cayston inhalation solution and oral medicine Tamiflu, for respiratory and inflammation purposes; AmBisome, an injection medicine to treat meningitis in HIV infected patients; and Macugen, an injection medicine to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration. The company offers its employees medical, vision, dental, disability, life and AD&D insurance; a 401(k); a stock purchase plan; an entertainment discount program; an employee assistance plan; and tuition reimbursement.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,390,000,000 5,098,000,000 17,633,000,000 58.02% 3,398,000,000 13,501,000,000 16,669,000,000 748,000,000 19,219,000,000 24.81% 72.15% 1.39

2015 32,639,000,000 3,014,000,000 22,193,000,000 67.99% 3,426,000,000 18,108,000,000 20,329,000,000 747,000,000 23,445,000,000 41.86% 106.64% 1.14

2014 24,890,000,000 2,854,000,000 15,265,000,000 61.32% 2,983,000,000 12,101,000,000 12,818,000,000 557,000,000 16,318,000,000 42.34% 90.32% 0.77

2013 11,201,690,000 2,119,756,000 4,523,999,000 40.38% 1,699,431,000 3,074,808,000 3,104,988,000 190,782,000 4,859,817,000 14.06% 29.73% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 650 574-3000 Fax: 650 578-9264 Toll-Free: 800-445-3235 Address: 333 Lakeside Dr., Foster City, CA 94404 United States

Stock Ticker: GILD Employees: 9,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,737,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,465,385

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 9,702,517,000 1,759,945,000 4,010,175,000 41.33% 1,461,034,000 2,591,566,000 3,194,716,000 397,046,000 4,251,102,000 13.44% 32.29% 0.75

2011 8,385,385,000 1,229,151,000 3,789,841,000 45.19% 1,241,983,000 2,803,637,000 3,639,010,000 131,904,000 4,158,654,000 19.40% 44.49% 1.12

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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GKN plc

www.gknplc.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Parts-Manufacturing & Engineering Aerospace Engineering Driveshaft System Products Powder Metallurgy Off Highway Components Engineering Support Services Helicopters & Military Vehicles Propulsion System Components

GKN plc is a global engineering company with operations in 30 countries. The firm operates three primary segments: GKN Aerospace, which supplies aerostructures, engine products, systems and electrical wiring systems to the aerospace industry; GKN Driveline, which supplies automotive driveline systems and solutions to vehicle manufacturers; and GKN Powder Metallurgy, which comprises GKN Sinter Metals, a manufacturer of sintered components, and GKN Hoeganaes, a producer of metal powder used in the manufacture of these components. Additional GKN businesses include GKN Wheels and Structures, and GKN Off-Highway Powertrain, both of which provide products and technologies that deliver the power to harvest crops, move earth, mine resources and handle materials. GKN Wheels and Structures develops tailored product solutions for local markets, with manufacturing facilities in five countries across three continents. Its products include hub systems, spindles, chassis systems, pressed steel, aluminum structural assemblies, modules and a range of wheels designed to operate in challenging environments. GKN Off-Highway Powertrain comprises nine manufacturing facilities and 28 service centers in over 16 countries across five continents. It supplies engineered power management products and systems such as antivibration systems, clutches, driveshafts, gearboxes, hydrostatic ground drives, hitch systems and tractor attachment systems. In April 2017, the firm agreed to acquire Tozmetal Ticaret Ve Sanayi AS, a powder metal part manufacturer based in Istanbul, Turkey.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GKN Aerospace GKN Driveline GKN Powder Metallurgy GKN Sinter Metals GKN Hoeganaes GKN Wheels and Structures GKN Off-Highway Powertrain

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Nigel Stein, CEO Adam Walker, Finance Judith Felton, Corp. Sec. William Seeger, Jr., Dir.-Finance Andrew Reynolds Smith, CEO-Automotive & Power Metallurgy Marcus Bryson, CEO-Aerospace & Land Systems Michael Turner, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,274,120,000

2015 9,240,893,000

2014 8,922,683,000

2013 9,119,488,000

2012 8,319,489,000

428,115,000 3.79%

412,779,500 4.46%

369,329,100 4.13%

715,654,900 7.84%

802,555,800 9.64%

2011 7,343,130,000 131,629,400 477,955,200 6.50%

309,265,200 851,118,100 638,977,600 1,036,422,000 2.93% 12.13% 0.39

251,757,200 990,415,200 527,795,500 840,894,500 2.77% 11.78% 0.46

215,974,400 840,894,500 516,293,900 783,386,500 2.61% 10.38% 0.59

504,792,300 906,070,200 447,284,300 1,141,214,000 6.31% 23.58% 0.50

613,418,500 573,801,900 435,782,700 1,160,383,000 8.45% 33.97% 0.59

356,549,500 577,635,700 360,383,400 798,722,000 5.86% 21.75% 0.37

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 1527517715 Fax: 44 1527517700 Toll-Free: Address: Ipsley House, Ipsley Church Ln., P.O. Box 55, Worcestershire, B98 OTL United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: GKNLY Employees: 58,200 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,041,533 Second Exec. Salary: $729,712

Bonus: $661,981 Bonus: $469,010

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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GlaxoSmithKline plc

www.gsk.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Prescription Medications Asthma Drugs Respiratory Drugs Antibiotics Antivirals Dermatological Drugs Over-the-Counter & Nutritional Products

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a leading research-based pharmaceutical company. Its subsidiaries consist of global drug and health companies engaged in the creation, discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals and consumer health products. GSK researches and develops a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas: pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer health care. It has a global presence with commercial operations in more than 150 countries, a network of 87 manufacturing sites in 36 countries as well as research and development operations in the U.S., the U.K., Spain, China and Belgium. The pharmaceuticals division represents 58% of the firm's net revenue, and develops and makes medicines to treat a broad range of acute and chronic diseases. These medicines are made up of both patent-protected and off patent medicines. The vaccines division, 16%, produces pediatric and adult vaccines against a range of infectious diseases. In 2016, it distributed more than 2 million vaccine doses per day to people in over 160 countries. The consumer health care division, 26%, develops and markets a range of consumer health care products based on scientific innovation. Its brands fall within four main categories, wellness, oral health, skin health and nutrition, and include names such as Sensodyne, Panadol and Horlicks. In addition to its primary areas, the firm also researches new options for the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS through ViiV Healthcare. Through Stiefel, GSK also offers a portfolio of dermatological products for such conditions as psoriasis, eczema, atopic dermatitis and superficial skin infections. In August 2016, the firm and Verily Life Sciences LLC agreed to form a joint venture, Galvani Bioelectronics, to enable the research, development and commercialization of bioelectronic medicines. The following September, GSK divested itself of its remaining shares in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sensodyne Panadol Horlicks ViiV Healthcare Stiefel Galvani Bioelectronics

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Andrew Witty, CEO David Redfern, Chief Strategy Officer Simon Dingemans, CFO Claire Thomas, Sr. VP-Human Resources Moncef Slaoui, Chmn.-Global R&D & Vaccines Roger Connor, Pres., Global Mfg. & Supply Dan Troy, General Counsel David Redfern, Chief Strategy Officer Phil Thomson, Sr. VP-Global Comm. Simon Bicknell, Sr. VP-Governance, Ethics & Assurance Deirdre Connelly, Pres., North American Pharmaceuticals Bill Louv, Sr. VP-Core Bus. Svcs. Emma Walmsley, Pres., Consumer Health Care Worldwide Christopher Gent, Chmn. Abbas Hassain, Pres., Europe, Japan & EMAP Roger Connor, Pres., Global Mfg. & Supply

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 35,640,890,000 4,636,421,000 3,320,128,000 9.31% 11,969,330,000 1,165,495,000 8,302,875,000 3,005,751,000 5,640,894,000 1.62% 29.24% 13.04

2015 30,572,520,000 4,549,520,000 13,191,050,000 43.14% 11,798,080,000 10,762,940,000 3,283,067,000 2,429,393,000 16,453,670,000 17.90% 179.63% 2.99

2014 29,400,640,000 4,408,945,000 4,596,805,000 15.63% 10,538,020,000 3,522,044,000 6,614,696,000 2,237,700,000 6,568,689,000 6.66% 48.95% 3.71

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 33,872,200,000 5,013,418,000 8,981,468,000 26.51% 10,837,060,000 6,946,964,000 9,229,393,000 2,173,802,000 11,229,390,000 13.01% 84.89% 2.20

Stock Ticker: GSK Employees: 99,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $2,779,553 Bonus: $2,085,623

2011 34,999,360,000 5,123,322,000 9,976,996,000 28.50% 11,279,230,000 6,723,322,000 7,987,219,000 1,697,124,000 12,677,320,000 12.62% 62.19% 1.51

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 20-8047-5000 Fax: 44 20-8047-7807 Toll-Free: 888-825-5249 Address: 980 Great W. Rd., Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9GS United Kingdom Top Exec. Salary: $1,389,137 Second Exec. Salary: $1,548,882

2012 33,777,630,000 5,070,926,000 9,446,645,000 27.96% 11,168,050,000 5,833,866,000 5,591,054,000 1,942,492,000 11,431,310,000 11.05% 65.95% 2.52

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 8 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The)

www.goodyear.com

NAIC Code: 326211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tire Manufacturing Automotive Service Shops Resins & Latex Synthetic Polymers Industrial Chemicals Belts & Hoses Blimps Retail Sales

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Goodyear Kelly Debica Fulda Sava Dunlop

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Richard Kramer, CEO Richard Noechel, Senior VP, Divisional Laura Thompson, CFO Evan Scocos, Chief Accounting Officer Joseph Zekoski, Chief Technology Officer David Bialosky, General Counsel John Lucas, Other Executive Officer Christopher Delaney, President, Geographical Stephen McClellan, President, Geographical Jean Kihn, President, Geographical Paul Fitzhenry, Senior VP, Divisional Richard Kellam, Senior VP, Divisional Scott King, Senior VP, Divisional

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear) is a leading manufacturer of tires and rubber-related chemicals. Goodyear is also one of the world's largest operators of commercial truck service and tire retreading centers. It operates approximately 1,100 tire and auto service center outlets and manufactures products at 48 manufacturing facilities in 21 countries. Goodyear is comprised of three geographic business segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. Goodyear manufactures rubber tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aviation, motorcycles, farm implements, earthmoving and mining equipment, industrial equipment and numerous other applications. The company sells tires under the Goodyear, Dunlop, Kelly, Fulda, Debica and Sava brands and various other Goodyear-owned brands and the private-label brands of certain customers. It also retreads truck, aviation and off-road tires; manufactures and sells tread rubber and other tire retreading materials; provides automotive repair services; and manufactures and sells flaps for truck tires and other types of tires. Approximately 87% of net sales are from the sale of new tires.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,158,000,000

2015 16,443,000,000

2014 18,138,000,000

2013 19,540,000,000

2012 20,992,000,000

2011 22,767,000,000

1,569,000,000 10.35% 2,617,000,000 1,264,000,000 1,504,000,000 996,000,000 2,306,000,000 7.67% 29.99% 1.06

1,665,000,000 10.12% 2,614,000,000 307,000,000 1,687,000,000 983,000,000 1,718,000,000 1.77% 8.15% 1.30

1,512,000,000 8.33% 2,720,000,000 2,452,000,000 340,000,000 923,000,000 1,847,000,000 13.72% 103.68% 1.72

1,302,000,000 6.66% 2,758,000,000 629,000,000 938,000,000 1,168,000,000 1,927,000,000 3.47% 122.95% 5.57

936,000,000 4.45% 2,718,000,000 212,000,000 1,038,000,000 1,127,000,000 1,484,000,000 1.05% 307.56%

1,021,000,000 4.48% 2,925,000,000 343,000,000 773,000,000 1,043,000,000 1,663,000,000 1.93% 71.89% 19.23

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 330 796-2121 Fax: 330 796-2222 Toll-Free: Address: 200 Innovation Way, Akron, OH 44316 United States

Stock Ticker: GT Employees: 66,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,233,333 Second Exec. Salary: $547,333

Bonus: $ Bonus: $470,000

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Grupo Bimbo SA

www.grupobimbo.com

NAIC Code: 311800

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Bakeries & Tortilla Manufacturing Cookies & Candy Bread & Baked Goods

Grupo Bimbo SA is a leading multinational food company with a focus on baked goods. Through its numerous subsidiaries, Grupo Bimbo produces, markets and distributes over 10,000 products under more than 100 name brands, such as Bimbo, Marinela, Lara, Coronado, Barcel, Dulces Vero, LonchiBon, Tia Rosa, Arnold, SaraLee, Boboli, Entenmann's, Oroweat, Thomas' and more. It manufactures bread, pastries, cookies, candy, chocolates, snacks and tortillas under various brand names. Grupo Bimbo operates 86 plants in the U.S. and Canada, 37 plants in Mexico, 30 plants in Latin America, 9 plants in Europe and one plant in Asia. Bakery plants produce items such as Oroweat brand health-conscious breads; Mrs. Baird's brand breads and sweet goods; Marinela brand snack cakes, cookies and pies; Tia Rosa brand Mexican baked goods, such as tortillas and chips; Boboli brand pizza crusts, sauces and salads; Entenmann's brand sweet baked goods, including crumb cakes, donuts and cookies; and Thomas' brand English muffins, bagels and breads. The U.S. bakery division is operated by subsidiary Bimbo Bakeries USA. Grupo Bimbo's extensive distribution network covers over 52,000 routes connected to over 2.5 million points of sale globally. The group has 127,000 associates in 22 countries worldwide.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bimbo Bakeries USA Oroweat Bimbo Marinela Lara Coronado Barcel LonchiBon

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Daniel Servitje, CEO Guillermo Quiroz Abed, CFO Luis Miguel Briola, Sec. Don Roberto Servitje, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,064,670,000

2015 12,226,410,000

2014 10,434,000,000

2013 9,819,738,000

2012 9,657,862,000

2011 7,458,586,000

1,008,743,000 7.17% 6,343,134,000 328,996,200 1,287,257,000 733,687,200 1,535,929,000 2.65% 9.04% 1.12

787,683,100 6.44% 5,496,824,000 288,443,400 1,010,528,000 594,848,300 1,205,092,000 2.74% 9.40% 1.00

575,213,400 5.51% 4,665,242,000 196,237,500 1,021,852,000 459,858,300 920,888,100 2.25% 7.28% 1.18

585,142,400 5.95% 4,386,169,000 245,659,400 635,568,400 405,137,200 895,228,900 3.23% 9.74% 0.70

412,054,000 4.26% 4,308,188,000 113,123,800 767,490,400 402,906,000 717,008,600 1.45% 4.35% 0.90

622,013,600 8.33% 3,196,584,000 315,720,300 822,100,000 355,045,900 838,164,900 4.43% 11.57% 0.87

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 52 5552686600 Fax: 52 5552686697 Toll-Free: 800-910-20-30 Address: Prolongacion Paseo de la Reforma 1000, à lvaro Obregón, 01210 Mexico

Stock Ticker: BIMBO A Employees: 124,290 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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GS Caltex Corporation

www.gscaltex.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining & Marketing Petrochemicals Lubricants Gas Stations Electrical & Heating Utilities

GS Caltex Corporation, one of the largest petroleum refining companies in Asia, is a leading producer of petrochemical products. The company is a joint venture between GS Holdings Corporation and Chevron Corporation. The company's business activities consist of petroleum refining and marketing, the production of petrochemicals and the blending of lubricant oils. Its crude oil operations have a daily refining capacity of 790,000 barrels, with more than 30% of the oil consumed in Korea and more than 70% exported. This division's heavy oil upgrading capacity stands at 274,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd). The company also produces about 2.8 million tons of aromatics annually. The firm's petroleum products include gasoline, kerosene and diesel; petrochemicals, including aromatics such as benzene, toluene and xylene; polypropylene; lubricants for cars, ships and industrial uses; liquefied natural gas (LNG); and electric power, generated by LNG combined-cycle power plants operated by subsidiary GS Power Co., Ltd. Products are exported to countries throughout the world, including China, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Peru, Nigeria, Russia, India and the U.S. GS Caltex also engages in crude oil exploration and production in Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In Korea, it runs a network of approximately 2,500 gas stations and 400 gas filling stations. Caltex's base oil production capacity stands at 26,000 bpsd, and exports more than 70% of its total base oil production overseas. The company also produces 9,000 bpsd of lubricants per day and 8,000 MTA (metric tons annually) of grease products each year. Kixx is the firm's leading lubricant brand of engine oil, offering 170 kinds of products designed for automobiles, ships and industrial purposes.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GS Holdings Corporation Chevron Corporation GS Power Co Ltd Kixx

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jin-Soo Huh, CEO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 22,776,406,022

2015 24,453,066,212

2014 35,074,385,266

2013 41,490,023,625

2012 43,500,905,043

2011 41,334,400,000

1,252,409,913

838,556,049

-589,139,550

368,485,390

685,111,000

1,123,135,847

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-2005-1114 Fax: 82-2-567-5174 Toll-Free: Address: 508, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-985 South Korea

Stock Ticker: Joint Venture Employees: 4,926 Parent Company: GS Holdings Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Haier Electronics Group

www.haier-elec.com.hk

NAIC Code: 335224

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing

Haier Electronics Group is principally engaged in the research, development, production and sale of washing machines and water heaters in domestic and overseas markets. The firm's integrated channel services business handles distribution, logistics, after sale services and complementary channels for refrigerators, air conditioners and televisions for Haier and nonHaier appliances. Subsidiary Goodaymart distributes Haier products in both third- and fourth-tier markets throughout Hong Kong. Through e-Haier, the firm allows customers to place orders online and provides direct interaction with franchisees. In addition, the company created a joint partnership with U.Kbased company Home Retail Group to develop a multi-channel retail group across China under the name Argos. The firm is headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong Providence and sells products in more than 100 countries worldwide. In June 2016, the firm acquired the appliance unit of General Electric for $5.4 billion. The appliance segment sells and services major home appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, electric and gas ranges, cook tops, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, microwave ovens, room air conditioners and residential water systems.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Goodaymart Haier Argos

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yun Jie Zhou, CEO Yun Jie Zhou, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,385,731,000

2015 9,234,518,000

2014 9,867,707,000

2013 9,151,772,000

2012 8,174,596,000

2011 7,334,540,000

533,141,200 5.68% 1,194,040,000 409,533,300 528,315,800 67,670,430 563,844,700 8.38% 17.20%

510,698,900 5.53% 1,076,069,000 397,300,800 371,835,300 147,989,800 538,120,800 9.35% 20.52% 0.07

482,482,700 4.88% 1,021,573,000 359,615,100 426,694,100 101,492,900 502,284,300 9.90% 25.47% 0.15

399,224,200 4.36% 973,835,600 299,391,800 324,842,000 38,124,180 415,646,500 10.16% 30.72% 0.09

341,802,200 4.18% 988,037,500 249,158,100 255,779,000 69,814,500 354,954,700 10.42% 35.47% 0.12

275,011,600 3.74% 839,590,800 206,663,700 193,984,000 32,914,430 288,283,200 11.70% 42.80% 0.16

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852 31830225 Fax: 852 21559165 Toll-Free: Address: Unit 3513, 35/F, 99 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Stock Ticker: HRELY Employees: 15,476 Parent Company: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hanwa Co Ltd

www.hanwa.co.jp

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Co Ltd Hanwa Steel Service Ltd Showa Metal Co Ltd Toyo Energy Co Ltd Hanwa Foods Co Ltd HALOS Corporation Bacanora Minerals Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hironari Furukawa, Pres. Tetsuro Akimoto, VP-Admin. Toshimi Terada, Exec. Officer Atsuhiro Moriguchi, Managing Exec. Dir.-Acct., Finance & Info. Systems Hideo Kawanishi, Sr. Managing. Exec. Officer Yoshifumi Nishi, Head-Petroleum, Bunker Oil, Chemicals & Food Hiroshi Serizawa, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-Tokyo HQ Steel Plates Akihiko Ogasawara, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-Non-Ferrous Metals Shuji Kita, Chmn. Hiroshi Ebihara, Sr. Managing. Exec. Officer-Intl Trade

Hanwa Co. Ltd. manufactures, produces, imports and exports a wide variety of goods around the globe. It divides its operations into five divisions: steel, non-ferrous metals, food business, petroleum & chemicals and other. The steel division manufactures steel products for a wide range of industries and is itself further divided into four operations: steel bars, shapes and construction materials, ferrous raw materials and wire rods and special steel and steel sheets. The non-ferrous metals division includes the operations of not only non-ferrous metals such as copper and zinc, but also metals and alloys such as ore chromium, manganese, silicon and ferro-alloys. The food business division processes and handles chicken and seafood (prawns, crabs, eels, salmon, horse mackerel, herring and capelin). Petroleum & chemical operations provide ship fuel, otherwise known as bunker oil, with trading operations internationally. The unit exports synthetic resin raw materials, imports polyethylene synthetic raw resin shopping bags and garbage bags and recycles used paper. The other division comprises the company's lumber and plywood and machinery divisions. The lumber/plywood business imports lumber, plywood and other wood products to building material trading companies, building material manufacturers, sales agents, wholesalers, home builders and other companies. The machinery division comprises amusement facilities, including amusement park rides; and industrial machinery, primarily steel processing machinery. Hanwa maintains more than 35 domestic facilities, as well as overseas facilities located in throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Domestic subsidiaries include Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Co. Ltd.; Hanwa Steel Service Ltd.; Showa Metal Co. Ltd.; Toyo Energy Co. Ltd.; Hanwa Foods Co. Ltd.; and HALOS Corporation. In May 2017, the firm acquired a 10% stake in lithium exploration and development company, Bacanora Minerals Ltd.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 14,099,272,704

2014 13,653,798,912

2013 12,264,651,776

2012 12,694,155,264

2011 11,329,614,848

74,180,776

64,937,592

38,814,860

38,425,332

47,473,748

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 335442171 Fax: 81 335442351 Toll-Free: Address: 1-13-1 Tsukij, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-8429 Japan

Stock Ticker: HNWAF Employees: 2,772 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Hanwha Corporation

english.hanwhacorp.co.kr/index.jsp

NAIC Code: 325920

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Explosives Manufacturing Fireworks Manufacturing Defense-Related Products Manufacturing Hydraulic & Fuel System Manufacturing Chemical Manufacturing Transportation Services Condo Operations

Hanwha Corporation is primarily involved with industrial explosives and trade. The company operates through four business segments: explosives, defense, trading and machinery. The explosives segment offers a wide range of explosives products and services through three business units: chemical, which manufactures and supplies raw explosive materials; cladding, which creates new metallic materials by bonding dissimilar metals; and fireworks promotion, which puts on firework displays. The defense segment provides industryleading expertise in precision-guided munitions ranging from the designing of guidance systems to comprehensive testing. This division also works to develop small unmanned systems suited for the future of warfare and the minimization of overall risks to military personnel, navigation equipment that can be installed on guided munitions or various military platforms, and sonar sensors for underwater monitoring systems. The trading segment engages in trading various products such as raw materials and consumer goods. This division develops a wide array of new growth drivers and business models, including wood pallet manufacturing, landfill gas generation, solar power systems and other new/renewable energy businesses; overseas reforestation; agricultural projects; real estate development; and oil and gas field development. The machinery segment provides engineering solutions, customized products and advanced automation technology. This division enjoys a dominant position in the global powertrain sector; and in the plant and machinery sector, it is advancing to become a global maker for heat treatment. Subsidiaries of Hanwha Corporation include Hanwha Life Insurance, a life insurance provider; Hanwha Chemical, a PVC, LDPE, linear low-density polyethylene and chlor-alkali producer; Hanwha Techwin, a precision machinery/electronics parts assembling equipment, energy equipment, semiconductor parts and self-propelled howitzer provider; Hanwha E&C, a construction company; and Hanwha Hotels & Resorts, which owns and operates an international network of hospitality and leisure businesses.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hanwha Life Insurance Hanwha Chemical Hanwha Techwin Hanwha E&C Hanwha Hotels & Resorts

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Youn-chul Kim, Co-CEO Tae-Jong Lee, Co-CEO Yang-soo Choi, Co-CEO Kyung Seb Shim, CEO-Explosives Div. Jae Hong Park, CEO-Trade Div.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 41,607,533,194

2015 35,692,427,317

2014 32,654,900,000

2013 37,942,700,000

2012 10,774,800,000

2011 11,414,300,000

1,488,685,491

103,933,341

-317,700,000

127,400,000

290,541,000

126,009,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-729-1623 Fax: 82-2-729-1680 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Janggyo-dong, Hanwha Bldg., 24/Fl., Seoul, 100-797 South Korea

Stock Ticker: 880 Employees: 1,255 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Seoul Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hardinge Inc

www.hardinge.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool (Metal Cutting Types) Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hardinge Technology Systems Inc Canadian Hardinge Machine Tools Ltd L. Kellenberger & Co AG Jones & Shipman Hardinge Limited Hardinge China Limited Hardinge Hauser Tschudin

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Charles Dougherty, CEO Douglas Malone, CFO Robert Rogowski, Chief Accounting Officer James Langa, Senior VP, Divisional William Sepanik, Vice President, Divisional Urs Baumgartner, Vice President, Divisional

Hardinge, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of machine tools, specializing in precision computer numerically controlled metal-cutting machines. The company supplies precision computer controlled metal-cutting turning machines, grinding machines, vertical machining centers and accessories related to those machines. The firm's machines are generally computer controlled and use commands from an integrated computer to control the movement of cutting tools, grinding wheels, part positioning, and in the case of turning and grinding machines, the rotation speeds of the part being shaped. Hardinge sells its products under various brands, including Hardinge, Kellenberger, Hauser, Tschudin, Jones & Shipman, Usach, Voumard and Bridgeport. It maintains manufacturing facilities in China, Switzerland, Taiwan, Germany, France, India, the U.K. and the U.S. The firm sells its products in most of the industrialized countries of the world through a combination of distributors, agents and manufacturers' representatives. Among Hardinge's 20 subsidiaries include Hardinge Technology Systems, Inc.; Canadian Hardinge Machine Tools, Ltd.; L. Kellenberger & Co. AG; Jones & Shipman Hardinge Limited; and Hardinge China Limited.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 292,013,000 13,514,000 3,395,000 1.16% 79,647,000 1,224,000 5,297,000 2,479,000 12,411,000 .40% .77% 0.01

2015 315,249,000

2014 311,633,000

2013 329,459,000

2012 334,413,000

2011 341,573,000

4,937,000 1.56% 81,271,000 2,610,000 26,727,000 4,210,000 13,602,000 .83% 1.57% 0.03

-447,000 - .14% 81,045,000 -2,140,000 3,179,000 3,186,000 9,459,000 - .65% -1.14% 0.07

6,996,000 2.12% 79,533,000 9,927,000 25,828,000 3,871,000 16,620,000 2.96% 5.44% 0.09

20,082,000 6.00% 76,196,000 17,855,000 23,439,000 7,641,000 27,651,000 5.60% 11.58% 0.03

16,597,000 4.85% 73,599,000 11,986,000 -7,132,000 19,217,000 24,434,000 4.08% 7.86% 0.04

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 607 734-2281 Fax: 607 734-3886 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Hardinge Dr., Elmira, NY 14902 United States

Stock Ticker: HDNG Employees: 1,451 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $464,000 Second Exec. Salary: $267,083

Bonus: $ Bonus: $100,000

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Harman International Industries Inc

www.harman.com

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio & Video Equipment, Consumer Electronics

Harman International Industries, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of high quality, high-fidelity audio products and electronic systems. The firm's products, known for premium quality and performance, are sold under the AKG, AMX, Crown, Harman/Kardon, Infinity, JBL, JBL Professional, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Martin, Revel, Soundcraft and Studer brand names. It operates in five segments: Connected Car, Lifestyle Audio, Professional Solutions, Connected Services and Other. The Connected Car segment designs, manufactures and markets connected car systems for vehicle applications to be installed primarily as original equipment by automotive manufacturers. The Lifestyle Audio segment designs, manufactures and markets car audio systems for vehicle applications to be installed primarily as original equipment by automotive manufacturers, as well as a wide range of consumer audio products including mid-to highend loudspeakers and electronics, headphones, embedded audio products for consumer electronics and branded portable wireless speakers. The Professional Solutions segment designs, manufactures and markets an extensive range of audio, lighting, video and control and automation solutions for entertainment and enterprise applications, including live concerts and festivals, stadiums, airports, hotels and resorts, conference centers, educational institutions, command centers and houses of worship. The Connected Services segment includes the operating results of Symphony Teleca Corporation, Red Bend Ltd. and the firm's automotive services businesses. This segment creates innovative software solutions that integrate design, mobility, cloud and analytics and brings the benefits of the connected world to the automotive, retail, mobile, healthcare, media and consumer electronics markets. Other includes compensation, benefits and occupancy costs for corporate employees, net of reporting segment allocations, expenses associated with new technology innovation and the corporate brand identity campaign. In November 2016, Harman agreed to be acquired by Samsung Electronics Co. for $8 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AKG Harman/Kardon Infinity JBL Mark Levinson Studer Revel Soundcraft

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Marisa Iasenza, Assistant General Counsel Dinesh Paliwal, CEO Jennifer Peter, Chief Accounting Officer Ralph Santana, Chief Marketing Officer Henry Tirri, Chief Technology Officer David Slump, Executive VP, Divisional Herbert Parker, Executive VP, Divisional Sandra Rowland, Executive VP Todd Suko, Executive VP Phillip Eyler, Executive VP Sanjay Dhawan, Executive VP Michael Mauser, Executive VP Mohit Parasher, Executive VP John Stacey, Other Executive Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,911,675,904

2015 6,155,296,768

2014 5,348,483,072

2013 4,297,842,176

2012 4,364,078,080

2011 3,772,345,088

361,734,016

342,680,000

234,692,000

142,407,008

329,540,992

135,916,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 202 328-3500 Fax: 202 393-3064 Toll-Free: Address: 400 Atlantic St., Ste. 1500, Stamford, CT 06901 United States

Stock Ticker: HAR Employees: 26,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

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HeidelbergCement AG

www.heidelbergcement.com

NAIC Code: 327310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cement Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Italcementi SpA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be

HeidelbergCement AG is a global building materials company engaged in the fields of cement, concrete and other related activities. Products include ready-mixed concrete, concrete products and concrete elements; and in some countries, asphalt and building products such as bricks and roof tiles, lime, or sand-lime bricks are also manufactured by the firm. The products of cement and aggregates are the two essential raw materials for concrete. HeidelbergCement comprises more than 3,000 production sites in approximately 60 countries on five continents, employing about 60,000 workers. During 2016, the firm acquired the 45% stake it did not own of Italcementi SpA, causing HeidelbergCement to become the number-one producer of aggregates, the number-two producer of cement and number-three producer of ready-mixed concrete worldwide. In addition, the company sold its U.S. assets to Cementos Argos, as well as its assets in Belgium to Cementir Holding SpA, in order to fulfill anti-trust requirements for the takeover.

intentionally listed here more than once. Bernd Scheifele, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,998,090,000

2015 15,091,570,000

2014 14,138,420,000

2013 15,619,700,000

2012 15,714,190,000

2011 14,460,770,000

2,224,053,000 13.08% 1,182,807,000 791,526,600 2,100,426,000 1,165,546,000 3,011,881,000 2.15% 4.55% 0.52

2,069,155,000 13.71%

1,787,828,000 12.64%

1,800,829,000 11.52%

1,808,227,000 11.50%

896,772,000 1,624,412,000 1,017,373,000 2,895,875,000 2.83% 5.70% 0.32

544,384,600 1,658,597,000 1,054,920,000 2,509,079,000 1.76% 3.92% 0.44

835,462,900 1,185,160,000 1,049,540,000 2,994,956,000 2.71% 6.15% 0.57

337,592,500 1,696,257,000 931,853,800 3,069,267,000 1.05% 2.38% 0.05

1,651,648,000 11.42% 2,313,495,000 390,159,200 1,493,387,000 980,049,300 2,660,166,000 1.23% 2.82% 0.60

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 62214810 Fax: 49 6221481554 Toll-Free: Address: Berliner Strasse 6, Heidelberg, 69120 Germany

Stock Ticker: HDELY Employees: 53,437 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Heineken Holding NV

www.heineken.com

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beer Brewing

Heineken Holding NV is a brewery which also owns and manages portfolios of beer brands. Its principal international brands are Heineken and Amstel. Other international brands include Desperados, Sol, Affligem and Strongbow Gold. The firm has over 200 regional brands including Cruzcampo, Gold, Gosser, Zywiec, Oxota, Baiant Radler, Primus, Star, Altina, Tecate, Kaiser, Dos Equis, Cristal, Kingfisher, Tiger, BinTang and SP Lager. In addition, the company's entire portfolio comprises more than 250 international, regional, local and specialty beers and ciders. Heineken Holding owns more than 50% of subsidiary Heineken NV, a producer and distributor of Heineken beverages internationally. Heineken Holding operates through numerous subsidiaries and associated companies worldwide. The firm has operations in over 70 countries and owns more than 165 breweries worldwide. In February 2017, Heineken Holding agreed to acquire Brasil Kirin Holding SA from Kirin Holdings Company Limited. Brasil Kirin is one of the largest beer and soft drink producers in Brazil. The firm offers a comprehensive employee benefits package including financial, health and training & development benefits.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Heineken NV Desperados Sol Affligem Cruzcampo Gold Oxota Primus Dos Equis

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jean-Francois van Boxmeer, CEO Laurence Debroux, CFO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,304,190,000

2015 22,989,240,000

2014 21,583,730,000

2013 21,523,200,000

2012 20,604,130,000

2011 19,191,890,000

3,087,873,000 13.25%

3,446,537,000 14.99%

3,115,893,000 14.43%

2,862,587,000 13.30%

4,136,965,000 20.07%

2,482,627,000 12.93%

873,122,600 4,167,227,000 2,091,459,000 5,209,594,000 2.02% 11.67% 1.65

1,072,629,000 3,910,558,000 1,939,027,000 5,429,276,000 2.63% 14.86% 1.57

851,826,900 3,427,483,000 1,738,399,000 4,857,655,000 2.22% 12.94% 1.54

765,523,500 3,266,084,000 1,620,713,000 4,782,560,000 1.97% 11.99% 1.75

1,655,458,000 3,020,623,000 1,398,790,000 6,165,658,000 4.68% 27.94% 1.98

1,748,487,000 3,262,722,000 959,426,100 4,132,482,000 2.67% 15.08% 1.70

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31 205239239 Fax: 31 206263503 Toll-Free: Address: Tweede Weteringplantsoen 21, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stock Ticker: HKHHF Employees: 73,525 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

1017

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Heineken NV

www.heinekeninternational.com

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Breweries

Heineken NV, based in Amsterdam, is one of the world's largest brewing companies. It sells over 250 beers and ciders and operates 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. The firm's primary international brands are Heineken and Amstel. The company also sells numerous international premium, local and regional brands, including Desperados, Sol, Strongbow Apple Ciders and Affligem, and has limited distribution rights to other brands, including Guinness, Tiger and Budweiser. While the vast majority of the company's total production is beer, Heineken also produces ciders, primarily in the U.K. market under the name Strongbow. Subsidiary Heineken USA distributes brews in the U.S., including Heineken, Amstel Light, Newcastle, Buckler, Dos Equis, Tecate, Sol, Carta Blanca and Bohemia. Other subsidiaries include Heineken U.K., Central de Cervejas Portugal, Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd. and Brau Union Austria. It also participates in several joint ventures, including United Breweries Limited in India and Namibia Breweries Ltd.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Amstel Desperados Sol Strongbow Apple Ciders Affligem Heineken USA Heineken UK Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jean-Francois van Boxmeer, CEO Laurence Debroux, CFO Jan Derck van Karnebeek, Chief Commercial Officer Chris Van Steenbergen, Chief Human Resources Officer Sean ONeil, Chief Corp. Relations Officer John Nicolson, Pres., Americas Theo de Rond, Pres., Asia Pacific Siep Hiemstra, Pres., Africa & the Middle East Frans Eusman, Chief Bus. Svcs. Officer Hans (G.J.) Wijers, Chmn. Jan Derck van Karnebeek, Pres., Central & East Europe Marc Gross, Chief Supply Chain Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 22,989,240,000

2014 21,583,730,000

2013 21,523,200,000

2012 20,604,130,000

2011 19,191,890,000

3,446,537,000 14.99%

3,115,893,000 14.43%

2,862,587,000 13.30%

4,136,965,000 20.07%

2,120,601,000 3,910,558,000 1,939,027,000 5,429,276,000 5.21% 14.58% 0.78

1,699,171,000 3,427,483,000 1,738,399,000 4,857,655,000 4.44% 12.73% 0.76

1,528,805,000 3,266,084,000 1,639,767,000 4,782,560,000 3.93% 11.81% 0.86

3,305,313,000 3,020,623,000 5,109,841,000 5,611,971,000 9.34% 35.75% 0.97

2,482,627,000 12.93% 3,180,901,000 803,631,500 3,262,722,000 959,426,100 4,132,482,000 2.67% 9.53% 1.70

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31-20-523-92-39 Fax: 31-20-626-35-03 Toll-Free: Address: Tweede Weteringplantsoen 21, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stock Ticker: HEINY Employees: 73,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

1017 ZD

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Henkel AG & Company KGaA

www.henkel.com

NAIC Code: 325611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals Manufacturing Laundry & Home Care Products Cosmetics & Personal Care Products Adhesives Surface Treatment Chemicals

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dial Corporation Persil Purex Pril Schwarzkopf syoss Loctite Sun Products Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hans Van Bylen, CEO Carsten Knobel, CFO Kathrin Menges, Exec. VP-Human Resources Carsten Knobel, VP-Integrated Bus. Solutions Carsten Knobel, Exec. VP-Finance Jan-Dirk Auris, Exec. VP-Adhesives Tech. Hans Van Bylen, Exec. VP-Beauty Care Simone Bagel-Trah, Chairwoman Carsten Knobel, Exec. VP-Purchasing

Henke AG & Company KGaA is a major European manufacturer and marketer of consumer and industrial chemicals, primarily adhesives, personal care products and home cleaners. With more than 50,000 employees in 75 countries, its operations are divided into three segments: laundry & home care, beauty care and adhesive technologies. The laundry & home care products segment includes heavy duty and special detergents, fabric softeners, dishwashing detergents, household cleaning products, floor and carpet care products, toilet and glass cleaners and lens wipes. Key brands include Persil, Purex and Pril. The beauty care segment develops, produces and sells products such as shampoo, hair styling and colorants, skin care products, soaps, perfumes and oral hygiene. One of its best-known subsidiaries is Dial Corporation, maker of Dial soaps. Schwarzkopf and syoss are two other leading brands within this segment. The adhesive technologies division provides adhesives, sealants and functional coatings worldwide. Its packaging and consumer goods adhesives unit develops solutions for grocery packaging and consumer goods; its transport and metal unit provides system solutions and technical services for the automotive, aircraft and metal processing industries; its general industry unit provides products for the manufacture and maintenance of durable goods; its electronics unit offers high-technology adhesives for the manufacture of microchips and electronic assemblies; and its consumers/craftsmen/building unit offers adhesive products and solutions for private users as well as craftsmen and builders. Leading brands within the adhesive division include Loctite and Technomelt. In 2016, the firm acquired laundry and home care company, Sun Products, Inc., for $3.6 billion. In 2017, it agreed to acquire Nattura Laboratorios SA de CV (Guadalajara, Mexico), a hair professional business, with associated companies located in the U.S., Colombia and Spain; and agreed to acquire Sonderhoff Holding GmbH, a provider of high-impact sealing solutions for industrial assembly.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,975,116,288

2015 20,274,604,032

2014 18,412,912,640

2013 18,331,092,992

2012 18,504,820,736

2011 17,490,472,960

2,301,053,440

2,153,104,640

1,824,702,976

1,780,990,720

1,692,445,696

1,438,018,432

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 2117973533 Fax: 49 2117984040 Toll-Free: Address: 67 Henkelstrasse, Duesseldorf, 40589 Germany

Stock Ticker: HELKF Employees: 51,350 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Herman Miller Inc

www.hermanmiller.com

NAIC Code: 337214

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Design Within Reach Inc DWR Herman Miller Collection

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Edelman, CEO, Subsidiary H. Lopez, Secretary Brian Walker, CEO Jeffrey Stutz, CFO Michael Volkema, Chairman of the Board Jeremy Hocking, Executive VP, Divisional Donald Goeman, Executive VP, Divisional Michael Ramirez, Executive VP, Divisional Louise McDonald, Executive VP Bruce Watson, Other Executive Officer Gregory Bylsma, President, Divisional Steven Gane, President, Divisional Andrew Lock, President, Divisional John Mcphee, President, Subsidiary Malisa Bryant, Senior VP, Divisional Kevin Veltman, Treasurer Jeff Kurburski, Vice President, Divisional

Herman Miller, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes office furniture systems, products and related services. Most of these systems and products are designed to be used together. The company deals in designing and developing furniture and furniture systems. It also offers an array of seating, storage, wooden case goods and freestanding furniture products. Herman Miller's products are marketed worldwide by its own sales staff, its owned dealer network, independent dealers and retailers and via the Internet. The company's furniture systems, seating, freestanding furniture, storage and case good products and related services are used in office/institution environments, including offices and related conference, lobby and lounge areas, and public areas including transportation terminals; health/science environments including hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities; industrial and educational settings; and residential and other environments. Herman Miller's operations are divided into two segments: specialty includes operations associated with the design, manufacture and sale of its furniture products and textiles, including Geiger wood products, Maharam textiles and Herman Miller Collection products; and consumer includes operations associated with the sale of modern design furnishing and accessories to third party retail distributors, as well as to direct consumer sales through eCommerce and DWR studios. DWR refers to the company's Design Within Reach, Inc. subsidiary, which has 33 brick and mortar retail studio locations, as well as a direct-mail catalog program, an eCommerce platform and a business-tobusiness selling model distribution structure in work and hospitality environments.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,264,900,000 77,100,000 211,500,000 9.33% 585,600,000 136,700,000 210,400,000 85,100,000 265,000,000 11.28% 28.71% 0.42

2015 2,142,200,000 71,400,000 163,400,000 7.62% 543,900,000 97,500,000 167,700,000 63,600,000 212,500,000 8.94% 24.38% 0.67

2014 1,882,000,000 65,900,000 -25,700,000 -1.36% 564,300,000 -22,100,000 90,100,000 40,800,000 16,600,000 -2.28% -6.39% 0.53

2013 1,774,900,000 59,900,000 114,900,000 6.47% 429,200,000 68,200,000 136,500,000 50,200,000 151,900,000 7.64% 24.02% 0.78

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 616 654-3000 Fax: 616 654-3632 Toll-Free: Address: 855 E. Main Ave., Zeeland, MI 49464-0302 United States

Stock Ticker: MLHR Employees: 7,510 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $896,635 Second Exec. Salary: $426,904

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 1,724,100,000 52,700,000 137,600,000 7.98% 394,900,000 75,200,000 90,100,000 28,500,000 174,200,000 9.10% 33.17% 1.00

2011 1,649,200,000 45,800,000 123,300,000 7.47% 366,000,000 70,800,000 91,100,000 30,500,000 161,500,000 8.93% 49.66% 1.21

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 05/31

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Hershey Co

www.hersheys.com

NAIC Code: 311351

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Candy Manufacturing Baking Supplies Chocolate Products Confectionaries & Snacks Amusement Parks Resorts/Hotels

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kit Kat Reese's Hershey Kisses Hershey's Chocolate World Scharffen Berger Artisan Confections Company Hershey India Confectionery Private Limited barkTHINS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michele Buck, CEO Javier Idrovo, Chief Accounting Officer D. Wege, Chief Administrative Officer Waheed Zaman, Chief Technology Officer John Bilbrey, Director Leslie Turner, General Counsel Terence ODay, Other Executive Officer Kevin Walling, Other Executive Officer Patricia Little, Senior VP

Hershey Co. is one of the largest candy makers in the U.S., manufacturing more than 80 brand names in the chocolate, sweets and refreshment business. The company's products are marketed in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Its operations are aggregated into two segments: North America and International & Other. Hershey's principal product groups include chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products such as Reese's, Kit Kat, Hershey Bars and Hershey Kisses; packaged items; and grocery products, such as baking ingredients, chocolate drink mixes, peanut butter, dessert toppings and beverages. Its products are sold primarily to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, department stores and natural food stores. Its direct retail operations, including Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Hershey's retail stores in New York City, Chicago, Niagara Falls (Ontario), Shanghai, Dubai and Singapore, are managed by The Hershey Experience. Wholly-owned subsidiary Artisan Confections Company produces Scharffen Berger high-cacao dark chocolate products and Dagoba natural and organic chocolate products. Hershey also produces products in China through Lotte Shanghai Foods Company; markets its Van Houten brand products in the Middle East and Asia; and also markets through Godrej Hershey Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary known as Hershey India Confectionery Private Limited. In April 2016, the frim acquired Ripple Brand Collective, LLC, owner of the barkTHINS snacking chocolate bar, for an undisclosed amount. The firm offers employees health, dental and vision insurance; an employee assistance program; life insurance; disability coverage; onsite fitness centers; gym membership reimbursement; a 401(k) plan; retirement contributions; an employee stock purchase p

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,440,181,000

2015 7,386,626,000

2014 7,421,768,000

2013 7,146,079,000

2012 6,644,252,000

2011 6,080,788,000

1,205,783,000 16.20% 1,947,904,000 720,044,000 983,475,000 269,476,000 1,493,266,000 13.24% 80.72% 2.98

1,037,759,000 14.04% 2,064,114,000 512,951,000 1,214,456,000 356,810,000 1,227,758,000 9.34% 41.82% 1.56

1,389,575,000 18.72% 1,900,970,000 846,912,000 838,221,000 370,789,000 1,605,173,000 15.41% 55.35% 1.06

1,339,675,000 18.74% 1,922,508,000 820,470,000 1,188,405,000 350,911,000 1,543,866,000 16.22% 62.11% 1.11

1,111,148,000 16.72% 1,703,796,000 660,931,000 1,094,827,000 277,966,000 1,324,125,000 14.41% 70.09% 1.47

1,055,028,000 17.35% 1,477,750,000 628,962,000 580,867,000 347,567,000 1,273,388,000 14.48% 71.82% 2.05

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 717 534-4200 Fax: 717 531-6161 Toll-Free: 800-468-1714 Address: 100 Crystal A Dr., Hershey, PA 17033 United States

Stock Ticker: HSY Employees: 17,980 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,240,753 Second Exec. Salary: $720,352

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

www.hpe.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronic Computer Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hewlett-Packard Company HP Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Patricia Russo, Chairman of the Board Henry Gomez, Chief Marketing Officer Christopher Hsu, COO Margaret Whitman, Director Alan May, Executive VP, Divisional Timothy Stonesifer, Executive VP John Schultz, Executive VP Michael Nefkens, Executive VP Antonio Neri, Executive VP Kirt Karros, Senior VP, Divisional Jeff Ricci, Senior VP

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) provides technology solutions to business and public sector enterprises. The company was created from the 2015 split of HewlettPackard Company into two new publically-listed companies: HPE and HP, Inc. HPE organizes its business into five segments: enterprise, software, enterprise services, financial services and corporate investments. The enterprise segment provides cutting-edge technology infrastructure to businesses that need to optimize their traditional IT while also building a secure, cloud-enabled and mobile-ready future. The software segment enables customers to automate IT operations in an effort to simplify, accelerate and secure business processes and drives the analytics that turn raw data into actionable knowledge. The enterprise services segment combines HPE's solutions via consultation and support professionals and extends them to its customers. The financial services segment offers flexible IT consumption models, financial architectures and customized investment solutions to HPE customers. Last, the corporate investments segment includes Hewlett Packard Labs and certain cloud-related business incubation projects, among other types of investments. In September 2016, the firm announced plans for a spin-off and merger of its software segment with Micro Focus International plc, which is targeted to be completed by September 2017.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 50,123,000,000 2,298,000,000 4,150,000,000 8.27% 7,821,000,000 3,161,000,000 4,958,000,000 3,280,000,000 8,431,000,000 3.92% 9.72% 0.40

2015 52,107,000,000 2,338,000,000 1,523,000,000 2.92% 8,250,000,000 2,461,000,000 3,661,000,000 3,344,000,000 5,470,000,000 3.36% 7.00% 0.45

2014 55,123,000,000 2,197,000,000 2,335,000,000 4.23% 8,717,000,000 1,648,000,000 6,911,000,000 3,620,000,000 6,479,000,000 2.46% 4.40% 0.01

2013 57,371,000,000 1,956,000,000 2,952,000,000 5.14% 8,601,000,000 2,051,000,000 8,739,000,000 2,497,000,000 7,348,000,000 2.98% 5.39% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 650-857-1501 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304 United States

Stock Ticker: HPE Employees: 195,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,500,058 Second Exec. Salary: $725,028

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 61,042,000,000 2,120,000,000 -14,139,000,000 -23.16% 8,678,000,000 -14,761,000,000 7,240,000,000 3,475,000,000 -9,281,000,000

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends:

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Hindalco Industries Limited

www.hindalco.com

NAIC Code: 331313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aluminum & Copper Manufacturing Copper Mining

Hindalco Industries Limited, a member of the Aditya Birla Group, is an India-based metals company, a leader in aluminum and copper. The aluminum business includes bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminum smelting and downstream products. Products include standard and specialty grade alumina and alumina hydrates, aluminum ingots, billets, wire rods, flat rolled products, extrusions, foil and alloy wheels. The firm's aluminum facility at Renukoot contains an aluminum refinery and smelter, as well as facilities for the production of semi-fabricated products. Other facilities include an aluminum smelter at Hirakud, alumina refineries at Muri and Belgaum, rolling mills at Belur and Taloja, foil rolling facilities at Silvassas and an extrusions plant at Alupuram. The copper business, Birla Copper, maintains a smelting and refining plant at Dahej as well as two copper mines in Australia. Copper products include cathodes and continuous cast copper rods for use in wire, cable and transformer applications; copper tubes for air conditioning, refrigeration and other uses; and copper alloys such as brass and bronze for use in the defense, mint, construction and electrical industries. Hindalco also produces downstream products including di-ammonium phosphate and NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), which are sold for use as fertilizers. Subsidiaries of the company include Novelis, Inc., an international manufacturer of aluminum rolled products; and Aditya Birla Minerals Limited, a pure copper company. Hindalco-Almex Aerospace Limited, a joint venture with Almex USA Incorporated, manufactures high-strength aluminum alloys for the sporting goods, aerospace and surface transport sectors.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aditya Birla Group Birla Copper Novelis Inc Aditya Birla Minerals Limited Hindalco-Almex Aerospace Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Satish Pai, Managing Dir. J.C. Laddha, Pres. Praveen Maheshwari, CFO Devotosh Kumar Das, CMO Samik Basu, Chief Human Resources Officer Anil Malik, Company Sec. R.S. Dhulkhed, Sr. Pres., Oper. Dilip Gaur, Pres., Copper Satish Bhatia, Pres., Foil & Packaging Sanjay Sehgal, Pres., Chemicals D.K. Kohly, COO-Renukoot Unit Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chmn. B.B Jha, Head-Corp. Projects & Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,535,700,000 57,509,130 -7,905,894 - .05% 351,618,900 6,958,615 1,594,996,000 619,479,800 1,438,655,000 .03% .11% 1.51

2015 16,193,980,000

2014 13,618,370,000

2013 12,453,270,000

2012 12,550,880,000

23,865,210 .14%

404,346,600 2.96%

598,987,500 4.80%

132,651,600 1,109,260,000 928,274,000 1,381,382,000 .60% 2.16% 1.44

337,760,700 1,235,456,000 1,463,401,000 924,081,100 1.68% 5.72% 1.32

470,050,500 462,391,500 1,843,486,000 1,368,092,000 2.72% 9.00% 1.41

829,246,100 6.60% 386,648,000 527,517,700 1,181,606,000 1,942,989,000 1,359,343,000 3.61% 11.14% 1.16

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91 2266525000 Fax: 91 2266525841 Toll-Free: Address: Century Bhavan, 3/Fl, Dr Annie Besant Rd. Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 030 India

Stock Ticker: HNDNF Employees: 21,976 Parent Company: Aditya Birla Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited www.hindustanpetroleum.com NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Oil Refining & Marketing Lubricants & Petrochemicals Oil & Gas Retail Sales Aviation & Marine Fueling Services Pipelines Kerosene Wind Energy

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is one of the largest oil refining and marketing companies in India. It operates refineries, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) bottling plants, lube blending plants and aviation servicing facilities in addition to its network of over 12,000 retail outlets, terminals and depots. The company currently operates two major refineries, located at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, with a total refining capacity of nearly 14.8 million metric tons per annum (MTPA). The firm's petroleum products include liquid petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, aviation turbo fuel, carbon black feedstock, industrial fuel oil, bitumen and sulfur for sulfuric acid. Its fueling network encompasses all major Indian seaports and airports. The Lubricating Oils Refinery in Mumbai is among the largest lube refineries in India and represents 40% of the country's total lube base oil production. Utilizing this refinery, the company sells more than 300 grades of lubricants and greases. HPCL's growing number of branded fuel stations and retail convenience stores in the country offer a wide range of nonfuel services, including vehicle servicing and repairs, grocery shopping, bill pay services, fast food and ATMs in addition to selling Turbojet, the company's branded diesel fuel; Power, its branded gasoline; and compressed natural gas (CNG), sold at select stores in Delhi and Mumbai. HPCL also has investments in several alternative energy projects, including wind farms in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Joint venture Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited comprises a refining capacity of 15 million tons per annum. The Indian government is HPCL's majority owner, holding a 51.11% share. In June 2017, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) announced its intention to acquire the government's ownership stake in HPCL, and was seeking cabinet approval from The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management. The Indian government owns 68.07% of ONGC.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lubricating Oils Refinery Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited Turbojet Power

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

M. K. Surana, Managing Dir. J. Ramaswamy, Dir.-Finance S. Jeyakrishnan, Dir.-Mktg. Pushp Kumar Joshi, Dir.-Human Resources Sushanta Dhar, Mgr.-Corp. Comm. K.V. Rao, Dir.-Finance B.K. Namdeo, Dir.-Refineries M. K. Surana, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 29,002,320,000

2015 33,595,970,000

2014 36,325,970,000

2013 33,535,250,000

2012 28,742,490,000

1,080,769,000 3.72% 41,020,260 764,265,900 1,826,603,000 963,298,400 1,873,729,000 5.67% 31.49% 1.25

346,407,400 1.03%

205,767,500 .56%

136,923,700 .40%

232,716,800 3,012,378,000 999,760,900 924,848,200 1.64% 10.73% 2.04

167,772,400 1,011,586,000 929,027,100 673,302,300 1.14% 7.83% 1.86

77,847,660 381,917,900 1,003,864,000 873,698,300 .56% 3.73% 1.29

601,257,900 2.09% 391,156,200 27,325,100 80,330,780 1,324,260,000 805,238,000 .22% 1.31% 1.04

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91-22-2286-3900 Fax: 91-22-2287-2992 Toll-Free: Address: 17, Jamshedji Tata Rd., Petroleum House, Mumbai, 400020 India

Stock Ticker: HDSQY Employees: 10,634 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

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Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

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Hino Motors Ltd

www.hino-global.com

NAIC Code: 336120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Truck & Misc. Automotive Manufacturing Truck & Bus Sales Commissioned Auto Manufacturing Diesel Engine & Parts Manufacturing Low Emissions Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toyota Motor Corporation Hino Motors Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd Hino 300 Series Hino 300 Hybrid Hino 500 Series Hino 700 Series Dyna Toyoace

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yasuhiko Ichihashi, Pres. Seiei Okazaki, Exec. VP Kenji Wagy, Sr. Managing Dir. Hiroshi Kokaji, Sr. Managing Dir. Yoshihide Maeda, Sr. Managing Dir. Masakazu Ichikawa, Chmn.

Hino Motors Ltd., founded in 1910, manufactures and markets trucks, buses, light commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles and various engines and spare parts. A consolidated subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation (50.1%-owned), Hino brings together a global network of production and distribution facilities, regional subsidiaries and specialized operations. In Japan, the company produces vehicles, components and engines at four plants. Its manufacturing operations in other nations include plants for producing trucks, buses and components in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Columbia, Mexico and the U.S. Hino's product lines include the Hino 300 Series light-duty trucks, the Hino 300 Hybrid, the Hino 500 Series medium-duty trucks, the Hino 700 Series heavyduty trucks, bus chassis and both automotive and industrial diesel engines. In addition to trucks and buses, the company is engaged in the commissioned manufacture of vehicles and parts for Toyota Motor Corporation, including sport-utility vehicles and passenger cars such as the Land Cruiser Prado, FJ Cruiser, Dyna trucks and Toyoace commercial vehicles. Wholly-owned subsidiary, Hino Motors Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd., produces engines for the Hino 500 Series at its Bang Pakong Plant in Chon Buri Province, Thailand. Hino Motors has domestic offices and dealers throughout Japan, as well as offices internationally in Asia, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and Oceania.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,732,100,000

2015 15,189,160,000

2014 15,317,820,000

2013 13,891,860,000

2012 11,848,040,000

2011 11,200,060,000

885,835,600 5.63% 675,045,500 587,000,000 1,003,713,000 787,984,200 1,377,246,000 5.80% 15.35% 0.10

951,015,700 6.26% 664,050,000 712,989,100 700,794,900 685,797,700 1,384,213,000 6.98% 19.62% 0.09

1,011,095,000 6.60% 597,193,400 878,562,200 1,288,291,000 592,587,900 1,461,579,000 9.31% 29.44% 0.09

586,891,800 4.22% 548,560,600 485,579,600 873,605,200 502,794,000 1,054,140,000 5.45% 20.09% 0.15

338,221,200 2.85% 397,480,000 189,006,300 317,843,400 401,508,700 648,178,600 2.08% 8.11% 0.25

260,486,300 2.32% 348,378,600 -48,479,550 723,191,600 280,098,000 662,364,500 -1.33% -5.01% 0.48

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 425865494 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1 Hinodai 3-chome, Hino-shi, Tokyo, 191-8660 Japan

Stock Ticker: HINOY Employees: 11,476 Parent Company: Toyota Motor Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd

www.hitachi-c-m.com/global

NAIC Code: 333120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Construction Machinery Manufacturing

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. is a manufacturer, retailer and servicer of construction machinery, transportation machinery and other types of machines and devices. The company operates internationally through 75 subsidiaries and domestically through 10, as well as eight overseas and four domestic affiliates. International companies are located in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East, Japan, China, India and Asia and Oceania. Hitachi Construction manages five plants and research and development centers located in Japan. The firm's products include mini/medium/large excavators, wheel loaders, forest machines, cranes and other foundation machines, mine management systems, demolition equipment, rigid dumb trucks, double-front work machines, loading shovels, metal recycling equipment and compaction equipment. Hitachi Construction's global e-Service is an internet-based vehicle/fleet management system for equipment owners. It provides maintenance status about CO2 emissions, idling time and fuel consumption levels of machines during work. In addition, the firm's ConSite offering is a consolidated solution service for linking Hitachi customers to their own construction sites. ConSite closely monitors the entire operation status of company machines in an effort to improve overall performance and increase machine availability and efficiency. The solution can detect urgency information (machine down, for example) by using an intelligent filtering system and report it to the company immediately. ConSite is available in more than 30 languages, and provides automated data report service of a working record every month via email. In April 2017, the firm acquired Australian corporation, Bradken Limited, which conducts metal casting and operates manufacturing and distribution services for metal casting products.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: e-Service ConSite Bradken Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yuichi Tsujimoto, CEO Kotaro Hirano, Pres. Shinichi Mihara, Exec. VP Hiroshi Tokushige, Sr. VP Yutaka Saito, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,834,643,000

2015 7,352,524,000

306,902,000 4.49% 1,408,088,000 79,348,190 1,035,330,000 178,470,400 659,291,200 .88% 2.12% 0.26

568,983,600 7.73% 1,412,450,000 272,689,600 957,414,700 168,331,000 961,443,500 2.41% 6.34% 0.34

2014 7,237,126,000 150,819,300 623,348,400 8.61% 188,826,000 317,077,300 832,092,600 376,074,800 894,983,500 2.64% 7.70% 0.43

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2013 6,961,038,000 150,341,600 464,120,300 6.66% 179,083,200 263,974,300 540,449,200 493,294,500 844,196,700 2.14% 6.84% 0.58

Stock Ticker: HTCMY Employees: 17,399 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,973,782,000 134,677,400 374,128,000 5.36% 192,286,900 182,508,100 246,904,100 196,441,800 745,570,200 1.21% 3.62% 0.61

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 35826-8151 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 16-1, Higashiueno 2-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-0015 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 7,364,701,000 142,266,200 494,231,800 6.71% 224,273,100 275,447,500 99,933,300 359,040,700 912,873,800 2.26% 7.31% 0.52

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Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation

www.hitachi-hitec.com

NAIC Code: 333242

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Materials Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Support Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Fielding Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Masahiro Miyazaki, CEO Masao Hisada, Pres. Masaho Masuyama, Sr. VP Takashi Matsuzaka, Sr. VP Shinichi Tachi, Sr. VP Morihiro Nishida, VP Masao Hisada, Chmn.

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (HHTC) is a manufacturing company focused on the development of hightech products. The firm divides its business into four segments: science & medical systems, electronic device systems, industrial systems and advanced industrial systems. Science & medical systems range from electron microscopes and scientific instruments, and are used in various research fields to analyze and sequence clinical chemistry and DNA. The electronic device systems segment supplies products that leverage core technologies, including process equipment, metrology and inspection equipment. This division's core products include its global CD-measurement SEMs (scanning electron microscopes) and plasma etching systems. The industrial systems segment supplies an array of solutions in social and industrial infrastructure that support people and society. Its primary businesses include railroad track and wire inspection equipment, automated assembly systems and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The advanced industrial products segment provides supply chain management and supports manufacturing in the high-tech field. This division deals in industrial materials, optical devices/materials and electronic device materials, as well as the environment, new energy and social innovation. HHTC has offices in Japan, as well as additional offices and subsidiaries located across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Among the company's 10 domestic subsidiaries include Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation, Hitachi High-Tech Materials Corporation, Hitachi High-Tech Support Corporation, Hitachi High-Tech Fielding Corporation and Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation. In April 2017, the firm agreed to acquire Oxford Instruments plc's industrial precision instruments business, including X-ray fluorescence analyzers, magnetic induction measurement instruments, laser-induced breakdown spectrometers and optical emission spectrometers.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,668,872,000

2015 5,584,585,000

2014 5,760,188,000

2013 5,186,546,000

2012 5,821,016,000

2011 5,889,206,000

444,833,000 7.84% 846,702,300 324,359,600 167,105,300 101,276,200 533,058,700 6.74% 11.56%

422,950,000 7.57% 795,437,800 280,575,700 310,272,700 120,860,900 502,929,100 6.02% 10.83%

274,266,800 4.76%

170,800,500 3.29%

229,455,400 3.94%

251,392,500 4.26%

165,203,600 327,469,000 168,664,500 343,097,100 3.88% 6.68%

111,109,100 98,905,850 108,783,800 227,923,300 2.77% 4.68%

129,441,000 391,630,800 97,130,340 340,438,400 3.33% 5.75%

160,715,200 188,510,600 50,976,080 319,772,100 4.30% 7.52%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 0335047111 Fax: 81 0335047123 Toll-Free: Address: 24-14, Nishi-Shimbashi 1-chome, Tokyo, 105-8717 Japan

Stock Ticker: HICTY Employees: 10,504 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Hitachi Limited

www.hitachi.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Consumer Appliances & Electronics Materials Manufacturing Financial Services Products Power & Industrial Systems Medical & Scientific Equipment Transportation Systems Consulting Services

Hitachi Limited is a Japan-based electronics company, which manufactures communications and electronic equipment, heavy electrical and industrial machinery and consumer electronics. Hitachi divides its products and services into nine segments. The health care segment operates through Hitachi Medical Corporation and focuses on increasing national medical expenditure. The power systems segment develops and maximizes the efficiency and reliability of nuclear power plants and transmission/distribution systems. It also provides renewable energy related products, including wind and solar power generation systems. The infrastructure segment provides various advanced infrastructure systems which makes maximum use of IT. This division is engaged in two main business areas: social infrastructure, which includes electric power systems, railways, water supply and sewage systems and roads and industrial infrastructure, which include systems for steel, chemical, automotive and other production facilities. The rail segment includes Rolling Stock Systems, which provides rolling stock, electrical components and maintenance services; and Rail Traffic Control Systems, which provides signaling and traffic management systems. The urban planning & development segment provides elevators and escalators including moving walkways. The defense segment focuses on national defense-related areas and crisis management-related areas such as supporting recovery activities after large-scale and far-reaching disasters and in protecting critical infrastructure. The information & telecommunication segment offers highly reliable IT platforms such as storage solutions, servers, middleware and telecommunications equipment as well as IT consulting and systems integration services. The industrial products segment aims to expand on a global scale by integrating and marketing its medium and large motor, substation equipment, power electronic, pump and compressor products. Last, the energy solutions segment offers consulting services and solutions that allow corporate clients to reduce energy expenses. In October 2016, the firm announced plans to sell its controlling stake in Hitachi Kokusai Electric, Inc.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hitachi Medical Corporation Rolling Stock Systems Rail Traffic Control Systems Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Toshiaki Higashihara, CEO Hiroaki Nakanishi, Pres. Toyoaki Nakamura, CFO Shigeru Azuhata, Gen. Mgr.-R&D Toyoaki Nakamura, Gen. Mgr.-Consumer Bus. Koji Tanaka, Exec. VP-Power Systems Bus. Nobuo Mochida, Exec. VP-Prod. Eng. Tatsuro Ishizuka, CEO-Power Systems Group Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chmn. Junzo Nakajima, CEO-Asia Pacific

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 90,436,620,000

2015 88,098,950,000

2014 86,668,370,000

2013 81,484,860,000

2012 87,116,120,000

2011 83,960,980,000

5,723,318,000 6.32% 17,487,990,000 1,551,589,000 7,320,385,000 4,379,581,000 9,470,780,000 1.37% 6.06% 0.76

4,813,337,000 5.46% 17,443,020,000 1,960,110,000 4,072,183,000 8,392,415,000 9,178,253,000 1.85% 7.77% 0.71

4,802,089,000 5.54% 18,025,740,000 2,388,152,000 3,960,254,000 8,475,305,000 9,460,443,000 2.54% 11.19% 0.57

3,803,630,000 4.66% 16,899,360,000 1,580,168,000 5,259,008,000 6,973,277,000 7,113,425,000 1.82% 9.09% 0.67

3,220,632,000 3.69% 17,796,850,000 3,129,035,000 4,030,094,000 6,425,131,000 9,603,412,000 3.73% 21.61% 0.78

3,637,372,000 4.33% 17,159,060,000 2,152,865,000 7,584,711,000 5,573,535,000 8,605,800,000 2.63% 17.53% 1.05

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332581111 Fax: 81 332582375 Toll-Free: Address: 6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Ticker: HTHIY Employees: 335,244 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

100-8280

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Hiwin Technologies Corp

www.hiwin.com.tw

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables Industrial Robotics Control Systems Bearings

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

Hiwin Technologies Corp. is a manufacturer of motion control and system technology. Product categories offered to customers include ball screws, linear guideways, linear bearings, industrial robots, linear motors, linear actuators and a positioning measurement system. These products are all components for larger equipment, particularly factory automation equipment. They deliver precision and efficiency, and may even be used to replace hydraulic components. Hiwin Technologies operates international subsidiaries in Germany, the U.S., Japan, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Singapore, Korea, China and Italy. In addition to its standard manufacturing operations, the firm maintains research and development centers in Japan, Germany and Israel.

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yung-Tsai Cho, CEO Enid Huey-chin Tsai, Pres. Sheng-Chih Yang, VP-Mktg. Yi Feng Lin, Head-Finance & Acct. Ming Yao Lin, Deputy Gen. Mgr. Sheng Zhi Yang, Deputy Gen. Mgr. Yung-Tsai Cho, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 576,515,818

2015 473,510,000

2014 465,990,000

2013 415,248,136

2012 424,863,000

2011 519,564,000

47,961,672

38,923,530

71,379,784

67,476,826

68,784,300

125,104,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886-4-23594510 Fax: 886-4-23594420 Toll-Free: Address: No.7, Jingke Road, Taichung Precision Machinery Park, Taichung, 40852 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: 2049 Employees: 4,215 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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HNI Corporation

www.hnicorp.com/

NAIC Code: 337214

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Office Furniture Manufacturing

HNI Corporation is a provider of office furniture and hearth products. The company distributes its products through a network of independent office furniture dealers, office products dealers, wholesalers and retailers. The company is a supplier of office furniture to the largest nationwide distributors of office products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a range of office furniture in four basic categories: storage, including vertical files, lateral files and pedestals; seating, including task chairs, executive desk chairs, conference/training chairs and side chairs; office systems; and desks and related products, including tables, bookcases and credenzas. Chairs are available in a variety of frame colors, coverings and a range of price points. The company offers a complete line of office panel system products in order to meet the needs of a spectrum of organizations. Office panel systems might be used for team work settings, private offices and open floor plans. HNI's offering of desks and related products include stand-alone steel, laminate and wood furniture items, such as desks, bookshelves, credenzas and mobile desks. These products are available in a range of designs and price points. HNI's line of hearth products include an array of gas, electric and wood burning fireplaces, inserts, stoves, facings and accessories. It is a manufacturer and marketer of prefabricated fireplaces, hearth stoves and related products, primarily for the home. HNI's operating units market the firm's products under various brand names. These operating units include The HON Company, LLC; Allsteel, Inc.; Maxon Furniture, Inc.; The Gunlocke Company, LLC; Paoli, LLC; Hickory Business Furniture, LLC; OFM, LLC; HNI Hong Kong Limited; and BP Ergo Limited. In addition, HNI International, Inc. sells office furniture products manufactured by the corporation's units in select markets outside the U.S. and Canada. In 2016, the firm sold K-12 education furniture company, ArtcoBell Corporation.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: HON Company LLC (The) Allsteel Inc Maxon Furniture Inc Gunlocke Company LLC (The) Paoli LLC Hickory Business Furniture LLC OFM LLC BP Ergo Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stanley Askren, CEO Julie Abramowski, Controller Donald Mead, Executive VP Jerald Dittmer, Executive VP Steven Bradford, General Counsel Jeffrey Lorenger, President, Divisional Vincent Berger, President, Subsidiary Kurt Tjaden, President, Subsidiary Donna Meade, Vice President, Divisional Marshall Bridges, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,203,489,000

2015 2,304,419,000

2014 2,222,695,000

2013 2,059,964,000

2012 2,004,003,000

2011 1,833,450,000

133,692,000 6.06% 667,744,000 85,577,000 223,362,000 119,584,000 202,944,000 6.59% 17.50% 0.35

163,676,000 7.10% 672,125,000 105,436,000 173,352,000 114,966,000 221,635,000 8.42% 23.65% 0.38

112,849,000 5.07% 649,055,000 61,471,000 167,796,000 112,713,000 169,989,000 5.17% 14.44% 0.47

105,987,000 5.14% 608,972,000 63,683,000 165,002,000 78,895,000 153,234,000 5.75% 14.86% 0.34

87,627,000 4.37% 599,656,000 48,967,000 144,777,000 60,270,000 131,829,000 4.58% 11.66% 0.35

81,487,000 4.44% 554,315,000 45,986,000 134,278,000 31,143,000 128,397,000 4.48% 11.12% 0.35

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 563 264-7400 Fax: 563 264-7217 Toll-Free: Address: 408 East Second Street, Muscatine, IA 52761-0071 United States

Stock Ticker: HNI Employees: 9,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,130,011 Second Exec. Salary: $489,441

Bonus: $14,019 Bonus: $13,727

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd

www.foxconn.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Manufacturing of Electronics Consumer Electronics & Components Manufacturing Product Design Services Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) Optical Technology Wireless Products Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Foxconn Technology Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tai-Ming Guo, CEO Tai-Ming Guo, Chmn.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Ltd., which does business under its registered trade name Foxconn Technology Group, is a technology manufacturer that focuses on jointdesign and development, manufacturing, assembly and aftersales services for global communication, computer and customer electronics firms. Foxconn is operated by a propriety business model called eCMMS (e-enabled components, modules, moves and services), and is one of the largest multinational electronics and computer components manufacturing service providers in the world. Its primary areas of focus are nanotechnology, heat transfer, wireless connectivity, material sciences, green manufacturing process, new material and optical electric. The firm holds more than 55,000 patents worldwide. Some of Foxconn's most notable contract design and manufacturing products include the Mac Mini, iPod and iPhone for Apple, Inc.; branded motherboards for Intel Corp.; the Wii for Nintendo; the Xbox 360 for Microsoft; Motorola cell phones; and computers for retailers such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Other non-branded products include connectors, cables, motherboards, graphics cards and other computer components that are primarily sold to corporate users. The company also provides logistic planning and esupplying, global supply chain management, computer software development, computer programming and sales channel solutions to its customers. The firm has locations across the Americas, Asia and Europe. In February 2017, the firm agreed to form a joint venture with SoftBank Group in order to expand into the U.S. via the integration of SoftBank's investment expertise and manufacturing/technology services with Foxconn's technology. The arrangement involves Foxconn acquiring a 54.5%-stake in SoftBank Group Capital Apac Pte. Ltd.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 143,748,200,000 1,686,573,000 5,769,392,000 4.01% 3,149,700,000 4,902,809,000 5,739,091,000 1,754,645,000 7,856,549,000 6.06% 14.25% 0.16

2015 147,818,300,000 1,731,142,000 5,417,471,000 3.66% 3,424,303,000 4,843,578,000 7,991,644,000 2,342,066,000 7,767,485,000 6.15% 15.15% 0.17

2014 138,947,700,000 1,611,166,000 4,722,360,000 3.39% 3,294,594,000 4,304,951,000 6,288,362,000 913,317,500 7,038,561,000 5.46% 15.40% 0.17

2013 130,344,900,000 1,536,179,000 3,605,118,000 2.76% 3,258,363,000 3,518,803,000 5,697,235,000 1,766,874,000 6,032,835,000 4.89% 15.12% 0.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 222683466 Fax: 886 222686204 Toll-Free: Address: No. 2, Zihyou Street,, Tu-Chen City, Taipei, 236 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: HNHPF Employees: 1,350,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 128,797,400,000 1,504,748,000 3,576,627,000 2.77% 5,789,579,000 3,125,202,000 5,929,855,000 2,313,314,000 6,459,310,000 5.02% 15.47% 0.16

2011 113,867,200,000 1,347,101,000 2,732,175,000 2.39% 4,705,846,000 2,690,819,000 3,337,774,000 3,023,099,000 5,266,669,000 5.24% 15.41% 0.20

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Honda Motor Co Ltd

world.honda.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Motorcycles ATVs & Personal Watercraft Generators Marine Engines Lawn & Garden Equipment Fuel Cell & Hybrid Vehicles Airplanes

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. develops, produces and manufactures a variety of motor products, ranging from small general-purpose engines and scooters to specialty sports cars. Comprised of 442 company subsidiaries and affiliates in Japan and internationally, Honda operates through four segments: motorcycles, automobiles, financial services and power products/other. The motorcycle unit produces sport, business and commuter model bikes, which utilize air- or water-cooled gasoline engines with 1-6 cylinders, manufactured by the company. This segment also includes the production of allterrain vehicles (ATVs), personal watercraft and multi-utility vehicles (MUVs). The automobiles segment manufactures vehicles under the Acura and Honda trademarks. Honda models include the Civic, a sub-compact car; the Accord, an intermediate passenger car; the Fit, a compact passenger car; the Odyssey, a minivan; the Accord, Fit/Jazz, Freed, Jade, Legend and Shuttle hybrid cars; and the CR-V, an SUV. Through the financial services segment, the company offers financial services to its customers and dealers through finance subsidiaries in countries including Japan, the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, Brazil and Thailand. This segment's services include retail lending, leasing to customers and wholesale financing to dealers. Through its power products unit, Honda produces tillers, portable generators, general purpose engines, grass cutters, outboard marine engines, water pumps, snow throwers, power carriers, power sprayers, lawn mowers and lawn tractors. In addition, HondaJet manufactures business jets and jet engines; and manufactures advanced humanoid robots, as well as walking assisted devices and stride management systems for people with weakened leg muscles. U.S. employee benefits include paid time off, credit union access, health care plans, domestic partner benefits, onsite fitness facilities, education reimbursement and retirement plans.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Acura Honda Civic Accord Fit CR-V HondaJet

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Takahiro Hachigo, CEO Takanobu Ito, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 131,596,400,000 5,916,884,000 4,536,799,000 3.44% 19,006,740,000 3,105,170,000 12,536,680,000 7,858,743,000 11,845,540,000 1.87% 4.96% 0.55

2015 120,122,700,000 5,463,183,000 6,043,973,000 5.03% 15,506,880,000 4,591,407,000 9,196,639,000 7,959,334,000 13,065,410,000 2.99% 7.82% 0.55

2014 106,733,000,000 5,715,251,000 6,762,090,000 6.33% 15,294,240,000 5,174,280,000 11,078,380,000 17,140,850,000 13,846,850,000 3.92% 10.47% 0.54

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 89,027,400,000 5,049,570,000 4,910,233,000 5.51% 12,867,540,000 3,309,020,000 7,216,901,000 12,798,070,000 9,837,563,000 2.88% 7.77% 0.53

Stock Ticker: HMC Employees: 204,730 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 80,545,690,000 4,394,533,000 5,135,237,000 6.37% 12,461,560,000 4,813,598,000 9,651,180,000 10,066,900,000 10,839,280,000 4.60% 12.16% 0.45

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 334231111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, 2-chome, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8556 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 71,634,140,000 4,684,986,000 2,085,224,000 2.91% 11,511,800,000 1,906,033,000 6,646,259,000 9,742,641,000 7,197,027,000 1.81% 4.77% 0.50

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Honeywell International Inc

www.honeywell.com

NAIC Code: 336412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Automation & Control Systems Turboprop Engines Performance Polymers Specialty Chemicals Nuclear Services Life Sciences

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: UOP Russell LLC Xtralis International Holdings Limited COM DEV International Intelligrated

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Timothy Mahoney, CEO, Divisional Terrence Hahn, CEO, Divisional Rajeev Gautam, CEO, Divisional John Waldron, CEO, Divisional David Cote, CEO Thomas Szlosek, CFO Darius Adamczyk, COO Katherine Adams, General Counsel Mark James, Senior VP, Divisional Krishna Mikkilineni, Senior VP, Divisional Andreas Kramvis, Vice Chairman Roger Fradin, Vice Chairman

Honeywell International, Inc. invents and commercializes technologies that address critical challenges related to energy, safety, security, productivity and global urbanization. The firm operates through four segments: aerospace, home and building technologies (HBT), performance materials and technologies (PMT), and safety and productivity solutions (SPS). The aerospace segment supplies products, software and services for aircraft and vehicles that it sells to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other customers in a variety of end markets. These markets include aircraft/aviation, defense and space contractors, and automotive and truck manufacturers. Its products consist of aircraft engines, integrated avionics, systems and service solutions; related products and services for aircraft manufacturers; and turbochargers for the performance improvement and efficiency of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. HBT provides products, software, solutions and technologies that help owners of homes stay connected and in control of their comfort, security and energy use; enable commercial building owners and occupants to ensure their facilities are safe, energy efficient, sustainable and productive; and help electricity, gas and water providers to serve customers and communities. PMT develops and manufactures advanced materials, process technologies and automation solutions. Its products include catalysts, absorbents, equipment and consulting. Last, SPS provides products, software and connected solutions that improve productivity, workplace safety and asset performance. Safety products include equipment and footwear designed for work, play and outdoor activities; and productivity products include gas detection technology, mobile devices, software, supply chain/warehouse automation equipment, sensors, switches and controls. In 2016, it acquired the 30% stake in UOP Russell, LLC that it did not already own, which develops technology and manufactures modular equipment to process natural gas; Xtralis International Holdings Limited, a global provider of aspiration smoke detection and perimeter security technologies; COM DEV International, a satellite and space components provider; and Intelligrated, a provider of supply chain and warehouse automation technologies.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 39,302,000,000

2015 38,581,000,000

2014 40,306,000,000

2013 39,055,000,000

2012 37,665,000,000

2011 36,529,000,000

6,683,000,000 17.00% 5,469,000,000 4,809,000,000 5,498,000,000 1,095,000,000 7,815,000,000 9.29% 25.54% 0.62

6,828,000,000 17.69% 5,006,000,000 4,768,000,000 5,454,000,000 1,073,000,000 7,779,000,000 10.06% 26.53% 0.30

5,831,000,000 14.46% 5,518,000,000 4,239,000,000 5,024,000,000 1,094,000,000 7,060,000,000 9.32% 24.13% 0.34

5,501,000,000 14.08% 5,190,000,000 3,924,000,000 4,335,000,000 947,000,000 6,728,000,000 8.99% 25.78% 0.38

4,226,000,000 11.21% 5,218,000,000 2,926,000,000 3,517,000,000 884,000,000 5,152,000,000 7.16% 24.60% 0.49

2,686,000,000 7.35% 5,399,000,000 2,067,000,000 2,833,000,000 798,000,000 3,615,000,000 5.32% 19.25% 0.63

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 973 455-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: 877-841-2840 Address: 115 Tabor Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 United States

Stock Ticker: HON Employees: 131,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,890,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,120,383

Bonus: $5,700,000 Bonus: $1,450,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Hormel Foods Corp

www.hormelfoods.com

NAIC Code: 311612

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Turkey & Pork Products Processed Foods Canned Meats Ethnic Foods Olive Oil

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SPAM Dinty Moore Jennie-O Store Inc MegaMex Foods LLC Hormel Chili Master SKIPPY Stagg Not-So-Sloppy-Joe

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James Sheehan, CFO Kevin Myers, Senior VP, Divisional Jeffrey Ettinger, Chairman of the Board Jana Haynes, Chief Accounting Officer James Snee, Director Steven Binder, Executive VP Lori Marco, General Counsel Deanna Brady, President, Divisional Glenn Leitch, President, Subsidiary Larry Vorpahl, President, Subsidiary Brian Johnson, Secretary Bryan Farnsworth, Senior VP, Divisional Lawrence Lyons, Senior VP, Divisional Gary Jamison, Treasurer Tyler Hulsebus, Vice President, Divisional

Hormel Foods Corp. is one of the nation's top meat processors and the owner of the SPAM brand. The company has operations in all major regions of the country and internationally. The firm markets to a wide range of customers, including retailers, wholesalers and food service distributors, and features Hormel meat products, Dinty Moore beef stew, Stagg chili and Jennie-O turkey. The firm operates in five segments: grocery products, which include the Dinty Moore and SPAM brands as well as Hormel Chili Master and Not-SoSloppy-Joe; refrigerated foods, which include raw, marinated and pre-cooked meat products; Jennie-O Turkey Store, which consists of Jennie-O Store, Inc., the company's largest subsidiary, which markets fresh, frozen, refrigerated and deli turkey products; specialty foods, which includes fish oils, stock and broths, dry milk powders, meat ingredients, gelatin desserts, puddings, drinks, SKIPPY peanut butter, sauces and seasoning oils; and international & other, which consists of joint ventures and subsidiaries in countries around the world. Hormel Foods also maintains a foodservice business, which caters to restaurants and distributors. Internationally, the firm markets its products through subsidiary Hormel Foods International Corp. in locations such as Australia, Canada, China, Japan and the Philippines. Additionally, through a joint venture with Herdez del Fuerte SA de CV, MegaMex Foods, LLC, the company markets Mexican foods in the U.S. under brands such as Wholly Guacamole, Herdez, Don Miguel and La Victoria. In January 2017, the firm announced the completion of the sale of Clougherty Packing, LLC, owner of the Farmer John and Saag's brands, along with PFFJ, LLC farm operations in California, Arizona, and Wyoming to Smithfield Foods, Inc. The firm offers employees medical, dental, AD&D, life, disability and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; educational assistance; an employee assistance program; relocation assistance; a pension plan; a 401(k) plan; profit sharing; and a stock p

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,523,224,000

2015 9,263,863,000

2014 9,316,256,000

2013 8,751,654,000

2012 8,230,670,000

2011 7,895,089,000

1,323,895,000 13.90% 871,974,000 890,052,000 992,848,000 255,524,000 1,462,054,000 14.22% 21.07% 0.05

1,067,320,000 11.52% 743,611,000 686,088,000 991,992,000 144,063,000 1,203,688,000 11.83% 18.04% 0.06

931,620,000 9.99% 650,948,000 602,677,000 746,879,000 159,138,000 1,064,900,000 11.62% 17.42% 0.06

785,476,000 8.97% 627,340,000 526,211,000 637,805,000 106,762,000 935,810,000 11.10% 17.16% 0.07

764,674,000 9.29% 605,868,000 500,050,000 517,781,000 132,303,000 890,688,000 11.35% 18.26% 0.08

742,284,000 9.40% 618,586,000 474,195,000 490,479,000 96,911,000 865,663,000 11.42% 18.75% 0.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 507 437-5611 Fax: 507 437-5489 Toll-Free: 800-523-4635 Address: 1 Hormel Place, Austin, MN 55912 United States

Stock Ticker: HRL Employees: 21,100 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,019,455 Second Exec. Salary: $509,595

Bonus: $ 400 Bonus: $ 400

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 8 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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HP Inc

www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-information/index.html

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Computer Software Printers & Supplies Scanners

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: HP Labs Hewlett-Packard Co Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Margaret Whitman, CEO, Subsidiary Catherine Lesjak, CFO Marie Myers, Chief Accounting Officer Jon Flaxman, COO Kim Rivera, General Counsel Tracy Keogh, Other Executive Officer Ron Coughlin, President, Divisional Enrique Lores, President, Divisional Dion Weisler, President

HP, Inc. (formerly Hewlett-Packard Co.) is a global provider of personal computing devices and other devices. The company operates in three segments: personal systems, printing and corporate investments. The personal systems segment offers the following products and services to the commercial and consumer markets: commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin clients, commercial tablets and mobility devices; retail point-of-sale systems, displays and other related accessories; and software, support and services. The printing segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, supplies, media, solutions and services, as well as scanning devices. The corporate investments segment includes HP Labs and certain business incubation projects. HP's products and services are available worldwide. In November 2015, Hewlett-Packard Co. split its operations into two separate companies, HP, Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE). HPE focuses on the fastergrowing server and IT consulting business. In September 2016, HP, Inc. acquired Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s printer business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 48,238,000,000 1,209,000,000 3,549,000,000 7.35% 3,840,000,000 2,496,000,000 3,230,000,000 433,000,000 3,881,000,000 3.67% 20.90%

2015 103,355,000,000 3,502,000,000 5,471,000,000 5.29% 12,353,000,000 4,554,000,000 6,490,000,000 3,603,000,000 9,532,000,000 4.33% 16.71% 0.78

2014 111,454,000,000 3,447,000,000 7,185,000,000 6.44% 13,353,000,000 5,013,000,000 12,333,000,000 3,853,000,000 11,519,000,000 4.79% 18.56% 0.60

2013 112,298,000,000 3,135,000,000 7,131,000,000 6.35% 13,267,000,000 5,113,000,000 11,608,000,000 3,199,000,000 11,742,000,000 4.76% 20.57% 0.60

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 650 857-1501 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 United States

Stock Ticker: HPQ Employees: 49,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $612,004 Second Exec. Salary: $1,200,046

Bonus: $1,281,250 Bonus: $

2012 120,357,000,000 3,399,000,000 -11,057,000,000 -9.18% 13,500,000,000 -12,650,000,000 10,571,000,000 3,706,000,000 -5,962,000,000 -10.61% -41.43% 0.97

2011 127,245,000,000 3,254,000,000 9,677,000,000 7.60% 13,466,000,000 7,074,000,000 12,639,000,000 4,539,000,000 14,661,000,000 5.56% 17.89% 0.58

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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HRG Group Inc

www.harbingergroupinc.com

NAIC Code: 551112

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Nonbank Holding Company Primary Battery Manufacturing Consumer Products Life Insurance Reinsurance

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc Front Street Re (Delaware) Ltd Salus Capital Partners

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

George Nicholson, CFO David Maura, Chairman of the Board, Subsidiary Ehsan Zargar, COO Joseph Steinberg, Director Omar Asali, Director John McKeown, Senior VP

HRG Group, Inc. is a holding company focused on acquiring controlling interests in companies that it considers to be undervalued or fairly valued with attractive assets or businesses and to grow those acquired businesses. Currently, its operating subsidiaries include Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.; Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc. (FGL); Front Street Re (Delaware) Ltd; and Salus Capital Partners. Spectrum provides global branded consumer products such as consumer batteries, residential locksets, builder's hardware, faucets, shaving and grooming products, personal care, small household appliances, pet supplies, garden and pest control, and personal insect repellents; FGL provides life insurance and annuity products; Front Street provides long-term reinsurance products, including reinsurance to the specialty insurance sector of fixed, deferred and payout annuities; and Salus Capital Partners, a provider of secured asset-based loans to the middle market across various industries. In July 2016, the firm divested its interest in Compass Production Partners, a company engaged in owning and operating oil and natural gas assets.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,215,400,000

2015 5,815,900,000

2014 5,963,000,000

2013 5,543,400,000

2012 4,480,716,000

2011 3,477,782,000

628,000,000 12.04% 1,346,600,000 -198,800,000 913,300,000 95,400,000 812,700,000 - .58% -32.46% 8.51

-227,800,000 -3.91% 2,102,000,000 -556,800,000 283,600,000 116,200,000 252,600,000 -1.78% -54.90% 10.87

569,500,000 9.55% 2,188,100,000 -10,300,000 607,900,000 98,200,000 837,700,000 - .28% -7.74% 3.57

737,400,000 13.30% 1,752,300,000 -45,800,000 522,300,000 100,100,000 988,900,000 - .35% -9.90% 6.75

409,491,000 9.13% 1,648,127,000 89,556,000 618,699,000 53,518,000 544,724,000 .12% 2.89% 1.82

163,686,000 4.70% 1,194,772,000 34,795,000 153,105,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 212 906-8555 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 450 Park Ave., 29/Fl, New York, NY 10022 United States

Stock Ticker: HRG Employees: 16,021 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $500,000

Bonus: $1,000,000 Bonus: $

393,666,000 .06% 1.68% 2.28

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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HTC Corp

www.htc.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Electronics Manufacturing Mobile Computing & Communications Hardware Cellular Phones & Smartphones PDAs Contract Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: HTC Sense HTC One HTC Desire HTC One A9 Beats Audio HTC Vive Viveport Valve Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Cher Wang, CEO Fred Liu, Pres., Eng. Fred Liu, Pres., Oper.

HTC Corp. specializes in designing and manufacturing mobile computing and communications hardware, including cell phones, smart phones and PDAs. The company operates as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) by providing contract design as well as manufacturing services. The firm's customers include major mobile device brands and wireless service providers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, Orange, 02, Vodafone Telus and NTT DoCoMo. The company is a hardware platform development partner with Microsoft for the Windows Phone operating system, and also maintains partnerships with Intel, Texas Instruments, QUALCOMM and Sony. HTC's family of phones, HTC Desire, operates on an Android platform with special features including dual front facing stereo speakers and BlinkFeed, which supplies live news updates to the phone's home screen. Desire smartphones include HTC Desire, HTC Desire 510/610/816/512/612 and HTC Desire EYE. The company's HTC One series of smart phones runs on the Android OS and because of HTC's 50.1% ownership of Beat Audio, comes equipped with the Beats Audio equalizer and has an all-metal design. These smartphones include the HTC One (E8/M7/M8/M9), HTC One, HTC One Max and HTC One mini. HTC integrates its proprietary software overlay user interface, known as HTC Sense, on the Android phones it manufactures. HTC Sense offers added graphics functionality to the phone's home screen. The firm has partnered with Valve Corporation to develop a virtual reality headset named HTC Vive, with features such as integrated front facing cameras for real-world awareness, form-fitting comfort for extended use, visual immersion, precision tracking, high graphics resolution and adjustability. The consumer edition was released in February 2016, and a business enterprise edition was made available that June. Additionally, the company released Viveport in September 2016, an app store for virtual reality. In November 2016, it released the HTC Bolt, its newest flagship cellular device.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,577,704,000 361,361,400 -481,764,500 -18.68% 431,549,900 -348,265,400 -317,245,300 22,323,130 -369,903,900 -9.08% -18.11%

2015 4,013,067,000 452,727,900 -468,410,600 -11.67% 739,682,000 -512,270,600 -430,462,400 35,651,080 -320,149,300 -10.59% -21.40%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 6,197,190,000 430,289,900 22,055,600 .35% 891,731,200 48,909,900 -11,208,330 53,344,830 181,072,400 .88% 1.87%

2013 6,708,088,000 413,674,900 -130,945,300 -1.95% 1,111,332,000 -43,657,570 -535,303,100 101,533,700 30,165,190 - .71% -1.67%

Stock Ticker: HTCCY Employees: 17,200 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 15,361,610,000 526,378,400 2,268,576,000 14.76% 1,551,643,000 2,043,922,000 2,918,915,000 353,061,900 2,435,707,000 27.85% 70.37%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 33753252 Fax: 886 33753251 Toll-Free: Address: 23 Xinghua Rd., Taoyuan, 330 Taiwan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 8,927,567,000 454,468,000 486,870,800 5.45% 898,455,500 553,425,500 751,663,700 173,865,500 618,124,200 7.39% 18.46%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Huntsman Corporation

www.huntsman.com

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals Manufacturing Polyurethane Manufacturing Advanced Materials & Surface Technologies Performance Chemicals Pigments

Huntsman Corporation is a global manufacturer of differentiated organic chemical products and inorganic chemical products. The company operates all its businesses through wholly-owned subsidiary Huntsman International LLC. The firm operates in five business segments: polyurethanes, advanced materials, textile effects, performance products and pigments and additives. The polyurethanes segment (accounting for 38% of 2016 revenues) produces MDI (Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) products, propylene oxide, polyols, propylene glycol, thermoplastic urethane, aniline and methyl tert-butyl ether products. The advanced materials segment (10% of revenues) manufactures epoxy resin compounds and formulations; cross-linking, matting and curing agents; and epoxy, acrylic and polyurethane-based adhesives. The textile effects division (8% of revenues) produces textile chemicals and dyes. The firm's performance products segment (22% of revenues) is organized around three market groups: performance specialties, performance intermediates and maleic anhydride and licensing. It produces amines, carbonates and certain specialty surfactants; consumes internally produced and third-party-sourced base petrochemicals in the manufacture of its surfactants and ethanolamines products; licenses maleic anhydride manufacturing technology (mainly used in the production of fiberglass reinforced resins); and supplies butane fixed bed catalyst used in the manufacture of maleic anhydrides. Huntsman's pigments and additives segment (22% of revenues) manufactures titanium dioxide, used in paints and coatings, plastics, paper, printing inks, fibers and ceramics. In December 2016, the firm sold its European surfactants business to Innospec, Inc. for an enterprise value of $225 million. In March 2017, Huntsman announced plans to close its white-end finishing and packaging operation of its titanium dioxide manufacturing facility based in Calais, France. In May 2017, the firm announced that it will merge with Clariant AG, based in Switzerland. The new firm will be called HuntsmanClariant.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Huntsman International LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Troy Keller, Assistant General Counsel Kurt Ogden, Vice President, Divisional Anthony Hankins, CEO, Geographical Peter Huntsman, CEO Sean Douglas, CFO Jon Huntsman, Chairman of the Board Randy Wright, Chief Accounting Officer Nolan Archibald, Director J. Esplin, Executive VP, Divisional David Stryker, Executive VP Russ Stolle, Other Corporate Officer Simon Turner, President, Divisional Monte Edlund, President, Divisional Scott Wright, President, Divisional Rohit Aggarwal, President, Divisional Brian Ridd, Senior VP, Divisional R. Rogers, Senior VP, Divisional Ronald Gerrard, Senior VP, Divisional Kevin Hardman, Vice President, Divisional Pierre Poukens, Vice President, Divisional Delaney Bellinger, Vice President Brandon Gray, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,657,000,000 152,000,000 647,000,000 6.69% 938,000,000 326,000,000 1,088,000,000 421,000,000 1,082,000,000 3.42% 23.89% 3.21

2015 10,299,000,000 160,000,000 405,000,000 3.93% 982,000,000 93,000,000 575,000,000 663,000,000 780,000,000 .89% 5.77% 3.20

2014 11,578,000,000 158,000,000 633,000,000 5.46% 974,000,000 323,000,000 760,000,000 601,000,000 1,054,000,000 3.19% 17.19% 2.77

2013 11,079,000,000 140,000,000 510,000,000 4.60% 942,000,000 128,000,000 708,000,000 471,000,000 958,000,000 1.41% 6.82% 1.83

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 801 584-5700 Fax: 801 584-5781 Toll-Free: Address: 500 Huntsman Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 United States

Stock Ticker: HUN Employees: 15,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,700,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,325,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 11,187,000,000 152,000,000 845,000,000 7.55% 951,000,000 363,000,000 774,000,000 412,000,000 1,205,000,000 4.13% 21.13% 1.92

2011 11,221,000,000 166,000,000 606,000,000 5.40% 921,000,000 247,000,000 365,000,000 330,000,000 1,048,000,000 2.84% 14.31% 2.24

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hurco Companies Inc

www.hurco.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computerized Machine Tools Factory Automation

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Doar, CEO Sonja Mcclelland, CFO Gregory Volovic, President

Hurco Companies, Inc. is an industrial technology company that designs, manufactures and sells computerized machine tools, consisting mainly of vertical machining centers and turning centers, to companies in the metal working industry through a worldwide sales, service and distribution network. The firm pioneered the application of microprocessor technology and conversational programming software for application on computer controls for machine tools and has been involved in the introduction of interactive computer control systems that automate manufacturing processes and improve productivity in the metal parts manufacturing industry. Hurco uses an open system software architecture that permits its own computer control systems and software to be produced and employed using standard PC hardware. The company concentrates on designing user-friendly computer control systems that can be operated by both skilled and unskilled machine tool operators and yet are capable of instructing a machine to perform complex tasks. The combination of microprocessor technology and patented interactive, conversational programming software in its computer control systems enables operators on the production floor to quickly and easily create a program for machining or forming a particular part from a blueprint or computer-aided design (CAD), and to immediately begin production of that part. The firm's core products consist of general purpose computerized machine tools for the metal cutting industry. These are, principally, vertical machining centers and turning centers, with which its proprietary software and computer control systems are fully integrated. The company also produces computer control systems and related software for press brake applications that are sold as retrofit units for installation on existing or new press brake machines.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 227,289,000

2015 219,383,000

2014 222,303,000

2013 192,804,000

2012 203,117,000

2011 180,400,000

19,616,000 8.63% 50,824,000 13,292,000 -6,863,000 4,177,000 22,825,000 5.34% 7.38%

23,804,000 10.85% 45,287,000 16,214,000 28,544,000 4,533,000 26,973,000 6.67% 9.50%

21,997,000 9.89% 46,615,000 15,143,000 16,335,000 2,635,000 24,934,000 6.75% 9.58%

13,643,000 7.07% 41,413,000 8,190,000 14,385,000 2,636,000 16,114,000 4.02% 5.54%

22,021,000 10.84% 41,160,000 15,638,000 -6,987,000 3,732,000 26,158,000 8.19% 11.58%

17,381,000 9.63% 38,493,000 11,124,000 -1,195,000 2,842,000 20,062,000 6.41% 9.23%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 317 293-5309 Fax: 317 328-2811 Toll-Free: Address: One Technology Way, Indianapolis, IN 46268 United States

Stock Ticker: HURC Employees: 758 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $358,885 Second Exec. Salary: $447,308

Bonus: $100,000 Bonus: $

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

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Hyosung Corporation

www.hyosung.com

NAIC Code: 313210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Textiles Information & Communications Systems Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Chemicals Manufacturing Construction Trading-Metal & Chemicals Transportation & Logistics Car Dealerships

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hyosung Goodsprings

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hyun-Joon Cho, Pres., Corp. Strategy Center Hyun-Joon Cho, Pres., Textile PG & Info. & Comm. PG Seok Rae Cho, Chmn.

Hyosung Corporation is a diversified Korean manufacturer operating in eight performance groups (PGs), which are further subdivided into additional performance units (PUs). The textile PG has three PUs engaged in weaving, dyeing and manufacturing fibers such as nylon, spandex and polyester. The power and industrial systems PG includes: power systems PU offers power generation, transmission and distribution services; industrial machinery PU develops high-tech motors and generators; Hyosung Goodsprings PU produces pumps and operates a desalination business; and wind energy PU builds wind turbine power generation systems. The industrial materials PG comprises six PUs engaged in the production of tire/industrial reinforcement products, technical yarns, global safety textiles, interior carpets, aramid fibers and highperformance grade carbon fiber. The chemicals PG comprises six PUs engaged in the production and exportation of terephthalic acid (TPA), polypropylene resins and other chemicals to Europe and Asia; and also produces nylon and polyester films. The construction PG pursues advancements in construction, and takes part in various construction projects such as reconstruction, redevelopment, commercial/office facilities, civil works, environmental works and social overhead capital business solutions. This PG also engages in innovation and research relating to water treatment, waste treatment, air pollution and other environmental fields. The trading PG encompasses over 50 branch locations, primarily producing steel/metal products, but also engaged in developing chemical products, next-generation LED enhancement for energy saving solutions, building cultural living/working spaces on water and package service logistic solutions. The information and communication PG spans a variety of fields, including automated banking materials, data storage, mobile solutions, content delivery and LED solutions. Last, the other affiliates PG includes fields such as finance, car sales and optical film for LCD (liquid crystal display) manufacturing. In early-2017, the firm partnered with JDX Multisports (based in Korea) to develop premium fabric for golf and sportswear apparel.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,585,716,648

2015 7,456,931,078

2014 7,927,263,182

2013 10,893,800,000

2012 11,813,200,000

2011 9,778,040,000

421,864,632

161,574,430

171,765,438

-12,367,100

114,653,000

165,268,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-707-7000 Fax: 82-2-707-7799 Toll-Free: Address: 119, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 121-720 South Korea

Stock Ticker: 4800 Employees: 25,210 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Seoul Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd

english.hhi.co.kr

NAIC Code: 336611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Shipbuilding Offshore Facility Project Contractor Industrial Plant Contractor Diesel Engine Manufacturing Diesel Power Plant Manufacturing Industrial Robot Manufacturing Power Plant Electrical System Design And Manufacturing Construction Equipment Manufacturing

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) is a Korea-based company that manufactures ships and industrial equipment. It operates in seven divisions: shipbuilding, offshore & engineering, industrial plants & engineering, engines & machinery, electro electric systems, construction equipment and green energy. Its shipbuilding division produces tankers; product carriers; chemical tankers; containerships; oil, bulk and ore carriers; passenger ships; roll-on/roll-off ships; pure car carriers; liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers; liquid petroleum gas (LPG) carriers; submarines; destroyers; and frigates. HHI's shipyard includes 10 large-scale dry docks and nine Goliath Cranes. With one of the world's largest gantry cranes, HHI's offshore & engineering division operates as an engineering, procurement and construction contractor of offshore oil and gas facility projects and has completed 170 projects. Its main projects are floating units, fixed platforms, pipelines, subsea facilities and offshore installations. Industrial plants & engineering provides engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, operation and training services for power generation, desalination and oil and gas processing industrial plants. Engines & machinery produces two- and fourstroke diesel engines, proprietary HiMSEN engines, propellers and crankshafts, marine propulsion shafts, diesel power plants, packaged power stations, industrial robots, cargo oil pumps and side thrusters. Electro electric systems designs, engineers, manufactures and installs major electrical systems in power plants, substations, locomotives, subways and marine vessels. The construction equipment division manufactures excavators, wheel loaders, forklift trucks and skid steer loaders. Green energy specializes in engineering and construction of solar, wind and tidal power generation systems. In November 2016, the firm announced a major business reorganization, in which its non-shipbuilding divisions will be split into six independent companies.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: HiMSEN

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Choi Kil-seon, CEO Kwon Oh-gap, Pres. Kim Oi Hyun, Pres., Shipbuidling & Offshore Choi Kil-seon, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 21,380,321,280

2014 20,498,909,184

2013 20,146,798,592

2012 20,787,539,968

2011 20,758,161,408

-1,352,464,000

-1,532,978,048

374,737,632

916,868,352

1,614,500,608

CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 82 525022342 Fax: 82 522022347 Toll-Free: Address: 1000, Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, South Korea

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

STOCK TICKER/OTHER: 682-792

Stock Ticker: HYHZF Employees: 26,400 Parent Company:

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

www.mobis.co.kr

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Parts Manufacturing Automotive Parts Development Automotive Parts Testing

Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. is a leading Korean automotive parts manufacturer. The company operates through two business divisions: auto parts manufacturing and after-sales parts. Auto parts manufacturing develops and manufactures three core modules: cockpit, front end and chassis, as well as auto parts such as safety systems, braking systems, steering systems, lamp systems and air suspension systems. This division also develops new materials and technologies such as metallic and polymeric materials in order to improve automotive parts and modules, to reduce weights and to develop eco-friendly parts. After-sales parts supply all the service parts required for vehicles made by Hyundai and Kia at home and abroad. Globally, Hyundai Mobis' network includes 28 manufacturing sites, 24 logistics centers and five technical research and development centers across China, the Americas, Europe and Asia. Annually, the company supplies more than 2 million parts for approximately 200 automobile models.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Lim Young-Deuk, CEO Jun Ho-Suck, Pres. Chae Gui-Hwan, Managing Dir. Bae Ki-Eop, Head-Multi Parts Design Dept.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,558,028,288

2015 16,867,281,920

2014 16,312,469,504

2013 15,481,737,216

2012 14,910,350,336

2011 14,044,416,000

1,799,320,960

1,509,425,920

1,890,551,936

1,838,525,696

1,990,250,496

1,540,695,168

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82 220185114 Fax: 82 220186000 Toll-Free: Address: 203, Teheran-ro Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06141 South Korea

Stock Ticker: HYPLF Employees: 7,222 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hyundai Motor America

www.hyundaiusa.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automobile Manufacturing

Hyundai Motor America is the U.S. subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, which is based in Korea. It is responsible for the distribution of Hyundai vehicles nationwide and for manufacturing Hyundai vehicles. The company sells Hyundai models such as the Elantra, Sonata and Azera sedans; Tucson and Santa Fe SUVs and crossovers; Accent, Veloster and Elantra compact hatchbacks; Genesis luxury vehicles; and Ioniq, Sonata and Tucson hybrid/fuel cell vehicles. Future vehicles include the Ioniq family, including hybrid, electric and plug-in-hybrid options; 2018 Elantra GT hatchback, with a 1.6liter turbo engine; and the 2018 Sonata, featuring an integrated memory system for driver seat and side mirrors, blind spot detection, wireless charging and other connected offerings. Hyundai Motor America supports over 800 U.S. Hyundai dealers through its manufacturing facilities in Michigan, Alabama and California. The firm operates one of the most technologically advanced manufacturing facilities in the world in Alabama, comprised of over 2 million square-feet, with nearly 300 welding robots and the capability to produce approximately 300,000 vehicles annually. The company's website possesses shopping tools that allow customers to build their own cars, receive quotes, schedule test drives, locate dealers and obtain trade-in appraisals. Hyundai Motor America offers its employees medical, dental and vision coverage; life, disability, business travel and AD&D insurance; flexible spending accounts; a 401(k); dependent and long-term care programs; an employee assistance program; employee dis

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hyundai Motor Company Elantra Sonata Azera Tucson Genesis Ioniq

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

W. Gerald Flannery, Interim-CEO David L. Zuchowski, Pres. Dean Evans, CMO Michael J. O'Brien, VP-Prod. Planning Michael J. O'Brien, VP-Corp. Planning Christopher Hosford, Exec. Dir.-Comm. Frank Ferrara, Exec. VP-Customer Satisfaction Christopher Chapman, Chief Designer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,144,000,000

2015 15,397,949,697

2014 15,052,444,331

2013 16,359,450,809

2012 16,869,367,538

2011 14,032,573,571

-55,295,882

-146,794,703

338,785,997

483,362,165

463,164,831

487,624,600

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 714-965-3000 Fax: 714-965-3149 Toll-Free: 800-633-5151 Address: 10550 Talbert Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 31,100 Parent Company: Hyundai Motor Company

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Hyundai Motor Company

worldwide.hyundai.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Trucks Buses Light Commercial Vehicles Machine Tools Factory Automation Equipment Material Handling Equipment Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing

Hyundai Motor Company, headquartered in South Korea, is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers. The firm designs and manufactures passenger cars; recreational vehicles; commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and tractors; and specialty vehicles, including crane trucks, refrigerated vans and tank trucks for fuel and water transport. Popular export models include the Accent, a sub-compact; the Sonata, a mid-size sedan; the Elantra, a compact sedan; the Santa Fe SUV; the Tucson SUV; and the Genesis, a luxury sedan. Light commercial vehicles include the H-1 cargo van, the H100 truck and a variety of mini buses. Heavy commercial vehicles include small HD45/65 trucks and medium-sized HD120 trucks and busses as well as cargo, dump, mixer and tractor trucks. Hyundai also makes machine tools for factory automation and material handling and owns approximately 34% of Kia Motors Corporation. Subsidiary Hyundai Motor America oversees U.S. operations, including primary facilities in Alabama, Michigan and California. The subsidiary also distributes Hyundai vehicles in the U.S. In addition to its U.S. operations, the firm has other overseas plants in Brazil, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Russia, India and China, as well as research and development centers in North America, Japan and Europe. The company offers automotive financing services to European customers through joint venture Hyundai Capital Germany GmbH. In 2016, the firm unveiled a new commercial vehicle, the H350. Additionally, the company is coming out with a new, premium sedan, the Azera.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Accent Sonata Elantra Genesis Kia Motors Corporation Hyundai Motor America Hyundai Capital Germany GmbH Azera

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gap Han Yoon, Pres. Choong Ho Kim, Co-CEO Mong-koo Chung, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 81,297,391,616

2014 78,908,276,736

2013 77,185,523,712

2012 74,676,625,408

2011 68,778,303,488

5,673,305,600

6,495,046,144

7,551,526,400

7,569,199,616

6,768,279,040

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82 234642001 Fax: 82 234643455 Toll-Free: Address: 231 Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-938 South Korea

Stock Ticker: HYMLF Employees: 61,410 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Hyundai Steel Company

www.hyundai-steel.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yoo-Cheol Woo, CEO

Hyundai Steel Company is a Korea-based steel manufacturing company. The firm has an annual production capacity of 24 million tons of crude steel, including 12 million tons from blast furnaces and 12 million tons from electric arc furnaces. It operates in three business divisions: blast furnace, electric arc furnace and special steel. Steel products from the blast furnace business include hot rolled steel sheets, cold rolled steel sheets, heavy plates and electric resistance welding (ERW) pipes. Blast furnaces produce these slabs from molten steel. This division serves the automobile, shipbuilding and construction industries. The electric arc furnace division produces molten iron from scrap metals. Hyundai's electric arc furnaces at the Incheon, Pohang and Dangjin sites produce up to 12 million tons of molten steel per year. Its products include rebar, h-sections and heavy machinery for the construction and shipbuilding industries. The special steel division produces high intensity and abrasion-resistant materials for automotive engines and transmissions. These products include special steel bars and wire rods. The company's current focus is on developing materials that make automobiles lighter (for fuel efficiency and lower emissions) and safer. These products are manufactured via cutting-edge technologies and include tailor welded blanks, hydroforming and hot stamping.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,709,850,000

2015 12,800,690,000

2014 14,174,140,000

2013 11,328,600,000

2012 12,490,640,000

2011 13,490,730,000

1,129,322,000 8.88% 624,895,200 716,435,200 2,477,480,000 1,680,279,000 2,335,811,000 2.67% 5.17% 0.49

1,297,599,000 10.13% 611,156,500 697,871,500 2,686,106,000 1,894,072,000 2,274,597,000 2.70% 5.47% 0.56

1,273,046,000 8.98% 558,640,700 663,989,100 1,665,044,000 960,291,200 2,326,899,000 2.62% 5.62% 0.61

633,504,800 5.59% 375,564,800 602,931,000 527,169,300 2,390,625,000 1,478,256,000 2.63% 5.94% 0.67

769,815,200 6.16% 374,752,800 699,690,400 1,907,161,000 2,573,091,000 1,743,848,000 3.55% 8.38% 0.65

1,155,224,000 8.56% 378,557,700 650,013,600 730,793,300 1,641,357,000 1,743,788,000 3.68% 8.73% 0.63

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Phone: 82 234646114 Fax: 82 234646090 Toll-Free: Address: 12 Hunneung-no, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-938 South Korea

Stock Ticker: HYNSY Employees: 9,350 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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IDEX Corporation

www.idexcorp.com

NAIC Code: 333911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing Compressors Flow Meters Process Valves and Controls Dispensing Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AWK Fittings GmbH SFC Koenig AG

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Andrew Silvernail, CEO William Grogan, CFO Michael Yates, Chief Accounting Officer James MacLennan, Chief Information Officer Eric Ashleman, COO Denise Cade, General Counsel Jeffrey Bucklew, Other Executive Officer Daniel Salliotte, Senior VP, Divisional

IDEX Corporation is an applied solutions company which is engaged in fluid and metering technologies; health and science technologies; dispensing equipment; and fire, safety and other products built to its customers' specifications. The company operates through three segments: fluid & metering technologies, health & science technologies and fire & safety/diversified products. The fluid & metering technologies segment designs, produces and distributes positive displacement pumps, valves, flow meters, injectors and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems. This division also provides flow monitoring and other services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water/wastewater, agriculture and energy industries. The health & science technologies segment designs, produces and distributes a range of precision fluidics, rotary lobe pumps, centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, roll compaction and drying systems used in beverage, food processing, pharmaceutical and cosmetics; pneumatic components and sealing solutions such as very high precision, low-flow pumping solutions required in analytical instrumentation, clinical diagnostics and drug discover; high performance molded and extruded, biocompatible medical devices and implantables; air compressors used in medical, dental and industrial applications; optical components and coatings for applications in scientific research, defense, biotechnology, aerospace, telecommunications and electronics manufacturing and much more. The fire & safety/diversified products segment produces firefighting pumps and controls, rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry, apparatus valves, monitors, nozzles, rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry; engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices used in industrial/commercial applications; and precision equipment for dispensing, metering and mixing colorants and paints used in retail and commercial businesses worldwide. In 2016, the firm acquired AWK Fittings GmbH, which develops, manufactures and markets mobile and stationary fire protection equipment; and SFC Koenig AG, a manufacturer of metal-to-metal seal and flow control solutions.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,113,043,000

2015 2,020,668,000

2014 2,147,767,000

2013 2,024,130,000

2012 1,954,258,000

2011 1,838,451,000

405,801,000 19.20% 498,994,000 271,109,000 399,917,000 38,242,000 501,020,000 9.09% 18.15% 0.65

431,738,000 21.36% 479,408,000 282,807,000 360,321,000 43,776,000 512,101,000 9.89% 19.30% 0.58

431,224,000 20.07% 504,419,000 279,386,000 367,961,000 47,997,000 511,242,000 9.64% 18.26% 0.51

395,513,000 19.53% 477,851,000 255,215,000 401,522,000 31,536,000 474,669,000 8.99% 16.80% 0.49

128,218,000 6.56% 444,490,000 37,630,000 326,180,000 35,807,000 206,766,000 1.33% 2.52% 0.53

304,656,000 16.57% 421,703,000 193,857,000 217,241,000 35,175,000 375,599,000 7.43% 13.42% 0.53

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 498-7070 Fax: 847 498-3940 Toll-Free: Address: 1925 West Field Ct., Lake Forest, IL 60045 United States

Stock Ticker: IEX Employees: 7,158 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $949,347 Second Exec. Salary: $430,128

Bonus: $ Bonus: $228,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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IHI Corporation

www.ihi.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tsugio Mitsuoka, Pres. Tamotsu Saito, Chmn.

IHI Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of ships, aeroengines, space products, automotive turbochargers, industrial machines, power station boilers, suspension bridges and other related machinery as well as manufacturing and storage facilities. Aero-engines, space and defense products include rocket systems and engines (of which the company has a 70% market share in Japan). The energy systems product lines supply critical boilers to power plants and components for nuclear power plants as well as the construction of nuclear power plants. This product line also builds gas turbine, gas engines and lithium-ion battery systems. IHI serves as a contractor of cryogenic liquid natural gas storage and is also involved in liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation with its floating LNG solutions. The company provides plant designs, from engineering to start up, for both process plants and pharmaceutical plants. Its social infrastructure and security related technology products provide bridges, water gates, steel structures, shield tunneling machines, transportation systems and security systems such as x-ray inspection systems and 3D laser radar. Additional product lines offered by IHI are as follows: physical distribution systems, materials handling equipment, industrial machinery, standard machinery, construction machinery, agricultural machinery and facilities, and products for civil use (parking systems and urban development). The company maintains domestic offices Japan, as well as overseas offices, operating through more than 250 subsidiaries worldwide.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,874,110,000

2015 13,121,150,000

2014 11,752,960,000

198,713,000 1.43%

570,083,100 4.34%

13,780,490 859,257,000 475,908,900 589,307,300 .08% .45% 0.81

81,853,740 573,111,400 645,348,500 801,566,400 .56% 2.62% 0.79

480,117,900 4.08% 1,524,388,000 319,925,400 353,479,800 491,392,800 1,059,980,000 2.31% 10.43% 0.60

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2013 11,320,450,000 237,612,000 379,806,000 3.35% 118,751,900 313,634,500 670,070,500 479,757,400 1,024,199,000 2.47% 12.37% 0.79

Stock Ticker: IHICF Employees: 29,494 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 10,700,760,000 222,101,100 553,292,400 5.17% 102,664,200 275,708,900 861,302,800 830,551,400 938,551,100 2.14% 13.20% 0.90

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362047800 Fax: 81 362048800 Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Toyosu 3-chome, Tokyo, 135-8710 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 11,012,390,000 245,498,100 390,549,200 3.54% 110,072,600 226,832,700 223,002,300 462,858,500 994,520,300 1.76% 9.74% 0.77

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Illinois Tool Works Inc

www.itw.com

NAIC Code: 333249

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Products & Equipment Steel, Plastic & Paper Products Power Systems & Electronics Transportation-Related Components, Fasteners, Fluids & Polymers Construction-Related Fasteners & Tools Food Equipment & Adhesives Decorative Surfacing Materials Adhesives, Sealants & Lubrication

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

E. Santi, CEO Christopher OHerlihy, Vice Chairman Michael Larsen, CFO Randall Scheuneman, Chief Accounting Officer John Hartnett, Executive VP Michael Zimmerman, Executive VP Lei Zhang Schlitz, Executive VP Juan Valls, Executive VP Roland Martel, Executive VP Steven Martindale, Executive VP Sundaram Nagarajan, Executive VP Norman Finch, General Counsel Mary Lawler, Other Executive Officer David Parry, Vice Chairman

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of industrial products and equipment, with operations in 57 countries. It operates in seven primary segments: automotive OEM, test and measurement and electronics, food equipment, polymers and fluids, welding, construction products and specialty products. The automotive OEM segment produces components and fasteners for automotive-related applications. Products include plastic and metal components, fasteners and assemblies for automobiles, light trucks and other industrial uses. The test and measurement segment produces equipment, consumables and related software for testing and measuring of materials and structures as well as equipment and consumables used in the production of electronic subassemblies and microelectronics. The food equipment division provides commercial food equipment and related services. Products include warewashing equipment; cooking and refrigeration equipment; food processing equipment; and kitchen exhaust, ventilation and pollution control systems. The polymer and fluids segment offers adhesives, sealants, lubrication and cutting fluids, janitorial and hygiene products and fluids and polymers for auto aftermarket maintenance and appearance. The welding segment produces arc welding equipment, consumables and accessories for a wide array of industrial and commercial applications. The construction products segment produces tools, fasteners and other products for construction applications. Products include packaged hardware, fasteners, anchors and other products for retail. Finally, the specialty products segment produces beverage packaging equipment and consumables; product coding and marking equipment and consumables; and appliance components and fasteners. In July 2016, the company acquired the engineered fasteners and components business from ZF TRW.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,599,000,000

2015 13,405,000,000

2014 14,484,000,000

2013 14,135,000,000

2012 17,924,000,000

2011 17,786,580,000

3,064,000,000 22.53% 2,415,000,000 2,035,000,000 2,302,000,000 273,000,000 3,615,000,000 13.15% 42.94% 1.68

2,867,000,000 21.38% 2,417,000,000 1,899,000,000 2,299,000,000 284,000,000 3,422,000,000 11.36% 31.53% 1.32

2,888,000,000 19.93% 2,678,000,000 2,946,000,000 1,616,000,000 361,000,000 3,456,000,000 15.65% 35.66% 0.87

2,514,000,000 17.78% 2,815,000,000 1,679,000,000 2,528,000,000 368,000,000 3,199,000,000 8.55% 16.57% 0.28

2,847,000,000 15.88% 3,332,000,000 2,870,000,000 2,072,000,000 382,000,000 4,430,000,000 15.39% 27.89% 0.43

2,731,008,000 15.35% 3,282,352,000 2,071,384,000 1,956,008,000 353,408,000 3,378,856,000 12.10% 21.36% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 724-7500 Fax: 847 657-4261 Toll-Free: Address: 155 Harlem Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025 United States

Stock Ticker: ITW Employees: 50,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,205,313 Second Exec. Salary: $769,558

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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IMI plc

www.imiplc.com

NAIC Code: 333996

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machinery Manufacturing Fluid Controls HVAC Components

IMI plc (which stands for Imperial Metal Industries) is an engineering holding firm focused on the movement and control of fluids in critical applications. The company operates through three divisions: IMI Critical Engineering, IMI Precision Engineering and IMI Hydronic Engineering. IMI Critical Engineering provides critical flow control solutions for the energy and process industries. The main markets for this division are the oil and gas, fossil power, nuclear power, petrochemical and iron and steel markets. The segment's products are sold under brand names such as IMI CCI, IMI Bopp & Reuther, IMI Fluid Kinetics, IMI InterAtiva, IMI NH, IMI Orton, IMI Remosa, IMI STI, IMI SSF, IMI Th Jansen, IMI Truflo Marine, IMI Truflo Rona and IMI Z&J. The IMI Precision Engineering division creates technologies related to the control of air and other fluids for the commercial vehicle, rail, food and beverage, life sciences, energy and pneumatic industries. Products in this division are marketed under brand names such as MI Norgren, IMI Buschjost, IMI FAS, IMI Herion and MI Maxseal. Last, IMI Hydronic Engineering is a global supplier of hydronic distribution systems that provide energy-efficient heating and cooling systems to the residential and commercial building sectors. Its products are marketed under brand names such as IMI TA, IMI Flow Design, IMI Heimeier and IMI Pneumatex brands.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: IMI STI IMI CCI IMI Bopp & Reuther MI Norgren IMI Buschjost MI Maxseal IMI Heimeier IMI Pneumatex

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mark Selway, CEO Daniel Shook, Dir.-Finance Geoff Tranfield, Dir.-Human Resources John OShea, Corp. Sec. Mark Shellenbarger, Global VP-Bus. Dev. Ivan Ronald, Group Financial Controller Robert Guerra, Pres., Norgren Americas Brendan Colgan, Pres., Fluid Power Peter Spencer, Pres., Indoor Climate Michael Preinerstorfer, Regional VP-European Sales Daniel Nowack, Dir.-Global Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,117,572,000

2015 1,989,776,000

2014 2,162,300,000

2013 2,227,476,000

2012 2,798,722,000

240,639,000 11.36%

237,571,900 11.93% 576,230,000 163,067,100 310,415,300 90,223,630 325,495,200 8.76% 24.18% 0.53

344,792,300 15.94% 598,466,400 854,313,000 150,287,500 90,479,220 407,284,300 43.48% 120.42% 0.42

345,686,900 15.51% 605,239,600 286,134,200 408,051,100 68,242,810 429,137,300 13.07% 36.21% 0.34

406,262,000 14.51% 722,555,800 294,696,400 270,159,700 59,936,100 528,690,000 13.34% 38.42% 0.37

167,156,500 321,533,500 90,607,020 323,833,900 8.20% 24.01% 0.63

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 1217173700 Fax: 44 1217173701 Toll-Free: Address: Lakeside, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham, B37 7XZ United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: IMIAF Employees: 11,711 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,003,195 Second Exec. Salary: $580,192

Bonus: $998,083 Bonus: $397,444

2011 2,723,323,000 49,584,660 401,533,500 14.74% 286,773,200 256,102,200 255,207,600 75,271,560 513,226,800 11.94% 36.75% 0.42

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Imperial Brands PLC

www.imperialbrandsplc.com

NAIC Code: 312230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tobacco Products Manufacturing Cigarettes Cigars Cigarette Tubes Rolling Tobacco Pipe Tobacco Rolling Papers Snuff

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Imperial Tobacco Tabacalera ITG Brands Fontem Ventures Logista Golden Virginia Winston blu

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alison Cooper, CEO Matthew Philips, Chief Development Officer Oliver Tant, CFO Peter Corijn, Group Marketing Dir. Andy Newall, Group HR Dir. Walter Prinz, Group Manufacturing John Downing, Company Secretary Matthew Phillips, Corp. Affairs Dir. Fernando Dominguez, Premium Cigar Dir. Peter Corijn, Group Mktg. Dir. Mark Williamson, Chmn. Helen Clatworthy, Group Supply Chain Dir.

Imperial Brands PLC, formerly Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, is an international tobacco company that manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of cigarettes, tobaccos, cigars, rolling papers and filter tubes. The operations of the firm focuses on five distinct entities: Imperial Tobacco, Tabacalera, ITG Brands, Fontem Ventures and Logista. Imperial Tobacco brands are available in markets worldwide and include Davidoff, West, JPS, Gauloises Blondes and Golden Virginia. Key Imperial Tobacco subsidiaries include Reemtsma in Germany, Altadis in Spain and Seita in France as well as the Imperial Tobacco businesses in the UK, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Tabacalera is Imperial Brands' international premium cigar business. ITG Brands is the third largest tobacco company in the USA. ITG Brands offers a broad portfolio of well-known cigarette and mass market cigar brands that include Winston, Maverick, Kool, USA Gold, Salem, Dutch Masters and Backwoods. Fontem Ventures is the non-tobacco subsidiary focused on developing new opportunities, including the e-vapour brand blu. Logista is a European distribution business serving 300,000 outlets across Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Poland.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 35,315,010,000

2015 32,318,210,000

2014 34,025,560,000

2013 36,126,520,000

2012 36,516,290,000

2011 37,345,690,000

2,848,562,000 8.06% 2,645,367,000 806,389,700 4,034,504,000 292,651,700 3,427,476,000 2.00% 11.86% 2.33

2,540,575,000 7.86% 2,373,163,000 2,161,022,000 3,510,543,000 304,153,300 4,049,840,000 6.02% 32.54% 2.29

2,637,700,000 7.75% 2,486,901,000 1,817,252,000 3,256,230,000 433,226,800 4,011,501,000 5.22% 26.68% 1.86

2,502,236,000 6.92% 4,563,578,000 1,197,444,000 3,005,751,000 389,776,300 4,069,009,000 3.34% 16.11% 1.40

1,939,936,000 5.31% 2,562,300,000 866,453,600 2,707,987,000 414,057,500 4,575,079,000 2.32% 9.90% 1.38

3,373,802,000 9.03% 2,563,578,000 2,295,207,000 2,538,019,000 463,897,700 4,222,364,000 5.87% 24.46% 1.05

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 117-963-6636 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 121 Winterstoke Rd., Bristol, BS3 2LL United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: IMBN Employees: 33,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,303,514 Second Exec. Salary: $829,393

Bonus: $1,877,316 Bonus: $1,193,610

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

www.iocl.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining Pipelines Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Natural Gas Utility Gas Stations Storage Terminals & Depots Aviation Fueling Stations Lubricants Manufacturing & Retail

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. is an Indian petrochemical company. The firm supplies 71% of India's downstream pipeline throughput capacity and controls a petroleum market share of 35%. The firm owns and operates 11 of India's 23 refineries, with a combined capacity of approximately 80.7 million tons per year. Two of these refineries are owned by subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Refining technologies in operation at Indian Oil refineries include atmospheric/vacuum distillation, distillates, hydrocracking, catalytic reforming, hydrogen generation, delayed coking, lube processing, visbreaking, merox treatment, hydrodesulfurization of kerosene and gasoil streams, sulfur recovery, de-waxing, wax hydro finishing, coke calcining and more. In addition, Indian Oil owns and operates one of the country's largest networks of cross-country crude oil and product pipelines, spanning about 7,000 miles. The company also owns a countrywide network of over 46,000 sales points comprised of bulk storage terminals, installations and depots; aviation fueling stations; liquid petroleum gas bottling plants; and a nationwide network of gas and diesel stations. Indian Oil's brands include SERVO lubricants, XtraPremium petrol, Propel petrochemicals, Indane liquid petroleum cooking gas and XtraMile diesel gas. The firm's aviation service controls 63.6% of the aviation fuel market in India, supplying domestic and international carriers as well as the Indian Defense Services. The company's exploration and production activities consist of exploratory work in eight domestic and nine overseas blocks. Indian Oil is also involved in petrochemical production and export as well as wind, solar, nuclear and biofuel projects.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd SERVO XtraPremium Propel Indane XtraMile

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

A. K. Sharma, Dir.- Finance B. S. Canth, Dir. - Marketing Verghese Cherian, Dir. - Human Resources R.K. Malhotra, Dir.-R&D Raju Ranganathan, Corp. Sec. B. V. Janakiram, Exec. Dir.-Pipeline Oper. A.M.K. Sinha, Dir.-Planning & Bus. Dev. R. Narayanan, Exec. Dir.-Corp. Affairs P.K. Goyal, Dir.-Finance V.S. Okhde, Dir.-Pipelines R.K. Ghoshr, Dir.-Refineries Sunil Kumar Singh, Chief Vigilance Officer B. B. Choudhary, Exec. Dir.-Exploration & Prod. Sanjiv Singh, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 55,272,402,944

2015 69,804,900,352

2014 75,835,842,560

2013 71,710,490,624

2012 63,502,454,784

2011 44,079,513,600

1,742,250,240

762,795,264

1,100,332,416

690,893,760

656,259,072

1,255,628,672

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 011-2626-0000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3079/3 JB Tito Marg, Sadiq Nagar, New Delhi, 110 049 India

Stock Ticker: INOIY Employees: 32,962 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA)

www.inditex.com

NAIC Code: 448120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fast Fashion Apparel Manufacturing Retail Stores Textiles Home Furnishings Retail Stores Men's and Women's Apparel

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Zara Pull & Bear Massimo Dutti Bershka Stradivarius Oysho Zara Home Uterque

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Pablo Isla Alvarez de Tejera, CEO Antonio A. Abadin, General Counsel Pablo Isla Alvarez de Tejera, Chmn.

Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) is a Spanish conglomerate of over 100 companies engaged in textile design, production, distribution and related businesses. As one of the world's largest fashion distribution companies, it owns or leases approximately 7,000 retail stores worldwide under the names Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterque. Zara is the firm's largest fashion brand, with 2,100 stores. Pull & Bear, which focuses on clothing for urban youth, has more than 900 locations in 68 countries. Massimo Dutti, with 761 stores located in 73 countries, is designed to appeal to younger professionals. Bershka is also aimed at a younger target market, with 1,000 stores in 69 countries. Stradivarius boasts 950 stores in 60 countries, stocking creative designs, fabrics and accessories. Oysho is a chain of stores focused primarily on women's lingerie and undergarments as well as casual outerwear and accessories; it currently has over 600 locations in 44 countries. Zara Home is the Inditex Group's chain specializing in home furnishings, with a focus on textiles such as bed, table and bathroom linen, complemented with cutlery, glassware and decorative items. Zara Home currently features more than 500 locations in 53 countries. Uterque, the firm's newest store type, features fashion accessories and a select range of textile and leather garments all designed by an inhouse creative team, with 72 store locations in 12 countries. Inditex is able to obtain a new item of clothing from its design team, manufacture it and distribute it stores in as little as two weeks. Most manufacturing plants are located in Europe. In late-2016, the firm inaugurated its online Zara store, launching the new e-commerce platform first in Turkey, with plans to roll out all its branded stores online from that point forward.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,425,730,000

2015 20,305,460,000

2014 18,745,170,000

2013 17,872,830,000

2012 15,459,100,000

4,121,769,000 17.59%

3,584,606,000 17.65%

3,221,905,000 5,043,184,000 1,701,313,000 5,266,935,000 17.56% 26.32%

2,802,677,000 3,639,886,000 2,013,296,000 4,598,826,000 17.16% 25.41%

3,441,919,000 18.36% 6,723,003,000 2,664,293,000 3,168,877,000 1,401,485,000 4,400,325,000 17.84% 26.87%

3,493,432,000 19.54% 6,281,980,000 2,645,998,000 3,495,799,000 1,473,831,000 4,402,199,000 19.79% 29.76%

2,826,727,000 18.28% 5,513,705,000 2,165,757,000 2,699,687,000 1,349,108,000 3,651,280,000 18.59% 28.00%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 34 981185400 Fax: 34 981185544 Toll-Free: Address: Avenida Diputacion s/h, Arteixo, 15143 Spain

Stock Ticker: IDEXF Employees: 152,854 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends:

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Ingersoll-Rand plc

company.ingersollrand.com

NAIC Code: 333400

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Refrigeration Systems & Controls Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems Stationary & Mobile Food Refrigeration Systems Industrial Products-Compressed Air Systems Golf Carts & Utility Vehicles Security Products-Doors & Locks Electronic & Biometric Access Control Systems & Software Time, Attendance & Personnel Scheduling Systems

Ingersoll-Rand plc primarily manufactures heating and cooling systems and industrial products. It operates in two segments: climate and industrial. The climate segment provides energyefficient solutions globally and includes the Trane and American Standard heating and air conditioning brands. Through these brands, the firm provides heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems as well as commercial and residential building services, parts, support and controls. Through the Thermo King brand, the company transports temperature control solutions. The industrial segment delivers products and services that enhance energy efficiency, productivity and operations. Brands in this segment include: Ingersoll Rand, a provider of compressed air systems and services, power tools, material handling systems; ARO, a fluid management equipment provider; and Club Car, a golf, utility and rough terrain vehicle provider. In early-2015, the firm acquired Cameron International Corporation's centrifugal compression business for approximately $850 million. This new division manufactures centrifugal compression equipment and provides aftermarket parts and services for global industrial applications, air separation, gas transmission and process gas.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Trane American Standard Thermo King Ingersoll Rand ARO Club Car

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michael W. Lamach, CEO Susan Carter, CFO Marcia J. Avedon, Sr. VP-Human Resources Paul Camuit, CIO Robert L. Katz, General Counsel Todd Wyman, Sr. VP-Global Oper. Marcia J. Avedon, Sr. VP-Comm. Didier Teirlinck, Sr. VP Robert G. Zafari, Pres., Industrial Tech. Sector John W. Conover, IV, Sr. VP Gary Michel, Sr. VP Michael W. Lamach, Chmn. Venky Valluri, Chmn. Todd Wyman, Sr. VP-Integrated Supply Chain

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,508,900,000

2015 13,300,700,000

2014 12,891,400,000

2013 12,350,500,000

2012 14,034,900,000

2011 14,782,000,000

1,573,100,000 11.64% 2,606,500,000 1,476,200,000 1,500,200,000 182,700,000 2,315,000,000 8.64% 23.69% 0.55

1,458,000,000 10.96% 2,541,100,000 664,600,000 851,100,000 249,600,000 1,835,000,000 3.90% 11.26% 0.64

1,404,700,000 10.89% 2,503,900,000 931,700,000 973,200,000 233,500,000 1,767,100,000 5.33% 14.27% 0.62

1,105,000,000 8.94% 2,570,000,000 618,800,000 1,170,400,000 242,200,000 1,442,100,000 3.42% 8.70% 0.44

1,505,200,000 10.72% 2,776,000,000 1,018,600,000 1,180,900,000 262,600,000 1,905,700,000 5.46% 14.47% 0.31

860,300,000 5.81% 2,781,200,000 343,200,000 1,186,800,000 242,900,000 1,296,000,000 1.77% 4.61% 0.41

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 353 18707400 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 170/175 Lakeview Dr., Airside Business Park, Dublin, Ireland

Stock Ticker: IR Employees: 45,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $1,300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $525,000

2

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $500,000

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Innolux Corporation

www.innolux.com

NAIC Code: 334419

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Unit Screens Manufacturing OLED Displays LCD Televisions Medical Display Panels Color Filters

Innolux Corporation manufactures thin-film transistor liquidcrystal displays (TFT-LCD) and touch panels used to enhance resolution, color and brightness in a variety of LCD display products. The company's LCD TV panels are produced with either light-emitting diode (LED) or cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) technology. Notebook panels are engineered to be lightweight and slender, with LED widescreens, LCD panels and various types of high definition (HD) features. Its monitor panels are also equipped with widescreen displays utilizing full high definition (FHD) resolution and LED backlighting. Medical display panels are used to assist doctors with diagnoses, and possess high image quality while also complying with safety standards. Industrial display applications include panels that offer high resolution, a wide operation temperature range, wide viewing angle, high contrast and fast response. Automotive and avionics display applications meet the needs of top auto manufacturers, and comprise various viewing angle technologies, high resolutions, integrated touch functions and transflective features. Smart phone/mobile applications are lightweight and slender in style, have touch functions, high resolution, low power consumption, wide viewing angle and narrow bezel features. Consumer electronic applications are used in panels that apply to digital cameras, printers and multifunctional office devices. Innolux operates manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, China and the Netherlands. Its subsidiaries include Innolux Technology Japan Co. Ltd., Innolux Optoelectronics Japan Co. Ltd., Innolux Technology Europe BV, Innolux Optoelectronics Europe BV, Innolux Optoelectronics Germany GmbH, Innolux Technology USA, Inc. and Innolux Optoelectronics USA, Inc. The firm offers employees labor and health insurance, cash incentives for three annual festivals and various recreational activities.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Innolux Technology Japan Co Ltd Innolux Optoelectronics Japan Co Ltd Innolux Technology Europe BV Innolux Optoelectronics Europe BV Innolux Optoelectronics Japan Co Ltd Innolux Optoelectronics Germany GmbH Innolux Technology USA Inc Innolux Optoelectronics USA Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jyh-Chau Wang, CEO Chih-Hung Shiao, Pres. Wen-Jyh Sah, VP Ching-Lung Ting, VP Chih-Hung Shiao, VP Hung-Wen Yang, Associate VP Jyh-Chau Wang, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,497,245,125

2015 11,247,354,669

2014 13,957,200,000

2013 13,764,000,000

2012 15,746,300,000

2011 16,608,200,000

350,025,362

334,085,040

705,800,000

166,100,000

-973,500,000

-2,098,200,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 37586000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: No. 160 Kesyue Rd., Chu-Nan Site Hsinchu, Taipei City, 35053 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: 3481 Employees: 97,200 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Taipei Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Integer Holdings Corporation

integer.net

NAIC Code: 335911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Device Contract Manufacturing Implantable Medical Device Components Specialty Battery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Greatbatch Lake Region Medical Electrochem

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Integer Holdings Corporation is one of the largest medical device outsource manufacturers in the world. The firm's two business segments are medical and non-medical. The medical segment comprises advanced surgical, orthopedic, portable medical, cardio/vascular and cardiac/neuromodulation product lines marketed under the Greatbatch and Lake Region Medical brands. These products include arthroscopic devices and components, laparoscopic and general surgical devices, biopsy and drug delivery products, components for a range of cardiac and endovascular procedures, devices used during the treatment of peripheral arterial disease and more. The nonmedical segment includes power solutions such as customized battery power and management systems marketed under the Electrochem brand. In addition to primary power solutions, Electrochem offers customized secondary or rechargeable battery packs in a diverse range of chemistries for critical applications. Integer has offices strategically located worldwide, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Thomas Hook, CEO Thomas Mazza, Chief Accounting Officer Bill Sanford, Director Mauricio Arellano, Executive VP, Divisional Kristin Trecker, Executive VP Timothy McEvoy, General Counsel Antonio Gonzalez, President, Divisional Declan Smyth, President, Divisional Jeremy Friedman, President, Divisional Jennifer Bolt, President, Subsidiary Michael Dinkins, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,386,778,000 55,001,000 108,270,000 7.80% 153,291,000 5,961,000 105,532,000 58,632,000 202,979,000

2015 800,414,000 52,995,000 13,146,000 1.64% 102,530,000 -7,594,000 12,479,000 44,616,000 62,445,000

2.34

1.98

2014 687,787,000 49,845,000 75,654,000 10.99% 90,602,000 55,458,000 81,276,000 24,823,000 118,288,000

2013 663,945,000 54,077,000 61,339,000 9.23% 88,107,000 36,267,000 56,755,000 18,558,000 96,065,000

2012 646,177,000 52,490,000 25,821,000 3.99% 80,992,000 -4,799,000 64,831,000 41,069,000 71,153,000

2011 568,822,000 45,513,000 61,699,000 10.84% 72,548,000 33,122,000 89,921,000 22,489,000 113,015,000

0.28

0.36

0.46

0.50

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 716 759-5600 Fax: 716 759-5654 Toll-Free: Address: 2595 Dallas Parkway, Ste. 310, Frisco, TX 75034 United States

Stock Ticker: ITGR Employees: 9,559 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $491,417 Second Exec. Salary: $800,000

Bonus: $1,592,000 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Intel Corporation

www.intel.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Microprocessors Semiconductors Circuit Boards Flash Memory Products Software Development Home Network Equipment Digital Imaging Products Healthcare Products

Intel Corporation designs and manufactures products and technologies that power the cloud and smart connectivity. The company produces computer, networking and communications platforms to a broad set of customers, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), original design manufacturers (ODMs), cloud and communications service providers, as well as industrial, communications and automotive equipment manufacturers. Intel's business across the cloud and data center are accelerated by memory and fieldprogrammable gate array technologies. Its devices include everything smart: personal computers (PCs), sensors, consoles and other edge devices that are connected to the cloud. Memory and programmable solutions make possible new classes of products for the data center and Internet of Things. Intel is a leader in silicon manufacturing process technology, of which its products are manufactured in the company's own facilities. Its intellectual property can be shared across its platforms and operating segments, providing cost reduction and seamless production capabilities. Intel also offers software and services for consumer and corporate environments, as well as for assisting software developers in creating software applications via Intel platforms. Intel's client computing product group includes platforms for notebooks, 2in-1 systems, desktops, tablets, phones, wired/wireless connectivity products and mobile communications components. Its non-volatile memory solutions (NAND) flash memory products are primarily used it solid-state drives. During 2016, the firm acquired Altera Corporation; acquired deeplearning startup, Nervana Systems; and sold a majority stake in its computer-security unit to TPG Capital. In March 2017, Intel agreed to acquire Mobileye NV, an Israeli developer of autonomous driving systems, for more than $15 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Altera Corporation Nervana Systems

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Brian Krzanich, CEO Robert Swan, CFO Andy Bryant, Chairman of the Board Stacy Smith, Executive VP, Divisional Diane Bryant, Executive VP Venkata Renduchintala, Executive VP Richard Taylor, Other Corporate Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 59,387,000,000 12,740,000,000 12,874,000,000 21.67% 8,397,000,000 10,316,000,000 21,808,000,000 9,625,000,000 21,459,000,000 9.53% 16.20% 0.31

2015 55,355,000,000 12,128,000,000 14,002,000,000 25.29% 7,930,000,000 11,420,000,000 19,017,000,000 7,446,000,000 23,260,000,000 11.71% 19.52% 0.32

2014 55,870,000,000 11,537,000,000 15,347,000,000 27.46% 8,136,000,000 11,704,000,000 20,418,000,000 10,197,000,000 23,896,000,000 12.70% 20.51% 0.21

2013 52,708,000,000 10,611,000,000 12,291,000,000 23.31% 8,088,000,000 9,620,000,000 20,776,000,000 10,747,000,000 20,887,000,000 10.88% 17.57% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 408 765-8080 Fax: 408 765-2633 Toll-Free: 800-628-8686 Address: 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054 United States

Stock Ticker: INTC Employees: 106,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $900,000 Second Exec. Salary: $194,800

Bonus: $2,700,000 Bonus: $2,750,000

2012 53,341,000,000 10,148,000,000 14,638,000,000 27.44% 8,057,000,000 11,005,000,000 18,884,000,000 11,842,000,000 22,485,000,000 14.15% 22.66% 0.25

2011 53,999,000,000 8,350,000,000 17,477,000,000 32.36% 7,670,000,000 12,942,000,000 20,963,000,000 10,764,000,000 23,886,000,000 19.27% 27.14% 0.15

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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International Paper Co

www.ipaper.com

NAIC Code: 322121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Forest Products Manufacturer Paper Products Specialty Chemicals Building Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Glenn Landau, CFO Catherine Slater, Senior VP, Divisional Vincent Bonnot, Controller Mark Sutton, Director Sharon Ryan, General Counsel John Sims, President, Geographical William Hoel, Senior VP JeanMichel Ribieras, Senior VP, Divisional W. Amick, Senior VP, Divisional Tommy Joseph, Senior VP, Divisional Thomas Kadien, Senior VP, Divisional Timothy Nicholls, Senior VP, Divisional Gregory Wanta, Senior VP, Divisional C. Ealy, Senior VP, Divisional

International Paper Co. is a global paper and forest products manufacturer complemented by an extensive distribution system. The company produces printing and writing papers, pulp, tissue, paperboard, packaging and wood products. International Paper's primary marketing, manufacturing and distribution operations are in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company distributes printing, packaging, graphic arts and industrial supply products, mostly manufactured by other companies, principally through 12 distribution branches in Asia. The firm also engages in oil, gas and real estate activities in the U.S. International Paper controls approximately 329,000 acres of forestland in Brazil and owns harvesting rights on government-owned forestlands in Russia through licenses and forest management agreements. In the U.S., the company operates 29 pulp, paper and packaging mills; 170 converting and packaging plants; 16 recycling plants; and three bag facilities. Production facilities in Europe, Asia, Africa, India, Latin America and South America include 17 pulp, paper and packaging mills; 68 converting and packaging plants; and two recycling plants. In July 2016, the firm acquired Holmen Paper's Madrid newsprint mill, with plans to convert the mill to produce recycled containerboard. That December, it acquired Weyerhaeuser's pulp business for $2.2 billion.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,079,000,000

2015 22,365,000,000

2014 23,617,000,000

2013 29,080,000,000

2012 27,833,000,000

2011 26,034,000,000

1,600,000,000 7.59% 2,936,000,000 904,000,000 2,478,000,000 1,348,000,000 2,878,000,000 2.82% 21.98% 2.55

2,384,000,000 10.65% 3,051,000,000 938,000,000 2,580,000,000 1,487,000,000 3,204,000,000 3.16% 20.84% 2.29

2,463,000,000 10.42% 3,314,000,000 555,000,000 3,077,000,000 1,366,000,000 3,877,000,000 1.84% 8.39% 1.68

2,188,000,000 7.52% 3,937,000,000 1,395,000,000 3,028,000,000 1,198,000,000 3,735,000,000 4.38% 19.36% 1.08

1,891,000,000 6.79% 3,703,000,000 794,000,000 2,967,000,000 1,383,000,000 3,377,000,000 2.68% 12.28% 1.53

2,217,000,000 8.51% 3,277,000,000 1,341,000,000 2,675,000,000 1,159,000,000 3,549,000,000 5.12% 19.93% 1.38

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 901-419-9000 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-207-4003 Address: 6400 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38197 United States

Stock Ticker: IP Employees: 55,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $750,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Inventec Corporation

www.inventec.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Electronics Manufacturing Computers, Notebooks & Servers Portable Electronics Storage Devices Software Products Communications Products Digital Home Products Original Design Manufacturing (ODM)

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Inventec Holding (North America) Corp Inventec (Cayman) Corp Inventec Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd Inventec Investments Corp Inventec Appliances Corp IEC (Cayman) Corporation Inventec Development Japan Corporation Inventec (Czech) sro

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kuo Chun Huang, Gen. Mgr. Chuikuan Qiu, Sr. Deputy Gen. Mgr. Qinwen Lin, Sr. Deputy Gen. Mgr. Zhian Cai, Sr. Deputy Gen. Mgr. Guifen Jian, Deputy Gen. Mgr. Tsu-Chin Lee, Chmn.

Inventec Corporation is a holding company that provides contract manufacturing services for notebook computers, servers, wireless communications products and consumer mobile devices. The company provides services primarily through its role as an original design manufacturer (ODM), in which it designs and manufactures products that are eventually sold under other companies' brand names. Inventec's services can be divided into two primary categories: IT/solar product and cloud software service. IT/solar product is further divided into personal computing, enterprise solutions and renewable energy product. Personal computing designs and manufactures IT products such as UMPC (ultra-mobile PC), mini notebooks, portable notebooks, mainstream/commercial/consumer notebooks and multi-media and gaming notebooks. Enterprise solutions designs, engineers, manufactures and deploys capabilities for general servers, blade servers, storage devices and server management software. Renewable energy product designs and manufactures solar cell, solar module and solar system products. Cloud service provides cloud software and is based at Invetec's Cloud Software Center (CSC) in Shanghai, with professional research and development and marketing teams in Beijing, Taipei and Japan. Its Dr. eye translation software product includes cross-platform, multilingual, instant synchronization and cloud services, and supports mainstream operating platforms such as Windows, Windows Phone, iOS and Android. The firm has more than 40 subsidiaries globally including, Inventec Holding (North America) Corp.; Inventec (Cayman) Corp.; Inventec Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd.; Inventec Investments Corp.; Inventec Appliances Corp.; IEC (Cayman) Corporation; Inventec Development Japan Corporation; Inventec (Czech) s.r.o.; Inventec Solar; and ETON. Inventec offers its employees health insurance, travel insurance, employee group insurance, a relief fund for emergencies or illness, an onsite restaurant and snack bar, a free coffee bar and educational allowances for employees and their children.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,130,530,000 286,824,900 269,918,300 1.91% 233,368,600 185,908,600 195,698,500 362,261,300 428,402,100 3.14% 10.13% 0.07

2015 13,042,350,000 290,776,700 178,328,200 1.36% 246,725,400 183,485,000 561,362,600 132,015,900 341,287,100 2.99% 9.75% 0.19

2014 14,365,810,000 280,719,100 234,452,800 1.63% 254,841,200 234,081,400 26,907,660 170,165,600 400,543,500 3.46% 12.62% 0.01

2013 15,206,510,000 269,006,800 247,736,500 1.62% 235,465,300 233,301,600 696,107,100 109,148,900 415,169,900 3.59% 13.50% 0.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886-2-2881-0721 Fax: 886-2-2883-8006 Toll-Free: Address: 66 Hou-Kang St., Shin-Lin District, Taipei, Taiwan

Stock Ticker: IVCJF Employees: 49,118 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 13,542,370,000 235,164,500 118,418,800 .87% 282,179,800 106,014,200 669,937,900 140,519,900 355,142,800 1.82% 6.54% 0.21

2011 12,533,070,000 221,753,800 -49,679,900 - .39% 217,487,600 79,986,610 240,883,200 199,602,800 169,705,600 1.61% 5.45% 0.18

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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iRobot Corporation

www.irobot.com

NAIC Code: 335210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Robotics Household Robots Automated Cleaning Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Roomba Braava Scooba 450 Looj

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Colin Angle, CEO Alison Dean, CFO Christian Cerda, COO Russell Campanello, Executive VP, Divisional Glen Weinstein, Other Executive Officer

iRobot Corporation designs and builds robots via proprietary technology that incorporates advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificial intelligence. The company focuses on behavior-based, artificially-intelligent systems developed to meet customer requirements in multiple consumer market segments. iRobot's systems are designed to move around their environments by cooperating with the people they serve and by physically interacting with their surroundings. The firm's robots rely on technology related to navigation, cloud robotics and manipulation in order to accomplish their missions autonomously. iRobot's consumer products include the Roomba, Braava, Scooba 450 and Looj. There are several Roomba floor vacuuming robot options offered by the firm, with prices ranging from $375 to $899, based upon features and performance characteristics. Roomba's compact disc shape enables it to clean under kick boards, beds and other furniture, and eliminates the need for manual vacuuming. The Roomba 980 model delivers entire level cleaning through smart navigation, recharging as needed and resumes until finished; Roomba 800 offers AEROForce technology which incorporates brushless, counter-rotating extractors that amplify suction; and Roomba 700 has a debris bin that pulls debris and hair off brushes and into the bin, as well as dual air filters that capture dust particles as fine as 0.3 microns. Braava automatic floor mopping robots are designed exclusively for hard surface floors with a price of $299. Scooba 450 is a floor scrubbing robot with a price of $599. Looj is a home gutter cleaning robot that can clean an entire stretch of gutter, reducing the number of times a ladder must be repositioned and climbed. In 2016, the firm sold its defense and security business unit to Arlington Capital Partners, in order to focus on its consumer market. The company offers its employees insurance coverage, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement and free onsite gyms.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 660,604,000 79,805,000 57,557,000 8.71% 181,953,000 41,939,000 116,424,000 10,817,000 71,163,000 8.14% 10.40%

2015 616,778,000 76,071,000 60,618,000 9.82% 152,237,000 44,130,000 26,712,000 9,372,000 75,708,000 8.69% 10.92%

2014 556,846,000 69,408,000 53,117,000 9.53% 135,530,000 37,803,000 40,606,000 13,774,000 66,166,000 8.31% 10.48%

2013 487,401,000 63,649,000 32,618,000 6.69% 124,887,000 27,641,000 41,892,000 6,829,000 44,787,000 7.15% 9.11%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 781-430-3000 Fax: 781-430-3001 Toll-Free: Address: 8 Crosby Dr., Bedford, MA 01730 United States

Stock Ticker: IRBT Employees: 607 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $696,154 Second Exec. Salary: $455,385

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 436,244,000 37,215,000 25,172,000 5.77% 117,329,000 17,297,000 37,861,000 6,770,000 36,844,000 5.02% 6.66%

2011 465,500,000 36,498,000 53,323,000 11.45% 102,297,000 40,191,000 55,735,000 13,011,000 63,635,000 13.70% 19.23% 0.01

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Isuzu Motors Ltd

www.isuzu.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Trucks & Buses Diesel Engines Logistics Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: mu-X Panther Isuzu D-MAX Erga Mio Isuzu Automotive Europe Isuzu Truck South Africa (Pty) Limited Isuzu Motors America LLC Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Masanori Katayama, Pres. Susumu Hosoi, Chmn.

Isuzu Motors, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, manufactures and sells sport-utility vehicles (SUVs), pickups, freight trucks, buses, automobile parts and diesel engines. Its SUV line includes the mu-X in Thailand and the Panther in Indonesia, while its pick-up truck offering is the Isuzu D-MAX, popular throughout Thailand. Commercial truck models come in heavy, medium and light-duty varieties, with models that include tractor-trailers, dump trucks and concrete trucks. Isuzu sells its buses under the Erga brand name, offering a standard-size version and a smaller version known as the Erga Mio, both of which offer natural gas and diesel-run options. The company has focused on the development of fuel-efficient and lowemissions diesel engines for years, and currently produces a wide variety of diesel engine models sold to the automotive, industrial and maritime markets. Additionally, the firm produces snowmobile engines as well as industrial engines, such as cooler power sources for use in construction machinery, boats, agricultural tractors and refrigerated trucks. The firm has more than 40 subsidiaries around the world, and its products are currently sold in more than 100 countries. Isuzu has a number of joint venture partnerships, including Isuzu Automotive Europe, a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corp. to expand sales in Europe, and Isuzu Truck South Africa (Pty) Limited, a joint venture with GM South Africa. Subsidiaries of the firm based in the U.S. include Isuzu Motors America, LLC; Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc.; and Isuzu Manufacturing Services of America, Inc.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,367,260,000

2015 16,938,930,000

2014 15,870,160,000

2013 14,921,390,000

2012 12,618,510,000

2011 12,757,940,000

1,546,217,000 8.90% 597,373,700 1,033,545,000 1,198,443,000

1,542,180,000 9.10% 558,006,000 1,261,442,000 1,365,953,000

1,570,462,000 9.89% 464,138,300 1,296,023,000 1,434,910,000

1,178,714,000 7.89% 404,473,900 990,049,900 1,235,873,000

877,598,000 6.95% 377,372,600 884,366,500 716,675,300

795,104,300 6.23% 368,432,000 535,663,400 1,218,595,000

2,234,223,000 6.35% 15.23% 0.24

2,133,911,000 7.04% 16.86% 0.18

2,101,925,000 8.33% 20.53% 0.13

1,592,471,000 7.55% 20.44% 0.15

1,277,313,000 7.84% 24.54% 0.30

1,062,918,000 4.64% 16.49% 0.55

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 354711141 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 6-26-1 Minami-Oi, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, 140-8722 Japan

Stock Ticker: ISUZF Employees: 29,430 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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ITOCHU Corporation

www.itochu.co.jp

NAIC Code: 313210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Textiles & Fabrics Manufacturing Brand Development Machinery Mining & Processing Minerals Food Production Electronics Components Construction Equipment Financial Services

ITOCHU Corporation is a globally-integrated Japanese trading company, comprising nine offices in Japan and 107 overseas offices in more than 50 countries. The firm operates in seven divisions. The textile division markets raw materials for textile fabrics and garments; manufactures men's and women's casual wear, underwear, uniforms and sportswear; provides commodity materials for industrial applications; and owns the Japanese trademark rights for Converse-branded apparel, accessories and shoes. The machinery division provides equipment for power plants, ships, automobiles and construction equipment. The energy and chemicals division facilitates the development and trade of crude oil and natural gas in addition to handling battery-related materials, synthetic resin, basic chemicals and other chemical products. The metals and minerals division trades, mines and/or produces basic materials made from iron, aluminum, coal and nuclear fuels. The food division handles all aspects of food production, including foodstuffs procurement through processing, distribution and retail, and deals in grains, ingredients for animal feed, oilseed, vegetable oil, sugar, fruit juice, coffee beans and livestock products. The ICT (information and communication technology) and financial division comprises two units: ICT and financial and insurance. ICT offers IT solutions, internet-related services, venture capital, mobile equipment and service, broadcasting, communications, business process ordering, clinical development and sales support for the pharmaceutical and healthcare markets. The financial and insurance unit offers finance solution for companies and projects, including credit cards and loans; and insurance brokerage, reinsurance and credit guarantee solutions. Last, the general products and realty company division provides: logs, lumber, wood materials, paper products, natural rubber, tires, glass, cement and much more; and real estate development and other various business solutions. In March 2017, the firm entered a joint ownership of trademark rights with Yamato International Inc. of the U.S. outdoor fashion brand, Penfield, in Japan and three other regions in Asia.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Converse Penfield

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masahiro Okafuji, CEO Masahiro Okafuji, Pres. Toru Matsushima, Chief Admin. Officer Koji Takayanagi, Chief Strategy Officer Kimio Kitamura, Gen. Mgr.-Gen. Acct. Control Div. Ichiro Nakamura, Pres., Metals & Minerals Company Hitoshi Okamoto, Pres., Textile Company Takao Shiomi, Pres., Machinery Company Masahiro Imai, CEO-ITOCHU Europe PLC Ichiro Fujisaki, Chmn. Eiichi Yonekura, CEO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 45,816,610,000

2015 50,394,170,000

2014 50,358,940,000

2013 41,276,230,000

2012 38,493,900,000

2011 32,893,550,000

1,243,290,000 2.71% 7,530,310,000 2,166,447,000 3,779,981,000 864,015,700 4,281,810,000 2.89% 10.39% 1.26

2,457,667,000 4.87% 7,302,107,000 2,708,951,000 3,637,805,000 1,044,072,000 4,981,055,000 3.67% 13.42% 1.04

2,604,611,000 5.17% 6,759,342,000 2,210,934,000 3,858,365,000 1,084,702,000 4,439,534,000 3.29% 12.87% 1.18

2,201,083,000 5.33% 6,050,426,000 2,526,245,000 2,214,080,000 1,021,928,000 3,798,763,000 4.11% 17.91% 1.38

2,457,054,000 6.38% 6,785,713,000 2,708,375,000 1,918,182,000 1,197,082,000 3,977,594,000 4.93% 23.86% 1.65

2,308,002,000 7.01% 6,992,185,000 1,450,826,000 3,036,105,000 733,916,800 2,564,531,000 2.88% 14.28% 1.87

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-3497-2121 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 5-1, Kita-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Ticker: ITOCY Employees: 105,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

107-8077

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Jabil Circuit Inc

www.jabil.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Electronics Manufacturing Maintenance & Support Services Custom Design Services

Jabil Circuit, Inc. (JBL) is a provider of worldwide electronic manufacturing services. It provides electronics design, production and product management services to a broad range of companies. JBL divides its operations into two segments: diversified manufacturing services (DMS) and electronics manufacturing services (EMS). DMS is focused on providing engineering solutions and on material sciences and technologies. This segment includes customers primarily in the consumer lifestyles and wearable technologies, defense & aerospace, emerging growth, health care, mobility and packaging industries. EMS is focused around leveraging information technology, supply chain design and engineering, technologies largely centered on core electronics, sharing of JBL's large-scale manufacturing infrastructure and the ability to serve a broad range of end markets. This segment includes customers primarily in the automotive, digital home, industrial and energy, networking and telecommunications, point of sale, printing and storage industries. The firm maintains facilities located worldwide, including Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine, the U.S. and Vietnam. Its largest customers include Apple, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; LM Ericsson Telephone Company; General Electric Company; HewlettPackard Company; Ingenico SA; NetApp, Inc.; Dell Technologies.; Valeo SA; and Zebra Technologies Corporation.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Loparco, CEO, Divisional Alessandro Parimbelli, CEO, Divisional Erich Hoch, CEO, Divisional Steven Borges, CEO, Divisional Mark Mondello, CEO Forbes Alexander, CFO Timothy Main, Chairman of the Board Meheryar Dastoor, Controller William Muir, COO Thomas Sansone, Director Joseph Mcgee, Executive VP, Divisional Courtney Ryan, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Katz, Executive VP William Peters, President Sergio Cadavid, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,353,090,000 31,954,000 522,833,000 2.84% 924,427,000 254,095,000 916,207,000 924,239,000 1,220,333,000 2.55% 10.69% 0.85

2015 17,899,200,000 27,645,000 555,411,000 3.10% 862,647,000 284,019,000 1,240,282,000 963,145,000 1,088,913,000 3.14% 12.46% 0.58

2014 15,762,150,000 28,611,000 204,074,000 1.29% 675,730,000 241,313,000 498,857,000 624,060,000 687,456,000 2.73% 10.54% 0.74

2013 18,336,890,000 28,468,000 511,438,000 2.78% 688,752,000 371,482,000 1,213,889,000 736,858,000 925,243,000 4.38% 16.73% 0.72

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 727 577-9749 Fax: 727 579-8529 Toll-Free: Address: 10560 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33716 United States

Stock Ticker: JBL Employees: 161,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $700,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 17,151,940,000 25,837,000 621,931,000 3.62% 644,452,000 394,687,000 634,226,000 497,697,000 968,521,000 5.31% 19.87% 0.78

2011 16,518,830,000 25,034,000 578,734,000 3.50% 604,179,000 381,063,000 828,009,000 458,989,000 898,059,000 5.67% 22.12% 0.59

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 08/31

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Japan Tobacco Inc

www.jt.com

NAIC Code: 312230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tobacco Products Pharmaceuticals Beverages Processed Foods Seasonings Vending Machines

Japan Tobacco, Inc. (JT) is an international manufacturer of tobacco products, pharmaceuticals and processed food products. Once a Japanese government-owned tobacco monopoly, the government now owns about one-third of the firm. JT operates through three major divisions: tobacco, pharmaceuticals and food. The tobacco division includes both the company's domestic and international tobacco manufacturing business. JT manufactures some of Japan's top selling cigarette brands, such as Mild Seven, Pianissimo, Caster and Seven Stars. Subsidiary JT International SA conducts JT's international tobacco business, with operations in 120 countries around the world. The subsidiary maintains international distribution rights for brands such as Camel, MEVIUS and Winston. The firm operates cigarette and tobacco-related manufacturing factories in Japan and 30 cigarette and other tobacco products factories internationally. The pharmaceuticals division is heavily focused on R&D, with manufacturing and promotion occurring mainly through affiliate Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Research takes place in Japan at the company's Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute and in the U.S. at a New Jersey clinical development base. Research is conducted largely in the areas of glucose and lipid metabolism, virus, immune disorders and inflammation and bone metabolism drugs. The food division makes beverages, processed foods and seasonings, including the Roots coffee brand, and it operates vending machines through subsidiary Japan Beverage Holdings, Inc. Processed foods and seasonings are produced through subsidiary TableMark Co., Ltd. In 2016, the firm completed the acquisition of the Natural American Spirit business outside the U.S. from Reynolds American, Inc.; and acquired a 40% stake in National Tobacco Enterprise Ethiopia S.C., the Ethiopian state-owned tobacco monopoly.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: JT International SA Torii Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute TableMark Co Ltd Japan Beverage Holdings Inc Mild Seven Seven Stars

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mitsuomi Koizumi, CEO Mitsuomi Koizumi, Pres. Naohiro Tsutsui, CFO Kenji Iijima, CMO Chito Sasaki, Human Resources Yasuyuki Yoneda, Chief R&D Officer, Tobacco Bus. Masahiko Sato, Head-Mfg. Div., Tobacco Bus. Kiyohide Hirowatari, Chief Legal Officer Mutsuo Iwai, Chief Strategy Officer Hideki Miyazaki, Exec. Deputy Pres., Comm. Hideyuki Yamamoto, Gen. Mgr.-Investor & Media Rel. Hideki Miyazaki, Exec. Deputy Pres., Finance Akira Saeki, Pres., Tobacco Bus. Noriaki Okubo, Exec. Deputy Pres., Pharmaceutical Bus. Ryoji Chijiiwa, Sr. Exec. VP-Compliance & General Affairs Yasutake Tango, Chmn. Thomas A. McCoy, CEO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,316,900,000

2015 20,304,660,000

5,347,522,000 27.68% 6,796,645,000 3,800,629,000 3,393,740,000 1,000,424,000 6,676,109,000 9.06% 17.18% 0.13

5,094,264,000 25.08% 7,114,173,000 4,377,409,000 4,221,858,000 1,163,536,000 6,482,885,000 10.65% 19.81% 0.08

2014 21,629,150,000 514,654,700 5,842,601,000 27.01% 4,702,336,000 3,857,337,000 3,573,517,000 1,356,589,000 7,009,535,000 10.11% 19.85% 0.06

2013 19,108,780,000 512,464,600 4,798,024,000 25.10% 4,215,431,000 3,096,887,000 4,205,418,000 1,197,352,000 5,733,511,000 9.13% 19.97% 0.14

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 335823111 Fax: 81 355721441 Toll-Free: Address: JT Bldg. 2-1, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1058422 Japan

Stock Ticker: JAPAF Employees: 44,667 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 18,330,340,000 463,804,800 3,682,806,000 20.09% 4,087,099,000 2,892,036,000 4,971,186,000 1,027,065,000 5,260,090,000 8.86% 20.37% 0.17

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited

www.jcclgroup.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobiles, Retailing Auto Distribution Auto Dealers Auto Service Auto Insurance

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cycle & Carriage Jardine Matheson Group Tunas Ridean Tbk Truong Hai Auto Corporation PT Astra International Tbk Siam City Cement pcl Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alexander Newbigging, Managing Dir. Adrian Teng, Dir-Finance Ho Yeng Tat, Sec. Cheah Kim Teck, CEO-Group Motor Oper. Ho Yeng Tat, Dir.-Corp. Affairs Chiew Sin Cheok, Dir.-Group Finance Wong Kin Foo, CEO-Cycle & Carriage Bintang Berhad Rico Setiawan, Pres. Tran Ba Duong, Chmn. Prijono Sugiarto, Pres. Benjamin Keswick, Chmn.

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited manages a variety of Singapore and Southeast Asian business interests in motor vehicle distribution and retailing. The company operates its motor vehicle distribution, sales and after-sales businesses in Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar under the Cycle & Carriage banner; through Tunas Ridean Tbk, in Indonesia; and through Truong Hai Auto Corporation, in Vietnam. Jardine has a strategic interest in PT. Astra International Tbk, an independent automotive group in Southeast Asia. Astra itself has further interests in financial services, heavy equipment and mining, agribusiness, infrastructure and logistics, information technology and property. Other Jardine business interests include: 25.5%-owned Siam City Cement pcl, as well as 22%owned Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (known as REE), which both serve key Southeast Asian markets. Jardine Cycle & Carriage itself is 75%-owned by the Jardine Matheson Group, which operates in the fields of engineering, insurance broking, property investment, retailing, hotels, motor vehicles, financial services, mining and agribusiness.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,764,000,000

2015 15,718,300,000

2014 18,675,400,000

2013 19,787,800,000

2012 21,541,100,000

2011 20,083,500,000

1,499,700,000 9.51% 1,623,800,000 701,700,000 1,399,700,000 629,500,000 2,514,500,000 3.36% 12.73% 0.32

1,165,500,000 7.41% 1,634,500,000 688,100,000 1,876,900,000 594,700,000 2,293,600,000 3.37% 13.91% 0.47

1,778,000,000 9.52% 1,738,200,000 820,200,000 1,239,900,000 876,600,000 3,133,600,000 4.11% 18.46% 0.56

2,063,000,000 10.42% 1,729,900,000 915,000,000 1,930,800,000 941,600,000 3,446,700,000 4.57% 20.56% 0.52

2,429,700,000 11.27% 1,882,400,000 987,000,000 850,200,000 1,147,700,000 3,796,200,000 4.95% 21.82% 0.66

2,353,300,000 11.71% 1,760,200,000 1,030,400,000 972,800,000 1,226,800,000 3,749,500,000 6.12% 25.28% 0.59

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 65 6473-3122 Fax: 65 6475-7088 Toll-Free: Address: 239 Alexandra Rd., Singapore, 159930 Singapore

Stock Ticker: JCYGY Employees: 240,000 Parent Company: Jardine Matheson Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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JBS SA

www.jbs.com.br

NAIC Code: 311612

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Meat Processing Meat Processing-Beef Meat Processing-Pork Meat Processing-Poultry Meat Processing-Lamb & Sheep Dairy Products Leather Production Hygiene & Cleaning Supplies Production

JBS SA is a leading Brazilian animal protein processing company. The firm has more than 300 production units that provide products and services such as food, leather, biodiesel, collagen, metal packaging and cleaning products. The company sells its products in more than 150 countries. JBS operates through four business divisions: meat, leather, foods and new business. The meat division consists of its beef unit in Brazil and has over 40 distribution centers. Its brands include Swift, Bertin and Friboli. This unit coordinates its laboratories to assess the quality of products on a daily basis. The leather division invests in technology and focuses on quality and process standardization in the production of leather in wet blue, semi-finished and finished stages. Its leather products are distributed to the automotive, furniture, footwear and artifacts industries. The food division consists of ready dishes such as lasagna, pastas, pork cuts and seasoned chicken; margarines and spreads; prepared and breaded meats consisting of burgers, meatballs and chicken; salami, bologna and sausages; and fresh meats such as chickens, whole turkeys or portioned cuts. This segment has more than 15 distribution centers and a logistics department responsible for supply management, order management, shipping, storage and distribution. Brands include Seara, Doriana, Rezende, LeBon and Frangosul, among others. The new business division oversees the core business of the company, and develops businesses connected to JBS with products and services that advance the firm. It also generates value from the by-products and waste processing of beef, pork and poultry. For example, the firm produces biodiesel from animal fat; collagen from bovine collagen; packaging in metal cans that are 100% recyclable; packaging wrap materials for sausages; hygiene and cleaning products; and waste management and recycling solutions through its Environmental JBS business.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Environmental JBS Bertin Swift Friboli Seara Rezende LeBon Doriana

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Wesley Mendonca Batista, CEO Eliseo Santiago Perez Fernandez, Dir.-Admin. & Control Francisco de Assis e Silva, Exec. Dir.-Institutional Rels. Jeremiah O'Callaghan, Dir.-Investor Rels Gilberto Xando, CEO-Vigor SA Jose Augusto De Carvalho, Pres., Mercosul Oper. Gilberto Tomazoni, Pres., Global Poultry Bus.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 51,809,440,000

2015 49,539,170,000

2014 36,632,520,000

2013 28,249,950,000

2012 23,017,910,000

2011 18,791,210,000

2,046,520,000 3.95% 4,473,315,000 114,326,200 1,115,184,000 1,152,870,000 2,667,826,000 .33% 1.46% 1.60

2,395,755,000 4.83% 4,075,663,000 1,410,969,000 6,448,448,000 4,822,608,000 4,561,886,000 4.55% 17.99% 1.62

1,274,653,000 3.47% 3,188,097,000 619,081,000 2,732,784,000 1,085,396,000 2,049,079,000 2.70% 8.88% 1.10

539,741,800 1.91% 2,366,415,000 281,854,600 772,683,500 528,283,500 1,159,707,000 1.56% 4.35% 1.06

420,326,600 1.82% 1,804,759,000 218,615,200 447,684,700 556,847,600 911,024,700 1.47% 3.48% 0.69

-69,971,420 - .37% 1,484,908,000 -23,020,430 184,428,600 356,923,900 322,721,800 - .16% - .39% 0.65

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 55-11-3144-4224 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Avenida Brig Faria Lima 2391, 2 Andar Jd Paulistano, Sao Paulo, SP 01452-000 Brazil

Stock Ticker: JBSAY Employees: 216,693 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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JFE Holdings Inc

www.jfe-holdings.co.jp

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: JFE Steel Corporation JFE Engineering Corporation JFE Shoji Trade Corporation Nucor-JFE Steel Mexico Agrimeco & JFE Steel Products Co Ltd PT Steel Pipe Industry Indonesia Tbk

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Eiji Hayashida, CEO Hajime Bada, Pres. Eiji Hayashida, Pres., JFE Steel Corporation Sumiyuki Kishimoto, Pres., JFE Engineering Corporation

JFE Holdings, Inc. is a manufacturing company that focuses on its core businesses of steel, engineering and trading. The firm's steel business is operated through Tokyo, Japan-based JFE Steel Corporation. JFE Steel's primary lines of business includes the production of steel sheets, plates, shapes, pipes, tubes, stainless and specialty steel, electrical steels, bars, wire rods and iron powders. Its products are branded under the Only One and Number One names. JFE Steel has two major steel works, one each in eastern and western Japan; five steel research laboratories, located in Kurashiki, Fukuyama, Chiba, Keihin and Chita; 14 domestic sales offices; and 20 offices overseas. The engineering operations of JFE are carried out by JFE Engineering Corporation. JFE Engineering has domestic offices in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan as well as international offices China, Myanmar, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia. Services offered by JFE Engineering focus on recycling, the development of machinery and systems, the construction and maintenance of infrastructure, and the creation of energy. JFE is engaged in domestic and overseas trading through JFE Shoji Trade Corporation, involving importing and exporting steel products, as well as raw materials used for steel, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, machinery and ships. Joint venture Nucor-JFE Steel Mexico (with Nucor Corporation) was established to construct a plant with a continuous galvanizing line for the production and distribution of cold-rolled and hot-dip galvanized steel sheet for automotive industries. Production is scheduled to begin in 2019. In early2017, the firm established a joint venture company with Mechanization Electrification Construction Corporation, called Agrimeco & JFE Steel Products Co. Ltd., to sell processed construction materials in Hanoi, Vietnam; and acquired a 1.48% stake in PT. Steel Pipe Industry Indonesia Tbk.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,929,393,664

2015 34,702,262,272

2014 33,048,461,312

2013 28,743,405,568

2012 28,538,953,728

2011 28,800,763,904

303,341,920

1,298,844,416

959,830,144

356,895,648

-330,163,872

528,218,912

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 335974321 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicho, Tokyo, 100-0011 Japan

Stock Ticker: JFEEF Employees: 59,460 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Johnson & Johnson

www.jnj.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Personal Health Care & Hygiene Products Sterilization Products Surgical Products Pharmaceuticals Skin Care Products Baby Care Products Contact Lenses Medical Equipment

Johnson & Johnson, founded in 1886, is one of the world's most comprehensive and well-known researchers, developers and manufacturers of health care products. Johnson & Johnson's worldwide operations are divided into three segments: consumer, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The company's principal consumer goods are personal care and hygiene products, including baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care and women's health care products as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. Major consumer brands include Motrin, Band-Aid, Listerine, Tylenol, Neosporin, Aveeno and Pepcid AC. The pharmaceutical segment covers a wide spectrum of health fields, including anti-infective, antipsychotic, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management and virology. Among its pharmaceutical products are Risperdal Consta, an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, and Remicade for the treatment of immune mediated inflammatory diseases. In the medical devices segment, Johnson & Johnson makes a number of products including orthopedic joint reconstruction devices, surgical care, advanced sterilization products, blood glucose monitoring devices, diagnostic products and disposable contact lenses. The firm owns more than 230 companies across 60 countries, and is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In January 2017, Johnson & Johnson agreed to acquire Actelion Ltd., Europe's largest biotech firm by sales and market capitalization, for $30 billion. The deal does not include the drug discovery operations of Actelion. That February, it acquired Abbott Medical Optics, which provides ophthalmic products in three areas of patient care: cataract surgery, laser refractive surgery and consumer eye health. These product lines were combined with ACUVUE contact lenses business, and the combined organization will operate under the name Jonson & Johnson Vision.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Motrin Band-Aid Listerine Tylenol Neosporin Pepcid AC Risperdal Consta Abbott Medical Optics

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alex Gorsky, CEO Dominic Caruso, CFO Sandra Peterson, Chairman of the Board, Divisional Jorge Mesquita, Chairman of the Board, Divisional Joaquin Duato, Chairman of the Board, Divisional Gary Pruden, Chairman of the Board, Divisional Ronald Kapusta, Chief Accounting Officer Paulus Stoffels, Executive VP Peter Fasolo, Executive VP Michael Ullmann, General Counsel

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 71,890,000,000 9,095,000,000 21,165,000,000 29.44% 19,945,000,000 16,540,000,000 18,767,000,000 3,226,000,000 24,283,000,000 12.04% 23.36% 0.31

2015 70,074,000,000 9,046,000,000 18,065,000,000 25.77% 21,203,000,000 15,409,000,000 19,279,000,000 3,463,000,000 23,494,000,000 11.65% 21.87% 0.18

2014 74,331,000,000 8,672,000,000 20,959,000,000 28.19% 21,954,000,000 16,323,000,000 18,471,000,000 3,714,000,000 24,991,000,000 12.37% 22.70% 0.21

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2013 71,312,000,000 8,183,000,000 18,377,000,000 25.76% 21,830,000,000 13,831,000,000 17,414,000,000 3,595,000,000 20,057,000,000 10.88% 19.91% 0.17

Stock Ticker: JNJ Employees: 126,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 65,030,000,000 7,548,000,000 16,153,000,000 24.83% 20,969,000,000 9,671,999,000 14,298,000,000 2,893,000,000 16,090,000,000 8.93% 17.01% 0.22

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 732 524-0400 Fax: 732 214-0332 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, NJ 08933 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,144,000

2012 67,224,000,000 7,665,000,000 15,869,000,000 23.60% 20,869,000,000 10,853,000,000 15,396,000,000 2,934,000,000 17,973,000,000 9.23% 17.80% 0.17

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Johnson Matthey PLC

www.matthey.com

NAIC Code: 325998

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Additive Preparations for Gasoline Manufacturing Emission Control Technology Process Technologies Precious Metal Products Fine Chemicals Battery Technologies Fuel Cells

Johnson Matthey PLC is a specialty chemicals company which manufactures catalysts, pharmaceutical materials and pollution control systems. It also refines platinum, gold and silver and produces color and coating materials for the glass and ceramics industries. The firm is organized into five divisions: emission control technologies, process technologies, precious metal products, fine chemicals and new businesses. Emission control technologies is comprised of three businesses: autocatalyst (cars), heavy duty diesel (buses, trucks and construction equipment) and stationary emissions control (coal fired power plants, gas turbines, diesel engines, locomotive, marine and waste-to-energy industries). Process technologies manufactures a range of process catalysts for the chemical, syngas, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, gas/coal to products, oil refineries and gas processing industries. Precious metal products focuses on two areas: services businesses and manufacturing businesses. Fine chemicals is a global supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients, fine chemicals and other specialty chemical products and services. New businesses oversees new business development, battery technologies and fuel cells. Johnson Matthey has operations in over 30 countries around the world. A few of the firm's worldwide subsidiaries include Avocado Research Chemicals Limited, in England; Johnson Matthey SAS, France; Johnson Matthey Catalysts GmbH, Germany; Johnson Matthey DOOEL Skopje, Macedonia; Johnson Matthey BV, the Netherlands; Johnson Matthey, Inc., U.S.; Johnson Matthey de Mexico; Johnson Matthey Chemicals Limited, China; Johnson Matthey India Private Limited; Johnson Matthey Limited, South Africa; and Johnson Matthey Argentina SA.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Avocado Research Chemicals Limited Johnson Matthey SAS Johnson Matthey Catalysts GmbH Johnson Matthey DOOEL Skopje Johnson Matthey Inc Johnson Matthey de Mexico Johnson Matthey Chemicals Limited Johnson Matthey India Private Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert MacLeod, CEO Anna Manz, Group Dir.-Finance Simon Farrant, Sec. Tim Stevenson, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,691,880,000

2015 12,855,850,000

2014 14,255,850,000

2013 13,710,930,000

535,335,400 3.90% 403,833,800 425,686,900 1,107,348,000 323,961,600 858,274,700 8.08% 18.18% 0.45

680,894,500 5.29% 435,271,500 547,859,400 160,766,800 271,054,300 889,456,800 10.75% 25.44% 0.43

572,779,500 4.01% 421,980,800 434,760,400 609,456,800 273,099,000 763,194,800 9.29% 23.03% 0.47

486,262,000 3.54% 369,456,800 353,354,600 506,198,000 299,297,100 687,539,900 8.13% 18.90% 0.43

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Stock Ticker: JMPLF Employees: 12,148 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 12,760,130,000 116,932,900 357,699,600 2.80% 143,258,800 231,948,900 114,760,400 175,591,000 588,626,200 5.90% 13.68% 0.41

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 2072698400 Fax: 44 2072698433 Toll-Free: Address: 25 Farringdon St., Fl. 5, London, EC4A 4AB United Kingdom Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 15,365,110,000 144,792,300 553,865,800 3.60% 152,971,200 403,706,000 550,031,900 192,587,800 755,399,400 9.69% 21.53% 0.34

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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JTEKT Corporation

www.jtekt.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336330

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motor Vehicle Steering and Suspension Components (except Spring) Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toyota Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Tetsuo Agata, Pres. Takaaki Suzuki, Exec. VP Seiho Kawakami, Exec. VP Masakazu Isaka, Exec. VP Motoyasu Nakamura, Exec. Managing Officer Seiichi Sudo, Chmn.

JTEKT Corporation, subsidiary of the Toyota Group, is a Japan-based manufacturing company. The firm is engaged in the manufacture and sale of steering systems, driveline components, bearings, machine tools, electronic control devices and home accessory equipment. JTEKT divides its business into three main fields: automotive, bearings and machine tools & mechatronics. The automotive field provides steering systems and drive parts to major vehicle manufacturers. These systems maneuver the vehicles and propel them to drive forward or backward. Bearings support the rotating parts of all mechanical equipment. JTEKT's bearings are active in a wide range of domains with a particular focus on automotive. The machine tools & mechatronics field provides a diverse range of sectors with driveline components, tools, machinery and power generation equipment. Sectors include automotive, steel, railway, aviation, aerospace, agriculture, renewable energy and more. Domestically, JTEKT headquartered in Nagoya and Osaka, with four operational headquarters (steering systems, driveline systems, bearing operations and machine tool and mechatronics), a sales and marketing headquarters, automotive branch offices, industrial/machine tools and mechatronics branch offices, manufacturing plants and technical centers. Overseas, JTEKT has plants and offices in the U.S., Canada, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, the U.K., Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Romania, India, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and China. In February 2017, the firm agreed to acquire an equity interest in Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited, based in New Delhi, India.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,617,720,000

2015 12,221,210,000

2014 11,357,790,000

738,351,000 5.85%

668,331,000 5.46%

524,604,800 4.61%

438,668,300 992,528,400 549,470,900 1,215,837,000 4.42% 10.48% 0.25

415,559,600 931,791,500 584,764,900 1,141,302,000 3.87% 9.78% 0.34

233,294,900 804,171,100 785,767,000 899,363,600 2.23% 6.15% 0.44

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 9,621,338,000 122,456,200 262,793,600 2.73% 279,593,300 141,518,100 450,042,300 843,268,400 665,356,800 1.39% 4.03% 0.38

Stock Ticker: JTEKF Employees: 43,938 Parent Company: Toyota Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 8,611,406,000 103,953,000 359,824,800 4.17% 267,435,200 206,554,100 543,648,700 244,074,100 760,630,500 2.37% 6.51% 0.39

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-6-6271-8451 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-5-8 Minami-semba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542-8502 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 9,487,454,000 113,506,500 321,367,400 3.38% 284,775,700 136,948,600 440,524,900 508,634,200 729,617,700 1.47% 4.14% 0.44

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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JX Holdings Inc

www.hd.jx-group.co.jp

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining & Marketing Metals Mining & Processing Petroleum Products Power Generation Industrial Waste Treatment

JX Holdings, Inc., is a Japanese holding company that engages in petroleum processing, refining and retailing, power generation and fuel cell development through its subsidiaries. The company's primary subsidiaries include: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation. JX Nippon Oil & Energy refines and sells petrochemical products, including gasoline, kerosene and lubricants; imports and sells liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG); and generates and sells electricity. JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating in Japan and internationally in the North Sea, the Middle East, the Gulf of Mexico, Canada, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Its primary activities include exploration for and development of oil, natural gas and other mineral resources; and the extraction, processing, storage, sale and shipment of petroleum, natural gas, minerals and related products. JX Nippon Mining & Metals' activities include mining, development, smelting, refining and marketing of non-ferrous metals, such as copper, gold and silver; the manufacture of treated rolled copper foils and thin film materials, such as sputtering targets, surface treatment agents and semiconductor materials; the manufacture of precision-rolled copper, copper alloy and special steel products as well as goldplated products; and the recycle and treatment of non-ferrous metal materials and industrial waste. In August 2016, the firm agreed to acquire TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK, in which TonenGeneral would operate as JX Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary. The transaction was expected to close in 2017.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Isao Matsushita, Pres. Akira Omachi, Sr. VP Ichiro Uchijima, Sr. VP Junichi Kawada, Sr. VP Rentaro Tonoike, Sr. VP Yasushi Kimura, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 78,751,710,000

2015 98,080,830,000

2014 111,866,300,000

2013 101,118,200,000

2012 96,651,670,000

2011 86,832,340,000

-560,899,100 - .71%

-1,972,754,000 -2.01%

1,925,636,000 1.72%

2,266,408,000 2.24%

2,954,774,000 3.05%

3,013,880,000 3.47%

-2,510,139,000 5,001,694,000 2,117,715,000 -670,467,100 -3.93% -16.21% 1.01

-2,613,425,000 6,644,411,000 2,667,493,000 -265,398,300 -3.64% -13.61% 0.71

1,137,003,000 2,750,266,000 2,909,962,000 3,873,155,000 1.42% 5.24% 0.58

1,721,975,000 2,393,523,000 2,956,514,000 4,330,831,000 2.28% 8.65% 0.62

1,860,546,000 2,222,921,000 1,531,824,000 5,254,186,000 2.63% 10.11% 0.64

3,043,811,000 1,905,366,000 1,383,736,000 5,818,970,000 7.48% 27.99% 0.71

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362755006 Fax: 81 332761245 Toll-Free: Address: 1-2 Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8161 Japan

Stock Ticker: JXHLY Employees: 15,092 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation

www.nmm.jx-group.co.jp

NAIC Code: 331420

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying Electronic Materials Industrial Waste Treatment Services Smelting-Copper Mining-Copper, Gold & Silver

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation develops mines and manufactures metal materials and various metal-based products as well as a provider of industrial waste treatment services. The firm operates in eight business segments: resources development, smelting and refining, copper foil, thin film materials, precision rolled products, precision fabricated products, recycling and environmental service, and technology development. The resources development segment focuses on developing long-term and high-quality resources, principally copper, through development projects in Chile. The smelting and refining segment conducts its operations through subsidiary Pan Pacific Copper Co. Ltd. The copper foil segment produces electro-deposited copper foil and treated rolled copper foil for use in circuit boards, mobile phones and other electronics. The thin film materials segment is a manufacturer of sputtering targets, a type of thin-film forming material used in semiconductors, transparent conductive films for flat panel displays, storage media components and magnetic applications. The precision rolled products segment manufactures copper alloy, special steel and foil products for connectors, electronic components, flexible printed circuits, springs and batteries. The precision fabricated products segment manufactures gold-plated products as well as providing metal molds, precision pressing and injection molding. The recycling and environmental service segment recycles metal materials and provides treatment services for industrial waste. Finally, the technology development segment focuses on advancing the firm's capabilities in the areas of biomining, extraction, metal scrap processing and copper alloy enhancement. JX Nippon Mining & Metals is a subsidiary of JX Holdings, Inc.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: JX Holdings Inc Pan Pacific Copper Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Shigeru Oi, CEO Yoshimasa Adachi, Pres. Nobuyuki Yamaki, Sr. Exec. Dir.-Admin. Tomoyuki Urabe, Sr. Exec. Dir.-Corp. Planning Dept. Nobuyuki Yamaki, Sr. Exec. Dir.-Public Rel. Tomoyuki Urabe, Sr. Exec. VP-Acct. & Finance Hiroshi Matsui, Deputy CEO Toshihiro Oto, Deputy CEO Hirofumi Nakata, Sr. Exec. Dir. Keiichi Goto, Sr. Exec. Dir. Tomoyuki Urabe, Sr. Exec. Dir.-Logistics

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,058,998,088

2015 7,367,111,684

2014 8,553,020,483

2013 10,000,000,000

2012 11,000,000,000

225,775,049

117,408,261

505,758,664

424,476,021

397,387,716

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-5299-7000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-2, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8164 Japan

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 7,200 Parent Company: JX Holdings Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 11,397,222,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Kao Corporation

www.kao.com

NAIC Code: 325600

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Products Manufacturing Health, Beauty & Home Care Products Industrial Products Professional-Use Products

Kao Corporation produces a range of consumer products, covering the areas of beauty, health, fabric and home care, and chemicals. Beauty care products include skin and hair care products as well as cosmetics. Healthcare includes food products, such as cooking oils, salad dressings and beverages; oral care and bath products; and hygiene products, such as female sanitary products, disposable diapers and nursing care products. Fabric and home care includes laundry and dishwashing detergents, fabric softeners and housecleaning products. Besides consumer products, Kao offers numerous products for the chemicals industry, including fats and oil derivatives such as aliphatic alcohol and aliphatic amine as well as edible fats and oils for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and detergents; lubricant base oils; aromatic chemicals; de-inking agents; plastic additives; agrochemicals; data-imaging and electronic materials; concrete super-plasticizers; surfactants; and functional polymers. The company also manufactures professional-use products for restaurants, medical facilities, salons and hotels, such as commercial-grade dishwashing liquids, dishwater detergents, laundromat detergents, starches, bleaches, hand-washing products, sanitizers, antiseptics, sterilization bags, shampoos, hotel amenity products, professional hair care products, equipment cleaners and kitchen paper products. Outside of Japan, the company has affiliates and subsidiaries all around the world, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia/Oceania. The firm's Kao (China) Research and Development Center, situated in the suburbs of Shanghai, focuses on the fields of cleanliness, health and beauty product development.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kao (China) Research and Development Center

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michitaka Sawada, CEO Michitaka Sawada, Pres. Toshiharu Numata, Exec. VP-R&D Shunichi Nakagawa, Exec. VP-Global Legal & Compliance Toshihide Saito, Exec. VP-Corp. Strategy Shunichi Nakagawa, Exec. VP-Global Corp. Comm. Shinichi Mita, VP-Global Acct. & Finance Yoshitaka Nakatani, VP-Environment & Safety Mgmt. Katsuhiko Yoshida, Pres., Global Fabric & Homecare Bus. Shoji Kobayashi, Pres., Global Chemical Bus. Takuji Yasukawa, Pres., Global Food & Beverage Shinichiro Hiramine, CEO-Kao (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. Ken Hashimoto, Exec. VP-Global Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,137,070,000

2015 13,264,880,000

2014 12,633,230,000

2013 11,853,710,000

2012 10,960,350,000

1,672,504,000 12.73% 5,708,384,000 1,140,572,000 1,661,112,000 718,288,600 2,162,788,000 9.65% 18.66% 0.13

1,481,515,000 11.16%

1,201,128,000 9.50%

1,123,493,000 9.47%

978,693,800 8.92%

891,017,900 1,630,081,000 627,962,900 2,133,208,000 7.97% 14.80% 0.17

724,822,900 1,307,911,000 501,631,300 1,872,091,000 6.82% 12.34% 0.12

593,092,600 1,610,983,000 545,757,700 1,743,506,000 5.71% 10.28% 0.12

472,574,200 1,126,881,000 406,087,200 1,687,708,000 5.20% 9.80% 0.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 336607111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 14-10 Nihonbashi Kayabacho 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 1038210 Japan

Stock Ticker: KCRPY Employees: 33,195 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd

www.khi.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336999

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Recreational Vehicle & Machinery Manufacturing Motorcycles, ATVs & Personal Watercraft Helicopter & Aerospace Manufacturing Industrial Machinery and Robotics Gas Turbines, Engines & Generators Locomotives, Ships & Submarines Plant & Infrastructure Manufacturing Power Plant Construction

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) manufactures a range of transportation equipment and industrial goods. KHI operates through four main business segments: mobility, energy, industrial equipment and leisure. The mobility segment consists of air unit, which includes airplanes, helicopters and space-related products; rail unit, which manufactures a wide range of rail cars; and marine, which makes marine machinery and ships. The energy segment consists of solutions unit, which includes distributed power generation, energy generation plants, power management systems for electric and thermal energy, nickel-metal hydride batteries production and technologies for renewable energy; and the equipment unit includes advanced products, such as gas turbines, efficient green gas engines, boiler facilities, oil/gas supply systems, industrial steam turbines, absorption chillers and high-end gasoline engines. The industrial equipment segment includes hydraulics components and systems such as motors, valves and pumps for agricultural and industrial use; robotics solutions for variety of industrial applications; industrial facilities and solutions, including cement and fertilizer plants, recycling and waste treatment facilities, construction machinery, technical products for defense and security, airport and material logistics systems, noise reduction hangers and rocket launch complexes. The leisure segment includes motorcycles, ATVs, recreation utility vehicles, utility vehicles, Jet Ski watercraft and general-purpose gasoline engines.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Yoshinori Kanehana, Pres. Masahiko Hirohata, Gen. Mgr.-Corp. Planning Hiroshi Takata, Sr. VP Joji Iki, Sr. VP Shigeru Murayama, Sr. VP Kyohei Matsuoka, Sr. VP Shigeru Murayama, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,889,500,000 393,054,800 865,187,400 6.22% 108,756,800 414,973,800 775,627,700 716,179,600 1,148,882,000 2.80% 10.66% 0.65

2015 13,394,050,000 374,984,200 786,443,000 5.87% 94,462,580 486,192,500 1,150,486,000 697,225,900 1,195,279,000 3.21% 12.99% 0.62

2014 12,486,990,000 364,096,800 652,081,000 5.22% 95,832,500 369,504,400 1,367,422,000 722,587,700 929,565,400 2.55% 11.00% 0.69

2013 11,616,350,000 375,912,500 379,094,000 3.26% 73,273,610 297,519,700 253,267,100 634,632,400 889,449,700 2.18% 9.58% 0.75

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 783719530 Fax: 81 783719568 Toll-Free: Address: Kobe Crystal Tower,1-3 Higashikawasaki-cho 1-chome, Kobe, 650-8680 Japan

Stock Ticker: KWHIF Employees: 32,266 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 11,750,620,000 359,969,000 518,088,600 4.40% 73,598,060 233,204,700 763,712,900 595,264,700 918,299,500 1.71% 7.83% 0.84

2011 11,058,180,000 334,282,700 384,195,300 3.47% 71,804,530 250,175,700 738,405,100 471,312,400 843,124,200 1.91% 9.17% 0.88

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Kellogg Company

www.kelloggs.com

NAIC Code: 311230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cereal Manufacturing Frozen Foods Snack Foods Convenience Foods Processed Foods

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Keebler Foods Company Pop-Tarts Nutri-Grain Eggo Rice Krispies Special K Smart Start Famous Amos

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary Pilnick, Other Executive Officer

Kellogg Company is one of the world's largest producers of cereal and, through Keebler Foods Company, a major producer of convenience and snack foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, fruit snacks, cereal bars, frozen waffles, meat alternatives, pie crusts and ice cream cones. The firm's products are manufactured in 20 countries and marketed in over 180 countries worldwide. Kellogg owns a number of familiar cereal trademarks, including Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Corn Flakes, Crispix, Froot Loops, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Rice Krispies and Special K. Other Kellogg trademarks and products include Eggo waffles, Rice Krispies Treats, Nutri-Grain convenience foods, Pop-Tarts toaster pastries, Kashi nutritional foods and Morningstar Farms meat and dairy alternatives. Cookie and cracker trademarks include Cheez-It, E.L. Fudge, Famous Amos, Chips Deluxe, Murray, Town House, Vienna Fingers, Wheatables and Zesta. The company also owns the Keebler line of snack food products. Kellogg offers a number of products with a focus on health and wellness. These products include Smart Start, a cold cereal with ingredients that may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol; and Special K protein shakes, which are high in protein and fiber and low in fat. Kellogg's largest customer is Wal-Mart, which accounts for roughly 18% of consolidated net sales.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,014,000,000

2015 13,525,000,000

2014 14,580,000,000

2013 14,792,000,000

2012 14,197,000,000

2011 13,198,000,000

1,395,000,000 10.71% 3,360,000,000 694,000,000 1,628,000,000 507,000,000 1,850,000,000 4.56% 34.37% 3.50

1,091,000,000 8.06% 3,590,000,000 614,000,000 1,691,000,000 553,000,000 1,534,000,000 4.03% 24.97% 2.48

1,024,000,000 7.02% 4,039,000,000 632,000,000 1,793,000,000 582,000,000 1,537,000,000 4.12% 19.95% 2.12

2,837,000,000 19.17% 3,266,000,000 1,807,000,000 1,807,000,000 637,000,000 3,373,000,000 11.78% 60.59% 1.78

1,562,000,000 11.00% 3,872,000,000 961,000,000 1,758,000,000 533,000,000 2,034,000,000 7.09% 45.99% 2.51

1,976,000,000 14.97% 3,472,000,000 1,231,000,000 1,595,000,000 594,000,000 2,334,000,000 10.36% 62.83% 2.86

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 269 961-2000 Fax: 616 961-2871 Toll-Free: 800-962-1413 Address: One Kellogg Sq., Battle Creek, MI 49016 United States

Stock Ticker: K Employees: 37,369 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,226,300 Second Exec. Salary: $783,319

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kennametal Inc

www.kennametal.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool (Metal Cutting Types) Manufacturing

Kennametal, Inc. is a global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials consumed in production processes. The firm specializes in developing and manufacturing metalworking tools and wear-resistant parts using a specialized type of powder metallurgy. Kennametal delivers solutions to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments. The company divides its business into three segments: industrial, infrastructure and WIDIA. The industrial segment focuses on customers in the transportation, general engineering, aerospace and defense market sectors, as well as the machine tool industry. These end-market customers use the firm's products and services in the manufacture of engines, airframes, automobiles, trucks, ships and other various types of industrial equipment. The infrastructure segment focuses on customers in the energy and earthworks market sectors who support primary industries such as oil and gas, power generation and chemicals, underground, surface and hard-rock mining, highway construction, road maintenance, as well as process industries such as food and beverage. Kennametal's solutions are built around industry-essential technology platforms, including precision-engineered metalworking tools and components, surface technologies and earth cutting tools that are missioncritical to customer operations battling extreme conditions associated with wear fatigue, corrosion and high temperatures. Last, the WIDIA segment manufactures and markets metalworking tools in Europe and India, marketed under the WIDIA and Kennametal brand names. All three segments will work directly at the customer's shop, at the mine face or at the construction site in an effort to solve problems and increase productivity.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WIDIA Kennametal

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Robert Clemens, Chief Technology Officer Martha Fusco, Controller Lawrence Stranghoener, Director Ronald Defeo, Director Judith Bacchus, Other Corporate Officer Charles Byrnes, President, Divisional Patrick Watson, Vice President, Divisional Jan van Gaalen, Vice President Peter Dragich, Vice President Michelle Keating, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,098,436,000

2015 2,647,195,000

2014 2,837,190,000

2013 2,589,373,000

2012 2,736,246,000

2011 2,403,493,000

-174,943,000 -8.33% 494,975,000 -225,968,000 219,322,000 110,697,000 -53,353,000 -8.66% -19.56% 0.72

-357,823,000 -13.51% 554,895,000 -373,896,000 351,437,000 100,939,000 -224,485,000 -11.13% -22.83% 0.54

263,432,000 9.28% 589,768,000 158,366,000 271,873,000 117,376,000 391,482,000 4.41% 8.53% 0.50

296,394,000 11.44% 527,850,000 203,265,000 284,150,000 82,835,000 407,185,000 6.41% 11.86% 0.39

416,409,000 15.21% 561,490,000 307,230,000 289,580,000 113,036,000 521,257,000 10.61% 18.72% 0.29

321,673,000 13.38% 538,530,000 229,727,000 230,797,000 83,442,000 412,364,000 9.14% 15.55%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 412-248-8200 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 600 Grant St., Ste. 5100, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2706 United States

Stock Ticker: KMT Employees: 13,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $405,303 Second Exec. Salary: $544,432

Bonus: $200,000 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kering SA

www.kering.com

NAIC Code: 424300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Apparel and Clothing Brands, Designers, Importers and Distributors Luxury Goods & Fashions Manufacturing Book, Software & Consumer Electronics Stores Appliance & Furniture Stores Watches & Jewelry Lingerie, Shoes & Leather Goods

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Luxury Goods International SA Gucci Bottega Veneta Saint Laurent Alexander McQueen Christopher Kane Ulysse Nardin Puma

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Francois-Henri Pinault, CEO Jean Philippe Bailly, COO Jean-Marc Duplaix, CFO Carlo Alberto Beretta, CMO Louise Beveridge, Sr. VP-Comm. Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer Patrizio di Marco, CEO Alexis Babeau, Managing Dir.-Luxury Goods Jean-Francois Palus, Group Managing Dir. Francois-Henri Pinault, Chmn. Franz Koch, CEO-Puma SE

Kering SA is a leading global retailer and manufacturer specializing in apparel and accessories. The company operates in two segments: luxury and sport & lifestyle. The luxury segment designs and manufactures premium leather goods, shoes, watches, jewelry, eyewear, perfume, scarves and ready-to-wear clothing under a variety of brand names such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Christopher Kane, McQ, Stella McCartney, Tomas Maier, Boucheron, Dodo, GirardPerregaux, Pomellato, Qeelin and Ulysse Nardin. This segment operates stores across its brand portfolio worldwide, reaching more than 120 countries. Subsidiary Luxury Goods International SA, based in Switzerland, operates Kering's international distribution and logistics business for its luxury brands. The sport & lifestyle segment, which includes the Puma, Volcom and Cobra brands, manufactures and retails footwear, sports apparel and accessories. Kering products are distributed in more than 120 countries, and the company employs more than 38,000 people. In 2016, the firm sold its Electric brand, which previously operated under the sport & lifestyle segment.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,881,310,000

2015 12,983,860,000

2014 11,250,280,000

2013 10,926,250,000

2012 10,912,690,000

2011 13,704,550,000

1,546,963,000 11.14%

1,404,618,000 10.81%

1,739,408,000 15.46%

1,465,591,000 13.41%

1,979,713,000 18.14%

1,730,890,000 12.63%

911,791,100 2,008,406,000 684,824,100 2,031,159,000 3.39% 7.32% 0.37

780,094,100 1,452,141,000 753,306,400 1,863,708,000 2.95% 6.44% 0.36

592,804,300 1,413,697,000 618,022,800 2,105,582,000 2.29% 4.98% 0.30

55,592,920 1,709,146,000 759,583,000 1,797,131,000 .20% .45% 0.29

1,174,849,000 1,531,047,000 495,292,500 2,288,052,000 4.17% 9.38% 0.26

1,171,822,000 1,389,375,000 364,604,400 2,077,225,000 3.97% 9.16% 0.28

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33-1-45-64-61-00 Fax: 33-1-45-64-60-00 Toll-Free: Address: 40 Rue de Sevres, Paris, 75007 France

Stock Ticker: PPRUY Employees: 35,877 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Keyence Corporation

www.keyence.co.jp

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables Automatic Controlling Equipment Measurement Instruments

Keyence Corporation is a manufacturing company mainly engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of automatic controlling equipment, measurement instruments, information equipment and other electronic-applied equipment. Products are marketed to a large variety of industries such as precision metal manufacturing, food, pharmaceuticals, medical, paper production, automotive, energy and aerospace. The firm divides its operations into two segments: automation products and inspection products. Automation products include laser markers, safety equipment, sensors and other technology to streamline the manufacturing process. Inspection products consist of microscopes, code readers, measurement systems and machine vision. These products are used in either laboratories or assembly lines to accurately perform quality control inspections not visible to the human eye. The firm operates in 100 countries and services approximately 200,000 customers. Keyence has over 200 offices globally, and more than 30 offices within the U.S.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Akinori Yamamoto, CEO Akinori Yamamoto, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,624,799,000

2015 3,010,563,000

2014 2,388,467,000

1,401,193,000

1,583,710,000 52.60%

1,177,866,000 49.31%

952,151,300 955,080,400 22,117,270 1,427,546,000

1,091,110,000 1,030,247,000 27,137,370 1,616,084,000 13.02% 14.01%

774,239,700 839,645,200 30,174,670 1,208,753,000 9.96% 10.68%

2013

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 663791111 Fax: 81 663792222 Toll-Free: Address: 1-3-14, Higashi-nakajima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 5338555 Japan

Stock Ticker: KYCCF Employees: 5,003 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/20

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kia Motors Corporation

www.kia.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Buses Military Vehicles Passenger Vehicles

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hyundai Motor Company Picanto Rio Optima Kia Quoris Kia Soul EV Sorento Niro

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hyoung-Keun Lee, CEO Han-Woo Park, Pres. Mong-Koo Chung, Chmn.

Kia Motors Corporation is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in Korea. It is an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Company, which controls 33.88% of the firm. Kia has the capacity to produce 3.55 million vehicles a year from its manufacturing facilities in Mexico, South Korea, Slovakia, China, Vietnam and the U.S. The majority of Kia's car production is conducted in South Korea, with 44.8%, followed by China, with 25%. Passenger sedans include the Picanto, Rio, Cerato/Forte, cee'd, pro-cee'd, Optima, Cadenza and Kia Quoris models. The Kia Soul EV (electric vehicle) uses a heat pump system that increases driving distance by using recovered waste heat from the coolant water for its electric powertrain. SUVs and multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) include the Soul, Carens/Rondo, Carnival, Sportage, Sorento and Mohave models. Commercial vehicles include trucks such as the K2500, K2700, K3000S and K4000G models. The company also produces buses and military vehicles. Additionally, Kia is involved in sports marketing, acting as a major sponsor of the Australian Open and the FIFA World Cup. The firm has several subsidiaries, including Kia Motors America, Inc.; Kia Motors Europe, the European sales arm based in Frankfurt; and Kia Motors Mexico. In addition, Kia maintains a manufacturing plant in the U.S. in Georgia, which can produce 370,000 cars annually. The company has more than 3,000 dealers and distributors in 172 countries. In 2016, the firm launched Niro, an eco-friendly compact SUV.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 27,973,419,008

2015 28,908,830,720

2014 26,389,407,744

2013 25,047,801,856

2012 24,760,782,848

2011 24,525,944,832

1,831,320,576

2,206,972,416

2,140,160,256

2,329,010,432

1,889,064,960

1,595,595,520

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82 234641114 Fax: 82 234646816 Toll-Free: Address: 12 Heolleung-ro Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06797 South Korea

Stock Ticker: KIMTF Employees: 32,870 Parent Company: Hyundai Motor Company

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kirin Holdings Company Limited

www.kirinholdings.co.jp

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Alcoholic Beverages Soft Drinks Pharmaceuticals Health Food Agricultural Products Real Estate

Kirin Holdings Company Limited (KH) is a diversified manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, health foods and pharmaceuticals. The company operates in four segments: Japan integrated beverages, which generates 54% of sales; overseas integrated beverages, 29%; pharmaceuticals & bio-chemicals, 16%; and other, about 1%. Kirin Brewery Co. Ltd. is responsible for the domestic alcohol brewery operations. Its classic beer brands are Kirin Ichiban and Kirin Lager; it also owns the Franzia boxed wine, Four Roses Kentucky bourbon and Tanrei malt liquor brands. Through subsidiary Mercian Corp., the firm imports wine. The domestic non-alcohol and overseas beverages businesses have manufacturing and distribution subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia, South America and Australia, including a 48.3% equity stake in the Philippines' largest brewery, San Miguel Brewery. The firm also has a 55% stake in Myanmar Brewery Limited. KH manufactures soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages under the brands Kirin, CocaCola and Tropicana through Kirin Beverage Corp. It also sells milk and dairy products manufactured by Koiwai Dairy Products Co., Ltd. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. runs the company's pharmaceuticals business, with key products including ESPO, an anemia treatment, and GRAN, a leucopenia (white blood cell deficiency) treatment.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kirin Brewery Co Ltd Franzia Koiwai Dairy Products Co Ltd Kirin Beverage Corp Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co Ltd San Miguel Brewery Myanmar Brewery Limited Mercian Corp

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yoshinori Isozaki, CEO Senji Miyake, Pres. Hirotake Kobayashi, Managing Dir. Hajime Nakajima, Managing Dir. Toru Suzuki, Managing Dir. Keisuke Nishimura, Sr. Exec Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,702,070,000

2015 19,800,320,000

2014 19,790,140,000

2013 20,320,000,000

2012 19,703,450,000

2011 18,672,370,000

1,278,809,000 6.83%

1,124,349,000 5.67%

1,032,401,000 5.21%

1,287,182,000 6.33%

1,379,148,000 6.99%

1,287,597,000 6.89%

1,064,928,000 2,041,098,000 856,490,000 2,647,512,000 4.93% 17.56% 0.75

-426,564,200 1,541,278,000 695,026,800 1,436,766,000 -1.74% -5.35% 0.90

404,302,700 1,399,201,000 1,085,855,000 2,260,910,000 1.10% 2.97% 0.51

771,995,600 1,852,272,000 1,058,033,000 2,952,512,000 2.92% 8.45% 0.59

662,103,200 1,911,251,000 892,054,300 2,728,888,000 1.93% 6.23% 0.80

209,555,300 1,773,636,000 719,487,400 2,240,523,000 .26% .81% 0.97

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-6837-7000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 10-2 Nakano 4-chome, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164-0001 Japan

Stock Ticker: KNBWY Employees: 39,888 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kloeckner & Co SE

www.kloeckner.com/de/index.html

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kloeckner Metals France SA Kloeckner USA Holding Inc Macsteel Service Centers de Mexico SA de CV Kloeckner Metals Brasil SA BigRep GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Gisbert Ruhl, CEO Marcus A. Ketter, CFO Karsten Lork, Head-Intl Product Mgmt. Christian Pokropp, Head-Comm. Christian Pokropp, Head-Investor Relations William A. Partalis, Head-America Karsten Lork, Head-Europe & Asia Karsten Lork, Head-Global Sourcing

Kloeckner & Co SE is a steel and metal distributor in Europe and North America. The firm operates a distribution and service network of approximately 190 locations in 13 countries, serving 130,000 customers. Its product portfolio is comprised of flat steel products (thin, strip and thick sheet), long steel products (merchant bars, sectional steel and beams), tubes and hollow sections (structural hollow sections, precision tubes and seamless heavy-wall pipes), stainless steel and high-grade steel (sheet, profiles and tubes) and aluminum (profiles, sheet, strip and plate). Flat products make up more than 40% of annual sales revenue; long products derives approximately 20%; and the remaining groups derive less than 10% each, including quality steel/stainless products, aluminum and tubes. In addition to its steel products, the firm offers comprehensive processing services such as surface treatment, turning, milling, flame cutting and separating; warehousing services; and custom logistics solutions. Among the firm's many whollyowned subsidiaries include Kloeckner Metals France SA; Kloeckner USA Holding, Inc.; Macsteel Service Centers de Mexico SA de CV; and Kloeckner Metals Brasil SA. In January 2017, Kloeckner sold its Spanish activities to Hierros Anon SA in order to focus on core markets. That April, it invested in technology startup BigRep GmbH, which designed and produced a mega-sized 3D printer, and provides consulting for additive manufacturing system solutions.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,422,398,000

2015 7,222,179,000

2014 7,289,767,000

2013 7,148,185,000

2012 8,280,672,000

2011 7,952,657,000

95,736,380 1.49% 17,869,310 41,243,000 81,537,780

-392,561,100 -5.43%

110,192,800 1.51%

-6,640,888 - .09%

-115,438,200 -1.39%

124,576,300 1.56%

-388,577,700 309,269,200 110,751,000 20,032,500 -10.71% -27.52% 0.30

25,030,260 56,052,460 79,551,670 213,866,800 .61% 1.57% 0.36

-94,827,390 159,803,800 63,554,140 139,504,600 -2.25% -5.56% 0.50

-218,421,900 113,183,100 63,619,140 68,946,420 -4.52% -11.37%

11,619,590 6,945,752 62,713,520 261,051,300 .28% .74%

212,609,300 1.28% 3.27% 0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 2033070 Fax: 49 2033075000 Toll-Free: Address: Am Silberpalais 1, Duisburg, 47057 Germany

Stock Ticker: KLKNF Employees: 9,740 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kobe Steel Ltd

www.kobelco.co.jp

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills

Kobe Steel Ltd. is a Japan-based manufacturer and supplier of steel, aluminum and copper products. Kobe Steel is divided into eight business segments: iron and steel, welding, aluminum and copper, machinery, engineering, Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., electric power and other. The iron and steel segment produces wire rods and bars, steel plates, steel sheets, steel castings and forgings, titanium products and steel powder. The welding segment is comprised of robot welders, electric power sources and welding materials. The aluminum and copper segment produces aluminum plates and copper sheets and strips. The machinery division is comprised of standard compressors, rotating machinery, tire and rubber machinery, plastic processing machinery, advanced technology equipment, rolling mills, ultra-high pressure equipment and energy/chemical field equipment. The engineering segment is comprised of a direct reduction plant, an iron making process that utilizes natural gas to reduce iron ore to produce direct reduced iron; and an advanced urban transit system, which is a technology used to plan, develop, produce and maintain urban traffic systems. Kobelco Construction Machinery is a construction equipment manufacturer, specializing in the fields of excavators and cranes. The electric power segment is a power supply business with a station equipped with state-of-the-art environmental equipment that provide stable power supply. Kobe Power Plant supplies all of its power, 1.4 million kW, to Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc., and is capable of supplying approximately 70% of Kobe's peak electricity demand. This division is currently constructing a 1.25 million kW power station via contract for power and gas supply with Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. Other businesses include Shinsho Corporation, providing business development services; Shinko Real Estate Co. Ltd., providing residential and industrial sales, rental, brokerage and management services; and Kobelco Research Institute, Inc., which carries out material and structural analysis, trials and other services.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co Ltd Kobe Power Plant Shinsho Corporation Shinko Real Estate Co Ltd Kobelco Research Institute Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hiroya Kawasaki, CEO Hiroya Kawasaki, Pres. Hiroaki Fujiwara, Exec. VP-Tech. Jun Tanaka, Exec. VP-Eng. Hiroaki Fujiwara, Exec. VP-Admin. Hiroaki Fujiwara, Exec. VP-Corp. Planning Ikuhiro Yamaguchi, Exec. VP-Iron & Steel Bus. Tetsu Takahashi, Exec. VP-Aluminum & Copper Bus. Tsuyoshi Kasuya, Sr. Managing Dir.-Welding Bus. Kazuhide Naraki, Sr. Managing Dir.-Machinery Bus.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,428,470,000 122,888,800 616,877,200 3.75% 419,236,800 -194,278,700 882,645,100 893,802,800 895,587,300 - .94% -2.93% 0.80

2015 17,006,090,000 117,769,500 1,076,662,000 6.33% 440,443,800 780,043,900 1,379,653,000 859,392,200 1,893,136,000 3.77% 11.97% 0.59

2014 16,445,540,000 100,744,500 1,032,392,000 6.27% 404,401,800 632,613,500 1,751,122,000 860,032,100 1,709,862,000 3.10% 11.88% 0.79

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 15,191,240,000 97,076,260 101,249,200 .66% 374,831,000 -243,127,800 409,187,600 986,940,500 915,812,000 -1.22% -5.24% 1.14

Stock Ticker: KBSTY Employees: 10,398 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 16,750,850,000 96,075,850 1,122,537,000 6.70% 369,315,200 477,125,700 1,602,421,000 870,703,200 2,022,198,000 2.36% 9.93% 1.19

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 782615111 Fax: 81 782614123 Toll-Free: Address: 2-2-4 Wakinohama Kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 651-8585 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 16,805,980,000 102,087,300 545,766,700 3.24% 385,402,900 -128,413,600 355,877,200 750,617,300 1,492,249,000 - .64% -2.67% 1.16

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Koch Industries Inc

www.kochind.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining Chemicals Textiles Pipelines Fertilizer Production Chemical Equipment Asphalt & Paving Supplies Beef Production

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Flint Hills Resources Koch Minerals LLC Koch Ag & Energy Solutions LLC Guardian Industries Corp Koch Chemical Technology Group LLC INVISTA BV Koch Agriculture Company Georgia-Pacific LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Charles G. Koch, CEO David L. Robertson, COO David H. Koch, VP Don Clay, Managing Dir.-Environmental & Regulatory Affairs Michael William Hofmann, Chief Risk Officer Charles G. Koch, Chmn.

Koch Industries, Inc. is a diversified group of companies with operations in markets such as refining and chemicals; process and pollution control equipment and technologies; minerals and fertilizers; polymers and fibers; commodity and financial trading and services; and forest and consumer products. It also conducts operations in venture capital investments, municipal finance, capital market investments and business development. Subsidiary Flint Hills Resources operates petroleum refineries in Alaska, Minnesota and Texas, with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 600,000 barrels per day. These plants produce petrochemicals, fuels, asphalt and base oils. Koch Minerals, LLC supplies coal and petroleum coke as well as cement, pulp and paper, sulfur and related products internationally. Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC owns or has interests in nitrogen fertilizer plants capable of marketing and distributing more than 13 million metric tons of nitrogen products annually. The Matador Cattle Company, a division of the Koch Agriculture Company, operates three ranches in Kansas, Montana and Texas totaling 460,000 acres. Koch Pipeline Company, LP operates a 4,000-mile network of pipelines. Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services process and pollution control equipment. INVISTA BV is a global producer and marketer of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and polyester applications. Georgia-Pacific LLC manufactures and markets tissue, packaging, paper, building products, related chemicals and fluff, filter and market pulp under such brand names as Quilted Northern, Angel Soft, Brawny, Sparkle and Dixie. In February 2017, the firm fully acquired Guardian Industries Corp., a diversified manufacturer of float, fabricated and value-added coated glass products and solutions for architectural, residential and technical glass applications. Employee benefits include a 401(k), pension, medical and dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, business travel accident insurance, short- and longterm disability and educational assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 101,000,000,000

2015 99,000,000,000

2014 105,500,000,000

2013 114,000,000,000

2012 112,500,000,000

2011 110,000,000,000

1,030,000,000

10,000,000,000

10,600,000,000

10,500,000,000

10,000,000,000

8,500,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 316-828-5500 Fax: 316-828-5739 Toll-Free: Address: 4111 E. 37th St. N., Wichita, KS 67220 United States

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 99,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Komatsu Ltd

www.komatsu.com

NAIC Code: 333120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Construction Machinery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Komatsu Construction Equipment Sales and Service Komatsu Cabtec Co Ltd Komatsu Forklift Japan Ltd Komatsu Industries Corporation GIGAPHOTON Inc Komatsu NTC Ltd Komatsu Business Support Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Tetsuji Ohashi, CEO Tetsuji Ohashi, Pres. Fujitoshi Takamura, Pres., Dev. Div. Kazunori Kuromoto, Pres., Global Mining Bus. Div. Hisashi Shinozuka, Pres., Construction Equipment Mktg. Kunio Noji, Chmn.

Komatsu Ltd. engages in the manufacturing, development, marketing and sale of a diversified range of industrial-use products and services. The manufacturing operations of Komatsu are conducted primarily at plants located in Japan, the U. S., Brazil, the U.K., Germany, Sweden, Italy, Indonesia, China, Thailand and India. The company operates in two segments: the construction, mining and utility equipment segment, which accounts for 88% of annual sales revenue; and the industrial machinery and others segment, 12%. The principal products under construction, mining and utility equipment include hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, bulldozers, harvesters, forwarders and feller-bunchers. In addition to manufacturing and developing new products, Komatsu has been focused on downstream businesses, such as the used equipment business and the rental equipment business. Among this division's 10 subsidiaries are Komatsu Construction Equipment Sales and Service Japan, Ltd.; Komatsu Cabtec Co. Ltd.; and Komatsu Forklift Japan, Ltd. The company's principal products within the industrial machinery and others segment include large-sized presses, servo presses, laser cutting machines, transfer machines and commercial-use prefabricated structures. Among industrial machinery's six subsidiaries are Komatsu Industries Corporation; GIGAPHOTON, Inc.; and Komatsu NTC Ltd. In addition, Komatsu Business Support Ltd. is the company's finance arm, providing retail financing in relation to construction equipment. Geographically, Komatsu operates and competes in six principal markets in Japan, as well as the Americas, Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China, Asia and Oceania and the Middle East and Africa.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,718,320,000

2015 17,833,300,000

2014 17,607,810,000

2013 16,988,940,000

2012 17,861,120,000

1,879,851,000 11.24% 3,038,493,000 1,238,585,000 2,880,780,000 1,500,433,000 2,939,227,000 5.07% 9.02% 0.14

2,181,643,000 12.23% 3,032,842,000 1,388,044,000 3,097,265,000 1,803,270,000 3,133,199,000 5.65% 10.60% 0.18

2,167,520,000 12.30% 2,869,694,000 1,437,695,000 2,878,887,000 1,676,641,000 3,047,749,000 6.17% 12.41% 0.22

1,907,115,000 11.22% 2,645,421,000 1,138,499,000 1,929,133,000 1,288,750,000 2,723,300,000 5.22% 11.46% 0.28

2,310,354,000 12.93% 2,544,613,000 1,505,498,000 951,817,900 1,136,417,000 3,131,920,000 7.47% 17.27% 0.30

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 355612628 Fax: 81 335860374 Toll-Free: Address: 2-3-6 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8414 Japan

Stock Ticker: KMTUY Employees: 46,730 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Konica Minolta Holdings Inc

konicaminolta.jp

NAIC Code: 334118

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Printers and Computer Manufacturing Planetariums Facility Management Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc Konica Minolta Medical & Graphics Inc Konica Minolta Pioneer OLED Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shoei Yamana, CEO Masatoshi Matsuzaki, Pres. Masatoshi Matsuzaki, Chmn.

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the provision of office peripherals, optics, digital imaging technology for the healthcare and graphic arts fields, advanced light-measuring technologies, industrial inkjet products, planetariums and projectors. The firm's products are divided into four segments: business technologies, industrial business (optics), healthcare and other. The business technologies division is further divided into office field and production print field units. The office field unit, through Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., manages the sales and manufacturing of A3 and A4 multifunctional peripherals (MFP), laser printers and filing devices, and provides technical support such as IT solutions and maintenance services. The production print field unit offers copying and data print outs, in-house printing and production print systems. The industrial business segment manufactures display materials, memory devices, lenses and optical disks. These components are used mainly in display electronics such as televisions, monitors, PCs, mobile phone, DVDs, Blu-rays and digital cameras. The healthcare segment operates through Konica Minolta Medical & Graphics, Inc. to design, manufacture and sell high-resolution digital X-ray imaging systems, digital mammography technology, ultrasound systems and other digital diagnostic solutions. The other segment is comprised of operations such as those for optical planetariums, digital full-dome systems and management of operations for planetarium facilities. Europe derives 31% of annual net sales, the U.S. derives 26%, China/Asia/Other derives 23% and Japan derives 20%. In June 2017, the firm, along with Pioneer Corporation, formed Konica Minolta Pioneer OLED, Inc., a joint venture established to produce organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,298,808,000

2015 9,037,601,000

2014 8,505,859,000

2013 7,328,018,000

2012 6,920,697,000

2011 7,011,491,000

541,386,500 5.82% 3,874,497,000 288,164,400 533,951,000 453,025,600 1,023,316,000 3.24% 6.13% 0.24

592,696,100 6.55% 3,705,427,000 369,243,100 919,200,700 430,259,400 1,047,677,000 4.17% 8.12% 0.21

524,037,000 6.16%

366,449,200 5.00%

363,628,200 5.25%

360,708,000 5.14%

197,730,600 810,651,200 406,844,300 749,247,400 2.29% 4.62% 0.27

136,588,100 599,050,000 352,461,300 830,948,000 1.64% 3.36% 0.28

184,617,000 652,225,200 315,139,600 841,583,000 2.33% 4.73% 0.42

233,889,700 612,479,000 386,051,900 854,137,800 3.02% 6.10% 0.27

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362502111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-7015 Japan

Stock Ticker: KNCAF Employees: 43,332 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips)

www.philips.com/global

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Electrical & Electronic Equipment Consumer Electronics & Appliances Lighting Systems Medical Imaging Equipment Semiconductors Consulting Services Nanotech Research MEMS

Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips) is a health technology company. The firm focuses on improving people's health and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Royal Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. The company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care. In 2015, the firm sold its majority interest in its combined LED components and automotive lighting business to a consortium led by GO Scale Capital. In June 2016, it spun off its lighting division to focus on healthcare. The new company is called Philips Lighting Holding BV.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Philips Lighting Holding BV

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Frans van Houten, CEO Ron Wirahadiraksa, CFO Ronald de Jong, Chief Market Leader Carole Wainaina, Chief Human Resources Officer Eric Coutinho, Chief Legal Officer Jim Andrew, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Deborah DiSanzo, Exec. VP Pieter Nota, CEO-Phillips Consumer Lifestyle Eric Rondolat, Exec. VP J. van der Veer, Chmn. Patrick Kung, CEO-Greater China

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 27,478,140,000 2,265,187,000 2,109,393,000 7.67% 7,546,514,000 1,622,954,000 2,134,051,000 973,996,900 3,398,341,000 4.57% 11.93% 0.31

2015 27,173,280,000 2,159,830,000 1,111,858,000 4.09% 7,872,674,000 722,932,100 1,308,003,000 1,072,629,000 2,526,340,000 2.17% 5.72% 0.35

2014 23,975,570,000 1,832,549,000 544,720,900 2.27% 6,580,363,000 465,142,300 1,460,435,000 617,574,500 1,862,811,000 1.51% 3.75% 0.34

2013 26,147,720,000 1,942,390,000 2,231,562,000 8.53% 6,751,849,000 1,310,244,000 1,275,499,000 712,844,700 3,735,709,000 4.20% 10.45% 0.29

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31 402791111 Fax: Toll-Free: 877-248-4237 Address: Breitner Center, Amstelplein 2, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stock Ticker: PHG Employees: 114,731 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $1,309,964 Second Exec. Salary: $753,755

1096 BC

2012 27,783,010,000 2,028,693,000 1,154,450,000 4.15% 7,023,089,000 253,306,400 2,463,573,000 800,269,000 2,879,399,000 .77% 1.92% 0.33

2011 25,307,110,000 1,804,528,000 -301,501,900 -1.19% 6,726,070,000 -1,451,468,000 634,386,900 942,613,800 1,455,952,000 -4.22% -9.45% 0.26

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $861,825 Bonus: $429,402

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Kraft Heinz Company (The)

www.kraftheinzcompany.com/company.htm

NAIC Code: 311421

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Food Products-Manufacturing Ketchup Condiments & Sauces Pasta Baby Food Frozen Food Soups & Snack Foods

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: 3G Capital Berkshire Hathaway Inc Kraft Heinz ABC Capri Sun Classico Mealtime Stories LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bernardo Hees, CEO Paulo Basilio, CFO Christopher Skinger, Chief Accounting Officer Georges El-Zoghbi, COO, Geographical Alexandre Behring, Director Eduardo Pelleissone, Executive VP, Divisional James Savina, General Counsel Emin Mammadov, President, Divisional Marcos Romaneiro, President, Geographical Francisco Sa, President, Geographical Rafael Oliveira, President, Geographical Carlos Piani, President, Geographical John Cahill, Vice Chairman of the Board

The Kraft Heinz Company, a result of the Kraft Foods Group and Heinz merger, is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with sales in more than 190 countries and territories. The firm's iconic brands include Kraft, Heinz, ABC, Capri Sun, Classico, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Lunchables, Maxwell House, Ore-Ida, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Planters, Plasmon, Quero, Weight Watchers Smart Ones and Velveeta. Together, the company manufactures and markets products such as cheese, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, packaged dinners, refrigerated meals, snack nuts, dressings, ketchup, sauces and infant nutrition. Kraft Heinz is majorityowned by 3G Capital (51%) and minority-owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (26%). In January 2017, the firm and Oprah Winfrey announced a joint venture called Mealtime Stories, LLC, whose mission is to create a new line of food that will make real, nutritious products more accessible to everyone. The firm offers employees life, disability, medical and dental insurance; a travel assistance program; gym membership discounts; health care and dependent care spending accounts; adoption assistance; and tuition reimbursement.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 26,487,000,000

2015 18,338,000,000

2014 18,205,000,000

2013 18,218,000,000

2012 18,339,000,000

2011 18,655,000,000

6,142,000,000 23.18% 3,444,000,000 3,632,000,000 5,238,000,000 1,247,000,000 7,494,000,000 2.83% 6.00% 0.51

2,639,000,000 14.39% 3,122,000,000 634,000,000 2,467,000,000 648,000,000 3,074,000,000 - .36% - .85% 0.43

1,890,000,000 10.38% 2,956,000,000 1,043,000,000 2,020,000,000 535,000,000 2,275,000,000 4.52% 21.83% 1.97

4,591,000,000 25.20% 2,124,000,000 2,715,000,000 2,043,000,000 557,000,000 4,962,000,000 11.68% 61.99% 1.92

2,670,000,000 14.55% 3,029,000,000 1,642,000,000 3,035,000,000 440,000,000 3,119,000,000 7.31% 16.28% 2.79

2,923,000,000 15.66% 2,973,000,000 1,839,000,000 2,664,000,000 401,000,000 3,337,000,000 8.53% 11.07%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 412 456-5700 Fax: 412 456-6128 Toll-Free: 800-255-5750 Address: 1 PPG Pl., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 United States

Stock Ticker: KHC Employees: 41,000 Parent Company: 3G Capital

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $850,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000

Bonus: $7,000,000 Bonus: $

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 04/30

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Krones AG

www.krones.de

NAIC Code: 333993

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Packaging Machinery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: KIC Krones Internationale Cooperations GmbH Evoguard GmbH Syskron GmbH Kosme Srl Javlyn Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christoph Klenk, CEO Michael Andersen, Finance Thomas Ricker, Head-R&D Werner Frischholz, Head-Mfg. Volker Kronseder, Head-Corp. Comm. Christoph Klenk, Controller Christoph Klenk, Head-Process Mgmt. Werner Frischholz, Head-Assembly Volker Kronseder, Chmn.

Krones AG, headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany, develops and manufactures packaging and bottling machines, systems, solutions and technology. The firm operates through four subsidiaries and brands: KIC Krones Internationale Cooperations GmbH, Evoguard GbmH, Syskron GmbH and Kosme srl. KIC Krones produces adhesives, detergents, disinfectants and lubricants used on machines by manufacturers in order to keep their equipment in topperforming shape. Evoguard manufactures components such as valves and pumps used in machines by manufacturers that require high-process safety and aseptic applications. Syskron provides business digitalization, business consulting and intralogistics to a wide range of industries. This company has completed nearly 300 successful projects worldwide, with customers including small- and medium-sized businesses, enterprises and large corporations. Syskron's intralogistics contracting capabilities range from local warehouses for processing and operating materials to supra-regional distribution centers. Kosme designs and manufactures a full range of packaging, bottle molding, liquid-filling and labeling products that serve the food and beverage, personal care, home care and lubrication industries. Kosme also manufactures cleaning and product treatment systems that integrate in filling machines for optimal results of hygiene and product stability. Krones provides 24/7 service support, and comprises more than 1,300 patents granted and pending. In May 2017, the firm acquired Javlyn, Inc., a U.S. producer of integrated process systems for the food, dairy and beverage industry.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,801,001,000

2015 3,556,948,000

2014 3,310,250,000

2013 3,155,918,000

2012 2,522,768,000

2011 2,315,901,000

255,530,100 6.72% 110,848,500 191,385,300 218,192,100 124,765,800 373,083,400 5.91% 14.60%

243,114,800 6.83%

215,019,100 6.49%

190,167,000 6.02%

79,928,260 3.16%

8,382,650 .36%

176,450,300 195,506,600 115,023,500 351,528,800 6.13% 15.00%

152,297,700 278,907,200 106,018,800 317,201,300 5.82% 13.99%

133,872,400 195,645,600 121,121,900 285,208,500 6.97% 16.08%

77,265,180 153,128,200 124,249,000 165,878,700 5.73% 13.64%

-7,107,151

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 09401703258 Fax: 49 09401703496 Toll-Free: Address: Bohmerwaldstrabe 5, Neutraubling, 93073 Germany

Stock Ticker: KRNNF Employees: 14,443 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

62,057,840 - .40% -1.02%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Kubota Corporation

www.kubota.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kubota Credit Corporation USA Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation Great Plains Manufacuting Inc Kubtoa Materials Canada Corporation Kubota China Holdings Co Ltd Shin Taiwan Agricultural Machinery Co Ltd Kubota Philippines Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Masatoshi Kimata, CEO Yasuo Masumoto, Pres. Toshihiro Kubo, Chmn.

Kubota Corporation manufactures a comprehensive range of machinery and other industrial and consumer products, including farm equipment, engines, construction machinery, pipe-related products, environment-related products and industrial castings. The company classifies its products for revenue reporting purposes into the following reporting segments: farm and industrial machinery (which includes farm equipment, engines and construction machinery); water and environment systems (which includes ductile iron pipes, plastic pipes, valves, environmental control plants, pumps and other products); and other (which includes construction, services and other businesses). Kubota is one of Japan's leading manufacturers of farm equipment and small engines for agricultural use. Main products include tractors ranging from 10.5 to 135 horsepower, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, power tillers and reaper binders. Water and environment systems is comprised of pipe-related products and environment-related products. Pipe-related products consist of ductile iron pipes, plastic pipes and fittings and various valves. Most of these products are sold to local and national governments and public utilities for use mainly in water supply and sewage systems along with industrial water supply as well as gas supply, telecommunication and irrigation systems. In addition, Kubota has more than 40 subsidiaries domestically and overseas. Subsidiaries of the company include Kubota Credit Corporation USA; Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation; Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation; Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.; Kubota Materials Canada Corporation; Kubota China Holdings Co. Ltd.; Shin Taiwan Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd.; Kubota Philippines, Inc.; Siam Kubota Corporation Co. Ltd.; Kubota (Cambodia) Co. Ltd.; and many more. The firm operates in more than 100 countries. In April 2017, Kubota moved its U.S. tractor corporation and credit corporation headquarters from California to Houston, Texas in order to strengthen its North America business operations and global brand.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,385,160,000

2015 14,302,660,000

2014 13,596,530,000

2013 10,523,530,000

2012 9,085,017,000

1,701,399,000 11.82% 2,558,258,000 1,194,053,000 1,667,159,000 505,966,400 2,170,674,000 5.09% 11.32% 0.39

1,839,907,000 12.86% 2,512,528,000 1,368,044,000 757,070,500 420,814,000 2,259,324,000 6.11% 13.75% 0.43

1,824,459,000 13.41% 2,233,944,000 1,186,627,000 750,959,900 19,152,080 2,236,395,000 6.84% 15.55% 0.33

1,019,891,000 9.69% 1,860,942,000 664,131,100 459,505,800 420,444,500 1,360,897,000 4.56% 10.43% 0.36

952,466,800 10.48% 1,534,438,000 554,752,400 720,082,200 243,001,600 1,142,257,000 4.32% 9.55% 0.28

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 666482111 Fax: 81 666483862 Toll-Free: Address: 2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-Chome, Osaka, 556-8601 Japan

Stock Ticker: KUBTY Employees: 36,233 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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KUKA AG

www.kuka-ag.de

NAIC Code: 333519

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Robotics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: KUKA Industries KUKA Robotics KUKA Systems Swisslog

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Till Reuter, CEO Peter Mohnen, CFO

KUKA AG is engaged in the manufacturing processes of robots. It develops and markets machines, robot cells and entire robotic systems. It also provides solutions for the automation of industrial production processes. Business is divided into four units: KUKA Industries, KUKA Robotics, KUKA Systems and Swisslog. KUKA Industries provides subcontract welding, engineering services and integration, control systems and nuclear decommissioning services. KUKA Robotics manufactures industrial robotics for virtually all payload ranges, including six-axis robots of various sizes, cleanroom robots, welding robots, shelf-mounted robots, palletizers, heatresistant robots, press-to-press robots and high-accuracy robots. KUKA Systems supplies automated manufacturing and assembly solutions for industrial production, including engineering, controls, nuclear decommissioning, subcontract welding and conveyor systems. Swisslog implements leading automation solutions for forward-looking hospitals, warehouses and distribution centers. This division's products include medication management systems and material handling systems for the health care industry; document management systems and automated storage/management systems for government and commercial industries; automated guided vehicle systems, conveyor systems, cranes, monorail systems, warehouse management and control software, as well as storage systems for the warehouse and distribution sectors. In December 2016, the firm sold KUKA Systems Aerospace North America to Advanced Integration Technology, Inc. in accordance with U.S. requirements relating to the Midea Group Co. Ltd. takeover of KUKA AG.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,305,201,000 141,896,400 142,568,900 4.31% 556,041,300 97,063,440 -10,759,920 110,849,600 232,347,000 3.51% 11.00% 0.29

2015 3,324,255,000 118,134,900 149,069,700 4.48% 520,399,000 97,287,610 189,643,600 120,264,500 292,535,300 3.98% 13.80% 0.40

2014 2,348,913,000 87,648,510 154,898,000 6.59% 330,082,900 76,328,180 187,177,800 105,693,800 203,653,900 4.05% 15.09% 0.26

2013 1,988,904,000 66,913,250 134,947,300 6.78% 269,222,100 65,344,090 247,702,300 83,725,620 180,116,600 4.63% 17.30% 0.76

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 8217970 Fax: 49 8217975333 Toll-Free: Address: Zugspitzstrasse 140, Augsburg, 86165 Germany

Stock Ticker: KUKAF Employees: 13,188 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 1,949,339,000 47,747,140 123,066,600 6.31% 244,676,100 62,317,870 132,145,300 47,971,310 157,812,100 5.01% 20.32%

2011 1,609,056,000 42,255,100 81,371,890 5.05% 199,955,200 33,512,670 40,798,030 33,961,000 121,721,600 2.88% 13.31%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Kyocera Corporation

global.kyocera.com

NAIC Code: 333316

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing Cell Phone Manufacturing Semiconductor Components Optoelectronic Products Consumer Electronics

Kyocera Corporation is engaged in a number of high-tech fields, including fine ceramic components, electronic devices, telecom equipment, services and networks. The company operates in seven segments: fine ceramic components, semiconductor components, applied ceramic products, electronic devices, telecommunications equipment, information equipment and other businesses. Kyocera's fine ceramic components group develops, manufactures and sells products made from a variety of ceramic materials, such as silicon carbide, that are used in the computing, telecommunications, automotive and industrial sectors. Through its semiconductor components segment, the company provides inorganic ceramic and organic packages for integrated circuit (IC) and other semiconductor and electronic components. Kyocera's applied ceramic products group consists of five main product lines: solar energy products; cutting tools; circuit board micro drills; jewelry and applied ceramic related products; and dental implants, artificial bone and joint prostheses. The company's electronic devices group provides electronic components and devices for the telecommunications and information processing industries, including ceramic capacitors, tantalum capacitors, miniature timing devices such as temperature-compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs), RF modules, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and connectors for mobile phone handsets and PCs. Kyocera's telecommunications equipment group includes code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile phone handsets and PHS (personal handy-phone system) products such as PHS mobile phone handsets and base stations. Major products in the firm's information equipment group include page printers, digital copying machines and multifunctional systems. Kyocera's other segment produces electronic component materials, electric insulators and synthetic resin molded parts. In November 2015, joint venture Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (with Century Tokyo Leasing Corp.) completed construction of the largest mega-solar power plant, 8.5 megawatts, expected to generate an estimated 9,300 MWh per year. In 2016, the firm acquired optical component manufacturer, Melles Griot KK and merged it into its Kyocera Optec Co. Ltd. operations.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kyocera TCL Solar LLC Kyocera Optec Co Ltd Melles Griot KK

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Goro Yamaguchi, Pres. Tatsumi Maeda, Vice Chmn. Tetsuo Kuba, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,335,500,000

2015 13,758,280,000

2014 13,044,770,000

2013 11,536,800,000

2012 10,733,010,000

2011 11,418,460,000

835,084,800 6.26% 2,517,809,000 982,812,700 1,748,833,000 692,223,700 2,019,251,000 3.56% 4.84%

842,042,600 6.12% 2,667,511,000 1,044,352,000 1,178,569,000 570,227,300 1,771,671,000 4.09% 5.61%

1,086,775,000 8.33% 2,328,190,000 799,935,100 1,344,170,000 519,242,200 2,022,135,000 3.60% 4.99% 0.01

693,314,400 6.00% 2,260,198,000 599,104,100 986,796,300 585,548,900 1,593,904,000 3.10% 4.26% 0.01

880,319,700 8.20% 2,010,311,000 715,224,300 982,974,900 671,530,600 1,712,917,000 4.02% 5.49% 0.01

1,405,303,000 12.30% 2,002,010,000 1,103,592,000 1,078,708,000 652,630,800 2,218,352,000 6.45% 8.85% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-75-604-3500 Fax: 81-75-604-3501 Toll-Free: Address: 6, Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku,, Kyoto, Japan

Stock Ticker: KYO Employees: 68,185 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $558,790 Second Exec. Salary: $504,714

612-8501

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $450,637 Bonus: $405,574

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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L-3 Communications Holdings Inc

www.l-3com.com

NAIC Code: 334200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronic Equipment-Specialized Communications Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Systems Aviation & Aerospace Products Telemetry Products Instrumentation Products Microwave Components Security Systems Signal Intelligence Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: L-3 Communications Holdings Inc L-3 Communications Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Strianese, CEO Ralph DAmbrosio, CFO Christopher Kubasik, COO Ann Davidson, General Counsel Todd Gautier, President, Divisional Jeff Miller, President, Divisional Mark Schwarz, President, Divisional John Mega, President, Divisional

L3 Technologies, Inc. (formerly L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.) is a supplier of products and services used in various aerospace and defense platforms. The company operates through three business segments: electronic systems, aerospace systems and communication systems. The electronic systems segment provides components, products, systems and subsystems and related services. The aerospace systems segment provides products and services for the global intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) market, specializing in signals intelligence (SIGINT) and multiintelligence platforms, to include full motion video, electrooptical, infrared and synthetic aperture radars, along with other types of information gathering systems. The businesses in this segment provide select command, control and communications (C3) systems products for military and other U.S. Government and select foreign government ISR applications. The communication systems segment provides networked communication systems; secure communications products; radio frequency components; satellite communication terminals; and space, microwave and telemetry products. The firm's customers include the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. intelligence agencies, aerospace and defense contractors, foreign governments and commercial customers. In December 2016, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. merged into L-3 Communications Corporation and then changed its name to L3 Technologies, Inc. In January 2017, it acquired the explosives trace detection business of Implant Sciences Corporation. L3 Technologies offers its employees health, dental and vision insurance; a prescription drug plan; flexible spending accounts; a 401(k) plan; educational assistance; and an employee stock purchase plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,511,000,000

2015 10,466,000,000

2014 12,124,000,000

2013 12,629,000,000

2012 13,146,000,000

2011 15,169,000,000

1,008,000,000 9.58%

475,000,000 4.53%

1,085,000,000 8.94%

1,258,000,000 9.96%

1,351,000,000 10.27%

1,598,000,000 10.53%

710,000,000 1,041,000,000 216,000,000 1,225,000,000 5.92% 15.94% 0.73

-240,000,000 1,098,000,000 197,000,000 701,000,000 -1.85% -4.97% 0.72

664,000,000 1,125,000,000 183,000,000 1,328,000,000 4.76% 11.74% 0.74

778,000,000 1,263,000,000 209,000,000 1,487,000,000 5.59% 13.54% 0.60

810,000,000 1,306,000,000 210,000,000 1,574,000,000 5.52% 13.39% 0.66

956,000,000 1,484,000,000 192,000,000 1,810,000,000 6.16% 14.23% 0.62

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 212 697-1111 Fax: 212 867-5249 Toll-Free: Address: 600 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10016 United States

Stock Ticker: LLL Employees: 45,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,390,000 Second Exec. Salary: $905,365

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Land O'Lakes Inc

www.landolakesinc.com

NAIC Code: 311500

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Dairy Products, Manufacturing Animal Feed & Pet Food Plant Food Crop Protection Products Food Ingredients Agronomy Products Crop Seed Eggs

Land O'Lakes, Inc. (LOL) is a dairy cooperative and a leading producer of dairy and agricultural products in the U.S. and more than 50 countries. The dairy foods segment produces butter, spreads, cheese and related products, marketed under national and regional brands including Land O'Lakes and Alpine Lace cheese. Through its subsidiary Kozy Shack, the firm produces milk-based desserts such as rice pudding, tapioca pudding, bread pudding and flan. LOL's customer base includes major national supermarket and supercenter chains, industrial customers and food service customers. The Land O'Lakes name is licensed to many other businesses that distribute sour cream, yogurt, cocoa mix, milks, creams, juices, eggs, cottage cheese and other milk-based products under the brand. Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC produces animal feed for both the commercial and non-commercial sectors of the feed market in North America through its wholly owned subsidiary Purina Mills LLC. Products include complete feed, supplements, premixes, milk replacers and ingredients. LOL also sells crop seed for a variety of crops, including alfalfa, soybeans, corn and forage and turf grasses. Crop seed products and crop protection are sold under the brands CROPLAN GENETICS, Agrisolutions and Origin. WinField Solutions supports the firm's Expert Seller web site, which offers customers marketing and sales tools, educational information and promotional items. This division markets and distributes seeds produced by Syngenta and Monsanto, companies with which LOL has strategic alliances. In addition, the firm has a business development and marketing segment available to its cooperative members. Additional subsidiaries include MoArk LLC, Land O'Lakes Finance Company and Northwest Food Products Transportation. In August 2016, LOL acquired Ceres, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology company, for approximately $17.2 million. The following November, the firm agreed to acquire the animal feed business of Southern States Cooperative. Employees of the firm receive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life and AD&D coverage; an employee assistance program; and 401(k).

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kozy Shack Alpine Lace Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC Purina Mills LLC MoArk LLC Land O'Lakes Finance Company Northwest Food Products Transportation CROPLAN GENETICS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Chris Policinski, CEO Beth Ford, COO Dan Knutson, CFO Tim Scott, CMO Loren Heeringa, Chief Human Resources Officer Peter Janzen, Chief Admin. Officer Peter Janzen, General Counsel Barry Wolfish, Chief Corp. Strategy Karen Grabow, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. Svcs. Carol Kitchen, Sr. VP-Global Ingredients Beth Ford, Chief Supply Chain Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,233,000,000

2015 13,007,704,000

2014 14,965,516,000

2013 14,236,449,000

2012 13,642,019,000

2011 12,426,283,000

299,251,365

304,190,000

266,495,000

305,953,000

240,365,000

182,156,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 651-481-2222 Fax: 651-481-2000 Toll-Free: 800-328-9680 Address: 4001 N. Lexington Ave., Arden Hills, MN 55126 United States

Stock Ticker: Cooperative Employees: 12,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Lanxess AG

www.lanxess.com

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Performance Chemicals Chemical Intermediates Engineering Plastics Performance Rubber

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rhein Chemie ARLANXEO

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Matthias Zachert, CEO Michael Pontzen, CFO Matthias Zachert, Chmn.

Lanxess AG is a German chemical manufacturing company with operations in 29 countries, including 52 manufacturing sites. The firm's portfolio of chemical products is divided into three broad product segments: performance chemicals, performance polymers and advanced intermediates. Performance chemicals, include material protection products, such as disinfectants, industrial corrosion inhibitors, beverage preservatives, functional chemicals, plastic additives, phosphorus and specialty chemicals, organic and inorganic colorants, leather treatments, rubber chemicals and ion exchange resins. Subsidiary Rhein Chemie makes additives for the lubricant, rubber, polyurethanes and plastics industries. The performance polymers segment, encompasses the production of rubber and plastics, which have applications in the automotive and electrical/electronics industries. Products in this segment include butyl rubber, performance butadiene rubber, technical rubber products and semi-crystalline products. Advanced intermediates, include basic chemicals (industrial chemicals and aromatic compounds) and fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Additionally, the firm has a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, ARLANXEO, that is a supplier of synthetic rubber. The EMEA region (not including Germany) accounts for 29.4% of sales by market, followed by the Asia Pacific region, 25.5%; Germany, 17.3%; North America, 17.3%; and Latin America, 10.5%. In September 2016, Lanxess announced plans to acquire Chemtura Corp., a provider of flame retardant and lubricant additives; and closed the acquisition of the clean and disinfect business of Chemours. The firm offers its employees support services for eldercare and childcare, flexible work hours, the opportunity to work from home, management training courses through the Lanxess Academy and a share purchase program.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,629,231,000 146,828,100 520,062,800 6.02% 1,214,974,000 215,198,400 772,248,400 492,042,100 999,775,900 2.24% 7.89% 1.07

2015 8,856,758,000 145,707,200 465,142,300 5.25% 1,169,020,000 184,936,100 775,610,900 486,438,000 869,760,100 2.28% 7.38% 0.54

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 8,973,324,000 179,332,000 244,339,800 2.72% 1,143,241,000 52,678,770 893,297,500 688,186,500 647,836,800 .66% 2.31% 0.78

2013 9,302,847,000 208,473,400 -104,236,700 -1.12% 1,183,591,000 -178,211,200 718,448,800 699,394,800 699,394,800 -2.21% -7.55% 0.87

Stock Ticker: LNXSF Employees: 16,721 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,835,238,000 161,398,800 869,760,100 8.84% 1,184,712,000 568,258,200 753,194,400 761,040,100 1,214,974,000 8.06% 26.60%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 221 8885-0 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Kennedyplatz 1, Cologne, 51369 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 10,192,780,000 215,198,400 907,868,200 8.90% 1,235,149,000 576,104,000 939,251,300 780,094,100 1,286,707,000 7.14% 23.50%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Lear Corporation

www.lear.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Components Automotive Interiors Electrical Systems Instrument Panels Seat Systems Flooring Systems Entertainment & Wireless Systems Keyless Entry Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Matthew Simoncini, CEO Jeffrey Vanneste, CFO Henry Wallace, Chairman of the Board Amy Doyle, Chief Accounting Officer Terrence Larkin, Executive VP, Divisional Raymond Scott, Executive VP Shari Burgess, Other Executive Officer Frank Orsini, President, Divisional Jay Kunkel, President, Divisional Melvin Stephens, Senior VP, Divisional Thomas DiDonato, Senior VP, Divisional James Murawski, Vice President, Divisional

Lear Corporation is one of the world's largest automotive interior systems suppliers. The firm serves every major automotive manufacturer, including General Motors, Ford, BMW, Fiat Chrysler and Daimler. The company currently operates 143 facilities in 22 countries. Its business is conducted through two segments: seating and e-systems. The seating segment consists of the design, engineering, just-intime assembly and delivery of complete seat systems as well as the manufacture of all major seat components, including seat structures and mechanisms, seat covers, seat forms and headrests. The segment produces seat systems that are fully assembled and ready for installation in automobiles and light trucks. These include luxury and performance automotive seating required by premium automakers, including Alfa Romeo, Audi, Lamborghini, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Jaguar Land Rover, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. The e-systems segment consists of the design, manufacture, assembly and supply of electrical distribution systems, electronic modules and related components and software for light vehicles globally. Its electrical distribution systems route electrical signals and manage electrical power within the vehicle for traditional vehicle architectures, as well as high power and hybrid electric systems. Electronics control various functions within the vehicle, and include body control modules, smart junction boxes, gateway modules, wireless control modules, lighting control modules and audio amplifiers. Connectivity capabilities facilitate secure, wireless communication between the vehicle's systems and external networks, as well as other vehicles. As of December 2016, the company had 22 operating joint ventures located in six countries, of which 15 operated in Asia and seven in North America. In February 2017, Lear Corporation agreed to acquire Grupo Antolin's automotive seating business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,557,600,000

2015 18,211,400,000

2014 17,727,300,000

2013 16,234,000,000

2012 14,567,000,000

2011 14,156,500,000

1,427,200,000 7.69% 621,900,000 975,100,000 1,619,300,000 528,300,000 1,799,000,000 10.10% 32.58% 0.62

1,186,800,000 6.51% 580,500,000 745,500,000 1,271,100,000 485,800,000 1,466,000,000 8.03% 25.33% 0.65

929,200,000 5.24% 529,900,000 672,400,000 927,800,000 424,700,000 1,165,800,000 7.69% 22.39% 0.49

736,600,000 4.53% 528,700,000 431,400,000 820,100,000 460,600,000 964,000,000 5.22% 13.20% 0.34

705,200,000 4.84% 479,300,000 1,282,800,000 729,800,000 458,300,000 938,300,000 16.87% 43.31% 0.17

679,600,000 4.80% 485,600,000 540,700,000 790,300,000 329,500,000 901,700,000 7.93% 22.08% 0.28

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 248 447-1500 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-413-5327 Address: 21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48033 United States

Stock Ticker: LEA Employees: 148,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,354,500 Second Exec. Salary: $855,098

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Lenovo Group Limited

www.lenovo.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Servers Notebook Computers Handheld Computers Peripherals Cellular Phones

Lenovo Group Limited is one of the largest PC manufacturers in China. The company manufactures its own line of laptops, tablets, desktops, workstations, servers, storage and networking, accessories and software, marketing its products in 160 countries. Its ThinkStation P310 workstation is designed for mainstream workstation and high-end desktop computing needs, whether drafting, designing or anything that needs big Intel processor power. Lenovo tower servers deliver performance and room for expansion at affordable prices. Its ThinkPad X1 family of laptops and tablets include the ThinkPad X1 12-inch display tablet; the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 14-inch Ultrabook; the ThinkPad X1 Yoga 14-inch convertible Ultrabook; the Lenovo N22 Chromebook; the Lenovo N22 Laptop for Windows 10; the ThinkPad 11e laptops; and the ThinkPad P Series of mobile workstations. Desktop solutions include the all-in-one ThinkCentre X1 enterprise desktop, comprising a .44-inch notebook-thin aluminum alloy chassis and anti-glare display. Services offered by the company include warranty support, technical support, accidental damage protection, asset tagging and transition services. Lenovo operates more than 40 labs, including research centers in Yokohama, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Shenzhen, China; and Morrisville, North Carolina, USA. The company has more than 6,500 globally-recognized patents and over 100 major design awards. The firm offers employees retirement and savings plans; discounts on fitness centers; and an employee discount program, which allows employees, as well as their friends and families, to buy discounted Lenovo computers and accessories.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ThinkStation P310 ThinkPad X1 Lenovo N22 ThinkPad 11e ThinkPad P ThinkCentre X1

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Yuanqing Yang, CEO Gianfranco Lanci, COO Wai Ming Wong, CFO David Roman, Chief Mktg. Officer Gao Lan, VP-Human Resources Arthur Hu, CIO Zhiqiang He, CTO Jay Clemens, Sr. VP-Legal Jun Liu, Sr. VP Gerry P. Smith, Sr. VP Peter Hortensius, Sr. VP Gianfranco Lanci, Sr. VP Yuanqing Yang, Chmn. Xudong Chen, Sr. VP Gerry P. Smith, Sr. VP-Global Supply Chain

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 44,912,100,000 1,491,370,000 -61,821,000 - .13% 4,481,580,000 -128,146,000 292,261,000 751,263,000 642,368,000 - .49% -3.61% 0.83

2015 46,295,590,000 1,220,919,000 1,108,514,000 2.39% 4,185,296,000 828,715,000 238,492,000 902,794,000 1,696,022,000 3.64% 23.36% 0.46

2014 38,707,130,000 732,454,000 1,052,055,000 2.71% 3,302,984,000 817,470,000 1,432,058,000 675,344,000 1,396,603,000 4.63% 28.79%

2013 33,873,400,000 623,987,000 800,005,000 2.36% 2,734,789,000 631,592,000 19,530,000 441,312,000 1,018,225,000 3.87% 25.26% 0.11

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-10-5886-8888 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: No. 6 Chuang Ye Rd., Haidian District, Beijing, 100085 China

Stock Ticker: LNVGF Employees: 52,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 29,574,440,000 453,334,000 584,085,000 1.97% 2,421,072,000 472,992,000 1,939,956,000 329,193,000 836,971,000 3.56% 22.54%

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA

www.finmeccanica.it

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alessandro Profumo, CEO Giovanni De Gennaro, Chmn.

Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA is a global high-tech company, serving the aerospace, defense and security sectors. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the firm has offices and industrial plants worldwide, with a presence in 180 sites primarily within Italy, the U.K., the U.S. and Poland. LeonardoFinmeccanica divides its operations into seven divisions: helicopters, aircraft, aerostructures, airborne & space systems, land & naval defence electronics, defence systems and security & information systems. The helicopter division performs research, design, development, production, customer support and marketing of the company's range of modern helicopters for commercial, public service and security/defense applications. The aircraft division provides design, development, production and logistics support for trainer aircraft, the relevant integrated systems for crew training, military and tactical transport aircraft, special missions multirole aircraft, regional twin-engine turboprop aircraft and unmanned systems, as well as the manufacturing of nacelles. The aerostructures division is engaged in major civil aircraft programs in Europe and North America, offering the ability to design, build, test and integrate structures and components to support any program. The airborne & space systems division designs, develops and produces products and solutions for aircraft platforms such as mission systems, airborne radars and sensors, electronic warfare systems, on-board avionics, aerial target systems and simulation systems. It also provides hightech instruments, subsystems and products for Earth observation, planetary exploration and telecommunication missions. The land & naval defence electronics division provides situational awareness, command and control capability, weapon systems management and network communications to land and naval Armed Forces. The defence systems division designs, develops and produces artillery, weapons and torpedoes. The security & information systems division provides safety through technology solutions.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,452,140,000

2015 14,565,120,000

2014 16,434,660,000

2013 17,970,190,000

2012 19,298,370,000

2011 19,410,450,000

745,348,600 5.54%

517,821,100 3.55%

223,044,200 1.35%

-412,463,600 -2.29%

-512,217,000 -2.65%

-2,674,288,000 -13.77%

566,016,600 924,680,600 438,242,600 1,907,644,000

545,841,700 701,636,400 669,132,500 1,719,345,000

-34,745,570 200,627,700 704,998,900 1,064,784,000

31,383,100 627,662,000 1,184,712,000 493,163,000

-928,043,100 942,613,800 950,459,500 1,612,867,000

-2,584,622,000 596,278,800 1,032,280,000 353,059,800

0.92

1.07

1.43

1.39

1.26

1.04

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 39 6324731 Fax: 39 63208621 Toll-Free: Address: Piazza Monte Grappa, 4, Roma, 00195 Italy

Stock Ticker: FINMF Employees: 45,631 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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LG Chem Ltd

www.lgchem.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals & Polymers Construction & Decorative Materials Interior Decorating Services Electronics Components Petrochemicals Plastics Industrial & Automotive Materials Display Materials

LG Chem, Ltd., owned by LG Corporation, is one of Korea's leading chemical companies, manufacturing petrochemicals, plastics and electronics components, such as rechargeable batteries and LCD display materials. The company operates in five segments: basic materials & chemicals, energy solutions, IT & electronic materials, advanced materials and life sciences. Basic materials & chemicals produces nanocellulose (NCC), propylene oxide (PO), polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/plasticizers, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), extended play materials, acrylates/SAP (super absorbent polymer), rubbers and specialty polymers. These feedstock, synthetic resins and specialty polymers are created through the firm's advanced technology. The company is a leading global producer of PVC. The energy solutions segment includes mobile batteries, automotive batteries and batteries for power storage. LG Chem's IT & electronic materials segment includes optical materials, LCD polarizers, water solutions and electronic materials. LG Chem manufactures optical materials for polarizers and plasma display panel (PDP) filters, which improve color reproduction while blocking electromagnetic signals. Its electronic materials include photo sensitive materials, LCD strippers, toners, electrolytes and cathode, organic light emitting diode (OLED) and circuit assembly materials. The advanced materials segment consists of display materials and rechargeable battery materials. This division is LG's next growth engine by improving technology to offer premium value to customers, with an aim to strengthen its position in the global market by improving core materials such as OLED displays and anode materials for batteries. Last, the life sciences segment is engaged in the investment and enhancement of commercializing novel pharmaceuticals, vaccines and fine chemicals. The firm has research and development centers across the world, including the U.S., Germany, China and Russia. In October 2016, the firm announced plans to begin construction of an electric vehicle batter plant by mid-2017, in Wroclaw, Poland.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LG Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jin-Soo Park, CEO Jin-Soo Park, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,246,372,830

2015 18,007,249,892

2014 16,950,941,696

2013 17,450,577,920

2012 17,611,556,864

2011 17,066,296,320

1,130,207,862

1,023,522,122

709,445,568

1,011,744,000

1,240,839,680

1,747,407,744

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-3777-1114 Fax: 82-2-3773-7813 Toll-Free: Address: LG Twin Towers 128, Yeouido-doing, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-721 South Korea

Stock Ticker: LGCEY Employees: 14,280 Parent Company: LG Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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LG Display Co Ltd

www.lgdisplay.com

NAIC Code: 334419

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Unit Screens Manufacturing OLED Manufacturing

LG Display Co., Ltd. operates in the digital display business and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. LG Display develops and manufactures TFT-LCD (thin-film transistor liquid crystal display) panels for televisions, monitors, notebook PCs and emerging mobile applications such as tablet computers, ereaders, car navigation, fingerprint recognition systems and online stock trading. LG Display currently operates a total of nine panel fabrication facilities and six back-end assembly facilities. The firm's international sales network is directed through locations in Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and China as well as LG Display America, Inc., with representatives and distributors in California. Some of the firm's products include 27-inch full HDTV/monitor LCD panels with enhanced motion picture response time, 42-inch and 47-inch LCD TV panels with a thickness of 9.9 millimeters, a thin-film solar cell to expand battery life and 19-inch wide flexible e-paper. LG Electronics, Inc. holds a 37.9% ownership stake in the company. In addition to LCD displays, the company also manufactures organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. In January 2017, the firm announced the world's first 5.7-inch QHD+LCD panel with an 18:9 aspect ratio for smartphones in response to growing consumer demand for bigger, clearer screens.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LG Display America Inc LG Electronics Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sang Beom Han, CEO Sang Don Kim, CFO Sang Deog Yeo, CTO Cheol Dong Jeong, Chief Prod. Officer Yong Kee Hwang, Head-TV Bus.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,431,290,000 1,002,504,000 1,158,512,000 4.94% 1,012,823,000 801,592,100 3,218,793,000 3,661,010,000 3,936,138,000 3.82% 7.21% 0.31

2015 25,093,170,000 1,076,727,000 1,437,044,000 5.72% 1,168,032,000 854,494,500 2,410,468,000 2,351,279,000 4,365,009,000 4.24% 8.18% 0.23

2014 23,388,380,000 1,029,310,000 1,199,900,000 5.13% 1,017,819,000 799,430,700 2,532,419,000 2,949,102,000 4,282,444,000 4.04% 8.20% 0.28

2013 23,898,930,000 968,692,600 1,027,844,000 4.30% 989,893,300 376,715,500 3,169,168,000 3,233,740,000 4,461,582,000 1.84% 4.09% 0.28

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-3777-1010 Fax: 82-2-3777-0797 Toll-Free: Address: 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-721 South Korea

Stock Ticker: LPL Employees: 49,094 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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LG Electronics Inc

www.lg.com

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Electronics Cellular Handsets Telecommunications Equipment Computer Products Home Appliances & Electronics Security Systems Displays Audio Systems

LG Electronics, Inc. is a Korean manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, home appliances, televisions, audio equipment, security systems and computer products. The company has four lines of business: home entertainment, mobile communications, home appliance and air solution, and vehicle components. The home entertainment division manufactures plasma screen, liquid crystal display (LCD), high definition, flat panel and projection TVs as well as notebook computers, optical storage devices, monitors and DVDs. Its mobile communications division produces UMTS (WCDMA), CDMA and GSM mobile handsets, the popular being G Series, F Series and L Series II. The division also manufactures wireline telephones, wireless telephone networking equipment, Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment and telecommunications mainframes. LG's home appliance and air solution division manufactures home appliances for home ubiquitous networking, including refrigerators, dish washers, washers and dryers, ovens, built-in-appliances, vacuum cleaners, dehumidifiers, air purifiers and air conditioners. In addition, the company is a leading global supplier of home appliance components such as washing machine motors. The firm's vehicle component division includes in-vehicle infotainment, HVAC and motor and vehicle engineering. The firm's 80 subsidiaries include Zenith, LG Display Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. The firm has offices throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America and North America. LG maintains a focus on R&D activities, with 128 operations worldwide, including the LG Electronics Institute of Technology in Seoul, Korea. In October 2016, the firm released its new ultra-premium brand, LG Signature, which includes a black stainless steel washer, a signature OLED television, and a door-in-door refrigerator, which features a glass panel that can be illuminated with two knocks, allowing views inside without opening. In January 2017, it introduced a new line of robots, such as the Hub Robot, which utilizes Amazon's Alexa voice recognition software to complete household tasks.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LG Electronics Institute of Technology LG Display Co Ltd LG Electronics USA Inc Zenith LG Signature Hub Robot

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bon-Joon Koo, CEO Young-Ha Lee, Co-Pres. David Jung, CFO Hyun-Hoi Ha, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 48,947,990,000 2,182,425,000 1,182,668,000 2.41% 7,105,567,000 43,704,580 2,791,865,000 2,189,023,000 2,548,766,000 .13% .41% 0.58

2015 49,957,570,000 2,102,154,000 1,054,061,000 2.10% 7,087,916,000 109,972,200 2,315,164,000 1,972,209,000 2,632,776,000 .33% 1.06% 0.55

2014 52,195,810,000 311,056,100 1,616,561,000 3.09% 3,514,966,000 353,050,900 1,793,930,000 2,284,512,000 3,197,536,000 1.10% 3.40% 0.54

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 51,399,800,000 2,027,488,000 1,135,729,000 2.20% 7,423,898,000 156,274,200 1,954,579,000 2,232,692,000 2,579,733,000 .52% 1.46% 0.52

Stock Ticker: LGEPF Employees: 87,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 47,966,290,000 1,501,951,000 247,770,000 .51% 6,366,509,000 -415,178,100 1,355,654,000 1,900,611,000 1,000,132,000 -1.44% -3.67% 0.33

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82 237771114 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-243-0000 Address: LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-721 South Korea Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 45,051,880,000 290,666,900 1,004,280,000 2.22% 3,342,247,000 59,032,480 1,548,383,000 1,544,598,000 1,907,664,000 .18% .47% 0.35

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Linde AG

www.the-linde-group.com

NAIC Code: 325120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Gas Manufacturing Engineering & Construction-Gas & Chemical Plants Plant Components Manufacturing Microelectronics Manufacturing Equipment Olefin Plants Logistics & Supply Chain Solutions Welding Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gist OCAP (Organic CO2 for Assimilation by Plants) African Oxygen Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Wolfgang Buchele, CEO Wolfgang Reitzle, Pres. Manfred Schneider, Chmn.

Linde AG is a leading industrial gas and engineering company operating in approximately 100 countries worldwide. The company is a leader in plant engineering and construction, including hydrogen production facilities, with over 600 affiliated companies. Linde is divided into three primary segments: industrial gases & health care, engineering and Gist. The industrial gases & health care division supplies oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, acetylene, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; shielding gases for welding applications; rare gases and calibration gas mixtures; and high-purity gases and mixtures to customers in the medical, industrial, commercial and research fields. The engineering division constructs various types of processing facilities, including hydrogen, oxygen and olefin as well as plants for natural gas treatment. The division also manufactures plant components; liquefied gas tanks; vacuum-brazed heat exchangers; coil-wound heat exchangers and reactors; and catalysts. This segment holds over 1,000 process engineering patents with a portfolio of 4,000 completed projects. Through Gist, the company offers logistic services and supply chain solutions to a range of commercial and industrial sectors, including grocery, retail, electronics and gas. Linde's South Africa-based subsidiary African Oxygen Ltd. (Afrox) provides gases for the continent of Africa as well as manufacturing welding equipment. The firm also maintains the OCAP (Organic CO2 for Assimilation by Plants). In December 2016, Linde AG and Praxair, Inc. agreed to merge. The new company, to be named Linde, would become the biggest player in the industrial-gas suppliers market. The combination is dependent upon worldwide regulatory approval.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,995,740,000 135,619,800 2,325,712,000 12.24% 4,603,228,000 1,293,432,000 3,855,638,000 1,973,773,000 4,446,312,000 3.27% 7.91% 0.46

2015 20,112,080,000 147,948,900 1,844,878,000 9.17% 4,903,609,000 1,287,828,000 4,027,124,000 2,122,842,000 4,426,138,000 3.29% 8.21% 0.58

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 19,106,700,000 118,807,400 1,703,654,000 8.91% 4,442,950,000 1,235,149,000 3,363,596,000 2,193,454,000 3,910,558,000 3.28% 8.42% 0.64

2013 18,667,340,000 103,115,900 2,010,760,000 10.77% 4,405,963,000 1,476,126,000 3,523,874,000 2,423,223,000 4,022,641,000 3.97% 10.18% 0.66

Stock Ticker: LNEGY Employees: 59,715 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 15,452,810,000 109,840,800 2,055,593,000 13.30% 3,579,915,000 1,394,306,000 2,719,121,000 1,507,510,000 4,000,224,000 4.20% 10.50% 0.56

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-89-35757-01 Fax: 49-89-35757-1075 Toll-Free: Address: Klosterhofstrasse 1, Munich, 80331 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 17,126,210,000 113,203,300 2,232,683,000 13.03% 4,098,857,000 1,401,031,000 2,826,720,000 2,004,035,000 3,956,512,000 4.00% 10.12% 0.68

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Littelfuse Inc

www.littelfuse.com

NAIC Code: 335313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electrical Switches, Sensors, Microelectronics, Optomechanicals

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Meenal Sethna, CFO Gordon Hunter, Chairman of the Board Ian Highley, Chief Technology Officer Ryan Stafford, Executive VP Deepak Nayar, General Manager, Divisional Dieter Roeder, General Manager, Divisional Matthew Cole, General Manager, Divisional David Heinzmann, President Michael Rutz, Senior VP, Divisional

Littelfuse, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells circuitprotection devices for the electronics, automotive and industrial markets. The firm operates through three segments: electronics, automotive and industrial. Electronics is the firm's largest segment, supplying manufacturers with circuit protection devices used in products such as mobile phones, computers and LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions. Some of the firm's customers in the electronics business include Cisco, Huawei, Samsung, Panasonic, IBM and Intel. The automotive segment supplies fuses for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket customers. The segment's customers range from Ford and General Motors to O'Reilly Auto Parts and Pep Boys. Littelfuse's smallest segment, industrial, provides a broad range of low-voltage and medium-voltage circuit protection products to electrical distributors and their customers in the construction, OEM and industrial maintenance, repair and operating supplies markets. Common uses for the products are in mining and wet environments where power sources are exposed to water. The firm attempts to offer an array of circuit-protection solutions, rather than specializing in one product area. In late-2016, the firm acquired certain assets of ON Semiconductor Corporation, which includes the electronics segment, consisting of transient voltage suppression diodes, switching thyristors and insulatedgate bipolar transistors (IGBTs).

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,056,159,000 42,198,000 130,644,000 12.36% 206,129,000 104,488,000 180,133,000 46,228,000 185,039,000 8.17% 13.40% 0.54

2015 867,864,000 30,802,000 104,157,000 12.00% 153,714,000 82,466,000 165,826,000 44,019,000 152,638,000 7.72% 11.20% 0.11

2014 851,995,000 31,122,000 133,830,000 15.70% 146,975,000 99,418,000 153,141,000 32,281,000 178,424,000 9.49% 14.05% 0.14

2013 757,853,000 24,415,000 129,881,000 17.13% 132,657,000 88,784,000 117,367,000 34,953,000 161,632,000 9.85% 13.93% 0.13

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Phone: 773 628-1000 Fax: 847 391-0434 Toll-Free: Address: 8755 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631 United States

Stock Ticker: LFUS Employees: 10,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $780,231 Second Exec. Salary: $522,917

Bonus: $ 700 Bonus: $ 150

2012 667,913,000 21,231,000 106,870,000 16.00% 124,277,000 75,332,000 116,170,000 22,529,000 133,186,000 10.34% 13.84%

2011 664,955,000 19,439,000 113,904,000 17.12% 116,740,000 87,024,000 120,750,000 17,555,000 146,156,000 13.39% 18.25%

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Lockheed Martin Corp

www.lockheedmartin.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Military Aircraft Defense Electronics Systems Integration & Technology Services Communications Satellites & Launch Services Undersea, Shipboard, Land & Airborne Systems & Subsystems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Multiple Launch Rocket System Littoral Combat Ship Hellfire Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

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Marillyn Hewson, CEO Brian Colan, Chief Accounting Officer Orlando Carvalho, Executive VP, Divisional Richard Edwards, Executive VP, Divisional Dale Bennett, Executive VP, Divisional Richard Ambrose, Executive VP, Divisional Bruce Tanner, Executive VP Maryanne Lavan, General Counsel John Mollard, Treasurer

Lockheed Martin Corp. specializes in developing and servicing advanced technological systems. It serves domestic and international customers with products and services that have defense, civil and commercial applications, with principal customers including agencies of the U.S. government (72% of its annual sales). The company operates in four segments: aeronautics, missiles and fire control (MFC), rotary and mission systems (RMS) and space systems. The aeronautics segment, accounting for 38% of the firm's revenue, is engaged in the design, R&D, systems integration, production, sustainment, support and upgrade of advanced military aircraft, air vehicles and related technologies. Major products include the F-35 stealth fighter, the F-22 fighter and the C-130 tactical airlifter. The MFC segment (14%) provides air & missile defense systems, tactical missiles & air-to-ground precision strike weapon systems and fire control systems. Major programs in this segment include the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense air and missile defense programs; and the Multiple Launch Rocket System, Hellfire, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and Javelin tactical missile programs. The RMS division (28%) provides design, manufacture, service and support for a variety of military and commercial helicopters; ship and submarine mission and combat systems; mission systems and sensors for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft; sea and land-based missile defense systems; radar systems; and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). In addition, RMS supports the needs of government customers in cybersecurity and delivers communications and command and control capabilities through complex mission solutions for defense applications. The space systems segment (20%) designs, researches, develops, engineers and produces satellites, strategic and defensive missile systems and space transportation systems. Some programs it offers are the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. In August 2016, the firm divested its information systems & global services business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 47,248,000,000

2015 46,132,000,000

2014 45,600,000,000

2013 45,358,000,000

2012 47,182,000,000

2011 46,499,000,000

5,549,000,000 11.74%

5,436,000,000 11.78%

5,592,000,000 12.26%

4,505,000,000 9.93%

4,196,000,000 8.89%

3,980,000,000 8.55%

5,302,000,000 5,189,000,000 1,063,000,000 6,764,000,000 10.93% 230.12% 9.45

3,605,000,000 5,101,000,000 939,000,000 6,492,000,000 8.36% 110.97% 4.61

3,614,000,000 3,866,000,000 845,000,000 6,592,000,000 9.86% 86.89% 1.81

2,981,000,000 4,546,000,000 836,000,000 5,495,000,000 7.96% 120.27% 1.25

2,745,000,000 1,561,000,000 942,000,000 5,443,000,000 7.17% 527.88% 157.89

2,655,000,000 4,253,000,000 987,000,000 4,993,000,000 7.27% 112.76% 6.45

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Phone: 301 897-6000 Fax: 301 897-6083 Toll-Free: Address: 6801 Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817 United States

Stock Ticker: LMT Employees: 97,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,634,231 Second Exec. Salary: $963,942

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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L'Oreal SA

www.loreal.com

NAIC Code: 325620

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cosmetic Products Manufacturing Makeup Development, Manufacturing & Distribution Skin Care Development, Manufacturing & Distribution Hair Care Development, Manufacturing & Distribution Perfume Development, Manufacturing & Distribution Nutritional Supplements Development, Manufacturing & Distribution Dermatology & Hair Care Research & Development

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: L'Oreal Professionnel Redken Matrix L'Oreal Paris SoftSheen-Carson Maybelline New York Body Shop (The) Galderma

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Jean-Paul Agon, CEO Barbara Lavernos, COO Christian Mulliez, CFO Isabel Marey-Semper, Exec. VP-Communications Jerome Tixier, Managing Dir.-Human Resources Laurent Attal, Exec. VP-Research & Innovation Lubomira Rochet, Chief Digital Officer Christian Mulliez, Exec. VP-Admin. Jean-Philippe Blanpain, Exec. VP-Oper. Lubomira Rochet, Chief Digital Officer Sara Ravella, Managing Dir.-Corp. Comm. & Public Affairs Christian Mulliez, Exec. VP-Finance Marc Menfesguen, Pres., Consumer Prod. Div. Nicolas Hieronimus, Pres., Select Div. Alexandre Popoff, Exec. VP-Eastern European Zone Brigitte Liberman, Managing Dir.-Active Cosmetics Div. Jean-Paul Agon, Chmn. Alexis Perakis-Valat, Exec. VP-Asia Pacific Zone

L'Oreal SA develops, manufactures and distributes makeup, perfume, skin care and other health and beauty products. It creates and distributes cosmetic products under more than 40 international brand names and divides its business into four primary segments: professional products, consumer products, L'Oreal Lux and active cosmetics. The firm's professional products, which are sold to salons and beauty channels, include the L'Oreal Professionnel, Shu Uemura Art of Hair, Mizani, Kerastase, Pureology, Redken and Matrix hair care brand names. Consumer products are sold through drug stores and supermarkets under the L'Oreal Paris, SoftSheen-Carson, Garnier, Essie, NYX and Maybelline New York brand names. Luxury products include perfume, makeup and skin-care lines such as Lancome, Biotherm and Cacharel as well as designer branded products for Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Diesel, Viktor & Rolf and Yves Saint Laurent. The active cosmetics line includes dermo-cosmetic skin care products sold in pharmacies and specialist retailers under brands such as Roger & Gallet, SkinCeuticals, Sanoflore, La Roche-Posay and Vichy. The company also oversees The Body Shop brand, which sells naturally-derived cosmetics and body products in over 3,100 branded stores worldwide; and Galderma, a dermatology research joint venture. The firm has research centers in France, the U.S., Brazil, Japan and China. In April 2016, the company partnered with Hello Tomorrow Challenge to play a key role in the global competition for world-changing scientific and technological innovations. In May 2016, the firm announced a strategic investment in the Founders Factory, a global multi-sector digital accelerator and incubator for startups, where the two companies will invest in five early stage start-up companies and co-create two new companies every year. In November 2016, L'Oreal launched Beaumoji, an emoji keyboard for beauty enthusiasts, available in both Android and iOS app stores.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 28,958,870,000 952,477,100 5,088,433,000 17.57% 14,689,200,000 3,481,058,000 5,273,033,000 1,554,024,000 6,478,928,000 8.95% 12.90%

2015 28,309,120,000 890,047,000 4,701,076,000 16.60% 14,344,540,000 3,695,808,000 4,710,939,000 1,313,719,000 6,136,404,000 10.02% 15.05%

2014 25,254,430,000 852,499,500 4,016,476,000 15.90% 12,754,990,000 5,503,474,000 4,330,980,000 1,130,016,000 4,976,126,000 15.49% 22.93%

2013 25,752,750,000 960,546,900 4,191,437,000 16.27% 13,049,760,000 3,315,624,000 4,203,318,000 1,188,635,000 5,484,869,000 9.72% 13.57%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 147567000 Fax: 33 147568642 Toll-Free: Address: 41 Rue Martre, Clichy, 92117 France

Stock Ticker: LRLCY Employees: 89,331 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 25,176,750,000 886,012,100 4,005,268,000 15.90% 12,763,060,000 3,214,190,000 3,959,090,000 1,070,388,000 4,780,430,000 10.17% 14.87%

2011 22,801,050,000 807,554,300 3,582,493,000 15.71% 11,744,560,000 2,733,019,000 3,255,100,000 970,298,100 4,627,998,000 9.58% 15.00%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Lotte Chemical Corporation

english.hpc.co.kr

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Chemicals Basic Chemicals Basic Petrochemicals Resins

Lotte Chemical Corporation manufactures products that fall under three categories: basic chemicals, resin products and basic petrochemicals. Basic chemicals include benzene, most often used to produce other items, including perfume, polyester, nylon, medicines, rubber and detergents. It is also used as a solvent for explosives, food, insecticide, paint and photographic chemicals. Toluene, another basic chemical, is used to manufacture benzene, xylene, dye, sweetener, bleach and explosives (such as TNT); and as a solvent in medicines, ink and paint. The last basic chemical, mixed xylene, is used as a solvent for agrichemicals, medicine and paint, and is used to manufacture plasticizer, dye, organic pigment perfume and medicine as well as to separate isomers. Resin products generally consist of basic plastics, including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), functional resins and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PE, PP and PET plastics are often used in common household items such as bottles, food containers, shopping bags, battery cases, electric appliances, shoe soles, toys, diapers, artificial flowers, car parts and rope. The firm's functional resins, serve two purposes: a highly moldable resin ideal for hoses, sheets, grips, weather stripping and gaskets; and adhesive resins capable of adhering to olefins, metals and more. Basic petrochemicals include ethylene glycol (EO/G), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and ethylene oxide adduct (EOA). EO/G can be used in anti-freeze, cosmetics, glues, cigarettes, sterilizers and gelatin manufacturing as well as a solvent for dye, fabric and cellulose film. MMA is sometimes used in medical spray adhesive and acrylic bone cement, as a base material for ink and acrylic and to treat wood. EOA has applications as an antistatic agent, defoamer, detergent, emulsifier and releasing agent. During 2016, the firm, along with Axiall Corporation, broke ground on a $3 billion complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana, comprising an ethane cracker as well as a monoethylene glycol plant.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

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FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,733,431,631

2015 7,290,533,381

2014 9,632,391,287

2013 16,106,900,000

2012 14,895,800,000

2011 14,705,400,000

163,067,818

748,915,547

139,500,000

282,100,000

294,621,000

916,210,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-829-4114 Fax: 82-2-843-1010 Toll-Free: Address: 7F-11F, Lotte Tower, 51 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-711 South Korea

Stock Ticker: 11170 Employees: 4,772 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Seoul Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Luxottica Group SpA

www.luxottica.com

NAIC Code: 333314

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Lens/Eyeglass Frame Manufacturing Vision Plan Provider Lens/Eyeglass Frame Retailer Eye Care Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Luxottica Srl Luxottica Tristar (Dongguan) Optical Co Ltd Luxottica USA LLC Sunglass Hut Trading LLC Luxottica (China) Investment Co Ltd Oakley Inc Arnette Optic Illusions Inc United States Shoe Corporation (The)

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Massimo Vian, CEO Stefano Grassi, CFO Massimo Vian, Operations Nicola Brandolese, Dir.-Bus. Dev. Christina Parenti, Dir.-Corp. Comm. Alessandra Senici, Dir.-Investor Rel. Luca Fadda, Internal Audit Susanna Zatta, Internal Communication Paolo Pezzutto, Commercial Service Strategy & Planning Paolo Alberti, Wholesale Mark Weikel, Retail Optical, North America Leonardo Del Vecchio, Chmn.

Luxottica Group SpA is one of the world's largest manufacturers and retailers of prescription and fashion eyeglass frames and sunglasses. The firm's optical/sunglass retail brands include Oakley, glasses.com, David Clulow, Laubman & Pank, Lenscrafters, Sears Optical, Target Optical, EyeMed Vision Care, Pearle Vision, ILORI, The Optical Shop of Aspen and Sunglass Hut. Company-owned brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Alain Mikli and Luxottica. It licenses brands from Prada, Ralph Lauren, Versace, Valentino, Chanel, Bulgari, Dolce&Gabbana, Michael Kors, Tiffany & Co. and others. Luxottica distributes sunglasses in approximately 7,400 storefronts through its wholesale and retail networks in 150 countries worldwide, with LensCrafters and Pearle Vision in North America, OPSM and LensCrafters in Asia-Pacific, GMO in Latin America and Sunglass Hut worldwide. The firm's manufacturing plants produce roughly 83 million units per year. Luxottica wholly-owned subsidiaries include Luxottica Srl; Luxottica Tristar (Dongguan) Optical Co., Ltd.; Luxottica USA, LLC; Luxottica Retail North America, Inc.; Sunglass Hut Trading, LLC; OPSM Group Pty Limited; Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corporation; Luxottica South Pacific Holdings Pty Limited; Luxottica (China) Investment Co. Ltd.; Oakley, Inc.; Arnette Optic Illusions, Inc.; and The United States Shoe Corporation. In January 2017, Luxottica Group SpA agreed to be merged with and into Essilor International SA, a maker of optical-lenses. Essilor would become a holding company with the new name EssilorLuxottica via a hive-down of all of its operating activities into a wholly-owned company, to be called Essilor International. The combined entity would be a maker of both lenses and frames and would control 27% of the eyewear market. Dependent upon regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2017.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,183,490,000

2015 9,904,257,000

2014 8,576,908,000

2013 8,196,156,000

2012 7,942,325,000

2011 6,974,314,000

1,507,809,000 14.80% 5,141,421,000 953,288,500 1,469,703,000 737,548,800 2,144,209,000 8.52% 15.20% 0.29

1,542,754,000 15.57% 5,183,488,000 901,276,600 1,341,954,000 519,843,100 2,086,125,000 8.35% 15.56% 0.31

1,297,482,000 15.12% 4,393,655,000 720,237,600 1,311,497,000 469,991,000 1,733,924,000 7.27% 14.17% 0.34

1,183,226,000 14.43% 4,183,962,000 610,508,900 1,033,229,000 420,532,400 1,597,345,000 6.59% 13.40% 0.41

1,100,705,000 13.85% 4,175,072,000 607,150,800 1,166,139,000 424,258,000 1,516,227,000 6.34% 14.26% 0.51

904,662,600 12.97% 3,639,630,000 506,997,300 920,080,700 376,912,100 1,277,997,000 5.43% 13.16% 0.62

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 39 2863341 Fax: 39 286334636 Toll-Free: Address: Piazzale L. Cadorna 3, Milan, 20123 Italy

Stock Ticker: LUXTY Employees: 82,282 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,881,769 Second Exec. Salary: $1,440,260

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

www.lvmh.com

NAIC Code: 312140

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Luxury Goods, Manufacture & Retail Wines & Spirits, Manufacturing Fashion & Leather Goods, Manufacturing & Retail Perfumes & Cosmetics, Manufacturing & Retail Duty-Free Retail Online Cosmetics & Apparel Retail Watches & Jewelry, Manufacturing Magazine Publishing & Advertising Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Christian Dior SA Dom Perignon Givenchy TAG Heuer Benefit Cosmetics Sephora.com Royal Van Lent La Samaritaine

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Bernard Arnault, CEO Antonio Belloni, COO Jean-Jacques Guiony, CFO Chantal Gaemperie, Dir.-Human Resources Nicolas Bazire, Dir.-Dev. & Acquisitions Jean-Jacques Guiony, Dir.-Finance Antonio Belloni, Group Managing Dir. Pierre-Yves Roussel, Dir.-Fashion Div. Francesco Trapani, Dir.-Watches & Jewelry Christophe Navarre, Dir.-Wines & Spirits Bernard Arnault, Chmn.

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA is a luxury goods company controlling a portfolio of approximately 70 luxury brands, operating in six sectors: wines & spirits, fashion & leather goods, watches & jewelry, perfumes & cosmetics, selective retailing and other activities. The company's wines & spirits brands include champagnes, such as Dom Perignon, Moet & Chandon, Krug, Mercier, Ruinart and Veuve Clicquot; several vineyards, including Chateau d'Yquem, Cloudy Bay and Cape Mentelle; Hennessy cognac; and several brands of whiskey, vodka, rum and sparkling wines. The firm's fashion & leather goods division includes the Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Kenzo, Berluti, Fendi and Louis Vuitton brands, while its watches & jewelry segment includes brands such as TAG Heuer, Zenith, Dior Watches, Chaumet, De Beers and FRED. The firm's perfumes include Aqua di Parma, Guerlain, Kenzo and Givenchy, and its cosmetics brands include Fresh, Make Up For Ever and Benefit Cosmetics. The company's selective retailing division operates several retail store brands, including Sephora cosmetics stores and Sephora.com; Le Bon Marche department stores; and Miami Cruiseline Services, which offers duty-free luxury shops aboard cruise ships; and DFS Galleria liquor, tobacco, cosmetics and fragrances duty-free stores, primarily located in the Asia-Pacific region. The other activities segment consists of businesses such as Royal Van Lent, which manufactures custom-designed yachts; La Samaritaine department store; and Groupe Les Echos, a French media conglomerate that focuses on financial news. Christian Dior SA owns a 42.4% stake in the firm. In July 2016, LVHH sold its Donna Karan International to G-III Apparel Group Ltd for $650 million.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 42,143,020,000

2015 39,973,100,000

2014 34,339,830,000

2013 32,670,920,000

2012 31,498,540,000

2011 26,517,600,000

7,738,175,000 18.36% 19,657,030,000 4,462,004,000 4,454,158,000

7,155,346,000 17.90% 18,485,770,000 4,004,707,000 4,123,515,000

6,087,200,000 17.72% 15,822,690,000 6,330,419,000 3,174,176,000

6,606,142,000 20.22% 14,652,550,000 3,851,154,000 3,315,400,000

6,432,414,000 20.42% 13,746,920,000 3,837,704,000 2,772,921,000

10,140,100,000 6.79% 15.69% 0.14

9,148,173,000 6.44% 15.50% 0.18

8,211,164,000 10.35% 23.31% 0.23

8,235,822,000 6.50% 13.40% 0.15

7,888,366,000 7.05% 14.56% 0.15

5,776,732,000 21.78% 11,548,980,000 3,883,658,000 4,379,063,000 1,960,323,000 6,794,441,000 7.27% 15.46% 0.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 144132222 Fax: 33 144132119 Toll-Free: Address: 22 Ave. Montaigne, Paris, 75008 France

Stock Ticker: LVMUY Employees: 134,476 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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LyondellBasell Industries NV

www.lyondellbasell.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Polymers & Petrochemicals Intermediate & Performance Chemicals Petroleum Products Refining Biofuels Automotive Parts Medical Applications Durable Textiles

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lyondell Chemical Co Basell AF SCA

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Bhavesh V. Patel, CEO Thomas Aebischer, CFO Massimo Covezzi, Sr. VP-R&D Daniel Coombs, Exec. VP-Global Manu., Projects, Refining & Technology Karen Swindler, Sr. VP-Mfg.-Americas Craig Glidden, Chief Legal Officer Sam Smolik, VP-Oper. Excellence Sergey Vasnetsov, Sr. VP-Strategic Planning & Transactions David Harpole, Contact-Media Douglas J. Pike, Contact-Investor Rel. Pat Quarles, Sr. VP-Intermediates & Derivatives Kevin Brown, Sr. VP-Refining Sam Smolik, VP-Health, Safety & Environment Bhavesh V. Patel, Chmn. Tim Roberts, Sr. VP-Olefins & Polyolefins Americas

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of polymers, petrochemicals and fuels. The company was formed from the merger of Basell AF SCA, a chemical manufacturing company and polypropylene producer, and Lyondell Chemical Co., a leading manufacturer of chemicals and plastics and a refiner of crude oil. It is one of the world's leading providers of propylene oxide, generating sales from more than 100 countries, and has 57 manufacturing sites in 18 countries. The firm operates in five segments: olefins & polyolefins Americas; olefins & polyolefins Europe, Asia & international; intermediates & derivatives; refining; and technology. Through the olefin & polyolefin divisions, the firm is one of the world's largest producers of ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene and polypropylene compounds. The intermediates & derivatives division, one of the largest producers of propylene oxide, produces products used in the creation of insulation, home furnishings, adhesives and sealants, aircraft deicers, cosmetics and more. The refining segment offers clients automotive and industrial engine lube oils; biofuels; heating oil; and automotive, aviation and diesel fuels. The technology segment is responsible for process licensing, catalyst sales and other services. LyondellBasell owns approximately 5,300 patents and patent applications worldwide.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 29,183,000,000 99,000,000 5,060,000,000 17.33% 833,000,000 3,836,000,000 5,606,000,000 2,243,000,000 6,619,000,000 16.60% 60.89%

2015 32,735,000,000 102,000,000 6,122,000,000 18.70% 828,000,000 4,476,000,000 5,842,000,000 1,440,000,000 7,566,000,000 19.03% 60.22%

2014 45,608,000,000 127,000,000 5,736,000,000 12.57% 806,000,000 4,174,000,000 6,048,000,000 1,499,000,000 7,083,000,000 16.13% 40.03%

2013 44,062,000,000 150,000,000 5,102,000,000 11.57% 870,000,000 3,857,000,000 4,835,000,000 1,561,000,000 6,326,000,000 14.97% 32.66%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31-10-275-5500 Fax: 31-10-275-5589 Toll-Free: Address: Delftseplein 27E, Rotterdam, 3013 AK Netherlands

Stock Ticker: LYB Employees: 13,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,341,827 Second Exec. Salary: $725,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 45,352,000,000 172,000,000 4,676,000,000 10.31% 909,000,000 2,848,000,000 4,787,000,000 1,060,000,000 5,823,000,000 12.10% 26.21%

2011 51,035,000,000 196,000,000 3,998,000,000 7.83% 928,000,000 2,147,000,000 2,869,000,000 1,050,000,000 5,163,000,000 8.88% 19.40%

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Magna International Inc

www.magna.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Parts Manufacturer Vehicle Assembly Services Seating & Interior Products Closure Systems Body & Chassis Systems Mirror, Lighting & Glass Systems Exterior Decorative Systems Solar Photovoltaic Components

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cosma International of America Inc Magna Exteriors and Interiors Corp Magna Seating Inc Magna Steyr AG & Co KG Magna Powertrain Inc Magna Structural Systems Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Donald Walker, CEO William Young, Chairman of the Board James Tobin, Chief Marketing Officer Seetarama Kotagiri, Chief Technology Officer Tommy Skudutis, COO, Divisional Francis Seguin, Executive VP Vincent Galifi, Executive VP Marc Neeb, Executive VP Jeffrey Palmer, Executive VP Cynthia Niekamp, Independent Director Indira Samarasekera, Independent Director Guenther Apfalter, President, Geographical

Magna International, Inc. is a global supplier of high-tech automotive components, systems and complete modules. Its services span the design, engineering and manufacture of a full range of interior and exterior systems as well as providing complete vehicle assembly services to major automotive manufacturers. The company's operations include 317 manufacturing facilities and 102 product development, engineering and sales centers located in 29 countries across three geographic segments: North America, Europe and the rest of the world. Through its divisions and subsidiaries, the company provides services in five main product areas. These include vehicles and powertrain products, which consists of roof systems, powertrain systems and complete vehicle engineering and assembly; exteriors and interiors such as seating, closure and vision systems; body and chassis systems; electronic systems; and hybrid and electric vehicles and systems. Magna's primary operating subsidiaries include Cosma International of America, Inc.; Magna Powertrain, Inc.; Magna Seating, Inc.; Magna Exteriors and Interiors Corp.; Magna Steyr AG & Co. KG; and Magna Structural Systems, Inc. Among its customers are Fiat/Chrysler Group, Daimler AG, General Motors, BMW, Volkswagen and Ford Motor Company. In 2016, the firm expanded in China with the establishment of a new seating engineering center in the Xuhui District of Shanghai. The company provides its employees with a range of benefits, including profit sharing, an employee assistance program, job counseling and training and an employee disaster relief fund.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 36,445,000,000

2015 32,134,000,000

2014 36,641,000,000

2013 34,835,000,000

2012 30,837,000,000

2011 28,748,000,000

2,665,000,000 7.31% 1,601,000,000 2,031,000,000 3,386,000,000 1,807,000,000 3,936,000,000 9.60% 21.68% 0.24

2,325,000,000 7.23% 1,448,000,000 2,013,000,000 2,332,000,000 1,591,000,000 3,511,000,000 10.63% 22.84% 0.26

2,421,000,000 6.60% 1,707,000,000 1,882,000,000 2,792,000,000 1,586,000,000 3,476,000,000 10.41% 20.58% 0.09

1,905,000,000 5.46% 1,616,000,000 1,561,000,000 2,567,000,000 1,169,000,000 3,002,000,000 8.89% 16.38% 0.01

1,507,000,000 4.88% 1,519,000,000 1,433,000,000 2,206,000,000 1,274,000,000 2,585,000,000 9.01% 16.28% 0.01

1,252,000,000 4.35% 1,415,000,000 1,018,000,000 1,210,000,000 1,236,000,000 1,922,000,000 7.12% 12.53%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 905 726-2462 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 337 Magna Drive, Aurora, ON L4G 7K1 Canada

Stock Ticker: MGA Employees: 131,225 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $325,000 Second Exec. Salary: $325,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Mahindra & Mahindra Limited

www.mahindra.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive & Farm Equipment Manufacturing & Distribution Software Engineering Real Estate Development Hotels Financial Services Automobile Finance Housing Finance Information Technology

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is one of the largest industrial companies in India and a leading producer of multi-utility vehicles. Mahindra & Mahindra is the flagship company of the Mahindra Group. The company operates in eight sectors: mobility, farm equipment, IT, financial services, clean energy, urban lifestyle, business-to-business (B2B) and defense. Mobility comprises the firm's utility vehicle company, which includes sports utility vehicles, electric vehicles, pickups and commercial vehicles, as well as small aircraft and boats. Farm equipment includes agricultural and post-harvest advisory services, machines, tractors, tilling equipment and components and accessories for farmers. IT provides solutions that optimize productivity and connect enterprises globally, including networking, mobility, analytics, cloud, security, social channels and sensors. Financial services provides life and non-life insurance products, as well as various loans, including home, auto and equipment. Clean energy produces solar panels, as well as related energy engineering solutions. This division currently comprises more than 256 megawatts (MW) of commissioned solar power, with over 288MW under construction. Urban lifestyle focuses on creating sustainable urbanization, including smart housing and retail spaces, innovative rental living, green urban commuting and electric vehicle manufacturing. B2B comprises the firm's steel trading company, including steel consulting, logistics, industrial equipment, engineering and diesel services. Last, for the defense industry, Mahindra & Mahindra manufactures allterrain transportation vehicles utilized by defense and police forces, as well as land systems, naval systems and defense electronics. This division also provides security consulting services.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Anand G. Mahindra, Managing Dir. V.S. Parthasarathy, Group CFO Ruzbeh Irani, Chief Brand Officer Rajeev Dubey, Pres., Group Human Resources Ulhas Yargop, CTO Rajan Wadhera, Chief Exec.-Prod. Dev. S.P. Shukla, Pres., Group Strategy Anita Arjundas, CEO-Real Estate Sector Anoop Mathur, Pres., Two Wheeler Sector S. Durgassankar, Exec. VP-Mergers & Acquisitions Pravin Shah, CEO-Automotive Div. Keshub Mahindra, Chmn. Ruzbeh Irani, Chief Exec.-Intl Oper.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,115,165,184

2015 11,173,009,408

2014 11,491,720,192

2013 10,674,067,456

2012 9,227,057,152

2011 5,721,307,648

498,681,568

487,222,624

724,734,848

636,571,136

475,179,776

478,256,096

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91 2224901441 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Mahindra Towers, G.M. Bhosale Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001 India

Stock Ticker: MAHDY Employees: 19,427 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd

www.makino.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tools Manufacturing Tools and Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Makino J Co Ltd Makino France SAS Makino Europe GmbH Makino Italia Srl Makino Asia Pte Ltd Makino India Private Limited Makino Thailand Co Ltd Makino China Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shinichi Inoue, Pres. Shun Makino, Exec. VP

Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company involved in the manufacture, sale and export of machines for a variety of purposes as well as computer software and other products. The firm has 17 sales offices and two plants within Japan, as well as overseas operations in the U.S., Germany, Singapore, Korea, China, India and more. Makino's long list of products include vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, 5-axis machining centers, 5-axis vertical machining centers, graphite milling machines, numeric control (NC) electrical discharge machines, wire electrical discharge machines and computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), a system software that allows a machine operator to design a product within the program and then transfer that information into the machine for production. Additional products include the line of skill master milling machine series, which performs advanced operations on an easily accessible platform. For example, the KE55 facilitates circular and oblique cutting without the use of numerical control programming, which can be quite advanced and require additional training. Industry customers include automotive, aerospace, machine tools, die mold, general production and medical. Subsidiaries include Makino J Co. Ltd.; Makino Inc.; Makino Europe GmbH; Makino France SAS; Makino Italia Srl; Makino Asia Pte. Ltd.; Makino India Private Limited; Makino Thailand Co. Ltd.; Makino China Co. Ltd.; and Makino Korea Co. Ltd.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,459,875,000

2015 1,347,459,000

2014 1,116,643,000

2013 1,142,897,000

2012 995,547,700

2011 857,688,800

130,369,300 8.93%

108,378,200 8.04%

44,252,570 3.96%

72,859,020 6.37%

52,373,050 5.26%

25,596,190 2.98%

109,667,100 224,228,000 65,468,570 194,143,500 5.07% 10.41% 0.36

103,781,700 95,589,160 63,648,000 169,205,200 4.93% 10.61% 0.43

39,367,660 73,273,610 107,107,400 90,379,800 2.00% 4.50% 0.49

47,127,640 113,470,400 58,141,210 110,838,700 2.65% 5.89% 0.52

33,951,010 -55,212,070 91,028,710 84,097,910 2.13% 4.55% 0.54

19,764,950 35,996,900 20,837,460 52,742,580 1.29% 2.74% 0.48

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 337171151 Fax: 81 337252105 Toll-Free: Address: 3-19 Nakane 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8578 Japan

Stock Ticker: MKMLF Employees: 3,741 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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MAN SE

www.man.eu

NAIC Code: 336120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing

MAN SE is a manufacturer of commercial vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment. It supplies buses, trucks, diesel engines and turbo machinery across Europe. MAN's operations are divided into two subsidiaries. MAN Truck & Bus AG produces trucks between 7.5 and 44 tons, heavyduty specialty vehicles, city and intercity buses and coaches, as well as diesel, turbo and natural gas engines. It has production sites in Europe, as well as in Russia, South Africa, India and Turkey. MAN Diesel & Turbo SE is a leading manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery for marine and stationary applications. It comprises more than 100 international locations primarily in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, India and China.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MAN Truck & Bus AG MAN Diesel & Turbo SE

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Joachim Drees, CEO Jan-Henrik Lafrentz, Finance Heinz-Jurgen Low, Sales & Mktg. Josef Schelchshorn, Human Resources Anders Nielsen, CEO-MAN Truck & Bus AG Rene Umlauft, CEO-MAN Diesel & Turbo SE Andreas Renschler, Chmn. Antonio Roberto Cortes, Pres., MAN Latin America Ulf Vberkenhagen, Chief Procurement Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,202,869,248

2015 15,357,542,400

2014 16,012,104,704

2013 17,556,600,832

2012 17,677,651,968

2011 18,462,228,480

-20,174,848

156,915,488

284,689,536

-587,312,256

198,386,016

276,843,744

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 89360980 Fax: 49 8936098572 Toll-Free: Address: Ungerer Strasse 69, Munich, 80995 Germany

Stock Ticker: MAGOF Employees: 53,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation

www.marathonpetroleum.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining Gas Stations Asphalt Production & Retail Petrochemicals & Lubricants Pipelines

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MPLX LP Speedway LLC Speedway Marathon

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Gary Heminger, CEO C. Palmer, Senior VP, Divisional Donald Wehrly, Chief Information Officer John Quaid, Controller Donald Templin, Executive VP Randy Nickerson, Executive VP, Divisional Pamela Beall, Executive VP, Subsidiary Suzanne Gagle, General Counsel J. Wilder, General Counsel Molly Benson, Other Executive Officer Anthony Kenney, President, Subsidiary Rodney Nichols, Senior VP, Divisional Thomas Kelley, Senior VP, Divisional John Swearingen, Senior VP, Divisional Raymond Brooks, Senior VP, Divisional

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is a leading petroleum product refiner, marketer and transporter. The company has operations in the Midwest, East Coast and Southeast regions of the U.S. Business is conducted through three segments: refining & marketing, midstream and Speedway. The refining & marketing segment owns and operates seven refineries in the Gulf Coast and Midwest regions of the U.S. The refineries include crude oil, atmospheric and vacuum distillation, fluid catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, desulfurization and sulfur recovery units. The midstream segment includes the operations of wholly-owned MPLX LP, which gathers, processes and transports natural gas; gathers, transports, fractionates, stores and markets natural gas liquids; and transports and stores crude oil as well as refined products. The Speedway segment is MPC's retail operation, selling transportation fuels and convenience products through whollyowned Speedway, LLC, which has approximately 2,730 stores in 21 states. The firm is a major wholesale supplier of gasoline and distillate to both resellers and end users. MPC also produces and markets feedstocks and petrochemicals such as platformate (a main ingredient of gasoline), alkylate, naphtha, dry gas, propylene, raffinate, butane, benzene, xylene, molten sulfur, cumene and toluene. The company's two major trademarked retail brands include Speedway and Marathon. MPC offers employees health care benefits, an employee assistance program, adoption assistance and educational reimbursement, a 401(k) and a pension plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 63,364,000,000

2015 72,258,000,000

2014 98,102,000,000

2013 100,254,000,000

2012 82,492,000,000

2011 78,759,000,000

2,378,000,000 3.75% 1,605,000,000 1,174,000,000 3,986,000,000 2,892,000,000 4,361,000,000 2.68% 8.76% 0.77

4,692,000,000 6.49% 1,576,000,000 2,852,000,000 4,061,000,000 1,998,000,000 6,308,000,000 7.75% 23.77% 0.89

4,051,000,000 4.12% 1,375,000,000 2,524,000,000 3,110,000,000 1,480,000,000 5,363,000,000 8.57% 23.29% 0.61

3,425,000,000 3.41% 1,248,000,000 2,112,000,000 3,405,000,000 1,206,000,000 4,633,000,000 7.59% 18.67% 0.30

5,347,000,000 6.48% 1,223,000,000 3,389,000,000 4,492,000,000 1,369,000,000 6,343,000,000 12.79% 31.97% 0.28

3,745,000,000 4.75% 1,106,000,000 2,389,000,000 3,309,000,000 1,185,000,000 4,671,000,000 9.75% 26.91% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 419 422-2121 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 539 S. Main St., Findlay, OH 45840 United States

Stock Ticker: MPC Employees: 44,460 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $800,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Mars Inc

www.mars.com

NAIC Code: 311351

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chocolate & Confectionery Manufacturing Snack Foods & Candy Bars Pet Nutrition Drink Vending Systems Prepared Foods Information Technology Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: M&Ms M&M World Milky Way Twix Seeds of Change Cesar Uncle Ben's Starburst

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Grant F. Reid, Pres. Reuben Gamoran, CFO Bruce McColl, CMO Richard Ware, VP-R&D John Donofrio, General Counsel David Kamenetzky, VP-Corp. Affairs Frank Mars, Pres., Symbioscience Martin Radvan, Pres., Wrigley Grant Reid, Pres., Chocolate Poul Weihrauch, Pres., Food Steven Badger, Chmn. Richard Ware, VP-Supply & Procurement

Mars, Inc., founded in 1911, is a family-owned company that operates through six business divisions: chocolate, pet care, food, drinks, Symbioscience and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, which produces Wrigley gum and sugar. The company's chocolate segment makes some of the world's most popular and widely available snacks and confectionery products, including M&Ms, Mars, Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, Dove and 3 Musketeers. The company has a branded retail store called M&M World, with three locations in the U.S., one in London and one in Shanghai. The pet care unit offers products for cats and dogs, including such brands as Cesar, Whiskas, Pedigree, Royal Canine, Banfield Pet Hospital, Sheba, Iams, Temptations and Wisdom Panel. In the food division, Mars produces rice, entrees, sauces and condiments under the Uncle Ben's, Dolmio, Suzi-Wan, Royco, Raris, Seeds of Change and Ebly brands. The firm's drinks segment distributes Mars' KLIX, Bright Tea Co., Dove/Galaxy hot chocolate, Alterra coffee and FLAVIA drink vending machine systems, which are industry leading products that provide in-cup drinks such as fresh ground coffee, leaf tea and hot chocolate. The Symbioscience unit offers products such as Mars Botanical Cocoapro, Cocoa-Via, and Mars Veterinary-Wisdom Panel MX. The Wrigley Gum and Sugar division offers snacks such as Starburst, Skittles, Juicy Fruit gum, Life Savers and Altoids. Mars operates manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S., as well as facilities in Bolton and Newmarket, Ontario. In January 2017, Mars agreed to acquire VCA, Inc., a veterinary and dog day-care company, for approximately $9.1 billion including $1.4 billion in outstanding debt. VCA will operate as a separate and distinct business unit within the pet care division.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 36,000,000,000

2015 35,500,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 34,000,000,000

2013 33,200,000,000

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 80,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 31,000,000,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 703-821-4900 Fax: 703-448-9678 Toll-Free: 800-627-7852 Address: 6885 Elm St., McLean, VA 22101 United States Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 31,500,000,000

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Masco Corporation

www.masco.com

NAIC Code: 337110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Building Products Manufacturing Home Improvement Products, Retail Faucet & Cabinet Manufacturing Plumbing Products Paints & Stains Installation Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cardell Brasstech Kraftmaid Merillat Quality Cabinets Bristan Plumb Shop Behr

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Keith Allman, CEO John Sznewajs, CFO Richard Manoogian, Chairman Emeritus John Lindow, Chief Accounting Officer J. Losh, Director Kenneth Cole, General Counsel Renee Straber, Other Executive Officer Richard OReagan, President, Divisional Christopher Kastner, Vice President, Divisional Amit Bhargava, Vice President, Divisional

Masco Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of brand-name home improvement and building products. Masco's operations consist of four business segments: cabinetry products, windows and other specialty products, plumbing products and decorative architectural products. The cabinetry products segment manufactures and sells valuepriced, stock and semi-custom assembled cabinetry for kitchen, bath, storage, home office and home entertainment applications in a wide range of styles and price points. The Kraftmaid brand is sold primarily to dealers and home center retailers; and Merillat, Quality Cabinets, Moores and Cardell brands are sold primarily to dealers and homebuilders. The plumbing segment sells a variety of products manufactured or sourced by Masco. Much of this division's faucet, bathing & showering devices are sold in North America and Europe under the brand names Delta, Peerless, Hansgrohe, Axor, Ginger, Brizo, Newport Brass, Brasstech and Plumb Shop. Bristan and Heritage brand of products are primarily sold in the U.K. Plumbing products include faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, valves, bathing units, shower enclosures and toilets, as well as spas, exercise pools and plumbing hardware. The windows and other specialty products segment includes vinyl, fiberglass and aluminum windows and patio doors under the Essence Series, Milgard, Duraflex, Griffin and Premier brands. The decorative architectural products segment produces architectural coatings such as paints, primers, specialty paint products, stains and waterproofing products. These are sold in the Americas and China under the Behr and Kilz brand names. Through its subsidiaries, Masco owns most of its 47 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and internationally, as well as its 29 warehouses and distribution centers. In May 2017, the company agreed to sell Arrow Fastener, a business unit within the windows and other specialty products segment, to Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial Co., Ltd.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,357,000,000

2015 7,142,000,000

2014 8,521,000,000

2013 8,173,000,000

2012 7,745,000,000

2011 7,467,000,000

1,053,000,000 14.31% 1,403,000,000 491,000,000 726,000,000 180,000,000 1,193,000,000 9.07%

914,000,000 12.79% 1,339,000,000 355,000,000 699,000,000 158,000,000 1,047,000,000 5.52% 89.98%

788,000,000 9.24% 1,607,000,000 856,000,000 602,000,000 128,000,000 967,000,000 12.14% 117.34% 3.15

673,000,000 8.23% 1,582,000,000 272,000,000 645,000,000 126,000,000 855,000,000 3.93% 63.47% 6.39

271,000,000 3.49% 1,561,000,000 -114,000,000 281,000,000 119,000,000 510,000,000 -1.60% -26.85% 10.62

-295,000,000 -3.95% 1,585,000,000 -575,000,000 239,000,000 151,000,000 45,000,000 -7.44% -60.17% 6.11

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 313 792-5500 Fax: 313 792-6135 Toll-Free: 800-627-6397 Address: 21001 Van Born Rd., Taylor, MI 48180 United States

Stock Ticker: MAS Employees: 26,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,126,654 Second Exec. Salary: $653,353

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Mazda Motor Corporation

www.mazda.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Commercial Vans & Trucks Hydrogen Engine Technology

Mazda Motor Corporation, established in 1920, is one of Japan's largest automakers. Mazda operates production facilities in Japan and overseas facilities in the U.S., China, Colombia, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Russia, Mexico and South Africa. Some of Mazda's production plants operate in conjunction with Ford Motor Company, which holds a small minority share in the firm. The company has been exporting cars to the U.S. and Europe for almost 40 years, and with Mazda cars and trucks now being sold in nearly 140 countries. Overseas sales account for over two-thirds of annual revenues. Working closely with Ford, the company revamped much of its passenger car, truck, minivan and utility vehicle product line, rolling out models such as the Mazda 6, Mazda 3, Mazda 8 and the RX-8, a high-performance sports car. Together Mazda and Ford also own several subsidiaries including Auto Alliance International, Inc.; Auto Alliance (Thailand) Co. Ltd.; Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. Ltd.; and Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co Ltd. The company's line of commercial vehicles targets the light industrial sector with high-efficiency diesel vans and trucks. Marketed under brand names including Verisa, Biante, Mazda E-Series and Mazda T-Series, these vehicles are available in various configurations of cargo bed and cabin size. Starting with the release of the Mazda6 and CX5, the company began producing all of its vehicles with Skyactiv Technology, a proprietary line of eco-friendly products that reduce vehicle weight and improve thermal efficiency. In addition, the firm operates a joint venture with Mitsubishi called MCM Energy Service Company, which provides electricity and steam to two of Mazda's Japanese production facilities.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mazda 6 Mazda 8 Ford Mazda Automobile Co Ltd MCM Energy Service Company Mazda 3 Auto Alliance International Inc Auto Alliance (Thailand) Co Ltd Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masamichi Kogai, CEO Masamichi Kogai, Pres. Kiyoshi Ozaki, CFO Masahiro Moro, Managing Exec. Officer-Mktg. & Sales Koji Kurosawa, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-Human Resources Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Gen. Mgr.-R&D Takashi Furutama, Managing Exec. Officer-Global IT Solutions Masafumi Nakano, Managing Exec. Officer-Prod. & Brand Quality Kiyotaka Shobuda, Gen. Mgr.-Eng. Koji Kurosawa, Sec. Akira Marumoto, Exec. VP-Corp. Planning & American Oper. Yuji Nakamine, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-Corp. Comm. Seita Kanai, Vice Chmn. Nobuhide Inamoto, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-China & Domestic Sales Koji Kurosawa, Pres. Keishi Egawa, Managing Exec. Officer-Latin America Seita Kanai, Chmn. Yuji Nakamine, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-EMEA, Asia & Oceania Kazuki Imai, Managing Exec. Officer-Purchasing

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 30,702,840,000

2015 27,343,750,000

2014 24,264,450,000

2013 19,875,530,000

2012 18,323,430,000

2011 20,960,840,000

2,043,865,000 6.65%

1,828,578,000 6.68%

1,641,410,000 6.76%

486,111,400 2.44%

-348,955,400 -1.90%

214,818,800 1.02%

1,211,484,000 2,368,279,000 793,833,500 2,332,651,000 5.35% 14.74% 0.37

1,457,009,000 1,842,737,000 1,226,887,000 2,630,937,000 6.73% 20.75% 0.56

1,203,192,000 1,229,149,000 1,073,355,000 1,514,502,000 6.42% 23.45% 0.79

310,723,400 441,921,900 685,049,600 1,019,495,000 1.76% 7.10% 1.04

-969,933,500 -81,997,940 629,846,600 225,138,400 -5.84% -23.98% 1.31

-538,637,600 138,291,500 335,229,000 896,741,000 -3.22% -12.80% 1.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 822821111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-1 Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, 100-0011 Japan

Stock Ticker: MZDAF Employees: 44,035 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Mechel PAO

www.mechel.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing Coal Mining Electricity Generation Nickel Mining Logistics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mechel-Steel Management Company Mechel Service Global BV Mechel Trading AG Mechel Carbon AG

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Oleg V. Korzhov, CEO Sergey V. Rezontov, CFO Natalia O. Trubkina, Dir.-Human Resources Irina N. Ipeeva, Dir.-Legal Dept. Andrey V. Kocherov, VP-Public Rel. Andrey V. Kocherov, VP-Investor Rel. Stanislav A. Ploshchenko, Sr. VP-Finance Viktor A. Trigubko, Sr. VP-Govt Rel. Vladimir I. Tytsky, CEO-Mechel-Steel Mgmt. Alexey G. Ivanushkin, CEO-Oriel Resources Ltd. Pavel Shtark, CEO-Mechel Mining Mgmt. Oleg V. Korzhov, Chmn.

Mechel PAO is a global, vertically-integrated mining company, with production facilities in 11 of Russia's regions as well as in the U.K., Ukraine and Lithuania. The company is comprised of more than 20 production enterprises, producing coal, iron ore, steel, rolled products, ferroalloys, heat and electric power. The company is divided into five segments: mining, steel, power, logistics and sales. The mining segment includes production and sales of coking coal concentrate, iron ore concentrate and coke, which are chief raw material for the production of steel and steam coal. Russia controls 25% of coking coal washing facilities. In 2016, the company produced 22.7 million tons of coal. The steel segment includes manufacturing of rolled products from carbon steel and specialty steels, flat stainless steel products, structural shapes, high value-added steel products, including hardware and stampings, as well as the production of billets. Mechel-Steel Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, is responsible for the group's entire steel segment, which includes steel production facilities in Russia, the Ukraine and Lithuania. The power segment produces electricity, power, heat in hot water and steam, blastfurnace air, fresh service water, chemically purified water and compressed air. It also offers services in the resale of energy resources and acts as agents in electric power transmission. The logistics segment includes two sea ports and one river port as well as transport operators. Last, the sales segment sells its products on the domestic market through the Russian subsidiary of the international service and sales network Mechel Service Global BV. Mechel Service Global's subsidiaries, Swiss-based Mechel Trading AG and Mechel Carbon AG handle sales in foreign markets.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,782,739,000

2015 4,386,478,000

2014 6,170,117,000

2013 4,887,014,000

2012 5,934,820,000

2011 6,954,497,000

739,740,800 15.46% 1,279,012,000 123,480,800 921,981,400 82,170,320 1,350,473,000 2.13%

417,055,100 9.50% 1,135,170,000 -1,986,297,000 172,970,100 89,188,240 -589,054,800 -32.05%

121,777,100 1.97% 1,756,013,000 -4,175,938,000 717,234,400 427,346,700 -1,835,970,000 -58.20%

-301,491,900 -6.16% 1,241,979,000 -1,668,438,000 184,354,700 318,017,200 -156,496,800 -19.40% -172.04% 15.88

-472,617,200 -7.96% 1,236,794,000 -876,183,700 690,247,600 541,532,500 -64,075,380 -9.17% -41.60% 2.62

1,015,304,000 14.59% 1,319,142,000 403,471,900 492,336,800 1,014,130,000 1,267,106,000 3.77% 13.84% 1.43

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 7 4952218888 Fax: 7 4952218800 Toll-Free: Address: Krasnoarmeyskaya 1, Moscow, 125167 Russia

Stock Ticker: MTL Employees: 61,455 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Medtronic plc

www.medtronic.com

NAIC Code: 334510

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Equipment-Defibrillators & Pacing Products Neurological Devices Diabetes Management Devices Ear, Nose & Throat Surgical Equipment Pain Management Devices Cardiac Surgery Equipment

Medtronic plc is a global leader in medical device technology, serving physicians, clinicians and patients in approximately 160 countries worldwide. Its operations consist of four primary segments: the cardiac and vascular group, which includes the cardiac rhythm and heart failure disease management (CRHF), as well as coronary, structural heart and endovascular therapies; the restorative therapies group, which includes the spinal, neuromodulation, diabetes and surgical technologies divisions; the minimally invasive technologies group, which includes surgical and patient monitoring and recovery solutions; and the diabetes group, which includes advanced diabetes management solutions. Products in the CRHF division manage cardiac rhythm disorders and include pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, ablation products and products for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The coronary, structural heart and endovascular therapies makes technology that supports the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease to help improve blood flow, and includes products such as stents, guide wires, and catheters. The spinal division offers medical devices used to treat spinal and cranial conditions. The neuromodulation division develops devices for the treatment of neurological, urological and gastroenterological disorders. The surgical technologies division develops and manufactures minimally invasive products to treat ear, nose and throat and neurological diseases. The patient monitoring and recovery develops and markets sensors, monitors and temperature management products, as well as products and therapies for complicationfree recovery. The diabetes unit develops integrated diabetes management systems, insulin pump therapies, continuous glucose monitoring systems and therapy management software. In 2016, the firm acquired Bellco Health, a pioneer in hemodialysis treatment solutions; the gynecology business from Smith & Nephew plc for approximately $350 billion; and Heartware International, Inc., a leading innovator of minimally invasive technologies for treating advanced heart failure. In April 2017, Medtronic sold part of its patient monitoring and recovery unit to Cardinal Health, Inc, for $6.1 billion. The firm offers employees health care and disability, adoption and elder care assistance, retirement plans and stock options.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bellco Health Heartware International Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Omar Ishrak, CEO Karen Parkhill, CFO Michael Coyle, Executive VP Hooman Hakami, Executive VP Robert Hoedt, Executive VP Bryan Hanson, Executive VP Bradley Lerman, General Counsel Carol Surface, Other Executive Officer Geoffrey Martha, President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 28,833,000,000 2,224,000,000 5,291,000,000 18.35% 9,469,000,000 3,538,000,000 5,218,000,000 1,046,000,000 8,542,000,000 3.42% 6.72% 0.58

2015 20,261,000,000 1,640,000,000 3,766,000,000 18.58% 6,904,000,000 2,675,000,000 4,902,000,000 571,000,000 5,458,000,000 3.69% 7.36% 0.63

2014 17,005,000,000 1,477,000,000 3,813,000,000 22.42% 5,847,000,000 3,065,000,000 4,959,000,000 396,000,000 4,934,000,000 8.42% 16.08% 0.53

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2013 16,590,000,000 1,557,000,000 4,251,000,000 25.62% 5,698,000,000 3,467,000,000 4,883,000,000 457,000,000 5,221,000,000 10.20% 19.37% 0.52

Stock Ticker: MDT Employees: 92,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $250,000

2011 15,933,000,000 1,508,000,000 3,723,000,000 23.36% 5,533,000,000 3,096,000,000 3,741,000,000 548,000,000 4,977,000,000 10.58% 20.23% 0.50

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 763 514-4000 Fax: 763 514-4000 Toll-Free: 800-633-8766 Address: 710 Medtronic Pkwy., Minneapolis, MN 55432 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,548,216 Second Exec. Salary: $749,039

2012 16,184,000,000 1,490,000,000 4,658,000,000 28.78% 5,623,000,000 3,617,000,000 4,470,000,000 499,000,000 5,327,000,000 11.39% 21.86% 0.43

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 04/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Meiji Holdings Co Ltd

www.meiji.com/global/

NAIC Code: 311340

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing

Meiji Holdings Co. Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company engaged in the manufacturing and selling of confectioneries, dairy products, agricultural goods and pharmaceuticals. It operates through two major subsidiaries, which each divide their operations into business segments. Subsidiary Meiji Co. Ltd. divides its operations between confectionary, dairy, healthcare & nutritional and international. The confectionary division markets to the sweet tooth of the adult consumer under the brands Meiji and Xylish as well as marketing ice cream to all ages under the Meiji brand. The dairy division includes fresh dairy, processed dairy, frozen food and products for professional use (namely by manufacturers, food processors, wholesale stores, the food service industry and school cafeterias). The healthcare & nutritional unit sells infant formula, baby food, beauty and healthcare products, sports nutrition, nutritional products, enteral formula and over the counter drugs. Internationally, Meiji products include its confectionary, dairy, and health and nutrition offerings. These items can be found in China, Southeast Asia and the U.S. Subsidiary Meiji Seika Pharma Co. Ltd. divides its operations between ethical pharmaceuticals, veterinary drugs and agricultural chemicals and international. Some proprietary pharmaceuticals include Kanamycin, an antibiotic; and Reflex, an antidepressant. Meiji is also in the business of manufacturing generic pharmaceuticals, with a clinical focus on infectious disease and CNS (central nervous system) disorders. Veterinary products cater to the livestock and fisheries industries, and agricultural chemicals include herbicide, plant growth regulator and garden bactericide. Internationally, the firm sells pharmaceuticals in Europe and Asia through a network of subsidiaries, including Tedec-Meiji Farma SA and Thai Meiji Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Meiji Co Ltd Meiji Seika Pharma Co Ltd Tedec-Meiji Farma SA Thai Meiji Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Meiji Xylish Kanamycin Reflex

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masahiko Matsuo, Pres. Yoko Sanuki, Legal Michiro Saza, Managing Exec. Officer-Corp. Dev. Takashi Hirahara, Managing Exec. Officer-Financial & Acct. Masahiko Matsuo, Pres., Meiji Seika Pharma Kazuo Kawamura, Pres., Meiji

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,029,310,000

2015 10,465,170,000

2014 10,347,320,000

2013 10,153,040,000

2012 9,997,612,000

2011 10,041,050,000

701,020,200 6.35%

464,543,800 4.43%

328,929,100 3.17%

233,060,500 2.29%

181,958,300 1.82%

260,225,000 2.59%

564,017,500 947,735,100 381,725,800 1,262,208,000 7.22% 16.06% 0.23

283,658,100 779,485,200 579,934,000 831,804,200 3.72% 8.94% 0.36

171,170,000 575,436,600 423,932,400 685,734,700 2.43% 6.01% 0.42

151,837,700 456,243,100 339,492,000 610,234,800 2.16% 5.50% 0.34

63,548,860 275,762,900 345,476,500 519,909,200 .92% 2.34% 0.19

86,396,160 522,694,100 365,457,700 557,131,800 1.32% 3.30% 0.29

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332734001 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 4-16, Kyobashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0031 Japan

Stock Ticker: MEJHF Employees: 7,205 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Merck & Co Inc

www.merck.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Diversified Anti-Infective & Anti-Cancer Drugs Dermatologicals Cardiovascular Drugs Animal Health Products

Merck & Co., Inc., known as Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. outside of the U.S. and Canada, is a global healthcare company that develops and manufactures medicines, vaccines and biologics. The firm operates through four segments: pharmaceutical, animal health, healthcare services and alliances. Pharmaceutical, the company's primary segment, markets human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products either directly or through joint ventures. Merck & Co. markets and develops human health pharmaceutical products for the treatment of bone, respiratory, dermatology, immunology, cardiovascular, diabetes, obesity, infectious disease, neurological, ophthalmology and oncology conditions. These products are sold primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed healthcare providers such as health maintenance organizations (HMOs), pharmacy benefit managers and other institutions. Vaccine products are primarily sold to physicians, wholesalers, physician distributors and government entities. This segment also offers certain women's health products, including contraceptives and fertility treatments. The animal health segment offers vaccine, anti-infective and anti-parasitic products for disease prevention, treatment and control in farm and companion animals. The healthcare services segment provides services and solutions that focus on engagement, health analytics and clinical services to improve the value of care delivered to patients. The alliances segment consists of revenue derived from the company's relationship with AstraZeneca LP. Merck continues to pursue opportunities for establishing external alliances to complement its internal research capabilities, including research collaborations as well as licensing preclinical and clinical compounds and technology platforms. In 2016, the firm announced two new partnerships: with Quartet Medicine and its small molecule pain treatments, and with Complix in order to investigate intracellular cancer targets; acquired IOmet Pharma; and acquired Afferent Pharmaceuticals.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp IOmet Pharma Afferent Phamaceuticals

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kenneth Frazier, CEO Rita Karachun, Chief Accounting Officer Mirian Graddick-Weir, Executive VP, Divisional Julie Gerberding, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Davis, Executive VP Michael Holston, Executive VP Roger Perlmutter, Executive VP Richard DeLuca, Executive VP Sanat Chattopadhyay, Executive VP Adam Schechter, Executive VP Adele Ambrose, Other Executive Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 39,807,000,000 10,124,000,000 6,030,000,000 15.14% 9,762,000,000 3,920,000,000 10,376,000,000 1,614,000,000 10,793,000,000 3.97% 9.24% 0.60

2015 39,498,000,000 6,704,000,000 6,928,000,000 17.54% 10,313,000,000 4,442,000,000 12,421,000,000 1,283,000,000 12,448,000,000 4.43% 9.51% 0.53

2014 42,237,000,000 7,180,000,000 5,670,000,000 13.42% 11,606,000,000 11,920,000,000 7,860,000,000 2,317,000,000 24,706,000,000 11.68% 24.22% 0.38

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 44,033,000,000 7,503,000,000 6,360,000,000 14.44% 11,911,000,000 4,404,000,000 11,654,000,000 1,548,000,000 13,334,000,000 4.15% 8.56% 0.41

Stock Ticker: MRK Employees: 68,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,250,000 Bonus: $

2011 48,047,000,000 8,467,000,000 7,670,000,000 15.96% 13,733,000,000 6,272,000,000 12,383,000,000 1,723,000,000 15,510,000,000 5.93% 11.49% 0.28

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 908 423-1000 Fax: 908 735-1253 Toll-Free: Address: 2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033 United States Top Exec. Salary: $991,654 Second Exec. Salary: $1,527,404

2012 47,267,000,000 8,168,000,000 9,855,000,000 20.84% 12,776,000,000 6,168,000,000 10,022,000,000 1,954,000,000 16,431,000,000 5.83% 11.46% 0.30

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Merck KGaA

www.merck.de

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Over-the-Counter Drugs & Vitamins Generic Drugs Chemicals LCD Components Reagents & Diagnostics Nanotechnology Research

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: E Merck KG EMD Group EMD Serono Chemicals Inc Millipore Milli-Q SAFC BioReliance

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Stefan Oschmann, CEO Marcus Kuhnert, CFO Stefan Oschmann, Head-Patents & Scientific Svcs Kai Beckmann, Head-Site Oper. Walter Huber, Head-Group Comm. Bernd Reckmann, CEO-Chemicals Stefan Oschmann, Chmn.

Merck KGaA, headquartered in Germany, is a global pharmaceuticals and chemicals company with over 190 subsidiary companies in approximately 66 countries. (In the U.S., the firm is known as the EMD Group.) It operates in relation to the following six industries: biopharma, consumer health, allergopharma, biosimilars, life science and performance materials. The biopharma division develops, produces and markets prescription drugs for therapeutic areas of neurodegenerative diseases, oncology, fertility, endocrinology, cardiometabolic care and general medicine. Consumer health produces and markets over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to address mobility, women's and children's health, cough and cold, as well as everyday health protection. Allergopharma develops, produces and markets diagnostics and prescription drugs for causal therapy of type 1 allergies. Biosimilars is developing a biosimilar portfolio focused on oncology and inflammatory disorders. Life science supplies more than 300,000 products, covering the full bioprocessing value chain. Some brands of the life science segment include Millipore, Milli-Q, SAFC and BioReliance. Performance materials comprises Merck's entire specialty chemicals business. Its portfolio includes high-tech performance chemicals for applications in fields such as consumer electronics, lighting, coatings, printing technology, plastics and cosmetics. Outside Germany, Merck maintains research sites in France, Spain, the U.K., the U.S. and Japan. Subsidiary, EMD Serono Chemicals, Inc., is based in New Jersey. About 30% of the company's total capital is publicly-traded, and the Merck family owns an interest of about 70% through its E. Merck KG general partner. In early-2017, the firm announced two collaborations, with Palantir Technologies, Inc. and with the Stanford Graduate School of Business, each based in California, to foster innovation, development and commercialization of medicines.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,839,270,000 2,214,750,000 2,780,766,000 16.51% 6,030,038,000 1,825,824,000 2,822,237,000 950,459,500 4,892,401,000 4.27% 12.16% 0.62

2015 14,396,660,000 1,915,714,000 2,065,905,000 14.34% 5,345,662,000 1,249,496,000 2,460,435,000 776,731,600 3,686,393,000 3.48% 9.08% 0.74

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2014 12,890,380,000 1,909,549,000 1,974,894,000 15.32% 4,764,627,000 1,297,131,000 3,032,392,000 699,618,900 3,500,224,000 4.94% 10.16% 0.29

2013 12,435,660,000 1,686,057,000 1,805,425,000 14.51% 3,873,459,000 1,347,456,000 2,494,396,000 579,018,200 3,440,036,000 5.66% 11.24% 0.29

Stock Ticker: MKGAY Employees: 50,414 Parent Company:

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OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 11,518,050,000 1,700,404,000 1,104,125,000 9.58% 3,808,899,000 704,998,900 1,424,793,000 499,887,900 2,894,531,000 2.77% 5.94%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 6151720 Fax: 49 6151722000 Toll-Free: Address: Frankfurter St. 250, Darmstadt, 64293 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 12,522,860,000 1,693,903,000 1,080,027,000 8.62% 3,321,004,000 635,171,500 2,770,903,000 530,486,400 2,645,371,000 2.58% 5.44%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Metalurgica Gerdau SA

www.gerdau.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Production & Recycling

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gerdau SA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Andre B. Gerdau Johannpeter, CEO Andre B. Gerdau Johannpeter, Pres. Expedito Luz, General Counsel Andre Pires de Oliveira Dias, Investor Rel. Officer Manoel Vitor de Mendonca Filho, Exec. VP-Brazil Bus. Div. Ricardo Giuzeppe Mascheroni, Exec. VP-North America & Latin America Bus. Div.

Metalurgica Gerdau SA is a Brazilian holding company that owns companies involved in the production and commercialization of specialty steels and the recycling of steel. Its primary subsidiary, Gerdau SA, produces long carbon steel, specialty long steel and flat steel; sheets, blocks and billets; and forged and cast parts. The firm also provides services associated with its products, such as scrap collection and processing for select industries; wire fence supplies for agriculture industries; crankshafts and parts for automotive industries; and annealed wire, beams, pipes and bars for civil construction industries. Gerdau has mills in strategic locations worldwide. Its primary business divisions include: Brazil, with steel (excluding special steel) and iron ore operations in Brazil; North America, with steel (excluding special steel) operations in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico); South America, with steel operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, as well as a jointly-controlled entity in the Dominican Republic; and special steel, with operations in Brazil, the U.S. and India. In 2016, the company's total consolidated installed annual capacity was approximately 25.5 million tons of crude steel and 22 million tons of rolled steel products. During 2016, the firm sold its special steel production company in Spain to Clerbil SL.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,449,150,000

2015 13,252,220,000

2014 12,937,520,000

2013 12,121,580,000

2012 11,549,490,000

2011 10,766,520,000

411,282,900 3.59% 680,845,300 -879,039,900 1,069,259,000 419,003,500 454,642,400 -4.63% -10.37% 0.67

548,935,700 4.14% 785,284,000 -1,384,005,000 2,177,923,000 745,346,300 -612,714,500 -6.83% -14.24% 0.75

881,525,800 6.81% 829,516,200 426,586,700 781,749,400 732,426,500 1,442,381,000 2.31% 4.48% 0.54

821,146,300 6.77% 794,221,200 481,582,100 1,246,248,000 838,247,200 1,332,915,000 2.84% 5.50% 0.49

711,504,000 6.16% 751,588,700 433,507,600 1,320,941,000 998,619,700 1,319,601,000 2.76% 5.45% 0.44

856,396,700 7.95% 730,305,900 609,903,000 519,983,600 639,495,500 1,548,686,000 4.31% 9.02% 0.47

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 55 5133232000 Fax: 55 5133232222 Toll-Free: Address: 1811 Avenida Farrapos Floresta, Porto Alegre, RS 90220-005 Brazil

Stock Ticker: GGB Employees: 30,014 Parent Company:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Micron Technology Inc

www.micron.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Components-Semiconductor Memory PCs & Peripherals Flash Memory Devices

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: IM Flash Technologies LLC Inotera Memories Inc

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D. Durcan, CEO Ernie Maddock, CFO Robert Switz, Chairman of the Board Steven Thorsen, Vice President, Divisional Scott Deboer, Vice President, Divisional Brian Shirley, Vice President, Divisional April Arnzen, Vice President, Divisional Joel Poppen, Vice President, Divisional

Micron Technology, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets semiconductor memory products and personal computer (PC) systems. Its broad portfolio of high-performance memory technologies, including DRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash, is the basis for solid-state drives, modules, multi-chip packages and other system solutions. Micron's memory solutions enable the world's most innovative computing, consumer enterprise storage, networking, mobile, embedded and automotive applications. The company sells these products from its wholly-owned manufacturing facilities and through its joint venture companies. Manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Micron operates its business through four segments: compute and networking business unit (CNBU), which includes memory products sold into computer, networking, graphics and cloud server markets; storage business unit (SBU), which includes memory products sold into enterprise, client, cloud and removable storage markets, as well as products sold to Intel through its IM Flash Technologies, LLC joint venture; mobile business unit (MBU), which includes memory products sold into smartphone, tablet and other mobile device markets; and embedded business unit (EBU), which includes memory products sold into automotive, industrial, connected home and consumer electronics markets. In December 2016, the firm acquired the remaining 67% interest in Inotera Memories, Inc. that it did not own, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary of Micron in Taiwan. Micron employees receive medical, dental, vision and life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; business travel accident coverage; and educational assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,399,000,000 1,617,000,000 168,000,000 1.35% 659,000,000 -276,000,000 3,168,000,000 5,817,000,000 3,136,000,000 -1.06% -2.26% 0.75

2015 16,192,000,000 1,540,000,000 2,998,000,000 18.51% 719,000,000 2,899,000,000 5,208,000,000 4,021,000,000 5,647,000,000 12.43% 25.12% 0.50

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2014 16,358,000,000 1,371,000,000 3,087,000,000 18.87% 707,000,000 3,045,000,000 5,699,000,000 2,658,000,000 5,188,000,000 14.63% 30.58% 0.46

2013 9,073,000,000 931,000,000 236,000,000 2.60% 562,000,000 1,190,000,000 1,811,000,000 1,244,000,000 3,320,000,000 7.11% 14.13% 0.48

Stock Ticker: MU Employees: 30,400 Parent Company:

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OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 8,788,000,000 791,000,000 755,000,000 8.59% 592,000,000 167,000,000 2,484,000,000 2,550,000,000 2,780,000,000 1.13% 2.02% 0.21

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 208 368-4000 Fax: 208 368-4435 Toll-Free: Address: 8000 S. Federal Way, Boise, ID 83707-0006 United States Top Exec. Salary: $630,000 Second Exec. Salary: $587,596

2012 8,234,000,000 918,000,000 -618,000,000 -7.50% 620,000,000 -1,032,000,000 2,114,000,000 1,699,000,000 1,566,000,000 -7.09% -12.76% 0.39

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 08/31

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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation

www.mitsubishichem-

hd.co.jp NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Agricultural Chemicals Manufacturer Petrochemicals Optical Recording Media Polymers Pharmaceuticals Clinical Testing Equipment Logistics Engineering Services

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) is a major petrochemical manufacturer in Japan. The firm operates through four subsidiaries: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC); Life Science Institute; Taiyo Nippon Sanso; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. These companies operate through three business domains: performance products, industrial materials and healthcare. The performance products division utilizes polymer processing, composite technology and carbon chemistry to offer items such as polymer films, food packaging materials, li-ion battery materials, fibers, engineering plastics, plastic optical fibers, textiles, display materials, construction materials, carbon fiber and agricultural materials. The industrial materials division produces basic chemicals and carbon materials such as poytetramethylene ether glycol, 1,4-butanediol, purified terephthalic acid and acrylonitrile. It also produces polymer chemicals such as polyethylene, polypropylene, MMA acrylic resin and polycarbonate/phenol chain. The health care segment offers pharmaceutical tools such as the Remicade monoclonal antibody, PATHFAST, a compact automated immunoassay analyzer; and IMM-FAST Check, a point-of-care testing reagent. Additionally, the segment creates pharmaceutical ingredients, capsules and other related pharma-equipment. In September 2016, the company acquired Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of fine chemicals, cosmetic ingredients and specialty polymers.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Taiyo Nippon Sanso Life Science Institute Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation PATHFAST IMM-FAST Check Remicade Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co Ltd

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Hitoshi Ochi, CEO Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Pres. Noboru Tsuda, Admin. Office Noboru Tsuda, Supervisor-Corp. Strategy Office Shotaro Yoshimura, Dir.-Public Rel. Shotaro Yoashimura, Dir.-Investor Rel. Shotaro Yoshimura, Deputy CEO Seiichi Kiso, Gen. Mgr.-Health Care Solutions Office Taku Segawa, Chief Representative-China Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 34,456,600,000

2015 32,953,100,000

2014 31,534,090,000

2013 27,836,550,000

2012 28,914,400,000

2011 28,541,300,000

2,523,803,000 7.32% 6,881,122,000 418,587,900 3,502,920,000 1,628,062,000 3,769,977,000 1.10% 4.85% 0.92

1,493,240,000 4.53% 5,988,067,000 869,279,200 2,972,187,000 1,448,240,000 3,205,085,000 1.55% 6.46% 0.87

995,547,700 3.15% 5,380,077,000 543,098,900 1,595,499,000 1,217,550,000 2,516,926,000 .95% 3.75% 0.76

813,319,000 2.92% 5,030,697,000 385,457,000 1,861,168,000 1,219,199,000 2,156,903,000 .57% 2.34% 0.80

1,176,875,000 4.07% 5,133,992,000 670,034,400 1,964,364,000 1,045,226,000 2,714,801,000 1.09% 4.63% 0.99

2,041,323,000 7.15% 5,052,824,000 1,104,827,000 2,603,358,000 1,040,359,000 3,123,538,000 2.51% 11.66% 1.09

CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 81 367487200 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1 Marunouchi 1-chrome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

STOCK TICKER/OTHER: 100-8251

Stock Ticker: MTLHF Employees: 16,801 Parent Company:

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Mitsubishi Corp

www.mitsubishicorp.com

NAIC Code: 333000

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machinery Manufacturing Automobile Manufacturing Metals Mining & Production Chemicals Food Products & Commodities Petroleum Exploration & Production IT Services & Equipment Machinery Manufacturing

Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) is one of Japan's largest general trading companies, with customers in virtually every industry, including energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise. The company's consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates fall into eight business groups: industrial finance, logistics and development; energy; metals; machinery; chemicals; living essentials; global environment and infrastructure; and business services. The industrial finance, logistics and development group consists of three smaller divisions: asset finance and investment, real estate and logistics. The energy business group's operations include crude oil, petroleum, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon production and marketing. The metals group is involved in the mining of coal and ferrous and non-ferrous metals as well as steel production. The machinery group manufactures power and electrical systems, transportation infrastructure, defense systems, aeronautical systems and automotive parts. The chemicals group manufactures raw materials for synthetic resins, chemical fertilizers, inorganic raw materials, industrial salts, plastics, electronics materials and life science products. The living essentials group produces food products, food commodities, textiles and other consumer products, including health care products. The global environment and infrastructure group develops power generation, water and transportation projects as well as handles lithium-ion batteries for various uses, including electric cars. The business services group offers IT support and solutions to the various operations of MC. In 2016, the firm acquired CIMA Energy, Ltd., a Houston-based oil and gas marketer; and agreed to acquire a 25% stake in South Staffordshire plc, a U.K. water company. In February 2017, it acquired Lawson, Inc., a convenience store franchise in Japan.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CIMA Energy Ltd

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Ken Kobayashi, CEO Hideto Nakahara, Sr. Exec. VP-Global Strategy & Bus. Dev. Ken Kobayashi, Pres. Shuma Uchino, Exec. VP Takahisa Miyauchi, Group CEO-Chemicals Group Jun Yanai, Group CEO-Energy Business Group Jun Kinukawa, Group CEO-Metals Group Hideyuki Nabeshima, Sr. Exec. VP-Admin. Hideyuki Nabeshima, Sr. Exec. VP-Legal Hideto Nakahara, Sr. Exec. VP-Global Strategy & Bus. Dev. Hideyuki Nabeshima, Sr. Exec. VP-Corporate Communications Jun Yanai, Sr. Exec. VP Jun Kinukawa, Sr. Exec. VP Takahisa Miyauchi, Sr. Exec. VP Nobuaki Kojima, Exec. VP Yorihiko Kojima, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 62,418,490,000

2015 69,123,140,000

2014 68,813,820,000

2013 53,795,030,000

-836,590,000 -1.34% 9,156,659,000 -1,346,459,000 6,309,868,000 2,244,732,000 1,843,728,000 - .94% -2.94% 0.99

1,911,233,000 2.76% 9,001,487,000 3,610,271,000 7,194,549,000 2,771,770,000 7,456,748,000 2.45% 7.53% 0.86

1,785,379,000 2.59% 2,341,628,000 3,256,836,000 3,439,047,000 4,471,294,000 3,450,268,000 2.38% 7.81% 0.92

3,039,151,000 5.64% 8,020,937,000 3,244,840,000 3,634,957,000 5,209,014,000 4,511,789,000 2.66% 9.36% 1.07

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332102121 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-1 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Ticker: MSBHY Employees: 63,058 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

100-8086

2012 50,163,420,000 44,883,460 4,136,579,000 8.24% 124,033,400 4,090,425,000 4,921,526,000 3,722,182,000 5,476,143,000 3.80% 13.46% 1.07

2011 46,928,210,000 40,935,880 4,777,701,000 10.18% 130,802,000 4,186,807,000 2,830,452,000 2,060,800,000 6,134,281,000 4.19% 14.99% 0.98

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

www.mitsubishielectric.com

NAIC Code: 335311

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturer Power Plant Manufacturing, Nuclear & Fossil Wind & Solar Generation Systems Consumer Electronics Telecommunications & Computer Equipment Industrial Automation Systems Chips & Memory Devices Semiconductors

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, part of the Mitsubishi group of companies, is a global manufacturer, distributor and marketer of electrical and electronic equipment. This equipment is used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. The company has five primary business segments: energy & electric systems, home appliances, information & communication systems, industrial automation systems and electronic devices. The energy & electric systems segment manufactures nuclear and fossil fuel power generation plants and monitoring systems as well as wind turbines, solar panels and other electricity generators; turbine generators and hydraulic turbine generators; proton beam radiation treatment systems; elevators; security systems; railway systems; and large scale display systems. The home appliances segment manufactures home electronics such as air conditioners, flat-screen televisions, DVD players, computers and computer monitors. The information & communication systems segment includes mobile phones, satellites, aerospace communication systems, digital closed circuit television systems, enterprise information technology networks and internet servers. The industrial automation systems segment includes the manufacturing of programmable logic controllers, circuit breakers and robotics that are created and customized for multiple industrial uses. The electronic devices segment makes power modules, high-frequency devices, optical devices, LCD devices and microcomputers. Other business activities include procurement, logistics, real estate, advertising and finance. During 2016, the company acquired 100% ownership of DeLclima SpA, a commercial air conditioning products business, and renamed it MELCO Hydronics & IT Cooling SpA. That same year, the firm began production of elevators at a new factory in Bangalore, India, through subsidiary Mitsubishi Elevator India Pvt. Ltd.; and announced plans to build a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) facility at its transmission and distribution center in Amagasaki, Japan; targeting for more than $500 million in global orders for HVDC-Diamond systems by 2020.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MELCO Hydronics & IT Cooling SpA Mitsubishi Elevator India Pvt Ltd DeLclima SpA Mitsubishi Corporation

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Masaki Sakuyama, CEO Kenichiro Yamanishi, Pres. Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, Exec. Officer-R&D Masaharu Moriyaso, Exec. Officer-Total Productivity Mgmt. Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Exec. Officer-Legal Affairs & Compliance Noritomo Hashimoto, Sr. VP-Corp. Strategic Planning & Oper. Takayuki Sueki, Exec. Officer-Global Strategic Planning & Mktg. Masayuki Ichige, Exec. Officer-Govt & External & Public Rel. Masayuki Ichige, Exec. Officer-Auditing Yoshiaki Nakatani, Exec. Officer-Energy & Industrial Systems Takashi Sasakawa, Exec. Officer-Electronic Systems Mitsuo Muneyuki, Exec. VP-Export Control & Building Systems Masaki Sakuyama, Exec. VP-Semiconductors & Device Kenichiro Yamanishi, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 39,605,180,000 1,685,671,000 2,714,386,000 6.85% 7,446,618,000 2,059,358,000 3,304,766,000 1,642,582,000 4,210,934,000 5.62% 12.41% 0.15

2015 39,669,010,000 1,618,941,000 3,569,029,000 8.99% 7,125,142,000 2,115,237,000 3,409,638,000 1,800,368,000 4,354,922,000 6.11% 13.94% 0.11

2014 37,041,160,000 1,475,972,000 2,619,806,000 7.07% 6,642,770,000 1,383,213,000 3,969,996,000 1,368,495,000 3,483,290,000 4.37% 10.86% 0.13

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2013 32,448,460,000 1,419,705,000 1,669,142,000 5.14% 5,848,280,000 626,538,900 745,822,500 1,355,742,000 1,798,854,000 2.04% 5.71% 0.23

Stock Ticker: MIELY Employees: 135,160 Parent Company: Mitsubishi Corporation

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OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 33,180,670,000 1,251,212,000 2,433,062,000 7.33% 5,820,241,000 1,122,312,000 2,952,944,000 970,113,700 2,913,513,000 3.80% 12.36% 0.26

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332182111 Fax: 81 332182431 Toll-Free: Address: Tokyo Bldg. 2-7-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8310 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 33,076,730,000 1,405,943,000 2,307,010,000 6.97% 5,635,515,000 1,009,995,000 677,578,000 1,436,145,000 3,227,842,000 3.33% 10.26% 0.30

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd

www.mhi.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336400

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Transportation Equipment Jet Airliners Machinery Aerospace and Engines Infrastructure Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Energy and Environmental Systems Refrigeration

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (China) Co Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries France SAS Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ)

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Shunichi Myanaga, CEO Shunichi Miyanaga, Pres. Toshio Kodama, Exec. VP-Tech. & Innovation Takato Nishizawa, Exec. VP-Eng. Hisakazu Mizutani, Exec. VP-Legal, Gen. Affairs & Personnel Takashi Funato, Exec. VP-Global Strategic Planning & Oper. Tatsuhiko Nojima, Exec. VP-Acct., Finance, & Admin. Yasukuni Yamasaki, Sr. VP Koji Hasegawa, Sr. VP Yoshiyuki Ishii, Sr. VP Masao Ishikawa, Sr. VP Hideaki Omiya, Chmn.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is a Tokyo-based company engaged in the engineering and manufacture of large scale equipment, machinery and vehicles. Along with its domestic offices and research and development center, the firm also has offices overseas, located in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. MHI's operations are divided into four segments: energy & environment; commercial aviation & transportation systems; machinery, equipment & infrastructure; and integrated defense & space systems. Energy & environment offers solutions in the energy-related fields of thermal power, nuclear power and renewable energy. The commercial aviation & transportation systems segment provides advanced land, sea and air transportation systems such as civilian aircraft, commercial ships and transit networks. Its planned Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) next-generation aircraft family line is scheduled to begin delivery in 2020, will be configured with 70 to 90 seats and its aerodynamics will drastically reduce fuel consumption, noise and emissions. Machinery, equipment & infrastructure provides a wide range of products that form the foundation of industrial development, such as machine tools, material handling, construction machinery, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems. The integrated defense & space systems segment provides integrated land, sea, air and space defense systems, including naval ships, defense aircraft, launch vehicles, special vehicles, as well as space-related services. Subsidiaries of the firm include Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (China) Co. Ltd.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries France SAS; and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe, Ltd. In June 2017, the firm completed construction of a coal gasification furnace plant at its Nagasaki site, which will supply core facilities for integrated coal gasification combined cycle plants, featuring next-generation technology in high-efficiency coalfired power generation.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 36,472,860,000 802,404,600 2,789,498,000 7.64% 1,737,675,000 575,319,500 2,433,459,000 1,452,494,000 2,849,307,000 1.15% 3.68% 0.37

2015 35,979,870,000 698,848,100 2,669,034,000 7.41% 1,675,379,000 1,185,654,000 1,918,218,000 1,472,700,000 3,758,395,000 2.12% 6.63% 0.36

2014 30,189,070,000 582,421,500 1,857,689,000 6.15% 1,471,727,000 1,486,904,000 2,669,719,000 1,425,798,000 3,342,033,000 3.63% 10.96% 0.34

2013 25,396,950,000 509,553,500 1,473,764,000 5.80% 1,194,026,000 867,999,400 2,599,050,000 1,042,783,000 2,625,061,000 2.46% 7.37% 0.49

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Phone: 81 367163111 Fax: 81 367165800 Toll-Free: Address: 16-5, Konan 2-chome,, Tokyo, 1080075 Japan

Stock Ticker: MHVYF Employees: 83,932 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 25,424,340,000 441,209,900 1,009,076,000 3.96% 1,119,446,000 222,209,200 1,805,802,000 1,058,394,000 1,931,584,000 .61% 1.94% 0.63

2011 26,170,930,000 530,958,800 912,260,900 3.48% 1,089,875,000 261,531,800 3,044,550,000 1,244,651,000 1,749,635,000 .72% 2.36% 0.80

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Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

www.mmc.co.jp

NAIC Code: 327310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cement Manufacturing Metals Electronic Materials & Components

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.'s activities cover a range of businesses, from the manufacture of basic materials to fabricated products and new materials with performance features and the provision of systems and engineering services. It has operations both domestically in Japan and internationally in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. It divides its operations into six primary business segments: cement, metals, advanced material and tools, aluminum, electronic materials and components and energy. The cement segment offers Portland cement, blended cement, soil stabilizing cement and building materials. The metals segment includes copper cakes, billets, wire and tubes; copper; gold; lead; zinc; silver; zinc die-casting alloys; and sulfuric acid. The advanced materials and tools segment includes cutting tools and cemented carbide products and power metallurgical products, which can be used in anything from basic to high tech products. The aluminum segment manufactures beverage cans, rolled products and aluminum-related products. The electronic materials and components segment includes electronic components, sensor chips, gold bonding wire and sputtering targets. The energy segment offers fossil fuels, nuclear energy-relates services and hydroelectric and geothermal power generation with a focus on combatting global warming. In addition, Mitsubishi is engaged in affiliated businesses and services such as designing nonferrous metal, chemical, pharmaceutical and other plants; geological surveying; jewelry; precious metal clay; salt and seawater chemical products; and golf courses, sports clubs and other real estate.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

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Akira Takeuchi, Pres. Hiroo Kiyokawa, Pres., Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corp. Hironori Yoshimura, Pres., Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd. Hiroshi Yao, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,779,120,000

2015 13,674,720,000

2014 12,751,190,000

2013 11,601,660,000

2012 12,985,990,000

2011 12,022,930,000

634,677,400 4.96%

647,754,900 4.73%

597,373,700 4.68%

473,169,100 4.07%

471,303,400 3.62%

516,340,100 4.29%

552,625,400 1,069,678,000 670,241,700 1,353,858,000 3.32% 11.08% 0.54

554,761,400 974,007,200 523,261,900 1,267,255,000 3.05% 11.14% 0.64

530,670,400 927,699,700 586,900,900 1,401,752,000 2.92% 12.19% 0.77

423,445,700 915,839,000 477,468,100 1,159,012,000 2.07% 9.77% 0.93

142,825,000 825,107,700 465,210,800 958,469,200 .53% 2.75% 1.11

207,148,900 1,037,466,000 401,842,200 1,054,347,000 .77% 4.16% 1.12

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Phone: 81 352525206 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-2, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8117 Japan

Stock Ticker: MIMTF Employees: 24,636 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Mitsubishi Motors Corp

www.mitsubishi-motors.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automobile Parts Agricultural Machinery & Industrial Engines Automotive Sales Financial Services

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) designs, manufactures, sells and distributes automobiles, trucks, buses and parts. It also designs, manufactures, sells and imports agricultural machinery and industrial engines. The Mitsubishi brand includes the Pajero Montero, Triton, Outlander, Delica, Lancer, Mirage, Attrage, i-MiEV, eK and Minicab-MiEV models. The firm has seven car manufacturing facilities; five engine, transmission and parts manufacturing facilities; and six research & development centers. In June 2016, the company became majority-owned by Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (34%), and is now a part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Mitsubishi Corporation maintains a 20% stake in MMC. Renault-Nissan owns a major share of the firm's stock.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Renault-Nissan Mitsubishi Corporation Pajero Montero Triton Outlander Attrage i-MiEV Nissan Motor Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Osamu Masuko, CEO Tetsuro Aikawa, COO Ryugo Nakao, Managing Dir.-Prod. Projects & Strategy Hiizu Ichikawa, Exec. VP-Corp. Planning Shuichi Aoto, Managing Dir.-Corp. Affairs Hiizu Ichikawa, Exec. VP-Finance Shuichi Aoto, Chief Bus. Ethics Officer Seiji Izumisawa, Head-Quality Affairs Group Osamu Masuko, Chmn. Hiroshi Harunari, Exec. VP-Overseas Oper. Shuichi Aoto, Head-Procurement Group

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,439,540,000 405,681,600 1,247,156,000 6.10% 1,944,157,000 654,099,900 1,781,738,000 621,879,400 1,524,334,000 4.81% 10.91%

2015 19,654,340,000 406,087,200 1,224,949,000 6.23% 2,057,267,000 1,081,737,000 1,595,328,000 771,472,900 1,768,796,000 7.55% 19.70% 0.04

2014 18,867,360,000 330,893,900 1,112,479,000 5.89% 2,048,173,000 965,535,300 1,896,669,000 817,410,800 1,674,126,000 6.98% 23.76% 0.13

2013 16,359,150,000 313,796,700 607,296,700 3.71% 1,661,211,000 375,173,500 1,552,238,000 554,941,700 1,210,817,000 2.73% 12.71% 0.33

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Phone: 81 334561111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 33-8, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8410 Japan

Stock Ticker: MMTOF Employees: 30,280 Parent Company: Nissan Motor Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 16,288,670,000 315,410,000 573,877,400 3.52% 1,524,965,000 237,738,200 1,075,995,000 652,991,300 1,010,509,000 1.81% 9.65% 0.65

2011 16,479,770,000 249,328,500 362,979,300 2.20% 1,513,113,000 171,990,200 935,622,000 480,045,800 987,075,700 1.21% 6.74% 0.77

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Mitsui Chemicals Inc

www.mitsuichem.com/index.htm

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemical Producer Agrochemicals Industrial Products Pharmaceuticals & Medical Packaging Dyes & Pigments Phenols

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. is a Japanese chemical manufacturer that specializes in petrochemicals, phenols and specialty polymers. The company operates through four business groups: healthcare, mobility, food and packaging, and basic materials. The healthcare group produces healthcare materials, personal care materials and nonwovens. The mobility group produces elastomers, performance compounds and performance polymers. The food and packaging group produces coatings and engineering materials, packaging films, industrial films, functional sheets and agricultural chemicals. The basic materials group produces phenols, purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), industrial chemicals, polyurethane, petrochemicals and feedstocks. This division is also responsible for the company's licensing activities. Mitsui has six domestic manufacturing sites: Kashima Works, Ichihara Works (which includes the Mobara Factory), Nagoya Works, Osaka Works, IwakuniOhtake Works and Omuta Works. Among Mitsui's many subsidiaries, include: (domestic) Chiba Chemicals Manufacturing LLP, Chiba Phenol Co. Ltd. and DM NovaFoam Ltd.; and (overseas) Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH, Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific Ltd., Tianjin Cosmo Polyurethane Co. Ltd. and Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc. In early-2017, the firm acquired a 10% share of Belchim Crop Protection NV, an agrochemicals company in Belgium; and acquired an additional share of Sotus International Co. Ltd., an agrochemicals company in Thailand, for a total 17.7% stake.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Chiba Chemicals Manufacturing LLP Chiba Phenol Co Ltd DM NovaFoam Ltd Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific Ltd Mitsui Chemicals America Inc Belchim Crop Protection NV Sotus International Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tsutomu Tannowa, CEO Toshikazu Tanaka, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,112,210,000

2015 13,970,440,000

2014 14,114,370,000

2013 12,673,900,000

2012 13,104,750,000

2011 12,543,150,000

639,237,900 5.27%

378,895,700 2.71%

224,408,300 1.58%

38,664,670 .30%

194,350,800 1.48%

365,448,700 2.91%

206,959,600 1,315,076,000 373,001,400 870,315,600 1.71% 5.82% 0.88

219,550,400 525,325,800 337,761,600 824,161,300 1.21% 4.54% 0.90

-197,469,200 391,838,000 482,109,700 405,366,200 -1.81% -6.89% 1.10

-68,695,140 166,843,900 469,446,800 449,258,200 - .62% -2.19% 0.85

68,190,420 390,269,800 334,453,900 776,565,000 - .07% - .26% 0.80

305,649,200 659,696,800 383,330,000 1,097,896,000 1.96% 6.53% 0.84

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-6253-2100 Fax: 81-3-6253-4245 Toll-Free: Address: Shiodome City Ctr., 5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi 1-chome, Minatoku, Tokyo, 105-7117 Japan

Stock Ticker: MITUY Employees: 13,447 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Mondelez International Inc

www.mondelezinternational.com

NAIC Code: 311821

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Maple Parent Holdings Corporation Keurig Green Mountain Cadbury Milka Jacobs Douwe Egberts LU Nabisco Oreo

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Mondelez International, Inc. manufactures and markets snack products including biscuits, confectionery items, beverages, cheese, convenient meals and various packaged grocery products. The firm is managed through five geographical segments: Latin America, accounting for 16.8% of total revenue; Asia Pacific, 14.8%; Eastern Europe, 9.4%; Europe, 35.5%; and North America, 23.5%. The company's brands span five consumer segments: biscuits, including cookies, crackers and salted snacks; chocolate; gum and candy; beverages; and cheese and grocery. Mondelez International markets products in more than 165 countries. Brands include Cadbury and Milka chocolate; Jacobs Douwe Egberts coffee; LU, Nabisco and Oreo cookies; Tang powdered beverages; and Trident gum. Mondelez has operations in more than 80 countries, and maintains 156 manufacturing and processing facilities in 57 countries. In 2016, the firm acquired a 24% stake in Maple Parent Holdings Corporation, the recently-formed entity that owns Keurig Green Mountain.

intentionally listed here more than once.

Brian Gladden, Exec. VP Irene Rosenfeld, CEO Nelson Urdaneta, Chief Accounting Officer Karen May, Executive VP, Divisional Daniel Myers, Executive VP, Divisional Robin Hargrove, Executive VP, Divisional Gerhard Pleuhs, Executive VP Timothy Cofer, Executive VP Hubert Weber, Executive VP Maurizio Brusadelli, Executive VP Alejandro Lorenzo, Executive VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 25,923,000,000

2015 29,636,000,000

2014 34,244,000,000

2013 35,299,000,000

2012 35,015,000,000

2011 54,365,000,000

2,569,000,000 9.91% 6,540,000,000 1,659,000,000 2,838,000,000 1,224,000,000 2,792,000,000 2.66% 6.23% 0.52

8,897,000,000 30.02% 7,577,000,000 7,267,000,000 3,728,000,000 2,058,000,000 9,387,000,000 11.20% 26.06% 0.51

3,242,000,000 9.46% 8,457,000,000 2,184,000,000 3,562,000,000 1,642,000,000 4,391,000,000 3.13% 7.26% 0.49

3,971,000,000 11.24% 8,679,000,000 3,915,000,000 6,410,000,000 1,622,000,000 4,486,000,000 5.28% 12.12% 0.44

3,637,000,000 10.38% 9,176,001,000 3,028,000,000 3,923,000,000 1,610,000,000 4,296,000,000 3.57% 8.98% 0.48

6,657,000,000 12.24% 12,140,000,000 3,527,000,000 4,520,000,000 1,771,000,000 7,902,000,000 3.72% 9.92% 0.65

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Phone: 847-943-4000 Fax: Toll-Free: 855-535-5648 Address: Three Parkway North, Deerfield, IL 60015 United States

Stock Ticker: MDLZ Employees: 90,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $900,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Motorola Mobility LLC

www.motorola.com

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Smartphone Manufacturing Set-Top Box Manufacturing Computer Technology Wireless Technology Tablet Manufacturing Apps

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Droid Moto Lenovo Group Limited

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Motorola Mobility, LLC designs and develops technologies, products and services that are used for digital communication, information and entertainment purposes. Motorola Mobility operates in one primary segment: the mobile devices segment. This segment designs and develops products such as smartphones, feature phones, voice-centric phones and media tablet devices. The division includes mobile software, services, accessories and intellectual property licenses. The current product lineup includes seven smartphones under the Moto and Droid brands, both of which operate on the Android OS; cordless phones; and baby monitors with remote wireless video capabilities. Moto smartphones include Moto X, Moto G, Moto Z and Moto X Pure Edition. Droid smartphones include DROID Turbo 2 and DROID Maxx 2. The company primarily sells its products through wireless carriers, such as Verizon Wireless and AT&T; network and cable operators; distributors; and directly to end customers. The company is owned by Lenovo Group Limited, a provider of innovative consumer, commercial and enterprise technology.

Aymar de Lencquesaing, Pres. Sanjay Vanjani, CFO Jan Huckfeldt, VP-Global Mktg. & Communications Alice Li, VP-Human Resources Iqbal Arshad, Sr. VP-Global Prod. Dev. Steve Horowitz, Sr.VP-Software Eng. Scott Offer, General Counsel Adrienne Hayes, Sr. VP-Comm. John Carney, Sr. VP-Global Go-to-Market Jim Wicks, Sr. VP-Consumer Express Design Aymar de Lencquesaing, Chmn. Mark Randall, Sr. VP-Supply Chain & Oper.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,000,000,000

2015 4,150,000,000

2014 4,650,480,000

2013 4,306,000,000

2012 4,136,000,000

2011 4,000,000,000

-249,000,000

-946,680,000

-1,029,000,000

-393,000,000

-200,000,000

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Phone: 847-523-5000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 600 N. U.S. 45, Libertyville, IL 60048 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 46,000 Parent Company: Lenovo Group Limited

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Motorola Solutions Inc

www.motorolasolutions.com

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Communications Equipment Handheld Computers

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) focuses on mission-critical communications solutions for public safety and commercial customers. The firm has more than 12,000 systems deployed in over 180 countries worldwide. MSI provides mission-critical communication infrastructure, devices, accessories, software and services. Its products and services help government, public safety and commercial customers improve their operations through increased effectiveness, efficiency and safety of mobile workforces. MSI operates through two segments: products and services. The products segment offers an extensive portfolio of devices and systems for customers who operate private communications networks and manage a mobile workforce. Devices include two-way portable radios and vehicle-mounted radios; accessories such as speaker microphones, batteries, earpieces, headsets, carry cases and cables; and software features and upgrades. Systems include the radio network core and central processing software; base stations; consoles; repeaters; and software applications and features. The services segment provides a full set of service offerings for government, public safety and commercial communication networks. Its products are divided into three groups: integration services, which includes the implementation, optimization and integration of systems, devices, software and applications; managed and support services, which includes with repair, technical support, hardware maintenance, network monitoring, software maintenance, cyber security services, as well as services across all radio network technologies, command center consoles and smart public safety solutions; and iDEN services, which includes Motorola Solutions' proprietary push-to-talk technology called iDEN (integrated digital enhanced network), as well as iDEN-related hardware and software maintenance services. MSI is owned by Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in barcode printing and real-time locating system technology. MSI offers its employees the following benefits: health and retirement benefits, a work-life balance program, well-being opportunities, education and training, employee stock purchase plans and other various incentive plans.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Zebra Technologies Corporation iDEN

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gregory Brown, CEO Gino Bonanotte, CFO John Wozniak, Chief Accounting Officer Bruce Brda, Executive VP, Divisional John Molloy, Executive VP, Divisional Eduardo Conrado, Executive VP Mark Hacker, General Counsel

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,038,000,000 553,000,000 1,067,000,000 17.67% 1,000,000,000 560,000,000 1,165,000,000 271,000,000 1,364,000,000 6.64%

2015 5,695,000,000 620,000,000 994,000,000 17.45% 1,021,000,000 610,000,000 1,005,000,000 175,000,000 1,253,000,000 6.48% 46.40%

2014 5,881,000,000 681,000,000 -1,006,000,000 -17.10% 3,109,000,000 1,299,000,000 -590,000,000 181,000,000 -841,000,000 11.66% 40.63% 1.24

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2013 8,696,001,000 1,055,000,000 1,215,000,000 13.97% 1,838,000,000 1,099,000,000 944,000,000 191,000,000 1,505,000,000 8.96% 31.74% 0.67

2012 8,698,000,000 1,075,000,000 1,256,000,000 14.44% 1,963,000,000 881,000,000 1,068,000,000 187,000,000 1,531,000,000 6.62% 20.78% 0.56

2011 8,203,000,000 1,035,000,000 858,000,000 10.45% 1,912,000,000 1,158,000,000 874,000,000 186,000,000 1,236,000,000 5.86% 14.38% 0.21

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 576-5000 Fax: 847 576-3477 Toll-Free: Address: 1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60196 United States

Exchange: NYS Stock Ticker: MSI Employees: 14,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Zebra Technologies Corporation

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OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $497,615

Bonus: $ Bonus: $300,000

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Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp

www.nachi-fujikoshi.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool Manufacturing Robotics Factory Automation

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation (NACHI) is a Tokyo-based company involved in the manufacture of tools, systems and equipment for various applications and industries. The group is comprised of 54 companies, 23 of which are domestic and 30 international. Offices can be found in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Products are divided into four categories: machining, robots, components and materials. Machining products include cutting tools, forming tools, cutting saws, machine tools, precision machinery and machining systems. Machines in this segment are able to provide production control to one millionth of a millimeter precision. Robot products include robots, robot systems and electronic equipment. Robots are manufactured for applications such as arc welding, painting, handling and automation. Component products include bearings, hydraulic equipment, automotive parts, seismic isolation system and filtration system. Products in this segment can be found in cars, railways, construction machinery, machine tools and electric equipment. Finally, material products include special steels, coating and industrial furnaces. The focus in this division is steel tools for high-speed use as well as providing the material for precision machining. As part of its development in all segments, NACHI maintains an active engineering business both domestically and internationally.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kenji Susukida, Pres. Yukihiko Tanaka, Managing. Dir.-Prod. Mfg. & Quality Assurance Kenji Susukida, Gen. Mgr.-Legal Affairs & Admin. Improvement Kenji Susukida, Gen. Mgr.-Bus. Oper., Tokyo Noriyasu Shiba, Managing Dir.-Corp. Planning Noriyasu Shiba, Managing Dir.-Corp. Comm. Naoshi Katayama, Managing Dir.-Finance, Gen. Affairs & Risk Mgmt. Kazuhito Yoshida, Gen. Mgr.-Hydraulic Div. Katsumi Nishijima, Gen. Mgr.-Material Div. Isao Hori, Gen. Mgr.-Cutting Tool Div. Hidenori Hayashi, Gen. Mgr.-Eastern Japan Main Branch Hiroo Honma, Chmn. Nishiki Seto, Gen. Mgr.-Int'l Trade Headquarters Yukihiko Tanaka, Managing. Dir.-Procurement & Logistics

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,908,676,204

2015 2,144,729,206

2014 1,798,200,000

2013 1,670,900,000

2012 1,638,200,000

2011 1,578,900,000

35,212,778

84,854,485

97,472,205

63,800,000

43,600,000

95,300,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-5568-5240 Fax: 81-3-5568-5236 Toll-Free: Address: 1-9-2 Higashi-Shinbashi, Shiodome Sumitomo Bldg., 17/Fl., Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0021 Japan

Stock Ticker: 6474 Employees: 6,775 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Tokyo Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30

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Nan Ya Plastics Corporation

www.npc.com.tw

NAIC Code: 326100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Plastics Petrochemical Materials Dyeing & Finishing Chemicals Electronic Materials Packing Materials Fibers & Textiles

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation manufactures plastics, fibers, textiles, dyeing and finishing chemicals, electronic materials and petrochemical materials. Nan Ya Plastics is Taiwan's largest plastics maker and part of the Formosa Group's collection of chemical and plastics companies. Through its investment in the No. 6 Naphtha Cracking Project, the company is engaged in the fields of oil refining, naphtha cracking and power. The firm operates in four divisions: electronic materials, petrochemical products, plastics processing and polyester fiber & utilities. Electronic materials utilize chemicals and compounds to produce copper foil, color filters, liquid crystal display (LCD) products, epoxy resins, copper clad laminates, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), glass fabric, silicon wafers and DRAM (dynamic random access memory). These products and materials are produced for the electronic industry. The petrochemical products segment is grouped into three divisions. Petrochemicals division 1 consists of the Formosa Plastics Group in Mailiao, which oversees the sixth naphtha cracker project, as well as the production of petrochemical raw materials at the Formosa plant. Division 2 produces bisphenol A (BPA); 1, 4 butylene glycol (1,4BG); tetra hydro furan (THF); hydro peroxide (H2O2); epoxidized soybean oil (ESO); and stabilizers. Division 3 produces plastic products, petrochemicals, electronic materials, fiber products, ethylene glycol products and polyester fiber. Plastics processing is divided into two divisions. Division 1 produces polypropylene (PP) synthetic paper and sheet materials, and division 2 produces polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials. Polyester fiber & utilities is divided into three divisions. First is the polyester fiber division, which manufactures polyester chips, yarns, polyester films as well as knitted and woven fabric. Second is the engineering division, which plans, designs and manufactures roll and mold machines as well as automatic storage/retrieval systems. Third is another engineering division that manufactures switchgear systems, cast resin transformers and power circuit breakers.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Formosa Plastics Group No. 6 Naphtha Cracking Project

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ming-Jen Tzou, Pres. Tung-Fa Chang, Assistant VP-Eng. & Construction Ming-Jong Yeh, Dir.-Acct. Fong-Chin Lin, Sr. VP-Plastics Segment Sin-Yi Huang, VP-Polyester Fiber Div. Ming-Jen Tzou, Sr. VP-Electronic Materials Div. Yuan-Shan Liu, Sr. VP-Petrochemicals Segment

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,140,234,138

2015 9,255,930,234

2014 10,473,700,000

2013 10,365,800,000

2012 10,326,500,000

2011 11,366,700,000

1,617,310,300

1,102,908,736

1,022,900,000

842,300,000

144,780,000

794,746,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886-7-2712-2211 Fax: 886-7-2717-8533 Toll-Free: Address: 3/Fl., No. 201, Dunhua N. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City, 105 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: 1303 Employees: 31,290 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Taipei Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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National Oilwell Varco Inc

www.nov.com

NAIC Code: 333132

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Oil & Gas Drilling Equipment & Systems Distribution & Logistics Services IT Services

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) designs, manufactures and sells equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations and provides oilfield services and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The company has operations in approximately 635 locations on six continents. NOV operates through four business segments: Rig Systems, Rig Aftermarket, Wellbore Technologies and Completion & Production Solutions. The firm's Rig Systems Segment makes and supports the capital equipment and integrated systems needed to drill oil and gas wells on land and offshore, including land rigs, offshore drilling equipment packages and drilling rig components that mechanize and automate the drilling process and rig functionality. The Rig Aftermarket segment provides spare parts, repair and rentals as well as technical support and customer training through a network of aftermarket service and repair facilities strategically located in major areas of drilling operations. The Wellbore Technologies segment designs, manufactures, rents and sells a variety of equipment and technologies used to perform drilling operations, and offers services that optimize their performance. The Completion & Production Solutions segment designs, manufactures and sells equipment and technologies needed for hydraulic fracture stimulation, including pressure pumping trucks and pumps and blenders; well intervention, including coiled tubing units, coiled tubing and wireline units and tools; onshore production, including composite pipe, surface transfer and progressive cavity pumps, and artificial lift systems; and offshore production, including floating production systems and subsea production technologies. In December 2016, NOV completed the acquisition of Fjords Processing, a provider of processing technology, systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry. In May 2017, the firm and Saudi Aramco announced plans to start a joint venture to manufacture high-specification land rigs, rig and drilling equipment, and offer certain aftermarket services.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fjords Processing

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jose Bayardo, CFO Scott Duff, Chief Accounting Officer Craig Weinstock, General Counsel Joseph Rovig, President, Divisional Clay Williams, President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,251,000,000

2015 14,757,000,000

2014 21,440,000,000

2013 22,869,000,000

2012 20,041,000,000

2011 14,658,000,000

-2,411,000,000 -33.25% 1,338,000,000 -2,412,000,000 960,000,000 284,000,000 -1,815,000,000

-390,000,000 -2.64% 1,764,000,000 -769,000,000 1,332,000,000 453,000,000 261,000,000

3,613,000,000 16.85% 2,092,000,000 2,502,000,000 2,614,000,000 699,000,000 4,377,000,000

3,423,000,000 14.96% 2,066,000,000 2,327,000,000 3,397,000,000 669,000,000 4,212,000,000

3,557,000,000 17.74% 1,782,000,000 2,491,000,000 620,000,000 583,000,000 4,182,000,000

2,937,000,000 20.03% 1,560,000,000 1,994,000,000 2,143,000,000 483,000,000 3,517,000,000

0.19

0.23

0.14

0.14

0.15

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 713 346-7500 Fax: 713 960-5212 Toll-Free: 888-262-8645 Address: 7909 Parkwood Circle Dr., Houston, TX 77036 United States

Stock Ticker: NOV Employees: 50,197 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $800,000 Second Exec. Salary: $650,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Navistar International Corp

www.navistar.com

NAIC Code: 336120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Truck Manufacturing Diesel Engines Financial Services Bus Manufacturing Low-Emission Vehicles Diesel-Electric Hybrid Vehicles

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: International Navistar Inc IIAA Navistar Defense IC Navistar Financial Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Troy Clarke, CEO Walter Borst, CFO Samara Strycker, Chief Accounting Officer Persio Lisboa, Executive VP Curt Kramer, General Counsel William Kozek, President, Divisional William McMenamin, President, Divisional

Navistar International Corp. is a manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, diesel engines, chassis, recreational vehicles and military vehicles. Additionally, the firm provides service parts for trucks and trailers and is a private-label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets. The company operates in four segments: truck, parts, global operations and financial services. In its truck segment, which includes subsidiary Navistar, Inc., the firm manufactures and distributes class four through eight trucks and buses in the common carrier, private carrier, government, leasing, construction, energy, military, student and commercial transportation markets under the International, Navistar Defense and IC brands. Its parts segment supports its brands of International commercial trucks, IC buses, proprietary engines, as well as other product lines by providing proprietary products and standard truck, trailer and engine service parts. Goods are delivered to our customers through eleven regional parts distribution centers. The global operations segment includes businesses that derive revenue from outside core North America markets and consists of the operations of wholly-owned subsidiary, IIAA. IIAA caters to the South American mid-range diesel engine market, manufacturing and distributing mid-range diesel engines with additional engine offerings in the agriculture, marine and light truck markets. Through Navistar Financial Corporation, the financial services segment provides retail, wholesale and lease financing for products sold by its truck and parts segments and its dealers within the U.S. and Mexico. The segment also provides wholesale financing for 100% of the company's new truck inventory sold in the U.S. each year. Navistar offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; tuition reimbursement; and flexible spending accounts.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,111,000,000 247,000,000 250,000,000 3.08% 802,000,000 -97,000,000 267,000,000 248,000,000 520,000,000 -1.57%

2015 10,140,000,000 288,000,000 168,000,000 1.65% 908,000,000 -184,000,000 46,000,000 202,000,000 485,000,000 -2.60%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 10,806,000,000 331,000,000 -263,000,000 -2.43% 979,000,000 -619,000,000 -336,000,000 277,000,000 90,000,000 -7.85%

2013 10,775,000,000 406,000,000 -664,000,000 -6.16% 1,215,000,000 -898,000,000 100,000,000 599,000,000 -236,000,000 -10.31%

Stock Ticker: NAV Employees: 15,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 13,958,000,000 532,000,000 391,000,000 2.80% 1,434,000,000 1,723,000,000 880,000,000 526,000,000 895,000,000 15.64%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 630 753-5000 Fax: 630 753-3982 Toll-Free: 800-448-7825 Address: 2701 Navistar Dr., Warrenville, IL 60532 United States Top Exec. Salary: $950,000 Second Exec. Salary: $742,630

2012 12,948,000,000 539,000,000 -857,000,000 -6.61% 1,444,000,000 -3,010,000,000 610,000,000 384,000,000 -600,000,000 -28.13%

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31

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NEC Corporation

www.nec.com

NAIC Code: 334111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Manufacturing Lithium-Ion Batteries Servers & Supercomputers Telecommunications & Wireless Equipment Nanotube Research Broadband & Networking Equipment Operating Systems & Application Software Cloud Computing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: FlexProcess for Ever Changing Business NEC (Chongquing) Solutions Co Ltd Arcon Informatica SA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Takashi Niino, CEO Nobuhiro Endo, Pres. Isamu Kawashima, CFO Takaaki Shimizu, CMO Katsumi Emura, CTO Takashi Niino, Chief Strategy Officer Toshiyuki Mineno, Exec. VP Kuniaki Okada, Exec. VP Manabu Kinoshita, Exec. VP Tomonori Nishimura, Exec. VP Nobuhiro Endo, Chmn. Junji Yasui, Chief Supply Chain Officer

NEC Corporation is a leading global provider of internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions. Operating through 270 subsidiaries, the firm markets its services towards the aerospace, education, government, health care, retail and telecommunications industries. NEC is divided into four business segments: public, enterprise, telecom carrier and system platform. The public business provides solutions for governments both domestic and foreign, public institutions, financial institutions and more through networking and sensing technologies. These include air traffic control and airport systems, cloud storage, fiber optic devices and public safety solutions. The enterprise business, catering to large enterprises, consists of IT solutions for manufacturing, retail, distribution and customer services, both internationally and domestically. More specifically, the company can offer original equipment manufacturing services, its proprietary FlexProcess for Ever Changing Business and a digital signage solution. The telecom carrier business supplies to telecom carriers network implantation equipment, network control platform systems and operating services. Finally, the system platform business offers a range of solutions for small to medium businesses, including mobile terminals, network equipment, computer equipment, software products, service platforms and more. The company also offers storage solutions such as cloud or its Express5800 servers. The company established NEC (Chongquing) Solutions Co., Ltd., a cloud storage solution company in China, and a joint venture with Nippon Express (NEC Logistics, Ltd.). In 2016, the firm acquired Brazil-based IT security company, Arcon Informatica SA. That same year, NEC completed construction on the 29,500-foot submarine cable system (FASTER) linking Japan and the West Coast of the U.S., which opened for service June 2016.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 25,426,580,000

2015 26,457,060,000

2014 27,426,810,000

2013 27,683,620,000

2012 27,370,230,000

2011 28,078,520,000

967,121,500 3.80%

1,154,388,000 4.36%

957,090,300 3.48%

1,033,284,000 3.73%

664,617,700 2.42%

521,116,900 1.85%

619,617,200 881,707,800 368,062,400 1,555,122,000 2.68% 8.50% 0.40

504,037,700 792,373,400 463,570,500 1,823,585,000 2.23% 7.54% 0.46

374,885,100 848,315,500 917,362,200 1,694,927,000 1.32% 4.79% 0.68

349,270,900 1,295,564,000 545,883,800 1,570,903,000 1.18% 4.45% 0.55

-945,373,700 755,781,600 515,465,900 941,516,300 -4.25% -15.59% 0.75

-62,106,820 303,369,000 784,568,400 851,920,600 - .44% -1.61% 0.44

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 334541111 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-268-3997 Address: 7-1, Shiba 5-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8001 Japan

Stock Ticker: NIPNF Employees: 98,726 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Neopost SA

www.neopost.com

NAIC Code: 333318

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Mail Handling Machinery, Post Office-Type, Manufacturing Logistics Software Shipping Data Management Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Neopost SA is a global mailroom equipment and logistics systems provider. Neopost's products are marketed in approximately 90 countries worldwide. The company guides and supports organizations in how they send and receive communications and goods, helping them to better connect with their customers. It operates its business through the following products and solutions: mailing, which includes filling envelopes, collating content, personalizing letters, sorting, filing and printing addresses as well as providing postage machines, scales, information systems and archiving machines; digital, which includes document management software and data analytics solutions in order to control communication processes, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction; shipping, which includes packing systems, sending solutions, tracking solutions, delivery status, inventory solutions and equipment; and graphics, which includes Neopost's print finishing solutions equipment that enables enterprises to produce professional printed materials as well as bind, crease, fold, cut and laminate materials.

Denis Thiery, CEO Jean-Francois Labadie, CFO Gilles Wozelka, Dir.-Human Resources Thierry Le Jaoudour, CTO Philippe Boulanger, Technical Officer Alain Midowski, General Counsel Nikolaus Scholz, Dir.-Strategy Enno Ebels, Dir.-Data Quality Solutions Alain Ferard, Dir.-Neopost ID Gavin Macrae, Dir.-Partnerships Worldwide Clem Garvey, Dir.-Europe & Export Henri Dura, Dir.-Document Mgmt. & Solutions Denis Thiery, Chmn. Dennis Lestrange, Oper. Officer-North America Thierry Le Jaoudour, Dir.-Supply Chain

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,334,230,000 48,980,050 233,355,700 17.48% 682,806,500 149,742,200 168,347,900 96,278,860 231,002,000 4.34% 13.60% 0.72

2015 1,247,927,000 41,134,280 244,339,800 19.57% 516,476,100 150,190,500 176,978,300 97,063,440 341,067,000 4.76% 16.88% 1.23

2014 1,227,864,000 34,409,320 287,603,700 23.42% 490,248,800 183,815,300 213,180,900 106,030,000 375,140,100 6.47% 21.63% 1.17

2013 1,199,283,000 36,987,220 286,707,000 23.90% 486,774,300 180,004,500 231,562,400 103,003,800 373,570,900 6.80% 22.25%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 145363139 Fax: 33 145363030 Toll-Free: Address: 113, rue Jean-Marin Naudin, Bagneux, 92220 France

Stock Ticker: NPACY Employees: 6,051 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 1,123,739,000 33,624,750 265,635,500 23.63% 445,976,300 172,158,700 253,978,900 80,026,900 341,627,400 7.16% 23.57% 0.42

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 01/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Neste Corporation

www.nesteoil.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refineries

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Matti Lievonen, CEO Matti Lievonen, Pres. Jyrki Maki-Kala, CFO Panu Kopra, Exec. VP-Mktg. & Services Hannele Jakosuo-Jansson, VP-Human Resources Lars Peter Lindfors, VP-IT Lars Peter Lindfors, Sr. VP-Tech. Ilkka Poranen, Sr. VP-Production Matti Hautakangas, General Counsel Tuomas Hyyrylainen, Sr. VP-Strategy Osmo Kammonen, Sr. VP-Comm. Matti Lehmus, Exec. VP-Oil Products & Renewables Sakari Toivola, Exec. VP-Oil Retail Simo Honkanen, Sr. VP-Sustainability Jorma Eloranta, Chmn. Ilkka Poranen, Sr. VP-Logistics

Neste Corporation is a refining and marketing company that concentrates on low-emission traffic fuels. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Neste has international offices Houston, Texas/USA and Toronto, Ontario/Canada. Neste's business operations are grouped into the following divisions: oil products, marketing and services, and renewable products. Oil products are refined in Finland at the company's Porvoo and Naantali plants. Base oils are also produces by a joint venture production plant in Bahrain. This division's oil refining capacity is 15 million tons per year. It focuses on fuel solutions sales and specialty products, including diesel fuels, gasoline, aviation and marine fuels, light and heavy fuel oils, base oils, gasoline components, special fuels (alkylate gasoline), solvents, liquid gases and bitumens. The marketing and services division is a marketer and seller of clean fuels and oil products in Finland, Northwest Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In addition to consumers, this segment serves retailers, heating oil customers, fleet customers, industry and agriculture. It comprises a network of more than 1,000 service stations in the Baltic Sea region. The renewable products division aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase the use of renewable energy in the European Union and grow in the global market base on renewable raw materials. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions through its renewable diesel fuel based on proprietary technology and made from 100% renewable raw materials. In 2016, renewable diesel produced by Neste reduced greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 6.7 million tons. This division produces Neste branded renewable diesel in the Porvoo, Rotterdam and Singapore refineries, which comprises a combined capacity of 2.6 million tons. Recently, Neste invested in a biopropane recovery unit at its Rotterdam plant, and began production of biopropane during the first half of 2017. Biopropane can be utilized in the production of plastics and energy generation.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,101,320,000

2015 12,475,900,000

2014 16,824,700,000

2013 19,571,850,000

2012 20,010,090,000

2011 17,283,120,000

1,294,553,000 9.88% 20,174,850 1,052,455,000 1,337,144,000 456,175,700 1,682,358,000 13.19% 27.54% 0.29

783,456,600 6.27%

168,123,700 .99%

708,361,300 3.61%

359,784,800 1.79%

305,985,200 1.77%

625,420,300 832,772,900 564,895,700 1,198,162,000 8.39% 19.49% 0.46

63,887,020 277,964,600 304,864,400 537,996,000 .84% 2.05% 0.47

586,191,400 940,372,100 239,856,500 1,070,388,000 7.25% 19.12% 0.54

175,969,500 524,546,100 326,160,100 731,898,700 2.14% 6.26% 0.77

179,332,000 220,802,500 407,980,300 664,649,200 2.26% 6.49% 0.77

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 358 1045811 Fax: 358 104584442 Toll-Free: Address: Keilaranta 21, Espoo, 00095 Finland

Stock Ticker: NTOIF Employees: 2,303 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Nestle SA

www.nestle.com

NAIC Code: 311920

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Food Products-Manufacturing Coffee, Tea & Bottled Water Manufacturing Eye Care Products & Equipment Prepared Foods Pet Food Pharmaceutical Research & Development Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Cosmetics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cereal Partners Worldwide Beverage Partners Worldwide Nestle Waters Galderma SA L'Oreal Nespresso Friskies Purina

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Paul Bulcke, CEO Wan Ling Martello, CFO Patrice Bula, Exec. VP-Mktg. & Sales Peter Voght, Head-Human Resources Stefan Catsicas, Head-R&D, Innovation Stefan Catsicas, CTO Peter R. Voght, Head-Admin. Jose Lopez, Exec. VP-Oper. Nandu Nandkishore, Zone Dir.-Asia Oceania, Africa & Middle East Laurent Freixe, Exec. VP Marco Settembri, Exec. VP-Nestle Waters David P. Frick, Sr. VP-Corp. Governance, Compliance & Corp. Svcs. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chmn. Chris Johnson, Exec. VP-U.S., Canada, Latin America & Caribbean

Nestle SA is one of the world's largest food companies, with approximately 436 factories and operations in over 189 countries around the world. It manufactures products in seven product groups: Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW), Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), Nestle Health Science (NHS), Nestle Nespresso, Nestle Purina PetCare (PetCare), Nestle Skin Health and Nestle Waters. BPW is a joint venture with the Coca-Cola Company focusing on ready-to-drink tea beverages. CPW is a joint venture which combines the expertise of two companies: Nestlé and General Mills, offerings 50 different cereals. NHS is a company engaged in advancing the role of nutritional therapy in the management of people's health. NHS' range of nutrition solutions, diagnostics, devices and drugs that target health areas include the Boost, Meritene, Peptamen and Alfamino brands. Nestle Nespresso pioneered the portioned coffee business, now the most dynamic and fastest-growing in the global coffee market. Nespresso has sales in 62 countries worldwide and a global network of more than 400 boutiques. PetCare aims to develop products that deliver comprehensive nutrition to help ensure the long healthy lives of pets and make discoveries that can further enhance the lives of pets. PetCare products include Friskies and Purina. Nestle Skin Health has three pharmaceutical and cosmetic joint ventures: Galderma SA, a dermatological pharmaceutical company; L'Oreal, of which Nestle owns a minority interest; and a separate joint venture with L'Oreal called Laboratoires Inneov, a beauty oriented nutritional supplement company. Nestle Waters is one of the world's largest producers of bottled water, with 52 brands including Perrier, San Pellegrino, Polish Spring and Nestle Pure Life with production facilities located worldwide. Nestle offers its U.S. employees medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; a 401(k); and educational assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 91,952,640,000 1,784,191,000 13,528,400,000 14.71% 30,364,140,000 8,767,819,000 16,014,550,000 4,822,248,000 16,650,740,000 6.66% 13.44% 0.17

2015 91,249,660,000 1,724,581,000 12,752,440,000 13.97% 29,438,120,000 9,317,671,000 14,699,020,000 4,413,201,000 15,908,690,000 7.04% 13.68% 0.18

2014 94,415,150,000 1,673,193,000 11,207,720,000 11.87% 28,641,610,000 14,857,300,000 15,108,070,000 4,545,782,000 16,192,360,000 11.38% 21.78% 0.17

2013 94,937,250,000 1,544,723,000 13,430,770,000 14.14% 28,640,580,000 10,293,010,000 15,408,180,000 5,477,960,000 16,748,370,000 8.12% 16.21% 0.16

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Phone: 41 219242111 Fax: 41 219244800 Toll-Free: Address: Ave. Nestle 55, Vevey, Vaud 1800 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: NESN N Employees: 328,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 94,886,900,000 1,586,861,000 14,318,750,000 15.09% 28,628,250,000 10,905,560,000 16,209,830,000 5,869,536,000 17,660,000,000 8.83% 18.02% 0.14

2011 86,095,440,000 1,462,502,000 12,817,190,000 14.88% 25,690,910,000 9,750,357,000 10,034,020,000 5,165,520,000 15,948,780,000 8.40% 15.98% 0.10

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Newport Corporation

www.newport.com

NAIC Code: 333249

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MKS Instruments Inc Richardson Gartings ILX Lightwave New Focus Newport Ophir Oriel Instruments Spectra-Physics

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Gerald G. Colella, CEO-MKS Instruments Inc Charles Cargile, CFO Jeffrey Coyne, General Counsel David Allen, General Manager, Divisional Dennis Werth, General Manager, Divisional

Newport Corporation, a subsidiary of MKS Instruments, Inc., is a supplier of advanced technology products and systems to a wide range of industries, including scientific research, microelectronics, defense and security, life and health sciences and industrial markets. The company offers its products in three groups: Photonics Group, Lasers Group and Optics Group. The Photonics Group sells products that include photonics instruments and systems, vibration isolation systems and subsystems, precision positioning systems and subsystems, optical components for research applications, optical hardware and three-dimensional non-contact measurement sensors and equipment. The firm's Lasers Group offers a portfolio of laser technology products and services. Its lasers and laser-based systems include ultrafast lasers and amplifiers, diode-pumped solid-state lasers, highenergy pulsed lasers, tunable lasers and gas lasers. The Optics Group offers precision optics and lens assemblies, thinfilm filters and coatings, replicated mirrors and ruled and holographic diffraction gratings to OEM and end-user customers. The group designs, develops and manufactures systems to provide solutions for customers in industries such as semiconductor equipment manufacturing and solar cell manufacturing, and in life and health sciences applications such as flow cytometry, DNA sequencing and bio imaging. The company's leading product brands are ILX Lightwave, New Focus, Newport, Ophir, Oriel Instruments, Richardson Gartings, and Spectra-Pysics brands. Newport offers employee benefits such as short- and long-term disability insurance, life and AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts, education reimbursement, an employee stock purchase plan, cash incentive programs, a section 529 college savings progr

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 756,000,000

2015 602,691,008

2014 605,150,016

2013 560,054,016

2012 595,345,984

2011 545,054,016

56,596,860

31,121,000

35,058,000

15,601,000

-89,423,000

79,708,000

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 949 863-3144 Fax: 949 253-1671 Toll-Free: Address: 1791 Deere Avenue, Irvine, CA 92606 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 2,268 Parent Company: MKS Instruments Inc

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Nike Inc

www.nike.com

NAIC Code: 424340

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Footwear Distribution Athletic Equipment Sports Accessories Retail Stores Sports Apparel Plastic Products Hockey Products Swimwear

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Virgin Mega USA Chuck Taylor Converse Inc Hurley International LLC One Star Jordan NIKE IHM Inc Jack Purcell

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark Parker, CEO Philip Knight, Chairman Emeritus Chris Abston, Chief Accounting Officer Hilary Krane, Chief Administrative Officer Eric Sprunk, COO John Slusher, Executive VP, Divisional David Ayre, Executive VP, Divisional Andrew Campion, Executive VP Michael Spillane, President, Divisional Trevor Edwards, President, Divisional John Coburn, Vice President

Nike, Inc. designs, develops and markets footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories. It is one of the largest sellers of athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the world. The company's athletic footwear products are designed primarily for specific athletic use, although a large percentage of its products are worn for casual or leisure purposes. Running, training, basketball and soccer sport-inspired urban shoes and children's shoes are the firm's top-selling product categories. Nike also markets shoes designed for tennis, golf, baseball, football, lacrosse, walking, outdoor activities, skateboarding, bicycling, volleyball, wrestling, cheerleading, aquatic activities and other athletic and recreational uses. The firm maintains several wholly-owned subsidiaries: Converse, Inc., which distributes and licenses footwear, apparel and accessories through brand names Converse, All Star, One Star, Chuck Taylor, Star Chevron and Jack Purcell; Hurley International LLC, which is headquartered in the U.K. and designs/distributes a collection of action sports apparel sold under the Hurley brand; and Jordan, which sells a line of basketball shoes, clothing and gear for men. Another subsidiary, NIKE IHM, Inc. sells small amounts of various plastic products to other manufacturers. Nike sells its products to retail accounts, through Nike-owned retail stores and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees worldwide. Within the U.S., the firm operates 362 Nike Brand and subsidiary retail stores: 230 Nike locations, 103 Converse stores including factory outlets and 29 Hurley locations. In the international market, which includes countries within Europe, Asia, South America and Africa, the firm maintains 683 retail stores (660 Nike and 23 Converse). In 2016, Nike acquired Virgin Mega USA, a mobile shopping company.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 32,376,000,000

2015 30,601,000,000

2014 27,799,000,000

2013 25,313,000,000

2012 24,128,000,000

2011 20,862,000,000

4,502,000,000 13.90% 10,469,000,000 3,760,000,000 3,096,000,000 1,143,000,000 5,164,000,000 17.48% 30.12% 0.16

4,175,000,000 13.64% 9,892,000,000 3,273,000,000 4,680,000,000 963,000,000 4,824,000,000 16.28% 27.81% 0.08

3,680,000,000 13.23% 8,766,000,000 2,693,000,000 3,003,000,000 880,000,000 4,312,000,000 14.88% 24.50% 0.11

3,254,000,000 12.85% 7,780,000,000 2,485,000,000 3,027,000,000 636,000,000 3,767,000,000 15.03% 23.07% 0.10

3,040,000,000 12.59% 7,431,000,000 2,223,000,000 1,899,000,000 597,000,000 3,445,000,000 14.59% 21.98% 0.02

2,815,000,000 13.49% 6,693,000,000 2,133,000,000 1,812,000,000 432,000,000 3,206,000,000 14.50% 21.76% 0.02

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 503 671-6453 Fax: 503 671-6300 Toll-Free: 800-344-6453 Address: 1 Bowerman Dr., Beaverton, OR 97005 United States

Stock Ticker: NKE Employees: 62,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,550,000 Second Exec. Salary: $990,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 05/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Nikon Corporation

www.nikon.com

NAIC Code: 333316

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Digital Cameras and Equipment Lenses Semiconductor Testing Equipment Image Processing Software Microscopes and Binoculars

Nikon Corporation is a Japanese company specializing in optical technology, and is a leading provider of cameras and camera-related products. The company's products are divided into the following primary segments: precision equipment, imaging products, instruments, medical and other products. Nikon's precision equipment segment produces steppers and scanners used in the production of integrated circuits and liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The company's imaging products business produces cameras and camera accessories, including film cameras; digital cameras, such as digital singlelens reflex cameras and the company's Coolpix brand of compact digital cameras; camera lenses, such as the company's NIKKOR lens brand; professional-grade camera flashes; film scanners; and photography software, such as the Camera Control Pro and Capture NX 2 applications. The instruments business produces microscopes, including biological, industrial, stereoscopic and multi-purpose zoom microscopes; semiconductor inspection equipment; microscopy cameras; and imaging software. The medical segment develops new technologies and devices for unmet medical needs at all stages including prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The other business segment produces ophthalmic lenses and a variety of optical tools for outdoor and field laboratory applications, such as binoculars and monoculars, including the firm's StabilEyes vibration-correcting field glasses; field scopes; field microscopes; laser rangefinders; surveying instruments; and sightseeing binoculars. A few of the company's many subsidiaries include Nikon Precision Korea Ltd.; Nikon Imaging (China) Sales Co. Ltd.; Nikon Imaging Japan, Inc.; Nikon Vision Co. Ltd.; Nikon Holdings Europe BV; Nikon Canada, Inc.; Nikon Americas, Inc., Nikon, Inc.; Nikon Sales (Thailand) Co. Ltd., and Nikon do Brasil Ltda. In September 2016, the firm acquired Mark Roberts Motion Control Limited, a manufacturer of robotic motion control solutions. In December 2016, the company and its subsidiary, Optos plc, established a strategic alliance with Verily Life Sciences LLC to develop machine learning-enabled retinal imaging solutions for diabetes-related eye disease. Nikon offers its U.S. employees benefits including life, disability, health, dental and vision plans as well as an employee assistance program.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: NIKKOR StabilEyes Coolpix Nikon do Brasil Ltda Nikon Sales (Thailand) Co Ltd Nikon Imaging Japan Inc Nikon Holdings Europe BV Nikon Americas Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kazuo Ushida, Pres. Masashi Oka, CFO Takaharu Honda, Sr. VP-HR Hiroshi Ohki, Pres., Core Tech. Kenichi Kanazawa, Pres., Bus. Admin. Takaharu Honda, Gen. Mgr.-Corp. Planning Takaharu Honda, Head-Corp. Comm. Takaharu Honda, Head-Investor Rel. Norio Hashizume, Gen. Mgr.-Finance & Acct. Nobuyoshi Gokyu, Pres. Yasuyuki Okamoto, Pres., Imaging Co. Kunio Kawabata, Pres., Precision Equipment Co. Toshiyuki Masai, Pres., Instruments Co. Makoto Kimura, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,416,722,000

2015 7,730,970,000

2014 8,837,500,000

2013 9,107,315,000

2012 8,279,566,000

2011 7,998,918,000

330,776,700 4.45%

391,261,200 5.06%

567,271,100 6.41%

459,658,900 5.04%

721,740,500 8.71%

487,156,800 6.09%

200,010,800 948,266,800 197,892,800 655,253,500 2.31% 3.99% 0.15

165,987,700 642,689,700 201,317,600 676,100,000 1.91% 3.28% 0.15

422,102,800 1,029,120,000 294,536,400 1,068,181,000 5.16% 9.02% 0.18

382,672,100 467,671,300 557,483,300 895,695,500 4.92% 9.18% 0.13

534,500,800 135,849,100 322,412,900 1,079,501,000 7.01% 14.41% 0.15

246,156,100 1,114,092,000 206,256,600 734,385,400 3.47% 7.17% 0.17

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-6433-3600 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Shinagawa Intercity Tower C, 2-15-3, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-6290 Japan

Stock Ticker: NINOF Employees: 25,729 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

www.nssmc.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation is engaged in the business of steelmaking, engineering, chemicals, new materials and system solutions. The company manufactures products from more than 15 steelworks across Japan and 15 additional overseas subsidiaries. Through its network of plants, the firm produces more than 40 million tons of sheet steel annually. Products include steel plates; steel sheets; bars and rods; construction products; seamless pipes; railway, automotive and machinery components; titanium; stainless steel; steel lag; and fabricated products. The group completes its engineering, chemicals, new materials and systems solutions activities through four subsidiaries: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.; Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.; Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd.; and NS Solutions Corporation. In addition, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's 10% interest in Boggabri Coal Mine, a joint venture with Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., is undergoing an expansion project to structure a 7-million-ton-per-year production setup to produce high-quality thermal and coking coal. In 2017, the firm acquired a 51%-stake in Nisshin Steel Co. Ltd., making it a subsidiary of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co Ltd NS Solutions Corporation Boggabri Coal Mine Nisshin Steel Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kosei Shindo, Pres. Shinya Higuchi, Exec. VP Masakazu Iwaki, Exec. VP Kosei Shindo, Exec. VP Syuichiro Kozuka, Exec. VP Shoji Muneoka, Chmn. Akihiro Miyasaka, Exec. VP Katsuhiko Ota, Exec. VP-Logistics

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 44,229,400,000

2015 50,561,760,000

2014 49,715,920,000

2013 39,565,240,000

2012 36,870,560,000

2011 37,040,340,000

1,511,717,000 3.41%

3,150,044,000 6.23%

2,689,313,000 5.40%

181,246,300 .45%

1,310,624,000 5,073,778,000 2,691,836,000 5,071,129,000 2.14% 5.05% 0.55

1,931,368,000 6,408,043,000 2,920,796,000 6,536,520,000 3.00% 7.56% 0.52

2,187,870,000 5,180,228,000 2,878,788,000 6,903,374,000 3.42% 9.56% 0.65

-1,122,690,000 2,823,846,000 3,152,811,000 1,634,849,000 -2.07% -5.89% 0.78

715,287,400 1.94% 3,000,622,000 526,984,100 2,139,752,000 2,325,279,000 3,806,244,000 1.17% 3.16% 0.54

1,492,555,000 4.02% 2,876,697,000 839,978,700 3,330,209,000 2,846,612,000 4,478,811,000 1.86% 5.03% 0.53

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-3242-4111 Fax: 81-3-3275-5607 Toll-Free: Address: 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Ticker: NSSMY Employees: 84,837 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

100-8071

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Nissan Motor Co Ltd

www.nissan-global.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Research & Development Industrial Machinery Marine Equipment Logistics Services Alternative Fuels Research Financial Services

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, sells and services automotive products in over 160 countries. The company's products, which are sold both in Japan and overseas (principally in North America and Europe), include passenger cars, zero emission vehicles, busses and trucks, along with related components. Brands include Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun with model offerings such as Nissan Sentra, Nissan Versa, Nissan Altima, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Rogue and Nissan Pathfinder. The Datsun brand offers hatchback vehicles GO and GO+ for the Indonesia, India and South Africa markets. Through Nissan Marine, the firm also produces/sells pleasure boats, operates a marina business and exports outboard engines. The company operates offices and production plants in Japan, Africa, North America, Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Nissan and Renault, a French company, manage an alliance that allows each company to maintain its distinct corporate culture and brand identity while enduring the challenges of market globalization and the accelerating change of technology. Renault-Nissan ranks as one of the world's leading automotive groups, and the two companies operate a joint venture factory in the eastern Indian city of Chennai. The allied firm promotes intensive research and development in alternative fuel technologies. Nissan has been increasing investments in its research and development operations and plans to produce additional gasoline-electric vehicles as well as subcompact electric cars powered by firm-developed lithium-ion batteries. The all electric Nissan e-NV200 commercial van is based on the Nissan Leaf. The company announced plans to launch two additional battery electric vehicles by mid-2017.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sentra Versa Altima Leaf Rogue Pathfinder GO e-NV200

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Carlos Ghosn, Co-CEO Hiroto Saikawa, Co-CEO Carlos Ghosn, Pres. Joseph G. Peter, CFO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 109,861,000,000

2015 102,521,800,000

2014 94,476,260,000

2013 86,788,880,000

2012 84,801,130,000

2011 79,069,640,000

7,149,612,000 6.50% 7,652,189,000 4,721,245,000 8,354,931,000 12,491,570,000 14,335,900,000 3.04% 10.96% 0.79

5,313,562,000 5.18% 7,419,570,000 4,123,997,000 6,243,551,000 9,649,531,000 13,508,890,000 2.88% 9.97% 0.79

4,491,636,000 4.75% 6,357,797,000 3,734,223,000 6,562,386,000 9,050,066,000 11,133,830,000 2.82% 9.63% 0.83

4,718,568,000 5.43% 4,431,476,000 3,337,987,000 3,523,055,000 6,399,003,000 10,055,660,000 2.86% 9.94% 0.81

4,919,507,000 5.80% 4,452,854,000 3,405,222,000 6,275,547,000 5,638,787,000 10,297,650,000 3.13% 11.20% 0.79

4,844,052,000 6.12% 4,135,678,000 3,136,561,000 6,016,025,000 5,422,986,000 10,283,050,000 3.04% 11.29% 0.72

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 455235523 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Takashima 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Kanagawa, 220-8686 Japan

Stock Ticker: NSANF Employees: 152,421 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Nissan North America Inc

www.nissanusa.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Car & Truck Manufacturing Engine & Part Manufacturing Car & Parts Distribution Car Design & Engineering Financing & Leasing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nissan Motor Co Ltd Nissan Mexicana SA de CV Nissan Technical Center North America Nissan Design America Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp Altima LEAF Infiniti QX60

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Nobao Araki, CEO Carlos Servin, VP-Finance Scott Shirley, Chief Marketing Manager Andrew Tavi, VP-Human Resources Bill Krueger, Sr. VP-Mfg. Scott E. Becker, Sr. VP-Admin. Alan J. Buddendeck, VP-Corp. Comm. Scott E. Becker, Sr. VP-Finance Victor Nacif, VP-Design Bus. Aspects, Nissan Design America Bill Krueger, Sr. VP-Supply Chain & Purchasing

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), a subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., coordinates Nissan's operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, including automotive styling, consumer and corporate financing and engineering. Vehicle lines marketed by the firm include Nissan, as well as Nissan's luxury Infiniti vehicles, through more than 1,000 dealers in the continental U.S. NNA has several manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Mexico. Its Tennessee plant, with an annual production capacity of 640,000 vehicles, manufactures the Altima, Maxima, LEAF, Rogue and Pathfinder models, as well as the Infiniti QX60. The firm's Decherd, Tennessee facility produces all engines, forgings, crankshafts and cylinder block casting for all Nissan and Infiniti vehicles. Nissan Mexicana SA de CV, manufactures Nissan vehicles for North America and has an annual production capacity of more than 800,000. It also produces engines and other parts for global distribution. Nissan Technical Center North America designs, develops and tests new Nissan vehicles, while Nissan Design America has created or influenced the design of many of Nissan's vehicles. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. is the financial arm of NNA and offers financing for Nissan and Infiniti vehicles sold in the U.S. In March 2017, the company announced an alliance with Renault to create a light commercial vehicle business unit.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 58,250,613,400

2015 55,902,700,000

2014 45,252,000,000

2013 38,924,000,000

2012 36,395,000,000

2011 32,857,100,000

2,110,236,609

1,832,057,000

2,383,203,000

1,546,714,000

1,566,681,000

2,064,370,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 615-725-1000 Fax: 615-725-8535 Toll-Free: Address: One Nissan Way, Franklin, TN 37067 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 24,000 Parent Company: Nissan Motor Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Nokia Corporation

company.nokia.com/en

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Smartphones and Cellphones Network Systems & Services Internet Software & Services Multimedia Equipment Digital Music Digital Map Information Mobile Applications

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: OZO Withings Deepfield

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Rajeev Suri, CEO Rajeev Suri, Pres. Louise Pentland, Chief Legal Officer Juha Rutkiranta, Exec. VP-Oper. Kai Oistamo, Chief Dev. Officer Stephen Elop, Exec. VP-Devices & Svcs. Timo Toikkanen, Exec. VP-Mobile Phones Jo Harlow, Exec. VP-Smart Devices Risto Siilasmaa, Chmn.

Nokia Corporation is a leading supplier of services and software for the converging internet and communications industries. The company consists of two business segments: Nokia Networks and Nokia Technologies. Nokia Networks is the firm's infrastructure business that offers smart, virtual networks with one seamless service. Networks weaves together mobile broadband, fixed access, internet protocol routing, optical technologies, as well as cloud applications and services. Nokia Technologies is focused on advanced technology and licensing. Its primary product includes the OZO virtual reality camera, designed and built for professional content creators. Nokia Technologies expects to establish a virtual reality ecosystem (format, player licensing, new virtual reality experiences) to manage virtual reality workflows and content for end-user experiences, including production, distribution and consumption of virtual reality digital content. Nokia has approximately 10,000 patent families made up of about 30,000 granted patents and applications. During 2016, Nokia acquired connected health device manufacturer, Withings, for $191 million, and merged it into the digital health unit of Nokia Technologies. That same year, Nokia sold its branded and licensing featurephone to a joint venture between Foxconn and HMD Global, which will create Nokia-branded devices scheduled to be launched by the end of 2017. In January 2017, Nokia acquired Deepfield, a U.S.-based provider of real-time analytics for IP network performance management and security.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 26,467,160,000 5,496,525,000 -1,232,907,000 -4.65% 4,280,431,000 -858,551,900 -1,629,679,000 534,633,500 607,487,100 -2.32% -5.00% 0.18

2015 14,009,190,000 2,382,874,000 1,891,953,000 13.50% 1,851,603,000 2,763,954,000 568,258,200 351,939,000 2,240,529,000 11.74% 25.80% 0.19

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2014 14,270,340,000 2,794,216,000 190,540,200 1.33% 1,831,428,000 3,880,296,000 1,429,052,000 348,576,500 505,492,000 14.96% 45.91% 0.29

2013 14,244,560,000 2,935,441,000 581,708,200 4.08% 1,872,899,000 -689,307,300 80,699,390 456,175,700 1,450,348,000 -2.23% -8.46% 0.50

Stock Ticker: NOK Employees: 102,687 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,778,105 Bonus: $

2011 43,329,970,000 6,290,070,000 -1,202,645,000 -2.77% 5,505,492,000 -1,304,640,000 1,274,378,000 669,132,500 522,304,400 -3.09% -8.86% 0.33

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 358-10-44-88-000 Fax: 358-10-44-81-002 Toll-Free: Address: Kearaportti 3, Espoo, FI-02610 Finland Top Exec. Salary: $666,667 Second Exec. Salary: $1,262,411

2012 33,822,010,000 5,359,785,000 -2,581,260,000 -7.63% 4,667,115,000 -3,481,282,000 -396,772,000 516,700,300 -1,096,167,000 -9.39% -31.16% 0.63

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Nokia Networks

networks.nokia.com

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Wireless Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Mobile TV Outsourcing Fixed-Mobile Convergence Hosting Convergent Charging & Care Integrated Provisioning IP Transport

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nokia Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Rajeev Suri, CEO Samih Elhage, Pres. Timo Ihamuotila, CFO Barry French, CMO Hans-Jurgen Bill, Exec. VP-Human Resources Hossein Moiin, Exec. VP-Tech. & Innovation Kathrin Buvac, VP-Corp. Strategy Barry French, Exec. VP-Comm. & Corp. Affairs Marc Rouanne, Exec. VP-Mobile Broadband Eva Elmstedt, Exec. VP-Global Svcs. Rick Corker, Pres., North America Rene Svendsen-Tune, Pres., Europe & Latin America Risto Siilasmaa, Chmn. Ashish Chowdhary, Pres., Asia, Middle East & Africa

Nokia Networks is a major global vendor in the telecommunications infrastructure industry. The company operates through seven global regions: Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ), greater China, India, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East & Africa (MEA) and North America. APJ works with 50 customers such as NTT DOCOMO, KDDI, Softbank Mobile and Vodafone, and has a R&D Innovation center in Tokyo. Greater China has more than 80 offices across mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, six R&D hubs and three manufacturing facilities, and hosts the full value chain of TD LTE including product management, R&D, testing and demo, sourcing, global marketing and sales. India, one of the firm's top 10 high-growth regions, has manufacturing operations, global delivery centers and R&D setups that launch and help grow 2G/GSM, 3G and 4G/LTE technology. Latin America provides telecommunications services to a population of 600 million. Europe serves all the largest telecom operators in the region, which stretches from western Greenland to Kamchatka in Russia's Far East, and from the Svalbard Islands by the North Pole to the southern tip of Israel. MEA stretches from Morocco to Pakistan and from South Africa to Iraq, with a population of 1.2 billion. MEA has close partnerships with 45 customers, including Vodafone, Zain, STC, Ooredoo, Etisalat and Bharti. North America services more than 120 million mobile and fixed subscribers, and works with top service providers, regional operators, cable and convergence companies as well as government entities.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,414,740,298

2015 11,490,000,000

2014 14,179,487,752

2013 15,041,870,000

2012 18,003,920,000

2011 18,181,000,000

2,167,194,445

12,570,000

20,002,510

20,196,100

-1,964,320,326

-388,455,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 358-71-400-4000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Karaportti 3, Espoo, 02610 Finland

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 49,110 Parent Company: Nokia Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Norsk Hydro ASA

www.hydro.com

NAIC Code: 331313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production Hydroelectricity

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Svein Richard Brandtzaeg Svein Richard Brandtzeg, CEO Eivind Kallevik, CFO Wenche Agerup, General Counsel

Norsk Hydro ASA, commonly referred to as Hydro, is a supplier of aluminum, bauxite and aluminum products, as well as an energy producer. The company's products cater to the needs of builders, packagers, lithographers and automotive manufacturers. The firm offers precision tubing for automotive functions; materials for construction of semi-trailers, ferries and cruise liners; and aluminum foundry alloys, sheets, tubes and extrusions. Along with vehicle products, the company provides building products such as wire rod, extrusion ingots, sheet ingots, high-purity aluminum and foundry alloys. Energy costs make up a third of the price of producing aluminum. For that reason, the company has explored alternative, cheaper energy sources. Hydro has had a longstanding presence in hydroelectricity. The firm uses hydroelectricity to power its plants, reducing their varying costs that arise from changes in the price of energy. It sells its products to the building, automotive, packaging and hydro and solar electric power industries. The Norwegian government holds a large stake of the company. Hydro is engaged in activities worldwide, in more than 40 countries on all continents.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,706,160,000

2015 10,386,100,000

2014 9,226,970,000

2013 7,684,108,000

2012 7,601,321,000

2011 10,830,230,000

830,352,600 8.55%

978,042,000 9.41%

672,004,100 7.28%

198,261,400 2.58%

51,164,220 .67%

1,163,868,000 10.74%

756,567,200 1,186,489,000 818,746,000 1,761,849,000 5.04% 8.18%

239,240,100 1,702,276,000 622,261,200 1,036,549,000 1.62% 2.72%

94,393,250 706,468,900 390,127,200 867,778,400 .65% 1.10%

-108,960,800 600,824,300 319,894,800 465,807,600 - .79% -1.33%

-146,031,200 643,579,600 385,626,600 711,443,300 - .98% -1.68%

794,111,400 861,856,600 454,911,500 1,783,997,000 6.05% 9.97%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 47 22538100 Fax: 47 22538553 Toll-Free: Address: Bygdoy Alle 2Drammensveien 264, Oslo, NO-0283 Norway

Stock Ticker: NHYDY Employees: 12,911 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $86,103 Second Exec. Salary: $57,560

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Northrop Grumman Corporation

www.northropgrumman.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Manufacturing Shipbuilding & Engineering Aircraft Manufacturing Electronic Systems & Components Hardware & Software Manufacturing Design & Engineering Services IT Systems & Services Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers & Submarines

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) is a global aerospace and defense technology company. It has three primary segments: aerospace systems, mission systems and technology services. The aerospace systems segment designs, develops, integrates and produces manned aircraft, autonomous systems, spacecraft, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics and other systems/subsystems. This division's customers, primarily the Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. government agencies, use these systems in mission areas such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observation, space science and space exploration. The mission systems segment provides advanced end-to-end mission solutions and multifunction systems for DoD, intelligence community, international, federal civil and commercial customers. Its major products and services include C4ISR (command, control, communications and computer (C4)/intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)) systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration; navigation; and shipboard missile and encapsulated payload launch systems. Last, the technology services segment provides logistics solutions supporting the full life cycle of platforms and systems for global defense and federal-civil customers. Its offerings include software and system sustainment, modernization of platforms and associated subsystems, advanced training solutions and integrated logistics support.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Wesley Bush, CEO Thomas Vice, President, Divisional Kenneth Bedingfield, CFO Michael Hardesty, Chief Accounting Officer Patrick Antkowiak, Chief Technology Officer Sheila Cheston, General Counsel Janis Pamiljans, General Manager, Divisional Mark Caylor, Other Executive Officer Denise Peppard, Other Executive Officer David Perry, Other Executive Officer Kathy Warden, President, Divisional Christopher Jones, President, Divisional Jennifer McGarey, Secretary M. Sidney Ashworth, Vice President, Divisional Lisa Davis, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,508,000,000

2015 23,526,000,000

2014 23,979,000,000

2013 24,661,000,000

2012 25,218,000,000

2011 26,412,000,000

3,193,000,000 13.02% 2,584,000,000 2,200,000,000 2,813,000,000 920,000,000 3,680,000,000 8.78% 40.81% 1.34

3,076,000,000 13.07% 2,566,000,000 1,990,000,000 2,162,000,000 471,000,000 3,558,000,000 7.79% 31.19% 1.16

3,196,000,000 13.32% 2,405,000,000 2,069,000,000 2,593,000,000 561,000,000 3,681,000,000 7.81% 23.17% 0.81

3,123,000,000 12.66% 2,256,000,000 1,952,000,000 2,483,000,000 364,000,000 3,615,000,000 7.37% 19.39% 0.55

3,130,000,000 12.41% 2,450,000,000 1,978,000,000 2,640,000,000 331,000,000 3,687,000,000 7.61% 19.92% 0.41

3,276,000,000 12.40% 2,350,000,000 2,118,000,000 2,115,000,000 488,000,000 3,848,000,000 7.45% 17.72% 0.38

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 703 280-2900 Fax: 310 201-3023 Toll-Free: Address: 2980 Fairview Park Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

Stock Ticker: NOC Employees: 67,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,530,000 Second Exec. Salary: $792,116

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 9 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Novartis AG

www.novartis.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Diversified Therapeutic Drug Discovery Therapeutic Drug Manufacturing Generic Drugs Over-the-Counter Drugs Ophthalmic Products Nutritional Products Veterinary Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sandoz Alcon Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Drug Development Novartis Technical Operations Novartis Business Services Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Joseph Jimenez, CEO Harry Kirsch, CFO Mark C. Fishman, Pres., Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Peter Kornicker, Chief Compliance Officer Felix Ehrat, General Counsel Paul van Arkel, Head-Corp. Strategy & External Affairs Michele Galen, Head-Comm. Kevin Buehler, Head-Alcon David Epstein, Head-Novartis Pharmaceuticals George Gunn, Head-Novartis Animal Health Jeffrey George, Head-Sandoz Div.

Novartis AG researches, develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals, as well as a large number of consumer and animal health care products. The company has a diverse portfolio, operating through three primary divisions: innovative medicines, which develops, manufactures, distributes and sells innovative patent-protected prescription medicines; Sandoz, which develops, manufactures, distributes and sells generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars; and Alcon, which develops, manufactures, distributes and sells surgical and vision care products. Each of these divisions are supported by the following cross-divisional organizational units: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Drug Development, Novartis Technical Operations (NTO) and Novartis Business Services (NBS). Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research is the innovation engine of Novartis. It supports the innovative medicines division and collaborates with the Sandoz division. Global Drug Development oversees all drug development activities for the innovative medicines division and biosimilars portfolio. NTO centralizes management of Novartis' manufacturing operations across the innovative medicines and Sandoz divisions. NBS delivers integrated solutions to all Novartis divisions and units worldwide. Headquartered in Switzerland, the company's products are sold in approximately 155 countries worldwide. In late 2016, the firm acquired Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corporation, which specializes in development of therapeutics in certain hematologic and inflammatory disorders; and agreed to acquired Encore Vision, Inc., which focuses on the development of a novel treatment in presbyopia.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 49,436,000,000 9,039,000,000 8,268,000,000 16.72% 14,192,000,000 6,712,000,000 11,475,000,000 2,879,000,000 8,524,000,000 5.12% 8.83% 0.23

2015 50,387,000,000 8,935,000,000 8,977,000,000 17.81% 14,247,000,000 17,783,000,000 11,897,000,000 3,505,000,000 8,803,000,000 13.84% 24.06% 0.21

2014 53,634,000,000 9,086,000,000 11,089,000,000 20.67% 14,993,000,000 10,210,000,000 13,897,000,000 3,404,000,000 12,976,000,000 8.11% 14.07% 0.19

2013 58,831,000,000 9,852,000,000 10,910,000,000 18.54% 17,609,000,000 9,175,000,000 13,174,000,000 3,571,000,000 11,418,000,000 7.32% 12.79% 0.15

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41 613241111 Fax: 41 613248001 Toll-Free: Address: Lichtstrasse 35, Basel, 4056 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: NVS Employees: 118,393 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $2,151,530 Second Exec. Salary: $1,053,454

Bonus: $2,913,709 Bonus: $1,513,813

2012 57,561,000,000 9,332,000,000 11,511,000,000 19.99% 17,290,000,000 9,505,000,000 14,194,000,000 3,068,000,000 11,967,000,000 7.86% 14.08% 0.19

2011 59,375,000,000 9,583,000,000 10,998,000,000 18.52% 18,049,000,000 9,113,000,000 14,309,000,000 2,387,000,000 11,524,000,000 7.56% 14.12% 0.21

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Novo-Nordisk AS

www.novonordisk.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Diabetes Hormone Replacement Therapy Growth Hormone Drugs Hemophilia Drugs Insulin Delivery Systems Educational & Training Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tresiba Xultophy Victoza Ryzodeg

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Lars Jorgensen, CEO Kare Schulz, Pres. Jesper Brandgaard, CFO Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, Chief Science Officer Goran Ando, Chmn.

Novo Nordisk AS is a global healthcare company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products. As a leader in diabetes care, it has one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the industry, including new generation insulins, a full portfolio of modern insulins as well as a human once-daily GLP-1 analog. In addition, Novo Nordisk has a leading position within hemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Operations are divided into two segments: diabetes and obesity care and biopharmaceuticals. The diabetes and obesity care segment covers insulin, GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide), other protein-related products (such as glucagon, protein-related delivery systems and needles) and oral antidiabetic drugs. The biopharmaceuticals segment covers the therapy areas of hemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Novo products include: Tresiba (insulin degludec) is a once-daily new-generation insulin launched in 52 countries, including the U.S.; Xultophy, a once-daily single-injection combination of insulin degludec (Tresiba) and liraglutide (Victoza), which is marketed in nine countries and was U.S.-approved by the FDA in November 2016 with a planned 2017-launch; and Ryzodeg, a soluble formulation of insulin degludec and insulin aspart, which is marketed in 10 countries, but is not yet U.S. FDA approved. The major production facilities owned by Novo Nordisk are located in Denmark, and internationally in the U.S., France, China and Brazil. Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production is located in Denmark, primarily in Kalundorg, with secondary locations in Hillerod and Gentofte, although two API production sites in the U.S. are currently being established, and expected to commence operation in 2020. Construction of a new facility in Hillerod, Denmark, for producing medicines for the treatment of diabetes and obesity is expected to commence operation in 2019.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,844,230,000 2,194,512,000 7,298,263,000 43.32% 4,873,194,000 5,714,953,000 7,280,481,000 1,245,762,000 7,693,676,000 40.06% 82.23%

2015 16,263,620,000 2,050,602,000 7,450,762,000 45.81% 4,847,577,000 5,253,086,000 5,769,504,000 965,326,100 7,008,484,000 41.28% 79.89%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 13,382,260,000 2,073,809,000 5,197,631,000 38.83% 4,032,489,000 3,990,447,000 4,775,697,000 653,245,200 5,661,458,000 35.93% 63.91%

2013 12,593,540,000 1,768,057,000 4,745,709,000 37.68% 4,051,778,000 3,795,000,000 3,909,224,000 549,117,800 5,333,404,000 37.03% 60.53%

Stock Ticker: NVO Employees: 42,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,700,000 Bonus: $904,146

2011 9,997,740,000 1,450,852,000 3,371,559,000 33.72% 3,352,723,000 2,576,363,000 3,220,868,000 502,102,200 3,448,411,000 27.11% 45.95% 0.01

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 45 44448888 Fax: 45 44490555 Toll-Free: Address: Novo Alle, Bagsværd, 2880 Denmark Top Exec. Salary: $4,900,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,793,222

2012 11,757,810,000 1,642,079,000 4,240,744,000 36.06% 3,745,574,000 3,229,608,000 3,347,448,000 545,802,600 4,866,111,000 32.87% 54.89%

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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NSK Ltd

www.nsk.com/jp/

NAIC Code: 332991

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing Home Appliances Fuel Cells

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SPACEA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Toshihiro Uchiyama, CEO Norio Otsuka, Pres. Norio Otsuka, Chmn.

NSK Ltd. is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of rolling bearings. The company operates through two core divisions: industrial machinery and automotive. The industrial machinery business manufactures bearings and precision machinery parts. The firm produces more than 20,000 types of bearings ranging in size from 2 millimeters in diameter to over 2 meters wide for usage in wind turbines. Under the SPACEA brand, the company supplies bearing and linear motion equipment to manufacturers in specialized environments such as clean rooms, high temperate conditions and vacuums. In recent years, NSK has also begun developing environmentally friendly home appliances utilizing its cost-competitive bearings. In the automotive segment, the company produces components and bearings for steering systems automatic transmission systems. The firm manufactures a wide range of automotive bearings each intended for a specific function such as hub unit bearings for steering and electrical components for engines and air conditioning systems. Approximately 100 to 150 bearings are utilized in each automobile. In response to the recent trend in the electrification of vehicles, the company has also began producing fuel cells, lightweight bearings and other components for electric and hybrid vehicles. In addition, the firm provides training and education through its Asset Improvement Program (AIP). NSK operates a network of more than 140 production plants worldwide.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,790,301,000 806,947,000 9.17% 1,172,828,000 592,308,500 978,982,200 413,405,500 1,216,450,000 6.08% 14.42%

2015 8,786,389,000 81,754,590 877,183,300 9.98% 258,359,300 588,126,600 610,243,900 395,578,300 1,186,095,000 5.81% 15.18% 0.45

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 7,856,787,000 76,608,320 613,308,200 7.80% 239,387,500 304,738,900 633,974,500 386,836,000 851,722,400 3.30% 9.17% 0.56

2013 6,604,917,000 80,889,370 291,661,400 4.41% 231,690,600 158,498,100 484,858,600 413,378,500 590,163,500 1.82% 5.24% 0.59

Stock Ticker: NPSKF Employees: 24,050 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,402,933,000 81,898,800 392,270,700 6.12% 245,966,800 247,255,600 585,585,000 302,314,500 708,383,600 3.30% 10.32% 0.63

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 337797111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Nissei Building 1-6-3 Ohsaki, Tokyo, 141-8560 Japan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 6,608,072,000 80,330,590 400,319,000 6.05% 245,263,800 264,776,400 515,150,400 455,864,600 745,687,400 3.49% 10.59% 0.64

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Nucor Corp

www.nucor.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: David J Joseph Company Independence Tube Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Ferriola, CEO James Frias, CFO Michael Keller, Chief Accounting Officer Ladd Hall, Executive VP, Divisional James Darsey, Executive VP, Divisional Raymond Napolitan, Executive VP, Divisional Chad Utermark, Executive VP, Divisional David Sumoski, Executive VP, Divisional R. Stratman, Executive VP, Divisional

Nucor Corp. is a manufacturer of steel and steel products operating throughout North America. Through its David J. Joseph Company subsidiary, Nucor brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron (HBI) and direct reduced iron (DRI); supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. The firm's operations include international trading companies that buy and sell steel and steel products. Nucor uses scrap steel as the main material in producing its products. The company operates through three business segments: steel mills, steel products and raw materials. The steel mills segment produces hot-rolled, coldrolled steel, galvanized steel, plate steel, structural steel and bar steel. This segment sells primarily to steel service centers, fabricators and manufacturers throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The steel products segment produces steel joists and joist girders, steel deck, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, metal building systems, light gauge steel framing, steel grating and expanded metal and wire and wire mesh. The steel products segment sells to general contractors and fabricators throughout the U.S. and Canada. The raw materials segment produces DRI from Nucor's facility in Trinidad; brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, HBI and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. The raw materials segment purchases ferrous and nonferrous scrap from manufacturers and industrial plants. Ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal is processed and sold to domestic and international consumers. In July 2016, Nucor agreed to acquire a steel plate mill in Longview, Texas from Joy Global for $29 million. The following November, the firm acquired Independence Tube Corporation for $435 million. In March 2017, Nucor acquired the assets of Omega Joist, a producer of web steel joists. The company offers employee benefits such as profit sharing, 401 (K), Medical and Dental, Tuition Reimbursement, Scholarships/Educational Disbursements and Life Insurance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,208,120,000

2015 16,439,280,000

2014 21,105,140,000

2013 19,052,050,000

2012 19,429,270,000

2011 20,023,560,000

1,429,146,000 8.81% 596,761,000 796,271,000 1,737,533,000 604,840,000 2,166,892,000 5.38% 10.37% 0.47

877,440,000 5.33% 458,989,000 357,659,000 2,157,043,000 374,123,000 1,586,798,000 2.39% 4.70% 0.58

1,360,328,000 6.44% 546,198,000 713,946,000 1,342,898,000 667,982,000 2,103,142,000 4.63% 9.26% 0.56

928,721,000 4.87% 481,904,000 488,025,000 1,077,949,000 1,196,952,000 1,553,317,000 3.32% 6.38% 0.57

852,940,000 4.39% 454,900,000 504,619,000 1,200,385,000 947,608,000 1,622,336,000 3.51% 6.67% 0.44

1,427,949,000 7.13% 520,648,000 778,188,000 1,032,612,000 440,502,000 2,021,024,000 5.46% 10.66% 0.48

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 704 366-7000 Fax: 704 362-4208 Toll-Free: Address: 1915 Rexford Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211 United States

Stock Ticker: NUE Employees: 23,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $490,350

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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OAO Severstal

www.severstal.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

OAO Severstal is a vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining company with assets in Russia and other locations. The company is comprised of two business divisions: Severstal Resources and Severstal Russian Steel. Severstal Resources is a producer of iron ore and coking coal, with assets including two iron ore complexes (Karelsky Okatysh and Olcon); a coking coal complex (Vorkutaugol); a mine design institute (SPbGiproshakht, in Russia); and several greenfield projects outside of Russia. Products from this division include pellets, iron ore concentrate, coaking coal, coaking coal concentrate and steam coal. Severstal Russian Steel is steel producer, focusing on high value-added flat steel products as well as long products for construction and downstream sales. This segment operates through more than 25 subsidiaries engaged in the manufacture, production and trade of steel products. For example, Severstal-metiz, which operates under Severstal Russian Steel and located in Cherepovets, Russia, manufactures wire products, cold-drawn steel and steelshaped profiles.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Severstal Russian Steel SPb-Giproshakht Severstal-metiz

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Vadim Alexandrovich Larin, CEO Vladimir Lukin, Sr. VP-Legal Affairs Elena Kovaleva, Head-External Communications Vladimir Zaluzhsky, Head-Investor Rel. Oleg Tsvetkov, Sec. Sergey Toropov, CEO-Severstal Russian Steel Sergei Kuznetsov, CEO-Severstal Intl Alexey Mordashov, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,916,000,000

2015 6,395,921,000

2014 8,296,425,000

2013 13,311,600,000

2012 14,103,710,000

2011 15,812,400,000

1,517,000,000 25.64% 741,000,000 1,621,000,000 1,477,000,000 525,000,000 2,215,000,000 26.25% 61.41% 0.44

1,702,763,000 26.62% 831,033,000 604,993,000 1,853,413,000 439,494,000 1,291,501,000 9.01% 23.85% 0.86

1,594,278,000 19.21% 1,136,385,000 -1,601,668,000 2,037,993,000 779,404,000 118,252,000 -14.49% -32.67% 0.94

1,258,347,000 9.45% 1,579,225,000 82,728,000 1,577,907,000 1,177,752,000 1,312,035,000 .54% 1.16% 0.59

1,370,833,000 9.71% 1,803,008,000 761,962,000 1,750,359,000 1,448,179,000 2,203,904,000 4.53% 10.98% 0.60

2,852,414,000 18.03% 1,101,191,000 2,034,833,000 2,004,842,000 1,716,215,000 3,511,936,000 10.90% 29.67% 0.71

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 7 8202530900 Fax: 78202530915 Toll-Free: Address: 30 Mira St., Vologodsky Region, Cherepovets, 162608 Russia

Stock Ticker: SVJTL Employees: 50,029 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Oji Paper Co Ltd

www.ojipaper.co.jp

NAIC Code: 322121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Paper (except Newsprint) Mills

Oji Paper Co. Ltd. produces and sells pulp, paper products and converted paper products. It offers printing, writing, packaging and wrapping papers; carbonless papers; boxboards; selfadhesive papers; and disposable paper diapers. Oji Paper operates four sales offices, two paper plants and three factories throughout Japan. The firm's affiliates include Prince Jiangsu Oji Paper Co. Ltd.; Oji Paper Trading (China) Co. Ltd.; Tomakomai Oji Paper Co. Ltd.; Oji Paper Co. Ltd.; Prince Wharf Co. Ltd.; Prince Yonago Paper Co. Ltd.; Prince Tomioka Paper Co. Ltd.; and Nichinan Oji Paper Co. Ltd. Oji Paper itself operates as a subsidiary of Prince Holdings Co. Ltd.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Prince Holdings Co Ltd Oji Paper Trading (China) Co Ltd Tomakomai Oji Paper Co Ltd Oji Paper Co Ltd Prince Wharf Co Ltd Prince Yonago Paper Co Ltd Prince Tomioka Paper Co Ltd Michinan Oji Paper Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hidehiko Aoyama, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,920,630,000

2015 12,142,700,000

2014 12,009,570,000

2013 11,189,060,000

2012 10,931,660,000

2011 10,636,220,000

664,113,000 5.13% 1,352,930,000 137,507,400 1,154,091,000 549,371,800 1,070,525,000 .74% 2.43% 0.93

420,841,100 3.46% 1,206,491,000 199,127,600 819,483,700 629,900,700 1,104,809,000 .85% 2.81% 0.77

558,997,400 4.65% 1,175,559,000 364,835,800 985,237,100 725,877,400 1,359,654,000 1.80% 6.25% 1.03

472,114,600 4.21% 1,136,822,000 266,128,300 950,276,700 592,867,300 1,115,057,000 1.47% 5.36% 0.99

484,705,400 4.43% 1,082,710,000 200,416,400 1,077,167,000 458,739,600 1,149,080,000 1.36% 4.99% 0.99

589,803,000 5.54% 1,076,572,000 224,309,200 1,039,791,000 683,166,000 1,177,055,000 1.52% 5.56% 1.27

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 335631111 Fax: 81 335631135 Toll-Free: Address: No. 5 Prince Holdings Bldg, Ginza chome-7, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061 Japan

Stock Ticker: OJIPY Employees: 33,668 Parent Company: Prince Holdings Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Okuma Corporation

www.okuma.co.jp

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tools Manufacturing Tools and Equipment

Okuma Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and sale of numerically-controlled (NC) machine tools, controls and other industrial machinery. The company's computerized NC machine tools include lathes, machining centers, controls, motors, grinders and drilling machines. It also provides information technology products in relation to its equipment. Okuma's major overseas operations include America, Europe, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, China, South Korea, India and Indonesia. Among the company's 23 overseas and domestic company affiliates are: BYJC-Okuma (Beijing) Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Okuma America Corporation, Okuma America Corporation, Okuma Europe GmbH, Okuma Machine Tool (Shanghai) Corporation, Tatung-Okuma Co. Ltd., Nippon Seiki Shokai Co. Ltd., Okuma Kosan Corporation and Okuma Steel Techno Corporation. In June 2017, the firm opened its new Dream Site 2 parts factory in Oguchi, Japan, to build nextgeneration Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and other intelligent technologies for the purpose of transforming its manufacturing processes as needed.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BYJC Okuma Beijing Machine Tool Co Ltd Okuma America Corporation Okuma Europe GmbH Okuma Machine Tool (Shanghai) Corporation Tatung-Okuma Co Ltd Nippon Seiki Shokai Co Ltd Okuma Kosan Corporation Okuma Steel Techno Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yoshimaro Hanaki, CEO Yoshimaro Hanaki, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 1,469,696,384

2014 1,187,843,200

2013 1,182,741,760

2012 1,242,792,192

2011 892,674,944

107,148,224

75,292,872

70,253,304

77,494,360

7,294,108

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 587957825 Fax: 81 587956074 Toll-Free: Address: Oguchi-cho, Niwa-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan

Stock Ticker: OKUMF Employees: 2,908 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

480-0193

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Olympus Corporation

www.olympus-global.com

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Equipment Manufacturing Imaging Equipment Communication Equipment Endoscopy Equipment

Olympus Corporation manufactures and sells precision machinery and instruments. It operates four businesses: medical, camera/audio, life science solutions and industrial solutions. The medical business works with healthcare professionals in order to provide medical technology and precision manufacturing, with a focus on early detection of diseases and minimally-invasive procedures. Its offerings include: endoscopes such as video imaging systems, gastrointestinal/colono/duodeno/broncho endoscopes, ultrasound systems, capsule endoscopy systems, cleaning/sterilization systems, medical information systems, therapeutic peripherals and ancillary products; endosurgery products for gastroenterological surgery, thoracic surgery, urology, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology and otolaryngology, therapeutic and surgical equipment; and endotherapy products. The camera and audio business creates innovative digital cameras that comprise features such as interchangeable lens cameras, a built-in electronic view finder and mirror-less optics. The life science solutions business offers research and clinical system solutions such as opto-digital products for medicine, science and industry applications. Its solutions include microscopes and imaging equipment for training and routine tasks, as well as for complex life science purposes. Last, the industrial solutions business tests, measures, scans and analyzes solutions for critical assets. Its products include non-destructive testing instruments, XRF (x-ray fluorescence) and XRD (x-ray diffraction) analyzers, videoscopes, borescopes and industrial microscopes. In total, Olympus operates through 109 worldwide subsidiaries. In April 2017, the firm agreed to acquire Image Stream Medical, Inc., a healthcare systems integrator based in Massachusetts, USA.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hiroyuki Sasa, Pres. Akihiro Taguchi, Sr. Exec. Managing Officer Haruo Ogawa, Exec. Managing Officer Toshiaki Gomi, Exec. Managing Officer Yasushi Sakai, Exec. Managing Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,251,455,000

2015 6,891,784,000

2014 6,428,664,000

2013 6,704,139,000

2012 7,647,746,000

2011 7,634,741,000

941,507,300 12.98%

819,817,200 11.89%

661,941,000 10.29%

316,140,000 4.71%

320,114,700 4.18%

318,690,600 4.17%

564,143,700 438,208,600 508,399,900 1,157,876,000 6.01% 16.95% 0.69

-79,952,050 602,150,400 370,405,700 617,300,900 - .82% -2.54% 0.71

122,816,700 652,414,500 293,671,200 668,763,600 1.37% 5.69% 1.05

74,283,030 227,418,600 252,041,400 690,971,100 .83% 8.27% 2.83

-439,614,600 278,394,700 317,645,200 456,053,900 -4.82% -46.98% 11.84

70,551,760 296,672,500 266,993,500 759,810,400 .66% 3.95% 3.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 333402111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome, Shinjuku Monolith, Tokyo, 1630914 Japan

Stock Ticker: OCPNY Employees: 34,687 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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OSG Corporation

www.osg.co.jp/en/

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tools Manufacturing Manufacturing Tools and Equipment

OSG Corporation is a global manufacturer of taps, end mills, rolling dies, drills and other cutting tool products for industrial applications. The firm's products include taps for cutting internal screw threads, high performance carbide drills, end mills for metal cutting, gauges and other products for checking bolt and hole precision and other quality applications, and rolling dies for threading bolts and automotive applications. In addition, OSG provides refinishing services for products that have been worn down, including regrinding and coating services. The firm primarily serves the automotive, die/mold, aerospace, energy and heavy industry sectors. The company's manufacturing and sales operations span 33 countries, with the majority of revenues deriving from Japan and Asia.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Norio Ishikawa, CEO Norio Ishikawa, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 951,394,200

2015 1,008,679,000

2014 910,566,500

2013 796,528,300

2012 757,818,600

2011 729,662,700

164,446,500 17.28%

194,648,200 19.29%

156,956,900 17.23%

115,606,500 14.51%

125,763,800 16.59%

110,901,800 15.19%

91,335,140 147,205,100 122,555,300 225,958,500 6.51% 10.40% 0.27

112,821,500 176,541,600 115,453,200 264,614,200 8.41% 12.90% 0.15

90,028,300 177,442,900 68,731,180 221,371,000 7.21% 11.65% 0.17

77,680,840 145,745,100 53,860,160 194,341,800 6.72% 11.92% 0.20

64,332,960 110,730,600 93,840,690 180,561,300 6.31% 11.52% 0.40

53,211,240 102,240,600 75,716,060 155,406,800 5.62% 10.13% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 533821111 Fax: 81 533821131 Toll-Free: Address: 3-22 Honnogahara, Tokyo, 442 8543 Japan

Stock Ticker: OSGCF Employees: 5,233 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30

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Oshkosh Corporation

www.oshkoshcorporation.com

NAIC Code: 336120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fire & Emergency Vehicles Military Trucks Truck Bodies Specialty Trucks Cement Mixers Refuse Trucks

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: JerrDan JLG Industries Inc Pierce Oshkosh Defense

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

William Jones, CEO Colleen Moynihan, Senior VP, Divisional James Freeders, Chief Accounting Officer Joseph Kimmitt, Executive VP, Divisional David Sagehorn, Executive VP Ignacio Cortina, Executive VP Robert Sims, Executive VP Mark Radue, Executive VP James Johnson, Executive VP Frank Nerenhausen, Executive VP Bradley Nelson, President, Divisional John Bryant, President, Divisional Marek May, Senior VP, Divisional Robert Messina, Senior VP, Divisional

Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies. The company operates in four segments: defense, access equipment, fire and emergency and commercial. The access equipment segment, accounting for 56% of the firm's sales, is formed through JLG, a global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers used in a wide variety of construction, agricultural, industrial, institutional and general maintenance applications to position workers and materials at elevated heights. Through its Jerr-Dan subsidiary, the segment also manufactures towing and recovery equipment in the U.S. The defense segment, accounting for roughly 15% of the company's sales, supplies severe-duty, heavy-payload tactical trucks to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The fire and emergency segment (13%), through subsidiary Pierce, is a leading domestic manufacturer of fire apparatus assembled on custom chassis. It also manufactures fire apparatus assembled on commercially-available chassis, snow removal vehicles and emergency vehicles, including pumpers; aerial and ladder trucks; tankers; light-, medium- and heavy-duty rescue vehicles; rough terrain response vehicles; mobile command and control centers; bomb squad vehicles; and hazardous materials control vehicles. The segment sells aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles to domestic and international airports. The commercial segment (16%), manufactures rearand front-discharge concrete mixers, refuse collection vehicles, mobile and stationary compactors and waste transfer units, portable and stationary concrete batch plants and vehicle components. JLG markets its products in over 3,500 locations worldwide. The firm offers employees medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability and life insurance; a flexible spending account; a 401(k); tuition reimbursement; an employee stock purchase program; and a pension plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,279,200,000

2015 6,098,100,000

2014 6,808,200,000

2013 7,665,100,000

2012 8,180,900,000

2011 7,584,700,000

364,000,000 5.79% 612,400,000 216,400,000 577,700,000 127,300,000 496,200,000 4.74% 11.13% 0.41

398,600,000 6.53% 587,400,000 229,500,000 82,500,000 158,000,000 520,700,000 4.97% 11.75% 0.44

503,300,000 7.39% 624,100,000 309,300,000 170,400,000 124,900,000 630,100,000 6.58% 15.05% 0.44

505,700,000 6.59% 620,500,000 318,000,000 438,000,000 59,900,000 637,800,000 6.54% 16.05% 0.42

366,000,000 4.47% 567,300,000 230,800,000 268,300,000 64,300,000 493,600,000 4.72% 13.37% 0.51

500,900,000 6.60% 513,200,000 273,400,000 387,700,000 86,200,000 651,600,000 5.73% 18.70% 0.63

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 920 235-9151 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 2307 Oregon St., Oshkosh, WI 54902 United States

Stock Ticker: OSK Employees: 13,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $946,708 Second Exec. Salary: $672,433

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd

www.otsuka.com/en

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Discovery & Manufacturing Health Foods Electronics

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. is a Japanese pharmaceutical company operating through four divisions: pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, consumer products and other. The pharmaceuticals segment focuses on unmet needs in medical care, leveraging the group's global network to research, develop, manufacture and market therapeutic drugs (mainly in the areas of the central nervous system, oncology and the cardiovascular system) as well as IV (intravenous) clinical solutions, diagnostic agents and medical devices. The firm's nutraceuticals business researches, develops, manufactures and markets nutraceutical products that support the maintenance and enhancement of day-to-day wellness as well as cosmetics, over the counter medicines and quasi-drugs. The consumer products business focuses on familiar foods and beverages. It researches, develops, manufactures and markets safe and healthy products that add richness and vitality to people's lives. The group's other businesses include operations in diverse fields such as chemical goods, pharmaceutical intermediates, logistics and electronic devices. The company has 147 consolidated subsidiaries and 32 affiliates in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the U.S.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Tatsuo Higuchi, CEO Tatsuo Higuchi, Pres. Yoshiro Matsuo, Managing Dir.-Admin Atsumasa Makise, Sr. Managing Dir.-Finance Ichiro Otsuka, Sr. VP Yujiro Otsuka, Exec. Dir. Yukio Kobayashi, Exec. Dir.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,775,160,000 1,521,513,000 911,594,000 8.46% 4,829,497,000 834,246,600 1,279,846,000 645,195,300 1,706,833,000 3.69% 5.50% 0.11

2015 13,025,460,000 1,811,652,000 1,368,468,000 10.50% 1,859,987,000 757,845,600 2,288,092,000 656,461,200 1,902,167,000 3.52% 5.08% 0.14

2014 13,093,350,000 2,244,263,000 1,790,850,000 13.67% 1,841,538,000 1,374,921,000 2,041,035,000 630,378,400 2,330,335,000 7.93% 10.80% 0.01

2013 10,978,020,000 1,733,727,000 1,529,102,000 13.92% 1,502,497,000 1,109,964,000 1,075,581,000 455,504,100 1,993,141,000 7.10% 9.71%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 0367171410 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 2-9 Kanda-Tsukasamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Ticker: OTSKF Employees: 25,330 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

101-0048

2012 10,405,870,000 1,435,090,000 1,339,843,000 12.87% 1,669,764,000 836,499,800 1,330,443,000 324,756,200 1,709,745,000 5.66% 7.81% 0.02

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Owens Illinois Inc

www.o-i.com

NAIC Code: 327200

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Glass Containers

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (O-I), through its subsidiaries, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of glass containers, with leading positions in Europe, the Asia Pacific and North and South America. The firm produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits and wine. Most the company's customers consist of leading food and beverage manufacturers, including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Brown Forman, Carlsberg, Diageo, Heineken, Kirin, MillerCoors, Nestle, PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard, SABMiller and Saxco International. In addition, O-I produces glass packaging for a variety of food items, soft drinks, teas, juices and pharmaceuticals in a wide range of sizes, shapes and colors. Most of its products are sold directly to customers under annual or multi-year supply agreements. All of the company's global divisions are united under the trade name O-I. The company operates 79 glass manufacturing plants in 23 countries.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: O-I

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Andres Lopez, CEO Jan Bertsch, CFO Carol Williams, Chairman of the Board Paul Jarrell, Chief Administrative Officer James Baehren, Other Corporate Officer John Haudrich, Other Executive Officer Miguel Alvarez, President, Geographical Vitaliano Torno, President, Geographical Timothy Connors, President, Geographical Sergio Galindo, President, Geographical Mary Wilkinson, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,702,000,000 65,000,000 644,000,000 9.60% 503,000,000 209,000,000 751,000,000 454,000,000 1,122,000,000 2.25% 58.05% 20.20

2015 6,156,000,000 64,000,000 570,000,000 9.25% 476,000,000 -74,000,000 608,000,000 402,000,000 979,000,000 - .85% -9.11% 11.46

2014 6,784,000,000 63,000,000 598,000,000 8.81% 523,000,000 75,000,000 675,000,000 369,000,000 1,016,000,000 .92% 5.73% 2.56

2013 6,967,000,000 62,000,000 763,000,000 10.95% 506,000,000 184,000,000 682,000,000 361,000,000 971,000,000 2.16% 15.74% 2.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 419 247-5000 Fax: 419 247-2839 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Michael Owens Way, Perrysburg, OH 43551-2999 United States

Stock Ticker: OI Employees: 27,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $850,000 Second Exec. Salary: $650,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 7,000,000,000 62,000,000 757,000,000 10.81% 555,000,000 184,000,000 575,000,000 290,000,000 988,000,000 2.09% 21.39% 3.92

2011 7,358,000,000 71,000,000 752,000,000 10.22% 556,000,000 -510,000,000 503,000,000 285,000,000 330,000,000 -5.46% -38.43% 4.32

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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PACCAR Inc

www.paccar.com

NAIC Code: 336120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Truck Manufacturing Premium Truck Manufacturer Parts Distribution Finance, Lease and Insurance Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kenworth Truck Company DAF Trucks Peterbilt Motors PACCAR Financial Services PACCAR Leasing Carco Braden Gearmatic

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ronald Armstrong, CEO Harrie Schippers, CFO Mark Pigott, Chairman of the Board Michael Barkley, Chief Accounting Officer A Ley, Chief Information Officer Gary Moore, Executive VP James Clack, General Counsel T. Quinn, General Manager, Divisional Michael Dozier, General Manager, Subsidiary Preston Feight, President, Subsidiary Darrin Siver, Senior VP Robert Bengston, Senior VP, Divisional Marco Davila, Vice President Jack LeVier, Vice President, Divisional

PACCAR, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of premium light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The firm operates in three major divisions: trucks, parts and financial services. Truck division subsidiaries include Kenworth Truck Company, Peterbilt Motors and DAF Trucks. The vehicles are used worldwide for over-the-road and off-highway hauling of freight, petroleum, wood products, construction and other materials. The Kenworth and Peterbilt nameplates are manufactured and distributed by separate divisions in the U.S. and foreign plants in Canada, Mexico and Australia. Headquartered in the Netherlands, DAF Trucks comprises the European component of PACCAR, with distribution throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Products and services are available worldwide, with customer call centers operating continuously. Substantially all trucks and related parts are sold to independent dealers, and this division accounts for 75% of net sales. The parts division includes the distribution of aftermarket parts for trucks and related commercial vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Mexico and South America. Aftermarket truck parts are sold and delivered to the company's independent dealers through the firm's 17 strategically-located distribution centers. The parts segment accounts for 18% of net sales. The company's financial services segment (7% of net sales), which operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries PACCAR Financial Services and PACCAR Leasing, maintains a presence in over 23 countries. This division provides financing and leasing arrangements, mainly for its manufactured trucks. The company's share of the U.S. and Canadian Class 8 truck market is roughly 28.5%. In addition, other businesses (less than 1% of net sales) consists of a manufacturing division, which makes industrial winches in two U.S. plants and markets them under the Braden, Carco and Gearmatic nameplates.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,033,300,000 247,200,000 1,241,600,000 7.28% 1,373,200,000 521,700,000 2,300,800,000 1,964,900,000 2,262,300,000 2.49% 7.60% 0.88

2015 19,115,100,000 239,800,000 2,445,600,000 12.79% 541,500,000 1,604,000,000 2,556,000,000 1,725,200,000 3,374,500,000 7.68% 23.42% 0.83

2014 18,997,000,000 215,600,000 2,134,500,000 11.23% 561,400,000 1,358,800,000 2,123,600,000 1,537,300,000 3,074,500,000 6.57% 20.29% 0.82

2013 17,123,800,000 251,400,000 1,827,600,000 10.67% 559,500,000 1,171,300,000 2,375,700,000 1,872,800,000 2,661,600,000 5.95% 18.76% 0.90

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 425 468-7400 Fax: 425 468-8216 Toll-Free: Address: 777 106th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 United States

Stock Ticker: PCAR Employees: 23,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,210,000 Second Exec. Salary: $800,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 17,050,500,000 279,300,000 1,753,900,000 10.28% 571,600,000 1,111,600,000 1,519,000,000 1,803,400,000 2,488,200,000 6.21% 19.83% 0.77

2011 16,355,200,000 288,200,000 1,660,700,000 10.15% 546,900,000 1,042,300,000 1,592,600,000 1,647,300,000 2,362,000,000 6.63% 19.44% 0.55

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Panasonic Corporation

www.panasonic.com

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio & Video Equipment, Manufacturing Lithium Rechargeable Batteries Home Appliances Electronic Components Cellular Phones Medical Equipment Photovoltaic Equipment Telecommunications Equipment

Panasonic Corporation produces consumer, professional and industrial electronics products under brand names such as Panasonic, Technics and PanaHome. The company operates in four business segments: appliances, eco solutions, AVC networks and automotive & industrial systems. The appliances business develops and manufactures home appliances, personal-care products, consumer electronics as well as the development, manufacturing and sales of commercial-use heating/refrigeration/air-conditioning equipment. The eco solutions business develops, manufactures and sells lighting fixtures, lamps, lighting devices, wiring devices, distribution panelboards, housing-related materials and equipment, solar photovoltaic power generation systems, storage batteries, ventilation fans, and nursing care equipment and services as well as the provision of business solutions in various areas. The AVC (audio, visual, communication) networks business is operated through Panasonic System Networks Co. Ltd., which develops and manufactures digital cameras, PCs, projectors, in-flight entertainment systems and mobile phones. This division also develops, manufactures, services and provides solution sales of engineering of electric, communication and electronic machinery and equipment related to system network. The automotive & industrial systems business develops, manufactures and sells automotive related products such as car-use-multimedia-related equipment, eco-carrelated equipment and electrical components; industrial related devices such as electronic components, electronic materials, semiconductors, optical devices, primary and secondary batteries, chargers, battery appliances and components; manufacturing related systems such as electronic component mounting systems, and welding and robot systems. Panasonic Healthcare is an affiliated company which develops, manufactures and sells health care devices and services such as in vitro diagnostic devices, medical IT solutions and life science devices and services. In September 2016, the firm announced the company split between it and Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd., in which the wholly-owned subsidiary will operate as an independent company in 2017.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Panasonic Technics PanaHome Panasonic System Networks Co Ltd Panasonic Healthcare

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kazuhiro Tsuga, Pres. Shusaku Nagae, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 68,079,720,000

2015 69,533,650,000

2014 69,727,460,000

2013 65,820,480,000

3,746,679,000 5.50% 16,204,990,000 1,741,767,000 3,593,201,000 2,179,606,000 4,585,828,000 3.34% 10.95% 0.41

3,442,084,000 4.95% 16,276,210,000 1,617,652,000 4,429,430,000 2,020,315,000 4,385,150,000 3.21% 10.64% 0.39

2,749,914,000 3.94% 16,155,870,000 1,085,513,000 5,244,966,000 1,818,186,000 5,040,098,000 2.27% 8.56% 0.36

1,450,475,000 2.20% 15,521,940,000 -6,797,862,000 3,053,067,000 2,885,592,000 -301,187,900 -12.57% -47.23% 0.52

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 669081121 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1006 Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka, 571-8501 Japan

Stock Ticker: PCRFF Employees: 271,789 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 70,715,930,000 4,688,583,000 394,082,200 .55% 10,442,380,000 -6,959,389,000 -332,489,200 4,114,029,000 -4,022,640,000 -10.70% -34.40% 0.48

2011 78,344,820,000 2,751,176,000 3.51% 18,009,610,000 667,096,300 4,228,734,000 3,793,653,000 5,169,656,000 .91% 2.76% 0.45

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Parker Hannifin Corporation

www.phstock.com

NAIC Code: 332912

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing

Parker Hannifin Corporation is a worldwide full-line diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, including fluid power systems and electromechanical controls. The company provides engineered solutions for a variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The firm operates through seven segment groups: Automation Group, Engineered Materials Group, Filtration Group, Fluid Connectors Group, Hydraulics Group, Instrumentation Group and Aerospace Systems Segment. The Automation Group produces pneumatic, fluidic and electromechanical components. The Engineered Materials Group makes static and dynamic sealing devices. The Filtration Group makes filter systems to monitor and remove contaminants from fuel, air, oil, water and other liquids. The Fluid Connectors Group manufactures connectors which control, transmit and contain fluid. The Hydraulics Group offers components and systems for builders, industrial mobile machinery and equipment. The Instrumentation Group makes flow components for process instrumentation, health care, refrigeration, air conditioning systems, applications for fuel dispensing, beverage dispensing and mobile emission. The Aerospace Systems Segment includes flight control, hydraulic, fuel, fluid conveyance and engine systems and components used on commercial and military airframe and engine programs. The firm's manufacturing, service, distribution and administrative facilities are in 39 states within the U.S. and in 48 other countries. In July 2016, Parker Hannifin acquired Jager Automobil-Technik GmbH and Jager Automotive Polska Sp. z.o.o., whose products are used to seal and protect key components of automotive systems, from Arnold Jager Holding GmbH. In February 2017, the firm acquired Helac Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of helical rotary actuators, and CLARCOR, Inc., a manufacturer of filtration products. The company offers medical, dental, vision and life insurance including coverage for alternative medicine and treatment where applicable.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Jager Automobil-Technik GmbH Jager Automotive Polska Sp zoo Helac Corporation CLARCOR Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Catherine Suever, CFO Daniel Serbin, Vice President William Eline, Chief Information Officer M. Maxwell, Chief Technology Officer Thomas Williams, Director Lee Banks, Director Mark Hart, Executive VP, Divisional Todd Leombruno, Other Corporate Officer Andrew Weeks, President, Divisional Robert Malone, President, Divisional Kurt Keller, President, Divisional Andrew Ross, President, Divisional Michael Chung, President, Divisional Jon Marten, Vice President John Dedinsky, Vice President, Divisional Robert Bond, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,360,750,000

2015 12,711,740,000

2014 13,215,970,000

2013 13,015,700,000

2012 13,145,940,000

2011 12,345,870,000

1,178,009,000 10.36% 1,359,360,000 806,840,000 1,169,843,000 149,407,000 1,558,088,000 6.62% 16.67% 0.58

1,511,753,000 11.89% 1,544,746,000 1,012,140,000 1,301,941,000 215,527,000 1,868,137,000 7.91% 17.20% 0.53

1,204,882,000 9.11% 1,633,992,000 1,041,048,000 1,387,893,000 216,340,000 1,975,988,000 8.06% 16.79% 0.22

1,374,056,000 10.55% 1,554,973,000 948,427,000 1,190,935,000 265,896,000 1,738,177,000 7.99% 17.83% 0.26

1,668,289,000 12.69% 1,519,316,000 1,151,823,000 1,530,385,000 218,817,000 1,991,417,000 10.44% 22.40% 0.30

1,390,936,000 11.26% 1,467,773,000 1,049,130,000 1,166,933,000 207,294,000 1,853,225,000 10.08% 21.51% 0.31

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 216 896-3000 Fax: 216 383-9414 Toll-Free: Address: 6035 Parkland Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44124-4141 United States

Stock Ticker: PH Employees: 54,750 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $850,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Pegatron Corporation

www.pegatroncorp.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing Electronics Supply Chain Management

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Cizheng Liao, CEO Ted Hsu, Deputy CEO Hsu-Tien Tung, Chmn.

Pegatron Corporation is a Taiwanese designer and developer of consumer electronic products. The company's products and services are divided into three groups: product development, manufacturing and service. The product development group includes personal computing, such as notebooks, desktops and hybrid PCs; rugged computers, which can be safely used in extreme or special environments due to Pegatron's unique sealed design that protects against water, dust, shock, drop, ultra-violet radiation and salt spray; and servers, which focus on technical and product development of enterprise storage systems, high-performance motherboards and RAID (redundant array of independent disks) cards. The manufacturing group provides supply chain management, automation and smart integration, flexible production capabilities and quality management systems for qualitycontrol purposes. The service group provides global support to customer service locations worldwide. Pegatron offers its employees physical examinations, nutritional consultations, recreational areas, scholarships, sabbaticals and access to a fitness facility.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 38,180,530,000 464,550,200 1,068,992,000 2.79% 546,370,900 637,814,600 2,368,935,000 418,114,200 1,494,835,000 4.20% 12.95% 0.03

2015 40,027,470,000 483,918,200 1,308,441,000 3.26% 690,161,700 785,292,000 328,863,000 382,723,700 1,760,089,000 5.10% 16.76% 0.08

2014 33,630,330,000 406,806,900 933,994,600 2.77% 620,000,600 483,415,900 1,634,654,000 252,468,500 1,387,870,000 3.35% 12.16% 0.10

2013 31,322,210,000 393,886,000 513,711,200 1.64% 593,514,800 315,101,100 826,809,000 369,278,500 972,942,800 2.36% 9.39% 0.26

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 281439001 Fax: 886 228939366 Toll-Free: Address: No. 96, Ligong St., Beitou District, Taipei, 112 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: PGTRF Employees: 178,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 29,084,340,000 397,053,900 368,066,900 1.26% 635,492,400 201,299,300 799,894,300 699,644,700 924,448,900 1.76% 6.50% 0.28

2011 19,785,720,000 326,790,200 30,113,710 .15% 533,432,600 3,672,746 206,757,600 534,299,900 537,326,800 .04% .12% 0.31

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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PepsiCo Inc

www.pepsico.com

NAIC Code: 312111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Soft Drink Manufacturing Snack Food Manufacturing Juice & Sports Drink Manufacturing Cereal Manufacturing Rice & Pasta Product Manufacturing Oatmeal Product Manufacturing Bottled Water Production Cereal Bar Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Frito-Lay North America Inc Walkers Lay's Quaker Foods North America Tropicana Products Inc Ruffles Cheetos Doritos

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Albert Carey, CEO, Geographical Tony West, Executive VP, Divisional Sanjeev Chadha, CEO, Geographical Laxman Narasimhan, CEO, Geographical Ramon Laguarta, CEO, Geographical Indra Nooyi, CEO Hugh Johnston, CFO Marie Gallagher, Chief Accounting Officer Mehmood Khan, Chief Scientific Officer Vivek Sankaran, COO, Divisional Kirk Tanner, COO, Divisional Cynthia Trudell, Executive VP, Divisional

PepsiCo, Inc. is a leading global food, snack and beverage company operating in six business units: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA); Quaker Foods North America (QFNA); North America Beverages (NAB); Latin America; Europe SubSaharan Africa (ESSA); and Asia, Middle East & North Africa (AMENA). FLNA manufactures markets, sells and distributes branded snacks including Lay's potato chips, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, Ruffles, Tostitos and Santitas. QFNA makes Aunt Jemima mixes and syrups, Quaker grits, Life cereal, and Ricea-Roni side dishes. NAB makes, markets, distributes and sells beverage concentrates, fountain syrups and finished goods under various beverage brands including Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Aquafina, Diet Mountain Dew, Tropicana Pure Premium, Mist Twst and Mug. Latin America offers several snack foods including Gamesa, Doritos, Cheetos, Ruffles, Lay's and Sabritas as well as Quaker brand cereals and snacks in Latin America. ESSA makes, markets, distributes and sells several leading snack food brands including Lay's, Walkers, Doritos, Cheetos and Ruffles, as well as many Quaker-branded cereals and snacks, through consolidated businesses as well as through noncontrolled affiliates. AMENA makes, markets, distributes and sells a number of leading snack food brands including Lay's, Kurkure, Chipsy, Doritos, Cheetos and Crunchy through consolidated businesses, as well as through noncontrolled affiliates. PepsiCo offers employees medical, dental, vision, life, auto, home and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; wellness programs; a 401(k); retirement benefits; employee assistance; adoption assistance; family leave; tuition reimbursement; child

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 62,799,000,000

2015 63,056,000,000

2014 66,683,000,000

2013 66,415,000,000

2012 65,492,000,000

2011 66,504,000,000

9,785,000,000 15.58% 24,735,000,000 6,329,000,000 10,404,000,000 3,040,000,000 12,263,000,000 8.79% 54.67% 2.67

8,353,000,000 13.24% 24,885,000,000 5,452,000,000 10,580,000,000 2,758,000,000 10,828,000,000 7.77% 37.24% 2.45

9,581,000,000 14.36% 26,126,000,000 6,513,000,000 10,506,000,000 2,859,000,000 12,291,000,000 8.78% 31.23% 1.36

9,705,000,000 14.61% 25,357,000,000 6,740,000,000 9,688,001,000 2,795,000,000 12,465,000,000 8.85% 28.96% 1.00

9,112,001,000 13.91% 24,970,000,000 6,178,000,000 8,479,000,000 2,714,000,000 11,892,000,000 8.36% 28.83% 1.05

9,633,000,000 14.48% 25,145,000,000 6,443,000,000 8,944,000,000 3,339,000,000 12,427,000,000 9.12% 30.89% 1.00

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 914 253-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 700 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY 10577 United States

Stock Ticker: PEP Employees: 264,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,725,000 Second Exec. Salary: $984,615

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Pernod Ricard SA

www.pernod-ricard.com

NAIC Code: 312140

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Distilleries Wineries

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Absolut Chivas Regal Kahlua Jameson Beefeater Martell Glenlivet (The) Ballantine's

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Pierre Pringuet, CEO Alexandre Ricard, Deputy CEO Gilles Bogaert, Managing Dir-Finance Bruno Rain, Managing Dir.-Human Resources Ian Fitzsimons, General Counsel Gilles Bogaert, Managing Dir.-France Thierry Billot, Managing Dir.-Brands Philippe Dreano, Chmn. Paul Duffy, Chmn. Anna Malmhake, Chmn. Daniele Ricard, Chmn. Pierre Coppere, Chmn.

Pernod Ricard SA is among the world's leading companies in the production of spirits and wine. Products include Irish and Scotch whiskies, anise-based spirits, white spirits, rums, bitters, cognacs, brandies and liqueurs. The holding company operates through 85 affiliates and several international premium brands, further subdivided into brand companies and market companies. Brand companies operate out of their respective countries and are responsible for their own marketing, plant management and production. These brands include Pernod Ricard Asia, Pernod Ricard North Americas, Pernod Ricard EMEA/LATAM, Pernod SA and Ricard SA. Market companies generate local profit and grow their own market while still following Pernod Ricard's overarching policies. The market companies consist of The Absolute Company, Chivas Brothers, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet, Irish Distillers, Pernod Ricard Winemakers and Havava Club International. The firm's leading brands include Absolut, Ballantine's, Chivas Regal, Kahlua, Malibu, Beefeater, Havana Club, Jameson, Martell, Jacob's Creek, G. H. Mumm, PerrierJouet and The Glenlivet. Pernod Ricard also holds stakes in Seagram's spirits and wines and Polmos Poznan vodkas. Pernod Ricard's Connected is an iPhone/iPad social media app that allows consumers to stay connected with the company, hear about the latest innovations and follow news through live Twitter feeds.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,731,002,000

2015 9,592,020,000

2014 8,904,954,000

2013 9,611,074,000

2012 9,207,577,000

2011 8,566,465,000

2,348,128,000 24.13% 1,844,878,000 1,384,219,000 1,497,422,000 373,234,700 2,748,263,000 4.04% 9.33% 0.54

1,782,112,000 18.57% 1,821,340,000 965,030,300 1,160,054,000 362,026,500 2,761,713,000 2.96% 6.95% 0.53

2,036,539,000 22.86% 1,684,600,000 1,138,758,000 1,053,575,000 305,985,200 2,108,272,000 3.68% 8.91% 0.58

2,360,457,000 24.55% 1,842,636,000 1,332,661,000 1,216,095,000 340,730,800 2,644,026,000 4.25% 11.41% 0.62

2,206,904,000 23.96% 3,287,379,000 1,315,848,000 1,262,049,000 303,743,600 2,424,344,000 4.24% 12.11% 0.83

2,075,768,000 24.23% 1,615,109,000 1,207,128,000 1,271,015,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 141004100 Fax: 33 141004141 Toll-Free: Address: 12 Place des Etats-Unis, Paris, 75783 France

Stock Ticker: PDRDF Employees: 18,237 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2,334,679,000 3.95% 11.35% 0.50

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Peugeot

www.peugeot.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automotive Parts Vehicle Financing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Peugeot Citroen Peugeot RCZ Cup Banque PSA Finance The Business Lab Metropolis RSM01

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Carlos Tavares, CEO Jean-Baptiste Chasseloup de Chatillon, CFO Claude Brunet, Head-Human Resources & Quality Dept. Guillaume Faury, Exec. VP-R&D Pierre Todorov, Corp. Sec. Denis Martin, Exec. VP-Industrial Oper. Yves Bonnefont, Exec. VP-Strategy Jonathan Goodman, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Olivier Sartoris, Investors Rel. Mgr. Frederic Saint-Geours, VP-Finance Frederic Saint Geours, Exec. VP-Brands Christian Peugeot, Exec. VP- Public Affairs & External Rel. Carlos Gomes, Sr. VP-Latin America Bernd Schantz, Sr. VP- Russia, Ukraine & CIS Theirry Peugeot, Chmn. Gregoire Olivier, Exec. VP-Asia Yannick Bezard, VP-Purchasing

Peugeot designs, manufactures and sells passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, scooters and cycles under the Peugeot and Citroen brands. The car manufacturer is based in France and is part of the PSA Peugeot Citroen SA family. The firm's current international line features the 108, 208, 208GTi, 2008, 301, 308, 3008, 4008, 508 and Partner Tepee car models; the Bipper, Partner, Expert and Boxer van models; the Django, Speedfight 4, Satelis 125 and Metropolis scooter models; and the LC11, AE21, RSM21, R01, RSM01 and LJ11 cycle models. In France and Europe, the firm offers the Mu service, which allows customers to rent a large range of two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles online or on their smartphone. The firm sponsors competitive tennis and golf and organizes the national golf tournament the Peugeot RCZ Cup annually. The company is also the official carrier of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament and provides a fleet of branded Roland-Garros vehicles and scooters to the event. Through the Banque PSA Finance group, the company provides retail financing to customers of the Peugeot and Citroen brands and wholesale financing to the two brands' dealer networks. The company also owns a majority interest in the Faurecia group, which produces interiors systems, automotive seating, automotive exteriors and emissions control technologies. In December 2016, the company created The Business Lab, a new platform for identifying, experimenting and transforming opportunities or ideas into new business for the group, with a focus on mobility and digital issues.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 60,558,170,000 2,146,380,000 2,926,474,000 4.83% 5,795,786,000 1,939,027,000 7,251,738,000 4,005,828,000 5,725,173,000 3.67% 14.90% 0.34

2015 61,282,230,000 2,082,493,000 2,214,750,000 3.61% 6,249,720,000 1,007,622,000 13,486,890,000 3,326,608,000 4,853,172,000 1.62% 9.06% 0.40

2014 60,084,060,000 2,269,670,000 249,944,000 .41% 6,628,558,000 -791,302,400 4,555,033,000 2,798,700,000 3,085,631,000 -1.16% -8.74% 0.69

2013 60,625,420,000 2,112,755,000 -1,508,630,000 -2.48% 7,193,454,000 -2,596,951,000 1,826,945,000 2,696,705,000 2,398,565,000 -3.72% -27.74% 1.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 140665511 Fax: 33 140665414 Toll-Free: Address: 75 Avenue de la Grande Armee, Paris, 75116 France

Stock Ticker: UGN Employees: 186,220 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 62,145,260,000 2,294,329,000 -5,265,635,000 -8.47% 7,165,434,000 -5,615,333,000 1,588,209,000 4,179,556,000 1,616,230,000 -7.48% -42.35%

2011 67,150,860,000 2,412,015,000 1,006,501,000 1.49% 7,577,897,000 878,726,700 1,963,685,000 4,136,965,000 4,407,084,000 .85% 4.25%

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Pfizer Inc

www.pfizer.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Infusion Technologies

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Prevnar 13 Xeljanz Eliquis Lyrica Enbrel Xtandi Medivation Inc Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ian Read, CEO John Young, President, Divisional Frank DAmelio, CFO Loretta Cangialosi, Chief Accounting Officer Freda Lewis-Hall, Chief Medical Officer Rady Johnson, Chief Risk Officer Laurie Olson, Executive VP, Divisional Charles Hill, Executive VP, Divisional Sally Susman, Executive VP, Divisional Douglas Lankler, Executive VP Alexander Mackenzie, Executive VP Margaret Madden, Other Executive Officer Albert Bourla, President, Divisional Mikael Dolsten, President, Divisional Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen, President, Divisional Brenton Saunders, President

Pfizer, Inc. is a research-based, global pharmaceutical company. It discovers, develops, manufactures and markets health care products. The company operates in two business segments: innovative health and essential health. The innovative health segment focuses on developing and commercializing novel, value-creating medicines and vaccines that significantly improve patients' lives, as well as products for consumer healthcare. Key therapeutic areas within this division include internal medicine, vaccines, oncology, inflammation/immunology, rare diseases and consumer healthcare. Leading brands within this segment include Prevnar 13, Xeljanz, Eliquis, Lyrica, Enbrel, Viagra, Ibrance, Xtandi and several over-the-counter (OTC) consumer products. The essential health segment comprises legacy brands that have lost or will soon lose market exclusivity in both developed and emerging markets. These branded products include generics, generic sterile injectable products and biosimilars. This division also includes a research and development organization, as well as the company's manufacturing business. Brands within this segment include Lipitor, Premarin, Norvasc, Lyrica (within Europe, Russia, Turkey, Israel and Central Asia countries), Celebrex and Pristiq, as well as several sterile injectable products. In 2016, Pfizer acquired Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing small molecules for oncology; Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which focuses on novel small-molecule therapeutics derived from its boron chemistry platform; and acquired the development and commercialization rights to AstraZeneca's small molecule antiinfectives business, primarily outside the U.S. In February 2017, Pfizer sold its global infusion therapy assets (HIS) to ICU Medical for approximately $900 million.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 52,824,000,000 7,872,000,000 13,730,000,000 25.99% 14,837,000,000 7,215,000,000 15,901,000,000 1,999,000,000 15,294,000,000 4.25% 11.61% 0.52

2015 48,851,000,000 7,690,000,000 11,824,000,000 24.20% 14,809,000,000 6,960,000,000 14,512,000,000 1,496,000,000 15,321,000,000 4.13% 10.23% 0.44

2014 49,605,000,000 8,393,000,000 13,249,000,000 26.70% 14,097,000,000 9,135,000,000 16,883,000,000 1,583,000,000 19,137,000,000 5.35% 12.38% 0.44

2013 51,584,000,000 6,678,000,000 16,727,000,000 32.42% 14,355,000,000 22,003,000,000 17,765,000,000 1,465,000,000 23,540,000,000 12.29% 27.94% 0.39

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 212 733-2323 Fax: 212 573-7851 Toll-Free: Address: 235 E. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 United States

Stock Ticker: PFE Employees: 96,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,905,250 Second Exec. Salary: $1,324,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 58,986,000,000 7,870,000,000 13,221,000,000 22.41% 16,616,000,000 14,570,000,000 17,054,000,000 1,327,000,000 21,215,000,000 7.79% 17.83% 0.38

2011 67,425,000,000 9,112,001,000 15,241,000,000 22.60% 19,468,000,000 10,009,000,000 20,240,000,000 1,660,000,000 23,469,000,000 5.22% 11.78% 0.42

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Philip Morris International Inc

www.pmi.com

NAIC Code: 312230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tobacco Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Morven Gold Marlboro L&M Chesterfield Parliament Virginia Slims Bond Street Philip Morris

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Andre Calantzopoulos, CEO Marco Mariotti, Senior VP, Divisional Jacek Olczak, CFO Louis Camilleri, Chairman of the Board Patrick Brunel, Chief Information Officer Andreas Kurali, Controller Marc Firestone, General Counsel Jerry Whitson, Other Corporate Officer Miroslaw Zielinski, President, Divisional Martin King, President, Geographical Drago Azinovic, President, Geographical Jeanne Polles, President, Geographical Frederic De Wilde, President, Geographical Werner Barth, Senior VP, Divisional Charles Bendotti, Senior VP, Divisional Antonio Marques, Senior VP, Divisional

Philip Morris International, Inc. (PMI) is a holding company specializing in tobacco. The firm's subsidiaries and affiliates, along with their licensees, are engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in roughly 180 countries. Formerly a business unit of Altria Group, Inc., PMI was fully spun-off in recent years to create a separate, publiclytraded company focused on the international tobacco business. The firm's corporate headquarters are in New York City, while its primary operations center is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. PMI's business is managed in four geographic segments: Asia, which accounts for approximately 26.4% of the firm's revenue; European Union, 30.9%; Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, 34.2%; and Latin America & Canada, 8.5%. The company's product portfolio of international and local brands is led by Marlboro, the world's best-selling international cigarette, accounting for approximately 34% of the firm's total shipment volume. Other major brands include L&M, Chesterfield, Philip Morris, Parliament, Virginia Slims and Bond Street. PMI also owns a variety of local brands in various markets, including Dji Sam Soe, in Indonesia; Apollo-Soyuz, in Russia; Morven Gold, in Pakistan; Boston, in Colombia; Best, in Serbia; f6, in Germany; Delicados, in Mexico; Assos, in Greece; and Petra, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company owns and operates approximately 50 production factories worldwide and maintains contract manufacturing agreements with 22 third-party manufacturers.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 26,685,000,000

2015 26,794,000,000

2014 29,767,000,000

2013 31,217,000,000

2012 31,377,000,000

2011 31,097,000,000

10,815,000,000 40.52% 6,405,000,000 6,967,000,000 8,077,000,000 1,172,000,000 11,736,000,000 19.62%

10,623,000,000 39.64% 6,656,000,000 6,873,000,000 7,865,000,000 960,000,000 11,501,000,000 19.81%

11,702,000,000 39.31% 7,001,000,000 7,493,000,000 7,739,000,000 1,153,000,000 12,709,000,000 20.33%

13,515,000,000 43.29% 6,890,000,000 8,576,000,000 10,135,000,000 1,200,000,000 14,528,000,000 22.49%

13,846,000,000 44.12% 6,978,000,000 8,800,000,000 9,421,000,000 1,056,000,000 14,892,000,000 23.92%

13,332,000,000 42.87% 6,880,000,000 8,591,000,000 10,529,000,000 897,000,000 14,459,000,000 24.21% 457.40% 64.75

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 917 663-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 120 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017 United States

Stock Ticker: PM Employees: 79,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,501,552 Second Exec. Salary: $1,015,680

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Philips Healthcare

www.healthcare.philips.com

NAIC Code: 334510

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Medical Equipment Diagnostic & Treatment Equipment Imaging Equipment Equipment Repair & Maintenance Healthcare Consulting

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Koninklijke Philips NV SmartPath Skolkovo Innovation Center

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Frans van Houten, CEO-Koninklijke Philips Eric Silfen, Chief Medical Officer Clement Revetti, Chief Legal Officer Michael Dreher, Global Head-Oper. & Customer Svcs. Diego Olego, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Rachel Bloom-Baglin, Media Contact-Global Frans van Houten, CEO-Royal Philips Electronics NV Steve Laczynski, Pres., Americas Desmond Thio, Pres., China Brent Shafer, CEO-Home Health Care Solutions Arjen Radder, Pres., Asia Pacific

Philips Healthcare, a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips NV, manufactures medical diagnostic and treatment equipment and distributes products to more than 100 countries throughout the world. The company operates in three business segments: products, consulting and customer service solutions. The products segment includes the products and services such as advance molecular imaging, clinical informatics, computed tomography, diagnostic ECG (electrocardiogram), emergency care, resuscitation, fluoroscopy, hospital respiratory care, interventional X-ray, magnetic resonance, mammography, mother and child care, patient monitoring, radiation oncology, radiography, refurbished systems, sleep and respiratory care, and ultrasound. The consulting segment provides clinical and business performance improvement solutions, manages services, experience solutions and population health solutions. The customer service solutions segment includes customer care support, remote management, dashboard solutions, power solutions and lifecycle solutions. Philips Healthcare also provides education and training via courses that are clinically relevant. The company's business specialties include clinical specialties such as anesthesia, cardiology, critical care, home respiratory care, mother and child care, radiology and sleep apnea care; business and government specialties such as military care and workplace/community automated external defibrillator (AED); and non-clinical specialties such as healthcare management and IT management. Philips Healthcare's SmartPath offering enables healthcare providers to optimize, enhance and transform existing equipment in order to have like-new/current functionality. It is a partnership program that helps extend the life of equipment for a fraction of the cost. In 2016, parent Koninklijke Philips spun off its lighting business to focus on healthcare. In May 2017, it agreed to acquire Respiratory Technologies, Inc., a U.S. provider of an innovative airway clearance solution for patients with chronic respiratory conditions. That June, it opened its first innovation center in Russia, Skolkovo Innovation Center, to develop nextgeneration health technologies based on computer and data science, as well as healthcare-related artificial intelligence.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,196,679,771

2015 14,406,749,346

2014 12,100,715,917

2013 12,574,865,989

2012 13,632,240,000

2011 11,462,000,000

754,093,072

-39,000,000

11,791,810

976,696,340

1,805,250,000

1,482,600,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 978-659-3000 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-722-9377 Address: 3000 Minuteman Rd., Andover, MA 01810 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 71,000 Parent Company: Koninklijke Philips NV

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Phillips 66

www.phillips66.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refineries Natural Gas Gathering Gasoline Marketing Chemicals Interests

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DCP Midstream LLC Phillips 66 Partners LP Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Greg Garland, CEO Kevin Mitchell, CFO Lawrence Ziemba, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Herman, Executive VP, Divisional Paula Johnson, Executive VP, Divisional Timothy Taylor, President Chukwuemeka Oyolu, Vice President

Phillips 66 is a downstream energy company engaged in refining, marketing and distributing petroleum products as well as power generation. Previously a unit of ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 is organized into four operating segments: refining, marketing & specialties (M&S), midstream and chemicals. The company's refining operations include 13 refineries with a net crude oil capacity of 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd). This segment buys, sells and refines crude oil and other feedstocks into petroleum products such as gasolines, distillates and aviation fuels. The M&S segment purchases refined petroleum products such as gasolines, distillates and aviation fuels for resale and markets, mainly in the U.S. and Europe. This segment includes the manufacturing and marketing of specialty products as well as power generation operations. The midstream segment comprises three business lines: transportation, which transports crude oil and other feedstocks to refineries and other locations, delivers refined and specialty products to market and provides storage services for crude oil and petroleum products; DCP Midstream LLC, which gathers, processes, transports and markets natural gas and transports, fractionates and markets natural gas liquids (NGL); and NGL, which transports, fractionates and markets NGL. The midstream segment also includes subsidiary Phillips 66 Partners LP, which owns, operates, develops and acquires feebased crude oil, refined petroleum product and NGL pipelines and terminals as well as other transportation and midstream assets. The chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics on a worldwide basis. This segments includes its 50% interest in Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, one of the world's top producers of olefins and polyolefins.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 85,777,000,000

2015 100,949,000,000

2014 164,093,000,000

2013 174,809,000,000

2012 182,922,000,000

2011 200,614,000,000

2,519,000,000 2.93% 1,638,000,000 1,555,000,000 2,963,000,000 2,844,000,000 3,697,000,000 3.09% 6.81% 0.42

6,410,000,000 6.34% 1,670,000,000 4,227,000,000 5,713,000,000 5,764,000,000 7,405,000,000 8.68% 18.91% 0.38

6,188,000,000 3.77% 1,663,000,000 4,762,000,000 3,529,000,000 3,773,000,000 7,007,000,000 9.66% 21.87% 0.36

5,761,000,000 3.29% 1,478,000,000 3,726,000,000 6,027,000,000 1,779,000,000 6,748,000,000 7.60% 17.41% 0.27

8,006,000,000 4.37% 1,722,000,000 4,124,000,000 4,296,000,000 1,721,000,000 7,790,000,000 9.03% 18.71% 0.33

7,079,000,000 3.52% 1,409,000,000 4,775,000,000 5,006,000,000 1,022,000,000 7,549,000,000 10.83% 19.38% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 281-293-6600 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3010 Briarpark Dr., Houston, TX 77042 United States

Stock Ticker: PSX Employees: 14,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,616,816 Second Exec. Salary: $1,071,376

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

www.pilgrims.com

NAIC Code: 311615

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Poultry Production Egg Production Poultry Processing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: JBS SA Pilgrim's Pride JBS USA

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

William Lovette, CEO Fabio Sandri, CFO Gilberto Tomazoni, Chairman of the Board

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates in the poultry industry. JBS SA, through JBS USA, owns a 76.7% stake in the company. The firm is primarily engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products to retailers, distributors and foodservice operators. Pilgrim's offers two product types: fresh chicken and prepared chicken. Fresh chicken products consist of refrigerated (non-frozen) whole chickens, whole cut-up chickens and selected chicken parts that are either marinated or non-marinated. Prepared chicken products include fully cooked, ready-to-cook and individually frozen chicken parts, strips, nuggets and patties, some of which are either breaded or non-breaded and either marinated or non-marinated. The firm markets its portfolio of fresh, prepared and value-added chicken products to a diverse set of over 5,000 customers across the U.S., Mexico and in approximately 90 other countries. Being vertically integrated, Pilgrim's controls the breeding, hatching and growing of chickens as well as the processing, preparation, packaging and sale of it. The firm operates a network of approximately 4,130 growers, 35 feed mills, 40 hatcheries, 30 processing plants, six prepared foods cook plants, 23 distribution centers, eight rendering facilities and three pet food plants in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico, with the capacity to process more than 37 million birds per week for a total of more than 10.8 billion pounds of live chicken annually.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,931,123,000

2015 8,180,104,000

2014 8,583,365,000

2013 8,411,148,000

2012 8,121,382,000

2011 7,535,698,000

713,510,000 8.99% 199,781,000 440,532,000 755,483,000 272,467,000 899,071,000 13.92% 41.05% 1.14

1,044,891,000 12.77% 203,881,000 645,914,000 976,828,000 175,764,000 1,189,281,000 20.06% 37.41% 0.78

1,203,115,000 14.01% 188,594,000 711,648,000 1,066,692,000 171,443,000 1,340,312,000 22.62% 38.63%

658,863,000 7.83% 180,915,000 549,555,000 878,533,000 116,223,000 811,469,000 18.05% 45.86% 0.33

250,342,000 3.08% 177,041,000 174,234,000 199,624,000 90,327,000 405,402,000 6.01% 23.83% 1.26

-373,591,000 -4.95% 205,993,000 -496,772,000 -128,991,000 135,968,000 -166,533,000 -16.29% -61.01% 2.62

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 970 506-8000 Fax: 903 856-7505 Toll-Free: 800-727-5366 Address: 1770 Promontory Cir., Greeley, CO 80634 United States

Stock Ticker: PPC Employees: 39,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $407,500

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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POSCO

www.posco.co.kr

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Manufacturing Hot Rolled Steel Cold Rolled Steel Steel Plates Steel Wire Rods Silicon Steel Sheets Stainless Steel

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co Ltd POSCO Engineering & Construction Co Daewoo International Corporation POSCO ICT Co Ltd POSCO Energy Corporation POSCO Chemtech Co Ltd LNG Logistics Steel Forming Laboratory

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kwon Ohjoon, CEO

POSCO, based in Korea, is a global producer of steel and steel products. POSCO sells hot rolled and cold rolled steel products, plates, wire rods, silicon steel sheets, stainless steel products, galvanized steel, electrical steel, automotive materials, titanium products and magnesium products, serving the automotive, shipbuilding, home appliance, engineering and machinery industries. A majority of its sales are to the automobile industry, with shipbuilding coming in second and the home appliance sector being third. It imports all of the coal and nearly all of the iron ore that it uses. Affiliates of the firm include POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co. Ltd., which serves the steel, construction, automotive parts and home appliance industries; POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., which provides engineering technologies to the global engineering and construction industries, and provides design and construction of power plants.; Daewoo International Corporation, which is a trading and investment company that specializes in international trade and overseas investment; POSCO ICT Co. Ltd., which is an IT services and engineering company; POSCO Energy Corporation, a domestic independent power producer; POSCO Chemtech Co. Ltd., which is a refractory material manufacturer; and LNG Logistics, which operates an liquid natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal with an aggregate capacity of up to 2.4 million tons annually, and a synthetic natural gas production plant with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons which was scheduled for operations during 2017. In March 2017, the firm constructed a Steel Forming Laboratory in Songdo, South Korea to develop leading technologies, and to allow its customers to analyze products in advance (before commercialization) in a production environment similar to that of their customers.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 46,802,140,000 106,625,200 2,017,872,000 4.31% 2,862,212,000 1,197,736,000 4,658,502,000 2,176,824,000 4,671,554,000 1.68% 3.24% 0.29

2015 51,737,420,000 119,797,700 1,314,055,000 2.53% 3,050,701,000 151,611,600 6,720,502,000 2,519,044,000 3,675,374,000 .20% .41% 0.31

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 57,250,760,000 154,883,600 2,221,651,000 3.88% 3,044,887,000 559,352,400 3,016,513,000 3,403,074,000 4,793,406,000 .74% 1.51% 0.36

2013 54,692,300,000 170,451,900 2,275,935,000 4.16% 2,994,719,000 1,216,822,000 4,294,902,000 6,288,593,000 4,676,174,000 1.68% 3.37% 0.36

Stock Ticker: PKX Employees: 31,768 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 60,946,240,000 187,838,800 4,822,111,000 7.91% 2,895,409,000 3,283,666,000 1,495,452,000 5,221,034,000 9,637,183,000 5.07% 10.14% 0.41

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82-2-3457-1355 Fax: 82-2-3457-1982 Toll-Free: Address: 440 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06194 South Korea Top Exec. Salary: $1,451,633 Second Exec. Salary: $958,325

2012 56,230,130,000 170,024,000 2,910,129,000 5.17% 2,950,491,000 2,176,637,000 6,470,866,000 6,632,916,000 7,717,774,000 3.12% 6.32% 0.36

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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PPG Industries Inc

www.ppg.com

NAIC Code: 325510

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Paints Coatings Glass Chemicals Fiberglass Industrial Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PPG Glidden Comex Olympic Dulux Homax MetoKote Taiwan Chlorine Industries Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Michael McGarry, CEO Frank Sklarsky, CFO Vincent Morales, Controller Viktoras Sekmakas, Executive VP Glenn Bost, General Counsel Jean-Marie Greindl, President, Divisional Timothy Knavish, Senior VP, Divisional Ramaparasad Vadlamannati, Senior VP, Divisional

PPG Industries, Inc. is a global manufacturer of decorative and protective coatings that operates in three business segments: performance coatings, industrial coatings and glass. The performance coatings and industrial coatings reportable segments supply coatings and specialty materials for customers in a wide array of end-use markets, including industrial equipment and components, packaging material; aircraft and marine equipment; automotive original equipment; as well as for other industrial and consumer products. In addition to supplying coatings to the automotive original equipment market, PPG supplies refinishes to the automotive aftermarket. PPG also serves commercial and residential new build and maintenance markets by supplying coatings to painting and maintenance contractors and directly to consumers for decoration and maintenance. These coatings are sold under the PPG, Glidden, Comex, Olympic, Dulux, Sikkens, Mulco, Flood, Liquid Nails, Sico, CIL, Renner, Taubman's, White Knight, Bristol and Homax brands. The glass business consists of flat glass and fiber glass, supplying its products to commercial and residential construction companies, as well as the wind energy, energy infrastructure, transportation and electronics industries. Most glass products are sold directly to manufacturing companies. In 2016, PPG acquired MetoKote, a coatings service business; sold its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V.; sold its European fiber glass operations to glass manufacturer Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.; and sold its 50% ownership interest in its two PFG Fiber Glass joint ventures to Nan Ya Plastics Corp. In 2017, the firm acquired a Romanian paint and architectural coatings manufacturer from DEUTEK S.A., the remaining 50% ownership interest in its Asian joint ventures comprising IVC (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and IVC-OPS (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. from Omni-Plus System Pte. Ltd. and a 40% ownership interest in Taiwan Chlorine Industries Ltd. from China Petrochemical Development Corporation.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,751,000,000 466,000,000 2,098,000,000 14.22% 3,662,000,000 877,000,000 1,325,000,000 402,000,000 1,414,000,000 5.34% 17.88% 0.78

2015 15,330,000,000 486,000,000 2,079,000,000 13.56% 3,679,000,000 1,406,000,000 1,837,000,000 476,000,000 2,503,000,000 8.11% 27.66% 0.81

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 15,360,000,000 492,000,000 1,843,000,000 11.99% 3,758,000,000 2,102,000,000 1,528,000,000 587,000,000 2,079,000,000 12.56% 41.57% 0.68

2013 15,108,000,000 488,000,000 1,701,000,000 11.25% 3,699,000,000 3,231,000,000 1,791,000,000 515,000,000 2,160,000,000 20.35% 71.83% 0.68

Stock Ticker: PPG Employees: 47,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 14,885,000,000 430,000,000 1,673,000,000 11.23% 3,234,000,000 1,095,000,000 1,436,000,000 390,000,000 2,274,000,000 7.45% 31.79% 1.10

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 412 434-3131 Fax: 412 434-2571 Toll-Free: Address: 1 PPG Pl., Pittsburgh, PA 15272 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $966,667

2012 15,200,000,000 455,000,000 1,573,000,000 10.34% 3,335,000,000 941,000,000 1,787,000,000 411,000,000 2,077,000,000 6.21% 25.73% 0.82

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Praxair Inc

www.praxair.com

NAIC Code: 325120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Gases Atmospheric & Process Gases Coatings & Powders On-Site Production Plants Distribution

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Praxair Surface Technologies Inc NOxBOX Ltd Welding Center (The) Welder Services A&B Electric Motor & Supplies Geneva Industrial Gases Ossigas Srl

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen Angel, CEO Matthew White, CFO Kelcey Hoyt, Chief Accounting Officer Eduardo Menezes, Executive VP Scott Telesz, Executive VP Guillermo Bichara, General Counsel Anne Roby, Senior VP

Praxair, Inc. is an industrial gas supplier in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. Praxair's primary products are atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon and rare gases; and process gases, which include carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases and acetylene. The company also designs, engineers and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. Praxair serves approximately 25 industries, including health care, petroleum refining, computer chip manufacturing, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, chemicals and water treatment. Atmospheric gases are the highest volume products produced by Praxair. Using air as its raw material, Praxair produces oxygen, nitrogen and argon through several air separation processes of which cryogenic air separation is the most prevalent. Process gases, including carbon dioxide, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, helium and acetylene are produced by methods other than air separation. The firm uses three distribution methods for industrial gases: onsite or tonnage, merchant liquid and packaged or cylinder gases. Subsidiary Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders. It also manufactures a complete line of electric arc, plasma and highvelocity oxygen fuel spray equipment as well as arc and flame wire equipment used for the application of wear resistant coatings. In 2016, the firm acquired NOxBOX Ltd., The Welding Center, Welder Services, A&B Electric Motors & Supplies, Geneva Industrial Gases, Ossigas Srl and Yara International ASA's European carbon dioxide business. In December 2016, Praxair and Linde AG agreed to merge. The new company, to be named Linde, would become the biggest player in the industrial-gas suppliers market. The combination is dependent upon worldwide regulatory approval. Praxair offers employees health, dental, vision and life insurance; long- and short-term disability; flexible work arrangements; educational reimbursement; employee assistance programs; and a retirement savings plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,534,000,000 92,000,000 2,238,000,000 21.24% 1,145,000,000 1,500,000,000 2,773,000,000 1,465,000,000 3,344,000,000 7.96% 31.88% 1.77

2015 10,776,000,000 93,000,000 2,321,000,000 21.53% 1,152,000,000 1,547,000,000 2,682,000,000 1,541,000,000 3,427,000,000 8.11% 30.90% 2.04

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 12,273,000,000 96,000,000 2,608,000,000 21.24% 1,308,000,000 1,694,000,000 2,868,000,000 1,689,000,000 3,742,000,000 8.45% 27.69% 1.54

2013 11,925,000,000 98,000,000 2,625,000,000 22.01% 1,349,000,000 1,755,000,000 2,917,000,000 2,020,000,000 3,720,000,000 9.15% 27.69% 1.21

Stock Ticker: PX Employees: 26,498 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 11,252,000,000 90,000,000 2,468,000,000 21.93% 1,239,000,000 1,672,000,000 2,455,000,000 1,797,000,000 3,471,000,000 10.57% 29.64% 1.06

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 203 837-2000 Fax: 203 837-2450 Toll-Free: 800-772-9247 Address: 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06810 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,318,750 Second Exec. Salary: $615,000

2012 11,224,000,000 98,000,000 2,437,000,000 21.71% 1,270,000,000 1,692,000,000 2,752,000,000 2,180,000,000 3,453,000,000 9.82% 29.29% 1.10

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Precision Castparts Corp

www.precast.com

NAIC Code: 331529

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cast Metal Products Machine Parts Manufacturing

Precision Castparts Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., is a worldwide manufacturer of complex metal components and products. Precision Castparts operates in three principal business segments: investment cast products, forged products and airframe products. The investment cast products segment manufactures high-quality, complex investment castings for aircraft engine, industrial gas turbine, airframe and other applications; large-diameter nickelbased super alloy, titanium and stainless steel components; a wide range of medium and small castings; stationary vanes and rotating blades for high-performance turbine engines; and aluminum castings for aerospace and other applications. Subsidiaries include PCC Structurals, Inc. and PCC Airfoils, LLC. The forged products segment produces complex forgings and high-performance, nickel-based alloys and super alloys for aerospace, power generation and general industrial applications. This division manufactures nickel-based alloys, titanium alloys, steel alloy components, industrial gas turbines, extruded and seamless pipes and a range of nickel alloy product forms. Subsidiaries include Wyman-Gordon, PCC Energy Group, Titanium Metals Corporation and Special Metals Corporation. Last, the airframe products segment manufactures engineered fasteners, fastening systems, metal components and assemblies for aerospace, transportation, power generation and general industrial markets. Subsidiaries include PCC Fasteners and PCC Aerostructures. Headquartered in Oregon, USA, the firm has operations in Portland, Oregon; Beachwood, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; and Bellevue, Washington. Precision Castparts offers its employees health and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, short- and long-term disability, employee assistant programs, 401(k) with company matching, health and fitness club reimbursement and tuition assistance.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Berkshire Hathaway Inc PCC Structurals Inc PCC Airfoils LLC PCC Energy Group Special Metals Corporation PCC Fasteners PCC Aerostructures

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark Donegan, CEO Mark Donegan, CEO Shawn Hagel, CFO Steven Hackett, Executive VP Andrew Masterman, Executive VP Ruth Beyer, General Counsel James Pieron, Senior VP Alan Power, Senior VP Kirk Pulley, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,002,000,000

2015 10,005,000,192

2014 9,533,000,000

2013 8,361,000,000

2012 7,202,000,000

2011 6,209,000,000

817,000,000

1,530,000,000

1,784,000,000

143,000,000

1,226,000,000

1,015,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 503 946-4800 Fax: 503 417-4817 Toll-Free: Address: 4650 S.W. Macadam Ave., Ste. 440, Portland, OR 97239-4262 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 30,550 Parent Company: Berkshire Hathaway Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Procter & Gamble Co

www.pg.com

NAIC Code: 325620

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Personal Care Products Beauty Products Household Products and Cleansers Personal Care Products Fabric Care Products Franchising, Dry Cleaners and Car Washes Pet Products Diapers and Toilet Paper

Procter & Gamble Co. develops and manufactures a wide range of consumer packaged goods, including home care, baby care, beauty care and personal care products, which it markets in over 180 countries. The firm operates in five reportable segments: Beauty, Hair & Personal Care; Health Care; Fabric Care & Home Care; Baby, Feminine & Family Care; and Grooming. The firm's products include deodorants, cosmetics, hair care and color, personal cleansing, salon professional products, skin care, blades and razors, electronic hair removal devices, pre-and post-shave products, feminine care, oral hygiene products, dietary supplements, over the counter medicines and diagnostics, laundry detergent and additives, air care, dish care, surface care, baby wipes, diapers and pants, paper towels, tissues and toilet paper. Its brands include Head & Shoulders, Olay, Pantene, SK-II, Fusion, Gillette, Prestobarba, Mach 3, Always, Vicks, Febreze, Gain, Crest, Oral-B, Ariel, Dawn, Downy, Tide, Bounty, Charmin and Pampers. The firm's products are primarily distributed through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores and drug stores, salons and e-commerce, with Wal-Mart accounting for about 14% of sales. In the U.S., Procter & Gamble owns and operates 24 manufacturing facilities in 18 states and owns and operates 97 facilities in 38 other countries. From 2015 through 2017, the company planned a restructuring of its product line in order to focus on its fastest growing and most profitable brands. As part of that strategy, it will reduce the total brands from about 170 to 65, including the 2016 sale of 43 beauty products to Coty for $12.5 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Oral-B Crest Tide Head & Shoulders Gillette Pantene Charmin Olay

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jon Moeller, CFO Mary Ferguson-McHugh, President, Divisional Valarie Sheppard, Chief Accounting Officer Kathleen Fish, Chief Technology Officer David Taylor, Director Ioannis Skoufalos, Other Corporate Officer Jeffrey Schomburger, Other Corporate Officer Mark Biegger, Other Executive Officer Marc Pritchard, Other Executive Officer Deborah Majoras, Other Executive Officer Giovanni Ciserani, President, Divisional Charles Pierce, President, Divisional Gary Coombe, President, Divisional Matthew Price, President, Divisional Patrice Louvet, President, Divisional Steven Bishop, President, Divisional Magesvaran Suranjan, President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 65,299,000,000

2015 76,279,000,000

2014 83,062,000,000

2013 84,167,000,000

2012 83,680,000,000

2011 82,559,000,000

13,441,000,000 20.58% 18,949,000,000 10,508,000,000 15,435,000,000 3,314,000,000 17,026,000,000 7.99% 17.43% 0.33

11,790,000,000 15.45% 23,585,000,000 7,036,000,000 14,608,000,000 3,736,000,000 15,606,000,000 4.95% 10.47% 0.29

15,288,000,000 18.40% 25,314,000,000 11,643,000,000 13,958,000,000 3,848,000,000 18,735,000,000 8.03% 16.87% 0.29

14,481,000,000 17.20% 26,950,000,000 11,312,000,000 14,873,000,000 4,008,000,000 18,492,000,000 8.15% 17.13% 0.28

13,292,000,000 15.88% 26,421,000,000 10,756,000,000 13,284,000,000 3,964,000,000 16,758,000,000 7.76% 16.32% 0.33

15,818,000,000 19.15% 25,973,000,000 11,797,000,000 13,231,000,000 3,306,000,000 18,858,000,000 8.67% 18.32% 0.33

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 513 983-1100 Fax: 513 983-9369 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Procter & Gamble Plz., Cincinnati, OH 45202 United States

Stock Ticker: PG Employees: 110,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,393,333 Second Exec. Salary: $1,500,000

Bonus: $2,482,771 Bonus: $2,051,140

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 18 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Proto Labs Inc

www.protolabs.com

NAIC Code: 332700

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Rapid Prototyping Custom Machining 3D Printing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

John Way, CFO Arthur Baker, Chief Technology Officer Robert Bodor, General Manager, Geographical John Tumelty, General Manager David Fein, Other Executive Officer Victoria Holt, President

Proto Labs, Inc. is an online and technology-enabled quick-turn manufacturer of custom parts for prototyping and short-run production. It provides real parts quickly to product developers worldwide who are under increasing pressure to bring their finished products to market faster than their competition. It utilizes computer numerical control, or CNC, machining, advanced 3D printing and injection molding to manufacture custom parts for its customers. Its proprietary technology eliminates most of the time-consuming and expensive skilled labor conventionally required to quote and manufacture parts in low volumes. Its customers conduct nearly all of their business with it over the Internet. It targets its services to the millions of product developers who use three-dimensional computer-aided design, or 3D CAD, software to design products across a diverse range of end-markets. It has developed proprietary software and advanced manufacturing processes that automate much of the skilled labor conventionally required in quoting, production engineering and manufacturing custom parts. Its interactive web-based interface and highly automated processes address the desires of many product developers for a fast, efficient and competitively priced means of obtaining low-volume custom parts. Key elements of its solutions include: sophisticated technology that reduces turnaround time, enhanced customer experience and attractive low-volume pricing & scale to process large numbers of unique part designs. The principal elements of its growth strategy are to: increase penetration of existing customer companies, acquire new customer companies in existing geographic markets, expand the range of parts it offers, introduce new manufacturing processes, expand into new geographic markets and capitalize on increasing customer expectations for 24/7 access to comprehensive, user-friendly e-commerce capabilities.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 298,055,000 22,388,000 61,767,000 20.72% 82,782,000 42,707,000 74,967,000 33,616,000 79,252,000 11.01% 12.07%

2015 264,106,000 18,350,000 67,149,000 25.42% 68,904,000 46,514,000 58,557,000 44,362,000 81,275,000 14.34% 15.68%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 209,583,000 16,607,000 60,528,000 28.88% 51,266,000 41,635,000 57,210,000 43,507,000 71,666,000 16.08% 17.45%

2013 163,112,000 11,863,000 51,299,000 31.45% 38,540,000 35,277,000 48,441,000 18,753,000 58,868,000 17.51% 19.15%

Stock Ticker: PRLB Employees: 1,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 98,939,000 5,222,000 26,869,000 27.15% 27,524,000 17,972,000 23,535,000 19,003,000 31,133,000 18.44% 175.87% 0.01

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 763 479-3680 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 5540 Pioneer Creek Dr., Maple Plain, MN 55359 United States Top Exec. Salary: $529,916 Second Exec. Salary: $312,397

2012 125,991,000 9,137,000 34,946,000 27.73% 32,055,000 24,025,000 25,306,000 17,397,000 41,026,000 20.44% 23.62%

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Prysmian SpA

www.prysmian.com

NAIC Code: 335921

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Valerio Battista, CEO Andrea Pirondini, COO Pier Francesco Facchini, CFO Fabrizio Rutschmann, Sr. VP-Human Resources Frank Dorjee, Chief Strategy Officer Fabio Romeo, Exec. VP-Energy Bus. Philippe Vanhille, Exec. VP-Telecom Bus.

Prysmian SpA produces, distributes and sells energy and telecom cable systems worldwide. Its 140-year experience makes Prysmian capable of providing state-of-the-art solutions for high voltage underground and submarine cable links in extremely challenging environments. The firm's products and solutions are divided into six categories: power grids, oil and gas, telecoms, construction and infrastructure, transportation and mobility, and industries. Prysmian's power grid division manufactures and installs cable solutions that help major Transmission System Operators and utilities develop power transmission and distribution grids. This segment designs, produces and installs high- and extra-high-voltage underground and submarine cable systems, network components, value-added engineering and monitoring/maintenance systems and services. It also designs and produces low- and medium-voltage cables for use in distribution networks. The oil and gas division provides integrated solutions and services for down-hole, SURF and core cables for exploration, production, pipeline, liquid natural gas, refinery and petrochemical operations. The telecoms division provides cable systems and connectivity products for voice, video and data transmission, including optical, optical fiber and copper cables. The construction and infrastructure division provides low- and medium-voltage cables, building wires, low fire hazard cables, fire-resistant cables and control cables to the power/control industry; high-capacity and flexible universal cables for data transmission to the industry, trade and service sectors; and chemical/mechanical resistant cables and materials, medium- and low-voltage power cables, communication cables, control and signaling cables and central/distributed architectures and interlocking technology to the railway industry. The transportation and mobility division provides power and control capabilities, data and communication systems and cable solutions to equip transport vehicles with various applications. This segment serves the aerospace, elevator, automotive, trains/trams and marine transport sectors. The industries division provides specialist cable solutions to support the work of industries such as military/defense, mining, crane, nuclear plants, solar/photovoltaics, wind turbines and more.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,481,283,000

2015 8,250,392,000

2014 7,666,443,000

2013 8,151,760,000

2012 8,796,234,000

2011 8,499,215,000

501,008,700 5.90% 61,645,370 275,722,900 689,307,300 261,152,200 689,307,300 3.95% 18.04% 0.76

447,209,200 5.42%

349,697,400 4.56%

403,497,000 4.94%

405,738,600 4.61%

21,295,670 .25%

239,856,500 781,215,000 235,373,200 595,158,000 3.63% 17.62% 0.89

128,894,900 406,859,500 180,452,800 560,412,500 2.02% 10.01% 0.71

167,002,900 447,209,200 135,619,800 605,245,400 2.54% 13.19% 1.00

188,298,600 611,970,400 170,365,400 616,453,700 2.82% 15.59% 1.28

-162,519,600 635,507,700 178,211,200 492,042,100 -2.81% -15.12% 0.84

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 39 0264491 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Via Chiese 6, Milan, 20126 Italy

Stock Ticker: PRYMY Employees: 21,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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PSA Peugeot Citroen SA

www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automotive Equipment & Components Transportation & Logistics Services Motorcycles Financial Services Industrial Equipment Engines Clean Diesel & Hybrid Engine Technology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Peugeot Citroen DS Automobiles Free2 Move PSA Powertrain Banque PSA Finance Mister Auto Adam Opel AG

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Guillaume Faury, Exec. VP-R&D Pierre Todorov, Corp. Sec. Denis Martin, Exec. VP-Industrial Oper. Yves Bonnefont, Exec. VP-Strategy Jonathan Goodman, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Olivier Sartoris, Investors Rel. Mgr. Frederic Saint-Geours, VP-Finance Frederic Saint Geours, Exec. VP-Brands Christian Peugeot, Exec. VP- Public Affairs & External Rel. Carlos Gomes, Sr. VP-Latin America Bernd Schantz, Sr. VP- Russia, Ukraine & CIS Carlos Tavares, Chmn. Gregoire Olivier, Exec. VP-Asia Yannick Bezard, VP-Purchasing

PSA Peugeot Citroen SA (Groupe PSA) is a leading automobile manufacturer in Europe, producing cars and light commercial vehicles under the Peugeot, Citroen and DS Automobiles brand names. Peugeot is a French car manufacturer with company-owned factories in France, Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain, as well as worldwide joint venture and outsourced plants. Style ranges include small, super-mini, city, sport utility and hatchback passenger vehicles, with models including the 108 three-door, the the 2008 SUV, the 308 five-door, the 3008 and 5008 SUVs and the Traveller. Special editions include the 108 Collection 108 TOP! Roland Garros, 208 Black Edition and 208 Roland Garros. Citroen is a French automobile manufacturer with company-owned factories in Argentina, Brazil, France, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey, as well as joint venture and third-party factories in China, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Russia and Turkey. Vehicle models include the C-Zero, C1 II, Citroen C3, Citroen C4, Citroen C5 and Citroen Nemo passenger vehicles; and the Citroen Berlingo, Citroen Jumpy and Citroen Jumper vans. DS Automobiles is the premium brand of Groupe PSA, with its abbreviation symbolizing its distinctive spirit of avant-garde vehicles. Current DS models include the DS 3, 4, 4S, 5, 5LS and 6 line of sedans and SUVs; with concept car models being the 2013 DS Wild Rubis, the 2014 DS Divine and the 2016 DS E-Tense. Worldwide sales for DS vehicles was nearly 86,000 in 2016. In addition to vehicles, Groupe PSA owns Free2Move, a worldwide mobility service provider; PSA Powertrain, which adapts the engines and components made by the Group for sale to other vehicle brands and manufacturers; Banque PSA Finance, which provides financing for vehicles sold by the three brands in 18 network countries; and Mister Auto, an automotive spare parts e-commerce site, managing nearly 12,000 daily orders. In March 2017, Peugeot agreed to buy the Opel line of cars from General Motors.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 60,558,170,000 2,146,380,000 2,926,474,000 4.83% 5,795,786,000 1,939,027,000 7,251,738,000 4,005,828,000 5,725,173,000 3.67% 14.90% 0.34

2015 61,282,230,000 2,082,493,000 2,214,750,000 3.61% 6,249,720,000 1,007,622,000 13,486,890,000 3,326,608,000 4,853,172,000 1.62% 9.06% 0.40

2014 60,084,060,000 2,269,670,000 249,944,000 .41% 6,628,558,000 -791,302,400 4,555,033,000 2,798,700,000 3,085,631,000 -1.16% -8.74% 0.69

2013 60,625,420,000 2,112,755,000 -1,508,630,000 -2.48% 7,193,454,000 -2,596,951,000 1,826,945,000 2,696,705,000 2,398,565,000 -3.72% -27.74% 1.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33-1-40-66-55-11 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 75, Ave. de la Grande-Armee, Paris, 75116 France

Stock Ticker: PUGOY Employees: 186,220 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 62,145,260,000 2,294,329,000 -5,265,635,000 -8.47% 7,165,434,000 -5,615,333,000 1,588,209,000 4,179,556,000 1,616,230,000 -7.48% -42.35%

2011 67,150,860,000 2,412,015,000 1,006,501,000 1.49% 7,577,897,000 878,726,700 1,963,685,000 4,136,965,000 4,407,084,000 .85% 4.25%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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PT Astra International TbK

www.astra.co.id

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Heavy Equipment Financial Services Agribusiness Information Technology Infrastructure Motorcycles & Four-Wheelers Customer Relationship Management

PT Astra International TbK, based in Indonesia, is an automotive manufacturer. Operating through more than 205 subsidiaries, Astra is also engaged in six other business sectors: financial services, heavy equipment for mining and energy, agribusiness, information technology (IT), infrastructure and logistic value chain, and property. The automotive division offers automotive models tailored to meet customer needs, including Honda motorcycles as well as cars and trucks from reputable brands (Toyota, Daihatsu, Isuzu, BMW, Peugeot and UD Trucks, for example). The financial services division supports the financing of vehicles and heavy equipment sold and/or leased by Astra companies. It also offers banking services for the general public in Indonesia. The heavy equipment division provides construction machinery, mining contracting services and coal mining equipment and management services. The agribusiness grows and produces palm oil, owning an area of more than 280,000 hectares in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The IT division offers comprehensive business solutions based on document, information and communication technology. The infrastructure and logistics value chain division handles the company's infrastructure portfolio, including concessions for toll road development and management, clean water distribution services and seaport; and transportation and logistics services in relation to Astra's car rental, used car and public transport businesses. Last, the property division focuses on the construction of office and residential buildings through several subsidiaries, including PT Menara Astra and PT Brahmayasa Bahtera, among others. PT Astra itself operates as a subsidiary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Jardine Cycle & Carriage Pt Menara Astra Pt Brahmayasa Bahtera

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Prijono Sugiarto, CEO Prijono Sugiarto, Pres. Gita Tiffany Boer, Company Sec. Simon Collier Dixon, Dir.-Corp. Finance Gunawan Geniusahardja, Dir.-Financial Svcs. Group Johannes Loman, Dir.-PT Astra Honda Motor Johnney Darmawan, Dir.-Toyota Bus. Angky Tisnadisasrea, Dir.-PT Asrtratel Nusantara

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,638,920,000

2015 13,873,310,000

2014 15,191,760,000

2013 14,602,700,000

2012 14,163,820,000

2011 12,244,030,000

1,676,056,000 12.28% 1,423,364,000 1,141,523,000

1,478,497,000 10.65% 1,468,555,000 1,089,403,000

2,060,104,000 13.56% 1,404,383,000 1,444,679,000

2,072,983,000 14.19% 1,258,417,000 1,462,454,000

1,496,573,000 10.56% 1,229,946,000 1,462,755,000

1,343,074,000 10.96% 1,069,669,000 1,339,534,000

581,456,600 1,676,056,000 5.97% 14.16% 0.22

617,458,800 1,478,497,000 6.00% 14.63% 0.33

795,285,100 2,060,104,000 8.52% 21.36% 0.34

752,805,600 2,156,511,000 9.79% 25.03% 0.32

837,162,000 2,178,128,000 11.56% 29.50% 0.42

736,009,600 1,994,577,000 13.35% 32.84% 0.39

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 62 216522555 Fax: 62 216512058 Toll-Free: Address: 8 Jalan Gaya Motor Raya, Sunter II, Jakarta, 14330 Indonesia

Stock Ticker: PTAIF Employees: 214,835 Parent Company: Jardine Cycle & Carriage

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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PTC Inc

www.ptc.com

NAIC Code: 0

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering Consulting Services Enterprise Publishing Software Product Data Management

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PTC Windchill PTC Servigistics PTC Creo View PTC Creo PTC Mathcad ThingWorx ColdLight Solutions LLC Vuforia

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James Heppelmann, CEO Robert Schechter, Chairman of the Board Craig Hayman, COO Anthony Dibona, Executive VP, Divisional Barry Cohen, Executive VP, Divisional Matthew Cohen, Executive VP, Divisional Andrew Miller, Executive VP Aaron Von Staats, General Counsel Robert Gremley, President, Divisional

PTC, Inc. develops markets and supports product development software and related services designed to aid companies in designing products and managing product information. PTC serves customers in the aerospace and defense, airlines, automotive, consumer products, electronics, footwear and apparel, industrial equipment, medical devices and retail industries. The firm has two business segments: solutions group and technology platform group. The solutions group consists of the product lifecycle management (PLM), computer-aided design (CAD) and service lifecycle management (SLM) products. The PLM products manage product configuration information through each stage of the product lifecycle and communicate and collaborate across the entire enterprise. Some of the products in this category are PTC Windchill and PTC Creo View. CAD products include PTC Creo and PTC Mathcad and can be used to create conceptual and detailed designs, analyze designs, perform engineering calculations and leverage the information created downstream using 2D, 3D, parametric and direct modeling. The SLM products offer service parts planning and optimization, service knowledge management, support product service and maintenance requirements and service analytics. Products in this category are PTC Servigistics and PTC Arbortext. The technology platform group includes Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and augmented reality business. The IoT products, such as ThingWorx, platform designed to build and run IoT applications; Vuforia, an augmented reality technology platform; and ThingWorx Machine Learning, a predictive intelligence tool focused on providing connectivity and data intelligence optimization. In 2015, the company acquired ColdLight Solutions, LLC and the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. The firm provides its employees with tuition reimbursement; medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance; a 401(k) plan; and short- and long-term disability coverage.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,140,533,000 229,331,000 -37,014,000 -3.24% 513,080,000 -54,465,000 183,168,000 26,189,000 49,244,000 -2.38% -6.39% 0.89

2015 1,255,242,000 227,513,000 41,616,000 3.31% 505,509,000 47,557,000 179,903,000 30,628,000 125,700,000 2.15% 5.54% 0.71

2014 1,356,967,000 226,496,000 196,576,000 14.48% 499,679,000 160,194,000 304,552,000 25,275,000 271,574,000 7.95% 17.99% 0.68

2013 1,293,541,000 221,918,000 127,324,000 9.84% 492,577,000 143,769,000 224,683,000 29,328,000 209,761,000 7.94% 16.68% 0.26

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 781 370-5000 Fax: 781 370-6000 Toll-Free: 877-275-4782 Address: 140 Kendrick St., Needham, MA 02494 United States

Stock Ticker: PTC Employees: 5,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $625,000 Second Exec. Salary: $750,000

Bonus: $500,000 Bonus: $

2012 1,255,679,000 214,960,000 128,096,000 10.20% 495,264,000 -35,398,000 217,975,000 31,413,000 191,953,000 -2.06% -4.37% 0.45

2011 1,166,949,000 211,406,000 117,114,000 10.03% 463,342,000 85,424,000 78,698,000 27,817,000 170,252,000 5.81% 10.88% 0.24

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Qualcomm Inc

www.qualcomm.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Telecommunications Equipment Digital Wireless Communications Products Integrated Circuits Mobile Communications Systems Wireless Software & Services E-Mail Software Code Division Multiple Access

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd NXP Semiconductors NV

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Steven Mollenkopf, CEO George Davis, CFO Paul Jacobs, Chairman of the Board John Murphy, Chief Accounting Officer Matthew Grob, Chief Technology Officer Michelle Sterling, Executive VP, Divisional Brian Modoff, Executive VP, Divisional James Thompson, Executive VP, Subsidiary Cristiano Amon, Executive VP, Subsidiary Donald Rosenberg, Executive VP Alexander Rogers, Executive VP Derek Aberle, President

Qualcomm, Inc. provides digital wireless communications products, technologies and services. Its operations are divided into three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT designs application-specific integrated circuits based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and other technologies for use in voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia functions and GPS products. QTL grants licenses and provides rights to use portions of Qualcomm's intellectual property portfolio to thirdparty manufacturers of wireless products and networking equipment. QSI makes strategic investments in various companies and technologies that Qualcomm believes will open new opportunities for its technologies. Joint venture (with Guizhou Province), Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co. Ltd., designs and sells world-class server chipset technology in China; and joint venture (with TDK Corporation), RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd., delivers radio frequency (RF) front-end modules and RF filters into fully integrated systems for mobile devices and fast-growing business segments such as the Internet of Things, drones, robotics, automotive applications and more. In November 2016, Qualcomm acquired NXP Semiconductors NV, a provider of secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications. U.S. employees of the company receive medical, dental and vision insurance; dependent/health care reimbursement accounts; tuition reimbursement; a 401(k); and an employee stock purchase plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 23,554,000,000 5,151,000,000 6,495,000,000 27.57% 2,385,000,000 5,705,000,000 7,400,000,000 539,000,000 8,558,000,000 11.06% 18.05% 0.31

2015 25,281,000,000 5,490,000,000 5,776,000,000 22.84% 2,344,000,000 5,271,000,000 5,506,000,000 994,000,000 7,805,000,000 10.60% 14.93% 0.31

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 26,487,000,000 5,477,000,000 7,550,000,000 28.50% 2,290,000,000 7,967,000,000 8,887,000,000 1,185,000,000 8,700,000,000 16.93% 21.17%

2013 24,866,000,000 4,967,000,000 7,230,000,000 29.07% 2,518,000,000 6,853,000,000 8,778,000,000 1,048,000,000 9,234,000,000 15.48% 19.68%

Stock Ticker: QCOM Employees: 33,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,375,000 Bonus: $1,000,000

2011 14,957,000,000 2,995,000,000 5,026,000,000 33.60% 1,945,000,000 4,260,000,000 4,900,000,000 593,000,000 6,862,000,000 12.71% 17.82%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 858 587-1121 Fax: 858 658-2100 Toll-Free: Address: 5775 Morehouse Dr., San Diego, CA 92121 United States Top Exec. Salary: $889,438 Second Exec. Salary: $542,324

2012 19,121,000,000 3,915,000,000 5,682,000,000 29.71% 2,324,000,000 6,109,000,000 5,998,000,000 1,284,000,000 7,549,000,000 15.38% 20.20%

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Quanta Computer Inc

www.quantatw.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Electronics Manufacturing Server Systems Optical Storage Hardware LCD Displays Smart Phones Automotive Electronics Notebook Computers

Quanta Computer, Inc., based in Taiwan, specializes in the contract design and manufacture of computers and components and is one of the leading global producers of notebook computers. In addition to laptops, the firm produces other electronics, including servers and cameras. Quanta has extended its businesses into enterprise network systems, home entertainment, mobile communication, automotive electronics and digital home markets. Quanta Research Institute collaborates with leading institutions around the globe to research new technologies, including a $200 million project with MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) to design new computing and communication platforms. Subsidiaries of the firm include Quanta Storage, Inc., focused on the development and manufacturing of slim optical disk drives; Quanta Microsystems, Inc., which designs and manufactures wireless devices and modules for both system integrators and end users; RoyalTek Co. Ltd., a provider of GPS-related components, including GPS receivers, Bluetooth GPS devices, active antennae and GPS data logging systems; and Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), which provides datacenter products, including server, storage, network switch and integrated rack solution. Additionally, Quanta developed the laptop computers distributed by U.S.-based nonprofit One Laptop Per Child, which provides computers for educational purposes to children in developing nations.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Quanta Research Institute Quanta Storage Inc Quanta Microsystems Inc RoyalTek Co Ltd Quanta Cloud Technology

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. C.C. Leung, Pres. Barry Lam, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 29,482,960,000 369,549,100 630,078,900 2.13% 537,020,600 499,246,800 1,549,821,000 164,563,800 871,718,800 2.70% 11.39% 0.14

2015 33,218,700,000 360,348,500 602,877,000 1.81% 567,927,900 587,927,300 -1,173,768 171,367,800 844,750,300 3.12% 13.44% 0.15

2014 30,549,480,000 341,439,400 461,824,900 1.51% 575,642,200 622,795,100 179,322,000 245,698,800 667,625,500 3.23% 14.77% 0.17

2013 29,035,090,000 346,677,800 430,699,600 1.48% 452,898,400 614,009,700 1,594,027,000 79,010,320 651,704,400 3.30% 15.06% 0.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 3 3272345 Fax: 886 3 3271511 Toll-Free: Address: 211 Wen Hwa 2nd. Rd., Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao Yuan Shien, 33377 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: QUCCF Employees: 72,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 33,557,960,000 325,407,100 500,389,000 1.49% 467,223,800 759,812,900 1,190,380,000 195,368,500 1,515,491,000 3.72% 19.18% 0.15

2011 36,598,110,000 302,463,400 523,870,400 1.43% 576,041,200 760,257,700 74,393,410 240,600,600 1,465,971,000 3.89% 20.22% 0.28

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Raytheon Company

www.raytheon.com

NAIC Code: 336414

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing Commercial Electronics Technical Services Communications & Information Systems Sensors & Surveillance Equipment Missile Systems Software Engineering Cybersecurity Solutions

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Forcepoint TRITON

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Thomas Kennedy, CEO Anthony OBrien, CFO Michael Wood, Controller Wesley Kremer, President, Divisional Rebecca Rhoads, President, Divisional David Wajsgras, President, Divisional Randa Newsome, Vice President, Divisional Frank Jimenez, Vice President Taylor Lawrence, Vice President Richard Yuse, Vice President

Raytheon Company offers electronics, mission systems integration and mission support services to defense, homeland security and other government markets worldwide. Raytheon operates through five segments: integrated defense systems (IDS); intelligence, information and systems (IIS); missile systems (MS); space and airborne systems (SAS); and Forcepoint. IDS provides air and missile defense; radar solutions; naval combat and ship electronic systems; command, control, communications, computers and intelligence solutions; and international and domestic Air Traffic Management systems. IIS provides technical and professional services to intelligence, defense, federal and commercial customers worldwide. IIS specializes in global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), navigation, DoD (Department of Defense) space and weather solutions; cybersecurity, analytics, training, logistics, mission support and engineering and sustainment solutions. MS develops and produces missile and combat systems, including weapon systems, projectiles, kinetic kill vehicles, directed energy effectors and advanced combat sensor solutions for the armed forces of the U.S. and other allied nations. SAS designs and develops sensor and communication systems for advanced missions, including ISR, precision engagement, unmanned aerial operations and space. This segment provides electrooptical/infrared sensors, airborne radars for surveillance and fire control applications, lasers, precision guidance systems, signals intelligence systems, processors, electronic warfare systems, communication systems and space-qualified systems for civil and military applications. Forcepoint is a global provider of information technology security products and related services designed to protect commercial and government organizations and their customers from external and internal threats. Its TRITON security platform provides advanced content security solutions by integrating web, email and data security technologies into a single architecture. Employees receive medical, dental, prescription drug and vision care coverage; health care reimbursement accounts; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; a retirement program; adoption assistance; and educational assistance.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,069,000,000 755,000,000 3,240,000,000 13.46% 2,127,000,000 2,211,000,000 2,852,000,000 625,000,000 3,777,000,000 7.45% 21.89% 0.53

2015 23,247,000,000 706,000,000 3,013,000,000 12.96% 1,954,000,000 2,074,000,000 2,359,000,000 457,000,000 3,509,000,000 7.25% 21.10% 0.52

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 22,826,000,000 500,000,000 3,179,000,000 13.92% 1,852,000,000 2,244,000,000 2,184,000,000 380,000,000 3,635,000,000 8.33% 21.82% 0.55

2013 23,706,000,000 465,000,000 2,938,000,000 12.39% 1,771,000,000 1,996,000,000 2,378,000,000 329,000,000 3,412,000,000 7.58% 20.94% 0.42

Stock Ticker: RTN Employees: 63,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 24,857,000,000 625,000,000 2,857,000,000 11.49% 1,678,000,000 1,866,000,000 2,107,000,000 437,000,000 3,309,000,000 7.42% 20.80% 0.56

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 788 522-3000 Fax: 781 522-3001 Toll-Free: Address: 870 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,299,979 Second Exec. Salary: $971,943

2012 24,414,000,000 704,000,000 2,989,000,000 12.24% 1,629,000,000 1,888,000,000 1,957,000,000 415,000,000 3,435,000,000 7.18% 23.29% 0.58

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB)

www.rb.com

NAIC Code: 325611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Household Products Manufacturer Health & Personal Care Products Fabric Care Products Surface Care Products Dishwashing Products Home Care Products Food Products Over the Counter & Prescription Pharmaceuticals

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) is a producer of consumer products with more than 60 operating companies. The firm's core products, sold in 200 countries worldwide, fall into three categories: health, hygiene and home. Health products include over-the-counter (OTC) medications for common health problems such as Mucinex decongestants, Strepsils sore throat medication and Nurofen analgesic. It also includes Scholl footcare products, Durex brand prophylactics; and Gaviscon, a heartburn and indigestion relief brand. The hygiene category includes household cleaners and disinfectants such as Lysol, Cillit Bang and Harpic; pest control products, including Mortein brand rodenticide and insecticide products; dishwashing products, offered primarily under the Finish brand; and personal care items, sold under the Clearasil and Veet brands. Home products consist of Air Wick brand aircare products, such as aerosols, gels, liquids, candles and electrical plug-ins; and fabric care products, such as garment care, laundry detergent, water softener, fabric softener and fabric treatment products, sold under the Calgon, Vanish and Woolite brands. Additionally, the firm's non-core operations consist of food products such as French's brand mustard, Worcestershire sauce, potato sticks and fried onions. In October 2016, RB acquired Hypermarcas' Brazilian condom and lubricants business for $175 million. In February 2017, it agreed to acquire Mead Johnson Nutrition Company for about $16.6 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Veet Mucinex Gaviscon Lysol Clearasil Air Wick Calgon French's

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rakesh Kapoor, CEO Adrian Hennah, CFO Deborah Yates, Human Resources Darrell Stein, Information Svcs. Heather Allen, Exec. VP-Category Dev. Amedeo Fasano, Exec. VP-Supply

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,640,250,000 190,415,300 3,079,872,000 24.36% 3,139,936,000 2,341,214,000 3,095,208,000 502,236,400 3,409,584,000 11.00% 23.90% 0.09

2015 11,340,570,000 178,913,700 2,863,897,000 25.25% 2,766,773,000 2,227,476,000 2,279,872,000 228,754,000 3,086,262,000 11.33% 25.37% 0.09

2014 11,292,010,000 186,581,500 2,765,495,000 24.49% 2,876,677,000 4,118,850,000 2,682,428,000 235,143,800 2,971,246,000 21.03% 48.95% 0.09

2013 12,834,500,000 254,313,100 2,996,805,000 23.34% 3,152,716,000 2,222,364,000 2,710,543,000 287,539,900 3,215,335,000 11.50% 28.38% 0.09

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 1753217800 Fax: 44 1753217899 Toll-Free: Address: 103-105 Bath Rd., Slough, Berkshire SL1 3UH United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: RBGLY Employees: 34,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $760,594 Second Exec. Salary: $1,172,753

Bonus: $444,948 Bonus: $

2012 12,226,200,000 218,530,300 3,111,821,000 25.45% 2,962,300,000 2,337,380,000 2,412,779,000 226,198,100 3,320,128,000 12.52% 31.44%

2011 12,121,400,000 33,226,830 3,060,703,000 25.25% 2,230,032,000 2,195,527,000 264,536,700 3,277,955,000 12.66% 32.40%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Regal-Beloit Corporation

www.regal-beloit.com

NAIC Code: 335312

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Mechanical Products Manufacturing HVAC Components

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark Gliebe, CEO Charles Hinrichs, CFO Jonathan Schlemmer, COO Thomas Valentyn, General Counsel Terry Colvin, Vice President, Divisional John Avampato, Vice President Robert Lazzerini, Vice President

Regal-Beloit Corporation is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that manufactures electric motors and controls, electric generators and power transmission products. The company operates through three segments: commercial & industrial systems (CIS), climate solutions and power transmission solutions. CIS designs, manufactures and sells fractional, integral and large horsepower AC and DC motors and controls for commercial and industrial applications. These motors are sold directly to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and end-user customers through direct and independent sales representatives, as well as through regional and national distributors. Climate solutions designs, manufactures and sells fractional motors, electronic variable speed controls and blowers used in a variety of residential and light commercial air moving applications including HVAC systems and commercial refrigeration. Power transmission solutions designs, manufactures and markets standard, modified and highly engineered enclosed gear drives, gearmotors, transmissions and custom open gearing used for motion control within complex equipment systems. This gearing reduces the speed and increases the torque from an electric motor or other prime mover to meet the requirements of equipment such as a conveyor drive. Regal manufactures many the products that it sells at its facilities located in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, India, China, Thailand and Europe.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,224,500,000

2015 3,509,700,000

2014 3,257,100,000

2013 3,095,700,000

2012 3,166,900,000

2011 2,808,332,000

320,600,000 9.94%

252,800,000 7.20%

121,500,000 3.73%

312,800,000 9.87%

255,713,000 9.10%

203,400,000 439,600,000 65,200,000 480,500,000 4.54% 10.23% 0.64

143,300,000 381,100,000 92,200,000 416,500,000 3.58% 7.40% 0.88

31,000,000 298,200,000 88,200,000 268,100,000 .87% 1.55% 0.32

208,000,000 6.71% 494,200,000 120,000,000 305,000,000 91,000,000 341,400,000 3.32% 5.98% 0.29

195,600,000 351,700,000 82,300,000 440,400,000 5.72% 11.21% 0.38

152,290,000 265,296,000 57,621,000 355,691,000 5.32% 10.51% 0.59

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 608 364-8800 Fax: 608 364-8818 Toll-Free: Address: 200 State Street, Beloit, WI 53511 United States

Stock Ticker: RBC Employees: 23,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $955,000 Second Exec. Salary: $590,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group)

www.ril.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemicals Refining & Manufacturing Textiles & Fabrics Oil & Gas Exploration Power Generation Supermarkets Mall Development

Reliance Industries, Ltd. (Reliance Group or RIL) is a conglomerate that operates in several business sectors, including energy, textiles, retail and petrochemicals. RIL produces and distributes plastics and intermediates, polyester filament yarn, polymer intermediates, chemicals, textiles, oil and natural gas. It has one of the largest marketing networks in India, with textile products sold under labels such as flagship brand Vimal. Its latest textile products include anti-microbial and anti-bacterial work-wear fabrics, heavy-duty textiles for home furnishing and automobiles, silk-amino suiting materials, fire-retardant and water-repellent tent fabrics and insect and mosquito repellent nets at World Health Organization standards. RIL's petroleum exploration and production segment provides crude oil and natural gas to refining, power, fertilizer, petrochemical and other industries; and the company also conducts its own refining and marketing under the Reliance Gas brand name. The firm's petrochemicals, chemicals, acrylics and polyesters division, through brands such as Repol and Relene, supplies a wide variety of products and materials to technology partners. RIL's retail segment includes the grocery store Reliance Fresh, the online grocery store Reliance Fresh Direct, hypermarket Reliance Smart, Reliance Trends apparel retailers, Reliance Digital electronics stores, Reliance Footprint shoe stores and iStore, an Apple products store. Reliance Jio offers end-to-end digital solutions, which include broadband network, telecom, high speed data, digital commerce, media and payment services. In May 2016, the firm sold its interest in Gulf Africa Petroleum Corp. to the Total Group.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Reliance Fresh Direct Vimal Reliance Fresh Reliance Smart Reliance Trends Reliance Digital Reliance Jio Reliance Holding USA Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mukesh D. Ambani, Managing Dir.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 42,944,950,272

2015 58,301,890,560

2014 67,467,976,704

2013 61,660,377,088

2012 55,672,180,736

2011 41,278,144,512

4,290,706,176

3,659,601,152

3,492,973,312

3,242,332,672

3,061,883,904

2,992,704,512

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91 2222785000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Makers Chambers IV, 222, Fl. 3, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400021 India

Stock Ticker: RLNIY Employees: 23,853 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Renault SA

www.renault.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Financial Services Commercial Vehicles Scooters Farm Machinery Automotive Maintenance Service

Renault SA is a leading automobile manufacturer in France. The company's automobile division consists of the Renault, Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) and Dacia brands based in France, South Korea and Romania, respectively. It designs, develops and markets a line of small- to mid-size cars, including hatchbacks and minivans, as well as light commercial vehicles and two-wheelers, such as scooters. Some of Renault's brands include the Twingo, Clio, Espace, Fluence, Kadjar, Kwid, Pulse, Megane, Scenic, Duster Oroch, Talisman and Kangoo. The Renault Alaskan concept is a light commercial pickup vehicle with a strong position in the SouthAmerican and African markets. RSM brands include the Latitude (also known as SM5) and Talisman (SM7). Dacia's models include the Duster, an SUV; Logan, available in a 4door sedan; Sandero, a 4-door hatchback; and Loddgy, a multipurpose vehicle. Renault's sales and finance division is comprised of RCI Banque and its subsidiaries, which provide sales, services and cash management for the group. Renault SA operates a host of automotive maintenance locations under the names Renault Minute and Motrio. There are more than 750 Renault Minute centers throughout France. Motrio offers a range of multi-branded parts for the maintenance and light engineering of vehicles, as well as at-your-service auto repair shops throughout the country. Through its joint venture Renault-Nissan BV, Renault owns approximately 43.4% of Japan-based Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Nissan, in turn, owns approximately 15% of Renault. In addition, the French government has a 19.73% stake in the company. The firm has a partnership and 25% stake in Russian automaker AvtoVAZ OAO, as well as a 1.55% stake in automaker Daimler AG of Germany.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Renault Renault Samsung Motors Dacia Renault-Nissan BV AvtoVAZ OAO Daimler AG Nissan Motor Co Ltd Renault Minute

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Carlos Ghosn, CEO Cotilde Delbos, CFO Thierry Koskas, Exec. VP-Sales & Mktg. Marie-Francoise Damesin, Exec. VP-Human Resources Philippe Klein, Exec. VP-Prod. Planning, Plan & Programs Jean-Michel Billig, Exec. VP-Eng. & Quality Jose Vicente de los Mosoz Obispo, Exec. VP-Mfg. Philippe Klein, Exec. VP-Corp. Planning Mouna Sepehri, Exec. VP-Office of CEO Stefan Mueller, Exec. VP Carlos Ghosn, Chmn. Gerard Leclercq, Exec. VP-Supply Chain

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 57,434,430,000 2,656,355,000 3,679,668,000 6.40% 5,979,601,000 3,832,101,000 4,919,301,000 3,471,195,000 8,768,214,000 3.54% 11.64% 0.14

2015 50,803,630,000 2,325,712,000 2,377,270,000 4.67% 5,401,255,000 3,164,089,000 6,744,004,000 3,139,431,000 7,157,588,000 3.27% 10.76% 0.20

2014 46,015,470,000 1,928,940,000 1,238,511,000 2.69% 4,948,442,000 2,118,359,000 4,451,917,000 2,814,392,000 5,988,568,000 2.41% 7.98% 0.29

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 45,877,600,000 2,030,935,000 -38,108,050 - .08% 4,782,560,000 656,803,400 4,003,587,000 3,081,148,000 5,320,556,000 .77% 2.48% 0.30

Stock Ticker: RNSDF Employees: 120,136 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 47,778,530,000 2,271,912,000 1,394,306,000 2.91% 5,325,039,000 2,397,445,000 3,758,126,000 6,601,659,000 2.92% 9.03% 0.26

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 176840404 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 13-15 Quai Alponse le Gallo, Billancourt Cedex, 92513 France Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 46,256,450,000 2,146,380,000 136,740,600 .29% 5,081,820,000 1,986,102,000 4,344,317,000 3,190,989,000 6,772,024,000 2.38% 7.32% 0.27

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Renesas Electronics Corporation

www.renesas.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing Semiconductors

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Intersil Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bunsei Kure, CEO Testsuya Tsurumaru, Pres. Hidetoshi Shibata, CFO Tetsuya Tsurumaru, Chmn.

Renesas Electronics Corporation is a semiconductor company providing value-added solutions used in a range of applications. The company's connected products and services focus on three domains: automotive, industrial and home electronics (HE), and office automation and information communication technology (OA/ICT). The automotive domain provides solutions such as software applications such as navigation systems, advanced driver assistance systems, car audio systems, vehicle information systems, chassis and safety systems, electric/hybrid electric systems, instrument clusters, powertrain systems, automotive technologies and development tools. The industrial/HE domain provides solutions such as capacitive touch sensors, motor control systems, wireless communication solutions, Bluetooth low energy solutions, human interface solutions, home appliance solutions, healthcare solutions, metering solutions, battery solutions and security solutions. The OA/ICT domain provides solutions such as office capacitive touch sensors, human interface solutions, lighting, computer peripherals and security solutions, motor control systems, sub-GHz wireless communication solutions, connectivity (wired and wireless), Internet of Things Sandbox and power supply. In February 2017, the firm acquired Intersil Corporation, a provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,248,436,000

2015 7,129,747,000

2014 7,507,715,000

2013 7,081,890,000

2012 7,959,262,000

2011 10,255,580,000

935,360,600 14.96%

941,173,800 13.20%

609,576,900 8.11%

-209,248,900 -2.95%

-511,473,200 -6.42%

130,901,100 1.27%

777,727,700 1,138,274,000 426,762,400 1,291,770,000 10.21% 25.04% 0.56

765,317,200 1,052,202,000 402,986,800 1,370,838,000 10.13% 31.42% 0.81

-6,606,341 844,692,400 373,938,800 720,776,100 - .72% -3.76% 1.22

-1,489,176,000 -487,598,500 467,653,200 -558,150,200 -21.94% -117.71% 4.09

-552,400,100 -87,387,570 845,963,200 403,113,000 -6.24% -24.95% 0.21

-1,017,142,000 923,671,000 783,982,500 -31,805,970 -14.33% -55.28% 0.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 352015111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-2-24 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0061 Japan

Stock Ticker: RNECY Employees: 18,884 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Repsol SA

www.repsol.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemical Manufacturing Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Refining & Retailing Service Stations Electric Generation Transportation

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gas Natural Fenosa

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Josu Jon Imaz, CEO Miguel Martinez, CFO Luis Suarez de Lezo Mantilla, General Counsel Pedro Fernandez Frial, Exec. Dir.-Strategy & Control Begona Elices Garcia, Exec. Dir.-Comm. Josu Jon Imaz, Exec. Dir.-Industrial Area & New Energy Nemesio Fernandez-Cuesta Luca de Tena, Exec. Dir.-Bus. Units Luis Cabra, Exec. Dir.-Exploration & Prod. Antonio Brufau, Chmn.

Repsol SA is a leading private energy company that explores for, produces, refines, markets and distributes petroleum products, with operations in over 40 countries. It divides its operations into two business units: upstream and downstream. Upstream handles the firm's exploration & production activities, including some of the largest finds worldwide. Key projects within this division include exploration activities in the U.S., Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Spain, Algeria and Russia. The downstream unit involves the supply and trading of crude oils and products, oil refining, marketing of petroleum products, distribution & marketing of LPG, production & marketing of chemical products and the development of new energy solutions. This division markets its chemical products in more than 90 countries. It owns and manages industrial complexes in Spain located in Cartagena, A Coruna, Bilbao, Puertollano and Tarragona, with a total refining capacity of approximately 900,000 barrels of oil/day (bbl/d). The company also has a refinery in Peru, La Pampilla, where the firm is the operator and owns a 51.03% stake and has a capacity of 102,000 bbl/d. Repsol's LNG division specializes in integrated LNG projects that involve LNG marketing, natural gas prospecting and production and the building of liquefaction and regasification facilities. The company's 30%-owned Gas Natural Fenosa segment explores for, produces, liquefies, transports and wholesale markets LNG. In early 2016, the firm sold part of its piped gas business for $1 billion to Gas Natural Distribution and Redexis Gas, including its 10% stake in oil pipepline operator Compania Logistica de Hidrocarburos. That same year, Repsol agreed to sell its offshore wind power business in the U.K. to SDIC Power of China, including the Inch Cape project and Repsol's share in the Beatrice project (25%).

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 38,880,300,000

2015 44,364,490,000

2014 50,922,440,000

2013 62,481,510,000

2012 66,043,490,000

2011 67,386,240,000

2,141,897,000 5.50%

-2,734,813,000 -6.16%

87,424,340 .17%

2,881,641,000 4.61%

4,803,856,000 7.27%

1,945,752,000 4,360,009,000 2,245,012,000 4,942,838,000 2.67% 5.75% 0.05

-1,375,252,000 5,436,001,000 3,255,996,000 614,212,000 -2.13% -4.35% 0.36

1,806,770,000 3,567,586,000 2,920,870,000 2,100,426,000 2.75% 5.84% 0.26

218,560,900 4,478,816,000 3,853,396,000 5,749,832,000 .30% .72% 0.47

2,499,440,000 6,625,196,000 3,837,704,000 7,703,430,000 3.28% 8.87% 0.56

5,385,564,000 7.99% 2,890,608,000 2,457,969,000 4,617,799,000 308,226,800 9,652,545,000 3.16% 9.19% 0.65

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 34 913488100 Fax: 34 913142821 Toll-Free: Address: C/Mendez Alvaro, 44, Madrid, 28045 Spain

Stock Ticker: REPYF Employees: 24,535 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Reynolds American Inc

www.reynoldsamerican.com

NAIC Code: 312230

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tobacco Products Smokeless Tobacco Products Cigarettes

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co American Snuff Company LLC Santa Fe Natural Tobaco Co Inc British American Tobacco PLC RJ Reynolds Vapor Company Niconovum USA Inc Niconovum AB Camel

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Martin Holton, Assistant Secretary Joseph Fragnito, Other Executive Officer Debra Crew, CEO Andrew Gilchrist, CFO Susan Cameron, Chairman of the Board Frederick Smothers, Chief Accounting Officer J. OBrien, Executive VP, Divisional Daniel Herko, Executive VP, Subsidiary Cressida Lozano, Executive VP, Subsidiary Nancy Hawley, Executive VP, Subsidiary Lisa Caldwell, Executive VP Mcdara Folan, Other Corporate Officer Michael Auger, President, Divisional Randall Spach, President, Subsidiary Michael Little, President, Subsidiary

Reynolds American, Inc. is the holding company that owns R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR Tobacco), one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the U.S. The company's operations also include American Snuff Company LLC, a smokeless tobacco manufacturer; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., Inc., manufacturer of leading super-premium cigarette brands; R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, a manufacturer and marketer of digital vapor cigarettes; and Niconovum USA, Inc. and Niconovum AB (Niconovum), marketers of nicotine replacement therapy products in the U.S. and Sweden, respectively. RJR Tobacco's best-selling cigarette brands are Camel, Newport and Pall Mall. Other cigarette brands include the Doral, Misty and Capri brands, as well as Dunhill and State Express 555, which are licensed from British American Tobacco PLC (BAT). Additionally, it markets Camel Snus, a smoke-free tobacco product. RJR Tobacco manages a contract cigarette manufacturing business through arrangements with BAT affiliates, and manages the export of tobacco products to certain U.S. territories, duty-free shops and overseas military bases. RJR Tobacco has a total production capacity of approximately 110 billion cigarettes per year. American Snuff Company manufactures smokeless tobacco products. Its best-selling snuff products are the Grizzly and Kodiak brands. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco manufactures and markets additive-free cigarettes and tobacco products under the Natural American Spirit brand. Niconovum markets nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products under the Zonnic brand name. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, which produces electronic cigarettes under the Vuse brand. In January 2016, the firm sold the international rights to the Natural American Spirit brand name to Japan Tobacco Group for approximately $5 billion. In January 2017, BAT agreed to acquire the Reynolds American shares that it did not already own. BAT already owned 42.2% of the firm. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. The firm offers employees a company-matched 401(k) plan, health and daycare savings accounts, tuition reimbursement and onsite health clinics and fitness centers.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,503,000,000

2015 10,675,000,000

2014 8,471,000,000

2013 8,236,000,000

2012 8,304,000,000

2011 8,541,000,000

10,569,000,000 84.53% 1,931,000,000 6,073,000,000 1,280,000,000 206,000,000 10,440,000,000 11.64% 30.39% 0.58

6,953,000,000 65.13% 2,098,000,000 3,253,000,000 196,000,000 174,000,000 7,076,000,000 9.50% 28.56% 0.92

2,531,000,000 29.87% 1,871,000,000 1,470,000,000 1,623,000,000 204,000,000 2,654,000,000 9.60% 30.34% 1.02

3,132,000,000 38.02% 1,389,000,000 1,718,000,000 1,308,000,000 153,000,000 3,103,000,000 10.75% 32.96% 0.98

2,214,000,000 26.66% 1,470,000,000 1,272,000,000 1,568,000,000 88,000,000 2,318,000,000 7.75% 22.10% 0.95

2,399,000,000 28.08% 1,606,000,000 1,406,000,000 1,420,000,000 190,000,000 2,545,000,000 8.43% 22.03% 0.51

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 336 741-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 401 N. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Exchange: NYS Stock Ticker: RAI Employees: 5,550 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: British American Tobacco PLC (BAT)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $669,025 Second Exec. Salary: $1,378,000

Bonus: $3,200,000 Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Ricoh Company Ltd

www.ricoh.com

NAIC Code: 333316

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing Network Systems Printers, Copiers & Fax Machines PCs & Servers Accessories Digital Cameras Electronic Devices Managed Print Services

Ricoh Company, Ltd. is a global developer of office automation equipment. The firm manufactures and markets copiers, including plain paper copiers (PPCs), multi-functional printers (MFPs), scanners, fax machines and media supplies and services. Ricoh has three business segments: imaging and solutions, industrial products and other. The imaging and solutions segment consists of office imaging products, including multifunction printers, copiers, laser printers and support services; production printing, which offers cut sheet printers, continuous feed printers and related parts, supplies and services; and network system solutions, which provide personal computers, servers, network equipment and related services. The industrial products segment consists of thermal media, optical equipment, semiconductor devices, electronic components and measuring equipment. The other segment offers digital cameras. The company has manufacturing facilities in Japan, China, Thailand, India, the U.K., France and the U.S. Products are marketed primarily under the Ricoh name, though internationally, brands such as Savin, Lanier and Gestetner are used. The firm's North American operations include wholly-owned subsidiary Ricoh Americas Corporation, which oversees U.S. sales and manufacturing activities. During 2016, sales in Japan accounted for 34.5% of the firm's revenue; the Americas generated 31.4%; Europe, 24.03%; and all other regions accounted for the remaining 10.07%. In January 2016, Ricoh acquired AnaJet, a direct to garment printing firm.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ricoh Savin Lanier Gestetner Ricoh Americas Corporation AnaJet

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Zenji Miura, CEO Zenji Miura, Pres. Shiro Sasaki, Exec. VP Nobuo Inaba, Exec. VP Yohzoh Matsuura, Exec. VP Yoshinori Yamashita, Exec. VP Shiro Kondo, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,909,400,000

2015 20,115,920,000

2014 19,789,250,000

2013 17,345,000,000

2012 17,155,550,000

2011 17,502,870,000

921,958,700 4.63% 7,204,842,000 567,577,500 899,994,600 1,016,151,000 1,936,001,000 2.28% 5.82% 0.54

1,043,360,000 5.18% 7,130,460,000 617,931,800 924,202,800 1,009,283,000 2,050,525,000 2.57% 6.48% 0.52

1,084,639,000 5.48% 6,785,514,000 656,290,000 1,323,918,000 973,583,600 2,103,701,000 2.94% 7.55% 0.43

571,714,400 3.29% 6,225,418,000 292,616,700 1,122,321,000 890,414,100 1,365,025,000 1.39% 3.77% 0.53

-162,842,300 - .94% 6,340,564,000 -401,607,800 100,996,800 791,093,600 596,454,300 -1.95% -5.08% 0.63

542,531,100 3.09% 6,578,203,000 177,100,400 1,172,107,000 773,131,200 1,327,559,000 .84% 2.06% 0.51

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 362785241 Fax: 81 335439086 Toll-Free: Address: Ricoh Bldg., 8-13-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 104-8222 Japan

Stock Ticker: RICOF Employees: 109,361 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Robert Bosch GmbH

www.bosch.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Auto Parts Manufacturing Gasoline Systems Motor, Control & Motion Products Chassis Systems Electronics & Multimedia Energy & Body Systems Security Systems Power Tools

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bosch Mahle TurboSystems Bosch Engineering Bosch Boxberg Proving Ground Bosch Battery Systems Bosch Rexroth Bosch Packaging Technology

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Volkmar Denner, Managing Dir. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Finance Volkmar Denner, Dir.-Research Volkmar Denner, Dir.-Prod. Planning Volkmar Denner, Dir.-Eng. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Dir.-Bus. Admin. Christoph Kubel, Dir.-Legal Svcs., Taxes & Internal Auditing Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Dir.-Corp. Planning Volkmar Denner, Dir.-Corp. Comm. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Dir.-Finance & Controlling Wolf-Henning Scheider, Dir.-Coordination Automotive Tech. Uwe Raschke, Dir.-Consumer Goods & User Experience Werner Struth, Dir.-North & South America Franz Fehrenbach, Chmn. Peter Tyroller, Dir.-Asia Pacific Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Dir.-Purchasing & Logistics

Robert Bosch GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of automotive components. It has operations in roughly 60 countries through over 440 subsidiaries. The company operates in four business sectors: mobility solutions, industrial technology, consumer goods and energy and building technology. Mobility solutions supplies independent parts to the automotive industry, including gasoline systems, diesel systems, chassis systems control, electrical drives, starter motors, generators, multimedia, automotive electronics, automotive aftermarket parts and steering systems. Subsidiaries and joint ventures (JVs) in this segment include Bosch Mahle TurboSystems, Bosch Engineering, Bosch Boxberg Proving Ground and Bosch Battery Systems. Industrial technology incorporates the drive, control technology and packaging technology divisions. Subsidiary Bosch Rexroth provides drive and control technologies for mobile applications, machinery applications/engineering and factory automation. Bosch Packaging Technology is a leading supplier in the field of processing and packaging technology, developing and producing solutions for the pharmaceutical, food and confectionary industries. Consumer goods provides a wide spectrum of products and solutions in the areas of power tools and household appliances. Energy and building technology offers products and solutions such as HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning), solar energy and security systems. In 2016, the firm announced it would be investing $88 million (HUF 19 billion) at its plant in Hatvan, Hungary, creating 601 workplaces. That same month, Bosch opened its first location in Lahore, Pakistan, which focuses on the sale of power tools and security systems, as well as products and solutions from its automotive aftermarket division. Bosch USA offers employees benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage; long-term care insurance; life and AD&D insurance; travel accident insurance; paid vacations; short- and long-term disability coverage; and an educational assistance progra

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 86,279,000,000

2015 83,429,000,000

2014 54,586,000,000

2013 51,372,000,000

2012 49,849,000,000

2011 57,420,000,000

2,805,000,000

4,178,000,000

2,941,000,000

1,395,000,000

2,569,000,000

2,029,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-711-400-40990 Fax: 49-711-400-40999 Toll-Free: Address: Postfach 10 60 50, Stuttgart, 70049 Germany

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 390,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Roche Holding Ltd

www.roche.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Antibiotics Diagnostics Cancer Drugs Virology Products HIV/AIDS Treatments Transplant Drugs

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Genentech Inc Chugai Pharmaceuticals Gilead Sciences Roche Molecular Diagnostics Roche Professional Diagnostics Roche Tissue Diagnostics imCORE Signature Diagnostics

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Severin Schwan, CEO Daniel O'Day, COO-Pharmaceuticals Alan Hippe, CFO Roland Diggelmann, COO-Diagnostics Silvia Ayyoubi, Head-Human Resources John C. Reed, Head-Roche Pharmaceutical Research & Early Dev. Alan Hippe, CIO Gottlieb Keller, General Counsel Daniel ODay, COO-Pharmaceuticals Stephen Feldhaus, Head-Comm. Richard Scheller, Head-Genentech Research & Early Dev. Roland Diggelmann, COO-Diagnostics Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet, Head-Roche Partnering Christoph Franz, Chmn. Osamu Nagayama, CEO

Roche Holding, Ltd., based in Switzerland, is one of the world's largest health care companies. It occupies an industry-leading position in the global diagnostics market and ranks as one of the top producers of pharmaceuticals, with recognition in the areas of oncology, autoimmune disease and metabolic disorder treatments, virology and transplantation medicine. The company's operations currently extend to over 100 countries, with additional alliances and research and development agreements with corporate and institutional partners furthering Roche's collective reach. It operates in two divisions: pharmaceuticals, which generate 78% of the firm's sales; and diagnostics, 22%. The pharmaceuticals division includes Roche Pharma; Genentech, Inc.; and Chugai Pharmaceuticals. Its primary drug products include the cancer drugs Avastin, MabThera, Herceptin and Tarceva; the antibiotic Rocephin; the HIV/AIDS treatments Viracept, Invirase and Fuzeon; and Tamiflu, which is used to prevent and treat influenza. As part of the mobilization of Tamiflu, the company has maintained a long-term strategic partnership with Gilead Sciences to coordinate the licensing and manufacture of the drug, important in the case of a flu pandemic. The diagnostics division consists of Roche Diabetes Care, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Roche Professional Diagnostics and Roche Tissue Diagnostics. Roche companies control proprietary diagnostic technologies across a range of areas, including advanced DNA tests, leading consumer diabetes monitoring devices (Accu-Chek) and applied sciences methodologies for laboratory research. In February 2016, Roche was granted U.S. FDA breakthrough therapy designation for its investigational medicine ocrelizumab (OCREVUS) for the treatment of people with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. In November 2016, the firm launched imCORE, a global network of cancer immunotherapy centers of excellence to bring together experts for collaboration on new treatment approaches.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 51,979,980,000 11,852,130,000 14,459,550,000 27.81% 11,156,330,000 9,841,827,000 15,417,420,000 5,132,632,000 18,223,210,000 12.55% 42.66% 0.71

2015 51,802,180,000 9,846,966,000 14,204,670,000 27.42% 11,861,380,000 9,109,035,000 15,674,360,000 4,224,093,000 16,950,840,000 11.70% 43.69% 0.81

2014 51,250,270,000 10,169,680,000 14,481,140,000 28.25% 12,847,000,000 9,591,054,000 16,372,210,000 3,426,551,000 18,075,210,000 13.54% 48.00% 0.98

2013 48,078,600,000 9,527,333,000 16,830,600,000 35.00% 11,323,860,000 11,473,910,000 16,209,830,000 2,933,226,000 19,277,690,000 17.58% 66.08% 0.85

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41-61-688-1111 Fax: 41-61-691-9391 Toll-Free: Address: Grenzacherstrasse 124, Basel, 4070 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: RHHBY Employees: 94,052 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 46,762,040,000 9,817,162,000 14,517,110,000 31.04% 11,913,790,000 9,803,801,000 15,421,540,000 2,472,790,000 17,005,310,000 15.09% 71.75% 1.23

2011 43,711,650,000 8,557,128,000 13,827,480,000 31.63% 10,679,450,000 9,602,359,000 13,313,600,000 2,266,210,000 16,261,220,000 15.24% 86.65% 1.93

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Rockwell Collins Inc

www.rockwellcollins.com

NAIC Code: 334511

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aerospace Electronics Defense Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Robert Ortberg, CEO David Nieuwsma, Senior VP, Divisional Patrick Allen, CFO Tatum Buse, Chief Accounting Officer Werner Lieberherr, COO, Divisional Phillip Jasper, COO, Divisional Kent Statler, COO, Divisional Robert Perna, General Counsel Robert Sturgell, Senior VP, Divisional Colin Mahoney, Senior VP, Divisional Jeffrey MacLauchlan, Senior VP, Divisional Bruce King, Senior VP, Divisional Nan Mattai, Senior VP, Divisional Jeffrey Standerski, Senior VP, Divisional Douglas Stenske, Treasurer

Rockwell Collins, Inc. designs, produces and supports communications and aviation electronics for commercial and military customers worldwide. The company also provides information management services through voice and data communication networks and solutions globally. Rockwell Collins' solutions and products are oriented around its core competencies of communications, navigation, automated flight control, displays/surveillance, simulation and training, integrated electronics and information management systems. Rockwell Collins' business is divided into three segments: commercial systems, government systems and information management services (IMS). The commercial systems segment supplies aviation electronics systems, products and services to customers such as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of commercial air transport, business and regional aircraft, commercial airlines and business aircraft operators. Its systems and products are used in both OEM applications and in retrofit and upgrade applications designed to increase the efficiency and enhance the value of existing aircraft. The government systems segment provides electronic products, systems the U.S. Department of Defense, various ministries of defense and other government agencies and defense contractors around the world. These solutions are designed to meet customer requirements, rugged environments and for various types of applications. The products support airborne, precision weapon, ground and marine applications on new equipment, as well as in retrofit and upgrade applications designed to extend the service life of existing aircraft, vehicle and weapon platforms. Last, the IMS segment provides communications services, systems integration and security solutions across the aviation, airport, rail and nuclear security markets. In October 2016, the firm announced plans to enter the cabin interiors market through its agreement to acquire B/E Aerospace Inc. for $8.3 billion, which was scheduled to close in Spring 2017.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,259,000,000

2015 5,244,000,000

2014 4,979,000,000

2013 4,610,000,000

2012 4,726,000,000

2011 4,806,000,000

979,000,000 18.61% 638,000,000 728,000,000 723,000,000 193,000,000 1,252,000,000 9.64% 36.83% 0.66

1,008,000,000 19.22% 606,000,000 686,000,000 749,000,000 210,000,000 1,275,000,000 9.49% 36.49% 0.89

916,000,000 18.39% 594,000,000 604,000,000 660,000,000 164,000,000 1,166,000,000 9.69% 34.49% 0.88

880,000,000 19.08% 506,000,000 632,000,000 617,000,000 121,000,000 1,076,000,000 11.79% 43.93% 0.34

859,000,000 18.17% 543,000,000 609,000,000 534,000,000 142,000,000 1,058,000,000 11.37% 43.78% 0.61

846,000,000 17.60% 533,000,000 634,000,000 657,000,000 156,000,000 1,015,000,000 12.13% 42.19% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 319 295-1000 Fax: 319 295-1523 Toll-Free: Address: 400 Collins Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52498 United States

Stock Ticker: COL Employees: 19,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $997,348 Second Exec. Salary: $633,491

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc

www.rofin.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Laser Boring, Drilling, and Cutting Machines, Metalworking, Manufacturing Laser Systems for Material Processing Laser Components

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Coherent Inc Coherent-Rofin

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John R. Ambroseo, CEO Peter Wirth, Chairman of the Board Thomas Merk, President Cindy Denis, Secretary

Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc., operating under the CoherentRofin brand line, is a leading designer and manufacturer of lasers and laser-based products for industrial applications. Its products are used primarily for cutting, welding and marking a wide range of materials. Lasers are a non-contact technology for material processing and offer several advantages compared to conventional manufacturing tools used in industrial applications. The firm's product portfolio ranges from single laser-beam sources to highly complex systems, covering all of the key laser technologies such as fiber, solid-state and diode lasers and the entire power spectrum, from single-digit watts up to multi-kilowatts, as well as a comprehensive spectrum of wavelengths. Additionally, it offers an extensive range of laser components. The company's lasers all deliver a high-quality beam at guaranteed power outputs and feature compact design, high processing speed, flexibility, low operating and maintenance costs and easy integration into a customer's production process. Through its global manufacturing, distribution and service network, CoherentRofin provides a comprehensive range of laser sources and laser-based system solutions to the following principal target markets: machine tool, automotive, semiconductor, electronics and photovoltaic. The company sells directly to end-users and to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), principally in the machine tool industry, that integrate Coherent-Rofin's laser sources with other system components. In November 2016, the firm was acquired by and merged with Coherent, Inc., and ceased from being publicly-traded. Coherent discontinued Rofin's low power CO2 laser business in the U.K., and seeks to divest it.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 525,000,000

2015 519,643,008

2014 530,116,992

2013 560,067,968

2012 540,121,024

2011 597,763,008

41,258,000

25,168,000

34,755,000

34,530,000

60,032,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 734 455-5400 Fax: 734 455-2741 Toll-Free: Address: 40984 Concept Dr., Plymouth, MI 48170 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 66 Parent Company: Coherent Inc

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Rolls-Royce plc

www.rolls-royce.com

NAIC Code: 336412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Power Generation Solutions Marine Propulsion Systems Aftermarket & Support Services

Rolls-Royce plc designs and produces engines and power systems for civilian aerospace, defense aerospace, marine and energy markets worldwide. In civilian aerospace, its customers include roughly 380 airlines and 13,000 gas turbine engines currently in service. Defense aerospace operations serve 160 armed forces customers in 103 countries, with offerings including military transport aircraft, helicopters and combat aircraft. In the marine sector, the company serves more than 4,000 customers, including 70 navies, with equipment installed on over 30,000 vessels operating around the world. The firm's energy solutions include power generation and distribution equipment sold worldwide. Additionally, the firm has begun to increase its involvement in nuclear energy capabilities and applications. Rolls-Royce also offers support services for its engines through a global network of maintenance centers. Services include operation management, repairs and overhauls and customer training. Rolls-Royce has subsidiaries and joint ventures in the U.K., Brazil, France, China, Italy, Norway and various other places. These include Rolls-Royce Leasing Limited, Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Limited, RollsRoyce Power Engineering plc, Alpha Partners Leasing Limited, Composite Technology & Applications Limited, Xian XR Aero Components Co. Limited and Techjet Aerofoils Limited.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rolls-Royce Leasing Limited Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Limited Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc Alpha Partners Leasing Limited Composite Technology & Applications Limited Xian XR Aero Components Co Limited Techjet Aerofoils Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

D. Warren East, CEO Colin P. Smith, Pres. David Smith, CFO Ben Story, Mktg. Mary Humoston, Dir.-Human Resources Simon Kirby, COO Rob Webb, General Counsel Alain Michaelis, Dir.-Oper. Miles Cowdry, Dir.-Corp. Dev. Lawrie Haynes, Pres., Nuclear & Marine Andrew Heath, Pres., Energy John Paterson, Pres., Marine & Industrial Power Systems Ian Davis, Chmn. James M. Guyette, CEO Tony Wood, Pres., Aerospace

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,111,820,000 1,173,163,000 56,230,030 .29% 2,821,725,000 -5,152,715,000 1,803,195,000 1,553,993,000 -4,479,233,000 -16.84% -117.27% 1.71

2015 17,539,930,000 1,045,367,000 1,915,655,000 10.92% 1,353,354,000 106,070,300 1,398,083,000 1,143,770,000 1,330,351,000 .37% 1.45% 0.57

2014 17,553,990,000 1,013,418,000 1,656,230,000 9.43% 1,436,422,000 88,178,900 1,662,620,000 1,437,699,000 1,114,377,000 .30% 1.15% 0.34

2013 19,824,920,000 872,843,400 1,961,661,000 9.89% 1,690,735,000 1,746,965,000 2,607,028,000 1,497,763,000 3,344,409,000 6.63% 23.38% 0.38

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 2072229020 Fax: 44 2072279170 Toll-Free: Address: 62 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AT United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: RYCEF Employees: 49,900 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,182,109 Second Exec. Salary: $702,875

Bonus: $1,170,607 Bonus: $527,796

2012 15,541,210,000 752,715,600 1,754,632,000 11.29% 1,263,898,000 2,915,016,000 1,603,834,000 875,399,300 4,144,409,000 13.20% 43.01% 0.20

2011 14,215,970,000 591,693,200 1,515,655,000 10.66% 1,086,262,000 1,605,112,000 990,415,200 2,001,278,000 5.20% 20.01% 0.26

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Roper Technologies Inc

www.ropertech.com

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Controls Manufacturing Energy Controls Medical Systems Flow Controls

Roper Technologies, Inc., formerly known as Roper Industries, Inc., designs, manufactures and distributes energy systems and controls, scientific and industrial imaging products and software, industrial technology products and radio frequency (RF) products and services. The firm's operations are reported in four segments: Medical & Scientific Imaging, Energy Systems & Controls, Industrial Technology and RF Technology. The Medical & Scientific Imaging segment principally offers products and software in medical applications and high performance digital imaging products. The Energy Systems & Controls segment mainly produces control systems, fluid properties testing equipment, industrial valves and controls, vibration sensors and other non-destructive inspection and measurement products and solutions, which are provided through six reporting units. The Industrial Technology segment produces industrial pumps, equipment and consumables for materials analysis, industrial leak testing equipment, flow measurement and metering equipment and water meter and automatic meter reading (AMR) products and systems. The RF Technology segment provides radio frequency identification (RFID) and other communication related technology and software solutions that are used mainly in comprehensive toll and traffic systems and processing, security and access control, campus card systems, freight matching, food industries, metering and remote monitoring applications. Roper markets its products and services to selected segments of a range of industries, including healthcare, transportation, food, water, RF applications, energy, research and medical, education, security and other niche markets. In October 2016, the acquired iSqFt Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a ConstructConenct), a leading provider of cloudbased data, collaboration, and workflow automation solutions to the commercial construction industry. The following December, Roper acquired Deltek, Inc., a provider of software and information solutions for project-based businesses serving niche markets, for $2.8 billion.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Roper Industries Inc iSqFt Holdings Inc (ConstructConenct) Deltek Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Brian Jellison, CEO John Humphrey, CFO Paul Soni, Controller Neil Hunn, Executive VP John Stipancich, General Counsel Jason Conley, Vice President Robert Crisci, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,789,925,000

2015 3,582,395,000

2014 3,549,494,000

2013 3,238,128,000

2012 2,993,489,000

2011 2,797,089,000

1,054,563,000 27.82% 1,277,847,000 658,645,000 963,785,000 40,106,000 1,295,016,000 5.37% 11.88% 1.00

1,027,918,000 28.69% 1,136,728,000 696,067,000 928,825,000 36,260,000 1,232,179,000 7.49% 13.84% 0.61

999,473,000 28.15% 1,102,426,000 646,033,000 840,441,000 37,644,000 1,196,757,000 7.78% 14.40% 0.46

842,361,000 26.01% 1,040,567,000 538,293,000 802,553,000 42,528,000 1,031,359,000 7.05% 13.62% 0.58

757,587,000 25.30% 914,130,000 483,360,000 677,852,000 38,405,000 908,954,000 7.80% 14.04% 0.40

660,539,000 23.61% 855,025,000 427,247,000 601,618,000 40,702,000 800,682,000 8.22% 14.37% 0.31

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 941 556-2601 Fax: 941 556-2670 Toll-Free: Address: 6901 Professional Parkway East, Sarasota, FL 34240 United States

Stock Ticker: ROP Employees: 14,155 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,225,000 Second Exec. Salary: $767,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Rotork plc

www.rotork.com

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables On-site Installation Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be

Rotork plc manufactures equipment and systems that measure and control the flow of liquids and gases. The firm serves customers in a range of global industries, including oil and gas extraction, water treatment, industrial production, mining and energy generation. The company's operations consist of five divisions: controls, fluid systems, gears, instruments and site services. The controls division manufactures electric valve actuators, process control actuators and network control systems at facilities in the U.S., U.K., China, India and Malaysia. The fluid systems division offers pneumatic and hydraulic actuators and control systems. The gears division specializes in manufacturing complete gearbox assemblies, switch boxes, position monitors and accessories used with actuators. Rotork's instruments division produces instrumentation for use in flow and pressure control and measurement applications. The site services division provides onsite installation, maintenance and repair of valve actuators and control systems at existing plants and new build-out plants.

intentionally listed here more than once.

Peter France, CEO Alastair Spurr, Dir.-Operations Jonathan Davis, Dir.-Finance Mark Williams, Dir.-Group Human Resources Graham Ogden, Dir.-Group R&D Stephen Jones, Dir.-Legal Pamela Bingham, Dir.-Group Bus. Dev. Grant Wood, Managing Dir.-Rotork Controls Alex Busby, Managing Dir.-Rotork Fluid Systems David Littlejohns, Managing Dir.-Rotork Gears Alan Paine, Managing Dir.-Rotork Instruments Martin Lamb, Chmn. Bob Arnold, Pres., Rotork, Inc.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 754,093,200

2015 698,350,100

2014 760,049,800

2013 739,220,400

2012 653,989,800

119,842,800 15.89% 215,083,700 85,844,080 151,683,100 22,554,630 172,314,400 9.09% 15.95% 0.11

133,400,600 19.10% 185,929,700 95,663,890 132,639,000 18,945,690 173,979,600 11.71% 19.08% 0.17

181,759,700 23.91% 183,128,400 131,887,500 134,017,900 25,807,030 213,062,000 19.44% 29.11%

177,974,400 24.07% 172,778,300 127,168,000 141,035,100 15,913,100 202,954,600 22.11% 33.09%

159,063,200 24.32% 148,187,900 114,140,600 103,479,900 18,707,990 176,525,200 22.68% 36.19%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44-1225-733-200 Fax: 44-1225-333-467 Toll-Free: Address: Brassmill Ln., Bath, BA1 3JQ United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: RTOXF Employees: 3,754 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $554,633 Second Exec. Salary: $376,997

Bonus: $315,655 Bonus: $163,578

2011 572,310,500 5,744,409 143,131,000 25.00% 5,137,380 102,748,900 93,359,740 14,659,420 155,652,400 23.60% 37.56%

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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RR Donnelley & Sons Co

www.rrdonnelley.com

NAIC Code: 323111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Commercial Printing Distributors-Books, Magazines, Catalogs & Direct Mail Digital Content Management Creative Services Logistics Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LSC Communications Inc Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Daniel Knotts, CEO John Pope, Chairman of the Board Jeffrey Gorski, Chief Accounting Officer Thomas Carroll, Chief Administrative Officer Terry Peterson, Executive VP John Pecaric, Executive VP Deborah Steiner, Executive VP

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. is a provider of print and related services. The firm markets its services, including business process outsourcing (BPO), to customers in the advertising, publishing, health care, retail, technology and financial services industries. R.R. Donnelley operates through five segments: publishing and retail services, accounting for 22.4% of net sales, which offers magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, books, directories and packaging products; variable print, 33.4%, which includes commercial and digital print, direct mail, office products, labels, statement printing, forms and packaging; strategic services, 23.8%, which includes the company's logistics services, financial print products, print management offerings and digital and creative solutions; international, 20.4%, its non-U.S. printing operations in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Canada, with primary offerings consisting of magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, books, directories, direct mail, packaging, forms, labels, manuals, statement printing, commercial and digital print, logistics services and digital and creative solutions; and corporate, which consists of unallocated selling, general and administrative activities and associated expenses including executive, legal, finance, communications, facility costs and inventory provisions. In October 2016, the firm spun-off its publishing and retail-centric print services and office products business, LSC Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LKSD), and its financial communications and data service business, Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:DFIN).

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,895,700,000

2015 11,256,800,000

2014 11,603,400,000

2013 10,480,300,000

2012 10,221,900,000

2011 10,611,000,000

-300,600,000 -4.35% 900,800,000 -495,900,000 125,200,000 172,100,000 69,300,000 -8.57% -171.88%

587,400,000 5.21% 1,300,000,000 151,100,000 652,000,000 207,600,000 1,003,100,000 2.02% 23.67% 4.67

515,900,000 4.44% 1,427,000,000 117,400,000 722,700,000 223,600,000 912,100,000 1.57% 19.15% 5.77

579,700,000 5.53% 1,181,500,000 211,200,000 694,800,000 216,600,000 917,700,000 2.91% 61.70% 5.67

-369,800,000 -3.61% 1,102,600,000 -651,400,000 691,900,000 205,900,000 108,600,000 -8.38% -118.92% 64.77

65,200,000 .61% 1,236,300,000 -122,600,000 946,300,000 250,900,000 572,300,000 -1.41% -7.50% 3.27

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 312 326-8000 Fax: 312 326-8001 Toll-Free: Address: 111 S. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606 United States

Stock Ticker: RRD Employees: 44,360 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $781,250 Second Exec. Salary: $450,000

Bonus: $1,125,000 Bonus: $916,667

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Safran SA

www.safran-group.com

NAIC Code: 336412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Aircraft Equipment Defense Security Equipment Defense Electronics Aerospace Propulsion

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ariane 5 Airane 6 Morpho SAS Safran Consulting

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Philippe Petitcolin, CEO Bernard Delpit, CFO Eric Bachelet, Corp. VP-Research & Tech. Marc Ventre, Deputy CEO-Oper. Jean-Pierre Cojan, Exec. VP-Strategy Ross McInnes, Deputy CEO-Finance Philippe Petitcolin, Pres., Defense-Security Jean-Lin Fournereaux, Corp. VP-Space Yves Leclere, Exec. VP-Transformation Ross McInnes, Chmn. Bruno Cotte, Exec. VP-Intl

Safran SA is a Paris-based international group of hightechnology companies. The group has industrial, design and commercial operations in more than 30 countries. Safran operates in four divisions: aviation, space, defense and security. Aviation supplies engines and equipment to all main producers of civil and military airplanes and helicopters. Its propulsion systems meet all the requirements of airplane and helicopter manufacturers: performance, reliability, costeffectiveness and environmental-friendliness. Its systems and equipment products include nacelles and thrust reversers, landing systems, wheels and brakes, wiring, power transmissions and more. Space produces rocket technology for the design and production of rocket propulsion systems. It applies all enabling technologies for both solid and liquid (cryogenic) propulsion. The Ariane 5 launcher can boost up to 10,300 kilos of geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), enabling it to handle even the largest geostationary satellites on the market, orbiting at an altitude of about 22,500 miles. The Ariane 6 is in development, with initial flights scheduled sometime in the 2020s. Defense produces equipment for naval, land and air defense. Products and technologies include navigation systems, optronics, drones, fire control systems, avionics and weapons systems. The defense division offers innovative systems and equipment such as navigation, missile propulsion, guidance, optronics, drones and avionics. Security services, through subsidiary Morpho SAS, include identification and biometric equipment, border control systems and digital road safety systems. Technology implementation support services are provided by Safran Consulting. While most of Safran's operations are based in France, it also has locations in other parts of Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. In January 2017, the firm agreed to acquire Zodiac Aerospace SA for $10.5 billion. The transaction would unite two of Italy's biggest aerospace groups.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,473,440,000

2015 20,286,930,000

2014 16,861,690,000

2013 16,240,750,000

2012 15,494,280,000

2011 13,066,580,000

3,742,435,000 20.25%

2,327,953,000 11.47%

1,561,309,000 9.25%

1,658,821,000 10.21%

1,360,681,000 8.78%

935,888,800 7.16%

2,138,534,000 2,783,008,000 1,560,188,000 3,681,910,000 6.40% 31.41% 0.36

-475,229,800 3,085,631,000 1,993,948,000 905,626,600 -1.55% -7.13% 0.31

-141,223,900 2,641,784,000 1,812,374,000 2,861,466,000 - .50% -1.95% 0.37

1,553,463,000 2,397,445,000 1,599,417,000 2,713,517,000 5.90% 21.82% 0.19

1,459,314,000 1,812,374,000 1,180,229,000 2,406,411,000 5.96% 23.60% 0.48

557,050,000 1,397,669,000 801,389,800 1,568,034,000 2.43% 10.06% 0.42

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 140608080 Fax: 33 40608102 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Blvd. du General Martial Valin, Paris, 75724 France

Stock Ticker: SAFRF Employees: 66,490 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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SAIC Motor Corp Ltd

www.saicmotor.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Motorcycle Manufacturing Bus Manufacturing Car Rental Services Tractor & Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Parts Manufacturing, Distribution & Retailing Consumer Finance & Leasing Insurance

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Shanghai Sunwin Bus Co Ltd Shanghai Motor Manufacturing Co Ltd Shanghai Automobile Import and Export Corp SAIC General Motors Co Ltd SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd SAIC GM Wuling Co Ltd Wuling

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Chen Zhixin, Pres. Wei Yong, Interim CFO Wang Jianzhang, Sec. Chen Demei, VP Chen Zhixin, Exec. VP Xiao Guopu, Exec. VP Yu Jianwei, VP-Nanjing Automotive Group Zhu Genlin, VP Chen Hong, Chmn.

SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. (SAIC) is a state-owned entity and one of China's largest automotive companies. The group operates manufacturing facilities, mainly near Shanghai, that make passenger cars, trucks, buses and automotive parts. SAIC has branches in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the U.S. and Europe. Annually, the firm sells nearly 5.9 million vehicles. Additional group operations include automotive service, insurance, consumer automotive financing and car rental services. Subsidiaries under SAIC include Shanghai Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Sunwin Bus Co., Ltd. The company's main joint ventures are a 50-50 joint venture with General Motors Corp. (GM) called SAIC General Motors Co., Ltd. (SGM) and a 50-50 joint venture with Volkswagen AG called SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. (SVW). SAIC GM Wuling Co., Ltd. is a three-way joint venture between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. Finished vehicles are branded under the Wuling name for sale domestically and are under export to countries in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South America and Western Europe. Service and trade subsidiaries include Shanghai Automobile Import and Export Corp. (SACO), which exports vehicles and parts and oversees importation of high-precision machines, testing and inspection devices and other related items to support SAIC's manufacturing technologies.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 108,846,000,000

2015 100,370,000,000

2014 101,389,843,328

2013 91,756,700,000

2012 77,921,100,000

2011 70,537,500,000

46,048,000

4,545,109,272

4,501,862,834

4,039,300,000

3,379,400,000

3,293,100,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-21-2201-1888 Fax: 86-21-2201-1777 Toll-Free: Address: 489 WeiHai Rd., Shanghai, 200041 China

Stock Ticker: SAIC Employees: 163,817 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Shanghai Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Salzgitter AG

www.salzgitter-ag.de

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills Pipe Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Salzgitter Flachstah GmbH Salzgitter Europlantinen GmbH Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH Peiner Trager GmbH Mannesmannrohren-Werke GmbH Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH Universal Eisen und Stah GmbH EUROPIPE GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Burkhard Becker, Finance Michael Kieckbusch, Head-Personnel Burkhard Becker, Head-Finance Wolfgang Eging, Head-Tubes Heinz Groschke, Head-Trading Michael Kieckbusch, Head-Services Heinz Jorg Guhrmann, Head-Steel Heinz Jorg Furhmann, Chmn.

Salzgitter AG produces and trades a wide range of steel products and tubes. The firm has a network of more than 160 subsidiaries and affiliates internationally. Salzgitter products include flat rolled and processed steel products, beams and seamless and welded plates and tubes. The firm operates in five divisions: strip steel, plate/sections steel, Mannesmann, trading and technology. Strip steel is composed of four subsidiaries which produce a broad spectrum of high-grade special and branded steels such as flat steel, tailored blanks, roofing components and cladding. The subsidiaries include Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter Europlatinen GmbH, Salzgitter Bauelemente GmbH and Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice GmbH. Plate/section steel produces high-grade heavy plate steel through Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, Salzgitter Mannesmann Grobblech GmbH and Peiner Trager GmbH. The Mannesmann division operates through Mannesmannrohren-Werke GmbH, which produces a range of steel tubes and pipes. The trading division provides direct contact and trading solutions for steel companies and end customers through Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH and Universal Eisen und Stahl GmbH. This division has a network of full-range trading warehouses in Europe from which customers can procure and pre-process various steel products from the Salzgitter group and other steel manufacturers; and operates an international trading business which finds producers and logistics solutions for customer projects. Last, the technology division engages in the manufacture of machinery and plants for the filling and packaging of beverages via KHS GmbH and Klockner DESMA Elastomertechnik GmbH. In addition, joint venture with AG der Dillinger Huttenwerke, EUROPIPE GmbH, manufactures and supplies longitudinal and spiral seam-welded large-diameter steel pipes. In April 2017, EUROPIPE booked a major contract for the planned European Gas Pipeline Link, and will deliver 635,000 tons of large-diameter pipe with a diameter of 56inches. The project will be produced at the Mulheim an der Ruhr location from 2017 to 2019.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,846,559,000

2015 9,528,693,000

2014 10,132,480,000

2013 10,361,130,000

2012 11,653,440,000

2011 11,317,080,000

46,514,240 .52%

72,517,380 .76%

-17,036,540 - .16%

-535,530,100 -5.16%

116,341,600 .99%

250,728,500 2.21%

60,748,710 325,263,400 389,822,900 446,760,800 .64% 1.89% 0.15

-53,911,680 501,793,300 471,867,300 528,132,700 - .57% -1.67% 0.18

-38,892,620 670,813,700 330,195,000 415,153,600 - .41% -1.14% 0.06

-551,782,100 140,215,200 307,890,600 52,230,440 -5.79% -14.44% 0.10

-114,324,100 478,816,400 359,560,600 517,821,100 -1.15% -2.67%

264,514,700 -220,354,200 406,971,500 791,750,700 2.66% 5.95%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 534121-01 Fax: 49 534121-2727 Toll-Free: Address: Eisenhuttenstrasse 99, Salzgitter, 38239 Germany

Stock Ticker: SZGPY Employees: 23,152 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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San Miguel Corp

www.sanmiguel.com.ph

NAIC Code: 312120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Beverages-Breweries Processed Meats Manufacturing Packaging Manufacturing Animal Feed Manufacturing Ice Cream & Snack Foods Soft Drinks Liquor Agricultural Finance & Marketing Services

San Miguel Corp. is a leading food, beverage and packaging company based in the Philippines. It operates over 100 facilities throughout the Asia Pacific region and exports its products to more than 60 markets worldwide. The firm's core business segments include beverages, food, packaging, properties, oil refining & marketing, power and infrastructure. The beverage segment offers a variety of beer products, including the company's flagship San Miguel Beer brand through San Miguel Brewery, Inc. and liquor such as Gran Matador Brandy and GSM Blue Gin through Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. The food business, operated by San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc., offers packaged and canned meat products, dairy products, snack foods, ice cream, candy, condiments, coffee and other branded products and services for the food service industry. The division also offers a variety of flour from San Miguel Mills and animal feeds under the BMeg brand. Its packaging business, run by San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation, handles glass, plastic, paper, metal and composites. The properties business, San Miguel Properties, Inc., manages a portfolio of mixed-use developments throughout the U.S. Oil refining & marketing is operated through Petron Corporation, one of the largest in the Philippines. Power businesses include the Sual Power Plant, a 2x500 MW coal-fired plant; the Ilijan Power Plant locaed in Batangas City; the San Roque Power Plant, a 345 MW hydroelectric multi-purpose power project; and the Greenfield Power plants, designed to produce up to 900 MW of electricity. Infrastructure engages in the production of roads, expressways, transit lines and airport runways/terminals. Infrastructure subsidiaries include San Miguel Holdings Corp. and TransAire Development Holdings Corporation. Other businesses of the firm include insurance brokering, technologies, shipping, finance & banking, energy and telecommunications.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GSM Blue Gin Ginebra San Miguel Inc San Miguel Brewery Inc San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation San Miguel Pure Foods Company Inc Sual Power Plant San Miguel Holdings Corp TransAire Development Holdings Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Eduardo M. Cojuangco, Jr., CEO Ramon S. Ang, COO Ramon S. Ang, Pres. Ferdinand K. Constantino, CFO Ferdinand K. Constantino, Sr. VP Francisco S. Alejo III, Pres., San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. Roberto Nulud Huang, Pres., San Miguel Brewery Inc Eduardo M. Cojuangco, Jr., Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,747,520,000

2015 13,519,060,000

2014 15,695,770,000

2013 14,999,400,000

2012 14,019,420,000

2011 10,747,740,000

1,152,959,000 8.38% 1,437,091,000 587,542,700 1,588,626,000 815,426,300 2,780,161,000 1.75% 9.02% 1.67

921,504,600 6.81% 1,250,130,000 249,709,100 1,344,814,000 1,203,069,000 2,269,448,000 .48% 2.62% 2.16

770,631,900 4.90% 1,143,791,000 294,724,200 590,110,400 781,364,100 1,809,549,000 .71% 3.75% 1.96

1,091,836,000 7.27% 1,224,393,000 763,350,100 1,238,857,000 1,321,264,000 1,970,973,000 2.89% 13.60% 1.95

951,494,500 6.78% 1,030,151,000 553,239,700 337,311,900 1,061,585,000 1,055,186,000 2.86% 11.82% 1.65

1,122,447,000 10.44% 952,858,600 351,414,300 646,078,300 530,110,300 1,509,709,000 2.03% 8.04% 1.71

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 63 26322000 Fax: 63 26323099 Toll-Free: 800-1-888-7621 Address: 40 San Miguel Ave., Mandaluyong City, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila 1550 Philippines

Stock Ticker: SMGBY Employees: 22,396 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Sandvik AB

www.sandvik.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Tools Manufacturing Metals & Materials

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sandvick Machining Solutions Sandvik Mining and Roch Technology Sandvik Materials Technology

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bjorn Rosengren, CEO Olof Faxander, Pres. Tomas Eliasson, CFO Johan Kerstell, Exec. VP-Human Resources Olle Wijk, Sr. VP Petra Einarsson, Pres-Materials Technology Bo Severin, General Counsel Jessica Alm, Exec. VP-Group Comm. Scot Smith, Pres., Sandvik Mining Petra Einarsson, Pres., Sandvik Materials Tech. Jonas Gustavsson, Pres., Sandvik Machining Solutions Dinggui Gao, Pres., Sandvik Construction Johan Molin, Chmn. ZZ Zhang, Managing Dir.-Sandvik China Holding Co. Ltd. Tomas Nordahl, Exec. VP-Sourcing

Sandvik AB is a high-technology engineering firm that develops advanced materials technology through business activities in over 130 countries. The company operates in three segments: Sandvik Machining Solutions, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, and Sandvik Materials Technology. Sandvik Machining Solutions manufactures tools and tooling systems for advanced industrial metal cutting. Its products are manufactured in cemented carbide and other hard materials such as diamond, cubic boron nitride and special ceramics. Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology supplies equipment, tools, service and technical solutions to the mining and construction industries. Its application areas include rock drilling; rock cutting, crushing and screening; loading and hauling; tunneling, quarrying and breaking; and demolition. Sandvik Materials Technology manufactures advanced stainless steels and special alloys for demanding industries. Its products include tubes, pipes, wire, strip/metal powder, as well as products for industrial heating. In July 2016, the firm merged Sandvik Mining and Sandvik Construction into one business, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology. In April 2017, Sandvik Materials Technology secured the contract to be the sole provider of stainless steel umbilical tubes for the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,380,086,000 353,681,200 1,267,271,000 13.51% 2,036,629,000 633,520,600 1,383,900,000 425,682,700 1,811,653,000 5.38% 15.05% 0.67

2015 9,873,744,000 345,169,900 836,297,900 8.46% 2,322,794,000 258,446,100 1,374,698,000 484,687,000 1,442,099,000 2.16% 6.37% 0.06

2014 10,216,040,000 302,383,000 1,163,985,000 11.39% 2,137,730,000 691,374,800 1,094,399,000 535,870,100 1,640,736,000 6.00% 17.16% 0.11

2013 10,044,320,000 306,063,600 993,527,900 9.89% 2,009,830,000 576,586,600 590,388,900 481,351,500 1,532,964,000 5.06% 14.39% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46-8-456-1100 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Kungsbron 1, Stockholm, SE-111 22 Sweden

Stock Ticker: SDVKF Employees: 44,769 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 11,332,640,000 295,827,000 1,551,597,000 13.69% 2,104,489,000 932,223,200 1,367,797,000 554,388,100 2,098,739,000 7.99% 23.62% 0.24

2011 10,821,380,000 278,459,200 1,167,206,000 10.78% 2,522,581,000 674,122,200 893,001,900 574,401,300 1,867,437,000 5.82% 16.89% 0.13

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Sanofi SA

en.sanofi.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Development & Manufacturing Over-the-Counter Drugs Cardiovascular Drugs CNS Drugs Oncology Drugs Diabetes Drugs Generics Vaccines

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sanofi Pasteur Sanofi Pasteur Inc Sanofi Pasteur Limited Cerezyme Myozyme Jevtana Lantus Lovenox

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Olivier Brandicourt, CEO Elias Zerhouni, Pres., Global R&D Karen Linehan, General Counsel David-Alexandre Gros, Chief Strategy Officer David Meeker, CEO-Genzyme Olivier Charmeil, Sr. VP-Vaccines Philippe Luscan, Exec. VP-Global Industrial Affairs Serge Weinberg, Chmn. Peter Guenter, Exec. VP-Global Commercial Oper.

Sanofi SA is an international pharmaceutical group engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of health care products. It operates in two primary segments: pharmaceuticals and human vaccines. The pharmaceuticals segment comprises the commercial operations of the following franchises: specialty care, including rare diseases, multiple sclerosis and oncology; diabetes; cardiovascular; established prescription products; consumer healthcare; and generics. This division is also dedicated to the research and development, production and marketing activities for all of Sanofi's pharmaceutical operations. Pharmaceutical products include Cerezyme, Myozyme, Aubagio, Lemtrada, Jevtana, Thymoglubulin, Lantus, Insuman, Praluent and Lovenox, among many others. The human vaccines segment comprises the commercial operations of French company, Sanofi Pasteur, which provided more than one billion doses of vaccines immunizing more than 500 million people worldwide against 20 serious diseases; and the research, development, production and marketing activities for Sanofi's vaccines operations. The largest vaccines by net sales in 2016 were for the treatment of polio, pertussis, Hib (haemophilus influenza type b, an infection caused by a type of bacteria), influenza, meningitis, pneumonia and adult boosters. Subsidiaries within this division include Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., in the U.S.; and Sanofi Pasteur Limited, in Canada. In January 2017, the firm completed an asset-swap with Boehringer Ingelheim, with Sanofi selling its Merial animal health division and acquiring Boehringer's consumer health division. Sanofi is now a global consumer healthcare leader by market share.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 38,901,590,000 5,796,906,000 7,323,470,000 18.82% 11,360,680,000 5,277,965,000 9,172,831,000 2,334,679,000 10,370,990,000 4.54% 8.14% 0.29

2015 39,073,080,000 5,696,032,000 6,303,519,000 16.13% 10,515,580,000 4,804,977,000 9,997,759,000 3,106,927,000 11,295,670,000 4.29% 7.50% 0.22

2014 38,230,220,000 5,406,859,000 6,885,228,000 18.00% 10,207,350,000 4,920,421,000 8,619,143,000 1,745,124,000 11,334,900,000 4.53% 7.76% 0.23

2013 37,330,190,000 5,346,335,000 5,722,932,000 15.33% 9,641,337,000 4,166,106,000 7,794,216,000 1,566,913,000 12,086,980,000 3.78% 6.50% 0.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33-1-53-77-40-00 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 54, rue La Boetie, Paris, 75008 France

Stock Ticker: SNY Employees: 106,852 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $700,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 40,301,500,000 5,516,700,000 7,102,668,000 17.62% 10,028,020,000 5,567,137,000 9,158,261,000 1,806,770,000 12,706,790,000 4.95% 8.74% 0.18

2011 39,293,880,000 5,392,289,000 6,423,448,000 16.34% 9,567,362,000 6,380,856,000 10,444,970,000 1,997,310,000 12,804,300,000 6.14% 10.41% 0.22

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Sasol Limited

www.sasol.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Synthetic Fuels Manufacturing Crude Oil Refining Natural Gas Production Coal Mining Polymers Solvents

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bongani Nqwabab, Co-CEO Stephen Cornell, Co-CEO Paul Victor, CFO Charlotte Mokoena, Exec. VP-Human Resources Jacqui OSullian, Gen. Mgr.- Group Comm. Samantha Barnfather, Gen. Mgr.-Investors Rel.

Sasol Limited, based in South Africa, is an integrated energy and chemicals company. The firm develops and commercializes technologies, and builds and operates worldscale facilities for the production of products such as liquid fuels, chemicals and low-carbon electricity. Sasol operates in two segments: mining, and exploration and production international (E&PI). The mining segment is responsible for securing coal feedstock for the Southern African value chain, mainly for gasification, but also to generate electricity and steam. This division operates six coal mines, and exports some of its coal to international power generation customers. E&PI develops and manages the groups' upstream interests in oil and gas exploration and production in Mozambique, Canada, Gabon South Africa and Australia. This segment produces natural gas and condensate from Mozambique's Pande and Temane fields; shale gas and condensate from Sasol's share in the Farrell Creek and Cypress A assets in Canada; and oil in Gabon, South Africa, through the firm's share in the offshore Etame Marin Permit, which is operated by Houston-based VAALCO Energy. Other strategic business units include energy, which is responsible for the sales and marketing of liquid fuels, natural gas and electricity; new energy, which is engaged in the development and commercialization of new technologies, and implementing and operating facilities based on these technologies in relation to power generation and lowcarbon and renewable energy alternatives; and Sasol Financing, which manages the group's treasury and is responsible for meeting funding requirements and expansion objectives while mitigating financial risks. In addition, Sasol has energy businesses in other African countries; chemical businesses in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, and Asia; a joint venture gas-to-liquids facility in Qatar, the U.S. and Canada.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,518,480,000

2015 14,481,820,000

2014 15,843,260,000

2013 14,169,380,000

2012 13,245,200,000

2011 11,133,890,000

1,894,707,000 14.01% 2,856,013,000 1,033,768,000 2,652,621,000 5,503,709,000 3,303,992,000 3.70% 6.63% 0.37

3,638,628,000 25.12% 2,698,036,000 2,322,831,000 3,199,873,000 3,525,832,000 4,793,946,000 9.84% 16.39% 0.20

3,257,560,000 20.56% 2,683,575,000 2,312,200,000 3,437,424,000 3,031,265,000 4,733,366,000 11.16% 18.45% 0.13

3,175,797,000 22.41% 2,254,903,000 2,054,091,000 3,005,313,000 2,523,878,000 4,206,282,000 11.59% 19.12% 0.14

2,873,288,000 21.69% 1,436,175,000 1,843,429,000 2,190,572,000 2,279,370,000 3,727,348,000 12.35% 20.25% 0.10

2,341,122,000 21.02% 1,383,490,000 1,547,251,000 2,017,977,000 1,615,335,000 3,019,853,000 11.83% 19.56% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 27-11-441-3111 Fax: 27-11-788-5092 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Sturdee Avenue, Johannesburg, 2196 South Africa

Stock Ticker: SSL Employees: 30,100 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $789,103 Second Exec. Salary: $471,195

Bonus: $253,498 Bonus: $283,905

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)

www.sabic.com

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemicals Basic Chemicals Intermediates Specialized Products Plastics Fertilizers Steel Manufacture Industrial Gasses

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Saudi Iron and Steel Company (HADEED)

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, Interim CEO Mosaed Al-Ohali, Exec. VP-Finance Abdulaziz Al-Oudan, Exec. VP-Corp. Human Resources Ernesto Occhiello, Exec. VP-Innovation Ernesto Occhiello, Exec. VP-Tech. Mosaed Al-Ohali, Exec. VP-Mfg. Abdullah Bazid, Exec. VP-Strategic Planning Samir Al-Abdrabbuh, VP-Corp. Comm. Mutlaq Al-Morished, Exec. VP-Corp. Finance Yousef Al-Zamel, Exec. VP-Chemicals Khaled Al-Mana, Exec. VP-Polymers Fahad Al-Sheaibi, Exec. VP-Fertilizers Abdulaziz S. Al-Humaid, Exec. VP-Metals Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chmn.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), 70%-owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals and industrial products. It operates six business units: chemicals, polymers, agri-nutrients, metals, specialties and eBusiness. In the chemicals segment, SABIC produces olefins, used in ethylene and propylene for consumer products; oxygenates, used in fuel enhancement, paints, adhesives and laminate; aromatics, primarily styrene and benzene, used in packaging, clothing and paints; intermediates, including caustic soda, used in textiles, soap, PVC and other plastics; fiber intermediates, primarily mono-, di- and triethylene-glycol, used to make antifreeze, detergents, polyester and paints; industrial gasses, including oxygen, argon, hydrogen and nitrogen, in gaseous or liquid forms; and linear alpha olefins, used to manufacture intermediates including alcohols, lubricants and surfactants. The polymers segment is primarily organized around the automotive, foam/lightweight and pipe industries, helping to find the right alternatives to replace traditional materials (wood, cotton or glass) used in consumer and industrial products. The agrinutrients segment produces urea, a nitrogen-based fertilizer; and ammonia and phosphates, which are chief raw ingredients in the production of urea. The metals division primarily consists of wholly-owned subsidiary Saudi Iron and Steel Company (HADEED), one of the Middle East's top steel producers. The specialties segment produces resins, film and sheet materials, polymer shapes, Exatec glazing, as well as additives and intermediates for a broad range of customer's specific needs. Last, the eBusiness segment is available in 10 different languages via one internet connection, and can be personalized for each customer, hauler or supplier. The company operates in more than 50 countries and has 65 manufacturing and compounding plants across the globe.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 35,408,193,822

2015 39,473,215,340

2014 50,161,000,000

2013 50,400,000,000

2012 50,329,700,000

2011 50,640,000,000

4,756,637,804

5,002,916,128

6,225,300,000

6,740,000,000

6,577,480,000

7,800,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 966-1-225-8000 Fax: 966-1-225-9000 Toll-Free: Address: P.O. Box 5101, Riyadh, 11422 Saudi Arabia

Stock Ticker: Government-Owned Employees: 41,220 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: SABIC Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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SC Johnson & Son Inc

www.scjohnson.com

NAIC Code: 325600

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Household Products Manufacturing Household Products Cleaning Products Auto Care Products Insect Repellents

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Drano Pledge Shout Windex Off! Raid Exposis Babyganics

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Fisk Johnson, CEO Salman Amin, COO Mark H. Eckhardt, Exec. VP Fisk Johnson, Chmn.

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. is one of the world's largest manufacturers of household chemical products, with many proprietary brand names. The firm was established in 1886 as a flooring company and has since been managed by the Johnson family for over five generations. The company produces home cleaning, home storage, pest control control, auto care and air care products. Its home cleaning products include the Drano home drain cleaner, Pledge dust and pet hair cleaner, Shout stain remover for clothes and fabrics, Fantastik surface cleaner, Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner, Windex glass and window cleaner and Duck bathroom cleaner. Other products include Saran plastic wrap and Ziploc plastic bags for home storage; Off!, Raid, Baygon, Autan and ALLOUT for insect repellent; Grand Prix waxes, protectants and cleaners for auto care; and Oust air fresheners and Glade candles and home fragrances for the air care market. The company's patented Greenlist process allows scientific and environmental organizations to review and rate ingredients for use in the firm's products. This system allows the company to improve and update its products by health and environmental standards. The firm has operations in more than 70 countries worldwide. S.C. Johnson & Son also operates an online mail order service, which allows customers to order a select number of company products, available for shipping anywhere in the USA. In July 2016, S.C. Johnson announced the acquisition of Babyganics, a brand of baby household and personal care products. Later that year, in December, the company acquired Exposis, a premium brand of insect repellent available in Brazil. In April 2017, the firm announced that it will be initiating a multi-milliondollar expansion of its Bay City, Michigan plant.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,000,000,000

2015 9,800,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 9,700,000,000

2013 9,600,000,000

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 13,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,100,000,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 262-260-2000 Fax: 262-260-6004 Toll-Free: 800-494-4855 Address: 1525 Howe St., Racine, WI 53403 United States Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 9,400,000,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Schindler Holding AG

www.schindler.com

NAIC Code: 333249

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Elevator & Escalator Manufacturing Maintenance, Repair & Modernization Services Personal Transit Management Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: 3300 series 5500 series 7000 series Schindler 9300 Schindler 9500 Schindler 9700 PORT XJ Elevator Private Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Thomas Oetterli, CEO Christian Schulz, Dir-Operations Erich Ammann, CFO David Clymo, Dir.-Corp. Human Resources Karl-Heinz Bauer, Chief Technology Officer Miguel A. Rodriguez, Deputy CEO Barbara Schmidhauser, Chief Comm. Officer Barbara Zach, Head-Investor Rel. Albert Haffert, Dir.-Field Quality & Excellence Jakob Zuger, Dir.-North, Central & South America Oswald Schmid, Dir.-Europe North & East Didier Gaudoux, Dir.-Europe South Silvio Napoli, Chmn. Silvio Napoli, Dir.-Asia Pacific

Schindler Holding AG manufactures, installs and services elevators, escalators and moving walkways. The company's products are used in office buildings, airports, shopping centers/retail establishments and specialty buildings across the globe. Schindler's elevators include three primary models: the 3300 series passenger elevators, which have a capacity of up to 15 passengers and a travel height up to 20 floors; the 5500 series, with a capacity of up to 33 passengers and travel height of 50 floors; and the 7000 series for high-rise developments, which can travel up to 500 meters at a speed of 10 meters per second. The company's escalators include two models: Schindler 9300, with a maximal rise height of 20m, a step width of up to 1000mm at an inclination of up to 35 degrees; and the Schindler 9700 with a maximal rise height of 50m which meets the requirements of large public spaces and buildings. Moving walkways are developed mostly for shopping malls and include two models: Schindler 9500 inclined, with widths of up to 1100mm; and Schindler 9500 horizontal, with widths and lengths of up to 1400mm and 150m respectively. In addition, the firm has developed a number of transit management systems, including its PORT technology. The PORT personal transit management system is a hall call destination system that uses preprogrammed access cards to regulate and monitor the flow of people within buildings. In addition to production activities, Schindler offers repair, maintenance and modernization services for elevators and escalators. The company has more than 1,000 branch offices in over 100 countries. In late-2016, the firm sold its operations in Japan; and acquired a 51%-stake in XJ Elevator Private Limited, the exclusive distributor

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,951,798,000

2015 9,651,692,000

2014 9,502,667,000

2013 9,057,647,000

2012 8,487,240,000

2011 8,072,026,000

1,164,452,000 11.70% 456,325,300 785,208,400 954,788,900 228,162,700 1,286,755,000 9.22% 30.37%

1,029,815,000 10.66%

1,169,591,000 12.30%

920,872,800 10.16%

1,017,482,000 11.98%

811,930,200 10.05%

708,126,500 1,105,870,000 201,440,900 1,174,729,000 8.02% 26.67%

885,929,000 927,039,400 196,302,100 1,330,949,000 10.31% 32.13% 0.18

443,992,200 830,429,900 266,189,800 1,044,204,000 5.53% 16.44% 0.16

721,487,400 803,708,200 168,552,600 1,139,786,000 9.07% 25.24% 0.22

602,267,300 709,154,200 147,997,400 934,233,700 7.77% 21.32% 0.22

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41-41-445-3232 Fax: 41-41-445-3134 Toll-Free: Address: Zugerstrasse 13, Hergiswil, 6052 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: SCHP N Employees: 58,271 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Schneider Electric SE

www.schneider-electric.com

NAIC Code: 335311

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electrical Distribution Products Infrastructure Products Building Automation & Control Products

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Luminous Power Technologies Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jean-Pascal Tricoire, CEO Chris Leong, CMO Olivier Blum, Exec. VP-Global Human Resources Herve Coureil, CIO Emmanuel Babeau, Deputy CEO-Legal Affairs Julio Rodriguez, Exec. VP-Global Oper. Michael Crochon, Exec. VP-Strategy Emmanuel Babeau, Deputy CEO-Finance Clemens Blum, Exec. VP-Industry Bus. Philippe Delorme, Exec. VP-Partner Bus. Zhu Hai, Exec. VP-China Oper. Danille Doime, Exec VP-IT Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chmn. Laurent Vernerey, Exec. VP-North America Oper. & End User Bus. Group Annette Clayton, Exec. VP-Global Supply Chain

Schneider Electric SE develops connected technologies and solutions for managing and processing energy in safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable ways. The company's products are divided into nine broad groups. Industrial automation and control products include boxes, cabling, interfaces, relays, enclosures, terminals, industrial computers, measurement/instrumentation, robotics, motor starters, protection components, controllers, transformers, switches, lights, joysticks, sensors/RFID systems, signaling software, telemetry systems and drives. Access to energy products include collective solutions and home systems. Medium voltage distribution and grid automation products include feeder, grid and substation automation solutions; medium/low voltage switchgears, transformers and prefabricated substations; outdoor equipment; monitoring and control systems; and protection relays by application and by range. Critical power, cooling and racks products include cooling systems and components, data center software, IT power distribution, modules, racks, accessories, security/environmental monitoring, surge protection, power conditioning and uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Low voltage products and systems include boxes, cabling, interfaces, busway/cable management, circuit breakers, switches, protection relays, electrical car charging, emergency lighting, fuses, terminals, sockets, motor starters, protection components, pushbuttons, joysticks and switchboards. Solar and energy storage products include solutions for commercial and industrial sectors, residential solar, off-grid solar and backup. Building automation and control products include building management services, emergency lighting, fire and security solutions, network infrastructure and connectivity solutions, power monitoring, valves, actuators, sensors, speed drives, starters and video management systems. Residential and small business products include electrical car charging, protection, lighting, automation, security, network infrastructure, solar, switchboards, enclosures and UPS. Last, software products include various offerings and options by function or by industry. Schneider Electric has 20,000 worldwide patents either active or pending. The firm has offices and facilities in approximately 100 countries. In February 2017, the firm acquired the remaining 26% stake it did not own in Luminous Power Technologies Limited.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 27,676,530,000 599,641,300 3,307,555,000 11.95% 6,024,434,000 1,961,444,000 3,328,850,000 962,788,600 4,084,286,000 4.14% 8.46% 0.28

2015 29,858,780,000 633,266,100 2,498,319,000 8.36% 6,320,332,000 1,577,001,000 3,174,176,000 1,014,347,000 3,468,953,000 3.36% 6.93% 0.29

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2014 27,952,250,000 635,507,700 3,245,909,000 11.61% 6,026,676,000 2,175,521,000 2,839,049,000 976,238,500 4,251,289,000 4.96% 10.50% 0.25

2013 26,396,550,000 599,641,300 3,464,470,000 13.12% 5,541,359,000 2,116,118,000 3,251,513,000 921,318,100 4,254,651,000 5.16% 11.15% 0.34

Stock Ticker: SU N Employees: 143,901 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 25,091,910,000 604,124,600 3,197,713,000 12.74% 5,220,803,000 2,134,051,000 2,524,098,000 910,109,800 3,993,499,000 5.43% 11.86% 0.43

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 141297000 Fax: 33 141297100 Toll-Free: Address: 35 rue Joseph Monier, Rueil Malmaison, 92500 France Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 26,839,270,000 568,258,200 3,212,284,000 11.96% 5,643,353,000 2,062,318,000 3,139,431,000 882,089,200 4,084,286,000 5.10% 11.30% 0.38

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Schuler AG

www.schulergroup.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Machine Tool Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Andritz Beteiligurgsgesellschaft IV GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stefan Klebert, CEO Peter Jost, COO Norbert Broger, CFO Stephan Arnold, Chief Technology Officer Wolfgang Leitner, Chmn.

Schuler AG is a global supplier of machines, production lines, dies, process expertise and services for the metal-working industry. The firm has operations in countries worldwide and serves the automobile, energy, forging, home equipment, packaging and electrical industries. Schuler's products include automotive press technology, including press shop planning, blanking lines, mechanical die presses, transfer and multistation presses and hydroforming; stamping and cutting technology, including C-frame presses, blanking presses, servo presses, link drive presses and process support; hydraulic press technology, including presses for the household appliance industry and systems for large pipe manufacturing; forging technology, including systems for cold, hot and warm forging; minting technology, providing systems for coin minting; packaging technology, offering presses for the packaging industry; drives and generators technology, providing high speed presses and automated notching lines; automation technology, for single presses and press lines; and finally, process technology, providing clients with simulation for development of production lines. Schuler is 95%-owned by Andritz Beteiligurgsgesellschaft IV GmbH, and is present in 40 countries. In February 2017, the firm sold its engineering center in Tianjin, China, to Swiss company Feintool.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,316,073,000

2015 1,344,990,000

2014 1,320,889,000

2013 1,329,222,000

2012 1,374,232,000

106,926,700 8.12% 109,056,300 86,639,770 16,027,800 51,333,780 156,803,400 6.34% 19.36% 0.26

48,307,560 3.59%

114,532,600 8.67%

111,849,400 8.41%

107,373,900 7.81%

44,160,500 -91,459,310 42,927,600 90,786,820 3.58% 11.56% 0.18

74,659,270 171,376,400 29,604,350 148,863,500 6.22% 22.66% 0.12

68,819,770 144,539,300 35,221,920 142,735,900 6.46% 22.82% 0.10

57,453,490 13,816,410 29,393,630 140,459,500 5.70% 23.15%

2011

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-71-61-66-0 Fax: 49-71-61-66-233 Toll-Free: Address: Bahnhofstrasse 41, Goppingen, 73033 Germany

Exchange: GREY Stock Ticker: SHULF Employees: 6,617 Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30 Parent Company: Andritz Beteiligurgsgesellschaft IV GmbH

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OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Seagate Technology plc

www.seagate.com

NAIC Code: 334112

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Storage Equipment-Disk & Tape Drives Driver Components Business Intelligence Software

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Seagate LaCie Backup Plus Expansion Maxtor Dot Hill Systems Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen J. Luczo, CEO Dave Mosley, Pres. David H. Morton Jr., CFO B. S. The, Sr. VP-Sales Joy Nyberg, Sr. VP-Human Resources Mark Brewer, CIO Mark Re, Sr. VP Ken Massaroni, Chief Admin. Officer Ken Massaroni, General Counsel Dave Mosley, Exec. VP-Oper. & Tech. Terry Cunningham, Pres John Grieci, Sr. VP-Customer Advocacy Stephen J. Luczo, Chmn.

Seagate Technology plc manufactures rigid disk drives, often called disk drives or hard drives, used for storing electronic information in desktop and notebook computers, consumer electronic devices and data centers. The company produces disk drive products used in enterprise servers, mainframes, workstations, PCs, digital video recorders, gaming platforms and digital music players. Wireless drives provide tablet and smartphone users with additional storage for media content, and are sold under the Seagate and LaCie brand names. Enterprise storage products are designed for high performance servicers that require high capacity; client compute is the company's family of laptops drivers; and client non-compute products are for use in video streaming and video surveillance applications. Seagate ships external storage devices under the Backup Plus and Expansion lines, as well as under the Maxtor and LaCie brands. The company sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including HewlettPackard and Dell, as well as to independent distributors and retailers. OEM customers typically enter into master purchase agreements with the firm, which provide for pricing, volume discounts, product support and other terms. Sales to OEMs accounted for 70% of company revenues in 2016. Seagate maintains sales offices across the U.S., as well as in Asia and Europe. It has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Ireland, China, Malaysia, Northern Ireland, Singapore, the U.K. and Thailand. In October 2015, the firm acquired Dot Hill Systems Corporation, a supplier of innovative software and hardware storage systems. Seagate offers employees medical coverage, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, disability coverage, a stock purchase plan, flexible spending accounts, degree assistance and an employee assistance program, among other benefits.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,160,000,000 1,237,000,000 445,000,000 3.98% 635,000,000 248,000,000 1,680,000,000 587,000,000 1,282,000,000 2.74% 10.75% 2.59

2015 13,739,000,000 1,353,000,000 2,058,000,000 14.97% 857,000,000 1,742,000,000 2,647,000,000 747,000,000 3,018,000,000 18.01% 59.55% 1.37

2014 13,724,000,000 1,226,000,000 1,776,000,000 12.94% 722,000,000 1,570,000,000 2,558,000,000 559,000,000 2,630,000,000 16.76% 49.62% 1.38

2013 14,351,000,000 1,133,000,000 2,091,000,000 14.57% 635,000,000 1,838,000,000 3,047,000,000 786,000,000 2,918,000,000 18.99% 52.57% 0.79

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 353 12343136 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-732-4283 Address: 38/39 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, 2 Ireland

Stock Ticker: STX Employees: 52,350 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,246,212 Second Exec. Salary: $623,095

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 14,939,000,000 1,006,000,000 3,108,000,000 20.80% 528,000,000 2,862,000,000 3,262,000,000 636,000,000 3,937,000,000 29.61% 96.04% 0.81

2011 10,971,000,000 875,000,000 806,000,000 7.34% 445,000,000 511,000,000 1,264,000,000 843,000,000 1,547,000,000 5.84% 19.70% 1.19

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

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Seiko Epson Corporation

www.epson.jp/

NAIC Code: 334118

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Printers, Computer, Manufacturing Computers & Peripherals Business Machines Precision Components Semiconductors Industrial Robotics Quartz Devices Liquid Crystal Display Panels

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Epson Sales Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Minoru Usui Akihiro Fukaishi, Pres. Motonori Okumua Motonori Okumura, Mgr.-Gen. Admin. Hiroshi Komatsu, Gen. Admin. Mgr.-Bus. Infrastructure Dev. Koichi Endo, Managing Dir.-Epson Singapore Pte. Ltd. Hiromi Taba, Pres., Epson Europe BV Kiyofumi Koike, Pres., Epson (China) Co., Ltd. Takashi Oguchi, Pres., P.T. Indonesia Epson Industry Seiji Hanaoka, Chmn. John Lang, CEO

Seiko Epson Corporation, based in Japan, develops, markets, manufactures, sells and services IT-related products, imaging products, electronic devices and precision products. The firm operates through three business segments: printing solutions, visual communications and wearable/industrial products. The printing solutions segment consists of inkjet printers for home and office, commercial printers, industrial printers and scanners. The visual communication segment consists of projectors, smart eyewear, and high-temperature polysilicon thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display panels. The wearable/industrial products segment comprises wearable equipment such as wearable devices for health and sports purposes; watches; sensing systems; robotics solutions such as integrated circuit (IC) test handlers; micro devices, including quartz devices and semiconductors; metal powders; and surface treatment processing. Seiko Epson comprises 91 companies, of which 19 are domestic and 72 are overseas. Primary subsidiary Epson Sales Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, and sells printers, scanners, color copy servers, computers, projectors, point-of-sale systems, accounting systems, finance/tax/business software and other information equipment made by the Seiko Epson group of companies.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,846,252,000

2015 9,790,914,000

2014 9,045,244,000

2013 7,672,522,000

2012 7,913,162,000

2011 8,775,375,000

847,432,300 8.60% 2,818,357,000 412,531,300 1,018,927,000 596,211,100 1,277,151,000 4.70% 9.51%

1,184,094,000 12.09% 2,655,587,000 1,016,502,000 980,838,900 385,592,200 1,620,158,000 12.02% 26.68%

765,794,800 8.46%

191,565,900 2.49%

221,947,800 2.80%

294,797,800 3.35%

756,538,800 1,002,695,000 363,925,600 1,027,507,000 10.17% 27.61% 0.40

-89,424,440 387,475,900 395,172,800 358,283,600 -1.32% -4.01% 0.55

47,019,480 240,442,000 330,830,800 520,206,600 .65% 1.95% 0.55

93,813,650 291,967,800 275,735,900 549,822,500 1.22% 3.71% 0.62

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-266-52-3131 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3-3-5 Owa, Suwa, Nagano, 392-8502 Japan

Stock Ticker: SEKEY Employees: 73,171 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Sensata Technologies Holding NV

www.sensata.com

NAIC Code: 335313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electrical Sensors & Control Technologies

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Martha Sullivan, CEO Martha Sullivan, Pres. Paul Vasington, CFO Steven Reynolds, General Counsel Robert Shambaugh, Sr. VP-Global Oper. Edward Arnstein, Sr. VP-Corp. Dev. Christine Creighton, Chief Accounting Officer Steve Berinhause, Sr. VP-Sensors Martin Carter, Sr. VP-Controls Paul Edgerley, Chmn.

Sensata Technologies Holding NV develops, manufactures and sells sensors and controls. Sensata currently conducts its business through subsidiary companies which operate business and product development centers throughout the world. The firm produces a range of customized, innovative sensors and controls for mission-critical applications such as thermal circuit breakers in aircraft, pressure sensors in automotive systems, as well as bimetal current and temperature control devices in electric motors. It is also a supplier of automotive, commercial and industrial sensors, including pressure sensors, pressure switches, and position and force sensors. Sensata's sensors are customized devices that translate a physical phenomenon such as force or position into electronic signals that microprocessors or computer-based control systems can act upon. Its controls are customized devices embedded within systems to protect them from excessive heat or current. Its main products include pressure sensors, force sensors, position sensors, motor protectors and thermal and magnetic-hydraulic circuit breakers and switches. The company develops customized and innovative solutions for specific customer requirements or applications across the appliance, automotive, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), industrial, aerospace, defense, data/telecom and other end-markets. Sensata invests substantially in research, development and application engineering. The company has approximately 298 U.S. and 314 non-U.S. patents, and more than 300 U.S. and non-U.S. patents pending. In March 2017, the firm opened a new global testing laboratory and mechanization facility in Bulgaria.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,202,288,000 126,665,000 492,164,000 15.36% 293,587,000 262,434,000 521,525,000 130,217,000 800,565,000 4.17% 14.53% 1.67

2015 2,974,961,000 123,666,000 393,584,000 13.22% 271,361,000 347,696,000 533,131,000 177,196,000 676,267,000 6.07% 23.40% 2.00

2014 2,409,803,000 82,178,000 371,589,000 15.41% 220,105,000 283,749,000 382,568,000 144,211,000 573,144,000 6.58% 23.21% 2.06

2013 1,980,732,000 57,950,000 363,481,000 18.35% 163,145,000 188,125,000 395,838,000 82,784,000 514,314,000 5.26% 15.91% 1.50

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31-74357-8000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Jan Tinbergenstraat 80, Hengelo, 7559 Netherlands

Stock Ticker: ST Employees: 20,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $841,256 Second Exec. Salary: $557,233

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 1,913,910,000 52,072,000 277,468,000 14.49% 141,894,000 177,481,000 397,313,000 54,786,000 472,167,000 4.99% 15.65% 1.48

2011 1,826,945,000 44,597,000 294,129,000 16.09% 164,790,000 6,474,000 305,867,000 89,807,000 360,840,000 .18% .63% 1.74

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd

www.pharm-sh.com.cn

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SINE Leishi Dragon & Tiger Cangson Guofeng Shengxiang Lei Yun Life Day

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Cho Man, Exec. Dir. Cho Man, Pres. Shen Bo, CFO Han Min, Sec. Liu Yanjun, VP Shu Chang, VP Guo Junyi, VP Ren Jian, VP Zhou Jie, Chmn.

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. is engaged in pharmaceutical research and development, production, distribution and retail. The firm focuses on five health fields: cardiovascular, systemic anti-infections, digestive system and immune-metabolism, neuropsychiatric and antineoplastic. Its operations are divided into four segments: research & development (R&D), manufacturing, distribution and retail. The company's R&D segment focuses on vascular diseases, infectious disease, tumors, immunological disease, mental and nervous system disease, metabolic disease and digestion. The manufacturing segment covers areas of chemical and biological drugs, modern medicine and health products. Its products come in more than 20 forms, including tablets, capsules, powders, mini-volume injections, eye-drops, inhalants and coagulants. Its brands include SINE, Leishi, Dragon & Tiger, Cangsong, Guofeng and Shengxiang. The firm's distribution network services more than 1,500 domestic and global pharmaceutical companies, covering nearly 10,000 kinds of medical institutions. The firm's retail operations consist of many well-known brands such as Lei Yun, Yu Tiancheng, Life Day, Raymond and Keyuan Xinhai, covering 16 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. Shanghai Pharmaceuticals operates through more than 25 subsidiaries.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 17,750,630,000

2015 15,509,390,000

2014 13,581,280,000

2013 11,497,610,000

2012 10,006,480,000

2011 8,069,476,000

618,382,100 3.48% 1,416,269,000 469,823,200 286,131,500 311,503,900 897,524,200 4.06% 10.38% 0.08

541,877,600 3.49% 1,261,480,000 422,875,200 198,307,200 252,882,800 812,835,300 4.14% 9.96%

480,575,000 3.53% 1,143,715,000 380,858,000 196,324,500 189,830,500 739,526,700 4.29% 9.63%

451,878,200 3.93% 1,048,781,000 329,677,100 143,082,800 133,030,300 628,512,400 4.17% 8.86%

410,953,500 4.10% 945,103,600 301,742,000 169,147,000 104,199,100 608,556,700 4.15% 8.60%

422,395,900 5.23% 797,112,300 300,179,100 260,522,400 60,783,700 589,027,500 5.38% 12.67%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86 2163730908 Fax: 86 2163289333 Toll-Free: Address: No.200 Taicang Rd., Shanghai, 200020 China

Stock Ticker: SHPMY Employees: 40,852 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Sharp Corporation

www.sharp-world.com

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audiovisual & Communications Equipment Electronic Components Solar Cells & Advanced Batteries Home Appliances Computers & Information Equipment Consumer Electronics LCD Flat Panel TVs, Monitors & Displays Managed Print Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: RoboHon Foxconn Technology Co Ltd SKYTEC UMC LTD Fritz Schumacher AG Sharp Electronics GmbH

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kozo Takahashi, Pres. Shogo Fukahori, Chief Human Resource Officer Mototaka Taneya, Exec. Gen. Mgr.-Corp. R&D Group Shigeaki Mizushima, CTO Toshihiko Fujimoto, Exec. Gen. Mgr.-Bus. Dev. Group Shogo Fukahori, Chief Officer-In-House Comm. Shinichi Niihara, Exec. Officer Fujikazu Nakayama, Sr. Exec. Managing Officer-Products Bus. Group Akihiko Imaya, Exec. Group Gen. Mgr.-Display Device Business Masahiro Okitsu, Exec. Group Gen. Mgr.-Health & Environment Kozo Takahashi, Chmn. Paul Molyneux, Exec. Gen. Mgr.-Sales & Mktg., Europe

Sharp Corporation designs, manufactures and distributes audiovisual and communication equipment, information system products and health and environment equipment. The company's digital information equipment products include LCD color televisions, projectors, DVD recorders and players, Bluray recorders and players, mobile communications handsets, mobile phones and PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) terminals. Sharp's business solutions products include personal computers, electronic dictionaries, calculators, fax machines, telephones, POS (point of sale) systems, electronic cash registers, LCD color monitors, information displays, software and ultrasonic cleaners. The firm's health and environment equipment includes refrigerators, superheated steam ovens, microwave ovens, air conditioners, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, humidifiers, electric heaters, small cooking appliances, Plasmacluster Ion generators, LED lights and solar-powered LED lights. Additionally, its electronic components business produces CCD/CMOS imagers, LCD modules, microprocessors, flash memory, satellite broadcasting components, RF modules, network components, optical sensors, optical communication components and regulators. The firm is also a leading manufacturer of crystalline and thin-film solar cells. Sharp offers managed print services outsourcing, providing for the complete operation of a client's desktop printers and copiers with the goal of creating significant savings. In addition, the company is working on high-capacity lithium-ion battery technology. Sharp has 72 subsidiaries in 26 countries. In August 2016, Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. acquired a 66% stake in Sharp for $3.8 billion. In December 2016, the firm acquired SKYTEC UMC LTD, a TV manufacturer and distributor company. In February 2017, the firm announced the dissolvement of SD Future Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sharp. Additionally, in February 2017, subsidiary Sharp Electronics GmbH acquired Fritz Schumacher AG, an electronic office equipment distributor.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 22,185,670,000

2015 25,111,810,000

2014 26,381,980,000

2013 22,338,860,000

2012 22,133,950,000

2011 27,236,270,000

-1,459,767,000 -6.57%

-433,197,500 -1.72%

978,423,500 3.70%

-1,318,258,000 -5.90%

-338,446,600 -1.52%

711,069,400 2.61%

-2,307,010,000 -170,034,400 417,866,800 -1,222,822,000 -14.49%

-1,985,030,000 156,272,000 448,023,500 -507,669,800 -10.73% -197.35% 3.76

117,057,500 1,793,392,000 411,945,500 1,716,675,000 .54% 7.22% 1.48

-4,900,824,000 -730,708,200 553,914,200 -2,480,776,000 -23.19% -145.31% 1.86

-3,366,882,000 -1,291,544,000 1,065,018,000 168,015,600 -13.67% -45.53% 0.81

191,043,100 1,509,121,000 1,761,126,000 2,892,748,000 .67% 1.87% 0.52

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 666211221 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8522 Japan

Exchange: PINX Stock Ticker: SHCAF Employees: 41,898 Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31 Parent Company: Foxconn Technology Co Ltd

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OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Shin Etsu Chemical Co Ltd

www.shinetsu.co.jp

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Organic & Inorganic Chemicals PVC Silicones Semiconductor Silicon Rare Earth Magnets & Refined Rare Earth Elements Synthetic Quartz Construction & Plant Engineering Importing & Exporting Goods

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. is a chemical company based in Japan. Founded in 1926, Shin-Etsu operates through six business segments: PVC/Chlor-Alkali, silicones, specialty chemicals, semiconductor silicon, electronics and functional materials, and diversified business. PVC/Chlor-Alkali produces polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a general-use resin for a wide application in goods used in daily life, as well as in all kinds of industrial materials; chloromethane, used as a cleaning agent for metals and precision instruments, as well as for molds for plastic parts; methanol, used in antifreeze, solvents and dissolvents, as well as a chemical reagent in the production of many organic chemical compounds; and caustic soda, which is produced by electrolysis of industrial salt, and is widely used in the chemical industry as a basic material in items such as synthetic textiles, paper, pulp, soap and food. The silicones segment includes the manufacturing and marketing of fluids, resins, rubber and grease which feature a number of properties such as resistance to heat, cold, water, weather, as well as adhesive, anti-foaming, anti-sticking and electrical insulation. Specialty chemicals include the firm's development of liquid fluoroelastomers by using silicone addition-related technology; its products help to resist cold, oils, solvents and chemicals for automotive, aircraft, electronics, office equipment and petrochemical industries. Semiconductor silicon produces silicon wafers for integrated circuit products worldwide. Electronics and functional materials comprise the extraction and merchandising of rare earth magnets, oxides, compounds and metals used in cathode ray tubes, fluorescent lamps, electronic parts, automobile sensors and more; the production of photoresists for excimer lasers as a photosensitive material used in inscribing semiconductor circuitry; and the production of photomask blanks, the base material of photomasks used as the patterning templates of circuit during the semiconductor lithography process. The diversified segment comprises the production of cellulose derivatives, synthetic pheromones and aroma chemicals.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yasuhiko Saitoh, Pres. Fumio Akiya, Exec. VP Yasuhiko Saitoh, Exec. VP Toshinobu Ishihara, Sr. Managing Dir. Kiichi Habata, Managing Dir. Chihiro Kanagawa, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,534,570,000

2015 11,315,890,000

2014 10,507,230,000

2013 9,241,748,000

2012 9,442,931,000

2011 9,537,799,000

1,879,382,000 16.29%

1,670,323,000 14.76%

1,566,496,000 14.90%

1,415,388,000 15.31%

1,348,595,000 14.28%

1,344,891,000 14.10%

1,341,457,000 2,538,376,000 1,334,292,000 2,892,397,000 5.99% 7.46%

1,170,774,000 2,194,234,000 787,425,400 2,665,366,000 5.53% 6.88%

1,034,996,000 2,340,916,000 624,204,600 2,459,776,000 5.51% 6.77%

967,193,600 2,123,601,000 735,971,600 2,212,593,000 5.66% 6.96%

905,897,900 870,333,600 732,051,100 2,145,538,000 5.60% 6.97%

913,153,200 1,960,182,000 1,073,021,000 2,105,070,000 5.63% 6.98%

CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 81 332465091 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 6-1, Ohtemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

STOCK TICKER/OTHER: 100-0004

Stock Ticker: SHECF Employees: 19,206 Parent Company:

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Shiseido Company Limited

www.shiseido.co.jp

NAIC Code: 325620

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cosmetics Health Care Products & Services Restaurants Beauty Schools

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Shiseido Elixir Maquillage Benefique Haku Prior

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masahiko Uotani, CEO Youichi Shimatani, Head-R&D Tatsuomi Takamori, Head-Domestic Cosmetics Bus. Chikako Sekine, Head-Beauty Creation & Consumer Info. Hiroshi Maruyama, Head-Intl Bus. Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Head-Supply Chain

Shiseido Company Limited is a Japanese multinational personal care company. Its products include skin care, hair care, cosmetics and fragrances. The firm divides its operations among five regions: Japan, China, Asia Pacific, Americas and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In Japan, Shiseido markets its products through an array of channels, including drug stores, cosmetic specialty stores and department stores. Core brands within Japan include Shiseido, cle de peau Beaute, Elixir, Prior, AguaLabel, Integrate Maquillage, Revital Granas, Anessa and Tsubaki. In China, the company primarily markets its produce through the eCommerce channel. Its Core brands within China include Shiseido, cle de peau Beaute, Aupres, Urara, Za and Tsubaki. In the Asia Pacific region, Shiseido markets cosmetics and personal care items primarily in Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, among other places. Core brands within Asia Pacific include Shiseido, cle pe peau Beaute, Nars, Za, d Program and Senka. In the Americas, the company primarily markets its products in department and cosmetic specialty stores. Core brands within the Americas include Shiseido, bareMinerals, Nars, cle de peau Beaute, Majolica Majorca, Haku, Joico and Narciso Rodriguez. In EMEA, Shiseido markets its products primarily through department stores and perfumeries. Core brands in this region include Shiseido, Benefique, Mars, Issey Miyake, Narciso Rodriguez and Elie Saab. In addition, Shiseido offers travel services to tourists, with a strong market in Asia. Its travel stores are primarily located in airport duty-free shops, and advertisements are provided at department and retail store counters. Other businesses include digital solutions, healthcare solutions, restaurants, beauty education and a chemicals business.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,663,590,000

2015 7,009,094,000

2014 6,868,134,000

2013 6,108,179,000

2012 6,150,161,000

331,488,700 4.32%

248,868,900 3.55%

447,428,600 6.51%

234,736,900 3.84%

352,713,700 5.73%

289,318,100 532,914,500 574,165,900 811,831,900 3.39% 8.15% 0.26

326,504,600 289,615,500 187,780,500 796,041,500 4.14% 9.25% 0.08

258,990,200 759,954,600 201,497,900 814,274,400 3.44% 8.32% 0.27

-132,352,100 378,895,700 220,974,500 296,302,900 -2.04% -5.06% 0.50

130,820,000 474,061,300 222,930,200 693,728,900 1.98% 4.83% 0.60

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 335725111 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 5-5 Ginza 7-chome, Tokyo, 104-0061 Japan

Stock Ticker: SSDOY Employees: 45,976 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

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Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

www.showa-shell.co.jp

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Product Sales Service Stations Aviation Fuel Solar Panel Manufacturing Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. is a Japanese company that primarily sells gasoline, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and other petroleum products. The firm operates in two divisions: oil and energy solutions. The oil business refines crude oil imported from around the world at Shell refineries in Japan, with a combined processing capacity of 445,000 barrels per day. This division sells products such as gasoline and diesel oil primarily at 3,200 service stations, as well as through other marketing channels in the country. This segment also sells oil products, including fuels, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), chemicals, lubricants and bitumen; and utilizes the Shell group's global network to export oil products. The energy solutions business is further divided into two units: solar and electric power. The solar power unit is operated by wholly-owned Solar Frontier K.K., which develops the company's proprietary next-generation computer information systems (CIS) thin-film solar cell technology and manufactures the solar panels. This unit has an annual production capacity of more than 1,000 megawatts/1 gigawatts. Solar Frontier sells the CIS panels worldwide, and also provides various services associated with solar power plant development and sells those completed plants to endusers or investors. The electric power unit operates power plants aligned with the company's oil refinery, biomass-fired and natural gas-fired stations. The Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, owns a minority stake in Showa Shell. In 2015, parent Shell agreed to sell a 33.24% stake in Showa Shell to Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. In 2016, Showa Shell sold its 20 MW Calipatria solar power generation plant; and began commercial production at its 150 MW Tohoku plant in Miyagi, Japan. That same year, Showa announced plans to merge with Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., but efforts to block the merger had begun.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Royal Dutch Shell plc Shell Petroleum Co Ltd Solar Frontier K K

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Shigeya Kato, CEO Jun Arai, COO Douglas Wood, CFO Katsuaki Shindome, Exec. VP-Human Resources Hiroshi Watanabe, Corp. Exec. Officer-Corp. Planning Tsutomu Yoshioka, Exec. Officer-Finance & Control Shigeaki Kameda, Sr. Managing Dir. Shigeya Kato, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,556,670,000

2015 19,626,380,000

2014 27,020,060,000

2013 26,621,920,000

2012 23,696,860,000

2011 24,978,080,000

418,281,400 2.68% 316,320,300 152,486,600 729,329,300 220,181,300 709,122,700 1.74% 7.62% 0.38

-110,036,600 - .56% 318,952,000 -247,553,000 674,324,500 295,933,400 170,575,200 -2.57% -11.10% 0.46

-162,743,100 - .60% 337,734,600 -78,248,650 655,523,900 264,145,500 249,752,100 - .78% -3.38% 0.36

679,831,300 2.55% 363,871,500 554,779,500 857,409,300 251,185,200 1,075,554,000 4.76% 21.90% 0.40

132,460,300 .55% 349,577,300 9,129,910 377,832,200 199,172,600 526,019,800 .08% .40% 0.63

543,360,300 2.17% 338,167,100 208,284,500 455,603,200 406,411,600 923,463,700 1.92% 9.31% 0.65

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 355315591 Fax: 81 355315598 Toll-Free: Address: Daiba Frontier Bldg., 2-3-2, Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1358074 Japan

Stock Ticker: SWSKF Employees: 939 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Siam Cement Group PCL (The)

www.scg.co.th

NAIC Code: 327310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cement & Cement Products Manufacturing Chemicals Products Paper Products Logistics & Distribution Services Construction Materials

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SCG SCG Experience SCG Home Solution CPAC COTTO SCG Heim IAG Tiger idea

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be

The Siam Cement Group PCL (SCG) is a Thailand-based industrial holding firm comprised of over 100 companies, which market more than 64,000 products domestically and throughout the world. It is the largest cement company in Thailand. SCG is organized around three core businesses: SCG cement-building materials, SCG chemicals and SCG packaging. SCG cement-building materials focuses on business expansion in Asian/European regions by providing cement-building materials for infrastructure projects. SCG chemicals research & develops innovative cement-related products and services that address a wide array of application needs, and to enhance the firm's competitiveness in the global marketplace. This division develops products such as resins and plastics. SCG packaging develops, manufactures and provides packaging solutions and services. These include both paper and plastic variations of packaging. Brands of the firm include SCG, SCG Experience, SCG Home Solution, CPAC, COTTO, SCG Heim, IAG Tiger and idea.

intentionally listed here more than once.

Roongrote Rangsiyopash, CEO Somchai Wangwattanapanich, VP-Operations Kan Trakulhoon, Pres. Tanawong Areeratchakul, VP-Corp. Admin. Worapol Jennapar, Joint Sec. Somchai Wangwattanapanich, VP-Oper. Chaovalit Ekabut, VP-Finance & Investment Amnuay Apichainun, Joint Sec. Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,479,880,000

2015 12,956,490,000

2014 14,369,140,000

2013 12,798,440,000

2012 12,012,980,000

2011 10,862,910,000

1,868,199,000 14.96% 1,480,445,000 1,652,938,000 2,241,450,000 943,521,900 3,105,627,000 10.68% 25.13% 0.53

1,726,384,000 13.32% 1,463,628,000 1,338,040,000 1,996,670,000 1,269,369,000 2,618,685,000 9.30% 23.68% 0.62

1,269,837,000 8.83% 1,324,847,000 990,725,800 1,390,221,000 1,199,665,000 1,802,172,000 7.41% 19.82% 0.13

1,304,555,000 10.19% 1,179,859,000 1,076,400,000 1,253,601,000 905,166,700 1,767,791,000 8.73% 23.95% 0.16

828,889,300 6.89% 1,076,264,000 694,959,900 830,565,400 542,025,200 1,288,870,000 6.12% 16.64% 0.88

899,614,200 8.28% 976,668,400 804,027,600 676,472,600 417,646,200 1,488,526,000 7.43% 19.96% 0.69

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 66-2-586-4444 Fax: 66-2-586-2974 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Siam Cement Rd., Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800 Thailand

Stock Ticker: SCVPY Employees: 24,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Siemens AG

www.siemens.com

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Control Manufacturing Energy & Power Plant Systems & Consulting Medical & Health Care Services & Equipment Lighting & Optical Systems Automation Systems Transportation & Logistics Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Joe Kaeser, CEO Joe Kaeser, Pres. Brigitte Ederer, Head-Corp. Human Resources Siegfried Russwurm, Head-Corp. Info. Tech. Klaus Helmrich, CTO Peter Y. Solmssen, Head-Corp. Legal & Compliance Joe Kaeser, Head-Controlling Roland Busch, CEO-Infrastructure & Cities Sector Hermann Requardt, CEO-Health Care Sector Michael Suess, CEO-Energy Sector Siegfried Russwurm, CEO-Industry Sector Gerhard Cromme, Chmn. Barbara Kux, Chief Sustainability Officer

Siemens AG is one of the largest electrical engineering and electronics companies in the world. Its products are grouped into automation, building technologies, drive technology, energy, health care, mobility, financial solutions, consumer products and services. Automation systems include operator control & monitoring systems, identification systems, industrial communication, industrial controls, manufacturing execution systems, PC-based automation, product lifecycle management software, process control systems, sensor systems, power supplies and logistics systems. Building technologies include building automation, building solutions, fire safety and security products. Drive technology includes integrated drive systems, converters, motors, generators, geared motors, gear units, couplings and engineering tools. Energy includes fossil power generation, renewable energy, power transmission, power distribution, smart grid, compression & expansion and mechanical drives products. Health care includes IT & infrastructure, hearing instruments, laboratory diagnostics, medical imaging, therapy systems, medical accessories, original equipment manufacturing, electronics, refurbished systems, health care services, as well as health care education/training products and solutions. Mobility includes urban mobility, interurban mobility and logistics products and solutions. Financial solutions include equipment finance, leasing, vendor finance, advisory & structuring, equity investments, debt financing, working capital finance, leveraged finance, trade finance advisory, insurance solutions and asset management. Consumer products include asset management, home appliances and home security products. Services in general include industry services, energy services, logistics & airport solutions and home appliance services. In January 2016, it agreed to acquire CD-adapco for $970 million. That June, the firm signed a binding agreement with Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA to combine Gamesa's operations with Siemens, which would create the world's largest wind-turbine maker. Siemens would hold a majority stake in the combined entity. The following November, Siemens announced its planned acquisition of industrial software provider Mentor Graphics Corp.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 89,266,980,000 5,303,744,000 8,203,318,000 9.18% 13,078,910,000 6,108,496,000 8,530,598,000 2,392,961,000 12,505,040,000 4.42% 15.86% 0.72

2015 84,774,720,000 5,024,658,000 6,772,024,000 7.98% 12,787,490,000 8,161,847,000 7,410,894,000 2,126,205,000 11,863,930,000 6.46% 22.25% 0.77

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2014 80,609,730,000 4,556,153,000 7,540,910,000 9.35% 11,683,480,000 6,022,193,000 7,957,857,000 2,052,231,000 11,882,990,000 5.19% 18.19% 0.62

2013 85,050,430,000 4,809,460,000 5,971,755,000 7.02% 12,649,630,000 4,801,614,000 8,226,855,000 2,094,822,000 10,670,250,000 4.07% 14.56% 0.65

Stock Ticker: SIEGY Employees: 348,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $685,894 Bonus: $

2011 82,397,450,000 4,399,238,000 8,919,525,000 10.82% 11,541,130,000 6,887,469,000 8,705,447,000 2,433,311,000 15,238,740,000 5.93% 20.52% 0.45

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 8963633032 Fax: 49 8932825 Toll-Free: Address: Wittelsbacherplatz 2, Munich, 80333 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $1,008,742 Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 87,756,100,000 4,750,056,000 7,626,093,000 8.69% 12,510,650,000 4,996,637,000 7,815,513,000 2,472,540,000 13,170,810,000 4.19% 14.31% 0.54

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

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Siemens Healthineers

www.healthcare.siemens.com

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Medical Equipment Manufacturing Information Systems Management Consulting Diagnostic Tests Healthcare Consulting

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Siemens AG Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics ARTISTE SOMATOM Definition Flash ACUSON S2000 Siemens Explorer Artis zeego

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Bernd Montag, CEO Michael Reitermann, COO Thomas Rathmann, CFO Stephanie McKinney, VP-Human Resources J. Marc Overhage, Chief Medical Informatics Officer William Thomas Richardson Jr., CTO Michael Long, Sr. VP-Exec. & Customer Rel. Brenna Quinn, Sr. VP-Solutions Dev. Carlos Arglebe, VP-Quality Mgmt. Gail Latimer, VP Hartmut Schaper, Sr. VP-Health Svcs., Int'l

Siemens Healthineers, a business segment of Siemens AG, is one of the largest suppliers to the health care industry. Siemens Healthcare and its subsidiaries offer innovative medical technologies, health care information systems, management consulting and support services. The company operates in five business divisions: imaging & therapy systems, clinical products, diagnostics, customer solutions and audiology. The imaging & therapy systems segment produces imaging products such as the ARTISTE linear accelerator for radiotherapy, Artis zeego for angiography and the SOMATOM Definition Flash CT scanner. Each year, almost 1 billion examinations are made using Siemens imaging systems. The clinical products segment focuses on ultrasound and x-ray equipment including the ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS). The customer solutions segment manages worldwide and regional customer relationship management and customer service operations that focus on integrating Siemens products to optimize workflow and increase standards for patient care. The segment also includes, the company's global health care information technology (HIT) business, which includes a range of clinical and financial IT applications. Siemens audiology produces hearing aids such as the Siemens Explorer for pediatric use in cooperation with universities, clinics and hearing centers. In May 2016, the firm changed its name from Siemens Healthcare to Siemens Healthineers.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,259,900,000

2015 14,608,637,250

2014 13,051,160,000

2013 18,865,185,289

2012 17,613,100,000

2011 15,943,011,000

2,449,530,000

2,468,149,320

2,342,500,000

2,841,292,799

2,343,350,000

1,699,127,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-69-797-6602 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Henkestrasse 127, Erlangen, D-91052 Germany

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 45,000 Parent Company: Siemens AG

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Sime Darby Bhd

www.simedarby.com

NAIC Code: 311224

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Palm-Kernel Oil, Cake, and Meal Made in Crushing Mills

Sime Darby Bhd is a diversified multinational corporation with operations in 25 countries and four territories. The firm operates through five businesses: Sime Darby Plantation, Sime Darby Industrial, Sime Darby Motors, Sime Darby Property and Sime Darby Logistics. Sime Darby Plantation is a global producer of certified sustainable palm oil, and include activities within the upstream, downstream, research and development, and renewable sectors. This division offers a broad portfolio of vegetable oil based ingredients for food and non-food applications. Sime Darby Industrial is a global Caterpillar dealer, comprising the following dealerships: Hasting Deering Group, headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, serving four countries and 23 business service centers; Tractors Malaysia, a leading brand for marketing premium heavy equipment in Malaysia and Brunei; Tractors Singapore Limited, which is the authorized Caterpillar dealer serving Singapore, Maldives and Christmas Island with machines, engines, generator sets, propulsion systems, lift trucks and product solutions; and China Engineers Limited, the sole distributor of Caterpillar equipment in seven PRC provinces via 100 branches and facilities. Sime Darby Motors is engaged in the retail, distribution and assembly of automotive vehicles, primarily serving the Asia Pacific region. Sime Darby Property develops, invests and manages a range of hospitality and leisure properties. Last, Sime Darby Logistics operates through wholly-owned Sime Darby (China) Enterprise Management Co. Ltd., which provides logistics services to five ports across Weifang and Jining cities, handling 40 million tons per year; and water management in the Weifang Binhai economicaltechnological development area, comprising two water treatment plants and a flatland reservoir with a capacity of 11.5 million square feet. In April 2017, the firm agreed to sell its Australia and New Zealand Sime Darby Automobiles distribution businesses; and launched PURAFEX, an ingredient made from palm kernel expellers, causing Sime Darby to lay the foundation into the animal feed business.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sime Darby Plantation Sime Darby Industrial Sime Darby Motors Sime Darby Property Sime Darby Logistics Sime Darby (China) Enterprise Management Co Ltd PURAFEX

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Seri Mohd Bakke Salleh, CEO Mohd Bakke Salleh, Pres. Tong Poh Keow, CFO Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, Group Human Resources Officer Norzilah Megawati Abdul Rahman, Sec. Alan Hamzah, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. & Group Strategy Glenn Charles Daly, Head-Group Risk Management Philip Kunjappy, Exec. VP-Group Corp. Services Franki Anthony Dass, Exec. VP-Plantation Div. Scott William Cameron, Exec. VP-Industrial Div. Lawrence Lee, Exec. VP-Motors Div. Timothy Lee Chi Tim, Exec. VP-Energy & Utilities Div. (China) Jauhari Hamidi, Exec. VP-Energy & Utilities Div. (Non-China)

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,286,100,000 33,621,900 717,618,100 6.97% 7,791,296 571,478,700 856,200,200 583,247,500 1,095,601,000 3.82% 7.37% 0.33

2015 10,231,330,000 27,772,580 795,273,700 7.77% 6,223,678 541,132,400 706,878,700 376,368,700 1,044,619,000 4.10% 7.81% 0.38

2014 10,273,280,000 28,310,710 963,640,600 9.38% 5,545,157 784,440,800 683,926,000 374,707,500 1,700,515,000 6.74% 12.04% 0.28

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2013 10,952,810,000 26,883,480 1,085,891,000 9.91% 5,708,938 865,839,900 865,863,300 458,189,000 1,767,174,000 7.66% 13.93% 0.30

Stock Ticker: SMEBF Employees: 123,410 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,793,823,000

1,360,061,000 12.21%

1,282,943,000 13.09%

971,034,100 639,003,200 352,831,000 1,711,114,000 9.11% 16.58% 0.15

900,304,100 793,846,500 385,049,100 1,596,327,000 9.11% 16.47% 0.16

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 60 326914122 Fax: 60 323821075 Toll-Free: Address: Wisma Sime Darby, 19/Fl, Jalan Raja Laut, Kuala Lumpur, 50350 Malaysia Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 11,137,650,000

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

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Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd

www.spc.com.cn

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petrochemical Manufacturing Plastics Synthetic Resins & Fibers Electricity Generation Refining

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Wang Zhiqing, Pres. Ye Guohua, CFO Lei Dianwu, Dir.-Development & Planning Wu Haijun, Vice Chmn. Li Honggen, VP Shi Wei, VP Xiang Hanyin, Dir.-Chemical Div. Wang Zhiqing, Chmn.

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SPC), 55%-owned by state-run China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), is a leading Chinese petrochemical company. SPC manufactures over 60 different products across a number of product categories. SPC is one of China's largest producers of ethylene used in the production of synthetic fibers, resins and plastics. The firm manages its own utilities to supply electricity, gas and water to its facilities. Though most of the company's refined products are permitted to be sold at market prices, four types of petroleum derivatives that it sells (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and liquefied petroleum gas) are subject to varying degrees of government pricing control and are, accordingly, sold at prices set by the Chinese government. The company is an equity partner in Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a joint venture with BP Chemicals East China Investments Ltd. and Sinopec, which manufactures and markets intermediate petrochemicals and other petroleum products. Shanghai Secco also provides related after-sales services and technical advice concerning its products, and engages in polymers application development.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,691,694,000

2015 9,853,486,000

2014 13,629,210,000

2013 15,507,420,000

2012 12,819,660,000

2011 13,156,610,000

996,245,400 10.27% 80,266,780 877,277,000 1,055,615,000 132,503,800 1,391,953,000 19.32% 26.81%

574,555,700 5.83% 88,317,460 481,275,300 725,052,800 102,195,500 954,536,100 11.15% 18.04%

-86,412,690 - .63% 82,923,400 -101,746,500 538,320,300 160,106,400 260,396,400 -2.04% -4.04% 0.09

322,230,900 2.07% 101,569,800 302,103,100 749,410,300 194,481,700 789,794,200 5.62% 12.17% 0.03

-260,523,600 -2.03% 96,612,580 -224,652,000 -303,728,300 626,136,800 3,330,394 -4.55% -9.00% 0.07

155,778,600 1.18% 100,762,700 140,533,600 326,306,600 511,690,500 460,931,300 3.22% 5.38%

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86 2157941941 Fax: 86 2157942267 Toll-Free: Address: 48 Jinyi Rd., Jinshan District, Shanghai, 200540 China

Stock Ticker: SHI Employees: 11,088 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $28,956 Second Exec. Salary: $28,956

Bonus: $68,054 Bonus: $68,054

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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SK Hynix Inc

www.skhynix.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Semiconductor Manufacturing Memory Chips Imaging Chips

SK Hynix, Inc. mainly produces semiconductor memory chips such as DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and NAND (non-volatile storage technology) flash memory. The firm's DRAM is marketed for PCs, laptops, high speed graphics data processing and low-power mobile products. Products are sold in interfaces compatible with DDR (double data rate), DDR2, DDR3 and DDR4 interfaces. LPDDR3 (LP-low power) and LPDDR4 products are solutions for diverse applications that need higher performance with lower power consumption within small-form factors. LLPDDRs are currently used in the company's flagship and high-end segments of mobile devices only. LPDDR4 delivers up to twice the performance of LPDDR3, while reducing power consumption by 30%, and even supports higher bandwidth with batty power efficiency. These features help mobile devices to process with faster data transfer speed and last longer without having to re-charge. NAND flash memory is often used in removable data storage devices such as USB flash drives as well as for MP3 players and other digital applications, including smartphones, tablet PCs and solid state drives. SK Hynix offers single-level cell (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC) and leading triple-level cell (TLC) products ranging from 128 Mb (megabyte) to 512 Gb (gigabytes). Besides memory chips, the firm also manufactures CIS (CMOS Image Sensor) chips, an imaging device that shares many manufacturing similarities with semiconductor memory chips. The CIS chips function as a sort of electronic film and are often used in very small medical imaging devices as well as camera phones and web cameras. The company's global network includes Korea, the U.S., Europe and Asia, comprising four production sites, four R&D subsidiaries, 10 sales subsidiaries, 14 sales offices and more. In early-2017, the firm launched its first highest density 8Gb LPDDR4X mobile DRAM, saving 20% in power compared to the current LPDDR4.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LPDDR3 LPDDR4 LPDDR4X SK Holdings Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Seong-Wook Park, CEO Chey Tae-won, Chmn. Hyeong-Kyu Lim, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,496,955,392

2015 16,270,991,360

2014 14,636,098,560

2013 12,039,254,016

2012 8,665,180,160

2011 8,826,650,624

2,300,214,016

3,481,984,000

3,267,715,840

2,423,190,016

-424,509,440

111,883,912

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 82 31630-4114 Fax: 82 31645-8000 Toll-Free: Address: 2091, Gyeongchung-daero, Bubal-eub, Icheon, South Korea

Stock Ticker: HXSCF Employees: 24,280 Parent Company: SK Holdings Co Ltd

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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SKF Incorporated

www.skf.com

NAIC Code: 332991

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alrik Danielson, CEO Tom Johnstone, Pres. Christian Johansson, CFO Carina Bergfelt, General Counsel Rakesh Makhija, Pres., SKF Industrial Mkt. & Strategic Industries Ingalill Ostman, Sr. VP-Group Comm. & Govt Relations Tore Bertilsson, Exec. VP Tryggve Sthen, Pres., SKF Automotive Lars Wilsby, Sr. VP-Bus. Transformation Poul Jeppesen, Pres., U.S. Bo-Inge Stensson, Sr. VP-Purchasing

SKF Incorporated is a major manufacturer of rollers and ball bearings in addition to a variety of seals and roller-bearing steel. SKF markets its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in over 40 industries, such as aerospace, marine, food, paper, healthcare, mining, construction and electric motors. SKF's products help to meet the performance requirements on specific parameters such as speed, load, noise or physical environment. The firm's wide range of technologies and products include bearing, units and housing; MRC-branded aftermath industrial bearing products; seals; lubrication solutions; linear motion; actuation systems; magnetic bearings/permanent magnet motors; maintenance products; condition monitoring; power transmission products; coupling systems; test and measuring equipment and vehicle services. SKF also offers a full range of services to both OEM and aftermath customers around the world such as business consulting, customer training, engineering consultancy, lubrication, mechanical maintenance, remanufacturing and maintenance, service contracts, solution factory, aero-engine, ball screw repair, spindle repair and rebuild and electric motor rebuilding services. The firm is headquartered in Sweden, and is represented in more than 130 countries with 17,000 distributor locations worldwide.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,371,835,000

2015 8,741,044,000

2014 8,163,422,000

2013 7,314,818,000

2012 7,427,305,000

2011 7,616,051,000

865,742,600 10.34% 1,181,008,000 458,347,800 822,380,700 254,075,400 1,097,619,000 4.87% 15.67% 0.73

801,447,400 9.16% 1,334,557,000 446,270,900 889,206,300 265,692,200 1,073,351,000 4.80% 16.19% 0.81

897,257,600 10.99% 1,158,119,000 529,084,100 520,802,800 304,108,300 1,172,381,000 6.02% 21.30% 0.96

424,762,500 5.80% 1,019,982,000 104,896,700 611,322,100 262,241,700 642,492,100 1.38% 4.40% 0.97

841,243,600 11.32% 1,045,171,000 536,215,200 713,458,400 241,078,300 1,051,842,000 7.76% 21.79% 0.59

1,105,556,000 14.51% 1,032,864,000 715,873,800 642,492,100 221,755,200 1,353,765,000 10.56% 29.97% 0.58

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 313371000 Fax: 46 313372832 Toll-Free: Address: Hornsgatan 1, Goteborg, SE-415 50 Sweden

Stock Ticker: SKFRY Employees: 45,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Skoda Auto AS

www.skoda-auto.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Automobile Parts Manufacturer

Skoda Auto AS, a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, designs and manufactures automobiles in the Czech Republic, operating in more than 100 global markets. The company develops, produces and sells passenger and utility cars, engines, components, original parts and car accessories, as well as providing related repair and maintenance services. Skoda offers seven different models: Citigo, Fabia, Rapid, Octavia, Karoq, Kodiaq and Superb. Each model comes with the option of gasoline or diesel engines and many feature a Combi variant model, extending the car's interior space and capacity. Citigo comes as a 3- and 5-door small car, as well as the environmentally friendly G-TEC model, the Monte Carlo sports model, and the Fun city car model. The Fabia is a small hatchback based on the Volkswagen Polo platform. The line also includes the Fabia Monte Carlo, which contains a sunroof and alloy wheels, sports seats and 3-spoke leather steering wheel. The Rapid vehicle is a compact hatchback with modern technology. Octavia is a 4-door sedan that comes in basic, racy sports, fuel efficient and high-tech models. Karoq is a compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) with four passenger doors and a hatchback. Kodiaq is an offroad SUV with an optional third row of seating for a total seven passengers. The Superb is a comfortable sedan with the practicality of a liftback and comes equipped with bi-xenon headlights, LED daylights, as well as the GreenLine, Superb Combi, Superb Combi GreenLine and Superb Sportline models and styles. In 2017, the firm displayed its Vision E concept for an electric car with level 3 autonomy capability and a 310-mile range. Skoda plans to sell Vision E beginning in 2020. Employee benefits include company housing, home loans, paid time off, pension, accident insurance, health support, rehabilitation programs and employee discounts.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Volkswagen AG Citigo Fabia Rapid Octavia Karoq Kodiaq Superb

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bernhard Maier, CEO Alfred Rieck, Pres. Michael Oeljeklaus, Dir.-Prod. & Logistics Jan Miller, Sec. Winfried Krause, Dir.-Comm. Affairs Karlheinz Hell, Dir.-Purchasing

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,562,215,832

2015 13,048,722,957

2014 12,382,248,686

2013 12,719,061,122

2012 13,500,000,000

2011 13,255,600,000

1,135,738,784

1,276,955,470

883,598,562

560,491,363

727,135,909

719,150,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 42-326-811-111 Fax: 42-326-721-328 Toll-Free: Address: Tr. Vaclava Klementa 869, Mlada Boleslav, 293 01 Czech Republic

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 29,457 Parent Company: Volkswagen AG

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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SMC Corporation

www.smcworld.com

NAIC Code: 332911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Valve Manufacturing Filtration Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Katsunori Maruyama, Pres. Ikuji Usui, Exec. Managing Dir. Katsunori Tomita, Exec. Managing Dir. Seiji Kosugi, Exec. Managing Dir. Masahiko Satake, Exec. Managing Dir. Yoshiyuki Takada, Chmn.

SMC Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer, processer and marketer of automatic control systems and filtration equipment. The firm has 55 sales offices in major cities in Japan with six factory locations in Soka, Tsukuba, Shimotsuma, Kamaishi, Tono and Yamatsuri. The company also maintains sales offices in 80 countries overseas along with subsidiaries in 55 countries. It serves customers in a variety of industries, such as medical, machinery, automobile and food. SMC operates in two segments: automated control equipment and other. The firm's automated control equipment segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of all of its pneumatic equipment, sensors and temperature controllers, as well as all of the additional components for the equipment. The other segment maintains the firm's warehousing operations. The company's portfolio of products includes directional control valves such as serial transmission systems, power valves and pilot operated port solenoid valves; and actuators comprised of compact air, standard air/ rodless/stroke reading, among others. Additionally, SMC manufactures vacuum equipment, air preparation equipment and filters, pressure control equipment, pressure and flow sensors and switches, lubrication equipment, tubings and fittings, flow control equipment, static electricity elimination equipment and temperature control equipment.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,286,533,000

2015 4,128,567,000

2014 3,562,774,000

2013 2,912,333,000

2012 3,081,133,000

2011 2,930,187,000

1,209,808,000 28.22%

1,150,801,000 27.87%

947,717,100 26.60%

703,237,300 24.14%

793,743,300 25.76%

738,774,700 25.21%

830,416,100 919,353,900 216,278,800 1,343,764,000 8.19% 9.91%

989,491,100 1,006,291,000 227,310,400 1,556,131,000 10.45% 12.87%

779,557,300 754,537,900 233,556,200 1,206,779,000 9.53% 11.73% 0.01

579,906,900 603,646,500 142,770,900 945,905,500 8.12% 10.09%

535,068,600 162,454,700 121,536,800 964,489,700 8.15% 10.57% 0.01

432,170,100 664,761,900 105,196,800 841,096,300 7.05% 9.14% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-3-5207-8271 Fax: 81-3-5298-5361 Toll-Free: Address: 4-14-1, Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0021 Japan

Stock Ticker: SMECF Employees: 18,382 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Smithfield Foods Inc

www.smithfieldfoods.com

NAIC Code: 311612

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Meat Processing, Pork Hog Production

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Smithfield Packing Company Inc (The) John Morrell Food Group Farmland Foods Inc Murphy-Brown LLC Campofrio Food Group SA WH Group Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kenneth M. Sullivan, CEO Dhamu Thamodaran, Chief Strategy Officer Glenn T. Nunziata, CFO Scott Saunders, Pres., Fresh Pork Division Gregg Schmidt, Pres., Hogg Production Division Dariusz Nowakowski, Pres., Smithfield Europe Henry L. Morris, Sr. Corp. VP-Eng. Michael H. Cole, Chief Legal Officer Henry L. Morris, Sr. Corp. VP-Oper. Keira L. Lombardo, VP-Corp. Comm. Keira L. Lombardo, VP-Investor Rel. Jeffrey A. Deel, Corp. Controller George H. Richter, Pres. Parul Stevens, VP-Risk Mgmt. Timothy Dykstra, Treas. Dennis H. Treacy, Chief Sustainability Officer Dariusz Nowakowski, Pres., Smithfield Europe

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is a leading hog producer and one of the largest processors and suppliers of fresh pork and processed meat products in the U.S. and internationally. The firm conducts its operations via four segments: pork, hog production, international and corporate. The pork segment operates through three primary subsidiaries: The Smithfield Packing Company, Inc.; John Morrell Food Group; and Farmland Foods, Inc. Together, these companies produce a range of fresh pork and packaged meats products in the U.S. and markets them nationwide and to numerous foreign markets, including China, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Canada. The segment operates approximately 40 processing plants. The hog production segment, which operates through MurphyBrown LLC, is comprised of the company's hog production facilities in the U.S. It operates numerous hog production facilities, with approximately 894,000 sows producing about 16.2 million market hogs annually. The international segment includes the company's meat processing and distribution facilities in Poland, Romania and the U.K.; interests in meat processing operations in Western Europe and Mexico, including a 37% interest in Campofrio Food Group SA; hog production operations in Poland and Romania; and interests in hog production operations in Mexico. The corporate segment provides management and administrative support to the other segments. The firm is a subsidiary of WH Group Limited.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,780,000,000

2015 15,655,000,000

2014 15,031,300,000

2013 13,221,100,000

2012 13,094,299,648

2011 12,202,699,776

640,000,000

625,000,000

556,100,000

183,800,000

361,300,000

521,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 757 365-3000 Fax: 757 365-3017 Toll-Free: 888-366-6767 Address: 200 Commerce St., Smithfield, VA 23430 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 49,500 Parent Company: WH Group Lmited

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 04/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

www.smurfitkappa.com

NAIC Code: 322211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Smurfit Kappa Experience Centre

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Anthony Smurfit, CEO Kenneth Bowles, CFO Gianluca Castellini, VP-Human Resources Brian Marshall, General Counsel Steven Stoffer, VP-Dev. Paul Regan, Treas. Alain Baudant, CEO-Paper & Board Roberto Villaquiran, CEO-Corrugated & Converting Ken Bowles, Financial Controller Jennifer Victory, Mgr.-Compliance Liam O'Mahony, Chmn. Edgar Londono, CEO-Latin America Dominique Binet, VP-Sourcing

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC manufactures, distributes and sells paper-based packaging solutions worldwide. The company has 370 production sites across 34 countries, 21 in Europe and 13 in the Americas. Smurfit's operations are divided into three segments: paper, packaging and solutions. The paper segment includes containerboard, including liner and fluting grades; solid board, made from 100% recyclable fibers; sack kraft and wrapping papers, manufactured from 100% virgin fibers; machine glazed kraft papers, available in colors, brown and semi-bleached; folding cartons and boxboards, manufactured from 100% recyclable fibers; coreboard, from 100% recovered paper; pulp, made from 100% FSC-certified fibers; and printing and writing papers, which are uncoated and wood-free. The packaging segment includes bag-in-box packaging, a solution designed to extend the shelf life of liquid or semi-liquid food products; standard packaging; food packaging; industrial packaging; point of sale displays; postal packaging; retail packaging; consumer (non-food) packaging; paper bags and sacks; protective packaging, which are designed to eliminate product damage. Last, the solutions segment includes packaging design, with more than 700 designers in 34 countries; supply chain optimization; bag-in-box solutions; print consultancy; packaging machinery; packaging machinery consultancy; performance packaging; point of sale displays; and packaging fulfillment. In June 2017, the firm opened its first Smurfit Kappa Experience Centre in the Americas, the 17th of its kind for the company in general. The centers provide a place for customers to get hands-on experience of how packaging impacts every step of the supply chain. The Americas center was opened in Dallas, Texas, with plans for centers in Mexico and Colombia by the end of 2018.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,144,810,000

2015 9,088,770,000

2014 9,059,628,000

2013 8,918,404,000

2012 8,221,251,000

913,472,300 9.98% 1,837,032,000 497,646,300 822,685,500 493,163,000 1,359,561,000 5.11% 19.70% 1.39

796,906,500 8.76% 1,859,449,000 448,330,000 873,122,600 492,042,100 1,242,995,000 4.70% 18.18% 1.48

740,865,300 8.17% 1,874,019,000 270,118,800 824,927,200 499,887,900 1,002,017,000 2.88% 10.64% 1.39

720,690,400 8.08% 1,828,066,000 210,715,100 716,207,100 401,255,300 1,021,071,000 2.25% 8.23% 1.30

710,603,000 8.64% 1,700,291,000 279,085,400 638,870,200 366,509,800 1,084,959,000 2.95% 11.71% 1.41

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 353 12027000 Fax: 353 12694481 Toll-Free: Address: Beech Hill, Dublin 4, Ireland

Stock Ticker: SMFTF Employees: 45,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,232,907 Second Exec. Salary: $214,078

Bonus: $319,435 Bonus: $73,974

2011 8,245,909,000 3,362,475 661,286,700 8.01% 618,695,400 230,889,900 710,603,000 316,072,600 1,058,059,000 2.51% 10.96% 1.72

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Sojitz Corporation

www.sojitz.com

NAIC Code: 333249

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

Sojitz Corporation is a Tokyo-based company engaged in a wide range of businesses globally. The company has four domestic offices and 82 locations overseas, as well as nearly 400 subsidiaries. Sojitz operations are comprised of nine divisions. The automotive division assembles and distributes automobiles (Subaru and Hyundai) for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Russian and Latin American markets. The aerospace & IT division provides sales representation of commercial aircraft for The Boeing Company, Bombardier, Inc. and more, as well as military aircraft and related equipment; sells newbuild and second-hand ships, and provides ship chartering, ship owning services, IT solutions and data centers. The infrastructure & environment division engages in building projects such as plants and infrastructure for the electric power, steel, fertilizer, chemical, engineering, transportation, water and renewable energy sectors; and provides industrial machinery and systems for new energy markets. The energy division provides equipment and services for primary energy industries such as oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and petroleum products; and also provides nuclear fuel cycle services, as well as nuclear-related equipment. The metals & coal division provides equipment and supplies for coal, iron ore, steel, rare metals, industrial minerals, nonferrous metals and precious metals industries. The chemicals division focuses on the trading of liquid chemicals, mainly methanol, petrochemicals, inorganic chemicals and mineralrelated products for the chemical, hospital and cosmetic sectors. The food & agriculture division sells fertilizers, grain & feed materials and food resources that contribute to the stable supply of foods for growing markets, particularly in Asia. The retail & lifestyle division comprises a variety of businesses including food logistics, commercial facilities, brands, consumer goods logistics, textiles and forest products. Last, the industrial infrastructure & urban development division includes industrial parks, urban infrastructure and real estate development investment and management.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Yoji Sato, CEO Yoji Sato, Pres. Masayuki Hanai, Chief Compliance Officer Shinichi Taniguchi, Exec. VP-Public Rel. Takashi Hara, Vice Chmn. Shigeki Dantani, Exec. VP-Bus. Group Masahiro Komiyama, Pres., Energy & Metal Div. Satoshi Mizui, Pres., Chemicals Div. Joji Suzuki, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,943,780,000

2015 16,310,370,000

2014 16,250,910,000

2013 15,752,020,000

2012 40,505,410,000

2011 36,182,910,000

263,550,700 1.76% 1,391,712,000 329,199,500 900,724,600 315,482,100 816,951,100 1.67% 6.81% 1.44

302,377,600 1.85% 1,349,559,000 339,329,800 352,479,400 313,859,800 930,493,700 1.46% 6.54% 1.50

213,557,000 1.31% 1,366,584,000 289,155,800 423,571,900 253,267,100 901,166,200 1.24% 6.46% 1.82

229,761,900 1.45% 1,361,745,000 121,203,400 496,818,500 340,528,500 724,137,900 .62% 3.90% 2.13

581,520,300 1.43% 256,872,200 -7,660,833 825,567,400 400,553,400 1,117,202,000 - .17% -1.14% 2.52

338,149,100 .93% 241,190,000 169,511,700 611,631,800 436,640,400 828,190,000 .74% 4.68% 2.44

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 355205000 Fax: 81 368712430 Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Uchisaiwaicho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8691 Japan

Stock Ticker: SZHFF Employees: 14,330 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Solvay SA

www.solvay.com

NAIC Code: 325180

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals & Plastics Pipeline Systems Detergents Alternative Energy Nanotechnology

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Acetow Novecare Fibras RusVinyl LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, CEO Karim Hajjar, CFO Cecile Tandeau de Marsac, Group Gen. Mgr.-Human Resources Michel Defourny, Group Corp. Sec. Jean-Pierre Labroue, Group General Counsel Michel Defourny, General Mgr.-Communication Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Chmn.

Solvay SA, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is an international specialty chemicals and plastics company. It manages nearly 140 sites in 58 countries. Solvay operates in five segments: advanced materials, performance chemicals, advanced formulations, functional polymers and corporate and business services. Advanced materials include specialty polymers such as aromatic polymers, fluorinated polymers, high-barrier polymers and cross-linkable compounds; silica; special chemical solutions products such as thermal insulation foams, fluorinated intermediates, process chemicals and barium salts; and composite materials such as light-weighting material solutions that enables customers to design, develop and manufacture complex composite structures. Performance chemicals manufactures soda ash and derivatives and peroxides. This division also comprises Acetow, a producer of cellulose acetate for cigarette filter manufacturers, as well as for textiles and plastics production. Advanced formulations comprises Novecare, which designs formulations with specific properties such as cleaning, softening, gelling and texturing, found in shampoos, detergents, stimulation fluids, lubricants, paints, crop protection and mining; technology solutions, which specializes in mining reagents, phosphine-based chemistry, and solutions for stabilization of polymers; and aroma performance, which produces vanillin for food, flavors and fragrances industries, and produces synthetic intermediates used in perfumery, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and electronics. Functional polymers is divided into three groups: performance polyamides, for the production of intermediates and polymers for value-added engineering plastics; Fibras, which develops, manufactures and commercializes textile and industrial yarns and staple fibers for use in clothing and industrial applications; and chlorovinyls, which is operated by joint venture, RusVinyl, LLC. Corporate and business services provides energy optimization programs and shared/administrative services for the company and its clients. In December 2016, the firm sold its 70.59%-stake in Solvay Indupa to Unipar Carbocloro. In February 2017, it sold its 58.77%-stake in its Thai subsidiary Vinythai pcl to AGC Asahi Glass.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,780,766,208

2015 12,381,753,344

2014 11,913,248,768

2013 11,619,591,168

2012 14,381,303,808

2011 9,088,770,048

696,032,256

455,054,912

89,665,992

302,622,720

654,561,792

332,884,992

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 32 22642111 Fax: 32 22643061 Toll-Free: Address: Rue De Ransbeek, 310, Brussels, 1120 Belgium

Stock Ticker: SVYSF Employees: 27,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Sony Corporation

www.sony.net

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Film & Television Production Music Production Sensors and Cameras for use in Smartphones Semiconductors Technology Research Video Games Financial Services

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc Sony Financial Holdings Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kazuo Hirai, CEO Kazuo Hirai, Pres. Kenichiro Yoshida, CFO

Sony Corporation manufactures audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. It operations are divided into eight segments. Imaging products & solutions is comprised of digital imaging products, including compact digital cameras, video cameras and interchangeable single-lens cameras; and professional broadcast- and professional-use products. Sony is one of the world's leading makers of cameras and sensors for smartphones. The game & network services segment develops, produces, markets and distributes gaming consoles such as the PlayStation4 and PSP. The mobile communications segment engages in product research, development, design, marketing, sales, production, distribution and customer services for mobile phones, tablets, accessories and apps. It also provides internet broadband network services to subscribers, and also creates and distributes content to various electronics product platforms. Home entertainment & sound sells televisions, including LCD televisions; and audio/visual products such as Blu-ray disc players, recorders, home audio devices, headphones and memory-based portable audio devices. The devices segment sells semiconductors, including CMOS image sensors, CCDs and LSIs, as well as components. The pictures segment encompasses motion picture and television production, acquisition and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. The music segment distributes recorded music; manages and licenses the words and music of songs via Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC; and provides various service offerings for music and visual products, and the production and distribution of animation titles, which is primarily operated by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. Last, financial services comprise Sony Financial Holdings, Inc., offering asset-liability management, insurance products, underwriting services, banking products and lending products. In July 2016, the firm agreed to sell its battery business to Murata Manufacturing; and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sony Electronics Huanan Co. Ltd., which manufactures camera modules, to Shen Zhen OFilm Tech Co. Ltd. That same year, it acquired full ownership of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 73,054,710,000

2015 74,047,620,000

2014 70,004,380,000

2013 61,294,330,000

2012 58,521,660,000

2,651,522,000 3.62% 15,248,930,000 1,332,002,000 6,751,347,000 3,383,483,000 6,551,193,000 .90% 6.18% 0.22

617,805,600 .83% 16,326,230,000 -1,135,425,000 6,801,377,000 1,945,996,000 3,766,903,000 - .80% -5.50% 0.30

238,792,700 .34% 15,578,710,000 -1,156,957,000 5,985,507,000 2,554,725,000 3,838,491,000 - .86% -5.76% 0.40

2,073,832,000 3.38% 13,137,210,000 387,854,400 4,339,744,000 2,942,571,000 5,433,711,000 .31% 2.03% 0.42

-606,332,400 -1.03% 12,400,520,000 -4,115,760,000 4,682,472,000 3,447,816,000 2,341,871,000 -3.48% -19.95% 0.37

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 367482111 Fax: 81 367482244 Toll-Free: Address: 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan

Stock Ticker: SNE Employees: 128,400 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $4,623,538 Second Exec. Salary: $1,324,873

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc

www.spectrumbrands.com

NAIC Code: 335912

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Primary Battery Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rayovac VARTA Black & Decker Kwikset Pfister Armor All STP PetMatrix LLC

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Andreas Rouve, CEO Douglas Martin, CFO David Maura, Chairman of the Board Omar Asali, Director Nathan Fagre, General Counsel Stacey Neu, Senior VP, Divisional

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. is a diversified branded consumer products company. The firm manufactures, markets and/or distributes its products in 160 countries throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Its products are sold and distributed through retailers, wholesalers, distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), construction companies and hearing aid professionals. Spectrum's products are divided into five groups: global batteries & appliances, hardware & home improvement, global pet supplies, home & garden and global auto care. Products within global batteries & appliances include consumer batteries such as alkaline, zinc carbon and NiMH rechargeables; hearing aid and specialty battery products; portable lighting products; small kitchen and home appliances; and personal care items such as shaving and grooming and hair care appliances. Products within the hardware & home improvement group include residential and commercial locksets, door hardware, garage hardware, window hardware, floor protection, faucets and plumbing products. Products within the global pet supplies division include small animal food and treats, cleanup and training aid products, pet health and grooming products and aquarium and aquatic health supplies. Products within the home & garden group includes household insecticides, repellent products and weed control solutions. Products within the global auto care group include aftermarket appearance products, performance chemicals and additives, as well as do-it-yourself air conditioner recharge products. Brands of the firm include Rayovac, VARTA, Black & Decker, Kwikset, Pfister, Dingo, Nature's Miracle, Cutter, Armor All, STP and A/C Pro. In May 2017, the firm acquired PetMatrix, LLC, a rapidly growing manufacturer and distributor of rawhidefree dog chews.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 5,039,700,000 58,700,000 656,200,000 13.02% 1,148,900,000 357,100,000 615,000,000 95,200,000 830,600,000 4.97% 21.23% 1.92

2015 4,690,400,000 51,300,000 474,100,000 10.10% 1,059,500,000 148,900,000 444,300,000 89,100,000 635,200,000 2.32% 11.42% 2.51

2014 4,429,109,000 47,855,000 481,933,000 10.88% 999,797,000 214,092,000 432,690,000 73,347,000 633,277,000 3.84% 22.06% 2.77

2013 4,085,581,000 43,334,000 351,177,000 8.59% 923,328,000 -55,246,000 256,509,000 81,976,000 487,564,000 -1.17% -5.85% 3.47

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 608 275-3340 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3001 Deming Way, Middleton, WI 53562 United States

Stock Ticker: SPB Employees: 15,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $735,000 Second Exec. Salary: $550,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 3,252,435,000 33,087,000 301,746,000 9.27% 740,023,000 48,572,000 254,815,000 46,809,000 405,484,000 1.31% 4.83% 1.67

2011 3,186,916,000 32,901,000 227,944,000 7.15% 778,166,000 -75,171,000 227,389,000 36,160,000 330,213,000 -2.00% -7.28% 1.50

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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SPX Corporation

www.spx.com

NAIC Code: 333911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing Air-Conditioning & Warm Air Heating Equipment Manufacturing

SPX Corporation is a global multi-industry manufacturing company with operations in approximately 15 countries and sales in over 100 countries around the world. Its key products include processing systems and equipment for the food and beverage industry, filtration equipment, valves and pumps used in oil and gas processing, power transformers used by utility companies and cooling systems for power plants and HVAC applications. The company's operating segments are HVAC, Detection & Measurement and Engineered Solutions. The HVAC segment engineers, designs, manufactures, installs and services cooling products for the HVAC and industrial markets, as well as heating and ventilation products for the residential and commercial markets. Core brands for the cooling products include Marley and Recold. Heating and ventilation products are sold under the Berko, Qmark, Farenheat and Leading Edge brands, while subsidiary MarleyWylain sells Weil-McLain and Williamson-Thermoflo brands. The Detection & Measurement segment designs, manufactures and installs underground pipe and cable locators and inspection equipment, bus fare collection systems, communication technologies and specialty lighting. Core brands for underground pipe and cable locators and inspection equipment are Radiodetection, Pearpoint and Warren G-V, while bus fare collection systems, communication technologies and specialty lighting are sold under the Genfare, TCI and Flash Technology brand names, respectively. The Engineered Solutions segment engineers, designs, manufactures, installs and services transformers for the power transmission and distribution market, as well as process cooling equipment and rotating and stationary heat exchangers for the power generation and industrial markets. These products are sold under the brand names of Waukesha, SPX Cooling, Marley, Yuba and Ecolaire. In December 2016, SPX sold its European power generation business to a wholly owned subsidiary of mutares AG.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Marley Recold Berko Farenheat Marley-Wylain Radiodetection Flash Technology SPX Cooling

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Scott Sproule, CFO David Roberts, Chairman of the Board Michael Reilly, Controller John Nurkin, General Counsel Tausha White, Other Executive Officer Brian Mason, President, Divisional John Swann, President, Divisional J. Data, President, Geographical Eugene Lowe, President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,472,300,000

2015 1,719,300,000

2014 4,721,100,000

2013 4,717,200,000

2012 5,100,200,000

2011 5,461,900,000

55,000,000 3.73% 301,000,000 -67,200,000 6,500,000 11,700,000 80,700,000 -3.28% -25.02% 1.68

-170,000,000 -9.88% 425,700,000 -82,700,000 -38,500,000 17,900,000 -141,800,000 -2.04% -7.64% 0.99

201,900,000 4.27% 1,068,700,000 397,900,000 76,400,000 61,100,000 773,200,000 6.23% 20.01% 0.63

329,600,000 6.98% 956,000,000 210,200,000 105,300,000 54,900,000 483,500,000 3.00% 9.49% 0.50

9,000,000 .17% 1,020,900,000 259,200,000 69,800,000 84,300,000 179,700,000 3.56% 11.53% 0.72

338,900,000 6.20% 1,103,000,000 180,600,000 322,600,000 154,100,000 437,500,000 2.69% 8.35% 0.86

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 704 752-4400 Fax: 704 752-7415 Toll-Free: Address: 13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Charlotte, NC 28277 United States

Stock Ticker: SPXC Employees: 5,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $784,084 Second Exec. Salary: $414,806

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Stanley Black & Decker Inc

www.stanleyblackanddecker.com

NAIC Code: 333991

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Power Tools & Accessories Manufacturer Security Solutions Household Appliances Home Improvement Products Fastening & Assembly Systems Plumbing Products Automotive Machinery

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bostitch Black & Decker Stanley FatMax Porter-Cable DeWALT GripCo Craftsman

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kathryn Sherer, Assistant General Counsel Craig Douglas, Treasurer James Loree, CEO Lee McChesney, CFO, Divisional Donald Allan, CFO Jocelyn Belisle, Chief Accounting Officer Rhonda Gass, Chief Information Officer George Buckley, Director Jeffery Ansell, Executive VP, Divisional Bruce Beatt, General Counsel James Cannon, Other Corporate Officer Ben Sihota, President, Divisional William Taylor, President, Divisional John Wyatt, President, Divisional Jaime Ramirez, President, Divisional Joseph Voelker, Senior VP, Divisional Michael Bartone, Vice President, Divisional Steven Stafstrom, Vice President, Divisional Michael Bartone, Vice President, Divisional

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is a global manufacturer and marketer of power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, security solutions and technologybased fastening systems. The firm is also a worldwide supplier of engineered fastening and assembly systems. Stanley Black & Decker products and services are marketed in hardware and home improvement stores around the globe. The firm operates in three business tools & storage, security and industrial. The tools & storage segment includes professional and consumer power tools and accessories, lawn and garden tools, consumer mechanics tools, storage systems and pneumatic tools and fasteners. The security segment provides both mechanical and electric access and security systems primarily for retailers; educational, financial and health care institutions; and commercial, government and industrial customers. The industrial segment manufactures and markets professional industrial and automotive mechanics tools and storage systems; metal and plastic fasteners and engineered fastening systems; hydraulic tools and accessories; plumbing, heating and air conditioning tools; assembly tools and systems; and specialty tools. The company sells these products to industrial clients in the automotive, transportation, aerospace, electronics and machine tool industries primarily through thirdparty distributors. Brand names include DeWALT, PorterCable, Bostitch, FatMax, Powers, Oldham, Guaranteed Tough and Black & Decker as well as Mac Tools, GripCo, CRC, LaBounty, Dubuis and Sargent & Greenleaf. In October 2016, the firm acquired the tools business of Newell Brands, for $1.95 billion. In May 2017, the company completed the acquisition of the Craftsman brand from Sears Holdings Corporation, for approximately $900 million. Employee benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance; and a 401(k).

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,406,900,000

2015 11,171,800,000

2014 11,338,600,000

2013 11,001,200,000

2012 10,190,500,000

2011 10,376,400,000

1,643,300,000 14.40% 2,602,000,000 965,300,000 1,485,200,000 347,000,000 1,828,600,000 6.26% 15.85% 0.59

1,585,600,000 14.19% 2,459,100,000 883,700,000 1,182,300,000 311,400,000 1,745,200,000 5.69% 14.43% 0.66

1,506,800,000 13.28% 2,575,000,000 760,900,000 1,295,900,000 291,000,000 1,711,800,000 4.69% 11.50% 0.59

734,200,000 6.67% 2,700,900,000 490,300,000 868,000,000 365,600,000 1,188,300,000 3.02% 7.28% 0.55

707,200,000 6.93% 2,509,100,000 883,800,000 966,200,000 386,000,000 1,117,100,000 5.55% 12.92% 0.52

920,100,000 8.86% 2,536,000,000 674,600,000 998,900,000 302,100,000 1,330,200,000 4.33% 9.62% 0.41

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 860 225-5111 Fax: 860 827-3895 Toll-Free: Address: 1000 Stanley Dr., New Britain, CT 06053 United States

Stock Ticker: SWK Employees: 54,023 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,387,500 Second Exec. Salary: $992,500

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Steelcase Inc

www.steelcase.com

NAIC Code: 337214

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Steelcase Turnstone Coalesse PolyVision Designtex

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

James Keane, CEO Gale Moutrey, Vice President, Divisional David Sylvester, CFO Robert Pew, Chairman of the Board Mark Mossing, Chief Accounting Officer Lizbeth OShaughnessy, Chief Administrative Officer Terrence Lenhardt, Chief Information Officer Ulrich Gwinner, President, Geographical Guillaume Alvarez, Senior VP, Geographical Eddy Schmitt, Senior VP, Geographical Allan Smith, Vice President, Divisional Sara Armbruster, Vice President, Divisional James Ludwig, Vice President, Divisional Robert Krestakos, Vice President, Divisional

Steelcase, Inc. is a designer, marketer and manufacturer of office furniture. It designs for several customer needs through its three core brands: Steelcase, Turnstone and Coalesse. The company operates on a worldwide basis within its North America, International and Other segments. Its North America segment serves customers in the U.S. and Canada through independent and company-owned dealers. This division markets furniture and technology products to corporate, government, healthcare, education and retail customers through the Steelcase, Turnstone, Details and Nurture by Steelcase brands. The firm's International segment serves customers outside of North America mainly through the Steelcase brand, with an emphasis on freestanding furniture systems, storage and seating solutions. The other segment includes the Coalesse Group, PolyVision and IDEO. The Coalesse group is comprised of the Coalesse and Designtex brands. Coalesse is a premium furnishings brand that serves the markets of executive office, conference, lounge, teaming environments and residential live/work solutions. Designtex provides surface materials including textiles, wall coverings, shades, screens and surface imagings marketed mainly to architects and designers for use in business, residential, healthcare and hospitality applications. PolyVision designs and manufactures visual communications products, such as static and interactive electronic whiteboards for learning environments and office settings. IDEO is an innovation and design firm which generates innovative solutions and customer experience insights and serves a variety of organizations within consumer products, financial services, healthcare, information technology, government, transportation and other industries. The firm sources raw materials and components such as steel and other metals, plastics, fabrics, wood and paint from several suppliers around the world.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,060,000,000

2015 3,059,700,000

2014 2,988,900,000

2013 2,868,700,000

2012 2,749,500,000

174,600,000 5.70% 790,000,000 170,300,000 186,400,000 93,400,000 258,100,000 9.45% 23.83% 0.40

144,900,000 4.73% 768,000,000 86,100,000 84,200,000 97,500,000 214,600,000 4.99% 25.91% 0.42

165,900,000 5.55% 757,000,000 87,700,000 178,800,000 86,800,000 225,000,000 5.13% 26.22% 355.50

59,300,000 2.06% 727,000,000 38,800,000 187,300,000 74,000,000 131,000,000 2.28% 5.63% 0.42

97,100,000 3.53% 708,300,000 56,700,000 101,700,000 64,900,000 164,000,000 3.06% 7.94% 0.40

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 616 247-2710 Fax: 616 475-2270 Toll-Free: Address: 901 44th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508 United States

Stock Ticker: SCS Employees: 11,700 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $949,615 Second Exec. Salary: $527,404

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 02/28

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Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited www.steinhoffinternational.com NAIC Code: 337121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing

Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Steinhoff International Holdings NV, manufactures, sources and retails furniture and household goods in Europe, the U.K., Africa and Australia. The company is comprised of more than 11,000 retail outlets, 19 manufacturing facilities and over 40 retail brands sourced from 30 countries. Steinhoff divides its operations into three segments: household goods, general merchandise and automotive. Household goods manufactures, sources and retails furniture, houseware, consumer electronics, building materials and do-it-yourself products to the European and African markets. General merchandise includes clothing, footwear, textiles, houseware and cellular products under the PEP family of brands in Africa; clothing, footwear, accessories, houseware, cellular products and textiles under the Pepco, MacDan and PEP&CO brands in Europe and the U.K.; and clothing, footwear and houseware under the Best&Less, Harris Scarfe, Store&Order, Mozi and Postie+ brands in Australia. Last, the automotive segment comprises a range of new and pre-owned vehicles, parts, insurance and services under the UniTrans brand; and car rental services via 50 outlets in two countries (South Africa and Nambia) under the Hertz brand.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Steinhoff International Holdings NV PEP Pepco MacDan PEP&CO Best&Less Postie+ UniTrans

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Peter Griffiths, CEO Frikkie Nel, Dir.-Finance Stephanus Johannes Grobler, Sec. Christoffel Hendrik Wiese, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,000,000,000

2015 8,723,786,752

2014 7,591,560,192

2013 7,470,084,096

2012 5,202,784,256

2011 2,783,994,624

865,664,512

652,660,480

472,192,384

365,787,424

332,216,480

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 27 218080700 Fax: 27 218080800 Toll-Free: Address: Block D, De Wagenweg Office Park, Stellentia Rd., Stellenbosch, 7600 South Africa

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 91,114 Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30 Parent Company: Steinhoff International Holdings NV

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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STMicroelectronics NV

www.st.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Semiconductor Manufacturing Integrated Circuits Transistors & Diodes

STMicroelectronics NV is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies. Its semiconductors business designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of products, including discrete and standard commodity components, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), full- and semi-custom devices and application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for analog, digital and mixed-signal applications. In addition, the firm participates in the manufacturing of smartcard products, which include the production and sale of both silicon chips and smartcards. STM organizes it business along two product line segments: sense & power and automotive products (SP&A) comprised of automotive (APG), industrial and power discrete (IPD) and analog & microelectromechanical systems/MEMS (AMS); and embedded processing solutions (EPS) comprised of digital convergence group (DCG), imaging, BiCMOS ASIC and silicon photonics (IBP), and microcontrollers, memory & secure microcontroller unit (MMS). SP&A's automotive products include digital and mixed signal devices that enable features like airbag controls, anti-skid braking systems, vehicle stability control, ignition and injection circuits, multiplex wiring, RF and power management for body and chassis electronics, engine management, advanced safety, instrumentation, car radio and infotainment. SP&A's IPD develops a broad range of innovative and competitive products including power, smart power and analog ICs (integrated circuits). SP&A's AMS comprises MEMS, sensors, interfaces, low power RF transceivers and analog front-end. EPS' DCG provides solutions across a broad range of applications for delivering high-definition content and rich services to end users, from complex ASICs for network infrastructure and gaming to ASSP for digital set-top boxes and monitors. EPS' IBP develops innovative and low power solutions and systems for Bi-CMOS ASIC and silicon photonics as well as imaging products. EPS' MMS focuses on microcontrollers dedicated to general purpose and secure applications. In July 2016, the firm acquired ams' assets related to near-field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) reader business.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Carlo Bozotti, CEO Jean-Marc Chery, COO Carlo Bozotti, Pres. Carlo Ferro, CFO Philippe Brun, Human Resources Orio Belleza, Exec. VP-Front-End Mfg. & Tech. R&D Joel Hartmann, Exec. VP-Front-End Mfg. & Tech. R&D Pierre Ollivier, General Counsel Mario Arlati, Exec. VP-Strategies & Bus. Dev. George Penalver, Chief Strategy Officer Lorenzo Grandi, Financial Controller Otto Kosgalwies, Exec. VP-Infrastructure & Svcs. Fabio Gualandris, Corp. VP-Product Quality Excellence Bob Krysiak, Pres., Americas Francois Guibert, Pres., Greater China & South Asia Paul Grimme, Pres., EMEA Marco Cassis, Pres., Japan & Korea

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 6,973,000,000 1,242,000,000 214,000,000 3.06% 911,000,000 165,000,000 1,039,000,000 653,000,000 937,000,000 2.03% 3.59% 0.29

2015 6,897,000,000 1,281,000,000 109,000,000 1.58% 897,000,000 104,000,000 842,000,000 565,000,000 865,000,000 1.20% 2.16% 0.30

2014 7,404,000,000 1,520,000,000 168,000,000 2.26% 927,000,000 128,000,000 715,000,000 563,000,000 947,000,000 1.40% 2.40% 0.32

2013 8,082,000,000 1,816,000,000 -465,000,000 -5.75% 1,066,000,000 -500,000,000 366,000,000 635,000,000 341,000,000 -5.10% -8.42% 0.16

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41 229292929 Fax: 41 229292988 Toll-Free: Address: 39, Chemin du Champ des FillesPlan-Les-Ouates, Geneva, CH1228 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: STM Employees: 43,480 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $860,468 Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 8,493,000,000 2,413,000,000 -2,081,000,000 -24.50% 1,166,000,000 -1,158,000,000 612,000,000 492,000,000 -995,000,000 -10.28% -16.74% 0.10

2011 9,735,000,000 2,352,000,000 46,000,000 .47% 1,210,000,000 650,000,000 880,000,000 1,258,000,000 1,640,000,000 5.10% 8.55% 0.10

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Stora Enso Oyj

www.storaenso.com

NAIC Code: 322121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Paper & Board Products Publication Paper Fine Paper Wood Products

Stora Enso Oyj manufactures and supplies renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper. The company's operations extend throughout 35 countries, with an annual production capacity of 5.8 million tons of chemical pulp, 10.1 million tons of paper and board, 4.2 billion square feet of corrugated packaging and 17.7 million square feet of sawn wood products, including7.8 million square feet of value-added products. The firm organizes its business into eight segments: paper, for print media and office use; wood products, for building, construction and living use (such as pellets for heating); packaging, for consumer goods and industrial applications; biomaterials, for paper, board and tissue production; wood supply, comprising forest management; logistics, providing logistics services in relation to its products and materials; sourcing, offering sustainability requirements for suppliers; and e-Invoicing, which helps suppliers to transfer from paper to electronic invoicing.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Karl-Henrik Sundstrom, CEO Seppo Parvi, CFO Per Lyrvall, General Counsel Mats Nordlander, Exec. VP-Renewable Packaging Juha Vanhainen, Dir.-Streamlining Juan Carlos Bueno, Exec. VP-Biomaterials Karl-Henrik Sundstrom, Exec. VP-Printing & Living Jorma Eloranta, Chmn. Lauri Peltola, Exec. VP-Global Identity

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,986,330,000

2015 11,253,080,000

2014 11,446,990,000

2013 11,817,980,000

2012 12,121,500,000

877,606,000 7.98% 1,031,159,000 518,942,000 1,524,322,000 894,418,300 1,222,820,000 3.75% 8.27% 0.45

1,186,954,000 10.54% 1,087,200,000 904,505,700 1,362,923,000 1,071,509,000 1,968,169,000 6.40% 15.43% 0.61

448,330,000 3.91% 1,052,455,000 110,961,700 995,292,500 882,089,200 1,306,882,000 .77% 1.92% 0.69

38,108,050 .32% 1,095,046,000 -59,403,720 1,107,375,000 475,229,800 1,327,057,000 - .40% - .96% 0.71

772,248,400 6.37% 1,129,231,000 538,556,400 1,048,644,000 628,446,600 1,368,079,000 3.60% 8.24% 0.75

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 358-20-46-131 Fax: 358-20-46-21302 Toll-Free: Address: Kanavaranta 1, P.O. Box 309, Helsinki, Fl-00101 Finland

Stock Ticker: SEOAY Employees: 25,447 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 851,042,300 1,142,008,000 380,744,200 780,990,800 439,811,700 1,540,910,000 2.60% 5.62% 0.56

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Stratasys Ltd

www.stratasys.com

NAIC Code: 333517

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: 3D Printer Equipment Additive Manufacturing Equipment Rapid Prototyping Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PolyJet Mojo Uprint SE Plus Objet Fortus Connex3 Stratasys J750

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lilach Payorski, CFO Ilan Levin, Director Elchanan Jaglom, Director S. Crump, Director Jon Stevenson, Senior VP, Divisional

Stratasys Ltd. is a manufacturer of three-dimensional (3D) printers and high-performance rapid prototyping (RP) systems for the office-based RP and direct digital manufacturing (DDM) markets. This technology is often referred to as additive manufacturing. The firm's 3D printers use the company's patented FDM (fueled deposition modeling) thermoplastic and PolyJet technologies. The firm's FDM thermoplastic technologies are used for printing durable production-grade parts for use in high-wear applications. Its F123 product line enables users to create parts in PLA (polylactic acid), ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) plus, ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) and PC-ABS (polycarbonate/ABS) materials. Stratasys' PolyJet technology allows for 3D printing in over 100 materials, including flexible and rigid options for a variety of applications. The firm offers 3D printers in four lines: the Idea Series, the Design Series, the Dental Series and the Production Series. The Idea Series is designed as affordable options for individuals and small companies; the line includes the Mojo desktop printer and Uprint SE Plus large model printer with various color options. The Design Series allows companies to produce prototypes in-house for faster testing to manufacture turn around. This line includes the Objet line of performance printers and the F123 Series printers. The Dental Series allows dentists to build models, dental appliances and casting wax-ups in-house, directly from digital files. Products in this series include the Objet 30 Orthodesk, Objet 30 Dental Prime, Objet Eden 260VS Dental Advantage and Objet 260/500 Dental Selection. Finally, the Production Series is designed to streamline company manufacturing, allowing clients to produce larger prototypes and low-volume parts in house. The Production Series consists of the Fortus line of printers, which includes the Fortus 380/450mc and the Fortus 900mc, as well as the Connex3 3D printer, Objet1000 Plus industrial-scale multi-material 3D printer, and the Stratasys J750 full-color, multi-material 3D printer.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 672,458,000 97,778,000 -86,713,000 -12.89% 307,113,000 -77,219,000 61,973,000 47,127,000 6,164,000 -5.55% -6.64% 0.01

2015 695,995,000 122,360,000 -1,373,544,000 -197.34% 434,619,000 -1,372,835,000 -21,910,000 87,046,000 -1,265,149,000 -63.73% -73.91%

2014 750,129,000 82,270,000 -148,189,000 -19.75% 351,993,000 -119,420,000 13,816,000 63,584,000 -38,760,000 -4.20% -4.74%

2013 484,403,000 52,310,000 -28,931,000 -5.97% 202,040,000 -26,954,000 32,029,000 37,939,000 63,505,000 -1.19% -1.32%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 952-937-3000 Fax: 952-937-0070 Toll-Free: Address: 7665 Commerce Way, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 United States

Stock Ticker: SSYS Employees: 2,469 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $265,188

Bonus: $227,268 Bonus: $83,377

2012 215,244,000 19,659,000 17,122,000 7.95% 73,130,000 8,491,000 1,494,000 15,075,000 36,619,000 .86% .96%

2011 155,894,400 14,359,830 29,005,970 18.60% 39,038,320 20,626,360 22,511,570 17,167,620 39,353,690 10.30% 12.29%

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Stryker Corporation

www.stryker.com

NAIC Code: 339100

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Equipment-Orthopedic Implants Powered Surgical Instruments Endoscopic Systems Patient Care & Handling Equipment Imaging Software Small Bone Innovations

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sage Products LLC Physio-Control International Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Kevin Lobo, CEO Glenn Boehnlein, CFO William Berry, Chief Accounting Officer Bijoy Sagar, Chief Information Officer Michael Hutchinson, General Counsel M. Fink, Other Executive Officer David Floyd, President, Divisional Graham McLean, President, Divisional Timothy Scannell, President, Divisional Lonny Carpenter, President, Divisional Katherine Owen, Vice President, Divisional Yin Becker, Vice President, Divisional

Stryker Corporation develops, manufactures and markets specialty surgical and medical products for the global market. Products include orthopedic implants, patient care and handling equipment, powered surgical instruments and endoscopic systems. The firm's products are produced by three segments: orthopaedics, MedSurg, and neurotechnology and spine. The orthopaedics segment's products consist primarily of implants for knee and hip joint replacements and trauma surgeries as well as products designed for upper and lower extremity small bone indications, with a focus on small joint replacement. The MedSurg segment includes surgical instruments and surgical navigation systems; endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling and emergency medical equipment; and reprocessed and remanufactured medical devices. The neurotechnology and spine segment's products primarily include neurosurgical and neurovascular devices, including products for traditional brain and open skull base procedures. This segment's offerings also include products used for minimally invasive endovascular techniques; orthobiologic and biosurgery products, including synthetic bone grafts and vertebral augmentation products; minimally invasive products for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke; and spinal implant products such as cervical, thoracolumbar and interbody systems. The company's products are sold in over 100 countries worldwide. During 2016, the firm acquired Sage Products, LLC, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of intensive care disposable products; Physio-Control International, Inc., which produces monitors/defibrillators and CPR-assisted devices; and Synergetic's neuro portfolio, including the Malis generator, Spetzler Mails disposable forceps, Sonopet tips and radio frequency generator. Stryker offers its employees medical, vision, prescription, dental, long- and short-term disability and life insurance; an employee stock purchase plan; a 401(k); flexible spending; an employee assistance program; onsite fitness centers and cafeteria; wel

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,325,000,000 715,000,000 2,166,000,000 19.12% 4,137,000,000 1,647,000,000 1,812,000,000 490,000,000 2,712,000,000 8.97% 18.23% 0.70

2015 9,946,000,000 625,000,000 1,861,000,000 18.71% 3,610,000,000 1,439,000,000 899,000,000 270,000,000 2,258,000,000 8.47% 16.82% 0.38

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 9,675,000,000 614,000,000 1,246,000,000 12.87% 4,336,000,000 515,000,000 1,782,000,000 233,000,000 1,624,000,000 3.07% 5.83% 0.37

2013 9,021,000,000 536,000,000 1,256,000,000 13.92% 4,066,000,000 1,006,000,000 1,886,000,000 195,000,000 1,563,000,000 6.95% 11.40% 0.30

Stock Ticker: SYK Employees: 33,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $387,800

2011 8,307,000,000 462,000,000 1,686,000,000 20.29% 3,150,000,000 1,345,000,000 1,434,000,000 226,000,000 2,201,000,000 11.54% 18.10% 0.22

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 269 385-2600 Fax: 269 385-1062 Toll-Free: Address: 2825 Airview Blvd., Kalamazoo, MI 49002 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,129,167 Second Exec. Salary: $554,000

2012 8,657,000,000 471,000,000 1,741,000,000 20.11% 3,466,000,000 1,298,000,000 1,657,000,000 210,000,000 2,018,000,000 10.13% 15.94% 0.20

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd

www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp

NAIC Code: 325110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chemicals Manufacture Basic Chemicals Petrochemicals Fine Chemicals Agricultural Chemicals IT-Related Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Sumitomo Group

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., part of Sumitomo Corporation, is a Japanese chemicals manufacturer. The company operates in five segments. The energy and functional materials segment provides chemical products that contribute to reducing the burden on the environment as well as to conserving energy and natural resources. Products in this division include alumina and aluminum used for energy-efficient products, high-performance polymer additives and rubber chemicals, automotive diesel particulate filters enabling better exhaust emission controls and synthetic rubber for fuel-efficient tires. The petrochemicals and plastics segment supplies organic chemicals, plastics, polymer alloys, synthetic resins, synthetic rubber and downstream plastic products. The IT-related chemicals segment is comprised of the optical materials division, the semiconductor process materials division and the electronic materials division. Products include positive-type photoresists, high purity chemicals, super engineering chemicals and composite molding materials. The health and crop sciences segment has products including plant protection chemicals such as insecticides, fungicides and herbicides and new types of products such as amino acid feed additives. Last, the pharmaceutical sector segment produces synthetic medicines. This division consists of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, which produces prescription drugs to treat diabetes and the central nervous system, and Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., which makes diagnostic radio-pharmaceuticals. Sumitomo Chemical includes approximately 100 subsidiaries and affiliates and markets its products worldwide. The company's new plant in South Korea, will more than double its production capacity for lithium-ion secondary battery separators marketed under the Pervio brand name, was scheduled for commercial-scale production in 2017. During 2016, Sumitomo Chemical increased its stake in Tanaka Chemical Corp. to 50.1%, a Japanese manufacturer of cathode materials for secondary batteries.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sumitomo Corporation Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Nihon Medi-Physics Co Ltd Pervio Tanaka Chemical Corp

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Masakazu Tojura, Pres. Ikuzo Ogawa, Exec. VP-R&D Yoshimasa Takao, Managing Exec. Officer-Legal Dept. Ikuzo Ogawa, Exec. Officer-Corp. Planning & Coordination Kunio Nozaki, Managing Exec. Officer-Corp. Comm. Kunio Nozaki, Managing Exec. Officer-Finance & Acct. Ray Nishimoto, Managing Exec. Officer-Health & Crops Sciences Tomohisa Ohno, Exec. Officer-Petrochemicals & Plastics Yoshihiko Okamoto, Sr. Managing Exec. Officer-Basic Chemicals Toshihisa Deguchi, Managing Exec. Officer-IT Related Chemicals Osamu Ishitobi, Chmn. Masaki Morimoto, Exec. VP-Procurement & Logistics

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,942,660,000 1,377,940,000 1,482,110,000 7.82% 811,101,900 734,097,000 2,353,876,000

2015 21,420,560,000 1,307,136,000 1,147,737,000 5.35% 867,404,500 640,842,200 2,351,010,000

2014 20,222,740,000 1,248,869,000 908,863,100 4.49% 809,515,600 495,340,400 1,751,735,000

2013 17,597,310,000 1,098,131,000 405,717,700 2.30% 718,964,600 -460,334,900 1,546,542,000

2012 17,555,780,000 1,067,839,000 546,965,400 3.11% 762,928,800 50,354,200 1,122,006,000

2011 17,867,180,000 1,206,175,000 792,733,900 4.43% 757,268,800 220,217,400 1,588,298,000

2,578,970,000 2.93% 10.45% 0.78

2,247,436,000 1.84% 7.27% 0.87

1,935,676,000 1.40% 6.48% 1.13

1,268,787,000 -2.12% -10.39% 1.42

1,363,024,000 .23% 1.10% 1.40

2,124,511,000 1.02% 4.45% 1.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 355435500 Fax: 81 355435901 Toll-Free: Address: 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8260 Japan

Stock Ticker: SOMMF Employees: 31,094 Parent Company: Sumitomo Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Suzuki Motor Corporation

www.globalsuzuki.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Motorcycles ATVs Marine Products Wheelchairs Industrial Equipment

Suzuki Motor Corporation designs and manufactures all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motorcycles, outboard motors, passenger cars, compact and subcompact cars, commercial vehicles and other products. The firm also manufactures boats, electric scooters, motorized wheelchairs and industrial equipment. Suzuki is one of the largest manufacturers of minicars and motorcycles in Japan. Its production facilities are spread throughout 20 countries. Overall, the company's network serves approximately 200 countries and territory areas. The firm's products include the Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Swift Sport, Baleno, SX4, Vitara, Ciaz, Jimmy, Grand Vitara, Ertiga and APV automobiles; the GSX, Hayabusa, Bandit, V-Strom, Suzuki Boulevard, Burgman, Address, Inazuma, DR-Z, TU, VanVan and RM-Z motorcycles; the KingQuad, QZARK and QuadSport ATVs; and the 2- and 4-stroke outboard marine engine models. Suzuki has developed an ultra-low-emission, direct-injection turbo engine for the minicar category in Japan as well as a line of motorcycles incorporating an electronically controlled, continuously variable transmission. Manufacturing companies of the firm include Suzuki Auto Parts Mfg. Co. Ltd.; Snic Co. Ltd.; Suzuki Akita Auto Parts Mfg. Co. Ltd.; and Suzuki Toyama Auto Parts Mfg. Co. Ltd.; non-manufacturing companies include Suzuki Transportation & Packing Co. Ltd.; Suzuki Business Co. Ltd.; Suzuki Engineering Co. Ltd.; Suzuki Support Co. Ltd.; Suzuki Finance Co. Ltd.; and Suzuki Consultant Co. Ltd.; and sales company Suzuki Marine Co. Ltd. In January 2017, the firm began operations at its new automobile production plant in Gujarat, India, via wholly-owned subsidiary, Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Suzuki Auto Parts Mfg Co Ltd Snic Co Ltd Suzuki Akita Auto Parts Mfg Co Ltd Suzuki Toyama Auto Parts Mfg Co Ltd Suzuki Transportation & Packing Co Ltd Suzuki Engineering Co Ltd Suzuki Finance Co Ltd Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Toshihiro Suzuki, CEO Minoru Tamura, Exec. VP Osamu Honda, Exec. VP Toshihiro Suzuki, Exec. VP Yasuhito Harayama, Exec. VP Osamu Suzuki, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 28,666,460,000

2015 27,177,580,000

2014 26,482,270,000

2013 23,237,710,000

2012 22,641,690,000

2011 23,507,190,000

1,760,261,000 6.14%

1,617,103,000 5.95%

1,692,116,000 6.38%

1,302,918,000 5.60%

1,075,256,000 4.74%

963,768,800 4.09%

1,051,427,000 2,650,603,000 1,465,238,000 3,788,300,000 3.91% 9.56% 0.27

1,150,269,000 2,298,583,000 1,736,702,000 3,037,799,000 3.16% 6.89% 0.18

1,149,026,000 2,910,350,000 1,845,260,000 2,888,008,000 4.00% 8.68% 0.15

820,394,000 1,712,935,000 1,477,450,000 2,150,377,000 3.35% 7.53% 0.19

578,338,800 2,043,351,000 1,074,409,000 2,024,425,000 2.38% 5.50% 0.06

587,964,400 2,041,116,000 1,169,241,000 2,358,139,000 1.96% 4.70% 0.25

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81-53-440-2061 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 300 Takatsuka-cho, Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, 432-8611 Japan

Stock Ticker: SZKMF Employees: 50,241 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Svenska Cellulosa AB

www.sca.com

NAIC Code: 322121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Paper (except Newsprint) Mills

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vinda International Holdings Ltd SCA Essity Libero TENA Away-from-Home Drypers Libresse

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Magnus Groth, CEO Fredrik Rystedt, CFO Lennart Persson, Exec. VP-Finance Mats Berencreutz, Exec. VP Par Bohman, Chmn.

Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA) manufactures and sells personal care and paper products in over 100 countries. The company's products include napkins, tissues, diapers, corrugated boxes and industrial packaging products. It also produces pulp, solid wood products and forest fuel. Svenska's business activities are divided into three divisions: personal care, forest products and tissues. The personal care division manufactures incontinence products, baby diapers and feminine care products. Production is conducted at 30 facilities in 25 countries. Brands within this division include Libero, Libresse, Nosotras, Saba and TENA. Forest products consist of publication papers, packaging papers, pulp, solid-wood products and renewable energy. Production is conducted at 20 facilities, and products are primarily sold in Europe, but also in Asia, North Africa and North America. The tissue segment produces toilet paper, kitchen rolls, facial tissues, napkins and handkerchiefs. This division also develops and markets Awayfrom-Home (AfH) hygiene solutions to hospitals, hotels, restaurants and large workplaces. AfH products include tissue, soap, hand lotion, sanitizers, dispensers and cleaning/wiping products. Production is conducted at 55 facilities in 23 countries. Majority-owned Vinda International Holdings Ltd. holds the rights to Svenska's products and brands in Asian markets (Southeast Asia, Taiwan and South Korea), including Drypers, Dr.P, Sealer, Prokids, EQ Dry , Control Plus, TENA, Tork, AfH, Tempo, Libero and Libresse. In April, 2017, the firm announced plans to split into two separate, listed companies: SCA, a forest products company which will include the forest products operations and all forest land owned by the group; and Essity, which will include the hygiene and tissue businesses. That June, SCA announced plans to close its tissue production plant in Arizona, USA.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,493,250,000

2015 13,263,450,000

2014 11,968,110,000

2013 10,238,810,000

2012 9,823,481,000

2011 9,355,241,000

1,297,291,000 9.61% 2,244,352,000 640,651,800 1,789,224,000 1,079,792,000 2,072,284,000 3.50% 7.76% 0.42

1,259,105,000 9.49% 1,958,186,000 805,358,000 1,608,991,000 873,103,700 2,217,668,000 4.56% 10.14% 0.30

1,201,826,000 10.04% 1,702,040,000 759,005,600 1,366,992,000 659,399,800 1,883,539,000 4.44% 10.08% 0.35

998,703,700 9.75% 1,413,000,000 638,006,300 1,084,622,000 638,351,500 1,618,767,000 4.05% 9.02% 0.44

691,489,900 7.03% 1,434,508,000 570,030,600 1,288,320,000 652,498,700 1,397,242,000 3.66% 8.22% 0.39

264,427,000 2.82% 1,378,034,000 69,816,100 1,166,861,000 679,873,000 1,560,223,000 .38% .85% 0.45

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 87885100 Fax: 46 87885380 Toll-Free: Address: P.O. Box 200, Stockholm, 101 23 Sweden

Stock Ticker: SVCBY Employees: 13,156 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Swatch Group AG

www.swatchgroup.com

NAIC Code: 0

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Watches and Parts (except crystals) Manufacturing Jewelry Retail Stores

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Swatch Harry Winston Omega Breguet EM Microelectronic Micro Crystal Renata Tourbillon

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Nicolas G. Hayek, Pres. Thierry Kenel, Dir.-Finance Hanspeter Rentsch, Head-Legal Thierry Kenel, Head-Investor Rel. Thierry Kenel, Head-Corp. Finance Francois Thiebaud, Head-Swatch Group Brazil Florence Ollivier-Lamarque, Head-Swatch Group France Mougahed Darwish, Head Belenos Clean Power Nayla Hayek, Chmn. Peter Steiger, Head-Swatch Group Malaysia Peter Steiger, Head-Logistics

The Swatch Group AG is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of finished watches, jewelry, watch movements and components. It also provides electronic systems used in watchmaking and other industries. The firm operates in six segments: watches and jewelry, production, electronic systems, corporate, distribution and landmarks. The firm's watches and jewelry business ranges from luxury brands such as Breguet, Harry Winston and Omega to basic ranges such as Swatch and Flik Flak. All designs in this segment are created by subsidiary Dress Your Body. The production segment operates more than 150 production centers for the manufacture of the firm's watch brands as well as its supply parts and components. Swatch Group's electronic systems companies EM Microelectronic, Micro Crystal and Renata manufacture parts and mechanisms for manufacturers. The corporate segment manages the firm's research and development, quality control, real estate, logistics and engineering businesses. The distribution segment consists of the firm's network of monobrand stores and multibrand boutiques, including Tourbillon multibrand luxury boutiques; and Tech-Airport Holding, which runs Hour Passion retail locations in European and Asian airports. Last, the firm's landmarks include the Omega Museum in Biel, Switzerland; the German Watch Museum in Glashutte; the N.G. Hayek Center in Tokyo; the La Cite du Temps in Geneva; and the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai. In March 2017, the firm introduced a new Bluetooth chip with unrivaled features: currently the smallest Bluetooth chip on the market, has the lowest energy consumption (compared to its competitors), and its high-speed startup capability makes it possible to improve the reactivity and the lifetime of electronic beacons.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,762,670,000

2015 8,685,598,000

2014 8,950,760,000

2013 8,690,737,000

2012 8,012,415,000

2011 6,951,768,000

827,346,600 10.65%

1,491,279,000 17.16%

1,800,635,000 20.11%

2,415,236,000 27.79%

2,039,075,000 25.44%

589,934,100 1,038,037,000 517,990,900 1,250,784,000 4.35% 5.18%

1,119,230,000 1,442,975,000 667,016,100 1,859,217,000 8.37% 10.02%

1,422,420,000 1,899,300,000 1,118,203,000 2,183,990,000 11.35% 13.77%

1,974,327,000 1,345,337,000 639,266,600 2,735,897,000 16.80% 20.40%

1,644,416,000 1,026,732,000 508,741,100 2,344,320,000 15.21% 18.41%

1,658,804,000 23.86% 1,868,467,000 1,304,227,000 724,570,600 403,909,600 1,894,161,000 13.77% 16.76%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41 323436811 Fax: 41 323436911 Toll-Free: Address: Seevorstadt 6, Bienne, 2501 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: SWGAY Employees: 35,705 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Syngenta AG

www.syngenta.com

NAIC Code: 325320

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing Crop Protection Products Seeds

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dual Gold Axial Reglone Bravo Amistar PLENE CEEDS Avicta

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

J. Erik Fyrwald, CEO Mark Peacock, Global Operations Mark Patrick, CFO Caroline Luscombe, Head-Human Resources Robert Berendes, Interim Head-R&D Christoph Mader, Head-Legal & Taxes Mark Peacock, Head-Global Oper. Davor Pisk, COO Jonathan Seabrook, Head-Corp. Affairs Michel Demare, Chmn.

Syngenta AG is an international agrochemical company and a leading worldwide supplier of conventional and bioengineered crop protection and seeds. The firm's products designed for crop protection include seed treatments to control weeds, insects and diseases; herbicides; fungicides; and insecticides. Additionally, the firm produces seeds for field crops, vegetables and flowers. Its leading marketed products include the following: Dual Gold, Axial and Fusilade selective herbicides; Touchdown, Reglone and Gramoxone non-selective herbicides; Bravo, Score and Amistar fungicides; Proclaim, Match and Actara insecticides; PLENE, a platform of integrated sugar cane solutions; CEEDS, a crop expansion encapsulation and drilling system; and Dividend, Apron, Maxim, Avicta and Cruiser seed care treatments. Syngenta has a seed portfolio of over 200 product lines and more than 5,000 varieties. The seeds that the company markets are for field crops, vegetables, fruits and garden plants. The firm spends more than one billion annually on research and development at its laboratories in the U.S., Sweden, Chile, China, France, India, Singapore and the Netherlands. In 2016, the firm agreed to be acquired by China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina). The transaction entered Phase II that October (and expected to take about 90 days), and is being overseen by European Union authorities.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,790,000,000 1,299,000,000 1,647,000,000 12.87% 2,930,000,000 1,178,000,000 1,807,000,000 557,000,000 1,561,000,000 6.19% 14.40% 0.38

2015 13,411,000,000 1,362,000,000 1,841,000,000 13.72% 2,778,000,000 1,339,000,000 1,190,000,000 543,000,000 1,761,000,000 6.88% 15.48% 0.41

2014 15,134,000,000 1,430,000,000 2,105,000,000 13.90% 3,214,000,000 1,619,000,000 1,931,000,000 682,000,000 2,090,000,000 8.06% 17.61% 0.33

2013 14,688,000,000 1,376,000,000 2,086,000,000 14.20% 3,061,000,000 1,644,000,000 1,214,000,000 700,000,000 2,098,000,000 8.29% 18.03% 0.18

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41 613231111 Fax: 41 613231212 Toll-Free: Address: Schwarzwaldallee 215, Basel, 4058 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: SYT Employees: 27,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,252,389 Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $206,555 Bonus: $

2012 14,202,000,000 1,253,000,000 2,292,000,000 16.13% 3,181,000,000 1,872,000,000 1,359,000,000 620,000,000 2,294,000,000 10.21% 23.05% 0.28

2011 13,268,000,000 1,127,000,000 2,051,000,000 15.45% 3,122,000,000 1,599,000,000 1,871,000,000 541,000,000 2,703,000,000 9.26% 21.41% 0.31

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) www.tsmc.com NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Manufacturing-Semiconductors Assembly & Testing Services CAD Software Products

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC) is one of the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundries. Using a variety of advanced and mainstream manufacturing processes, the company produces semiconductors for its customers based on their own designs or based on proprietary third party integrated circuit designs. TSMC offers a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture CMOS logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, BiCMOS mixed-signal and other semiconductors. The company also provides design, mask making, probing and assembly services. The firm operates three advanced 12-inch wafer fabs, four 8-inch wafer fabs, one 6-inch and two backend fabs. TSMC also manages two 8-inch fabs at wholly owned subsidiaries: WaferTech in the U.S. and TSMC China Company Limited. Operations are primarily centralized in Taiwan near the firm's headquarters, with additional production facilities located in Shanghai and in the U.S. Subsidiary WaferTech LLC oversees its U.S. operations, and TSMC China Company Limited oversees its Chinese operations. In addition, the company maintains service offices in Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, the Netherlands and the U.S. TSMC offers the Open Innovation Platform, which aids the semiconductor manufacturing process from design to completion, as well as CyberShuttle, a service that allows a number of customers to share design and prototyping processes, thus reducing production costs. TSMC has a 20% stake in Motech Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of solar cells; 34.8% stake in Global Unichip Corporation; and a 41.1% stake in Xintec, Inc. In December 2015, the firm merged its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd. into itself. TSMC offers its employees health and fitness programs, incentive plans, tuition reimbursement and an employee assistance program.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WaferTech LLC Open Innovation Platform CyberShuttle Motech Industries Inc TSMC China Company Limited TSMC Solar Ltd Global Unichip Corporation Xintec Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Mark Liu, Co-CEO C.C. Wei, Co-Pres. Lora Ho, CFO Jason C.S. Chen, VP-Worldwide Sales & Mktg. Wei-Jen Lo, VP-R&D Stephen T. Tso, CIO Jack Sun, CTO Y.P. Chin, VP-Prod. Dev. Richard Thurston, General Counsel M.C. Tzeng, VP-Oper. Irene Sun, VP-Corp. Planning Organization Rick Tsai, Chmn. Burn J. Lin, VP-R&D Y.J. Mii, VP-R&D N.S. Tsai, VP-Quality & Reliability Morris Chang, Chmn. Rick Cassidy, VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 31,261,430,000 2,348,384,000 12,464,800,000 39.87% 847,450,700 10,939,700,000 17,803,400,000 10,985,210,000 20,218,190,000 18.72% 25.98% 0.11

2015 27,818,500,000 2,161,619,000 10,554,970,000 37.94% 755,949,400 9,987,827,000 17,475,080,000 8,634,018,000 19,001,830,000 19.21% 27.33% 0.16

2014 25,157,800,000 1,874,177,000 9,757,611,000 38.78% 792,190,500 8,386,696,000 13,901,580,000 9,643,147,000 16,673,080,000 18.44% 27.40% 0.20

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2013 19,689,470,000 1,581,426,000 6,927,937,000 35.18% 771,288,200 6,067,463,000 11,456,480,000 9,575,396,000 12,360,340,000 16.59% 23.63% 0.25

Stock Ticker: TSM Employees: 43,591 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 14,084,840,000 1,115,688,000 4,668,472,000 33.14% 616,117,000 4,425,872,000 8,165,259,000 7,056,345,000 8,358,812,000 17.97% 22.29% 0.03

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 35636688 Fax: 866 35637000 Toll-Free: Address: No. 8, Li-Hsin Rd. 6, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 16,695,750,000 1,332,435,000 5,971,149,000 35.76% 730,017,800 5,479,810,000 9,533,137,000 8,117,453,000 10,353,000,000 19.21% 24.56%

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

www.takeda.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pharmaceuticals Discovery & Development Over-the-Counter Drugs Vitamins

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, based in Japan, is an international research-based global pharmaceuticals company. It operates research and development facilities in seven countries, and production facilities in 18 countries. Takeda discovers, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products, which are grouped into five categories: gastrointestinal, oncology, central nervous system (CNS), cardiovascular and metabolic, and others. Gastrointestinal products include Lansoprazole, for peptic ulcers; Dexlansoprazole, for acid reflux disease; Vonoprazan, for acid-related diseases; and Vedolizumab, for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Oncology products include Bortezomib, for multiple myeloma; Leuprorelin Acetate, for prostate/breast cancer and endometriosis; Panitumumab, for cancer; Brentuximab Vedotin, for malignant lymphoma; and Ixazomib, for multiple myeloma. CNS products include Ramelteon, for insomnia; Galantamine Hydrobromide, for Alzheimer's-type dementia; and Trintellis, for major depressive disorder. Cardiovascular and metabolic products include Pioglitazone Hydrochloride, Alogliptin Benzoate and Trelagliptin, each for Type-2 diabetes; Candesartan Cilexetil and Azilsartan, each for hypertension; and Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters 90, for hyperlipidernia. Other products include Febuxostat and Colchicine, each for hyperuricemia and gout. In December 2016, the firm spun off its neuroscience research division into a joint venture with Lightstone Ventures, called Cerevance. Cerevance is a neuroscience company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric disorders. In February 2017, Takeda acquired ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lansoprazole Vedolizumab Bortezomib Ramelteon Pioglitazone Hydrochloride Candesartan Cilexetil Cerevance ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Christophe Weber, CEO James Kehoe, CFO David Osborne, Global Human Resources Officer Tadataka Yamada, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer Nancy Joseph-Ridge, Gen. Mgr.-Pharmaceutical Dev. Div. Toyoji Yoshida, Managing Dir.-Internal Control & Special Missions Shinji Honda, Sr. VP-Corp. Strategy Frank Morich, Chief Commercial Officer Trevor Smith, CEO-Takeda Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd. Masato Iwasaki, Sr. VP-Pharmaceutical Mktg. Div. Haruhiko Hirate, Sr. VP Anna Protopapas, Exec. VP-Global Bus. Dev. Yasuchika Hasegawa, Chmn. Frank Morich, CEO-Takeda Pharmaceuticals Intl

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,289,430,000 3,117,751,000 1,179,119,000 7.23% 5,865,250,000 722,515,600 229,743,800 764,794,400 3,153,117,000 1.97% 3.92% 0.27

2015 16,023,070,000 3,443,734,000 -1,164,933,000 -7.27% 5,521,325,000 -1,289,129,000 1,644,979,000 979,847,500 1,337,419,000 -3.28% -6.32% 0.29

2014 15,246,720,000 3,078,393,000 1,255,241,000 8.23% 5,012,978,000 961,281,200 1,336,905,000 707,671,600 3,652,991,000 2.50% 4.60% 0.28

2013 14,035,250,000

2012 13,599,620,000

2011 12,792,550,000

1,104,106,000 7.86% 8,896,785,000 1,182,869,000 2,773,302,000 863,087,400 3,011,482,000 3.48% 6.29% 0.25

2,388,620,000 17.56% 7,306,730,000 1,119,040,000 3,033,419,000 557,924,900 3,646,151,000 3.90% 6.05% 0.15

3,308,434,000 25.86% 6,621,834,000 2,233,971,000 2,946,608,000 1,119,067,000 4,322,773,000 8.83% 11.76%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 662042111 Fax: 81 662042880 Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku,, Osaka, 540-8645 Japan

Stock Ticker: TKPYY Employees: 19,654 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Tata Group

www.tata.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Production Communication & Information Systems Engineered Products Energy Utilities Solar Power Automobiles Hotels & Resorts Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tata Steel Tata Global Beverages Ltd Indian Hotels Company Limited (The) Tata Motors Limited Tata Power Solar Systems Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Advinus Therapeutics Tata Power Delhi Distribution

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gopichand Katragadda, CTO Madhu Kannan, Head-Bus. Dev. Mukund G. Rajan, Chief Ethics Officer Nirmalya Kumar, Head-Strategy Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chmn.

Tata Group is an Indian conglomerate that comprises more than 100 companies operating in over 100 countries and spanning six continents. The group's numerous publicly-listed companies include Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Motors Limited. Its activities are focused across seven business sectors: information technology and communications, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. Tata's information technology and communications sector includes information systems company Tata Technologies as well as Nelco, a manufacturer of consumer electronic products. Tata's engineering sector includes automotive company Tata AutoComp Systems and engineering products company TAL Manufacturing Solutions. The group's materials sector includes Tata Advanced Materials, a manufacturer of armor products and composite panels for cargo containers. Its services sector includes The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Tata Realty and Infrastructure, Tata AIG General Insurance and Tata AIA Life Insurance. Tata's energy sector includes power companies Tata Power Delhi Distribution and Tata Power Solar Systems. Tata consumer products companies include Infiniti Retail, Tata Ceramics and Tata Global Beverages Ltd. Its chemicals companies include Rallis India, Tata Chemicals and Advinus Therapeutics. Tata Sons promotes and holds majority shares in Tata's key companies. Tata Industries focuses on promoting Tata's high-tech business areas. In May 2017, the company acquired Escenda Engineering AB, a Swedish-based engineering and design specialty firm.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 103,510,000,000

2015 108,780,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 103,270,000,000

2013 96,790,000,000

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 700,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 83,300,000,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91 22-6665-8282 Fax: 91-22-6665-8160 Toll-Free: Address: 24 Homi Mody St., Mumbai, 400 001 India Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 100,090,000,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Tata Motors Limited

www.tatamotors.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Light & Medium Commercial Vehicles Manufacturing Heavy Commercial Vehicles Manufacturing Passenger Vehicles Manufacturing

Tata Motors Limited, part of Tata Group, is one of India's largest automobile manufacturers with vehicles sold in over 50 countries. The company manufactures commercial and passenger vehicles and also provides automobile financing services. Tata Motors' products include passenger vehicles; utility vehicles; light commercial vehicles, including pick-up trucks; and medium and heavy commercial vehicles. Through its subsidiaries, the firm is also engaged in areas such as engineering, construction equipment manufacturing, vehicle components manufacturing, supply chain management, factory automation and automotive retailing and servicing. The company employs a significant number of engineers and scientists and maintains R&D centers in India, South Korea, Spain and the U.K. Tata Motors is among the world's leading bus manufacturers, and the company has expanded these activities through strategic partnerships with Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera SA, a Spanish bus and coach manufacturer, as well as Marcopolo, a Brazil-based company engaged in the manufacture of bodies for buses and coaches. The firm has also expanded its international presence through such activities as the manufacture and marketing of pick-up trucks in Thailand and the marketing of Fiat-branded cars in India as well as through vehicle sales in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Asia. Tata Motors also owns the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, with an additional 75 subsidiaries in its portfolio. In January 2017, the firm unveiled its Hexa crossover lifestyle vehicle and its line of hybrid and electric buses. In March 2017, the firm announced the Tata TIGOR Styleback, a hatchback offering. Additionally, in March 2017, Tata Motors reported a strategic alliance with Volkswagen Group and its subsidiary Skoda Auto, to explore joint development projects and create innovative solutions.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tata Group Jaguar Land Rover TIGOR Styleback Skoda Auto

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

C. Ramakrishnan, Pres. C. Ramakrishnan, CFO Satish Borwankar, Exec. Dir.-Quality Gajendra Chandel, Chief Human Resources Officer Ravindra Pisharody, Exec. Dir.-Commercial Vehicles Rajesh Bagga, VP-Legal Ravindra Pisharody, Pres., Commercial Vehicles S.B. Borwankar, Exec. Dir. Ravi Kant, Vice Chmn. Cyrus P Mistry, Chmn. Venkatram Mamillapalle, Sr. VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 41,888,690,000 538,670,700 433,039,900 1.03% 12,691,300,000 1,488,988,000 5,818,977,000 4,838,926,000 5,285,696,000 3.86% 14.76% 0.66

2015 40,768,160,000 442,818,600 1,450,468,000 3.55% 11,435,060,000 1,992,254,000 5,674,374,000 4,683,642,000 5,978,097,000 5.66% 22.07% 1.02

2014 36,365,570,000 398,341,500 1,144,045,000 3.14% 10,252,340,000 2,029,926,000 5,768,021,000 4,019,160,000 5,325,917,000 6.78% 26.20% 0.72

2013 29,347,940,000 313,581,800 958,591,600 3.26% 7,986,785,000 1,377,390,000 3,461,958,000 2,883,364,000 3,777,447,000 5.72% 25.38% 0.88

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91-22-66658282 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Homi Mody St., Bombay House, 24, Mumbai, 400 001 India

Stock Ticker: TTM Employees: 73,485 Parent Company: Tata Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $656,402 Second Exec. Salary: $592,965

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 25,853,760,000 215,227,900 1,217,960,000 4.71% 6,381,031,000 1,796,088,000 3,388,880,000 2,154,585,000 3,321,267,000 7.96% 36.50% 0.87

2011 19,134,000,000 1,359,686,000 7.10% 1,432,559,000 1,139,868,000 2,204,774,000 1,274,913,000 2,590,810,000 7.56% 47.50% 0.96

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Tata Steel Ltd

www.tatasteel.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel, Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tata Group Tata Steel Europe Tata Steel Thailand

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Alok Kanagat, VP-Eng. & Projects A. Anjeneyan, Company Sec. Arun Misra, Deputy VP-Oper., Knowledge Process Outsourcing Sandip Biswas, Group Dir.-Corp. Finance Varun K. Jha, VP-Chattisgarh Project Abanindra M. Misra, VP-Shared Svcs. T. V. Narendran, VP-Safety, Flat Products & Long Products Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chmn.

Tata Steel Ltd., founded in 1907, is a manufacturer of steel and a member of the Tata Group, one of India's largest industrial conglomerates. The firm has manufacturing units in 26 countries and a current annual crude steel production capacity of approximately 27.5 million tons. Its operations are grouped into three geographic divisions: Indian operations, European operations and South East Asian operations. Tata Steel's Indian operations are comprised of a 9.7 million-tons-per-year crude steel production facility and a variety of finishing mills. This division has plans for two new Greenfield steel projects in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarth. European operations has a crude steel production capacity of 18 million tons per year. This division operates through subsidiary Tata Steel Europe, which has manufacturing facilities in the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium. The South East Asian operations, through Tata Steel Thailand, is a prominent steel producer in the region and primarily serves the construction industry. This division has a manufacturing presence in Singapore, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,192,650,000

2015 21,663,750,000

2014 23,078,430,000

2013 20,919,570,000

2012 20,638,200,000

-259,964,300 -1.42% 58,585,300 -473,533,700 1,857,782,000 1,783,662,000 1,070,917,000 -1.89% -9.46% 2.22

-215,558,700 - .99%

569,694,900 2.46%

505,773,800 2.41%

-609,600,100 1,844,828,000 2,095,251,000 1,395,497,000 -2.48% -10.72% 1.95

558,256,100 2,041,446,000 2,549,902,000 1,476,787,000 2.25% 9.06% 1.22

-1,095,989,000 2,069,096,000 2,402,595,000 1,371,574,000 -4.79% -17.25% 1.28

1,206,887,000 5.84% 2,489,763,000 836,985,800 1,752,276,000 1,884,623,000 2,694,579,000 3.81% 13.07% 0.99

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 91 2266658282 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody St., Mumbai, 400 001 India

Stock Ticker: TATLY Employees: 76,952 Parent Company: Tata Group

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

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TCL Corporation

www.tcl.com

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics Lighting Products Household Appliances Cell Phones LCD Displays Tablet PCs

TCL Corporation is a holding company that together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures and sells electronic products. TCL operates through three business segments: TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd., TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. and Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd. TCL Multimedia is one of the largest global TV manufacturers and distributors in China. It operates its manufacturing plants and research and development centers across all major continents. TCL Communication is a mobile vendor, offering a wide range of easy-to-use and accessibly-priced mobile and internet products in more than 100 countries worldwide. This company designs, manufactures and markets its products under the TCL brand name. Tonly is a leading original design manufacture solutions provider in the field of audio and video products. During 2016, the firm formed an agreement with BlackBerry Limited to produce smartphones under the BlackBerry brand. In 2017, TCL sold TCL Display Technology Holdings Ltd. to Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd TCL

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Li Dongsheng, CEO Lianming Bo, COO Bo Liangming, Pres. Xubin Huang, CFO Yan Xiaolin, CTO Zhao Zhongyao, Sr. VP Shi Wanwen, Sr. VP Guo Aiping, Sr. VP Huang Wei, VP-TCL Group

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 15,365,990,000

2015 15,050,200,000

2014 14,471,354,000

2013 12,417,700,000

2012 11,012,800,000

2011 9,675,900,000

237,647,000

380,799,000

472,164,000

343,000,000

129,500,000

164,800,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-752-228-8333 Fax: 86-752-226-5428 Toll-Free: Address: 22/F, Technology Bldg., 17 Huifeng 3rd Rd, Huizhou, 516001 China

Stock Ticker: 100 Employees: 75,250 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Shenzhen Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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TDK Corporation

www.tdk.co.jp/ir

NAIC Code: 334613

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Blank Magnetic and Optical Recording Media Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: InvenSense Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Shigenao Ishiguro, CEO Takehiro Kamigama, Pres. Shinya Yoshihara, Sr. VP-Mfg. Junji Yoneyama, Sr. VP-Admin. Atsuo Kobayashi, Exec. VP-Corp. Planning Takakazu Momozuka, Corp. Officer-Finance & Acct. Raymond Leung, Exec. VP-China Oper. Group

TDK Corporation is a manufacturer of recording media, ferrite products and recording device products and a major producer of inductor, ceramic capacitor, magnet, HDD (hard disk drive) head and other components. TDK's businesses are classified into four business segments: passive components, magnetic application products, film application products and others. Under the passive components segment, the firm is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of high-frequency components, inductive devices and ceramic capacitors. The magnetic application products segment manufactures highperformance magnetic heads used for data center applications, rotating motors and converting electricity. The film application products segment manufactures rechargeable battery related products such as lithium-ion polymer batteries. The other segment's main product is a flip-chip mounter that joins integrated circuits on a circuit board. TDK does the bulk of its sales in the Asia Pacific (minus Japan), followed by Europe, Japan and the Americas. During 2017, the firm acquired InvenSense, Inc., a provider of a motion tracking system on a chip (SoC) which functions as a gyroscope for consumer electronic devices; and agreed to acquire ICsense NV, a premier integrated circuit design company headquartered in Belgium.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,384,980,000

2015 9,756,836,000

2014 8,873,271,000

2013 7,587,352,000

2012 7,340,853,000

2011 7,892,793,000

841,916,400 8.10%

653,054,400 6.69% 1,873,533,000 445,590,000 1,287,470,000 924,031,600 1,415,298,000 3.98% 7.78% 0.15

330,010,600 3.71% 1,661,382,000 146,799,600 1,147,394,000 618,328,300 1,138,652,000 1.23% 2.37% 0.15

198,767,100 2.61% 1,365,746,000 10,770,230 981,866,400 771,545,000 927,708,700 .09% .19% 0.17

168,421,200 2.29% 1,457,496,000 -22,117,270 498,711,200 898,146,900 859,987,000 - .23% - .47% 0.26

575,391,600 7.29% 1,390,621,000 407,952,800 918,209,300 708,744,100 1,266,363,000 4.20% 8.39% 0.16

584,278,100 1,365,998,000 1,448,114,000 1,605,882,000 4.81% 9.89% 0.20

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 352017106 Fax: 81 352017114 Toll-Free: Address: 3-9-1- Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Ticker: TTDKY Employees: 88,076 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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TE Connectivity Ltd

www.te.com

NAIC Code: 334417

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronic Components and Connectors Network Infrastructure Components Subsea Fiber Optic Network Installation Application Tooling Manufacturing Sensors Manufacturing Wire & Cable Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Terrence R. Curtin, CEO Joe Donahue, COO Health Mitts, CFO Amy Shah, Sr. VP-Mktg. Tim Murphy, Sr. VP-Global Human Resources Joseph F. Eckroth Jr, Exec. VP-CIO Rob Shaddock, CTO John S. Jenkins, Jr., General Counsel Brad Gambill, Sr. VP-Strategy & Bus. Dev. Amy Shah, Sr. VP-Comm. Keith Kolstrom, VP-Investor Rel. Joan Wainwright, Pres., Channel & Customer Experience Terrence Curtin, Pres., Industrial Solutions James O'Toole, Pres., Consumer Solutions Steven Merkt, Pres., Transportation Solutions Thomas J. Lynch, Chmn. Jenny Wang, Sr. VP-China

TE Connectivity Ltd. designs and manufactures connectivity solutions and sensors. The company operates through three segments: transportation solutions, industrial solutions and communications solutions. Key products within the transportation solutions segment include terminals and connector systems, sensors, relays and application tooling for the automotive, commercial transportation and sensors markets. Products produced by the industrial solutions segment include wire and head shrink tubing, terminals and connector systems and relays for the industrial equipment, aerospace, defense, oil and gas and energy markets. Products produced by the communications solutions segment include wire, cable, terminals and connector systems, undersea telecommunication systems, circuit protection devices, antennas, relays and heat shrink tubing for the data/devices, subsea communications and appliances markets. Many of TE's products are made to withstand harsh conditions. The company's primary manufacturing processes include stamping, plating, molding, extrusion, beaming and assembly. The automotive market accounts for 40% of the company's annual revenue; data/devices, 12%; industrial equipment, 12%; aerospace/defense/oil and gas, 9%; with the remainder deriving from commercial transportation, sensors, subsea communications, energy and appliances. TE operates nearly manufacturing, warehousing and office locations in over 50 countries and territories, and owns approximately 39 million square feet of space.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,238,000,000 644,000,000 1,902,000,000 15.54% 1,463,000,000 2,009,000,000 1,922,000,000 628,000,000 1,874,000,000 10.51% 22.23% 0.44

2015 12,233,000,000 627,000,000 1,749,000,000 14.29% 1,504,000,000 2,420,000,000 1,913,000,000 600,000,000 2,327,000,000 11.87% 26.03% 0.35

2014 13,912,000,000 675,000,000 2,045,000,000 14.69% 1,882,000,000 1,781,000,000 2,083,000,000 673,000,000 2,744,000,000 9.22% 20.48% 0.36

2013 13,280,000,000 675,000,000 1,556,000,000 11.71% 1,773,000,000 1,276,000,000 2,046,000,000 615,000,000 1,997,000,000 6.75% 15.60% 0.27

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 41-52-633-6661 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Rheinstrasse 20, Schaffhausen, 8200 Switzerland

Stock Ticker: TEL Employees: 83,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $825,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 13,282,000,000 688,000,000 1,518,000,000 11.42% 1,685,000,000 1,112,000,000 1,947,000,000 533,000,000 2,200,000,000 6.00% 14.39% 0.33

2011 14,312,000,000 733,000,000 1,741,000,000 12.16% 1,780,000,000 1,245,000,000 1,779,000,000 581,000,000 2,364,000,000 7.17% 17.14% 0.35

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TECO Electric & Machinery Co Ltd

www.teco.com.tw

NAIC Code: 333611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing

TECO Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd. is involved in the manufacture of electronics as well as the heavy electrical industrial business. The firm operates through 30 subsidiaries internationally via seven business divisions. The industrial motors and applications division is comprised of a global network of research and development centers, manufacturing bases and sales/services offices in an effort to design and manufacture products that satisfy customer needs and meet industrial standards worldwide. The industrial product and system automation division manufactures electric drives, control panels, AC/DC frequency inverters and automation systems for the machine tool, steel, semiconductor, thin film transistor (TFT) and mechanical electronics industries. TECO's power business division offers multiple electrical power systems and engineering project services. The home appliances division produces home appliances such as airconditioning units and refrigerators, with a focus on health, environment and technological innovation. The AV division provides innovative audio-visual products to Taiwan's LCD-TV market, all branded under the TECO name. The commercial and industrial air conditioning (A/C) appliances division offers a full range of air conditioning equipment and engineering services for standard A/C projects, high-rise water/electric A/C systems, special A/C systems for hospitals and factories. This division is also responsible for the company's production, sales and service for central water chilling systems, as well as packet-type and air-cooled split-type A/Cs. Last, the smart card division is a primary provider of Taiwan's national health insurance integrated chip (IC) card.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TECO

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sophia Chiu, Pres. George Lien, Sr. VP George Huang, VP Yule K. Wang, VP Kuo Rong Chen, VP Sophia Chiu, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 1,646,456,000 45,960,160 138,166,400 8.39% 249,037,300 114,817,000 159,964,000 55,736,490 189,275,200 3.93% 7.16% 0.24

2015 1,602,750,000 47,332,760 124,913,500 7.79% 236,708,000 104,785,000 182,752,700 61,465,760 168,035,300 3.80% 6.57% 0.11

2014 1,774,969,000 52,885,360 145,009,300 8.16% 243,304,200 134,124,500 157,777,400 65,475,460 189,502,200 5.09% 8.83% 0.14

2013 1,867,243,000 51,023,840 152,549,100 8.16% 241,144,600 123,998,200 205,828,600 27,416,260 200,117,800 5.03% 9.27% 0.13

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886 226553333 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: San Chong Rd., 5/Fl., No. 19-9, Nan-Kang, Taipei, 115 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: TEMRY Employees: 14,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 1,607,090,000 42,993,070 123,815,900 7.70% 209,868,800 97,773,920 186,199,300 22,946,840 192,782,100 4.15% 7.87% 0.28

2011 1,543,736,000 38,239,760 108,896,800 7.05% 207,004,800 91,788,470 110,627,200 41,547,420 165,653,700 4.07% 7.64% 0.32

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Teijin Ltd

www.teijin.com

NAIC Code: 313110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Textiles Manufacturing Polyester Fibers Plastics & Films Pharmaceuticals Software & IT Solutions Nanotextiles Polyester Recycling Technology Trading & Retail

Teijin, Ltd., through its roughly 153 group companies, serves the fibers, plastics, pharmaceuticals and films industries. It operates five main groups: IT business, advanced fibers and composites business, health care business, electric materials and performance polymer products business and products converting business. The IT business provides IT services to the health care industry as well as e-commerce, digital content management and the proprietary web-based enterprise resource planning solution, GRANDIT. Its advanced fibers and composite materials products include high performance fibers, which includes Aramid fibers; and carbon fibers and composites, including flame resistant Pyromex. The highperformance unit markets Aramid fibers, used in protective clothing, automotive parts and sporting goods and artificial leather. The carbon fibers and composites unit markets carbon and flame-resistant fibers, used in aircraft components, golf clubs and industrial applications. The health care business includes pharmaceuticals for treatment of bone, joint, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions; medical equipment; and oxygen delivery equipment. The electronic materials and performance polymer business produces Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) film, used in LCDs and food and beverage packaging; Polyethylene Naphthalate (PEN) film, used in digital components; and processed film, used in semiconductor materials and flexible panel displays. The products converting business consists of the sales and trading of fibrous raw material, apparel, industrial materials and performance polymer products; polyester/recycled polyester fibers/textiles; and closed-loop recycling of polyester products. Recently, the firm developed two new fabrics of Twaron and Technora paraaramid fibers to protect facilities such as lodges and evacuation shelters from airborne volcanic fragments measuring as much as about four inches (10 cm). In January 2017, the firm acquired Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corporation.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GRANDIT Pyromex Twaron Technora Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corp

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jun Suzuki, CEO Shigeo Ohyagi, Pres. Kazuhiro Yamamoto, CFO Kentaro Arao, CMO Yasuhiro Hayakawa, Chief Human Resources Officer Takashi Takahashi, Chief Science Officer Yo Goto, CTO Norihiro Takehara, Mgr.-IT Bus. Group Yo Goto, Chief Eng. Officer Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Corp. Strategy Officer Yasuhiko Saito, Gen. Mgr.-Raw Materials, Polymers & Procurement Shigeo Ohyagi, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 7,126,809,000

2015 7,085,558,000

2014 7,069,812,000

2013 6,720,911,000

2012 7,700,218,000

2011 7,351,290,000

605,025,500 8.48%

352,272,100 4.97%

162,932,400 2.30%

111,370,500 1.65%

306,829,900 3.98%

437,658,800 5.95%

280,206,200 726,787,600 312,706,100 783,135,400 3.77% 10.55% 0.72

-90,145,460 685,238,900 260,387,200 353,029,200 -1.01% -2.83% 0.72

59,583,250 347,765,700 298,060,400 572,669,800 1.09% 3.01% 0.58

-254,240,500 579,564,500 303,675,400 254,006,100 -3.82% -10.32% 0.48

118,148,100 483,695,900 249,121,200 766,263,500 1.57% 4.15% 0.45

255,258,900 695,170,900 229,419,400 949,222,100 3.17% 9.05% 0.59

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 662682132 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 6-7, Minami-Hommachi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-8587 Japan

Stock Ticker: TINLY Employees: 15,756 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson)

www.ericsson.com

NAIC Code: 334220

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Wireless Telecommunications Equipment Mobile Phones Pagers Networking Equipment Defense Electronics Telecommunications Software Professional Services Research & Development

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: FYI Television iconectiv

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Borje Ekholm, CEO Hans Vestberg, Pres. Ulf Ewaldsson, CTO Nina Macpherson, General Counsel Douglas L. Gilstrap, Sr. VP-Function Strategy Helena Norrman, Sr. VP-Comm.. Jan Frykhammar, Head-Group Function Finance Angel Ruiz, Head-North America Magnus Mandersson, Head-Global Svcs. Rima Qureshi, Sr. VP-Strategic Projects Johan Wibergh, Exec. VP-Networks Leif Johansson, Chmn. Mats H. Olsson, Head-Asia Pacific

Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson) is a leading global supplier of mobile phone handsets and equipment for mobile and fixedline telecommunications operators. The firm's services include consumer and business applications, communication, fixed broadband and convergence, managed services, mobile broadband, operations and business support systems and TV and media management. The company is structured into three business units: networks, services and support solutions. The networks unit is grouped into mobile and fixed access, core transmission networks, microwave transport and next generation IP-networks. The mobile networks division provides radio base stations, base station controllers and radio network controllers, mobile switching centers, service application nodes and other nodes for billing and operations support for GSM and CDMA networks. Fixed network operators are moving from single-service networks toward new multi-service networks that have the ability to simultaneously handle multiple services, such as voice, text and images. The services unit maintains four network and services centers, which collectively supply customer support services, network rollout, managed services, systems integration and consulting. The support solutions unit provides software-based applications for media and messaging, on-demand TV, services delivery platforms and mobile platforms. Ericsoon holds more than 42,000 patents, including many in wireless communications. In 2016, the firm acquired FYI Television, the premier entertainment metadata and rich media content supplier based in Grand Prairie, Texas. In March 2017, it agreed to sell a 16.7%-ownership share in iconectiv, an independent subsidiary owned by Ericsson, to Francisco Partners. The partnership will enable further development and growth of iconectiv, which enables the interconnection of networks, devices and applications for more than 2 billion people on a daily basis.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 25,603,990,000 3,638,603,000 724,500,100 2.82% 3,320,118,000 197,371,400 1,611,406,000 704,947,000 1,640,966,000 .60% 1.19% 0.13

2015 28,400,310,000 4,007,697,000 2,507,974,000 8.83% 3,368,310,000 1,558,383,000 2,369,031,000 1,338,813,000 3,625,721,000 4.68% 9.31% 0.15

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2014 26,222,210,000 4,176,084,000 1,933,112,000 7.37% 3,116,995,000 1,330,531,000 2,151,072,000 787,300,200 3,118,606,000 4.11% 8.13% 0.15

2013 26,152,400,000 3,707,729,000 2,052,501,000 7.84% 3,021,875,000 1,380,794,000 2,000,053,000 623,169,000 3,296,999,000 4.41% 8.66% 0.15

Stock Ticker: ERIC Employees: 111,464 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $1,315,896 Bonus: $

2011 26,100,060,000 3,753,967,000 2,058,827,000 7.88% 3,069,033,000 1,402,533,000 1,148,113,000 748,654,000 3,429,615,000 4.33% 8.46% 0.16

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 46 87190000 Fax: 46 87191976 Toll-Free: Address: Torshamnsgatan 23, Kista, Stockholm, 164 83 Sweden Top Exec. Salary: $1,515,605 Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 26,198,750,000 3,776,395,000 1,202,861,000 4.59% 2,993,121,000 664,230,600 2,533,968,000 813,179,300 2,497,277,000 2.07% 4.12% 0.17

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Tempur Sealy International Inc

www.tempur.com

NAIC Code: 337910

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Mattress Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TEMPUR Tempur-Pedic Sealy Sealy Posturepedic Stearns & Foster

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. is a global manufacturer, marketer and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows, which it sells globally in 100 countries. The firm's portfolio of brands includes: TEMPUR, Tempur-Pedic, Sealy, Sealy Posturepedic and Stearns & Foster. Tempur Sealy operates in two business segments: North America and International. The North America segment consists of Tempur and Sealy manufacturing and distribution subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees located in the U.S. and Canada. The International segment consists of Tempur and Sealy manufacturing and distribution subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees located in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The firm sells its products through two distribution channels in each segment: retail, comprising furniture and bedding retailers, department stores, specialty retailers and warehouse clubs; and other, comprising direct-to-consumer through e-commerce platforms, company-owned stores and call centers, third party distributors, hospitality and healthcare customers.

intentionally listed here more than once.

Scott Thompson, Chairman of the Board Bhaskar Rao, Chief Accounting Officer Barry Hytinen, Executive VP Jay Spenchian, Executive VP David Montgomery, Executive VP Richard Anderson, Executive VP Robert Trussell, Vice Chairman of the Board

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,127,300,000

2015 3,151,200,000

2014 2,989,800,000

2013 2,464,300,000

2012 1,402,900,000

2011 1,417,938,000

415,500,000 13.28% 926,700,000 202,100,000 165,500,000 62,400,000 488,800,000 7.54% 146.98%

309,100,000 9.80% 970,000,000 73,500,000 234,200,000 65,900,000 380,500,000 2.76% 29.82% 4.38

276,300,000 9.24% 900,500,000 108,900,000 225,200,000 47,500,000 352,600,000 4.03% 67.78% 7.57

243,800,000 9.89% 789,200,000 78,600,000 98,500,000 40,000,000 313,400,000 3.88% 111.56% 15.15

248,300,000 17.69% 466,300,000 106,800,000 189,900,000 50,500,000 284,300,000 9.97% 402.32% 45.96

340,531,000 24.01% 402,559,000 219,608,000 248,706,000 31,510,000 374,634,000 28.43% 280.06% 18.99

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 800 878-8889 Fax: 859 514-4422 Toll-Free: Address: 1000 Tempur Way, Lexington, KY 40511 United States

Stock Ticker: TPX Employees: 7,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $183,115 Second Exec. Salary: $1,100,000

Bonus: $1,000,000 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Tenaris SA

www.tenaris.com

NAIC Code: 331210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Pipe Manufacturing

Tenaris SA is a manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products and related services for the energy industry and other industrial customers. The firm's customers include oil and gas and engineering companies engaged in construction, oil and gas gathering, transportation, processing and power generation facilities. Tenaris' principal products include casing, tubing, line pipe, coiled tubing, premium joints/couplings and mechanical/structural pipes. Other products include welded steel pipes for electric conduits used in the construction industry; sucker rods used in oil extraction activities; and industrial equipment of various specifications and diverse applications, including liquid and gas storage equipment. The company operates in more than 25 countries through one business unit: tubing. The tubing segment produces and sells seamless and welded steel tubular products and related services mainly for the oil and gas industry. Specifically, it offers oil country tubular goods (OCTG) used in drilling operations and for other industrial applications with production processes that assist in the transformation of steel into tubular products. It also produces and sells welded steel pipe products mainly used in the construction of major pipeline projects for the transportation of gas and fluids. The production process consists of the transformation of steel into large diameter welded tubular products, including specific coating for most of the products. The company has a joint venture with JFE Steel Corporation, NKKTubes, a leading Japanese seamless steel pipe manufacturer that produces a wide range of carbon, alloy and stainless steel pipes for the domestic and export markets. Tenaris also holds a 77.45% stake in Seamless Pipe Indonesia Jaya (SPIJ), an Indonesian OCTG processing business with heat treatment, connection threading facilities, a coupling shop and testing laboratory. In 2016, the firm acquired an additional stake in Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais, for a total 39.6% share.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: NKKTubes Seamless Pipe Indonesia Jaya (SPIJ) Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Paolo Rocca, CEO Edgardo Carlos, CFO Paola Mazzoleni, Dir.-Human Resources Marcelo Ramos, Dir.-Tech. Alejandro Lammertyn, Dir.-Planning Gabriel Podskubka, Mgr.-Eastern Hemisphere Vincenzo Crapanzano, Dir.-Industrial Luca Zanotti, Mgr.-Europe Sergio de la Maza, Mgr.-Central America Paolo Rocca, Chmn. German Cura, Mgr.-North America Gabriel Casanova, Dir.-Supply Chain

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,293,592,000

2015 7,100,753,000

2014 10,337,960,000

2013 10,596,780,000

2012 10,834,030,000

2011 9,972,478,000

-59,057,000 -1.37% 884,972,000 55,298,000 863,565,000 786,873,000 719,171,000 .38% .48%

195,428,000 2.75% 1,181,715,000 -80,162,000 2,215,004,000 1,131,519,000 851,916,000 - .51% - .65% 0.01

1,898,816,000 18.36% 1,509,643,000 1,158,517,000 2,044,067,000 1,089,373,000 2,427,254,000 7.14% 9.28%

2,184,830,000 20.61% 1,482,605,000 1,551,394,000 2,355,118,000 753,498,000 2,882,753,000 9.72% 13.10% 0.02

2,356,607,000 21.75% 1,334,634,000 1,699,047,000 1,860,413,000 789,731,000 2,866,130,000 11.02% 15.52% 0.04

1,894,758,000 18.99% 1,291,442,000 1,331,157,000 1,283,304,000 862,658,000 2,552,720,000 9.10% 13.04% 0.01

CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 352-26-478-978 Fax: 352-26-478-979 Toll-Free: Address: 29, Ave. de la Porte-Neuve, Fl. 3, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

STOCK TICKER/OTHER: L-2227

Stock Ticker: TS Employees: 19,399 Parent Company:

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Tenneco Inc

www.tenneco.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Parts Manufacturer Advanced Suspension Technologies Ride Control Products Emissions Systems Performance Mufflers Noise Control Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Monroe Walker Fonos DynoMax Rancho Clevite Axios Fric-Rot

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Gregg Sherrill, CEO Brian Kesseler, COO Timothy Jackson, Executive VP, Divisional Josep Fornos, Executive VP, Divisional Henry Hummel, Executive VP, Divisional Martin Hendricks, Executive VP, Divisional Peng Guo, Executive VP, Geographical Kenneth Trammell, Executive VP James Harrington, General Counsel Joseph Pomaranski, General Manager, Divisional Gregg Bolt, Senior VP, Divisional John Kunz, Vice President

Tenneco, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of automotive emission control and ride control products and systems for both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket retailers. The firm designs, manufactures and sells individual components for vehicles as well as groups of components that are combined as modules or systems within vehicles. The firm maintains 91 emission control manufacturing facilities and 15 engineering centers across six continents. Tenneco's primary brands are Monroe ride control products and Walker, Fonos and DynoMax emission control products. Other brands include Rancho, Clevite, Elastomers, Axios, Kinetic and Fric-Rot ride control products and Thrush emission control products. Tenneco sells to more than 70 OEMs worldwide. Its leading customers are General Motors Company, which accounts for 17% of net sales, and Ford Motor Company, 13%. In the aftermarket sector, Tenneco's customers serve more than 500 full-line and specialty warehouse distributors, retailers, jobbers, installer chains and car dealers such as National Auto Parts Association (NAPA), Advance Auto Parts, Uni-Select, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance and AutoZone in North America; Temot Autoteile GmbH, Autodistribution International, Group Auto Union, Auto Teile Ring and AP United in Europe; and Rede Presidente in South America. The firm's products are sold primarily in North America (49% of sales) and Europe, South America, Asia and India (51%). In August 2016, the firm opened a new Clean Air manufacturing plant in Lansing, Michigan, to support General Motors (GM) and its crossover vehicle platform; and announced plans to open one in Spring Hill, Tennessee, to support programs for GM's Spring Hill assembly plant.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,599,000,000 154,000,000 533,000,000 6.19% 589,000,000 363,000,000 489,000,000 345,000,000 740,000,000 8.73% 71.10% 2.20

2015 8,209,000,000 146,000,000 524,000,000 6.38% 491,000,000 247,000,000 517,000,000 309,000,000 722,000,000 6.19% 53.11% 2.59

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2014 8,420,000,000 169,000,000 499,000,000 5.92% 519,000,000 226,000,000 341,000,000 341,000,000 700,000,000 5.76% 48.60% 2.15

2013 7,964,000,000 144,000,000 428,000,000 5.37% 453,000,000 183,000,000 503,000,000 269,000,000 629,000,000 4.92% 53.90% 2.35

Stock Ticker: TEN Employees: 31,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $342,947 Bonus: $210,773

2011 7,205,000,000 133,000,000 389,000,000 5.39% 428,000,000 157,000,000 245,000,000 228,000,000 586,000,000 4.82%

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 847 482-5000 Fax: 847 482-5940 Toll-Free: Address: 500 N. Field Drive, Lake Forest, IL 60045 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,165,000 Second Exec. Salary: $895,000

2012 7,363,000,000 126,000,000 435,000,000 5.90% 427,000,000 275,000,000 365,000,000 269,000,000 633,000,000 7.91% 223.57% 4.33

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Terex Corporation

www.terex.com

NAIC Code: 333120

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Heavy Equipment Cranes Mining Equipment Aerial Work Platforms Road Building Equipment Utility Products Construction Equipment Materials Handling Equipment

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Terex Demag Powerscreen Fuchs CBI

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Garrison, CEO Kevin Bradley, CFO Mark Clair, Chief Accounting Officer G. Andersen, Director Emeritus David Sachs, Director Stoyan Filipov, President, Divisional Matthew Fearon, President, Divisional Kieran Hegarty, President, Divisional Kevin Barr, Senior VP, Divisional Brian Henry, Senior VP, Divisional John Sheehan, Senior VP Eric Cohen, Senior VP

Terex Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer specializing in tools and equipment for the construction, quarrying, mining, refining, transportation and energy industries. It operates in three business segments: aerial work platforms (AWP), cranes and materials processing (MP). The AWP segment designs, manufactures and markets products such as material lifts, portable aerial work platforms, trailermounted articulating booms, self-propelled articulating and telescopic booms, scissor lifts, construction trailers and related components and parts. The cranes segment produces mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice boom crawler cranes and truck-mounted cranes as well as their related replacement parts and components under the Terex and Demag brand names. It also offers specialized port and rail equipment. The MP segment designs, manufactures and markets materials processing and specialty equipment, including crushers, washing systems, screens, apron feeders, material handlers, wood processing, biomass and recycling equipment, concrete mixer trucks and concrete pavers. These products are utilized in construction, infrastructure and recycling projects, in various quarrying and mining applications, as well as in landscaping and biomass production industries, material handling applications and in building roads and bridges. The MP products are marketed principally under the Terex, Powerscreen, Fuchs and CBI brands. In October 2016, the firm completed the sale of its German compact construction business to Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. for $60 million. In February 2017, the company completed the disposition of its material handling and port solutions business to Konecranes plc, a Finnish-based crane manufacturing company.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,443,100,000

2015 6,543,100,000

2014 7,308,900,000

2013 7,084,000,000

2012 7,348,400,000

2011 6,504,600,000

-147,800,000 -3.32% 684,200,000 -176,100,000 367,000,000 73,000,000 -72,000,000 -3.30% -10.47% 1.05

355,200,000 5.42% 918,600,000 145,900,000 212,900,000 103,800,000 459,400,000 2.52% 7.51% 0.93

423,100,000 5.78% 1,030,400,000 319,000,000 410,700,000 81,500,000 572,000,000 5.11% 15.20% 0.81

419,100,000 5.91% 1,020,400,000 226,000,000 188,500,000 82,800,000 569,700,000 3.40% 10.76% 0.86

398,600,000 5.42% 1,047,000,000 105,800,000 292,300,000 82,500,000 473,200,000 1.53% 5.40% 1.00

81,200,000 1.24% 879,100,000 45,200,000 19,100,000 79,100,000 346,000,000 .71% 2.26% 1.16

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 203 222-7170 Fax: 203 222-7976 Toll-Free: Address: 200 Nyala Farm Rd., Westport, CT 06880 United States

Stock Ticker: TEX Employees: 11,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $882,692 Second Exec. Salary: $568,454

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Tesoro Corporation

www.tsocorp.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining Gas Stations Aviation & Heavy Fuels Crude Oil Gathering & Transportation

Tesoro Corporation is an independent U.S. petroleum refiner. The company operates in three segments: refining, logistics and marketing. Through the refining segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks into transportation fuels such as gasoline and gas blendstocks, jet fuel and diesel fuel. This division produces other products such as heavy fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and petroleum coke for sale in bulk markets to a wide variety of customers. The logistics segment is comprised of subsidiary Tesoro Logistics LP's assets, including crude oil and gas gathering assets, natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGL) processing assets, and crude oil and refined products terminalling, transportation and storage assets acquired from Tesoro and third parties. The marketing segment sells transportation fuels through branded and unbranded channels. The branded channel sells transportation fuels using a unique brand portfolio with the ARCO, Shell, Exxon, Mobil, USA Gasoline, Rebel and Tesoro brands across a network of 2,397 retail stations. The company currently owns and operates six petroleum refineries located in the western U.S., with a combined crude oil capacity of 875 million barrels per day (Mbpd). In 2016, the firm acquired the new Dakota Prairie Refinery from MDU Resources Group, which commenced operations in May 2015; and agreed to acquire Virent, Inc., an innovative renewable fuels and chemicals company. The firm offers employees health, dental, vision, disability, travel accident, life and AD&D insurance; a savings plan; flexible spending accounts; education assistance; pension plans; a wellness program; and long-term care insurance.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tesoro Logistics LP

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Gregory Goff, CEO Steven Sterin, CFO Blane Peery, Chief Accounting Officer Cynthia Warner, Executive VP, Divisional Keith Casey, Executive VP, Divisional Kim Rucker, Executive VP Stephan Tompsett, Other Corporate Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 24,582,000,000

2015 28,711,000,000

2014 40,633,000,000

2013 37,601,000,000

2012 32,974,000,000

2011 30,303,000,000

1,481,000,000 6.02% 401,000,000 734,000,000 1,304,000,000 894,000,000 2,332,000,000 3.99% 13.74% 1.18

2,827,000,000 9.84% 342,000,000 1,540,000,000 2,131,000,000 1,030,000,000 3,583,000,000 9.35% 31.86% 0.78

1,632,000,000 4.01% 342,000,000 843,000,000 1,364,000,000 685,000,000 2,194,000,000 5.62% 19.25% 0.95

1,322,000,000 3.51% 337,000,000 412,000,000 859,000,000 570,000,000 1,321,000,000 3.42% 9.63% 0.65

1,402,000,000 4.25% 310,000,000 743,000,000 1,585,000,000 529,000,000 1,823,000,000 7.21% 18.76% 0.37

1,080,000,000 3.56% 237,000,000 546,000,000 689,000,000 298,000,000 1,499,000,000 5.86% 15.86% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 210 626-6000 Fax: 210 283-2003 Toll-Free: 800-299-0570 Address: 19100 Ridgewood Pkwy., San Antonio, TX 78259 United States

Stock Ticker: TSO Employees: 6,300 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $761,250

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

www.tevapharm.com

NAIC Code: 325412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Drugs-Generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA PGT Healthcare Copaxone Axilect ProAir HFA QVAR

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Yitzhak Peterburg, Interim CEO Mark Sabag, Exec. VP-Human Resources Michael Hayden, Chief Scientific Officer Richard S. Egosi, Chief Legal Officer Erez Israeli, Chief Bus. Process Officer Iris Beck-Codner, Chief Comm. Officer Kevin Mannix, VP-Investor Rel. Sol J. Barer, Chmn. Itzhak Krinsky, Chmn.-Teva Japan & South Korea

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, based in Israel, is a pharmaceutical company that produces, distributes and sells pharmaceutical products internationally. Approximately 80% of the firm's sales are generated from the U.S. and Europe. Teva operates its business through two segments, generic medicines and specialty medicines. Generic medicines include chemical and therapeutic equivalents of originator medicines in a variety of dosage forms, including tablets, capsules, injectables, inhalants, liquids, ointments and creams. It is a leading generic drug company in the U.S. and Europe, with a significant growing presence in its rest-of-the-world markets. This segment also includes its over the counter (OTC) business, which is conducted primarily through joint venture company PGT Healthcare, in partnership with The Proctor & Gamble Company. Teva is also a leading manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and its generic medicines global portfolio consists of more than 1,000 molecules. The specialty medicines segment includes several franchises, most significantly its core therapeutic areas of CNS (central nervous system) medicines such as Copaxone and Azilect; and of respiratory medicines such as ProAir HFA and QVAR. This segment includes other therapeutic areas such as oncology, women's health and more. Subsidiary Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. is one of the leading figures in the manufacture and distribution of generic drugs in the U.S. Teva has direct operations worldwide, with 20 API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) production facilities producing approximately 300 APIs in various therapeutic areas. Teva's API intellectual property portfolio includes approximately 600 granted patents and pending applications globally. In January 2017, the firm sold its U.K. and Ireland Actavis Generics assets and operations to Accord Healthcare Limited.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,903,000,000 2,111,000,000 2,154,000,000 9.83% 5,096,000,000 329,000,000 5,225,000,000 901,000,000 2,894,000,000

2015 19,652,000,000 1,525,000,000 3,352,000,000 17.05% 5,348,000,000 1,588,000,000 5,542,000,000 772,000,000 4,660,000,000

1.09

0.31

2014 20,272,000,000 1,488,000,000 3,951,000,000 19.48% 5,078,000,000 3,055,000,000 5,127,000,000 929,000,000 5,446,000,000

2013 20,314,000,000 1,427,000,000 1,649,000,000 8.11% 5,319,000,000 1,269,000,000 3,237,000,000 1,031,000,000 3,206,000,000

2012 20,317,000,000 1,356,000,000 2,205,000,000 10.85% 5,117,000,000 1,963,000,000 4,572,000,000 1,104,000,000 3,882,000,000

2011 18,312,000,000 1,095,000,000 3,109,000,000 16.97% 4,410,000,000 2,759,000,000 4,134,000,000 1,053,000,000 4,178,000,000

0.36

0.46

0.51

0.46

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 972 392-67267 Fax: 972 392-34050 Toll-Free: Address: 5 Basel St., Petach Tikva, 49131 Israel

Stock Ticker: TEVA Employees: 57,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,071,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,060,084

Bonus: $970,202 Bonus: $885,822

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Texas Instruments Inc (TI)

www.ti.com

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Chips-Digital Signal Processors Semiconductors Calculators Educational Software Power Management Products Broadband RF/IF & Digital Radio MEMS Microcontrollers (MCU)

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DLP

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard Templeton, CEO Ellen Barker, Senior VP Kevin March, Chief Accounting Officer Brian Crutcher, Executive VP Bing Xie, Senior VP Teresa West, Senior VP Kevin Ritchie, Senior VP Darla Whitaker, Senior VP Stephen Anderson, Senior VP R. Delagi, Senior VP Niels Anderskouv, Senior VP Haviv Ilan, Senior VP Rafael Lizardi, Senior VP Cynthia Trochu, Senior VP

Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI), founded in 1930, is a global designer and manufacturer of semiconductors with operations located in more than 35 countries and serves over 100,000 customers worlwide. It operates in three segments: analog, embedded processing and other. Analog semiconductors change real-world signals, such as sound, temperature, pressure or images, by conditioning them, amplifying them and often converting them to a stream of digital data that can be processed by other semiconductors, such as embedded processors. Analog semiconductors are also used to manage power in every electronic device, whether plugged into a wall or running off a battery. Product lines include High Volume Analog & Logic (HVAL), Power Management (Power), High Performance Analog (HPA) and Silicon Valley Analog (SVA). Embedded processors are designed to handle specific tasks and can be optimized for various combinations of performance, power and cost, depending on the application. The devices vary from simple, low-cost products used in electric toothbrushes to highly specialized, complex devices used in wireless base station communications infrastructure equipment. Products include processors, microcontrollers and connectivity. Lastly, the other division includes semiconductors such as the firm's proprietary DLP optical semiconductor products, which enable clear video and microprocessors that serve as the brains of everything from high-end computer servers to high definition televisions (HDTVs). This segment also includes educational products, such as handheld graphing calculators, business calculators and scientific calculators as well as a wide range of advanced classroom tools and professional development resources, including educational software. In March 2017, the firm released a new processor called the SimpleLink microcontroller platform, which is built on a foundation of drivers, libraries and frameworks that allows the code to be reused, which will expand and accelerate product development. TI offers its employees medical, dental, vision and life insurance; an employee assistance program; professional financial services; and product discounts on cars, appliances and software.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,370,000,000 1,370,000,000 4,799,000,000 35.89% 1,767,000,000 3,595,000,000 4,614,000,000 531,000,000 5,968,000,000 22.01% 35.21% 0.28

2015 13,000,000,000 1,280,000,000 4,274,000,000 32.87% 1,748,000,000 2,986,000,000 4,268,000,000 551,000,000 5,439,000,000 17.33% 28.94% 0.31

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2014 13,045,000,000 1,358,000,000 3,947,000,000 30.25% 1,843,000,000 2,821,000,000 3,892,000,000 385,000,000 5,198,000,000 15.15% 26.20% 0.35

2013 12,205,000,000 1,522,000,000 2,832,000,000 23.20% 1,858,000,000 2,162,000,000 3,384,000,000 412,000,000 4,146,000,000 11.09% 19.86% 0.38

Stock Ticker: TXN Employees: 29,865 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 13,735,000,000 1,715,000,000 2,992,000,000 21.78% 1,638,000,000 2,236,000,000 3,256,000,000 816,000,000 4,012,000,000 13.19% 20.90% 0.38

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 972 995-3773 Fax: 972 995-4360 Toll-Free: 800-336-5236 Address: 12500 TI Blvd., Dallas, TX 75266-0199 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,164,083 Second Exec. Salary: $822,917

2012 12,825,000,000 1,877,000,000 1,973,000,000 15.38% 1,804,000,000 1,759,000,000 3,414,000,000 495,000,000 3,319,000,000 8.68% 16.05% 0.38

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Textron Inc

www.textron.com

NAIC Code: 336411

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Helicopters & General Aviation Aircraft Manufacturing Aerospace Electrical Test & Measurement Equipment Fiber Optic Equipment Off-Road Vehicles Financing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bell Helicopter Textron Systems Textron Aviation Textron Financial Corporation E-Z-GO Jacobsen Kautex Greenlee

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Scott Donnelly, CEO Frank Connor, CFO Mark Bamford, Chief Accounting Officer Cheryl Johnson, Executive VP, Divisional Robert Lupone, Executive VP

Textron, Inc. is a global multi-industry company active in the aircraft, defense, industrial and finance industries. The company divides its operations into five segments: Bell Helicopter, Textron Systems, Textron Aviation, industrial and finance. Bell Helicopter supplies helicopters, tilt rotor aircraft and helicopter-related spare parts and services for military and commercial applications. It also offers commercially-certified helicopters to corporate; offshore petroleum exploration; utility; charter; and police, fire, rescue and emergency medical helicopter operators. Textron Systems manufactures weapons systems and surveillance and intelligence products for the defense, aerospace, homeland security and general aviation markets. It sells most of its products to U.S. government customers, but also to customers outside the U.S. through foreign military sales sponsored by the U.S. government and directly through commercial sales channels. Textron Aviation is home to the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands, which account for more than half of all general aviation aircraft flying. Its product portfolio includes five business lines: business jets, general aviation and special mission turboprop aircraft, high performance piston aircraft, military trainer and defense aircraft and a customer service organization. The industrial segment includes the business of E-Z-GO, Jacobsen, Kautex and Greenlee. These companies design, manufacture and sell diverse products such as golf carts, off-road utility vehicles, turf maintenance equipment, blow-molded fuel systems, electrical test and measurement instruments and fiber optic connectors. The finance segment consists of Textron Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries, which primarily support the company's other segments. Textron offers its employees medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; life, AD&D, business travel and disability insurance; adoption assistance; discounts on products and auto and home insurance; and educational assis

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,788,000,000

2015 13,423,000,000

2014 13,878,000,000

2013 12,104,000,000

2012 12,237,000,000

2011 11,275,000,000

1,173,000,000 8.50% 1,304,000,000 962,000,000 1,012,000,000 446,000,000 1,499,000,000 6.39% 18.25% 0.59

1,140,000,000 8.49% 1,304,000,000 697,000,000 1,090,000,000 420,000,000 1,601,000,000 4.75% 15.09% 0.67

1,096,000,000 7.89% 1,361,000,000 600,000,000 1,208,000,000 429,000,000 1,503,000,000 4.35% 13.86% 0.90

847,000,000 6.99% 1,126,000,000 498,000,000 810,000,000 444,000,000 1,236,000,000 3.83% 13.50% 0.72

1,053,000,000 8.60% 1,168,000,000 589,000,000 927,000,000 480,000,000 1,436,000,000 4.42% 20.53% 1.15

337,000,000 2.98% 1,183,000,000 242,000,000 1,063,000,000 423,000,000 986,000,000 1.67% 8.46% 1.56

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 401 421-2800 Fax: 401 421-2878 Toll-Free: Address: 40 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 United States

Stock Ticker: TXT Employees: 36,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,146,500 Second Exec. Salary: $940,385

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 10 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Thales SA

www.thalesgroup.com

NAIC Code: 334511

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Instruments Manufacturing Avionics Radar Cabin Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PR4G MBITR SYNAPS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Patrice Caine, CEO Michel Mathieu, COO Pascal Bouchiat, CFO David Tournadre, Sr. Exec. VP-Human Resources Herve Multon, Exec. VP-Research Marc Darmon, Exec. VP-Info. Systems Herve Multon, Exec. VP-Tech. Philippe Logak, General Counsel Herve Multon, Exec. VP-Strategy Marc Darmon, Exec. VP-Secure Comm. Michel Mathieu, Exec. VP-Avionics Jean-Loic Galle, Exec. VP-Space Jean-Pierre Forestier, Exec. VP-Transportation Systems Pierre-Eric Pommellet, Exec. VP-Defense Mission Systems Patrice Caine, Chmn. Pascale Sourisse, Sr. Exec. VP-Intl Dev.

Thales SA is a France-based electronics company that delivers information systems and services to the aerospace, space, defense, security and ground transportation markets. The aerospace segment offers air traffic surveillance radar systems, training solutions, avionics systems for aircraft manufacturers, in-flight entertainment and cabin systems, as well as management for air traffic control centers. In the space segment, the firm designs, develops and executes orbital infrastructure, satellite systems, ground segments and support services for telecommunications, as well as earth observation, navigation and scientific mission applications. Defense services supports military operations for air, land, naval and integrated operations. This division's products include the PR4G and MBITR radios; SYNAPS broadband softwaredefined family of radios; infrastructure networks, satellite solutions, information systems security and services; mission critical/threat protection services and support; and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Security products focus on border control, critical infrastructure protection and critical information systems for the government, city, critical infrastructure and cyberspace markets. The firm's ground transportation products focus on infrastructure development of rail network signaling, communication and supervision and fare collection.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 16,683,260,000 825,039,200 1,229,993,000 7.37% 1,758,462,000 1,060,749,000 1,499,552,000 538,332,200 2,015,804,000 4.27% 20.38% 0.30

2015 15,762,390,000 775,610,900 1,081,036,000 6.85% 1,695,472,000 857,543,200 1,645,035,000 530,598,500 1,751,513,000 3.68% 18.17% 0.18

2014 14,541,130,000 718,897,100 1,236,830,000 8.50% 1,606,927,000 800,493,200 980,946,000 529,701,900 1,620,489,000 3.44% 18.59% 0.38

2013 15,909,100,000 754,427,300 1,023,089,000 6.43% 1,741,986,000 642,681,000 935,440,500 508,518,300 1,437,010,000 2.67% 13.51% 0.39

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 157778000 Fax: 33 157778300 Toll-Free: Address: 45 rue de Villiers, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92200 France

Stock Ticker: THLEF Employees: 1,009 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 15,868,750,000 770,455,000 1,025,667,000 6.46% 1,745,797,000 600,425,900 1,143,129,000 490,136,700 1,564,784,000 2.52% 12.31% 0.18

2011 14,602,560,000 694,014,800 813,718,900 5.57% 1,605,582,000 573,302,000 646,940,200 296,009,900 1,297,019,000 2.55% 13.13%

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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THK Co Ltd

www.thk.com

NAIC Code: 333242

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing

THK Co., Ltd. is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of components for industrial equipment and transportation vehicles. The firm's flagship product is its Linear Motion (LM) Guide, originally developed and commercialized by THK in 1972. The LM Guide is a linear slide component which uses ball bearings and rolling contact to minimize frictional resistance and greatly improve accuracy in mechatronic instruments. The LM Guide is often used in machine tools, industrial robots and semiconductor manufacturing devices. In recent years, the technology has been introduced in liquid crystal manufacturing lines, assistive vehicles, medical equipment, residences, skyscrapers and amusement devices. It is available in several models such as caged ball, caged roller and full-ball type. In addition to LM Guides, the firm also manufactures ball screws, XY tables, link balls and rod ends. The company sells its products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea. The firm operates 12 manufacturing facilities in Japan and 23 overseas, including three in the U.S; two in Canada; one each in Mexico, Germany, France, Ireland, Czech Republic, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam; six in China; and four in Korea.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Linear Motion Guide

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Akihiro Teramachi, Pres.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,167,367,000 41,476,640 208,816,300 9.63% 57,528,340 122,348,000 178,028,700

2015 1,961,876,000 40,539,320 255,853,800 13.04% 54,914,650 205,535,600 210,754,000

2014 1,671,558,000 39,448,780 156,551,400 9.36% 47,280,860 142,022,800 213,277,600

2013 1,517,440,000 35,438,110 105,377,000 6.94% 43,432,410 88,883,680 183,814,900

2012 1,774,303,000 35,140,690 177,956,600 10.02% 51,147,320 116,679,000 148,746,300

309,542,700 3.47% 5.48% 0.33

413,072,100 6.39% 9.71% 0.21

326,811,100 4.95% 7.65% 0.22

232,988,400 3.37% 5.43% 0.21

267,876,800 4.45% 7.42% 0.34

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 354340300 Fax: 81 354340305 Toll-Free: Address: 3-11-6 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8503 Japan

Stock Ticker: THKLY Employees: 7,266 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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thyssenKrupp AG

www.thyssenkrupp.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Manufacturing Plant Manufacturing Materials Services Business Services Elevators

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: thyssenKrupp CSA Siderurgica do Atlantico thyssenKrupp Business Services thyssenKrup IT Services

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Heinrich Heisinger, CEO Guido Kerkhoff, CFO Heinrich Hiesinger, Chmn.

ThyssenKrupp AG, based in Germany, is a materials and technology holding company operating in 80 countries worldwide. The firm manufactures industrial materials, constructs facilities and provides other services through six business segments: components technology, elevator technology, industrial solutions, materials services, steel Europe and steel Americas. Components technology manufactures components for the automotive, construction and engineering markets. The elevator technology segment develops and manufactures elevators, escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges and stair lifts. The industrial solutions segment engages in ship building; the design and construction of chemical plants; refineries and other industrial facilities; automation solutions for alternative battery and drive systems; lightweight design solutions; and aerospace equipment and test systems. The materials services division provides materials services, including supply chain management in 40 countries. The steel Europe division produces carbon steel flat products from materials to finished parts. The steel Americas division produces, processes and markets premium carbon steel products through the steel mill complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This division is operated through thyssenKrupp CSA Siderurgica do Atlantico. The company also offers business services through subsidiaries thyssenKrupp Business Services and thyssenKrupp IT Services. ThyssenKrupp has nearly 500 subsidiaries, and more than 70% of the firm's customers are outside Germany.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 44,006,950,000 418,067,700 1,349,473,000 3.06% 5,917,956,000 331,764,200 1,554,584,000 1,526,564,000 2,565,568,000 .83% 11.20% 2.92

2015 47,946,650,000 369,872,200 1,069,267,000 2.23% 5,917,956,000 346,334,900 1,457,072,000 1,432,414,000 2,628,334,000 .86% 10.02% 2.00

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 46,294,550,000 336,247,500 1,251,961,000 2.70% 5,632,145,000 235,373,200 994,171,700 1,306,882,000 2,537,548,000 .58% 8.04% 2.17

2013 43,217,890,000 295,897,800 -780,094,100 -1.80% 5,501,009,000 -1,564,672,000 880,968,400 1,387,581,000 1,534,409,000 -3.79% -48.12% 3.10

Stock Ticker: TYEKF Employees: 155,584 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 48,594,490,000 -318,314,300 - .65% 5,517,821,000 -1,998,431,000 972,876,000 3,435,328,000 1,585,967,000 -2.95% -14.74% 0.72

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 2118240 Fax: 49 21182436000 Toll-Free: Address: ThyssenKrupp Allee 1, Dusseldorf, 45143 Germany Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 44,971,980,000 248,823,100 1,050,213,000 2.33% 5,301,502,000 -5,232,011,000 -432,638,400 1,331,540,000 2,687,738,000 -11.40% -74.26% 1.47

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Timken Company (The)

www.timken.com

NAIC Code: 332991

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing

The Timken Company engineers, manufactures and markets bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, chain and related products and offers a spectrum of power system rebuild and repair services around the world. Brands featured in the firm's portfolio include Timken, Fafnir, Philadelphia Gear, Carlisle, Drives and Interlube. Timken operates in 28 countries with a global footprint of 73 manufacturing facilities/service centers, 15 technology and engineering centers, and 25 distribution centers and warehouses. Timken's products and services are divided into three categories: bearings, mechanical power transmissions (MPT) and services. The bearings product line features a broad range of anti-friction bearing products, including tapered, spherical and cylindrical roller bearings; thrust and ball bearings; and housed units. The MPT line of products includes precision roller, pintle, conveyor and engineering class chains; 27 formulations of grease; power transmissions and drive train components for the aerospace industry; low- and high-speed gear drives; and a full line of seals, couplings, augers and other mechanical power transmission components. The services segment services components in industrial customer's drive trains and returns worn bearings to like-new specifications, often in less time than required to manufacture new bearings. In May 2017, the firm acquired PT Tech, Inc., a manufacturer of engineered clutches, brakes, hydraulic power take-off units and other torque management devices used in mining, aggregate, wood recycling and metals industries.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Timken Fafnir Philadelphia Gear Carlisle Drives Interlube PT Tech Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Richard Kyle, CEO Philip Fracassa, CFO John Timken, Chairman of the Board William Burkhart, General Counsel Christopher Coughlin, President, Divisional Ronald Myers, Vice President, Divisional Shelly Chadwick, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,669,800,000

2015 2,872,300,000

2014 3,076,200,000

2013 4,341,200,000

2012 4,987,000,000

2011 5,170,200,000

195,000,000 7.30% 478,100,000 152,600,000 402,000,000 137,500,000 387,300,000 5.50% 11.74% 0.49

-151,400,000 -5.27% 959,300,000 -70,800,000 374,800,000 105,600,000 -25,400,000 -2.44% -4.88% 0.43

208,400,000 6.77% 576,200,000 170,800,000 307,000,000 126,800,000 369,700,000 4.56% 8.10% 0.33

436,000,000 10.04% 626,600,000 262,700,000 430,000,000 325,800,000 636,100,000 6.02% 10.79% 0.07

692,900,000 13.89% 643,900,000 495,500,000 625,900,000 297,200,000 995,100,000 11.52% 23.26% 0.20

729,100,000 14.10% 626,200,000 454,300,000 211,700,000 205,300,000 926,100,000 10.64% 22.98% 0.23

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 234-262-3000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 4500 Mount Pleasant N.W., North Canton, OH 44720 United States

Stock Ticker: TKR Employees: 14,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $900,000 Second Exec. Salary: $515,041

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation www.masterkong.com.cn NAIC Code: 311824

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Master Kong Instant Foods (BVI) Co Ltd Master Kong Bakery (BVI) Co Ltd Master Kong Beverages (BVI) Co Ltd Master Kong

Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation is primarily engaged in the production and sale of instant noodles, beverages and instant food products in China. The company is a market leader in instant noodles, ready-to-drink teas and egg rolls. Tingyi's sales network consists of more than 500 sales offices and 70 warehouses that serve 30,000 wholesalers and 115,000 direct retailers. The firm's products are marketed under the Master Kong brand, one of the best known in the People's Republic of China. Subsidiaries of the firm include Master Kong Instant Foods (BVI) Co. Ltd., Master Kong Bakery (BVI) Co. Ltd. and Master Kong Beverages (BVI) Co. Ltd.

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ryo Yoshizawa, Vice CEO Wei Ing-Chou, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 8,546,477,000

2015 8,685,922,000

2014 9,334,616,000

2013 9,745,872,000

2012 8,451,455,000

2011 7,267,169,000

443,834,000 5.19% 2,168,652,000 180,573,300 1,175,510,000 219,068,800 1,033,027,000 2.20% 6.62% 0.37

498,145,200 5.73% 2,126,123,000 244,600,200 739,867,500 461,661,200 1,019,248,000 2.96% 8.82% 0.45

668,733,700 7.16% 2,223,013,000 365,144,800 440,304,200 885,317,600 1,090,112,000 4.59% 13.69% 0.41

560,020,400 5.74% 2,372,530,000 440,315,600 1,081,780,000 758,969,500 1,075,682,000 5.06% 14.83% 0.22

785,890,700 9.29% 1,989,089,000 550,591,000 1,060,532,000 769,675,500 1,139,457,000 6.83% 19.51% 0.38

621,117,000 8.54% 1,396,965,000 461,628,000 545,620,200 1,226,274,000 917,880,300 7.64% 20.86% 0.26

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852 25111911 Fax: 852 25117911 Toll-Free: Address: No. 1688, Wuzhong Rd., Minhang District, Shanghai City, 201103 China

Stock Ticker: TCYMY Employees: 65,182 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

www.tonengeneral.co.jp

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refining & Production Petroleum Distribution & Marketing Lubricants & Chemicals Marine Transportation Research & Development Service Stations

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tonen Chemical Corporation

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jun Mutoh, Pres.

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK produces oil and chemical products, including gasoline, naphtha, liquid propane gas, kerosene, diesel fuel and other petroleum products. The firm divides its petroleum activities into importing, refining and production, distribution and marketing. It also has a lubricant and chemicals development business and a research and development arm. TonenGeneral imports crude oil to Japan for processing using its marine transportation units, which is then unloaded and refined at the company's four refineries (Kawasaki, Sakai, Chiba and Wakayama). Products include liquefied petroleum (LPG) gas, naphtha, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oils and lubricants. The petroleum and petrochemical products produced at the refineries are then transported to oil terminals by tankers and distributed to customers through service stations. TonenGeneral controls independently run service stations throughout Japan under the Esso, General and Mobil brands as well as Express self-service stations. The chemicals business, through subsidiary Tonen Chemical Corporation, manufactures petrochemical products, including ethylene and propylene, and sells them as the raw materials for polymers such as polyethylene. In early 2016, former parent Exxon Mobil Corporation sold its remaining stake in TonenGeneral to TonenGeneral, with TonenGeneral gradually purchasing itself since 2012. The firm will continue to use Exxon Mobil's brand usage, lubricant oil manufacturing and technical support in refining. TonenGeneral announced plans to set up as U.S. office in Houston, Texas, which will be its fifth overseas base. That August, TonenGeneral agreed to merge with JX Holdings, Inc., to form the country's largest oil refiner.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 23,068,108,800

2014 30,294,835,200

2013 28,451,854,336

2012 24,622,565,376

2011 23,500,572,672

447,694

-122,677,032

202,340,288

485,291,904

1,165,585,408

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 354956000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-8-15, Kohnan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8005 Japan

Stock Ticker: TGRLF Employees: 1,638 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends:

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Toppan Printing Co Ltd

www.toppan.co.jp

NAIC Code: 323111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Commercial Printing (Except Screen And Books)

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shingo Kaneko, Pres.

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., a printing company, has three broad areas of business: information and communication, living and industry and electronics. Information and communication provides solutions that both enhance the value of information and delivers information effectively to customers in need of smooth communication. This segment provides solutions in the areas of marketing, promotions, media, creative content, business efficiency, infrastructure, security and corporate communication. Living and industry provides products and services that enable comfortable living in the categories of packaging, interior decoration materials and functional/energyrelated products. Packaging includes packaging for medical care products, medicine, toiletries, foods, beverages, environmentally-friendly products, high barrier products, flexible packaging, cups, cartons, molded plastic products, composite liquid containers and corrugated fiberboard. Interior decorating materials include the manufacturing and selling of decorative surface materials; the importing and selling of furniture, building materials and equipment; the selling of materials for greening/planting, artificial soil; the planning, manufacturing and selling of brochures, general printing materials and character goods; and the procurement and selling of industrial materials. Functional/energy-related products include transparent barrier films, electronics packaging materials, recording material for transfer printers, Zeolite functional paper, tungsten functional paper and lithiumion battery packaging materials such as aluminum laminate film (soft packs), metal cans (hard packs) and metal protective cases for soft packs. The electronics business segment handles display- and semiconductor-products that are all based on printing technologies. These products include color filters for LCDs, copper touch panels, surface treatment films, antireflection films, photomasks, semiconductor package products etched products, large-scale integration design and services, color filter arrays and nano-imprint molds.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,290,930,000 124,781,400 437,406,500 3.29% 1,105,638,000 317,654,100 915,974,100 595,472,000 1,039,899,000 1.82% 3.77% 0.22

2015 13,761,680,000 128,566,800 368,404,900 2.67% 1,128,215,000 246,958,200 938,325,800 693,981,200 996,629,200 1.23% 2.66% 0.27

2014 13,807,900,000 134,037,500 321,944,200 2.33% 1,132,082,000 185,851,800 1,063,738,000 656,118,800 960,208,700 1.23% 2.68% 0.38

2013 13,539,910,000 144,654,500 289,237,000 2.13% 1,131,965,000 194,828,500 933,675,200 566,757,400 992,276,000 1.15% 2.49% 0.29

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 338355111 Fax: 81 338350674 Toll-Free: Address: 1-5-1, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8560 Japan

Stock Ticker: TONPF Employees: 47,522 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 13,612,970,000 146,078,600 284,397,100 2.08% 1,110,343,000 74,283,030 752,167,600 663,292,900 840,483,500 .18% .41% 0.31

2011 14,027,950,000 161,661,600 405,645,600 2.89% 1,116,354,000 146,826,600 873,271,800 505,678,000 1,064,711,000 .72% 1.64% 0.38

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Toray Industries Inc

www.toray.com

NAIC Code: 313110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Synthetic Fibers & Textiles Chemicals Films, Resins & Plastics IT & Telecommunications Products Construction Materials Carbon Fiber Composite Materials Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products Engineering Services

Toray Industries, Inc. produces synthetic fibers and textiles as well as films, resins, chemicals, composites and other products. The 90-year-old company operates in seven segments: fibers and textiles, plastics and chemicals, ITrelated products, carbon fiber composite materials, environment and engineering, life science and other businesses. Fibers and textiles manufactures nylon, acrylic and polyester knitted fabrics, staple fibers, filament yarns, manmade suede, cellulose fibers and apparel products. Besides apparel, its products are used for car airbags, seat belts and bag filters. Plastics and chemicals manufactures numerous resins, films and chemicals used in office automation equipment, automobile parts, prepaid cards, labels and food packaging materials. The IT-related products segment produces plastic products and films used in flat panel displays, plasma display panel (PDP) paste materials, small and medium-sized liquid crystal color filters, circuit materials, semiconductor materials, IT-related equipment and data storage materials such as video tapes. Carbon fiber composite materials produces carbon fibers, composites and molded products used in aircraft structures, automobiles, fishing rods, golf shafts, pressure vessels and windmills. Environment and engineering provides construction materials, water treatment membranes and related equipment and industrial machinery and equipment. Life science produces pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Last, the other businesses include analysis-, physical evaluation- and research-related services. Some of Toray's developments include an environmentally-friendly water repellent finish technology that does not require fluorinated compounds and enables high water repellent performance and durability; and a high-performance flameshielding paper, using polyphenylene sulfide fiber TORCON and Zoltek's flame resistance yarn within products that require fire resistance. In February 2017, the firm opened a new airbag fabric plant in Gujarat, India, operated by subsidiary Toray Kusumgar Advanced Textile Pvt. Limited; and began operations at a new carbon fiber prepreg-based slit tape production facility at the Ishikawa Plant in Japan.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toray Kusumgar Advanced Textile Pvt Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Akihiro Nikkaku, Pres. Eizo Tanaka, Exec. VP Junichi Fujikawa, Exec. VP Nobuo Suzui, Exec. VP Koichi Abe, Sr. VP Sadayuki Sakakibara, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 18,966,690,000

2015 18,122,230,000

2014 16,563,420,000

2013 14,350,800,000

2012 14,317,680,000

2011 13,876,860,000

1,392,289,000 7.34%

1,112,903,000 6.14%

948,618,400 5.72%

751,987,300 5.24%

970,861,800 6.78%

902,058,500 6.50%

812,336,600 1,767,778,000 1,163,671,000 2,193,368,000 3.88% 9.32% 0.53

673,540,400 1,273,338,000 1,143,618,000 1,891,613,000 3.17% 7.69% 0.49

590,884,500 1,455,153,000 1,017,584,000 1,666,754,000 3.09% 7.51% 0.49

460,389,000 908,619,800 947,176,300 1,387,954,000 2.92% 7.16% 0.41

610,730,600 941,020,500 813,706,600 1,570,209,000 4.07% 10.52% 0.47

562,070,800 1,164,573,000 485,994,200 1,439,317,000 3.70% 10.88% 0.55

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 332455111 Fax: 81 332455054 Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, Tokyo, 103-8666 Japan

Stock Ticker: TRYIF Employees: 7,220 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Toshiba Corporation

www.toshiba.co.jp

NAIC Code: 334413

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Memory Chip Manufacturing Industrial Equipment Telecommunications Equipment Semiconductors Nuclear Power Plant Technologies and Services Elevators Lighting Systems

Toshiba Corporation is a diversified technology firm. Business segments include energy & infrastructure, community solutions, electronic devices & components and lifestyle products & services. Energy & infrastructure consists of the Power Systems Company, which develops nuclear, hydroelectric, thermal and geothermal power plants and related equipment, and the Social Infrastructure Systems Company, which manufactures road traffic control systems, broadcasting systems and air-traffic control systems. Toshiba owns Westinghouse, provider of nuclear power reactor systems and services. Community solutions consists of the Toshiba TEC Corporation, which offers point-of-sale (POS) systems, multi-function peripherals, radio-frequency ID systems and barcode systems; Toshiba Elevator & Building Systems Corporation, which manufactures elevators and escalators; Toshiba Solutions Corporation, which offers IT consultation, design and development services; Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, a producer of various lighting technologies; and Toshiba Carrier Corporation, a manufacturer of HVAC units for commercial and residential use. Electronic devices & components operates through the Semiconductor & Storage Company, which manufactures circuits such as NAND flash memory, small signal devices and power devices. In March 2016, the firm agreed to sell its medical device unit to Canon Inc. for $6.11 billion. In 2017, the firm announced a $6.3 billion write down on the value of its nuclear reactor unit, which was encountering significant problems with new power plant installations.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toshiba TEC Corporation Semiconductor & Storage Company Power Systems Company Social Infrastructure Systems Company Toshiba Solutions Corporation Toshiba Carrier Corporation Toshiba Lifestyle & Services Corp Westinghouse

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hisao Tanaka, CEO Hisao Tanaka, Pres. Norio Sasaki, Vice Chmn. Hidejiro Shimomitsu, Sr. Exec. VP Hideo Kitamura, Sr. Exec. VP Makoto Kubo, Sr. Exec. VP Masashi Muromachi, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 51,090,430,000

2015 59,987,870,000

2014 58,490,020,000

2013 53,492,970,000

2012 55,921,600,000

2011 58,524,240,000

-3,729,167,000 -7.29% 11,434,940,000 -4,145,979,000 -11,085,680 2,626,899,000 -3,591,786,000 -7.81% -65.11% 2.52

1,536,123,000 2.56% 12,675,770,000 -340,907,000 2,978,189,000 2,594,625,000 3,168,574,000 - .60% -3.58% 0.96

2,317,411,000 3.96% 12,318,520,000 542,927,700 2,560,809,000 2,270,301,000 3,495,394,000 .98% 5.84% 1.15

2,967,842,000 5.54% 11,009,530,000 698,785,100 1,192,530,000 2,669,674,000 3,659,147,000 1.30% 8.15% 1.00

1,373,587,000 2.45% 11,356,550,000 664,284,200 3,019,242,000 2,629,315,000 3,886,205,000 1.32% 8.49% 1.04

1,762,433,000 3.01% 11,362,230,000 1,242,362,000 3,371,523,000 2,065,982,000 4,393,568,000 2.54% 16.55% 0.88

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 334572096 Fax: 81 354449202 Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8001 Japan

Stock Ticker: TOSBF Employees: 210,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Toyota Boshoku Corporation

www.toyota-boshoku.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336360

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Boshoku Atuomotive (Thailand) Co Ltd Toyota Boshoku Asia Co Ltd Toyota Boshoku Europe NV Toyota Boshoku America Inc Toyota Boshoku (China) Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yoshimasa Ishii, Pres. Shuichi Koyama, Exec. VP Kazuhiko Miyadera, Exec. VP Takamichi Taki, Exec. VP Shuhei Toyoda, Chmn.

Toyota Boshoku Corporation is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of automotive interior products, filters, powertrain components, other components and fabric goods. The firm was established in 1950 and completes its activities through a network of subsidiaries around the world. A majority of the company's products are sold domestically. Exterior components produced include bumpers, fender liners and engine covers. Interior components include door trims, seats, instrument panels, headliners, illuminations, floor carpets and silencers. The company develops textiles for usage in seating, airbags, seatbelts and partition nets. Toyota Boshoku aims to eventually create interior components completely from plantderived and bioplastic materials. The company is researching the feasibility of kenaf, a fast-growing grass with high CO2 absorption capabilities, for the usage in automotive interiors. The substance is currently being used in the manufacturing of door trims and deck boards. The firm also manufactures filtration systems for interior AC systems or oil filters and lubrication systems for engines. Subsidiary Boshoku Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is a supplier of interior, filter and powertrain components. Toyota Boshoku Asia Co. Ltd. oversees the operations of the Asia and Oceania regions, Toyota Boshoku Europe N.V. oversees the European and African operations, Toyota Boshoku America, Inc. oversees the North and South American operations and Toyota Boshoku (China) Co. Ltd. oversees the operations in China.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,759,990,000 10,445,770 536,186,100 4.20% 69,172,810 35,149,700 711,213,600 327,991,800 614,263,600 .53% 1.88% 0.36

2015 11,766,160,000 14,672,750 291,949,800 2.48% 76,130,650 94,156,130 590,659,200 495,358,400 608,423,300 .75% 2.45% 0.31

2014 10,981,120,000 17,502,750 259,774,300 2.36% 72,868,030 187,104,600 446,942,000 460,659,400 672,089,300 2.02% 6.37% 0.48

2013 9,729,230,000 28,218,900 228,040,400 2.34% 70,200,260 194,882,500 400,832,800 317,275,600 619,941,600 2.67% 9.02% 0.44

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 566236611 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1-1, Toyodacho, Kariya-shi, Kariya Aichi, 448-8651 Japan

Stock Ticker: TDBOY Employees: 27,078 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 8,690,944,000 16,574,440 188,456,500 2.16% 65,558,700 76,824,630 422,877,900 321,529,600 492,501,400 .58% 1.97% 0.64

2011

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Toyota Industries Corporation

www.toyota-industries.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing

Toyota Industries Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer and marketer of automobiles, materials handling equipment and textile machinery. The automobile division develops and manufactures automobiles and related products, including vehicles, engines, air conditioning compressors, electronic components/devices and stamping dies. The materials handling equipment division develops, manufactures and markets industrial vehicles such as lift trucks and other materials handling equipment and systems related to transportation, storage and the sorting of goods. Brands within this segment include Toyota BT Cesab (Europe), Toyota (Japan), Toyota Raymond (North America) and Toyota BT Raymond (Asia, Latin America, Oceania, Middle East and Africa). The textile machinery division develops, manufactures and markets textile machinery, the majority of which is suppled to customers outside Japan. This segment manufactures two main categories of textile machinery: spinning and weaving.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toyota BT Cesab Toyota Toyota Raymond Toyota BT Raymond

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Akira Onishi, Pres. Chiaki Yamaguchi, Exec. VP Kazue Sasaki, Exec. VP Hirotaka Morishita, Exec. VP Shinya Furukawa, Sr. Managing Officer Tetsuro Toyoda, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,088,900,000 388,034,700 1,153,361,000 5.74% 152,711,900 1,649,657,000 2,117,607,000 1,378,436,000 3,988,770,000 4.13% 8.33% 0.39

2015 19,527,560,000 377,904,300 1,059,664,000 5.42% 146,826,600 1,096,617,000 1,642,041,000 1,530,742,000 2,831,497,000 2.72% 5.58% 0.30

2014 18,096,290,000 354,768,600 970,591,400 5.36% 124,664,300 848,982,400 1,397,507,000 1,186,726,000 2,397,228,000 2.60% 5.65% 0.37

2013 14,557,780,000 290,237,400 694,864,500 4.77% 110,316,000 480,153,900 1,363,619,000 1,013,303,000 1,670,873,000 1.80% 4.05% 0.37

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 566222511 Fax: 81 566275650 Toll-Free: Address: 2-1, Toyoda-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi, 448-8671 Japan

Stock Ticker: TYIDF Employees: 51,458 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 13,909,840,000 228,455,000 631,721,200 4.54% 90,154,480 547,713,500 916,758,300 690,718,700 1,702,318,000 2.28% 5.39% 0.45

2011 13,337,410,000 195,819,900 620,058,800 4.64% 80,330,590 442,147,200 1,384,907,000 433,377,800 1,573,877,000 1.86% 4.52% 0.50

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Toyota Motor Corporation

www.toyota.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Manufactured Housing Advertising & e-Commerce Services Financial Services Telecommunications Services Information Technology Nanotechnology Research

Toyota Motor Corporation designs, manufactures, assembles and sells passenger cars, minivans, commercial vehicles and related parts and accessories in 190 countries under the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino brands. The firm operates in three segments: automotive, financial and other. Its primary automotive markets are Japan, which generates approximately 24% of its sales; North America, 33%; Asia, 15%; Europe, 10%; and other countries generate the remainder. Toyota produces both conventional engine vehicles and hybrid vehicles, with automobile types including subcompact and compact cars; mini-vehicles; mid-size, luxury, sports and specialty cars; recreational and sport-utility vehicles; pickup trucks; minivans; and buses. Wholly-owned subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. produces and sells mini-vehicles and compact cars. Hino Motors Ltd. produces and sells commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses. Toyota produces automobiles and related components through over 50 manufacturing companies in 28 countries. Over 72% of the firm's vehicles sold in North America are produced in North America, and 76% of its vehicles sold in Europe are produced in Europe. The company offers financial services in 35 countries through subsidiary Toyota Financial Services Corporation, and in the U.S. through subsidiary Toyota Motor Credit Corporation. The company's Toyota Research Institute, Inc. is research and development enterprise with a focus on artificial intelligence technology and robotics.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Hino Motors Ltd Toyota Financial Services Corporation Toyota Motor Credit Corporation Toyota Research Institute Inc Toyota Lexus Hino

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Akio Toyoda, Pres. Satoshi Ozawa, Exec. VP-Gen. Admin. Mitsuhisa Kato, Exec. VP-Customer Service Oper. Mamoru Furuhashi, CEO-Govt & Public Affairs Satoshi Ozawa, Exec. VP-Acct. Satoshi Ozawa, Exec VP-European Oper.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 255,990,000,000

2015 245,457,800,000

2014 231,554,600,000

2013 198,858,900,000

2012 167,489,700,000

2011 171,185,200,000

25,722,110,000 10.04% 26,530,650,000 20,843,720,000 40,204,560,000 36,584,670,000 41,860,780,000 4.84% 13.75% 0.58

24,790,130,000 10.09% 23,814,200,000 19,587,740,000 33,218,750,000 30,260,900,000 38,978,080,000 4.87% 13.90% 0.59

20,658,220,000 8.92% 23,421,060,000 16,431,300,000 32,860,780,000 24,142,350,000 33,451,370,000 4.74% 13.69% 0.59

11,904,830,000 5.98% 18,947,570,000 8,671,729,000 22,093,080,000 17,792,530,000 22,817,790,000 2.90% 8.47% 0.60

3,205,175,000 1.91% 16,578,600,000 2,555,645,000 13,090,420,000 13,808,260,000 13,732,040,000 .93% 2.71% 0.57

4,220,479,000 2.46% 17,215,090,000 3,678,849,000 18,241,870,000 15,242,270,000 15,936,160,000 1.35% 3.94% 0.62

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 565282121 Fax: 81 565235800 Toll-Free: Address: 1 Toyota-Cho, Toyota City, Toyota, Aichi Prefecture 471-8571 Japan

Stock Ticker: TM Employees: 344,109 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $163,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $83,000,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Bonus: $533,000,000

Estimated Female Officers or Directors:

Bonus: $61,000,000

Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS)

www.toyota.com/usa/operations

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama Inc Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Inc Toyota Auto Body California Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James Lentz, CEO Michael Groff, Pres.

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.'s operations include Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), which is responsible for the engineering design and development, R&D and manufacturing activities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada for Toyota. The firm operates through various subsidiaries that together operate 10 factories/plants in the U.S. and manufactures 13 different models. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. is an engine plant that produces engines for the Tacoma, Tundra, Sequoia, Camry, RAV4, Venza and Highlander. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. manufactures approximately 350,000 of the Sequoia, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid and Sienna each year. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. is the largest North American manufacturing facility and produces over 550,000 vehicles each year, including the Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Venza and Lexus ES. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc. is TEMA's newest plant and assembles the Corolla model. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. manufactures the Tundra and Tacoma Pickups and is the first plant to integrate production facilities for many of its suppliers on the same grounds. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. produces engines and transmissions for vehicles such as the Camry, Lexus RX350, Matrix, Corolla and Highlander. Toyota Auto Body California, Inc., acting primarily as a supplier of parts for Tacoma trucks, was TEMA's first manufacturing facility in the U.S. Bodine Aluminum, Inc., with plants in St. Louis and Troy, Missouri and Jackson, Tennessee, produces engine and transmission components for use in all U.S. manufacturing facilities. Finally, in collaboration with Subaru's parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. assembles the Camry model. In total, Toyota produced about 1.38 million vehicles in the U.S. in 2016. In 2017, the firm moved its headquarters to Plano, Texas.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 98,245,124,503

2015 93,053,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 78,110,000,000

2013 61,283,000,000

2012 46,338,000,000

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 888-255-3154 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1001 Preston Rd., Plano, TX 75093 United States

Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 44,256 Parent Company: Toyota Motor Corporation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 52,941,000,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Toyota Tsusho Corporation

www.toyota-tsusho.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

Toyota Tsusho Corporation is a general trading firm comprised of more than 500 international subsidiaries. The company is engaged in seven business segments: metals; global parts and logistics; automotive; machinery, energy and project; chemicals and electronics; food and consumer services; and Africa. The metals division manufacturers steel and specialty products though metal processing and molten aluminum production. The global parts and logistics segment produces component parts for automotive production, including tire and wheel assembly in addition to its industrial park management business. The automotive segment exports passenger cars, trucks and automotive components to 175 nations and regions (85 of those nations comprise company business operations). The machinery, energy and project division focuses on creating solutions for energy procurement, renewable energy, independent power production and solar power generation targeted towards the automotive and machinery markets. The chemicals and electronics division serves as an amalgam of the firm's former chemicals and plastics unit, the electronics unit and Green Mobility Solution Group. As a result, this segment produces a large range of products including pharmaceuticals, fertilizer, plastics, semiconductors, software, organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals and PC peripherals. The food and consumer services division manages grain, food, insurance, lifestyle, and living and healthcare businesses around the world as its five main domains. Last, the Africa segment works with African communities and people for mutual growth through trading and business investment. It pursues business in a diverse range of industries, including automotive, healthcare, chemicals, consumer goods and technology.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Green Mobility Solution Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jun Karube, CEO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 73,636,250,000

2015 78,081,550,000

2014 69,787,810,000

2013 56,819,530,000

2012 53,326,230,000

2011 51,766,040,000

1,264,479,000 1.71% 589,884,100 -393,983,100 2,778,971,000 1,120,482,000 1,732,736,000 -1.03% -4.34% 1.09

1,527,263,000 1.95% 566,054,400 860,158,200 1,524,055,000 1,245,102,000 2,629,423,000 1.57% 6.43% 0.86

1,453,945,000 2.08% 497,710,800 889,900,400 1,207,140,000 886,872,000 2,536,213,000 1.90% 8.42% 0.84

1,044,352,000 1.83% 326,874,200 765,254,000 1,118,986,000 812,588,900 1,859,825,000 2.09% 9.61% 1.05

832,804,500 1.56% 288,119,400 596,688,700 574,850,800 360,419,600 1,649,711,000 2.51% 10.68% 0.84

768,760,000 1.48% 264,650,200 531,995,200 719,974,000 283,225,500 1,435,054,000 2.00% 7.97% 0.76

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 525845000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 9-8, Meieki 4-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Nagoya, 4508575 Japan

Stock Ticker: TYHOF Employees: 58,086 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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TPV Technology Ltd

www.tpvholdings.com

NAIC Code: 334118

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Monitors, Computer Peripheral Equipment, Manufacturing LCD Television Manufacturing

TPV Technology, Ltd. is a leading contract manufacturer of television and computer display monitors. The firm targets both the PC and TV markets on an original design manufacturer (ODM) basis. Products include CRT (cathode ray tube) PC monitors and TFT (thin-film transistor)-LCD monitors, which generate the vast majority of the firm's revenue. The company also sells its own CRT monitors in over 30 countries worldwide under the Envision brand name as well as both CRT and LCD monitors under the AOC (Admiral Overseas Corporation) brand name. It is incorporated in Bermuda, but conducts its manufacturing operations primarily in China and sells to Europe, the Americas, China and other Asian countries. Major subsidiaries include Top Victory Investments, Ltd.; Envision Peripherals, Inc.; P-Harmony Monitors Hong Kong Holding, Ltd.; and MMD-Monitors & Displays Holding, Ltd. During 2015, about 22.1% of the company's sales were in Europe, 39.2% in China, 22.9% in North America, 6.7% in South America and 9.1% in the rest of the world. TPV maintains several joint ventures, including two with LG Display Co.: L&T Display Technology (Xiamen), Ltd. and L&T Display Technology (Fujian), Ltd., both of which manufacture and sell LCD products.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Envision AOC (Admiral Overseas Corporation) Top Victory Investments Ltd Envision Peripherals Inc P-Harmony Monitors Hong Kong Holding Ltd MMD-Monitors & Displays Holding Ltd L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jason Hsuan, CEO Shane Tyau, CFO Lu Being-Chang, Sr. VP-R&D Chen Nai-Yung, CIO Lee Neng-Sung, CTO Houng Yu-Te, Sr. VP-Admin. Houng Yu-Te, Sr. VP-Finance Jason Hsuan, Chmn. Hsieh Chi Tsung, Sr. VP-Procurement

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 9,808,337,000 200,727,000 124,704,000 1.27% 560,045,000 38,523,000 315,275,000 114,540,000 281,232,000 .65% 2.33% 0.22

2015 11,061,530,000 214,674,000 58,980,000 .53% 623,845,000 -31,337,000 151,050,000 163,047,000 238,027,000 - .51% -1.89% 0.27

2014 11,681,430,000 268,022,000 89,709,000 .76% 705,908,000 41,808,000 95,764,000 203,344,000 299,106,000 .66% 2.42% 0.11

2013 11,972,700,000 262,785,000 1,520,000 .01% 805,371,000 -140,589,000 44,848,000 188,129,000 225,257,000 - .74% -2.59% 0.11

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 852-2858-5736 Fax: 852-2546-8884 Toll-Free: Address: 108 Wai Yip St., Kwun Tong, C-Bons Int'l Ctr., Units 1208-16, Fl. 12, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Stock Ticker: TPVTF Employees: 30,129 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 11,974,840,000 283,550,000 167,535,000 1.39% 702,939,000 83,384,000 584,280,000 195,734,000 365,980,000 1.91% 6.03% 0.14

2011 11,040,120,000 124,492,000 148,752,000 1.34% 523,423,000 110,663,000 77,635,000 197,075,000 272,448,000 2.31% 6.64% 0.04

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

www.tupras.com.tr

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Production & Marketing

Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (TUPRAS) is an integrated company involved in the production and marketing of petrochemical products and petroleum. TUPRAS operates four oil refineries with a combined annual crude oil processing capacity of approximately 28.1 million tons. In addition, the company operates a 50,000-ton capacity petrochemical production facility; owns a majority stake in shipping company DiTAS; and shares ownership of Opet, a petrol retailer that creates synergies. The firm's petroleum products include liquefied propane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), unleaded motor gasoline 95 premium, kerosene, white spirit 140-210, asphalt, high sulfur fuel oil, spindle extract and slack wax, diesel fuel and automotive fuels-LPG. TUPRAS also produces seven types of carbon black, which is a black colloidal substance made of amorphous carbon that is used in the production of pigments and ink. The company has four refineries: the izmit Refinery, which has a processing capacity of 11 million tons per year; the izmir Refinery, with a processing capacity of 11 tons per year; the Kirikkale Refinery, with a processing capacity of 5 million tons per year; and the Batman Refinery, with a processing capacity of 1.1 million tons per year. TUPRAS is majority-owned by KOC Holding AS.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DiTAS Opet izmit Refinery izmir Refinery Kirikkale Refinery Batman Refinery KOC Holding AS

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Ibrahim Yelmenoglu, General Manager Ibrahim Yelmenoglu, Assistant Gen. Mgr.-Finance Hasan Tan, Assistant Gen. Mgr. Yilmaz Bayraktar, Assistant Gen. Mgr. Mesut Ilter, izmit Reginery Mgr. M. Bekir Yumuk, Kirikkale Refinery Mgr.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 10,488,210,432

2014 11,292,561,408

2013 11,677,970,432

2012 13,389,552,640

2011 11,781,852,160

724,973,888

414,760,896

340,352,256

415,281,440

353,007,296

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 90 2623163000 Fax: 90 2623163010 Toll-Free: Address: Guney mah, Petrol cad No. 25, Kortez-Kocaeli, 41790 Turkey

Stock Ticker: TUPRF Employees: 4,780 Parent Company: KOC Holding AS

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Tyson Foods Inc

www.tyson.com

NAIC Code: 311615

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Poultry Processing Beef & Pork Products Ethnic Foods Soups & Sauces Frozen & Refrigerated Food

Tyson Foods, Inc. is a producer, distributor and marketer of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related products. The company operates in five segments: chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and international. The chicken operations include breeding and raising chickens as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products. Through subsidiary Cobb-Vantress, Inc., Tyson is one of the world's top poultry breed stock suppliers. The beef operations include processing live cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. This segment also includes sales from allied products, such as hides and variety meats. The pork operations include processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. This segment also includes the live swine group and related allied product processing activities. Prepared food operations include the manufacture and marketing of frozen and refrigerated food products. Products include pepperoni, bacon, beef and pork pizza toppings, pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, health care facilities, the military and other food processors as well as to international markets. The company's international operations include Cobb-Vantress, Tyson Rizhao, Tyson Dalong, Tyson Nantong, Godrej Tyson Foods and Tyson Mexico Trading Company. In 2015, the firm sold Tyson de Mexico; and announced plans to eliminate human antibiotics used in its broiler chicken flocks by September 2017. In October 2016, it purchased a 5% stake in plant-based protein producer, Beyond Meat.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cobb-Vantress Inc Tyson Rizhao Tyson Dalong Tyson Nantong Godrej Tyson Foods Tyson Mexico Trading Company Beyond Meat

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dennis Leatherby, CFO John Tyson, Chairman of the Board Thomas Hayes, Director Howell Carper, Executive VP, Divisional Monica McGurk, Executive VP, Divisional David Van Bebber, Executive VP Mary Oleksiuk, Executive VP Sally Grimes, Other Executive Officer Stephen Stouffer, President, Divisional Andrew Callahan, President, Divisional Donnie King, President, Divisional Noel White, President, Divisional Curt Calaway, Senior VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 36,881,000,000

2015 41,373,000,000

2014 37,580,000,000

2013 34,374,000,000

2012 33,278,000,000

2011 32,266,000,000

2,833,000,000 7.68% 1,864,000,000 1,768,000,000 2,716,000,000 695,000,000 3,552,000,000 7.79% 18.32% 0.64

2,169,000,000 5.24% 1,748,000,000 1,220,000,000 2,570,000,000 854,000,000 2,925,000,000 5.19% 13.13% 0.62

1,430,000,000 3.80% 1,255,000,000 864,000,000 1,178,000,000 632,000,000 1,914,000,000 4.78% 11.45% 0.84

1,375,000,000 4.00% 983,000,000 778,000,000 1,314,000,000 558,000,000 1,921,000,000 6.46% 12.74% 0.30

1,248,000,000 3.75% 912,000,000 583,000,000 1,187,000,000 690,000,000 1,782,000,000 5.07% 9.99% 0.31

1,285,000,000 3.98% 914,000,000 750,000,000 1,046,000,000 643,000,000 1,822,000,000 6.87% 13.85% 0.37

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 479 290-4000 Fax: 479 290-7984 Toll-Free: 800-643-3410 Address: 2200 Don Tyson Pkwy., Springdale, AR 72762 United States

Stock Ticker: TSN Employees: 114,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $712,954 Second Exec. Salary: $1,170,961

Bonus: $591,568 Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 09/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Unilever NV

www.unilever.com

NAIC Code: 325600

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Products Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dove Hellman's Sun T2 Noxzema Lipton Tea Seventh Generation Inc Unilever Myanmar

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Paul Polman, CEO Graeme Pitkethly, CFO David Blanchard, Chief Category R&D Officer Ritva Sotamaa, Chief Legal Officer Keith Weed, Chief Comm. Officer Genevieve Berger, Chief Science Officer Kevin Havelock, Pres., Refreshment Kees Kruythoff, Pres., North America Dave Lewis, Pres., Personal Care Marijn Dekkers, Chmn. Alan Jope, Pres., North Asia Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain Officer

Unilever NV is a supplier of over 400 brands of fast moving consumer goods. The firm operates in four categories: personal care, foods, refreshment and home care. The firm's personal care products include bath, hygiene and beauty products, with brands such as Dove, Regenerate, Suave, Lifebuoy, Noxzema, AXE, Rexona, Q-tips, VO5, Caress and Brut. Food and refreshment products include Heartbrand, Lipton Tea, Becel, Flora, Hellman's, Rama, Blue Band, Knorr, Ben & Jerry's and the Unilever Food Solutions for the restaurant and catering industry. Its home care products segment includes laundry and dish detergents, home cleaners and fabric softeners under the brands OMO, Domestos, Cif, Comfort, Sun, Xtra, Puro and T2. Unilever's products are sold in more than 190 countries and are used by 2.5 billion consumers every day. In September 2016, the firm acquired Seventh Generation, Inc., which sells cleaning, paper and personal care products designed with human health and the environment in mind. In April 2017, Unilever formed a joint venture with Europe & Asia Commercial Company, called Unilever Myanmar, to build on its current operations in Myanmar. That May, it agreed to acquire Quala's personal care and home care brands. Quala is a Latin American consumer goods company.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 59,082,050,000

2015 59,708,580,000

2014 54,288,270,000

2013 55,813,720,000

2012 57,525,220,000

2011 52,081,370,000

8,743,555,000 14.79% 16,457,070,000 5,810,356,000 7,898,454,000 2,282,000,000 10,648,960,000 9.53% 32.61% 0.67

8,422,999,000 14.10%

8,944,183,000 16.47%

8,425,241,000 15.09%

7,833,446,000 13.61%

7,210,267,000 13.84%

5,502,130,000 8,215,647,000

5,795,786,000 6,212,733,000

8,422,999,000 9.78% 33.75%

8,944,183,000 11.05% 36.94%

5,427,034,000 7,054,472,000 2,271,912,000 8,533,961,000 10.56% 32.82% 0.52

5,021,296,000 7,661,959,000 2,401,928,000 8,080,027,000 9.56% 30.42%

4,765,748,000 6,110,738,000 2,212,508,000 7,604,797,000 9.58% 29.55%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 31 102174000 Fax: 31 102174798 Toll-Free: Address: Weena 455, Rotterdam, 3000 DK Netherlands

Stock Ticker: UN Employees: 169 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $280,206 Second Exec. Salary: $149,443

Bonus: $32,941 Bonus: $15,789

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Unilever PLC

www.unilever.com

NAIC Code: 325611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Home & Personal Care Products & Soaps Manufacturing Beverages Soups & Sauces Manufacturing Margarine & Spreads Manufacturing Tea Cultivation Tea Production Tea Processing Olive Oil Manufacturing

Unilever PLC is one of the world's largest manufacturers of packaged consumer goods, with over 400 brands across several product categories. The company is divided into three segments: foods (representing more than half of annual sales), including ice cream, frozen foods, teas, margarine, oils and dressings, with a focus on health and nutrition; home care, including detergents and cleaning products; and personal care, including deodorants, hair care products, oral care products, skin care products and fragrances. Within the foods division, leading brands include Knorr, Rama, Hellmann's, Ben & Jerry's and Lipton, among others. Unilever Food Solutions, a subsidiary, is a leading global foodservice business, supplying restaurants, caterers, hotels and fast food chains in 70 countries with food products. Unilever's home care brands include Cif, Domestos, Persil, Omo and Comfort. Personal care brands include Axe, Dove, Lux, Pond's, Rexona, Lux and Sunsilk. In 2016, Unilever acquired Blueair, a supplier of mobile indoor air purification technologies and solutions; Seventh Generation, Inc., the company behind many eco-friendly, nontoxic household products; and Dollar Shave Club, a male grooming business. That same year, it sold its AdeS soy beverage business in Latin America to Coca Cola FEMSA and The Coca Cola Company, for $575 million. In February 2017, the firm acquired Living Proof, Inc., the innovative premium hair care business known for solving hair problems through the use of breakthrough science.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Unilever Food Solutions Knorr Hellman's Dove Blueair Seventh Generation Inc Dollar Shave Club Living Proof Inc

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Paul Polman, CEO Graeme Pitkethly, CFO David Blanchard, Chief Category R&D Officer Genevieve Berger, Chief Science Officer Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Pres., Foods Ritva Sotamaa, Chief Legal Officer Keith Weed, Chief Comm. Officer Kevin Havelock, Pres., Refreshment Dave Lewis, Pres., Personal Care Alan Jope, Pres., North Asia Kees Kruythoff, Pres., North America Marijn Dekkers, Chmn. Alan Jope, Pres., Russia, Africa & Middle East Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain Officer

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 59,082,050,000

2015 59,708,580,000

2014 54,288,270,000

2013 55,813,720,000

2012 57,525,220,000

2011 52,081,370,000

8,743,555,000 14.79%

8,422,999,000 14.10%

8,944,183,000 16.47%

8,425,241,000 15.09%

7,833,446,000 13.61%

7,210,267,000 13.84%

5,810,356,000 7,898,454,000 2,282,000,000 10,648,960,000 9.53% 32.61% 0.67

5,502,130,000 8,215,647,000

5,795,786,000 6,212,733,000

9,958,530,000 9.78% 33.75% 0.63

10,604,130,000 11.05% 36.94% 0.52

5,427,034,000 7,054,472,000 2,271,912,000 9,824,030,000 10.56% 32.82% 0.52

5,021,296,000 7,661,959,000 2,401,928,000 9,423,896,000 9.56% 30.42% 0.49

4,765,748,000 6,110,738,000 2,352,612,000 8,758,127,000 9.58% 29.55% 0.54

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 2078225252 Fax: 44 2078225464 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Victoria Embankment, Unilever House, London, EC4Y 0DY United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: UL Employees: 169,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,388,702 Second Exec. Salary: $572,742

Bonus: $2,565,568 Bonus: $1,040,126

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 9 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Union Carbide Corporation

www.unioncarbide.com

NAIC Code: 325211

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Basic Chemicals, Manufacturing Polymers

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dow Chemical Company (The) Univation Technologies LLC South Charleston Technology Park

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard A. Wells, CEO James A. Varilek, Pres. Ignacio Molina, CFO Bruce D. Fitzgerald, VP

Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (DOW), manufactures basic chemicals and polymers primarily for commercial manufacturers. UCC produces ethylene from crude oil and natural gas and converts it to polyethylene or ethylene oxide, a precursor to many company products. The firm operates seven manufacturing and production sites throughout the southern U.S., where it produces a broad range of chemicals, including ethylene glycol, solvents, alcohols, surfactants, amines, specialty products, polypropylene, polyethylene, biocides, antiicing fluids and solution vinyl resins for industrial coatings. These chemicals provide vital functions for various businesses, such as deicing airplanes, soil removal, inhibiting bacterial growth in cosmetics and coating pills to make them easier to swallow. In Virginia, the company also manages the South Charleston Technology Park, a center for engineering, research and development and integrated data processing. Customers for UCC's chemicals include companies in the paints and coatings, packaging, wire and cable, household products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, textiles, agriculture and oil and gas industries. UCC primarily sells its products to its parent company, then markets its products to customers who make everyday items such as food containers, toys, automotive antifreeze, rubbing alcohol, paper towels, cosmetics and cleaning products. Wholly-owned by DOW, Univation Technologies, LLC is a Texas, U.S. firm that develops, markets and licenses polyethylene process technology and related catalysts. UCC offers its employees a comprehensive medical plan, life insurance, long-term care insurance, personal lines insurance, a pension plan and a 401(k) plan.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 4,919,000,000

2015 5,842,000,000

2014 6,835,000,000

2013 6,948,000,000

2012 6,247,000,000

2011 6,880,000,000

89,000,000

808,000,000

587,000,000

748,000,000

-114,000,000

215,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 281-966-2016 Fax: 281-966-2394 Toll-Free: Address: 1254 Enclave Pkwy., Houston, TX 77077 United States

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 2,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Dow Chemical Company (The)

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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United States Steel Corporation

www.ussteel.com

NAIC Code: 331110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Steel Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: U.S. Steel Kosice

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David Burritt, CEO Geoff Turk, Vice President, Divisional David Sutherland, Chairman of the Board Colleen Darragh, Controller Suzanne Folsom, General Counsel Christine Breves, Other Executive Officer Barry Melnkovic, Other Executive Officer Douglas Matthews, Senior VP, Divisional David Rintoul, Senior VP, Divisional Sara Greenstein, Senior VP, Divisional James Bruno, Senior VP, Divisional Scott Buckiso, Senior VP, Divisional Mark Tabler, Vice President, Divisional Pipasu Soni, Vice President, Divisional

United States Steel Corporation is an integrated steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products with major production operations in North America and Europe. The firm has an annual raw steel production capability of 22 million net tons (17 million tons in the U.S. and 5 million tons in Europe). United States Steel has three reportable operating segments: flatrolled products (flat-rolled), United States Steel Europe (USSE) and tubular products (tubular). The flat-rolled segment includes the operating results of United States Steel's North American integrated steel mills and equity investees involved in the production of slabs, rounds, strip mill plates, sheets and tin mill products, as well as all iron ore and coke production facilities in the U.S. Flat-rolled has annual raw steel production capability of 17 million tons. The USSE segment, consisting solely of U.S. Steel Kosice in Slovakia, produced 5 million ton of raw steel while operating at 99% capacity in 2016. The tubular segment includes the operating results of United States Steel's tubular production facilities, primarily in the U.S., and equity investees in the U.S. and Brazil. These operations produce and sell seamless and electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing, standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing and primarily serve customers in the oil, gas and petrochemical markets. Tubular's annual production capability is 2.5 million tons. United States Steel offers its employees health coverage, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, a pension and short- & long-term disability.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,261,000,000

2015 11,574,000,000

2014 17,507,000,000

2013 17,424,000,000

2012 19,328,000,000

2011 19,884,000,000

-165,000,000 -1.60% 255,000,000 -440,000,000 727,000,000 306,000,000 321,000,000 -4.79% -18.68% 1.31

-1,202,000,000 -10.38% 415,000,000 -1,642,000,000 359,000,000 525,000,000 -698,000,000 -15.27% -52.67% 1.27

413,000,000 2.35% 523,000,000 102,000,000 1,492,000,000 419,000,000 1,031,000,000 .80% 2.85% 0.82

-1,900,000,000 -10.90% 610,000,000 -1,672,000,000 414,000,000 489,000,000 -1,282,000,000 -11.79% -48.99% 1.08

247,000,000 1.27% 654,000,000 -124,000,000 1,135,000,000 723,000,000 881,000,000 - .79% -3.55% 1.13

265,000,000 1.33% 733,000,000 -53,000,000 168,000,000 848,000,000 898,000,000 - .33% -1.44% 1.09

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Phone: 412 433-1121 Fax: 412 433-1167 Toll-Free: Address: 600 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 United States

Stock Ticker: X Employees: 29,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $800,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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United Technologies Corporation

www.utc.com

NAIC Code: 336412

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Elevator & Escalator Systems HVAC Systems Aircraft Parts & Maintenance

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Otis Pratt & Whitney

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gregory Hayes, CEO Akhil Johri, CFO Robert Bailey, Chief Accounting Officer Michael Dumais, Executive VP, Divisional Charles Gill, Executive VP Elizabeth Amato, Executive VP David Gitlin, President, Divisional Robert Leduc, President, Divisional Robert Mcdonough, President, Divisional Philippe Delpech, President, Divisional David Whitehouse, Vice President

United Technologies Corporation (UTC) provides high technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. The company operates through four principle segments: Otis; UTC climate, controls & security; Pratt & Whitney; and UTC aerospace systems. Otis manufactures, sells, installs and services a wide range of passenger and freight elevators for low-, medium-, and highspeed applications, as well as a broad line of escalators and moving walkways. UTC climate, controls & security is the leading provider of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and refrigeration systems, including controls for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation applications. This segment is also a global provider of security and fire safety products and services such as alarms, access control systems and video surveillance systems. Pratt & Whitney supplies aircraft engines and maintenance services for the commercial, military, business jet and general aviation markets. Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is a world leader in the production of engines powering general and business aviation, as well as regional airline, utility and military airplanes and helicopters, and provides maintenance, repair and overhaul services, including the sale of spare parts. UTC Aerospace Systems supplies technologically advanced aerospace products and aftermarket solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, regional, business and general aviation markets, military, space and undersea operations. UTC offers employees benefits including medical and dental insurance, health care reimbursement accounts, long-term disability coverage, an Employee Scholar Program that features paid time off for academic pursuits as well as academic expense reimbursemen

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 57,244,000,000 2,337,000,000 8,172,000,000 14.27% 6,060,000,000 5,055,000,000 3,880,000,000 2,087,000,000 10,256,000,000 5.70% 18.40% 0.78

2015 56,098,000,000 2,279,000,000 7,291,000,000 12.99% 5,886,000,000 7,608,000,000 6,326,000,000 2,089,000,000 9,275,000,000 8.51% 25.97% 0.70

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2014 65,100,000,000 2,635,000,000 9,769,000,000 15.00% 6,500,000,000 6,220,000,000 7,336,000,000 2,304,000,000 11,894,000,000 6.83% 19.72% 0.57

2013 62,626,000,000 2,529,000,000 9,209,000,000 14.70% 6,718,000,000 5,721,000,000 7,505,000,000 2,410,000,000 11,167,000,000 6.35% 19.80% 0.61

Stock Ticker: UTX Employees: 202,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $3,000,000 Bonus: $1,100,000

2011 58,190,000,000 2,058,000,000 8,099,000,000 13.91% 6,464,000,000 4,979,000,000 6,590,000,000 983,000,000 9,625,000,000 8.30% 23.01% 0.43

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 860 728-7000 Fax: 860 728-7028 Toll-Free: Address: 10 Farm Springs Rd., Farmington, CT 06032 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $806,250

2012 57,708,000,000 2,371,000,000 7,684,000,000 13.31% 6,452,000,000 5,130,000,000 6,646,000,000 2,932,000,000 9,328,000,000 6.80% 21.46% 0.83

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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UPM-Kymmene Oyj

www.upm.com

NAIC Code: 322121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Paper (except Newsprint) Mills

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: UPM Paper UPM Energy UPM Biofuels UPM Pulp UPM Timber UPM Raflatac UPM Biocomposites UPM Specialty Papers

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jussi Pesonen, CEO Jussi Pesonen, Pres. Hartmut Wurster, Exec. VP-Tech. Jussi Vanhanen, Pres., Engineered Materials Juha Makela, General Counsel Pirkko Harrela, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Heikki Vappula, Pres., Energy & Pulp Business Group Bjorn Wahlroos, Chmn. Kim Poulsen, Exec. VP-Paper Bus. Asia Pacific

UPM-Kymmene Oyj is a fiber- and biomass-based company that produces recyclable raw materials. UMP operates through 11 divisions: paper, energy, biofuels, pulp, wood sourcing/forestry, timber, label materials, plywood, biocomposites, biochemical and specialty papers. UPM Paper products range from magazine, newsprint to fine papers, and serve the Europe and North American markets. UPM Energy comprises a total electricity generation capacity of 1,494 megawatts (MW), serving the Finnish and Scandinavian markets. UPM Biofuels manufactures wood-based biofuels and production technologies in order to support sustainable development. UPM Pulp serves the global market with an assortment of sustainably-produces eucalyptus, birch and softwood pulp grades for a wide range of end uses (tissue, specialty papers, graphic papers, board and packaging). The wood sourcing/forestry division sources raw materials for sustainable and recyclable UPM products produced at UPM's mills in Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Russia, Uruguay and the U.S. UPM Timber manufactures certified sawn timber from Nordic pine and spruce to joinery, packaging, distribution and construction industries. This division operates four sawmills in Finland. UPM Raflatac produces self-adhesive label materials for consumer product and industrial labelling purposes. UPM Plywood manufactures high-quality WISA plywood and veneer products primarily for construction and transport industries; and thermos-formable UPM Grada wood material for the form pressing industry. UPM Biocomposites consists of UPM ProFi outdoor products for construction and UPM Formi granulates for injection moulding and extrusion. These composites combine characteristics of natural fibers and plastic, with cellulose fibers and polymers comprising as principle ingredients. UPM Biochemicals offers and develops innovative and sustainable wood-based biochemical for a variety of uses. Last, UPM Specialty Papers serves growing markets with label papers, release liners and office papers in Asia; and flexible packaging in Europe.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,997,530,000

2015 11,362,920,000

2014 11,060,300,000

2013 11,268,770,000

2012 11,699,170,000

2011 11,284,460,000

1,272,136,000 11.56%

1,279,982,000 11.26%

755,436,000 6.83%

614,212,000 5.45%

-1,513,114,000 -12.93%

514,458,700 4.55%

985,205,100 1,889,711,000 393,409,500 1,945,752,000 6.25% 10.86% 0.21

1,026,676,000 1,328,178,000 484,196,400 1,928,940,000 6.45% 11.88% 0.34

573,862,300 1,390,944,000 423,671,800 1,492,939,000 3.55% 6.86% 0.39

375,476,400 823,806,300 377,718,000 1,225,062,000 2.43% 5.01% 0.45

-1,405,514,000 1,136,516,000 419,188,500 1,386,460,000 -8.86% -18.76% 0.57

512,217,000 1,166,779,000 320,555,900 1,442,502,000 3.13% 6.28% 0.45

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 358 20415111 Fax: 358 20415110 Toll-Free: Address: Alvar Aallon katu 1, Helsinki, FI-00100 Finland

Stock Ticker: UPMKY Employees: 19,310 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Valeo SA

www.valeo.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Parts Manufacturing Security Systems Electrical & Electronic Systems Lighting Systems Thermal Systems Aftermarket Products Transmission Components

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Valeo Service Ichikoh Spheros

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jacques Aschenbroich, CEO Christophe Perillat, COO Robert Charvier, CFO Axel Joachim Maschka, Sr. VP-Sales & Bus. Dev. Bruno Guillemet, Sr. VP-Human Resources Jean-Francois Tarabbia, Sr. VP-R&D & Product Mktg. Geric Lebedoff, General Counsel Francois Marion, VP-Corp. Strategy & Planning Axel Joachim Maschka, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. Fabienne de Brebisson, VP-Comm. Antoine Doutriaux, Pres., Visibility Systems Alain Marmugi, Pres., Thermal Systems Marc Vrecko, Pres., Comfort & Driving Assistance Systems Catherine Delhaye, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Pascal Colombani, Chmn. Sergio-Pancini Sa, National Dir.-South America

Valeo SA is an independent industrial group focused on the design, production and sale of components, systems and modules for cars and trucks, both in the original equipment and aftermarket sectors. Valeo is a supplier to major global automakers, including Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen Group and many others. It operates in four divisions: powertrain systems, thermal systems, comfort & driving assistance systems and visibility systems. The powertrain division consists of five groups of products: electrical systems, including stop-start components, motor drives and drive trains; transmission systems such as friction materials and clutch systems; and clean engines systems such as exhaust recirculation, air intake and supercahrgers.The thermal systems division covers climate control, powertrain thermal systems, compressors and engine cooling implements. The comfort & driving assistance systems segment produces driving assistance products such as sensors, radars and cameras for all-around vehicle detection; interior controls and electronics; and access mechanisms, including smart keys and keyless ignition systems. The visibility systems division is responsible for the production of lighting systems, wiper systems and wiper motors. Through Valeo Service, the firm coordinates its products for the aftermarket sector and provides repair and maintenance services. The firm has a presence in 32 countries and operates approximately 155 production sites, 58 research and development centers and 15 distribution platforms. In March 2016, Valeo completed its acquisition of Spheros, an air conditioning for buses firm, from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. The following April, the firm and Siemens announced plans to enter a 50/50 joint venture dedicated to high voltage powertrain. In January 2017, Valeo acquired a 55.08% stake in Ichikoh, a Japanese automotive lighting company.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 16,196,170,752

2014 14,170,535,936

2013 13,485,673,472

2012 13,094,799,360

2011 12,102,584,320

811,812,992

625,842,112

488,869,568

423,167,296

475,506,400

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 33 140552020 Fax: 33 140552171 Toll-Free: Address: 43 rue Bayen Cedex 17, Paris, 75848 France

Stock Ticker: VALOF N Employees: 82,800 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: MEX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Valero Energy Corporation

www.valero.com

NAIC Code: 324110

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Petroleum Refineries & Retail Marketing Convenience Stores Home Heating Fuels Wholesale Fuel Marketing Asphalt Marine Transportation Ethanol Production

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Valero Energy Partners LP

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joseph Gorder, CEO Michael Ciskowski, CFO R. Riggs, Executive VP, Divisional Jay Browning, Executive VP Gary Simmons, Senior VP, Divisional

Valero Energy Corporation is a refiner and retailer of petroleum. Valero owns and operates 15 refineries and 11 ethanol plants located in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. that produce refined products such as conventional gasoline, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals and lubricants; and premium products including low-sulfur/ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel and oxygenates. The firm markets branded and unbranded refined products on a wholesale basis in the U.S. and Canada through an extensive bulk and rack marketing network. The company's business is organized into three segments: refining, ethanol and Valero Energy Partners LP (VLP). The refining segment offers refining and transportation operations, wholesale marketing and product supply and distribution. The segment has a total throughput capacity of approximately 3.015 million barrels per day. The ethanol segment consists of the sales of internally produced ethanol and distillers grains, sourcing the corn from local area farmers. VLP's assets support the operations of Valero's Ardmore, Corpus Christi, Houston, McKee, Memphis, Meraux, Port Arthur, St. Charles and Three Rivers refineries. Valero's combined ethanol plant production capacity is approximately 1.4 billion gallons annually.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 75,659,000,000

2015 87,804,000,000

2014 130,844,000,000

2013 138,074,000,000

2012 139,250,000,000

2011 125,987,000,000

3,572,000,000 4.72% 715,000,000 2,289,000,000 4,820,000,000 1,278,000,000 5,522,000,000 5.05% 11.28% 0.39

6,358,000,000 7.24% 710,000,000 3,990,000,000 5,611,000,000 1,618,000,000 8,246,000,000 8.87% 19.36% 0.35

5,902,000,000 4.51% 724,000,000 3,630,000,000 4,241,000,000 2,153,000,000 7,592,000,000 7.82% 18.08% 0.27

3,963,000,000 2.87% 758,000,000 2,720,000,000 5,564,000,000 2,121,000,000 6,067,000,000 5.93% 14.50% 0.32

4,010,000,000 2.87% 698,000,000 2,083,000,000 5,270,000,000 2,931,000,000 5,593,000,000 4.77% 12.09% 0.35

3,680,000,000 2.92% 571,000,000 2,090,000,000 4,038,000,000 2,355,000,000 5,257,000,000 5.19% 13.29% 0.40

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 210 370-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-871-4404 Address: 1 Valero Way, San Antonio, TX 78249 United States

Stock Ticker: VLO Employees: 9,996 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $890,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

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Vedanta Resources plc

www.vedantaresources.com

NAIC Code: 331313

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Primary Aluminum Production

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited Vedanta Limited Konkola Copper Mines plc Hindustan Zinc Limited Western Cluster Limited Talwandi Sabo Power Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tom Albanese, CEO Anil Agarwal, Chmn.

Vedanta Resources plc is a parent company of diversified metals and mining companies. It operates in six segments: aluminum, copper, zinc, iron ore, oil and gas and power. The firm's aluminum production is in India and is carried out through Bharat Aluminum Company Limited (BALCO), which is 51%owned by subsidiary Vedanta Limited. This division has two smelters (Chhattisgarh and Odisha) with a combined capacity of 0.745 million tons per year (mtpa), as well as a 1 mtpa alumina refinery in Odisha. BALCO's operations include two bauxite mines, two power plants and refining, smelting and fabrication facilities located in Central India. The aluminum segment also comprises a refinery and 90 MW (megawatt) captive power plant at Lanjigarh; and a smelter and 1,215 MW captive power plant in Eastern India. Konkola Copper Mines plc, 79.4%-owned by Vedanta Resources, has copper smelting and mining operations across India, Australia and Zambia. Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), 64.9%-owned by Vedanta Limited, controls the firm's zinc production, with assets in India, South Africa and Ireland. Vedanta Limited comprises iron ore operations in Goa, Karnataka and Liberia, including the exploration, mining and processing of iron ore, pig iron and metallurgical coke and power generation. This segment includes wholly-owned Western Cluster Limited, the company's iron ore business in Liberia. The oil and gas segment consists assets located in India and South Africa, producing more than 203,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2016. Last, the power segment comprises a 9,000 MW power-producing capacity in India; and a power business, Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (wholly-owned by Vedanta Limited) to establish 1,980 MW thermal coal-based commercial power facilities for commercial use to Punjab. In April 2017, Vedanta Limited merged Cairn India Limited (previously part of the oil and gas segment) into itself, in line with the company's long-term vision of being a simplified group structure.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,737,900,000

2015 12,878,700,000

2014 12,945,000,000

2013 14,989,800,000

-4,328,900,000 -40.31% 717,300,000 -1,837,400,000 2,401,700,000 872,400,000 -2,251,700,000 -5.45% -412.75%

-5,008,700,000 -38.89% 783,300,000 -1,798,600,000 2,505,800,000 2,289,100,000 -2,293,300,000 -4.36% -64.08% 8.41

2,150,100,000 16.60% 697,700,000 -196,000,000 3,361,000,000 2,185,300,000 4,565,000,000 - .42% -4.66% 3.12

2,512,000,000 16.75% 823,900,000 157,400,000 3,203,600,000 2,233,200,000 5,197,600,000 .34% 3.47% 2.77

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Stock Ticker: VDNRF Employees: 27,717 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 11,427,200,000 700,511 2,534,300,000 22.17% 319,599,700 770,799,400 1,802,804,000 2,491,400,000 4,074,201,000 2.91% 14.88% 1.18

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 2074995900 Fax: 44 2074918440 Toll-Free: Address: 16 Berkeley St., London, W1J 8DZ United Kingdom Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 14,005,300,000 1,000,223 2,387,700,000 17.04% 569,000,600 59,799,260 1,639,602,000 2,796,399,000 4,080,500,000 .15% 1.16% 2.75

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Verso Corporation

www.versoco.com

NAIC Code: 322121

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Paper Products Manufacturing

Verso Corporation is a North American producer of coated papers primarily used in magazines, catalogs, brochures and other media and marketing publications. The company owns 14 paper machines at seven mills strategically-located in Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. These mills have an aggregate annual production capacity of approximately 3,155,000 tons of paper, including coated papers and specialty papers, as well as 290,000 tons of kraft pulp. Verso sells and markets its products to approximately 300 customers, which comprise more than 1,700 end-user accounts. The firm manufactures two main grades of paper: coated groundwood paper and coated freesheet paper. These grades are differentiated by their respective brightness, weight, print quality, bulk, opacity and strength. Coated groundwood paper includes a fiber component produced through a mechanical pulping process, and the use of the fiber results in a bulkier and more opaque paper that is better suited for applications where lighter weights and/or higher stiffness are required (catalogs and magazines, for example). Coated freesheet paper is made from bleached kraft pulp, which breaks apart wood fibers and dissolves impurities using a chemical process. The use of kraft pulp results in a bright, heavier-weight paper with excellent print qualities suited for high-end commercial applications and premium magazines. The company also produces and sells Northern Bleached Hardwood Kraft (NBHK) pulp. NBHK pulp is produced through the chemical kraft process using hardwoods, which usually have shorter length fibers and used to smooth paper. The fibers are washed and pressure screened to remove chemicals and lignin, and is then bleached to the necessary whiteness and brightness. In April 2017, the firm closed its paper mill located in Wickliffe, Kentucky.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. B. Christopher Disantis, CEO Allen Campbell, CFO Allen J. Campbell, Sr. VP Kenneth D. Sawyer, Sr.VP Peter Kesser, General Counsel Lyle Fellows, Senior VP, Divisional Kenneth Sawyer, Senior VP, Divisional Michael Weinhold, Senior VP, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016

2015 3,121,999,872

2014 1,296,612,992

2013 1,388,898,944

2012 1,474,611,968

2011 1,722,488,960

-422,000,000

-352,955,008

-111,206,000

-173,828,992

-137,060,992

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 901 369-4100 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 6775 Lenox Center Court, Ste. 400, Memphis, TN 38115-4436 United States

Stock Ticker: VRS Employees: 1,630 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Vestas Wind Systems A/S

www.vestas.com

NAIC Code: 333611

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Wind Turbine Manufacturing Turbine Installation, Repair & Maintenance Services Online Turbine Operating Systems

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vestas Manufacturing A/S Vestas Blades Deutschland Gmbh Vestas Control Systems Spain SLU Vestas Nacelles Italia Srl Vestas Towers America Inc Vestas Blades Italia Srl Vestas Blades America Inc Vestas Nacelles Estonia

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Anders Runevad, CEO Jean-Marc Lechene, COO Anders Runevad, Pres. Markia Fredriksson, CFO Juan Araluce, Chief Sales Officer Anders Vedel, Chief Turbines Officer Bert Nordberg, Chmn.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a leading international manufacturer of wind turbines, having installed more than 58,000 turbines in 75 countries worldwide and exceeding 77 gigawatts (GW) in installed wind capacity. The firm offers site and project studies and develops, manufactures, sells, installs and services wind turbines, ranging from the V90-2.0 MW (megawatt) onshore turbine to the V136-3.45 MW onshore/offshore turbine. Vestas offers land and offshore models as well as installation, repair and maintenance services. The firm's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA), called VestasOnline, offers a range of monitoring and control functions, which allow plants to be operated in a manner similar to conventional power plants. It allows customers to view performance data, monitor and control turbines remotely and receive alarm messages via email through its SCADA web server. The company has a number production units, including blades, with facilities in Denmark, Germany, Spain and the U.S., which is comprised of wholly-owned subsidiaries Vestas Manufacturing A/S, Vestas Blades Deutschland Gmbh, Vestas Blades Italia Srl, Vestas Blades America Inc. and Vestas Blades Spain SLU; control systems, with a facility in Spain via Vestas Control Systems Spain SLU; nacelles (housing for turbine engines and equipment), with facilities in Italy, Germany, Estonia and the U.S. via Vestas Nacelles Italia Srl, Vestas Nacelles Deutschland GmbH, Vestas Nacelles Estonia and Vestas Nacelles America, Inc.; and towers, with a facility in the U.S. via Vestas Towers America Inc.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 11,473,880,000 254,427,300 1,592,692,000 13.88% 535,754,300 1,081,596,000 2,444,519,000 548,083,400 1,925,577,000 10.42% 31.69% 0.15

2015 9,440,709,000 236,494,100 1,015,467,000 10.75% 486,438,000 767,765,100 1,649,854,000 412,463,600 1,058,059,000 8.79% 25.95% 0.17

CONTACT INFORMATION:

2014 7,744,901,000 238,735,700 680,340,700 8.78% 455,054,900 439,363,400 1,262,049,000 311,589,300 680,340,700 6.20% 20.08%

2013 6,819,099,000 275,722,900 114,324,100 1.67% 492,042,100 -91,907,650 1,398,790,000 293,656,100 114,324,100 -1.30% -5.21% 0.39

Stock Ticker: VWDRY Employees: 21,824 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 6,541,135,000 227,527,500 -67,249,500 -1.02% 627,662,000 -186,056,900 941,492,900 821,564,700 372,113,900 -2.25% -6.22% 0.35

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 45 97300000 Fax: 45 97300001 Toll-Free: Address: Hedeager 42, Aarhus, 8200 Denmark Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

2012 8,087,873,000 285,810,400 -781,215,000 -9.65% 601,883,000 -1,079,354,000 -81,820,220 376,597,200 -781,215,000 -13.13% -45.87% 0.89

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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VF Corporation

www.vfc.com

NAIC Code: 424300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Apparel and Clothing Brands, Designers, Importers and Distributors Swimsuits Outdoor Gear & Apparel Image Wear Outlet Stores Footwear

VF Corporation, organized in 1899, is one of the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturers and a leading producer of jeanswear, outerwear, footwear, sportswear and occupational apparel. VF products are sold globally throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America. The company divides its brands into five business groups, called coalitions: outdoor & action sports, which includes outerwear, sportswear, footwear, equipment, backpacks, daypacks, luggage and accessories; jeanswear, which consists of jeans as well as shorts, casual pants, knit and woven tops and outerwear; imagewear, which includes occupational apparel, uniforms and owned and licensed sports and lifestyle apparel; sportswear, which includes outerwear, underwear, swimwear, sleepwear, luggage and accessories; and contemporary brands, which focuses on lifestyle brands. The outdoor & action sports coalition includes the firm's largest brand, The North Face, as well as Timberland, SmartWool, Vans, JanSport, Eastpak, Kipling, Napapijri, Reef and lucy. In jeanswear, Lee and Wrangler are its largest brand names. The image business includes the firm's uniforms and career occupational clothing. These brands include Red Kap work clothes; Bulwark flame resistant and protective clothing; and Horace Small apparel for law enforcement and public safety officials. The licensed business consists of VF's owned and licensed high profile apparel, marketed under the Majestic and Harley-Davidson brand names. Sportswear brands include Nautica and Kipling. In late-2016, the firm sold its contemporary coalition, which included the 7 For All Mankind, Splendid and Ella Moss brands.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vans lucy SmartWool Wrangler Timberland North Face (The) Nautica Majestic

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bryan McNeill, Chief Accounting Officer Eric Wiseman, Director Steven Rendle, Director Laura Meagher, General Counsel Martino Guerrini, President, Divisional Kevin Bailey, President, Divisional Curtis Holtz, President, Divisional Karl Salzburger, President, Divisional Scott Baxter, President, Divisional Aidan O'Meara, President, Geographical Scott Roe, Vice President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,019,000,000

2015 12,376,740,000

2014 12,282,160,000

2013 11,419,650,000

2012 10,879,850,000

2011 9,459,232,000

1,499,226,000 12.47% 4,243,798,000 1,074,106,000 1,477,919,000 220,066,000 1,791,898,000 11.08% 20.80% 0.41

1,660,996,000 13.42% 4,178,386,000 1,231,593,000 1,146,510,000 317,784,000 1,941,878,000 12.55% 22.36% 0.26

1,437,724,000 11.70% 4,159,885,000 1,047,505,000 1,697,629,000 302,020,000 1,713,974,000 10.32% 17.89% 0.25

1,647,147,000 14.42% 3,841,032,000 1,210,119,000 1,506,041,000 325,142,000 1,900,536,000 12.13% 21.60% 0.23

1,465,267,000 13.46% 3,596,708,000 1,085,999,000 1,275,000,000 282,830,000 1,753,436,000 11.46% 22.50% 0.27

1,244,791,000 13.15% 3,085,839,000 888,089,000 1,081,371,000 249,128,000 1,441,056,000 11.26% 21.17% 0.40

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 336 424-6000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 105 Corporate Ctr. Blvd., Greensboro, NC 27408 United States

Stock Ticker: VFC Employees: 69,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,350,001 Second Exec. Salary: $945,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Visteon Corporation

www.visteon.com

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Parts Climate Control Products Fuel Storage & Delivery Products Chassis & Power Train Components Multimedia Systems

Visteon Corporation is a global automotive supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative electronics products for nearly every original equipment vehicle manufacturer (OEM). The company operates in two business segments: electronics and other. The electronics division, accounting for 98% of the firms revenue, provides vehicle cockpit electronics products including instrument clusters, information displays, infotainment systems, audio systems, telematics solutions, and head up displays. Visteon sells its products to global vehicle manufacturers such as BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan/Renault, Toyota and Volkswagen. Ford, Mazda and Nissan/Renault are the Company's largest customers and in 2016 accounted for sales of approximately 30%, 17% and 15%, respectively. The firm operates 33 manufacturing, technical and customer support facilities in 17 countries and maintains corporate headquarters in Van Buren Township, Michigan. The other segment, accounting for 2% of its 2016 revenue, includes residual South Africa and Berlin operations in the previous climate and interior segments which were both sold by end of 2016. In July 2016, the firm acquired AllGo Systems, a product design company focused on multimedia middleware solutions for the automotive market.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AllGo Systems

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Sachin Lawande, CEO Stephanie Marianos, Chief Accounting Officer Markus Schupfner, Chief Technology Officer Francis Scricco, Director Christian Garcia, Executive VP Brett Pynnonen, General Counsel Steven Fitzgerald, Other Executive Officer Sunil Bilolikar, Senior VP, Divisional Matthew Cole, Senior VP, Divisional Robert Vallance, Senior VP, Divisional William Robertson, Vice President, Divisional

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,161,000,000

2015 3,245,000,000

2014 7,509,000,000

2013 7,439,000,000

2012 6,857,000,000

2011 8,047,000,000

244,000,000 7.71% 220,000,000 75,000,000 120,000,000 75,000,000 263,000,000 2.12% 9.12% 0.59

185,000,000 5.70% 245,000,000 2,284,000,000 338,000,000 187,000,000 257,000,000 45.65% 237.66% 0.32

421,000,000 5.60% 377,000,000 -295,000,000 284,000,000 340,000,000 568,000,000 -5.19% -21.18% 0.96

317,000,000 4.26% 367,000,000 690,000,000 312,000,000 269,000,000 1,191,000,000 12.34% 41.75% 0.32

141,000,000 2.05% 369,000,000 100,000,000 239,000,000 229,000,000 599,000,000 1.97% 7.42% 0.34

163,000,000 2.02% 398,000,000 80,000,000 175,000,000 258,000,000 647,000,000 1.57% 6.23% 0.39

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 734 710-5800 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-847-8366 Address: 1 Village Center Dr., Van Buren Township, MI 48111 United States

Stock Ticker: VC Employees: 10,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,022,500 Second Exec. Salary: $147,500

Bonus: $ Bonus: $500,000

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Vizio Inc

www.vizio.com

NAIC Code: 334310

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing TV Manufacturing Speaker Systems Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vizio SmartCast P-Series Ultra 5.1 Crave Pro Crave 360 Crave Go Vizio SmartCast Mobile

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Vizio, Inc. is a leading HDTV (high definition television) and sound bar brand in America. The company's goal is to deliver high performance, smart products with the latest innovations at a significant savings for consumers. Vizio's current line of TVs and displays include the P, M, E and D Series, all of which comprise a 65-inch screen and range in price from $899.99 to $1,699.99. The 2017 Vizio SmartCast P-Series Ultra HD HDR XLED Pro display collection comprises the company's most powerful full-array local dimming backlight technology. Its sound bars include the 5.1, three-channel sound bar with wireless subwoofer and rear satellite speakers; the 2.1, twochannel sound bar with wireless subwoofer; and the 2.0, twochannel sound bar. Vizio's wireless speaker products include the Crave Pro, Crave 360 and the Crave Go. The Vizio SmartCast Mobile is a single application that enables users to explore TV shows, movies, music and more across multiple apps. Once a show or entertainment selection is found, SmartCast Mobile provides the option to choose from multiple content sources where that choice is available.

William Wang, CEO Ben Wong, COO Kurtis Binder, CFO Matthew McRae, CTO

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,200,000,000

2015 2,900,000,000

2014 3,100,000,000

32,000,000

45,000,000

2013

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 949-428-2525 Fax: Toll-Free: 855-833-3221 Address: 39 Tesla, Irvine, CA 92618-4603 United States

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012

2011

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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voestalpine AG

www.voestalpine.com

NAIC Code: 331221

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Wolfgang Eder, CEO Robert Ottel, CFO Franz Kainersdorfer, Head-Metal Eng. Div. Herbert Eibensteiner, Head-Metal Forming Div. Franz Rotter, Head-Special Steel Div. Wolfgang Eder, Chmn.

Voestalpine AG, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, processing and distribution of steel materials. The company operates in four divisions: steel, metal engineering, special steel and metal forming. The firm's steel division manufactures and processes hot and cold rolled, electrogalvanized, hot-dip galvanized and organically coated plate steel primarily to the automotive, building supply and white goods industries. Metal engineering supplies steel and special steel products to the railway and construction industries. In addition, this segment also offers complete service packages for system installation, logistics, transport, planning and engineering. The special steel segment manufactures steel long products, narrow strips, forgings and special steel forgings mainly for tool construction, aviation, automotive parts and consumer goods. In recent years, these components have also been in demand to be used for gas and steam turbines in the energy technology market. The metal forming division focuses on the production of welded tubes, open special sections, hollow sections and custom-made precision parts for a wide range of industries. The company has a presence in 50 countries across five continents and operates through a network of 500 companies and locations. In April 2017, the firm's production plant in Corpus Christi, Texas became fully operational, and is voestalpine's most advanced and largest plant capable of producing 2 million tons of hot briquetted iron, or sponge iron, annually.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,406,070,000

2015 12,541,460,000

2014 12,584,570,000

2013 12,916,840,000

2012 13,515,190,000

996,189,200 8.02% 1,836,696,000 681,237,400 1,437,122,000 1,439,475,000 1,809,236,000 4.28% 11.13% 0.59

993,420,700 7.92% 1,769,238,000 656,134,300 1,255,184,000 1,189,583,000 1,747,754,000 4.13% 10.47% 0.58

888,073,300 7.05% 1,754,718,000 582,512,900 1,027,800,000 998,852,300 1,554,964,000 3.48% 9.72% 0.49

956,766,500 7.40% 1,714,209,000 580,017,900 1,481,654,000 829,550,500 1,621,976,000 3.46% 11.42%

789,272,600 5.83% 1,770,920,000 454,516,900 960,037,000 619,686,100 789,272,600 2.59% 7.94%

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 43 5030415 Fax: 43 5030455 Toll-Free: Address: Voestalpine Strasse 1, Linz, 4020 Austria

Stock Ticker: VLPNY Employees: 45,866 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Volkswagen AG (VW)

www.volkswagenag.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing Truck Manufacturing Car Rental Services Consumer Financing Digital Services Electric Cars

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Volkswagen Audi Bentley Bugatti Lamborghini SEAT Skoda Ducati

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Matthias Muller, CEO Frank Witter, Dir.-Finance Karlheinz Blessing, Dir.-Human Resources & Organization Michael Macht, Dir.-Group Production Hans Dieter Potsch, Dir.-Finance Leif Ostling, Dir.-Group Commercial Vehicles Matthias Mueller, Chmn. Jochem Heizmann, Dir.-China Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, Dir.-Procurement

Volkswagen AG (VW) is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers. The firm's production base consists of 120 plants in more than 30 countries worldwide. The company's automobiles are made up of twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen passenger cars, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, Skoda, Porsche, Ducati, Scania, MAN and Volkswagen commercial vehicles. Each brand operates as an independent entity on the market, with products ranging from low-consumption small cars to luxury class vehicles to motorcycles. Models offered under the Volkswagen brand include the XL1, Up!, eco up!, cross up!, Fox, SpaceFox, Space Cross, Polo and Polo GlueGT. In the commercial vehicle segment, products include pick-ups, busses and heavy trucks. VW is also active in other fields of business, manufacturing large-bore diesel engines for marine and stationary applications, turbochargers and machinery, special gear units, compressors and chemical reactors. In addition, the group offers a wide range of financial services, including dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking and insurance activities, as well as fleet management services. Every weekday, VW plants produce nearly 42,000 vehicles, and sells them in 153 countries.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 243,518,300,000

2015 239,063,000,000

2014 226,920,000,000

2013 220,810,400,000

2012 215,956,100,000

2011 178,588,900,000

7,961,220,000 3.26% 33,665,100,000 6,017,709,000 10,569,380,000 21,185,830,000 33,001,570,000 1.29% 5.69% 0.68

-4,560,636,000 -1.90% 34,422,780,000 -1,536,651,000 15,331,760,000 20,437,120,000 22,396,320,000 - .43% -1.77% 0.81

14,231,110,000 6.27% 30,411,340,000 12,157,590,000 12,086,980,000 18,620,260,000 33,050,890,000 3.21% 12.20% 0.74

13,081,150,000 5.92% 29,750,050,000 10,161,400,000 14,116,790,000 12,760,590,000 29,501,230,000 1.73% 6.65% 0.70

12,900,700,000 5.97% 28,102,450,000 24,340,960,000 8,080,027,000 11,760,820,000 27,599,190,000 4.86% 20.28% 0.82

12,632,820,000 7.07% 21,257,570,000 17,270,790,000 9,527,011,000 10,931,410,000 35,088,540,000 6.80% 29.77% 0.77

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49 536190 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Brieffach 1848-2, Wolfsburg, 38436 Germany

Stock Ticker: VLKAY Employees: 626,715 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Volvo Car Corporation

www.volvocars.com

NAIC Code: 336111

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Manufacturing

Volvo Car Corporation, founded in 1927, is a Swedish designer, developer and manufacturer of cars known for safety and reliability. Volvo is owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd, based in Hangzhou, China. Its largest markets are the U.K., Sweden, China and Germany. Volvo cars are manufactured at seven facilities, with the largest facilities in Sweden and Belgium and smaller plants in China. Its current models include the S60 and S90 sedans; the V40, V60 and V90 Estate hatchback models; and the XC60 and XC90 SUVs. The firm's cars have won numerous awards for safety, design, environmental issues and overall value. It offers environmentally savvy FlexiFuel cars (so named because they can run on either ethanol or gasoline), and hopes to expand its production of those models. Available in California and certain Northeastern states in the U.S., Volvo's PZEV (partial zero emission vehicle) engines produce exhaust which, in heavy city traffic, may be cleaner than the ambient air. Volvo's U.S. companies include Volvo Cars of North America and Volvo Cars Financial Services U.S., LLC (VCFS). Polestar is the performance brand of Volvo cars, where customers can optimize their vehicles for increased engine performance. In August 2016, the company announced a partnership with Uber to develop fully-autonomous driving cars. In January 2017, the firm signed an agreement with Autoliv, which will establish a joint venture called Zenuity, where the companies will develop advanced driver assist systems and autonomous driving technologies. Additionally, in January 2017, the corporation announced plans to establish a shared-mobility business unit primarily basing around its subsidiary Sunfleet, a car-sharing company. The following February, the company launched a Get Away Lodge with hotel curator Tablet Hotels; this package includes lodging in the Swedish mountains and a Volvo V90 cross country rental. In the U.S., the firm offers employees benefits including a 401(k), tuition reimbursement and an employee lease and car purchase plan.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Zenuity Volvo Cars of North America Volvo Cars Financial Services Sunfleet FlexiFuel V60 V90 XC90

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hakan Samuelsson, CEO Hakan Samuelsson, Pres. Hans Oscarsson, CFO Bjorn Annwall, Sr. VP-Mktg., Sales & Customer Svcs. Hanna Fager, Sr.. VP-Human Resources Peter Mertens, Sr. VP-R&D Atif Rafiq, Sr. VP-IT Lars Wrebo, Sr. VP-Mfg. & Purchasing Maria Hemberg, General Counsel Anders Karrberg, Acting Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Nils Mosko, Head-Investor Rel. Thomas Ingenlath, VP-Design Paul Gustavsson, Sr. VP-Bus. Office Dev. Lex Kerssemakers, Sr. VP-Prod. Strategy & Vehicle Line Mgmt. Paul Welander, Sr. VP-Quality & Customer Satisfaction Li Shufu, Chmn. Lars Danielson, Sr. VP-China Oper.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,604,490,000

2015 20,166,314,523

2014 15,361,045,464

2013 18,654,768,151

2012 19,132,800,000

2011 19,864,500,000

106,675,000

74,648,800

62,453,113

146,497,535

-73,737,200

146,146,000

CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 46-31-59-00-00 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: VAK Bldg., Assar Gabrielssons vag, Goteborg, Sweden

SALARIES/BONUSES: Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

STOCK TICKER/OTHER: 405 31

Exchange: Stock Ticker: Subsidiary Employees: 30,374 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 Parent Company: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Wanxiang Group Corporation

www.wanxiang.com.cn

NAIC Code: 336300

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Parts Manufacturer Agricultural Engineering Aquaculture Restaurant & Hotel Management Road & Bridge Construction Power Plant Construction Leasing & Financial Services Trade Consulting

Wanxiang Group Corporation is one of China's largest auto parts manufacturers, with more than 45 factories supplying automotive components worldwide. Within China, the group has six manufacturing facilities, recognizing more than a 65% market share in the relevant industry. Internationally, the firm owns approximately 30 overseas subsidiaries, and more than 40 factories across the U.S., Great Britain, Germany and other countries. Its automotive parts and accessories include the development, production and selling of drive shafts, brakes, shock absorbers, rolling elements and related components. Wanxiang has supporting partnerships with mainstream automotive manufacturers such as General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford and Chrysler. The group has recently invested billions in new energy, innovation and transformation technologies and solutions for the purpose of becoming a clean energy company. Wanxiang is currently building a hub called Wanxiang Innovative Energy Fusion City, focused on new energy automobile components, batteries, as well as battery/electric passenger buses and vehicles. Subsidiaries include: Wanxiang Sannong, an agricultural industry group that provides services to agriculture, farmer and rural areas; Zhejiang Ocean Family Co. Ltd., which owns and operates ocean fisheries, and is engaged in seafood processing as well as the import/export of seafood products; Chengde Lolo Co Ltd., a provider of healthy, plant-based food and beverages; and Beijing Doneed Seeds Industry Co. Ltd., a high-tech comprehensive seed enterprise, focusing on the research, production, management and service of seeds for the agricultural industry.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wanxiang Innovative Energy Fusion City Xanxiang Sannong Zhejiang Ocean Family Co Ltd Chengde Lolo Co Ltd Beijing Doneed Seeds Industry Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Weiding Lu, CEO Gary E. Wetzel, COO Pin Ni, Pres., Wanxiang America Corp.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 19,000,000,000

2015 18,000,000,000

2014 17,500,000,000

2013 16,000,000,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86-571-8283-2999 Fax: 86-571-8283-3999 Toll-Free: Address: Wang Xiang Rd., Xiao Shan District, Hangzhou, 311215 China

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 48,500 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2012 14,500,000,000

2011 12,850,000,000

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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Weir Group PLC

www.weir.co.uk

NAIC Code: 333911

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing

Weir Group PLC designs and manufactures highly-engineered products for minerals, oil and gas, and power industries. For the minerals industry, Weir Group provides technology and services that make operations more productive and profitable, supplying hydraulic pressure grinding rolls comprised of corrosion and abrasion resistant materials. For the oil and gas industry, the firm provides a range of products and services that support drilling, well completion, production and downstream operations. These products include frac pumps and pressurecontrol products. For the power industry, Weir offers flexible industrial turbine solutions for process and power applications, various plugs and valves, pumps, pressure relief valves, and flow control and leak sealing products. Brands of the firm include Allen Steam Turbines, Aspir, Atwood & Morrill, AutoTork, Batley Valve, BDK, Begemann, Blackborough, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, Floway, Gabbioneta, GEHO, Hazleton, Lewis, Novatech and many more. The company's business divisions include Middle East Services, Engineering Services, Flow Control France, Marine Engineering, Specialty Pumps, Valves and Controls U.K., and Valves and Controls U.S.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Allen Steam Turbines Aspir Atwood & Morrill AutoTork Batley Valve Begemann Cavex Novatech

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jon Stanton, CEO John Heasley, CFO Rosemary McGinness, Chief People Officer Geetha Dabir, Chief Technology Officer Keith Ruddock, Company Sec. Gavin Nicol, Dir.-Oper. Support Gavin Nicol, Dir.-Dev. Jon Stanton, Dir.-Finance Steve Noon, Managing Dir.-Weir Oil & Gas Dean Jenkins, Managing Dir.-Weir Minerals Kevin Spender, Managing Dir.-Weir Power & Industrial Charles Berry, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 2,357,700,000

2015 2,450,735,000

2014 3,115,910,000

2013 3,105,175,000

2012 3,243,834,000

115,399,400 4.89% 513,738,000 48,945,680 276,038,300 84,217,250 244,089,400 1.16% 2.98% 0.69

-202,300,300 -8.25% 608,051,100 -228,370,600 396,293,900 117,699,700 -61,469,640 -5.38% -13.40% 0.68

246,006,400 7.89% 597,571,800 93,418,520 391,054,300 138,019,200 372,268,400 2.17% 4.94% 0.59

626,581,400 20.17% 589,776,300 427,987,200 498,274,700 138,530,300 795,782,700 10.39% 24.01% 0.53

599,488,800 18.48% 586,070,300 403,067,100 365,750,800 157,955,300 744,408,800 10.29% 26.03% 0.77

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 44 1416377111 Fax: 44 1412219789 Toll-Free: Address: 1 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland G2 1RW United Kingdom

Stock Ticker: WEIGF Employees: 13,687 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $718,850 Second Exec. Salary: $643,770

Bonus: $467,036 Bonus: $326,950

2011 2,929,073,000 23,514,380 522,172,500 17.82% 270,031,900 381,980,800 231,309,900 121,916,900 592,843,400 12.28% 29.34% 0.62

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Western Digital Corp

www.wdc.com

NAIC Code: 334112

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Data Storage Hardware Hard Drives

Western Digital Corp. primarily designs, develops, manufactures and sells storage devices, cloud storage solutions and home entertainment products under the HGST, WD and ScanDisk brands. The company operates under the subsidiaries Western Digital (WD), Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and ScanDisk. Western Digital's portfolio of offerings addresses three categories: Datacenter Devices and Solutions, Client Devices and Client Solutions. Datacenter Devices and Solutions products include capacity and performance enterprise hard disk drives (HDDs), enterprise solid state drives (SSDs), datacenter software and system solutions. Enterprise HDDs are optimized for performance applications providing a range of capacity and performance levels for use in enterprise servers, supporting high volume on-line transactions, data analysis and other enterprise applications. Enterprise SSDs include highperformance NAND-flash SSDs and software solutions designed to improve the performance in various enterprise workload environments. Client Devices products consist of HDDs and SSDs for desktop PCs, notebook PCs, gaming consoles, set top boxes, security surveillance systems and other computing devices, embedded NAND-flash storage for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs and other portable and wearable devices, as well as in automotive and connected home applications and NAND-flash wafers. The Client Solutions segment includes such products as HDDs embedded into WD- and HGST-branded external storage products and SanDisk-branded removable NAND-flash products which include cards, universal serial bus flash drives and wireless drives. In May 2016, Western Digital completed its acquisition of ScanDisk Corporation. The following September, the firm, 49%, and Unisplendour Corporation Limited, 51%, announced the launch of their new joint venture (JV), Unis-WDC Storage Co. Ltd. The JV will market and sell Western Digital's datacenter storage systems in China. The firm offers its employees a 401(k) plan; health, dental and vision coverage; life and AD&D insurance; educational reimbursements; adoption assistance; and an employee assistance program.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Western Digital SanDisk Corporation Amplidata Unis-WDC Storage Co Ltd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Cordano, COO Stephen Milligan, Director Matthew Massengill, Director James Murphy, Executive VP, Divisional Steven Campbell, Executive VP Jacqueline DeMaria, Executive VP Mark Long, Executive VP Michael Ray, Executive VP

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 12,994,000,000 1,627,000,000 466,000,000 3.58% 1,342,000,000 242,000,000 1,983,000,000 584,000,000 1,573,000,000 1.00% 2.37% 1.22

2015 14,572,000,000 1,646,000,000 1,611,000,000 11.05% 949,000,000 1,465,000,000 2,242,000,000 612,000,000 2,740,000,000 9.55% 16.22% 0.23

2014 15,130,000,000 1,661,000,000 1,791,000,000 11.83% 856,000,000 1,617,000,000 2,816,000,000 628,000,000 3,052,000,000 10.94% 19.32% 0.26

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2013 15,351,000,000 1,572,000,000 1,266,000,000 8.24% 844,000,000 980,000,000 3,119,000,000 952,000,000 2,510,000,000 6.93% 12.59% 0.21

Stock Ticker: WDC Employees: 76,449 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS: Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011 9,526,000,000 703,000,000 781,000,000 8.19% 307,000,000 726,000,000 1,655,000,000 778,000,000 1,392,000,000 9.40% 14.23% 0.02

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 949 672-7000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 3355 Michelson Dr., Ste. 100, Irvine, CA 92612 United States Top Exec. Salary: $1,050,000 Second Exec. Salary: $725,000

2012 12,478,000,000 1,055,000,000 1,771,000,000 14.19% 518,000,000 1,612,000,000 3,067,000,000 717,000,000 2,608,000,000 14.44% 24.50% 0.25

Exchange: NAS Fiscal Year Ends: 06/30

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Whirlpool Corp

www.whirlpoolcorp.com

NAIC Code: 335224

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Home Appliance Manufacturer Laundry Appliances Refrigerators & Freezers Air Conditioning Equipment Kitchen Appliances

Whirlpool Corp. is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. It manufactures products in 17 countries under 16 principal brand names, including Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Jenn-Air and Indesit. The firm operates 70 manufacturing and technology research centers internationally and markets products in nearly every country around the world. The company's principal products are laundry appliances, refrigerators and freezers, cooking appliances, dishwashers and mixers and other small household appliances. Additionally, the company aims to produce Energy Star grade appliances, with increased overall efficiency than normal grade appliances. In North America, Whirlpool markets and distributes major home appliances and portable appliances. In addition to its extensive operations in Western and Eastern Europe, Whirlpool has sales subsidiaries in Russia, Dubai, Turkey and Morocco. In Latin America, the company manages appliance sales and distribution in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala and Peru through its Brazilian subsidiary, and in Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela, the Caribbean, Uruguay and Central American countries through its distributors. In Asia, the firm markets and distributes its major home appliances in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia. Whirlpool sells its products to dealers, distributors, retailers and builders. Major customers include Lowe's, Sears, Home Depot, Best Buy, hhgregg, Grupo Pao De Acuacar, Suning, IKEA and Alno. In January 2017, the firm announced an alliance with Amazon to develop home appliances with voice control features. Whirlpool offers its employees health, dental and vision coverage; educational leave; flexible spending accounts; scholarship programs for employees' dependents; and fitness and weight loss rebates.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Whirlpool KitchenAid Maytag Brastemp Bauknecht Amana American Dryer Corporation Consul

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Jeff Fettig, CEO James Peters, CFO Joseph Lovechio, Chief Accounting Officer David Szczupak, Executive VP, Divisional Joao Brega, Executive VP Esther Berrozpe-Galindo, Executive VP Joseph Liotine, Executive VP Marc Bitzer, President

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 20,718,000,000

2015 20,891,000,000

2014 19,872,000,000

2013 18,769,000,000

2012 18,143,000,000

2011 18,666,000,000

1,354,000,000 6.53% 2,084,000,000 888,000,000 1,203,000,000 660,000,000 2,009,000,000 4.65% 18.66% 0.81

1,285,000,000 6.15% 2,130,000,000 783,000,000 1,225,000,000 689,000,000 1,953,000,000 4.01% 16.26% 0.73

1,188,000,000 5.97% 2,038,000,000 650,000,000 1,479,000,000 720,000,000 1,748,000,000 3.65% 13.25% 0.72

1,249,000,000 6.65% 1,828,000,000 827,000,000 1,262,000,000 578,000,000 1,634,000,000 5.34% 18.00% 0.37

869,000,000 4.78% 1,757,000,000 401,000,000 696,000,000 476,000,000 1,420,000,000 2.62% 9.50% 0.45

792,000,000 4.24% 1,621,000,000 390,000,000 530,000,000 608,000,000 743,000,000 2.53% 9.27% 0.50

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 269 923-5000 Fax: 269 923-3978 Toll-Free: Address: 2000 N. M-63, Benton Harbor, MI 49022-2692 United States

Stock Ticker: WHR Employees: 93,000 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $1,480,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Wistron Corporation

www.wistron.com

NAIC Code: 334418

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Contract Electronics Manufacturing Communications Products PC Components Networking Products Technical Support Contract Computer Manufacturing & Design LCD Display Products Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wistron NeWeb Corporation Wistron Information Technology and Services Corp AOpen Inc Wiwynn Corporation Wistron Technology (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Robert Huang, CEO Henry Lin, CFO Frank F.C. Lin, Chief of Staff Stone Shih, Controller Ben Cheng, Chief Material Officer M.Y. Lin, Gen. Auditor Donald Hwang, Pres., Mobile Bus. Group David Shen, Pres., Consumer & Smart Products Bus. Group Simon Lin, Chmn.

Wistron Corporation is a Taiwanese engineering-based group of companies that provides products and services to the communications, components and software industries. The company operates as an original design manufacturer (ODM), creating information and communication technology (ICT) products that its customers purchase and sell under their own brand names. Wistron provides support for three lines of business: design, manufacturing and service. Design teams manage pre-manufacturing areas such as product conceptualization, prototype building, packaging and enclosure design, environmental stress testing, certification testing and approval. Manufacturing operations provide supply chain support and assembly services, including PCB (printed circuit board) assembly, sub-systems assembly, system integration and CTO/BTO (configure to order/build to order). Service teams provide market and product-specific service support, including returns processing, customer service management and troubleshooting support. A range of subsidiary companies provides these services. Wistron NeWeb Corporation designs and manufactures wireless communications devices such as mobile handsets and satellite communications serial products. AOpen, Inc. manufactures PC components such as motherboards, optical drives, housings for multimedia, communication solutions, monitors, bare systems and notebooks. Wistron Information Technology and Services Corp. is a software services provider that offers Asianlanguage G-Localization (which entails using the Internet to provide local services), software development, solution implementation and local Greater China support. Wiwynn Corporation is a cloud-enabling technology service company providing products such as servers, storage, switch and cloudin-a box appliances to customers who aim to build, distribute or sell cloud services. In addition, subsidiary Wistron Technology (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd manufactures LCD (liquid crystal display) television for the South Asian market. Wistron has manufactured products on behalf of clients such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 21,888,171,807

2015 19,347,328,707

2014 18,640,152,576

2013 19,636,512,768

2012 20,701,259,776

2011 20,717,688,832

98,164,781

41,409,294

112,610,488

180,985,008

209,781,344

285,261,120

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 886-2-6616-9999 Fax: 886-2-6612-5188 Toll-Free: Address: 158 Singshan Rd., Neihu, Taipei, 11469 Taiwan

Stock Ticker: 3231 Employees: 52,556 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: TAI Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Xerox Corporation

www.xerox.com

NAIC Code: 334118

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Document Processing Technologies Copiers Software Multipurpose Office Machines Desktop Printers Equipment Financing

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Phaser Xerox ConnectKey WorkCentre 6027 Phaser 6022 WorkCentre 5945 DocuTech Xerox Nuvera Xerox iGen

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ashok Vemuri, CEO, Subsidiary William Osbourn, CFO Robert Keegan, Chairman of the Board Joseph Mancini, Chief Accounting Officer Farooq Muzaffar, Chief Marketing Officer Steve Hoover, Chief Technology Officer Jeffrey Jacobson, Director Sarah McConnell, Executive VP Darrell Ford, Executive VP Kevin Warren, Executive VP Herve Tessler, Executive VP Michael Feldman, Executive VP Yehia Maaty, Other Executive Officer

Xerox Corporation is a document systems company operating in the global market. The document technology segment includes the production and supply of document technology and related services and equipment financing. Products in this category are subcategorized as entry, mid-range and high-end. Entry products are sold to small- and mid-sized businesses and include desktop color and monochrome printers with Xerox ConnectKey technology, such as WorkCenter 6027 and Phaser 6022 series. Mid-range products are sold to enterprises of varying sizes through Xerox-branded partners and include multifunction printers, copiers, digital printing presses and light production products. The firm's mid-range product line includes multifunction printers, such as Xerox WorkCentre 7970 and WorkCentre 5945. Xerox produces high-end digital monochrome and color systems for larger companies and those in the graphics industry. These products allow for ondemand printing, digital full-color printing and enterprise printing and include DocuTech, Xerox Nuvera and Xerox iGen. In January 2017, the firm spun-off its business process outsourcing business into a new firm, Conduent, Inc. Xerox employees receive health care, life insurance, employee assistance programs, retirement plans and child care/elder care resources.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 10,771,000,000 476,000,000 1,032,000,000 9.58% 2,695,000,000 -477,000,000 1,095,000,000 138,000,000 1,312,000,000 -2.33% -7.40% 1.10

2015 18,045,000,000 563,000,000 831,000,000 4.60% 3,559,000,000 474,000,000 1,611,000,000 342,000,000 1,825,000,000 1.71% 4.64% 0.73

2014 19,540,000,000 577,000,000 1,566,000,000 8.01% 3,788,000,000 969,000,000 2,063,000,000 452,000,000 2,869,000,000 3.33% 8.36% 0.59

2013 21,435,000,000 601,000,000 1,462,000,000 6.82% 4,137,000,000 1,159,000,000 2,375,000,000 427,000,000 2,913,000,000 3.84% 9.81% 0.57

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 203 968-3000 Fax: Toll-Free: 800-275-9376 Address: 45 Glober Ave., Norwalk, CT 06856 United States

Stock Ticker: XRX Employees: 37,600 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $503,846 Second Exec. Salary: $1,100,000

Bonus: $1,750,000 Bonus: $

2012 22,390,000,000 655,000,000 1,802,000,000 8.04% 4,288,000,000 1,195,000,000 2,580,000,000 513,000,000 2,847,000,000 3.89% 10.16% 0.66

2011 22,626,000,000 721,000,000 2,044,000,000 9.03% 4,497,000,000 1,295,000,000 1,961,000,000 501,000,000 3,047,000,000 4.18% 10.64% 0.59

Exchange: NYS Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: 11 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y

Sales, profits and employees may be estimates. Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.

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Yamaha Motor Company Limited

www.yamaha-motor.co.jp

NAIC Code: 336991

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motorcycle Manufacturing Personal Water Vehicles Snowmobiles Boats Golf Carts Motors Generators All-Terrain Vehicles

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: India Yamaha Motor Private Limited

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Hiroyuki Yanagi, Pres. Tetsuya Tashiro, Gen. Mgr-Mfg. Kozo Shinozaki, Sr. Dir.-Corp. Planning Kozo Shinozaki, Sr. Dir.-Finance Takaaki Kimura, Sr. Exec. Officer Tetsuya Tashiro, Gen. Mgr.-Procurement Center

Yamaha Motor Company Limited is a Japanese manufacturer and seller of motorcycles, boats, outboard motors, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), golf carts, water pumps, automotive engines, intelligent machinery, industrial-use unmanned helicopters and electrical power units for wheelchairs. The company operates in four segments: motorcycles, marine products, power products and other products. The motorcycles segment manufactures and sells motorcycles and parts for overseas production. The marine products segment manufactures and sells outboard motors, personal watercraft, recreational-use boats, fiberglassreinforced plastic pools, fishing boats, utility boats and diesel engines as well as related products. The power products segment offers ATVs, side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, generators, golf carts, multipurpose engines and snow throwers. The other products segment provides automobile engines, surface mounters, industrial robots, electro-hybrid bicycles, industrial-use unmanned helicopters, electrically powered wheelchairs and intermediate parts for all business segments. Additionally, the company imports and sells various types of products used in the development of tourist businesses and the management of leisure and recreational facilities. The firm maintains an Indian joint venture, India Yamaha Motor Private Limited, with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Yamaha and its more than 110 subsidiaries, affiliated companies and joint ventures operate in over 31 countries worldwide. Asia represents 41.7% of annual sales revenue; North America, 22.4%; Europe, 13.2%; Japan, 10.9%; and others, 11.8%. U.S. employee benefits include 401(k); medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance; flexible spending accounts; paid vacation and holidays; and an employee assistance program.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 13,544,660,000

2015 14,558,740,000

2014 13,710,250,000

2013 12,712,220,000

2012 10,884,470,000

2011 11,501,690,000

978,729,900 7.22%

1,085,459,000 7.45%

786,352,900 5.73%

496,935,700 3.90%

167,619,000 1.53%

481,325,600 4.18%

569,181,800 1,290,291,000 454,647,900 1,323,143,000 4.81% 12.32% 0.34

540,971,900 216,197,700 608,396,300 1,567,749,000 4.59% 12.62% 0.30

662,436,700 843,755,100 557,483,300 1,293,401,000 5.57% 16.22% 0.39

445,878,500 603,637,500 481,704,100 908,484,600 4.17% 12.73% 0.36

106,485,600 -21,495,390 428,646,100 602,015,200 .80% 2.54% 0.54

309,434,500 300,376,700 383,492,300 915,685,800 2.86% 9.71% 0.57

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STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 538321103 Fax: 81 538374252 Toll-Free: Address: 2500 Shingai, Iwata-shi, Iwata-shi, 438-8501 Japan

Stock Ticker: YAMHF Employees: 49,994 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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YASKAWA Electric Corporation

www.yaskawa.co.jp

NAIC Code: 335312

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motor and Generator Manufacturing Controls Industrial Robotics

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: YASKAWA Information Systems YE Data

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hiroshi Ogasawara, Pres. Junji Tsuda, Chmn.

YASKAWA Electric Corporation is engaged in the manufacture, sale, installation, maintenance and engineering of electrical equipment. The company is composed of subsidiaries and affiliates which develop technology and services in the areas of motion control, robotics, systems engineering and information technology. The motion control division develops AC servo amplifiers, servo motors, general purpose AC drives and other components needed for the production of machine tools, industrial machinery and medical equipment. In 1977, YASKAWA's robotic division launched the first all-electric industrial robot in Japan. Its research in mechatronic technology also lead to the development of the clean/vacuum robot and wafer handling devices. Today, the firm continues to produce a variety of industrial robots specialized for welding, painting, assembly and clean room environments. The systems engineering segment develops and produces industrial and public electrical systems for steelmaking, water treatment plants, road and rail infrastructures and other large plants. YASKAWA manufactured the world's first medium-voltage matrix converter compatible with power regenerating function without power harmonics and without motor surge of voltage, adding high-precision control to all of its steel-rolling operations. Subsidiaries YASKAWA Information Systems and YE Data carry out the activities of the information technology unit. The main focuses of this division include information security, information multimedia and providing machines for office applications. The firm's global presence spans Asia, Europe, North America and Africa. In January 2017, the firm announced plans to invest in new businesses in order to expand its core offerings.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,706,581,000

2015 3,606,476,000

2014 3,276,763,000

2013 2,797,402,000

2012 2,767,913,000

331,038,100 8.93%

284,189,800 7.88%

201,570,000 287,993,200 186,068,100 453,359,000 5.87% 12.68% 0.10

223,362,800 261,576,900 166,816,900 429,259,000 6.81% 16.25% 0.15

231,645,600 7.06% 59,844,620 158,777,500 216,053,500 143,284,600 321,935,200 5.27% 13.77% 0.22

117,796,600 4.21% 50,768,780 66,901,600 222,074,000 101,645,700 187,996,800 2.33% 6.40% 0.26

133,550,800 4.82% 49,768,370 77,437,500 57,600,450 88,892,700 213,475,900 3.10% 8.72% 0.24

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 936458801 Fax: 81 936318837 Toll-Free: Address: 2-1, Kurosaki-shiroishi, Fukuoka, 806-0004 Japan

Stock Ticker: YASKF Employees: 11,463 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

2011

Exchange: GREY Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

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Yokogawa Electric Corporation

www.yokogawa.co.jp

NAIC Code: 334513

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: VigilantPlant Services

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Takashi Nishijima, CEO Takashi Nishijima, Pres. Fukiune Junichi, Dir.-Finance Toshiaki Shirai, Sr. VP-Innovation Headquarters Yoshitoshi Manabe, VP-Mfg. Hiroshi Suzuki, Sr. VP-Corp. Admin. Junichi Anabuki, VP-Acct. & Treasury Headquarters Koichi Chujo, VP-Quality Assurance Headquarters Chiaki Ito, VP-Industrial Automation Mktg. Headquarters Shuhei Sakuno, Sr. VP-Audit and Compliance Headquarters Nobuaki Konishi, VP-Systems Bus. Div. Halbori Shuzo, Chmn.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation is a manufacturing company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of measurement and control equipment. The company operates in three business segments: control, measurement and navigation. The control business develops and distributes control systems for the monitoring of production facilities. Its VigilantPlant Services product provides a point of view of every plant within a company's network in order to ensure efficiency of production, ensure safety and optimize the life cycle of products. This division primarily serves the petroleum, chemical, gas, power, iron and steel, pulp and paper, chemicals and food industries. The measurement segment provides measurement equipment and systems for the development of electrical equipment, electronics, automobiles and other products. This division's products comprise wafeform and optical communication measuring instruments; signal generators; LCD drivers; cytological discovery systems; a confocal scanner for observation of live cells; and measuring instruments for electric power, temperature and pressure. The navigation segment provides navigation solutions and systems for aviation instruments and ships, and also develops weather hydrological equipment. Products in this division include flat panel displays for aircraft cockpits, navigation devices for both cruise and cargo ships, and navigation devices such as a gyro compass and auto-pilot solutions.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 3,728,861,000

2015 3,657,299,000

2014 3,501,117,000

2013 3,135,525,000

2012 3,016,277,000

2011 2,934,730,000

357,283,200 9.58%

268,742,000 7.34%

233,367,000 6.66%

165,915,600 5.29%

149,620,600 4.96%

99,852,190 3.40%

271,833,400 287,785,900 125,205,000 522,594,900 7.07% 13.22% 0.08

171,152,000 345,125,000 123,889,200 394,253,500 4.10% 8.55% 0.18

125,132,900 271,346,700 122,564,300 337,094,700 3.16% 6.94% 0.33

139,994,900 157,119,200 112,767,400 326,270,300 3.97% 9.35% 0.38

58,898,280 116,237,400 103,223,000 244,065,100 1.65% 4.14% 0.60

-55,392,320 145,718,000 90,605,110 140,833,100 -1.76% -4.53% 0.40

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 81 488525555 Fax: 81 422550461 Toll-Free: Address: 2-9-32 Nakacho, Tokyo, 180-8750 Japan

Stock Ticker: YOKEF Employees: 18,329 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

OTHER THOUGHTS:

Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: PINX Fiscal Year Ends: 03/31

Estimated Female Officers or Directors: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF)

www.zf.com

NAIC Code: 336350

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automotive Components Transmissions & Power Trains Axles Steering Systems Chassis Components Repair Services Agricultural & Construction Machinery Boat & Helicopter Transmissions

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Zeppelin Foundation TRW Automotive Holdings Friction Material Group

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.

Stefan Sommer, CEO Konstantin Sauer, CFO Jurgen Holeksa, Human Resources Stefan Sommer, Dir.-Corp. Dev Stefan Sommer, Dir.-Corp. Comm. Konstantin Sauer, Exec. VP-Finance & Controlling Wilhelm Rehm, Exec. VP-Industrial Tech. Gerhard Wagner, Exec. VP-Powertrain Tech. Div. Reinhard Buhl, Exec. VP-Car Chassis Tech. Div. Rolf Lutz, Exec. VP-Commercial Vehicles, South America Peter Ottenbruch, Exec. VP-Tech., Asia Pacific

ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) designs and manufactures transmissions, steering systems, chassis components and axle systems and modules. Zeppelin Foundation, which is administered by the city of Friedrichsafen, holds a 93.8% interest in the firm, which operates approximately 230 locations in 40 countries worldwide. Its business units mostly operate as jointly- or wholly-owned subsidiaries. The company operates through seven divisions: car powertrain technology, car chassis technology, commercial vehicle technology, industrial technology, e-mobility, ZF aftermarket and active & passive safety technology. Car powertrain technology includes automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, dual clutch transmissions, axle drives, powertrain modules, electric drive technology and die casting technology. Car chassis technology includes chassis systems, chassis components and suspension technology. Commercial vehicle (CV) technology includes truck and van driveline technology, axle and transmission systems for buses and coaches, CV chassis modules, CV damper technology and CV powertrain modules. Industrial technology includes off-highway systems, test systems, special driveline technology, marine propulsion systems, aviation technology and wind power technology. The e-mobility segment includes electronic systems, system house and electric traction drive systems. The ZF aftermarket segment includes original equipment services, specific original equipment, manufacturing services and the Friction Material Group. The active & passive safety technology segment focuses on the business activities of TRW Automotive, which was acquired by the company in 2015. This segment includes braking systems, steering systems, electronics, occupant safety systems, body control systems and parts and services. In October 2016, the firm's subsidiary Cherry Group was sold to German private investment company GENUI.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 37,230,900,000

2015 32,785,130,700

2014 20,538,000,000

2013 22,108,636,677

2012 20,387,164,759

2011 20,081,800,000

978,257,000

1,145,916,450

749,412,000

606,598,851

433,284,893

699,219,000

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 49-7541-77-0 Fax: 49-7541-77-90-80-00 Toll-Free: Address: Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1, Friedrichshafen, 88046 Germany

Stock Ticker: Private Employees: 136,820 Parent Company: Zeppelin Foundation

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

Exchange: Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31

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ZTE Corporation

www.zte.com.cn

NAIC Code: 334210

GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:

TYPES OF BUSINESS: Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Optical Networking Equipment Intelligent & Next-Generation Network Systems Mobile Phones

ZTE Corporation is one of China's largest telecommunications equipment providers, specializing in offering customized network solutions for telecom carriers in 160 countries. The company develops and manufactures telecommunications equipment for voice, data, multimedia and wireless broadband applications. ZTE's business is organized into six primary product divisions: device, including smartphones, gateways and mobile hotspot solutions; wireless, including base stations, controllers and network management solutions; bearer, including data communication and optical transmission solutions; cloud computing and IT, including cloud and data center solutions; core network, including convergence user data solutions, intelligent open source solutions and voice communication solutions; and fixed access, including optical and copper access equipment and solutions, and customerpremises equipment (CPE) such as telephones, routers, switches, gateways and more. ZTE's products and solutions include consulting services, customer support, integration services, service tools, learning services, managed services and UniCare service transformation services. ZTE has global sales outlets throughout North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States, China and Asia-Pacific.

BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: UniCare

CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Zhao Xianming, CEO Hou Weigui, Chmn.

FINANCIAL DATA: Note: Data for latest year may not have been available at press time. In U.S. $ Revenue R&D Expense Operating Income Operating Margin % SGA Expense Net Income Operating Cash Flow Capital Expenditure EBITDA Return on Assets % Return on Equity % Debt to Equity

2016 14,879,790,000

2015 14,725,930,000

2014 11,975,080,000

2013 11,058,250,000

2012 12,379,010,000

2011 12,678,140,000

171,318,500 1.15% 2,196,853,000 -346,505,900 773,173,200 588,302,900 414,314,900 -1.79% -8.41% 0.19

47,104,540 .31% 2,080,581,000 471,512,100 1,088,377,000 362,923,000 1,123,645,000 2.82% 11.76% 0.20

8,867,331 .07% 1,806,540,000 387,096,300 369,320,500 303,907,500 1,014,921,000 2.55% 11.10% 0.40

-219,462,900 -1.98% 1,794,120,000 199,555,700 378,425,200 343,493,900 764,359,800 1.30% 6.16% 0.51

-735,244,500 -5.93% 1,978,732,000 -417,579,800 227,829,600 349,480,300 212,217,400 -2.66% -12.42% 0.33

63,131,680 .49% 1,967,389,000 302,814,200 -266,369,300 597,500,700 796,028,400 2.17% 8.70% 0.44

CONTACT INFORMATION:

STOCK TICKER/OTHER:

Phone: 86 75526770000 Fax: 86 75526770286 Toll-Free: Address: Hi-tech Rd. S., No. 55, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057 China

Stock Ticker: ZTCOF Employees: 75,609 Parent Company:

SALARIES/BONUSES:

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Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $

Bonus: $ Bonus: $

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Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations

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INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN & MINORITIES 3M Company AB Volvo ABB Ltd Abbott Laboratories Agilent Technologies Inc Air Liquide SA Air Products and Chemicals Inc Alcoa Corporation Alfa Laval AB Alstom SA Altria Group Inc Amcor Limited Amgen Inc Applied Materials Inc Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Areva SA Arla Foods amba Ashland Global Holdings Inc Aspen Technology Inc AstraZeneca plc BAE Systems plc Ball Corporation BASF SE Baxter International Inc Becton Dickinson & Co Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BlackBerry Ltd BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Boeing Company (The) Bombardier Inc BorgWarner Inc Boston Scientific Corp Bridgestone Corporation Bristol-Myers Squibb Co British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Caltex Australia Limited Campbell Soup Co Cargill Inc Carlsberg AS Caterpillar Inc Celanese Corporation Celesio AG Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Cisco Systems Inc CITIC Limited Coca-Cola Company (The) Coca-Cola European Partners plc Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Colgate Palmolive Co Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Conagra Brands Inc Corning Inc Crane Co

www.plunkettresearch.com CRH plc Crown Holdings Inc Cummins Inc Daimler AG Dana Incorporated Danaher Corporation Danone SA Dassault Systemes SA Dean Foods Co Deere & Co (John Deere) Dell EMC Dell Technologies Inc Diageo plc Dover Corporation Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Corning Corporation DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co) Eastman Chemical Company Eaton Corporation plc Electrolux AB Eli Lilly and Company Emerson Electric Co Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) FCA US LLC Flex Ltd Flowserve Corporation Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Ford Motor Co Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Frito-Lay North America Inc GE Aviation GE Healthcare General Dynamics Corporation General Electric Co (GE) General Mills Inc General Motors Company (GM) Gilead Sciences Inc GlaxoSmithKline plc Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Henkel AG & Company KGaA Hershey Co Honeywell International Inc Hormel Foods Corp HP Inc Illinois Tool Works Inc IMI plc Imperial Brands PLC Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Ingersoll-Rand plc Innolux Corporation Intel Corporation International Paper Co iRobot Corporation Jabil Circuit Inc Japan Tobacco Inc Johnson & Johnson Kellogg Company

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Kering SA Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips) Kraft Heinz Company (The) Land O'Lakes Inc Lanxess AG Lockheed Martin Corp L'Oreal SA Luxottica Group SpA LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE LyondellBasell Industries NV Masco Corporation Medtronic plc Merck & Co Inc Mondelez International Inc Motorola Solutions Inc Neste Corporation Nestle SA Nike Inc Nokia Corporation Nokia Networks Norsk Hydro ASA Northrop Grumman Corporation Novartis AG Novo-Nordisk AS Oshkosh Corporation PepsiCo Inc Pernod Ricard SA Pfizer Inc Philip Morris International Inc Phillips 66 Pilgrim's Pride Corporation PPG Industries Inc Praxair Inc Procter & Gamble Co PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Qualcomm Inc Raytheon Company Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Renault SA Repsol SA Reynolds American Inc Robert Bosch GmbH Roche Holding Ltd Rolls-Royce plc RR Donnelley & Sons Co Safran SA San Miguel Corp Sandvik AB Sanofi SA Sasol Limited SC Johnson & Son Inc Schindler Holding AG Seagate Technology plc Siemens AG Siemens Healthineers SKF Incorporated Smithfield Foods Inc Stanley Black & Decker Inc

www.plunkettresearch.com STMicroelectronics NV Stora Enso Oyj Stryker Corporation Syngenta AG Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited TE Connectivity Ltd Teijin Ltd Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson) Tenneco Inc Tesoro Corporation Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Texas Instruments Inc (TI) Textron Inc Thales SA thyssenKrupp AG Tyson Foods Inc Unilever PLC United Technologies Corporation UPM-Kymmene Oyj Valeo SA Valero Energy Corporation Vestas Wind Systems A/S VF Corporation Visteon Corporation Volvo Car Corporation Whirlpool Corp Xerox Corporation

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS Brand or subsidiary, followed by the name of the related corporation 3300 series; Schindler Holding AG 3DPLM Software; Dassault Systemes SA 3DVIA; Dassault Systemes SA 3G Capital; Kraft Heinz Company (The) 3M; 3M Company 3M Purification Inc; 3M Company 5.1; Vizio Inc 5500 series; Schindler Holding AG 7000 series; Schindler Holding AG A&B Electric Motor & Supplies; Praxair Inc A3; Audi of America Inc A320; Airbus SAS A320neo; Airbus Group NV A320neo; Airbus SAS A330; Airbus SAS A330-200F; Airbus SAS A330MRTT; Airbus Group NV A330P2F; Airbus SAS A350; Airbus SAS A350 XWB; Airbus Group NV A380; Airbus Group NV A380; Airbus SAS A5550 C3 Fennec; Airbus Group NV A8 L W12; Audi of America Inc Abbott Medical Optics; Johnson & Johnson ABC; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Abednego Environmental Services; Ecolab Inc Absolut; Pernod Ricard SA Abu Dhabi Energy Exploration & Production Co; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Acano Limited; Cisco Systems Inc Accent; Hyundai Motor Company Accord; American Honda Motor Co Inc Accord; Honda Motor Co Ltd Acer; Acer Inc Acer Starbreeze Corporation; Acer Inc Acetow; Solvay SA Actimel; Danone SA Active Hood; Autoliv Inc Activia; Danone SA Acuity Brands Lighting Inc; Acuity Brands Inc Acuity Controls; Acuity Brands Inc Acura; Honda Motor Co Ltd ACUSON S2000; Siemens Healthineers Adam Opel AG; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA AdBlue; Caltex Australia Limited AdeS; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV adidas; adidas AG adidas Body; adidas AG Aditya Birla Group; Hindalco Industries Limited

www.plunkettresearch.com Aditya Birla Minerals Limited; Hindalco Industries Limited Advinus Therapeutics; Tata Group AEG-Electrolux; Electrolux AB Afferent Phamaceuticals; Merck & Co Inc Affligem; Heineken NV African Oxygen Ltd; Linde AG AGF Gift; Ajinomoto Co Inc Agilent CrossLab; Agilent Technologies Inc Agilent Technologies Research Laboratories; Agilent Technologies Inc Agrimeco & JFE Steel Products Co Ltd; JFE Holdings Inc Agrol; Cargill Inc Air Multiplier; Dyson Ltd Air Wick; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Airane 6; Safran SA Airbus Group NV; Airbus SAS Airbus SAS; Airbus Group NV Airgas Inc; Air Liquide SA Ajax; Colgate Palmolive Co Aji-No-Moto; Ajinomoto Co Inc Ajinomoto General Foods Inc; Ajinomoto Co Inc Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd; Ajinomoto Co Inc Akashi-Kikai Industry Co Ltd; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd AKG; Harman International Industries Inc AkzoNobel; AkzoNobel NV Alcon; Novartis AG Aldrich; Flowserve Corporation Alestra; ALFA SAB de CV Aleve; Bayer AG Alexander McQueen; Kering SA Alexia; Conagra Brands Inc Alfa Romeo; FCA US LLC Alimentos Calchaqui Productos; BRF-Brasil Foods SA Alimta; Eli Lilly and Company Allen Steam Turbines; Weir Group PLC AllGo Systems; Visteon Corporation Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc; Corning Inc Allsteel Inc; HNI Corporation Almidones Mexicanos SA; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Alpek; ALFA SAB de CV Alpha Partners Leasing Limited; Rolls-Royce plc ALPINA; BMW of North America LLC Alpine Lace; Land O'Lakes Inc Alta Dena; Dean Foods Co Altera Corporation; Intel Corporation Altima; Nissan Motor Co Ltd Altima; Nissan North America Inc Aluminum Corporation of China (CHINALCO); Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd Alusa; Amcor Limited Amada Austria GmbH; Amada Co Ltd Amada Lianyungang Machine Tech Co Ltd; Amada Co Ltd Amada Lianyungang Machine Tool Co Ltd; Amada Co Ltd

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Amada Lianyungang Machinery Co Ltd; Amada Co Ltd Amada Ono Plant; Amada Co Ltd Amana; Whirlpool Corp AmBisome; Gilead Sciences Inc American Dryer Corporation; Whirlpool Corp American Snuff Company LLC; Reynolds American Inc American Standard; Ingersoll-Rand plc Amistar; Syngenta AG Amminex; Faurecia SA Amplidata; Western Digital Corp Amstel; Heineken NV Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc; Pfizer Inc AnaJet; Ricoh Company Ltd Andritz Beteiligurgsgesellschaft IV GmbH; Schuler AG AngioJet ZelanteDVT; Boston Scientific Corp Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Anheuser-Busch InVeb NV/SA; Ambev SA Anova; Electrolux AB Anshan Iron and Steel Group; Angang Steel Company Limited AOC (Admiral Overseas Corporation); TPV Technology Ltd Aoi Machine Industry Co Ltd; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd AOpen Inc; Wistron Corporation Apple TV; Apple Inc Apple Watch; Apple Inc AppleCarPlay; FCA US LLC Aptis; Alstom SA AQSense; Cognex Corporation Aqua; Danone SA Aquarius; Coca-Cola European Partners plc Aramis; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Aranesp; Amgen Inc ARCHITECT; Abbott Laboratories Arcon Informatica SA; NEC Corporation AREVA Australia Holdings Pty Ltd; Areva SA AREVA Gabon; Areva SA AREVA Mongol; Areva SA AREVA NC; Areva SA AREVA NP; Areva SA AREVA Projects; Areva SA AREVA Resources Namibia; Areva SA Argos; Haier Electronics Group ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Ariane 5; Safran SA Aristokraft; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Arla; Arla Foods amba ARLANXEO; Lanxess AG Armor All; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Arnette Optic Illusions Inc; Luxottica Group SpA ARO; Ingersoll-Rand plc Aromax; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Artis zeego; Siemens Healthineers Artisan Confections Company; Hershey Co

ARTISTE; Siemens Healthineers Asahi Breweries Ltd; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Asahi Group Foods Ltd; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Asahi Kasei Chemicals; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Kasei Construction Materials; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Kasei Fibers; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Kasei Homes; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Kasei Medical; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Kasei Microdevices; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Kasei Pharma; Asahi Kasei Corp Asahi Soft Drinks Co; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Asahi Super Dry; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Asahi Ume Wine; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd; Heineken NV Aspen Collaborative Demand Manager; Aspen Technology Inc Aspen DMC3; Aspen Technology Inc Aspen HYSYS; Aspen Technology Inc Aspen Info Plus.21; Aspen Technology Inc Aspen Plus; Aspen Technology Inc aspenONE Engineering; Aspen Technology Inc aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain; Aspen Technology Inc Aspir; Weir Group PLC ASUS; ASUSTeK Computer Inc ASUS ROG; ASUSTeK Computer Inc Athlon Car Lease International; Daimler AG Atlas Copco; Atlas Copco AB Atripla; Gilead Sciences Inc Attrage; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Atwood & Morrill; Weir Group PLC Audi; Volkswagen AG (VW) Audi A8; Audi AG Audi Brussels SA/NV; Audi AG Audi Hungaria Motor Kft; Audi AG AUO Crystal (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; AU Optronics Corp AUO Crystal Corp; AU Optronics Corp AUO Green Energy America Corp; AU Optronics Corp AUO Green Energy Europe BV; AU Optronics Corp AUO SunPower Sdn Bhd; AU Optronics Corp Auscom Engineering Inc; Compal Electronics Inc Auto Alliance (Thailand) Co Ltd; Mazda Motor Corporation Auto Alliance International Inc; Mazda Motor Corporation AUTOGERMA SpA; Audi AG Autoliv AB; Autoliv Inc Autoliv ASP Inc; Autoliv Inc Automobili Lamborghini Holding SpA; Audi AG Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART); CRRC Corporation Limited AutoTork; Weir Group PLC Aveda; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Avicta; Syngenta AG Avionics; GE Aviation AVK; Cummins Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Avocado Research Chemicals Limited; Johnson Matthey PLC AvtoVAZ OAO; Renault SA Away-from-Home; Svenska Cellulosa AB AWK Fittings GmbH; IDEX Corporation Axial; Syngenta AG Axilect; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Axios; Tenneco Inc Axtel; ALFA SAB de CV Azera; Hyundai Motor America Azera; Hyundai Motor Company Baby & Me Organic; Arla Foods amba Babyganics; SC Johnson & Son Inc Bacanora Minerals Ltd; Hanwa Co Ltd Backup Plus; Seagate Technology plc Badger Licensing LLC; ExxonMobil Chemical BAE Systems Applied Intelligence; BAE Systems plc BAE Systems Australia; BAE Systems plc BAE Systems Inc; BAE Systems plc BAE Systems India; BAE Systems plc BAE Systems Saudi Arabia; BAE Systems plc Baileys Irish Cream; Diageo plc Ballantine’s; Pernod Ricard SA Baltic Beverages Holding; Carlsberg AS Baltika; Carlsberg AS Band-Aid; Johnson & Johnson Banque PSA Finance; Peugeot Banque PSA Finance; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Baraclude; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Barcel; Grupo Bimbo SA barkTHINS; Hershey Co Basell AF SCA; LyondellBasell Industries NV Batley Valve; Weir Group PLC Batman Refinery; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS Bauknecht; Whirlpool Corp Bavaria Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Bayer Aspirin; Bayer AG BBM Enterprise SDK; BlackBerry Ltd BD Hypak; Becton Dickinson & Co BD Life Sciences; Becton Dickinson & Co BD Medical; Becton Dickinson & Co BD Vacutainer; Becton Dickinson & Co Beats Audio; HTC Corp Becca Cosmetics; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Beck's; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Beefeater; Pernod Ricard SA Begemann; Weir Group PLC Behr; Masco Corporation Beijing Consen Automation Control Co Ltd; China Automation Group Limited Beijing Digipro Information Technology Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd

Beijing Doneed Seeds Industry Co Ltd; Wanxiang Group Corporation Belchim Crop Protection NV; Mitsui Chemicals Inc Bell Helicopter; Textron Inc Bellco Health; Medtronic plc Belmedis; Celesio AG Benecke-Kaliko Group; Continental AG Benefique; Shiseido Company Limited Benefit Cosmetics; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Beneteler International AG; Benteler Group (The) BenQ Solar; AU Optronics Corp Bentley; Volkswagen AG (VW) Bepanthen/Bepanthol; Bayer AG Berkeley Farms; Dean Foods Co Berko; SPX Corporation Berkshire Hathaway Inc; Precision Castparts Corp Berkshire Hathaway Inc; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Berkshire Hathaway Inc; BYD Company Limited Bershka; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Bertin; JBS SA Best&Less; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Betty Crocker; General Mills Inc Beverage Partners Worldwide; Nestle SA Beverage Partners Worldwide; Coca-Cola Company (The) Beyond Meat; Tyson Foods Inc BFGoodrich; Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Bharat Aluminium Company Limited; Vedanta Resources plc Bharat Petroleum Aviation Fuel Services; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Bharat PetroResources Limited; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BharatBenz; Daimler AG Bharatgas; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BigRep GmbH; Kloeckner & Co SE Bimbo; Grupo Bimbo SA Bimbo Bakeries USA; Grupo Bimbo SA Bina Refinery; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BioReliance; Merck KGaA BIOVIA; Dassault Systemes SA Birla Copper; Hindalco Industries Limited Bisquick; General Mills Inc Bizcom Electronics Inc; Compal Electronics Inc Black & Decker; Stanley Black & Decker Inc Black & Decker; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc BlackBerry; BlackBerry Ltd BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite; BlackBerry Ltd BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager; BlackBerry Ltd Blake’s All Natural Foods; Conagra Brands Inc Blendy; Ajinomoto Co Inc blu; Imperial Brands PLC Blueair; Unilever PLC

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG); BMW of North America LLC BMW Financial Services NA LLC; BMW of North America LLC BMW Manufacturing Co LLC; BMW of North America LLC BMW Motoren; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) BMW Technik; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) BNBM; China National Building Material Co Ltd Bobbie Brown; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Body Shop (The); L'Oreal SA Boeing 737; Boeing Company (The) Boeing 747-8; Boeing Company (The) Boeing 777; Boeing Company (The) Boeing 787 Dreamliner; Boeing Company (The) Boeing Capital Corporation; Boeing Company (The) Boggabri Coal Mine; Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Bolthouse Farms; Campbell Soup Co Bombardier Aerospace; Bombardier Inc Bombardier Transportation; Bombardier Inc Bond Street; Philip Morris International Inc Borealis LAT; Borealis AG BorgWarner Emissions Systems Inc; BorgWarner Inc Borlink; Borealis AG Borouge; Borealis AG Borstar; Borealis AG Bortezomib; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Bosch Battery Systems; Robert Bosch GmbH Bosch Boxberg Proving Ground; Robert Bosch GmbH Bosch Engineering; Robert Bosch GmbH Bosch Mahle TurboSystems; Robert Bosch GmbH Bosch Packaging Technology; Robert Bosch GmbH Bosch Rexroth; Robert Bosch GmbH Boshoku Atuomotive (Thailand) Co Ltd; Toyota Boshoku Corporation Bostitch; Stanley Black & Decker Inc Bottega Veneta; Kering SA BP Ergo Limited; HNI Corporation BPCL Proficiency Testing; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Braava; iRobot Corporation Braden; PACCAR Inc Bradken Limited; Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd Braskem Europe GmbH; Braskem SA Brasstech; Masco Corporation Brastemp; Whirlpool Corp Bravo; Syngenta AG Breguet; Swatch Group AG Bridgestone Americas Inc; Bridgestone Corporation Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte Ltd; Bridgestone Corporation Bridgestone Europe NV/SA; Bridgestone Corporation

Bristan; Masco Corporation British American Tobacco PLC; Reynolds American Inc Brookfield Engineering Laboratories; Ametek Inc Budweiser; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Bugatti; Volkswagen AG (VW) Buick; General Motors Company (GM) BW Seals; Flowserve Corporation BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc; BWX Technologies Inc BYD Auto Company Limited; BYD Company Limited BYJC Okuma Beijing Machine Tool Co Ltd; Okuma Corporation Cadbury; Mondelez International Inc Cadillac; General Motors Company (GM) Caldera Graphics SAS; Dover Corporation Calgon; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Caltex StarCard; Caltex Australia Limited Camel; Reynolds American Inc Campbell's Organic; Campbell Soup Co Campofrio Food Group SA; Smithfield Foods Inc Canadian Hardinge Machine Tools Ltd; Hardinge Inc Candesartan Cilexetil; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Canesten; Bayer AG Cangson; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Canon (China) Co Ltd; Canon Inc Canon Europa NV; Canon Inc Canon USA Inc; Canon Inc Capri Sun; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Captain Morgan; Diageo plc Captain Morgan; Diageo plc Carandini; Acuity Brands Inc Carco; PACCAR Inc Cardell; Masco Corporation CareFusion Corporation; Becton Dickinson & Co Carlisle; Timken Company (The) Carlsberg; Carlsberg AS Carlsberg Breweries A/S; Carlsberg AS Carlsberg Group; Carlsberg AS Case Construction; CNH Industrial NV Case iH Agriculture; CNH Industrial NV Castello; Arla Foods amba Cat; Caterpillar Inc Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Caterpillar Inc CATIA; Dassault Systemes SA Cavex; Weir Group PLC Cayston; Gilead Sciences Inc CB Equipty LLP; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) CBI; Terex Corporation CCM; adidas AG CEEDS; Syngenta AG Cellular Research Inc; Becton Dickinson & Co Celos; DMG Mori Co Ltd

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute; Japan Tobacco Inc Cereal Partners Worldwide; General Mills Inc Cereal Partners Worldwide; Nestle SA Cerevance; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Cerezyme; Sanofi SA Cesar; Mars Inc CF34; GE Aviation Challenger; AGCO Corporation Challenger; Bombardier Inc Chamtor; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co Ltd; Mazda Motor Corporation Charmin; Procter & Gamble Co Cheetos; Frito-Lay North America Inc Cheetos; PepsiCo Inc Chef Boyardee; Conagra Brands Inc Chemetall; BASF SE Chemicals Pakistan; AkzoNobel NV Chengde Lolo Co Ltd; Wanxiang Group Corporation Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Chesterfield; Philip Morris International Inc Chevrolet; General Motors Company (GM) Chevron Corporation; GS Caltex Corporation Chevron Corporation; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC; Phillips 66 Chiba Chemicals Manufacturing LLP; Mitsui Chemicals Inc Chiba Phenol Co Ltd; Mitsui Chemicals Inc China Composites Group; China National Building Material Co Ltd China Fiberglass; China National Building Material Co Ltd China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec); Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation; CRRC Corporation Limited China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited; China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) China Resources Snow Breweries Limited; China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) China Triumph; China National Building Material Co Ltd China United; China National Building Material Co Ltd Chivas Regal; Pernod Ricard SA Christian Dior Couture SA; Christian Dior SE Christian Dior SA; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Christopher Kane; Kering SA Chromebook; Acer Inc Chromebook Flip C302; ASUSTeK Computer Inc

Chromspun; Eastman Chemical Company Chrysler; FCA US LLC Chuck Taylor; Nike Inc Chugai Pharmaceuticals; Roche Holding Ltd Ciel; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV CIMA Energy Ltd; Mitsubishi Corp Cisco Unified Computing System; Cisco Systems Inc CITIC Bank; CITIC Limited CITIC Engineering Design & Construction; CITIC Limited CITIC Group; CITIC Limited CITIC Heavy Industries; CITIC Limited CITIC Mining International; CITIC Limited CITIC Offshore Helicopter Co Ltd.; CITIC Limited CITIC Pacific Special Steel; CITIC Limited CITIC Press; CITIC Limited Citigo; Skoda Auto AS Citroen; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Citroen; Peugeot Civic; Honda Motor Co Ltd Civic; American Honda Motor Co Inc CLARCOR Inc; Parker Hannifin Corporation Claritin; Bayer AG Classico; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Clearasil; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) ClearCurve; Corning Inc Cleveland Faucet Group; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Clevite; Tenneco Inc Clinique; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Clips; Apple Inc Closer to Nature; Arla Foods amba Club Car; Ingersoll-Rand plc CNBM Investment; China National Building Material Co Ltd Coalesse; Steelcase Inc Cobb-Vantress Inc; Tyson Foods Inc Coca-Cola; Coca-Cola European Partners plc Coca-Cola Classic; Coca-Cola Company (The) Coca-Cola Company (The); Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Coca-Cola Company (The); Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Coca-Cola Enterprises; Coca-Cola European Partners plc Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetranke AG; Coca-Cola European Partners plc Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Coca-Cola Iberian Partners; Coca-Cola European Partners plc COFCO Group; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Coherent Inc; Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc Coherent-Rofin; Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. ColdLight Solutions LLC; PTC Inc CoLucid Pharmaceuticals Inc; Eli Lilly and Company COM DEV International; Honeywell International Inc Comex; PPG Industries Inc Command; 3M Company CompAir; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc Compal (Vietnam) Co Limited; Compal Electronics Inc Complera; Gilead Sciences Inc Composite Technology & Applications Limited; RollsRoyce plc Connex3; Stratasys Ltd ConSite; Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd Consul; Whirlpool Corp Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corp; Teijin Ltd Continuous Liquid Interface Production; Carbon Inc ContiTech; Continental AG Converse; ITOCHU Corporation Converse Inc; Nike Inc Cook Do; Ajinomoto Co Inc Coolpix; Nikon Corporation Cooper; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Copaxone; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Copenhagen; Altria Group Inc Coppertone; Bayer AG Corona; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Coronado; Grupo Bimbo SA Cosma International of America Inc; Magna International Inc Cosman Medical Inc; Boston Scientific Corp Cosmo Computer Center Co Ltd; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Cosmo Kaiun Co Ltd; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Cosmo Matsuyama Oil Co Ltd; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Cosmo Oil Lubricants Co Ltd; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Cosmo Trade & Service Co Ltd; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd COTTO; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) Country Fresh; Dean Foods Co CPAC; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) Craftsman; Stanley Black & Decker Inc Crane Payment Innovations; Crane Co Crave 360; Vizio Inc Crave Go; Vizio Inc Crave Pro; Vizio Inc Crest; Procter & Gamble Co Crestor; AstraZeneca plc CRISI Medical Systems; Becton Dickinson & Co CROPLAN GENETICS; Land O'Lakes Inc CrossBoss; Boston Scientific Corp Crosswind Industries Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Cruzcampo; Heineken Holding NV CR-V; American Honda Motor Co Inc CR-V; Honda Motor Co Ltd CSKT Inc; Atlas Copco AB Csys; Dyson Ltd Cu-Beam; Dyson Ltd

CyberShuttle; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Cycle & Carriage; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Cyramza; Eli Lilly and Company Dacia; Renault SA Daewoo International Corporation; POSCO Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries; Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd DAF Trucks; PACCAR Inc Daihatsu Business Support & Engineering Center; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daihatsu Credit Co Ltd; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daihatsu Metal Co Ltd; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd; Toyota Motor Corporation Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co Ltd; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daihatsu Transportation Co Ltd; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd; Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co Ltd; Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Daiichi Sankyo Inc; Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Daimler; Daimler AG Daimler AG; Renault SA Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma; Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd Dana Holding Corporation; Dana Incorporated Danimals; Danone SA Dannon Company Inc (The); Danone SA Dasani; Coca-Cola Company (The) DataSafe; EnerSys David J Joseph Company; Nucor Corp DCP Midstream LLC; Phillips 66 Dean’s; Dean Foods Co Debica; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Deckel Maho Pfroten GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Deckel Mano Seebach GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Deepfield; Nokia Corporation DeLclima SpA; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Dell; Dell Technologies Inc Dell EMC; Dell Technologies Inc Dell Technologies Inc; Dell EMC DELMIA; Dassault Systemes SA Deltek Inc; Roper Technologies Inc Delux; AkzoNobel NV Demag; Terex Corporation Design Within Reach Inc; Herman Miller Inc Designtex; Steelcase Inc Designworks; BMW of North America LLC Desperados; Heineken Holding NV Desperados; Heineken NV DeWALT; Stanley Black & Decker Inc Dial Corporation; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Diamond; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Diet Coke; Coca-Cola Company (The)

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Digital ELPH; Canon Inc Dinair AB; Daikin Industries Ltd Dinty Moore; Hormel Foods Corp Diprivan; AstraZeneca plc Dissolvine; AkzoNobel NV DiTAS; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS DLP; Texas Instruments Inc (TI) DM NovaFoam Ltd; Mitsui Chemicals Inc DMB Mori Mold Laboratory Co Ltd; DMG Mori Co Ltd DMG Mori Management GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft DMG Mori Renewable Energy Co Ltd; DMG Mori Co Ltd DMG Mori Sales and Service Co Ltd; DMG Mori Co Ltd DMG Mori Software Solutions GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft DMG Mori Used Machines Co Ltd; DMG Mori Co Ltd DMG Mori Wasino Ltd; DMG Mori Co Ltd DocuTech; Xerox Corporation Dollar Shave Club; Unilever PLC Dolphin; Energizer Holdings Inc Dom Perignon; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd Dongfeng Electric Vehicle Co; Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd Dongfeng Electric Vehicle Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Honda Auto Parts Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel Company; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company; Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Special-Purpose Vehicle Co Ltd; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng-Yueda Kia Automobile Company; Dongfeng Motor Corporation Donghai Mingzhu; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Donna Karan International; Christian Dior SE Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc; RR Donnelley & Sons Co Doriana; JBS SA Doritos; Frito-Lay North America Inc Doritos; PepsiCo Inc Dos Equis; Heineken Holding NV

Dot Hill Systems Corporation; Seagate Technology plc Dove; Unilever NV Dove; Unilever PLC Dow Automotive Systems; Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Chemical Company (The); Dow Corning Corporation Dow Chemical Company (The); Union Carbide Corporation Dow Corning; Dow Corning Corporation Dow Elastomers; Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Electrical and Telecommunications; Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Electronic Materials; Dow Chemical Company (The) Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics; Dow Chemical Company (The) Dowty; GE Aviation Dr. Scholl's; Bayer AG Dragon & Tiger; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Drano; SC Johnson & Son Inc Dreamwire; Boston Scientific Corp Drives; Timken Company (The) Droid; Motorola Mobility LLC Drypers; Svenska Cellulosa AB DS Automobiles; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA DSM Biomedical; DSM NV DSM Dyneema; DSM NV DSM Engineering Plastics; DSM NV DSM Food Specialties; DSM NV DSM Nutritional Products; DSM NV DSM Resins & Functional Materials; DSM NV DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals; DSM NV DSME Construction; Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd DSME Shandong Co Ltd; Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd Dual Gold; Syngenta AG DualTronic; BorgWarner Inc Ducati; Volkswagen AG (VW) Dulux; PPG Industries Inc Dunhill; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Dunlop; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) DuPont Crop Protection; DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co) Dupont Pioneer; DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co) DuPont Sorona PTT; DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co) Duramune; Eli Lilly and Company Durco; Flowserve Corporation DWR; Herman Miller Inc Dyna; Hino Motors Ltd Dynamic Light Spot; Autoliv Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. DynoMax; Tenneco Inc Dyson Airblade; Dyson Ltd Dyson Supersonic; Dyson Ltd E Merck KG; Merck KGaA Eaststarch CV; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) EasyMile; Alstom SA Ebara Earnest Co Ltd; Ebara Corporation Ebara Environmental Plant Co Ltd; Ebara Corporation Ebara Field Tech Corporation; Ebara Corporation Ebara Hamada Blower Co Ltd; Ebara Corporation Ebara-Byron Jackson Ltd; Ebara Corporation EC120; Airbus Group NV EC225 Super Puma; Airbus Group NV Eco Mark; Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd Ecoline; DMG Mori Co Ltd Edible Oils Limited; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Edwards; Atlas Copco AB Effient; Eli Lilly and Company Eggo; Kellogg Company Eka Chemicals AB; AkzoNobel NV Elantra; Hyundai Motor America Elantra; Hyundai Motor Company ELDEC; Crane Co Electrochem; Integer Holdings Corporation Electrolux; Electrolux AB Eliquis; Pfizer Inc Eliquis; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Elixir; Shiseido Company Limited Elliott Group; Ebara Corporation Elmo Rietschle; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc EM Microelectronic; Swatch Group AG EMC Corporation; Dell EMC EMC Corporation; Dell Technologies Inc Emco Wheaton; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc EMD Group; Merck KGaA EMD Serono Chemicals Inc; Merck KGaA Enable; ExxonMobil Chemical Enbrel; Amgen Inc Enbrel; Pfizer Inc Energizer; Energizer Holdings Inc Energizer EcoAdvanced; Energizer Holdings Inc Energizer Max; Energizer Holdings Inc Energizer Recharge; Energizer Holdings Inc EnerSys; EnerSys ENOVIA; Dassault Systemes SA Enser Corporation (The); EnerSys EnShape GmbH; Cognex Corporation Ensure; Abbott Laboratories e-NV200; Nissan Motor Co Ltd Environmental JBS; JBS SA Envision; TPV Technology Ltd Envision Peripherals Inc; TPV Technology Ltd EOS Rebel; Canon Inc EPOGEN; Amgen Inc Epson Sales Co Ltd; Seiko Epson Corporation

Erga Mio; Isuzu Motors Ltd e-Service; Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd ESP/SurgeX; Ametek Inc Essar Energy; Essar Group Limited Essar Global Fund Limited; Essar Group Limited Essar Oil; Essar Group Limited Essar Ports; Essar Group Limited Essar Power; Essar Group Limited Essar Projects; Essar Group Limited Essar Shipping; Essar Group Limited Essar Steel; Essar Group Limited Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire Europe GmbH; Furukawa Electric Co Ltd Essity; Svenska Cellulosa AB Esta THE; Ferrero SpA Estee Lauder; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Estrobond; Eastman Chemical Company Estron; Eastman Chemical Company e-tron; Audi of America Inc e-tron Quattro; Audi AG Eureka; Electrolux AB EUROPIPE GmbH; Salzgitter AG Evian; Danone SA Evoguard GmbH; Krones AG Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH; Evonik Industries AG Evonik Performance Materials GmbH; Evonik Industries AG Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH; Evonik Industries AG Evonik Technology & Infrastructure GmbH; Evonik Industries AG EVRAZ KGOK; EVRAZ plc EVRAZ Nikom; EVRAZ plc EVRAZ Stratcor; EVRAZ plc EVRAZ Vanady Tula; EVRAZ plc EVRAZ Yuzkoks; EVRAZ plc Evrazruda; EVRAZ plc Expansion; Seagate Technology plc Explorer; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Exposis; SC Johnson & Son Inc Exxcore; ExxonMobil Chemical Exxon Mobil Corporation; ExxonMobil Chemical ExxonMobile Chemical Technology Licensing LLC; ExxonMobil Chemical EZ10; Alstom SA E-Z-GO; Textron Inc F110; GE Aviation F3DM; BYD Company Limited Fabia; Skoda Auto AS Fafnir; Timken Company (The) Famous Amos; Kellogg Company Fanta; Coca-Cola Company (The) Fanta; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Fanta; Coca-Cola European Partners plc FANUC America Corporation; Fanuc Corporation

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. FANUC Europe Corporation SA; Fanuc Corporation FANUC Robot i; Fanuc Corporation Farenheat; SPX Corporation Farmacias Farmacon; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Farmland Foods Inc; Smithfield Foods Inc FatMax; Stanley Black & Decker Inc FAW Assets Operation and Management Co Ltd; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FAW Foundry Co Ltd; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FAW Group Import and Export Corporation; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FAW Jilin Automobile Co Ltd; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FAW Tool and Die Co Ltd; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) FEMSA Comercia SA de CV; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Fendi; Christian Dior SE Fendt; AGCO Corporation Ferrero de Mexico SA; Ferrero SpA Ferrero International SA; Ferrero SpA Ferrero Rocher; Ferrero SpA Fiamm Motive Power; EnerSys Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV; FCA US LLC Fibras; Solvay SA Fidelis Group LLC; Aspen Technology Inc Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc; HRG Group Inc Filtrete; 3M Company First Automotive Works; FAW Group Corporation (First Automotive Works) Fit; Honda Motor Co Ltd Five Lakes; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Five Star Custom Foods Ltd; Cargill Inc Fjords Processing; National Oilwell Varco Inc Flanders Holdings LLC; Daikin Industries Ltd Flash Technology; SPX Corporation Fleetguard; Cummins Inc FlexiFuel; Volvo Car Corporation Flexjet; Bombardier Inc FlexProcess for Ever Changing Business; NEC Corporation Flint Hills Resources; Koch Industries Inc Floseal Hemostatic Matrix; Baxter International Inc Flying Forward Observation System; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Focus; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Fonos; Tenneco Inc

Fontem Ventures; Imperial Brands PLC Foodary (The); Caltex Australia Limited Forcepoint; Raytheon Company Ford; Ford Motor Co Ford Credit Canada; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Ford Escape Hybrid SUV; Ford Motor Co Ford F150; Ford Motor Co Ford Focus; Ford Motor Co Ford Mazda Automobile Co Ltd; Mazda Motor Corporation Ford Motor Co; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Ford Motor Credit Co; Ford Motor Co Ford Mustang; Ford Motor Co Ford Parts and Service; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Forester; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Formosa Plastics Group; Nan Ya Plastics Corporation Fortiv Corporation; Danaher Corporation Fortune; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Fortus; Stratasys Ltd Foto Fantasy Inc; Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd Foxconn Technology Co Ltd; Sharp Corporation Foxconn Technology Group; Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd FPT Powertrain Technologies; CNH Industrial NV Franzia; Kirin Holdings Company Limited Free2 Move; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Freightliner; Daimler AG French's; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Fresca; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Friboli; JBS SA Fric-Rot; Tenneco Inc Friction Material Group; ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) Friskies; Nestle SA Frito-Lay North America Inc; PepsiCo Inc Fritz Schumacher AG; Sharp Corporation Front Street Re (Delaware) Ltd; HRG Group Inc Fuchs; Terex Corporation Fuji Xerox Co Ltd; FUJIFILM Holdings Corp FUJIFILM Corporation; FUJIFILM Holdings Corp Fujinomiya Works; Amada Co Ltd Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited; Fujitsu Limited Fulda; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Futurecraft 4D Carbon +; Carbon Inc FYI Television; Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson) G500; General Dynamics Corporation G600; General Dynamics Corporation Gabriel Acquisitions GmbH; Evonik Industries AG Galderma; L'Oreal SA Galderma SA; Nestle SA Galvani Bioelectronics; GlaxoSmithKline plc Gammagard; Baxter International Inc Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG; Astellas Pharma Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Garden Fresh Gourmet; Campbell Soup Co Gardner Denver; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc Gas Natural Fenosa; Repsol SA GASPAC; Flowserve Corporation Gateway Inc; Acer Inc Gaviscon; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) GE Capital; General Electric Co (GE) GE Capital Aviation Services; General Electric Co (GE) GE Hitachi Nuclar Energy; GE Power & Water GE Hitachi Nuclear Canada Inc; BWX Technologies Inc GE90; GE Aviation Gearmatic; PACCAR Inc Genentech Inc; Roche Holding Ltd General Electric Co; GE Healthcare General Electric Co (GE); GE Power & Water General Electric Company; GE Aviation Genesis; Hyundai Motor Company Genesis; Hyundai Motor America Geneva Industrial Gases; Praxair Inc Genkotsu-Robot; Fanuc Corporation Georgia-Pacific LLC; Koch Industries Inc Gerdau SA; Metalurgica Gerdau SA Gestetner; Ricoh Company Ltd Gestra; Flowserve Corporation GIGAPHOTON Inc; Komatsu Ltd Gildemeister Beteiligungen GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Gilead Sciences; Roche Holding Ltd Gillette; Procter & Gamble Co Ginebra San Miguel Inc; San Miguel Corp Gist; Linde AG Givenchy; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Givenchy; Christian Dior SE GKN Aerospace; GKN plc GKN Driveline; GKN plc GKN Hoeganaes; GKN plc GKN Off-Highway Powertrain; GKN plc GKN Powder Metallurgy; GKN plc GKN Sinter Metals; GKN plc GKN Wheels and Structures; GKN plc Glenlivet (The); Pernod Ricard SA Glidden; PPG Industries Inc Global; Bombardier Inc Global Drug Development; Novartis AG Global Tubes; Ametek Inc Global Unichip Corporation; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) GMC; General Motors Company (GM) GO; Nissan Motor Co Ltd Godrej Tyson Foods; Tyson Foods Inc Gold; Heineken Holding NV Gold Medal; General Mills Inc Golden Food Siam; BRF-Brasil Foods SA Golden Virginia; Imperial Brands PLC Goodaymart; Haier Electronics Group

Goodyear; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Gotham; Acuity Brands Inc Grand Cuisine; Electrolux AB GRANDIT; Teijin Ltd Grandma's; Frito-Lay North America Inc grandPad; Acer Inc Graziano Tortona Srl; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Great Plains Manufacuting Inc; Kubota Corporation Great Wall Technology Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Greatbatch; Integer Holdings Corporation GreatWall Info Industry Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Green Mobility Solution Group; Toyota Tsusho Corporation Greenlee; Textron Inc GripCo; Stanley Black & Decker Inc Grupo Petrotemex SA de CV; Alpek SAB de CV Grupo Socofar; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Grupo Styropek SA de CV; Alpek SAB de CV GS Holdings Corporation; GS Caltex Corporation GS Power Co Ltd; GS Caltex Corporation GSM Blue Gin; San Miguel Corp GSO; AGCO Corporation Guardian Industries Corp; Koch Industries Inc Gucci; Kering SA Guhua; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Guinness; Diageo plc Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co; Qualcomm Inc Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; General Dynamics Corporation Gunlocke Company LLC (The); HNI Corporation Guofeng; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Haagen-Dazs Japan Inc; General Mills Inc Haier; Haier Electronics Group Haku; Shiseido Company Limited HALOS Corporation; Hanwa Co Ltd Hammerite; AkzoNobel NV HandStands Holding Corporation; Energizer Holdings Inc Hanwa Foods Co Ltd; Hanwa Co Ltd Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Co Ltd; Hanwa Co Ltd Hanwa Steel Service Ltd; Hanwa Co Ltd Hanwha Chemical; Hanwha Corporation Hanwha E&C; Hanwha Corporation Hanwha Hotels & Resorts; Hanwha Corporation Hanwha Life Insurance; Hanwha Corporation Hanwha Techwin; Hanwha Corporation Hard Case; Energizer Holdings Inc Hardinge; Hardinge Inc Hardinge China Limited; Hardinge Inc Hardinge Technology Systems Inc; Hardinge Inc Harman/Kardon; Harman International Industries Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Harry Winston; Swatch Group AG Harvoni; Gilead Sciences Inc Hauser; Hardinge Inc Hawker; EnerSys Head & Shoulders; Procter & Gamble Co Healthy Choice; Conagra Brands Inc Heartware International Inc; Medtronic plc Hebei Qite Packing Co Ltd; Amcor Limited Heineken NV; Heineken Holding NV Heineken NV; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Heineken UK; Heineken NV Heineken USA; Heineken NV Heinz; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Helac Corporation; Parker Hannifin Corporation Hellfire; Lockheed Martin Corp Hellman’s; Unilever NV Hellman's; Unilever PLC Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation; Dow Corning Corporation Hemlock Semiconductor LLC; Dow Corning Corporation Herman Miller Collection; Herman Miller Inc Hershey India Confectionery Private Limited; Hershey Co Hershey Kisses; Hershey Co Hershey’s Chocolate World; Hershey Co HeuliezBus; CNH Industrial NV Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; HP Inc Hewlett-Packard Co; HP Inc Hewlett-Packard Company; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Hickory Business Furniture LLC; HNI Corporation Hill's Pet Nutrition; Colgate Palmolive Co Hill's Prescription Diet; Colgate Palmolive Co HiMSEN; Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd Hindalco-Almex Aerospace Limited; Hindalco Industries Limited Hindustan Zinc Limited; Vedanta Resources plc Hino; Toyota Motor Corporation Hino 300 Hybrid; Hino Motors Ltd Hino 300 Series; Hino Motors Ltd Hino 500 Series; Hino Motors Ltd Hino 700 Series; Hino Motors Ltd Hino Motors Ltd; Toyota Motor Corporation Hino Motors Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd; Hino Motors Ltd Hitachi Global Storage Technologies; Western Digital Corp Hitachi High-Tech Fielding Corporation; Hitachi HighTechnologies Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Materials Corporation; Hitachi HighTechnologies Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation; Hitachi HighTechnologies Corporation

Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation; Hitachi HighTechnologies Corporation Hitachi High-Tech Support Corporation; Hitachi HighTechnologies Corporation Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc; Hitachi Limited Hitachi Medical Corporation; Hitachi Limited Holden; General Motors Company (GM) Holophane; Acuity Brands Inc Holsten; Carlsberg AS Homax; PPG Industries Inc HON Company LLC (The); HNI Corporation Honda; Honda Motor Co Ltd Honda Motor Co Ltd; American Honda Motor Co Inc Honda of America Manufacturing Inc; American Honda Motor Co Inc Honda R&D Americas Inc; American Honda Motor Co Inc HondaJet; Honda Motor Co Ltd Horlicks; GlaxoSmithKline plc Hormel Chili Master; Hormel Foods Corp HP Inc; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company HP Labs; HP Inc HR-V; American Honda Motor Co Inc HTC Desire; HTC Corp HTC One; HTC Corp HTC One A9; HTC Corp HTC Sense; HTC Corp HTC Vive; HTC Corp Hub Robot; LG Electronics Inc Humulin; Eli Lilly and Company Hunt's; Conagra Brands Inc Huntsman International LLC; Huntsman Corporation Hurley International LLC; Nike Inc Hydro-Aire; Crane Co Hyosung Goodsprings; Hyosung Corporation Hyundai Capital Germany GmbH; Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Motor America; Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Motor Company; Hyundai Motor America Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation HY-VO; BorgWarner Inc IAG Tiger; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) IC; Navistar International Corp Ichikoh; Valeo SA iconectiv; Telefon AB LM Ericsson (Ericsson) ICS Industries Pty Ltd; EnerSys idea; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) iDEN; Motorola Solutions Inc IEC (Cayman) Corporation; Inventec Corporation IEH BA LLC (Beck Arnley); Federal-Mogul Corporation IIAA; Navistar International Corp iLab Solutions LLC; Agilent Technologies Inc Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH; Salzgitter AG Ilva SpA; ArcelorMittal SA

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. ILX Lightwave; Newport Corporation IM Flash Technologies LLC; Micron Technology Inc imCORE; Roche Holding Ltd IMI Bopp & Reuther; IMI plc IMI Buschjost; IMI plc IMI CCI; IMI plc IMI Heimeier; IMI plc IMI Pneumatex; IMI plc IMI STI; IMI plc i-MiEV; Mitsubishi Motors Corp IMM-FAST Check; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Imperial Tobacco; Imperial Brands PLC Impreza; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Indane; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Indelpro SA de CV; Alpek SAB de CV Independence Tube Corporation; Nucor Corp India Yamaha Motor Private Limited; Yamaha Motor Company Limited Indian Hotels Company Limited (The); Tata Group Industries Centers; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) InfiniCor; Corning Inc Infiniti QX60; Nissan North America Inc Infinity; Harman International Industries Inc Inflatable Curtain; Autoliv Inc Ingersoll Rand; Ingersoll-Rand plc Innergie; Delta Electronics Inc Innolux Optoelectronics Europe BV; Innolux Corporation Innolux Optoelectronics Germany GmbH; Innolux Corporation Innolux Optoelectronics Japan Co Ltd; Innolux Corporation Innolux Optoelectronics Japan Co Ltd; Innolux Corporation Innolux Optoelectronics USA Inc; Innolux Corporation Innolux Technology Europe BV; Innolux Corporation Innolux Technology Japan Co Ltd; Innolux Corporation Innolux Technology USA Inc; Innolux Corporation Innomag; Flowserve Corporation Inotera Memories Inc; Micron Technology Inc In-Sight; Cognex Corporation In-Sight 2000; Cognex Corporation Intelligrated; Honeywell International Inc Interlube; Timken Company (The) International; Navistar International Corp International Petroleum Investment Company; Borealis AG International System Technology (SZ) Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Interpon; AkzoNobel NV Intersil Corporation; Renesas Electronics Corporation InvenSense Inc; TDK Corporation Inventec (Cayman) Corp; Inventec Corporation Inventec (Czech) sro; Inventec Corporation

Inventec Appliances Corp; Inventec Corporation Inventec Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd; Inventec Corporation Inventec Development Japan Corporation; Inventec Corporation Inventec Holding (North America) Corp; Inventec Corporation Inventec Investments Corp; Inventec Corporation INVISTA BV; Koch Industries Inc IOmet Pharma; Merck & Co Inc Ioniq; Hyundai Motor America iPad; Apple Inc iPhone; Apple Inc Ipiranga Quimica Armazens Gerais Ltda; Braskem SA iPod; Apple Inc IQ Solucoes & Quimica; Braskem SA Irish Spring; Colgate Palmolive Co Ironclad; EnerSys iSqFt Holdings Inc (ConstructConenct); Roper Technologies Inc i-STAT; Abbott Laboratories ISTOS GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Isuzu Automotive Europe; Isuzu Motors Ltd Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc; Isuzu Motors Ltd Isuzu D-MAX; Isuzu Motors Ltd Isuzu Motors America LLC; Isuzu Motors Ltd Isuzu Truck South Africa (Pty) Limited; Isuzu Motors Ltd Italcementi SpA; HeidelbergCement AG ITG Brands; Imperial Brands PLC IVECO; CNH Industrial NV izmir Refinery; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS izmit Refinery; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS Jack Purcell; Nike Inc Jacobs Douwe Egberts; Mondelez International Inc Jacobsen; Textron Inc Jager Automobil-Technik GmbH; Parker Hannifin Corporation Jager Automotive Polska Sp zoo; Parker Hannifin Corporation Jaguar; Tata Motors Limited Jameson; Pernod Ricard SA Japan Beverage Holdings Inc; Japan Tobacco Inc Jardine Cycle & Carriage; PT Astra International TbK Jardine Matheson Group; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Javlyn Inc; Krones AG JBL; Harman International Industries Inc JBS SA; Pilgrim's Pride Corporation JBS USA; Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Jeep; FCA US LLC Jennie-O Store Inc; Hormel Foods Corp JerrDan; Oshkosh Corporation Jevtana; Sanofi SA

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. JFE Engineering Corporation; JFE Holdings Inc JFE Shoji Trade Corporation; JFE Holdings Inc JFE Steel Corporation; JFE Holdings Inc Jino; Ajinomoto Co Inc JLG Industries Inc; Oshkosh Corporation John Deere; Deere & Co (John Deere) John Morrell Food Group; Smithfield Foods Inc Johnnie Walker; Diageo plc Johnson Matthey Catalysts GmbH; Johnson Matthey PLC Johnson Matthey Chemicals Limited; Johnson Matthey PLC Johnson Matthey de Mexico; Johnson Matthey PLC Johnson Matthey DOOEL Skopje; Johnson Matthey PLC Johnson Matthey Inc; Johnson Matthey PLC Johnson Matthey India Private Limited; Johnson Matthey PLC Johnson Matthey SAS; Johnson Matthey PLC Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile; Lockheed Martin Corp Jones & Shipman Hardinge Limited; Hardinge Inc Jordan; Nike Inc JT International SA; Japan Tobacco Inc JX Holdings Inc; JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation; JX Holdings Inc JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation; JX Holdings Inc JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation; JX Holdings Inc Kahlua; Pernod Ricard SA Kanamycin; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd Kao (China) Research and Development Center; Kao Corporation Karoq; Skoda Auto AS Kautex; Textron Inc Keebler Foods Company; Kellogg Company Kelly; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Kennametal; Kennametal Inc Kent; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Kenworth Truck Company; PACCAR Inc Keurig Green Mountain; Mondelez International Inc Kia Motors Corporation; Hyundai Motor Company Kia Quoris; Kia Motors Corporation Kia Soul EV; Kia Motors Corporation KIC Krones Internationale Cooperations GmbH; Krones AG Kinder Eggs; Ferrero SpA Kirikkale Refinery; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS Kirin Beverage Corp; Kirin Holdings Company Limited Kirin Brewery Co Ltd; Kirin Holdings Company Limited Kit Kat; Hershey Co Kitchen Craft; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc

KitchenAid; Whirlpool Corp Kixx; GS Caltex Corporation Kloeckner Metals Brasil SA; Kloeckner & Co SE Kloeckner Metals France SA; Kloeckner & Co SE Kloeckner USA Holding Inc; Kloeckner & Co SE Knorr; Unilever PLC Kobe Power Plant; Kobe Steel Ltd Kobelco Construction Machinery Co Ltd; Kobe Steel Ltd Kobelco Research Institute Inc; Kobe Steel Ltd KOC Holding AS; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS Koch Ag & Energy Solutions LLC; Koch Industries Inc Koch Agriculture Company; Koch Industries Inc Koch Chemical Technology Group LLC; Koch Industries Inc Koch Minerals LLC; Koch Industries Inc Kochi Refinery; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Kodiaq; Skoda Auto AS Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc Koiwai Dairy Products Co Ltd; Kirin Holdings Company Limited Komatsu Business Support Ltd; Komatsu Ltd Komatsu Cabtec Co Ltd; Komatsu Ltd Komatsu Construction Equipment Sales and Service; Komatsu Ltd Komatsu Forklift Japan Ltd; Komatsu Ltd Komatsu Industries Corporation; Komatsu Ltd Komatsu NTC Ltd; Komatsu Ltd Komoran; Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Kompressoren Druckluft und Industrietechnik GmbH; Atlas Copco AB Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc; Konica Minolta Holdings Inc Konica Minolta Medical & Graphics Inc; Konica Minolta Holdings Inc Konica Minolta Pioneer OLED Inc; Konica Minolta Holdings Inc Koninklijke Philips NV; Philips Healthcare Konkola Copper Mines plc; Vedanta Resources plc Kosme Srl; Krones AG Kozy Shack; Land O'Lakes Inc Kraft; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Kraftmaid; Masco Corporation K-Resin SBC; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Kronenbourg 1664; Carlsberg AS Kubota China Holdings Co Ltd; Kubota Corporation Kubota Credit Corporation USA; Kubota Corporation Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation; Kubota Corporation Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation; Kubota Corporation Kubota Philippines Inc; Kubota Corporation

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Kubtoa Materials Canada Corporation; Kubota Corporation KUKA Industries; KUKA AG KUKA Robotics; KUKA AG KUKA Systems; KUKA AG Kwikot Group; Electrolux AB Kwikset; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Kyocera Optec Co Ltd; Kyocera Corporation Kyocera TCL Solar LLC; Kyocera Corporation Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co Ltd; Kirin Holdings Company Limited L&M; Philip Morris International Inc L&T Display Technology (Xiamen) Ltd; TPV Technology Ltd L. Kellenberger & Co AG; Hardinge Inc L’Oreal Professionnel; L'Oreal SA L-3 Communications Corporation; L-3 Communications Holdings Inc L-3 Communications Holdings Inc; L-3 Communications Holdings Inc La Mer; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) La Samaritaine; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Labatt Canada Holding Ltd; Ambev SA Laboratoires Anios; Ecolab Inc LaCie; Seagate Technology plc Lactofree; Arla Foods amba Lady Speed Stick; Colgate Palmolive Co Lake Region Medical; Integer Holdings Corporation Lamborghini; Volkswagen AG (VW) Lancope Inc; Cisco Systems Inc Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC; Land O'Lakes Inc Land O'Lakes Finance Company; Land O'Lakes Inc Land Rover; Tata Motors Limited Lanier; Ricoh Company Ltd Lansoprazole; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Lantus; Sanofi SA Lara; Grupo Bimbo SA Laserage Technology Corporation; Ametek Inc Lay’s; PepsiCo Inc Lay's; Frito-Lay North America Inc LEAF; Corning Inc Leaf; Nissan Motor Co Ltd LEAF; Nissan North America Inc Lear Romec; Crane Co Learjet; Bombardier Inc LeBon; JBS SA Legacy; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Lei Yun; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Leishi; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Lenovo Group Limited; Motorola Mobility LLC Lenovo N22; Lenovo Group Limited Letairis; Gilead Sciences Inc Levor; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru)

Lexus; Toyota Motor Corporation Leybold; Atlas Copco AB LG Corporation; LG Chem Ltd LG Display America Inc; LG Display Co Ltd LG Display Co Ltd; LG Electronics Inc LG Electronics Inc; LG Display Co Ltd LG Electronics Institute of Technology; LG Electronics Inc LG Electronics USA Inc; LG Electronics Inc LG Signature; LG Electronics Inc Libero; Svenska Cellulosa AB Libresse; Svenska Cellulosa AB Life Day; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Life Science Institute; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Lift; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Limitorque; Flowserve Corporation Lincoln; Ford Motor Co Lincoln; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Lincoln Navigator SUV; Ford Motor Co Linear Motion Guide; THK Co Ltd Lipton Tea; Unilever NV Liquid Robotics; Boeing Company (The) Listerine; Johnson & Johnson Lithonia Lighting; Acuity Brands Inc LithoVue; Boston Scientific Corp Littoral Combat Ship; Lockheed Martin Corp Living Proof Inc; Unilever PLC LM6000; GE Aviation LNG Logistics; POSCO Loctite; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Logista; Imperial Brands PLC LonchiBon; Grupo Bimbo SA Looj; iRobot Corporation L'Oreal; Nestle SA L'Oreal Paris; L'Oreal SA Lovenox; Sanofi SA LPDDR3; SK Hynix Inc LPDDR4; SK Hynix Inc LPDDR4X; SK Hynix Inc LSC Communications Inc; RR Donnelley & Sons Co LU; Mondelez International Inc Lubricating Oils Refinery; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited lucy; VF Corporation Lukcy Strike; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Luminous Power Technologies Limited; Schneider Electric SE Lunar Quattro; Audi AG Lurpak; Arla Foods amba Luxottica (China) Investment Co Ltd; Luxottica Group SpA Luxottica Srl; Luxottica Group SpA Luxottica Tristar (Dongguan) Optical Co Ltd; Luxottica Group SpA

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Luxottica USA LLC; Luxottica Group SpA Luxury Goods International SA; Kering SA LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA; Christian Dior SE Lyondell Chemical Co; LyondellBasell Industries NV Lyrica; Pfizer Inc Lysol; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) M Series; Carbon Inc M Setek Co Ltd; AU Optronics Corp M&M World; Mars Inc M&Ms; Mars Inc M1A2 Abrams Tank; General Dynamics Corporation MacDan; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Mack; AB Volvo Macsteel Service Centers de Mexico SA de CV; Kloeckner & Co SE Magirus; CNH Industrial NV Magna Exteriors and Interiors Corp; Magna International Inc Magna Powertrain Inc; Magna International Inc Magna Seating Inc; Magna International Inc Magna Steyr AG & Co KG; Magna International Inc Magna Structural Systems Inc; Magna International Inc Majestic; VF Corporation Makino Asia Pte Ltd; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino China Co Ltd; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino Europe GmbH; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino France SAS; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino India Private Limited; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino Italia Srl; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino J Co Ltd; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Makino Thailand Co Ltd; Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd Maltide; Arla Foods amba MAN Diesel & Turbo SE; MAN SE MAN Truck & Bus AG; MAN SE Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Mannesmannrohren-Werke GmbH; Salzgitter AG Maple; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Maple Parent Holdings Corporation; Mondelez International Inc Maquillage; Shiseido Company Limited Marathon; Marathon Petroleum Corporation Marinela; Grupo Bimbo SA Mark Architectural Lighting; Acuity Brands Inc Mark Levinson; Harman International Industries Inc Markon; Cummins Inc Marlboro; Philip Morris International Inc Marlboro; Altria Group Inc Marlex; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Marley; SPX Corporation Marley-Wylain; SPX Corporation Martell; Pernod Ricard SA

Massey Ferguson; AGCO Corporation Massimo Dutti; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Master Kong; Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation Master Kong Bakery (BVI) Co Ltd; Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation Master Kong Beverages (BVI) Co Ltd; Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation Master Kong Instant Foods (BVI) Co Ltd; Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation Master Lock; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Matrix; L'Oreal SA Maxon Furniture Inc; HNI Corporation Maxtor; Seagate Technology plc Maybach; Daimler AG Maybelline New York; L'Oreal SA Maytag; Whirlpool Corp Mazda 3; Mazda Motor Corporation Mazda 6; Mazda Motor Corporation Mazda 8; Mazda Motor Corporation MBITR; Thales SA McKesson Corporation; Celesio AG MCM Energy Service Company; Mazda Motor Corporation Mealtime Stories LLC; Kraft Heinz Company (The) Mechel Carbon AG; Mechel PAO Mechel Service Global BV; Mechel PAO Mechel Trading AG; Mechel PAO Mechel-Steel Management Company; Mechel PAO Medivation Inc; Pfizer Inc MegaMex Foods LLC; Hormel Foods Corp Meiji; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd Meiji Co Ltd; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd Meiji Seika Pharma Co Ltd; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd MELCO Hydronics & IT Cooling SpA; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Melles Griot KK; Kyocera Corporation Menges Medizintechnik; Celesio AG Mercedes-AMG; Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz; Daimler AG Mercian Corp; Kirin Holdings Company Limited Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp; Merck & Co Inc Merillat; Masco Corporation MetoKote; PPG Industries Inc Metropolis; Peugeot MI Maxseal; IMI plc MI Norgren; IMI plc Michelin; Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Michelob; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Michinan Oji Paper Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Micro Crystal; Swatch Group AG MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co; BYD Company Limited Mild Seven; Japan Tobacco Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Milex; Arla Foods amba Milka; Mondelez International Inc Milky Way; Mars Inc Millipore; Merck KGaA Milli-Q; Merck KGaA MINI; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) MINI; BMW of North America LLC Mintia; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd Minute Maid; Coca-Cola Company (The) Mister Auto; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Mitsubishi Elevator India Pvt Ltd; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (China) Co Ltd; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte Ltd; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries France SAS; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ); Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Mitsui Chemicals America Inc; Mitsui Chemicals Inc Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific Ltd; Mitsui Chemicals Inc Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH; Mitsui Chemicals Inc MKS Instruments Inc; Newport Corporation MMD-Monitors & Displays Holding Ltd; TPV Technology Ltd MoArk LLC; Land O'Lakes Inc Mobilaris MCE AB; Atlas Copco AB Mocon Inc; Ametek Inc Moen; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Mojo; Stratasys Ltd Mon Cheri; Ferrero SpA Monroe; Tenneco Inc Monster Energy; Coca-Cola European Partners plc moovel NA; Daimler AG Mopar; FCA US LLC Morpho SAS; Safran SA MORSE TEC; BorgWarner Inc Morven Gold; Philip Morris International Inc Motech Industries Inc; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Moto; Motorola Mobility LLC Motortech Holding GmbH & Co KG; Generac Holdings Inc Motrin; Johnson & Johnson

Movimento; Delphi Automotive PLC MPLX LP; Marathon Petroleum Corporation mtm compact GmbH; Borealis AG mtm plastics GmbH; Borealis AG Mucinex; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Multi-Link Vision; Abbott Laboratories Multiple Launch Rocket System; Lockheed Martin Corp Multiplicom NV; Agilent Technologies Inc Mumbai Refinery; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Murphy-Brown LLC; Smithfield Foods Inc Mustang; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited mu-X; Isuzu Motors Ltd My Home Industries Ltd; CRH plc Myanmar Brewery Limited; Kirin Holdings Company Limited Myozyme; Sanofi SA Nabisco; Mondelez International Inc Nalco Champion; Ecolab Inc Nash; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc NatureWax; Cargill Inc Nautica; VF Corporation Navistar Defense; Navistar International Corp Navistar Financial Corporation; Navistar International Corp Navistar Inc; Navistar International Corp NEC (Chongquing) Solutions Co Ltd; NEC Corporation Nemak; ALFA SAB de CV Neosporin; Johnson & Johnson Nervana Systems; Intel Corporation Nespresso; Nestle SA Nestle Waters; Nestle SA Neulasta; Amgen Inc NEUPOGEN; Amgen Inc New Focus; Newport Corporation New Holland; CNH Industrial NV Newpek; ALFA SAB de CV Newport; Newport Corporation Nexium; AstraZeneca plc Niconovum AB; Reynolds American Inc Niconovum USA Inc; Reynolds American Inc Nihon Medi-Physics Co Ltd; Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd NIKE IHM Inc; Nike Inc Nikka Whisky Distilling Co Ltd; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd NIKKOR; Nikon Corporation Nikon Americas Inc; Nikon Corporation Nikon do Brasil Ltda; Nikon Corporation Nikon Holdings Europe BV; Nikon Corporation Nikon Imaging Japan Inc; Nikon Corporation Nikon Sales (Thailand) Co Ltd; Nikon Corporation Nippon Seiki Shokai Co Ltd; Okuma Corporation Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co Ltd; Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co Ltd; Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co Ltd; Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co Ltd; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Niro; Kia Motors Corporation Nissan Design America; Nissan North America Inc Nissan Mexicana SA de CV; Nissan North America Inc Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp; Nissan North America Inc Nissan Motor Co Ltd; Nissan North America Inc Nissan Motor Co Ltd; Renault SA Nissan Motor Co Ltd; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Nissan Technical Center North America; Nissan North America Inc Nisshin Steel Co Ltd; Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation NKKTubes; Tenaris SA No. 6 Naphtha Cracking Project; Nan Ya Plastics Corporation Nokia Corporation; Nokia Networks Nomad Holdings; Alstom SA North Cement; China National Building Material Co Ltd North Face (The); VF Corporation Northwest Food Products Transportation; Land O'Lakes Inc Not-So-Sloppy-Joe; Hormel Foods Corp Novartis Business Services; Novartis AG Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research; Novartis AG Novartis Technical Operations; Novartis AG Novatech; Weir Group PLC Novecare; Solvay SA Novelis Inc; Hindalco Industries Limited NOxBOX Ltd; Praxair Inc Noxzema; Unilever NV NS Solutions Corporation; Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation NSK-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha; BorgWarner Inc Nucor-JFE Steel Mexico; JFE Holdings Inc Numaligarh Refinery; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Nutella; Ferrero SpA Nutricia North America Inc; Danone SA Nutri-Grain; Kellogg Company NXP Semiconductors NV; Qualcomm Inc Oak Farms; Dean Foods Co Oakley Inc; Luxottica Group SpA Objet; Stratasys Ltd OCAP (Organic CO2 for Assimilation by Plants); Linde AG Ocata Therapuetics Inc; Astellas Pharma Inc Octavia; Skoda Auto AS Off!; SC Johnson & Son Inc

OFM LLC; HNI Corporation O-I; Owens Illinois Inc Oji Paper Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Oji Paper Trading (China) Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Okinawa CTS Corp; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Okuma America Corporation; Okuma Corporation Okuma Europe GmbH; Okuma Corporation Okuma Kosan Corporation; Okuma Corporation Okuma Machine Tool (Shanghai) Corporation; Okuma Corporation Okuma Steel Techno Corporation; Okuma Corporation Olay; Procter & Gamble Co Olimel; Baxter International Inc Olympic; PPG Industries Inc Omega; Swatch Group AG OMV; Borealis AG One Star; Nike Inc OneFoods; BRF-Brasil Foods SA OneSubsea; Cameron International Corporation Opdivo; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Opel; General Motors Company (GM) Open Innovation Platform; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) OpenDNS; Cisco Systems Inc Opet; Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS Ophir; Newport Corporation Optima; Kia Motors Corporation Oral-B; Procter & Gamble Co Orcan Basincli Hava Makinalari San ve Tic Ltd; Atlas Copco AB Oreo; Mondelez International Inc Oriel Instruments; Newport Corporation Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle; Lockheed Martin Corp Oroweat; Grupo Bimbo SA Oshkosh Defense; Oshkosh Corporation Ossigas Srl; Praxair Inc Otis; United Technologies Corporation Outback; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Outlander; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Oxis; AstraZeneca plc Oxota; Heineken Holding NV OXXO; Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (FEMSA) Oxymaster; Air Liquide SA Oysho; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) OZO; Nokia Corporation PACCAR Financial Services; PACCAR Inc PACCAR Leasing; PACCAR Inc Pace; Campbell Soup Co Packard Bell BV; Acer Inc Pac-Seal; Flowserve Corporation Padlock Therapeutics Inc; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Pajero Montero; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Pal Sweet; Ajinomoto Co Inc

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Pall Mall; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Palmolive; Colgate Palmolive Co PAM; Conagra Brands Inc Pan Pacific Copper Co Ltd; JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Panadol; GlaxoSmithKline plc PanaHome; Panasonic Corporation Panasonic; Panasonic Corporation Panasonic Healthcare; Panasonic Corporation Panasonic System Networks Co Ltd; Panasonic Corporation Pantene; Procter & Gamble Co Panther; Isuzu Motors Ltd Paoli LLC; HNI Corporation Parliament; Philip Morris International Inc Parsabiv; Amgen Inc Passport; GE Aviation Patheon; DSM NV PATHFAST; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Pathfinder; Nissan Motor Co Ltd Patriot Advanced Capability-3; Lockheed Martin Corp Paty; BRF-Brasil Foods SA Pawbo; Acer Inc PCC Aerostructures; Precision Castparts Corp PCC Airfoils LLC; Precision Castparts Corp PCC Energy Group; Precision Castparts Corp PCC Fasteners; Precision Castparts Corp PCC Structurals Inc; Precision Castparts Corp Pedestrian Protection Airbag; Autoliv Inc Pedestrian Protection System; Autoliv Inc Pediasure; Abbott Laboratories Peerless; Acuity Brands Inc Peiner Trager GmbH; Salzgitter AG Penfield; ITOCHU Corporation PEP; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited PEP&CO; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Pepcid AC; Johnson & Johnson Pepco; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Pepperidge Farm; Campbell Soup Co PepsiCo Inc; Frito-Lay North America Inc Perdigao; BRF-Brasil Foods SA Perdix; BRF-Brasil Foods SA Persil; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Pervio; Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd Peter Pan; Conagra Brands Inc Peterbilt Motors; PACCAR Inc PetMatrix LLC; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Peugeot; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA Peugeot; Peugeot Peugeot RCZ Cup; Peugeot Pfister; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc PGT Healthcare; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

Pharmachem Laboratories Inc; Ashland Global Holdings Inc P-Harmony Monitors Hong Kong Holding Ltd; TPV Technology Ltd Phaser; Xerox Corporation Phaser 6022; Xerox Corporation Philadelphia Gear; Timken Company (The) Philip Morris; Philip Morris International Inc Philips Lighting Holding BV; Koninklijke Philips NV (Royal Philips) Phillip Morris Capital Corporation; Altria Group Inc Phillip Morris USA Inc; Altria Group Inc Phillips 66; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Phillips 66 Partners LP; Phillips 66 Physio-Control International Inc; Stryker Corporation Picanto; Kia Motors Corporation Pierce; Oshkosh Corporation Pilgrim's Pride; Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Pillsbury; General Mills Inc Pilot; American Honda Motor Co Inc Pilsener; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Pioglitazone Hydrochloride; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Pivotal; Dell Technologies Inc PlantWeb Digital Plant Architecture; Emerson Electric Co Plasticos Team SAS; Amcor Limited Pledge; SC Johnson & Son Inc PLENE; Syngenta AG Plumb Shop; Masco Corporation Polioles SA de C; Alpek SAB de CV Polyflon; Crane Co PolyJet; Stratasys Ltd PolyVision; Steelcase Inc Pop-Tarts; Kellogg Company PORT; Schindler Holding AG Porter-Cable; Stanley Black & Decker Inc POSCO Chemtech Co Ltd; POSCO POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co Ltd; POSCO POSCO Energy Corporation; POSCO POSCO Engineering & Construction Co; POSCO POSCO ICT Co Ltd; POSCO Postie+; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Power; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Power Systems Company; Toshiba Corporation PowerSafe; EnerSys Powerscreen; Terex Corporation PPG; PPG Industries Inc PR4G; Thales SA Pratt & Whitney; United Technologies Corporation Praxair Surface Technologies Inc; Praxair Inc Precision Spinal Cord Stimulation; Boston Scientific Corp Prego; Campbell Soup Co Pressure Compressores Ltda; Atlas Copco AB

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Prevnar 13; Pfizer Inc Pril; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Primus; Heineken Holding NV Prince Holdings Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Prince Tomioka Paper Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Prince Wharf Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Prince Yonago Paper Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Prior; Shiseido Company Limited ProAir HFA; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Propel; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd PSA Peugeot Citroen SA; Peugeot PSA Powertrain; PSA Peugeot Citroen SA PT Astra International Tbk; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited PT BB Merah Putih; BlackBerry Ltd Pt Brahmayasa Bahtera; PT Astra International TbK Pt Menara Astra; PT Astra International TbK PT Steel Pipe Industry Indonesia Tbk; JFE Holdings Inc PT Tech Inc; Timken Company (The) PTC Creo; PTC Inc PTC Creo View; PTC Inc PTC Mathcad; PTC Inc PTC Servigistics; PTC Inc PTC Windchill; PTC Inc Pull & Bear; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Pulmicort; AstraZeneca plc Puma; Kering SA PURAFEX; Sime Darby Bhd Purex; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Purina; Nestle SA Purina Mills LLC; Land O'Lakes Inc Pyromex; Teijin Ltd Q5 hybrid; Audi of America Inc Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Inc Quality Cabinets; Masco Corporation Qualy; BRF-Brasil Foods SA Quanta Cloud Technology; Quanta Computer Inc Quanta Microsystems Inc; Quanta Computer Inc Quanta Research Institute; Quanta Computer Inc Quanta Storage Inc; Quanta Computer Inc Quattro GmbH; Audi AG QVAR; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Rabobank; AGCO Corporation Radiodetection; SPX Corporation RAG Foundation; Evonik Industries AG Raid; SC Johnson & Son Inc Rail Traffic Control Systems; Hitachi Limited Ramelteon; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited; Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Rancho; Tenneco Inc Ranexa; Gilead Sciences Inc Rapid; Skoda Auto AS Rauland-Borg Corporation; Ametek Inc Ravaglioli SpA Group; Dover Corporation Rayovac; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc

Recold; SPX Corporation Red Star Yeast Company LLC; Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) Reddi-wip; Conagra Brands Inc Redken; L'Oreal SA Reebok; adidas AG Reese's; Hershey Co Reflex; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Reglone; Syngenta AG Reliance Digital; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Reliance Fresh; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Reliance Fresh Direct; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Reliance Holding USA Inc; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Reliance Jio; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Reliance Smart; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Reliance Trends; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Remicade; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Renata; Swatch Group AG Renault; Renault SA Renault; AB Volvo Renault Minute; Renault SA Renault Samsung Motors; Renault SA Renault-Nissan; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Renault-Nissan BV; Renault SA Revel; Harman International Industries Inc Rexam PLC; Ball Corporation Reyataz; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Reynolds American Inc; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Rezende; JBS SA RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd; Qualcomm Inc Rhein Chemie; Lanxess AG Rice Krispies; Kellogg Company Richardson Gartings; Newport Corporation Ricoh; Ricoh Company Ltd Ricoh Americas Corporation; Ricoh Company Ltd Riken; Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Rio; Kia Motors Corporation Risperdal Consta; Johnson & Johnson RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co; Reynolds American Inc RJ Reynolds Vapor Company; Reynolds American Inc Robert Bosch GmbH; Bosch Rexroth AG ROBOCUT; Fanuc Corporation ROBODRILL; Fanuc Corporation RoboHon; Sharp Corporation ROBONANO; Fanuc Corporation

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. ROBOSHOT; Fanuc Corporation Robuschi; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc Roche Molecular Diagnostics; Roche Holding Ltd Roche Professional Diagnostics; Roche Holding Ltd Roche Tissue Diagnostics; Roche Holding Ltd Rockwell Collins Inc; B/E Aerospace Inc Roe & Co; Diageo plc Rogue; Nissan Motor Co Ltd Rold Gold; Frito-Lay North America Inc Rolic AG; BASF SE Rolling Stock Systems; Hitachi Limited Rolls Royce Motor Car Limited; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Rolls-Royce; BMW of North America LLC Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Limited; Rolls-Royce plc Rolls-Royce Leasing Limited; Rolls-Royce plc Rolls-Royce Motor Cars; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc; Rolls-Royce plc Roomba; iRobot Corporation Roper Industries Inc; Roper Technologies Inc Rothmans; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) Royal Dutch Shell plc; Showa Shell Sekiyu KK Royal Van Lent; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE RoyalTek Co Ltd; Quanta Computer Inc RS7; Audi of America Inc RSA; Dell Technologies Inc RSM01; Peugeot Ruffles; PepsiCo Inc Rumensin; Eli Lilly and Company RusVinyl LLC; Solvay SA Ryzodeg; Novo-Nordisk AS S8 plus; Audi of America Inc SAB Miller plc; Altria Group Inc SABMiller plc; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Sadia; BRF-Brasil Foods SA SAFC; Merck KGaA Safran Consulting; Safran SA Sage Products LLC; Stryker Corporation Sahayog Building Solutions Centre; Dow Corning Corporation SAIC General Motors Co Ltd; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd SAIC GM Wuling Co Ltd; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd Saint Laurent; Kering SA Sakti3; Dyson Ltd Salus Capital Partners; HRG Group Inc Salzgitter Europlantinen GmbH; Salzgitter AG Salzgitter Flachstah GmbH; Salzgitter AG Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH; Salzgitter AG Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co Ltd; Corning Inc

Samwoo Heavy Industries Co Ltd; Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd San Miguel Brewery; Kirin Holdings Company Limited San Miguel Brewery Inc; San Miguel Corp San Miguel Holdings Corp; San Miguel Corp San Miguel Pure Foods Company Inc; San Miguel Corp San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation; San Miguel Corp SanDisk Corporation; Western Digital Corp Sandoz; Novartis AG Sandvick Machining Solutions; Sandvik AB Sandvik Materials Technology; Sandvik AB Sandvik Mining and Roch Technology; Sandvik AB Sankyo Co Ltd; Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd Sanofi Pasteur; Sanofi SA Sanofi Pasteur Inc; Sanofi SA Sanofi Pasteur Limited; Sanofi SA Santa Fe Natural Tobaco Co Inc; Reynolds American Inc Saudi Iron and Steel Company (HADEED); Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Sauer GmbH; DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft Saunders; Crane Co Sava; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) Savin; Ricoh Company Ltd SCA; Svenska Cellulosa AB Scentinel; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC SCG; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) SCG Experience; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) SCG Heim; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) SCG Home Solution; Siam Cement Group PCL (The) Scharffen Berger; Hershey Co Schindler 9300; Schindler Holding AG Schindler 9500; Schindler Holding AG Schindler 9700; Schindler Holding AG Schlumberger Limited; Cameron International Corporation Schwarzkopf; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Schweppes; Coca-Cola Company (The) Scooba 450; iRobot Corporation Scotch; 3M Company Seagate; Seagate Technology plc Sealy; Tempur Sealy International Inc Sealy Posturepedic; Tempur Sealy International Inc Seamless Pipe Indonesia Jaya (SPIJ); Tenaris SA Seara; JBS SA SEAT; Volkswagen AG (VW) Secureworks; Dell Technologies Inc Seeds of Change; Mars Inc Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Novartis AG Semfinder; 3M Company Semiconductor & Storage Company; Toshiba Corporation Sensipar; Amgen Inc Sensodyne; GlaxoSmithKline plc Sentra; Nissan Motor Co Ltd

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. SentrySafe; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc Sephora; Christian Dior SE Sephora.com; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Seroquel; AstraZeneca plc SERVO; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Seven Stars; Japan Tobacco Inc Seventh Generation Inc; Unilever PLC Seventh Generation Inc; Unilever NV Severstal Russian Steel; OAO Severstal Severstal-metiz; OAO Severstal SFC Koenig AG; IDEX Corporation SGS Agricultura e Industria Ltda; Cargill Inc Shanghai Automobile Import and Export Corp; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd Shanghai Motor Manufacturing Co Ltd; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co Ltd; Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd Shanghai Sunwin Bus Co Ltd; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd Sharp Electronics GmbH; Sharp Corporation Shell Petroleum Co Ltd; Showa Shell Sekiyu KK Shengxiang; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd Shenzhen BYD Automobile Company Limited; BYD Company Limited Shenzhen Elcoteq Network Corporation; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Shenzhen ExelStor Technology Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Shenzhen Hailiang Storage Product Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Shenzhen Kaifa Magnetic Recording Co Ltd; China GreatWall Technology Group Co Ltd Shin Taiwan Agricultural Machinery Co Ltd; Kubota Corporation Shinhan Heavy Industries Co Ltd; Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd Shinko Real Estate Co Ltd; Kobe Steel Ltd Shinsho Corporation; Kobe Steel Ltd Shiseido; Shiseido Company Limited Shout; SC Johnson & Son Inc Showa Metal Co Ltd; Hanwa Co Ltd Siam City Cement pcl; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Siemens AG; Siemens Healthineers Siemens Explorer; Siemens Healthineers Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics; Siemens Healthineers Signature Diagnostics; Roche Holding Ltd Sikkens; AkzoNobel NV Silvercar Inc; Audi of America Inc Sime Darby (China) Enterprise Management Co Ltd; Sime Darby Bhd Sime Darby Industrial; Sime Darby Bhd Sime Darby Logistics; Sime Darby Bhd Sime Darby Motors; Sime Darby Bhd Sime Darby Plantation; Sime Darby Bhd

Sime Darby Property; Sime Darby Bhd Similac; Abbott Laboratories SIMULIA; Dassault Systemes SA SINE; Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd SK Holdings Co Ltd; SK Hynix Inc SKIPPY; Hormel Foods Corp Skoal; Altria Group Inc Skoda; Volkswagen AG (VW) Skoda Auto; Tata Motors Limited Skolkovo Innovation Center; Philips Healthcare SKYTEC UMC LTD; Sharp Corporation Smart Part Washer; Carbon Inc Smart Start; Kellogg Company Smartfood; Frito-Lay North America Inc SmartPath; Philips Healthcare SmartWool; VF Corporation SMF-28e; Corning Inc Smirnoff; Diageo plc Smithfield Packing Company Inc (The); Smithfield Foods Inc Smurfit Kappa Experience Centre; Smurfit Kappa Group PLC Snic Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation Snow; China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (CR Beer) SO.F.TER Group; Celanese Corporation Social Infrastructure Systems Company; Toshiba Corporation SoftSheen-Carson; L'Oreal SA Softsoap; Colgate Palmolive Co Sol; Heineken NV Sol Affligem; Heineken Holding NV Solar Frontier K K; Showa Shell Sekiyu KK SOLIDWORKS; Dassault Systemes SA Soltex; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC SOMAIR; Areva SA SOMATOM Definition Flash; Siemens Healthineers Sonata; Hyundai Motor Company Sonata; Hyundai Motor America Sony Financial Holdings Inc; Sony Corporation Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc; Sony Corporation Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC; Sony Corporation Sorento; Kia Motors Corporation Sotus International Co Ltd; Mitsui Chemicals Inc Soundcraft; Harman International Industries Inc South Cement; China National Building Material Co Ltd South Charleston Technology Park; Union Carbide Corporation SPACEA; NSK Ltd SPAM; Hormel Foods Corp SPb-Giproshakht; OAO Severstal Special K; Kellogg Company Special Metals Corporation; Precision Castparts Corp Spectra-Physics; Newport Corporation

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc; HRG Group Inc SpeedCell; Carbon Inc Speedway; Marathon Petroleum Corporation Speedway LLC; Marathon Petroleum Corporation Spheros; Valeo SA Sprite; Coca-Cola Company (The) Sprite; Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Sprite; Coca-Cola European Partners plc Sprycel; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co SPX Cooling; SPX Corporation St. Jude Medical Inc; Abbott Laboratories StabilEyes; Nikon Corporation Stagg; Hormel Foods Corp Stamford; Cummins Inc Stanley; Stanley Black & Decker Inc Starboard Cruise Services; Christian Dior SE Starburst; Mars Inc StarVR; Acer Inc Ste Michelle Wine Estates Ltd; Altria Group Inc Stearns & Foster; Tempur Sealy International Inc Steel Forming Laboratory; POSCO Steelcase; Steelcase Inc Steinhoff International Holdings NV; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Stella Artois; Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Stelvin; Amcor Limited Steyr Tractoren; CNH Industrial NV Stiefel; GlaxoSmithKline plc Stonyfield Farm; Danone SA STP; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Stradivarius; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) STRAN Technologies; Corning Inc Stratasys J750; Stratasys Ltd Strongbow Apple Ciders; Heineken NV Studer; Harman International Industries Inc Sual Power Plant; San Miguel Corp Subaru; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Sumitomo Corporation; Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd Sun; Unilever NV Sun Products Inc; Henkel AG & Company KGaA SunChips; Frito-Lay North America Inc Sunfleet; Volvo Car Corporation Sunglass Hut Trading LLC; Luxottica Group SpA Superb; Skoda Auto AS Suprane; Baxter International Inc Suzuki Akita Auto Parts Mfg Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation Suzuki Auto Parts Mfg Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation Suzuki Engineering Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation Suzuki Finance Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited; Suzuki Motor Corporation Suzuki Toyama Auto Parts Mfg Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation

Suzuki Transportation & Packing Co Ltd; Suzuki Motor Corporation SVIA; ABB Ltd Swanson; Campbell Soup Co Swatch; Swatch Group AG Swift; JBS SA Swing Corporation; Ebara Corporation Swiss Premium; Dean Foods Co Swisslog; KUKA AG Symbicort; AstraZeneca plc SYNAPS; Thales SA syoss; Henkel AG & Company KGaA Syskron GmbH; Krones AG T2; Unilever NV T2 Biosystems Inc; Canon Inc Tabacalera; Imperial Brands PLC TableMark Co Ltd; Japan Tobacco Inc TAG Heuer; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Taiwan Chlorine Industries Ltd; PPG Industries Inc Taiyo Nippon Sanso; Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Talwandi Sabo Power Limited; Vedanta Resources plc Taminco BVBA; Eastman Chemical Company TAMURA PLASTIC MFG Co Ltd; Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd Tanaka Chemical Corp; Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd Tanqueray; Diageo plc Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); Tata Group Tata Global Beverages Ltd; Tata Group Tata Group; Tata Motors Limited Tata Group; Tata Steel Ltd Tata Motors Limited; Tata Group Tata Power Delhi Distribution; Tata Group Tata Power Solar Systems; Tata Group Tata Steel; Tata Group Tata Steel Europe; Tata Steel Ltd Tata Steel Thailand; Tata Steel Ltd Tatung-Okuma Co Ltd; Okuma Corporation Taurus; Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin TaylorMade; adidas AG TCL; TCL Corporation TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd; TCL Corporation TCL Communications Technology Holdings Limited; BlackBerry Ltd TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd; TCL Corporation Te An Ling Tian Fine Chemical Co Ltd; Eastman Chemical Company Techjet Aerofoils Limited; Rolls-Royce plc Technics; Panasonic Corporation Technora; Teijin Ltd TECO; TECO Electric & Machinery Co Ltd Tedec-Meiji Farma SA; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. TEMPUR; Tempur Sealy International Inc Tempur-Pedic; Tempur Sealy International Inc Ten Motives; British American Tobacco plc (BAT) TENA; Svenska Cellulosa AB Terex; Terex Corporation Terminal High Altitude Area Defense; Lockheed Martin Corp Tesoro Logistics LP; Tesoro Corporation Teva Pharmaceuticals USA; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Textron Aviation; Textron Inc Textron Financial Corporation; Textron Inc Textron Systems; Textron Inc Thai Meiji Pharmaceutical Co Ltd; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd The Business Lab; Peugeot Thermo King; Ingersoll-Rand plc ThingWorx; PTC Inc ThinkCentre X1; Lenovo Group Limited ThinkPad 11e; Lenovo Group Limited ThinkPad P; Lenovo Group Limited ThinkPad X1; Lenovo Group Limited ThinkStation P310; Lenovo Group Limited Thinsulate; 3M Company Thomas; Gardner Denver Holdings Inc thyssenKrup IT Services; thyssenKrupp AG thyssenKrupp Business Services; thyssenKrupp AG thyssenKrupp CSA Siderurgica do Atlantico; thyssenKrupp AG Tic-Tac; Ferrero SpA Tide; Procter & Gamble Co Tiger; Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin TIGOR Styleback; Tata Motors Limited Timberland; VF Corporation Timken; Timken Company (The) Tisseel; Baxter International Inc Toki Works; Amada Co Ltd Tom’s of Maine; Colgate Palmolive Co Tomakomai Oji Paper Co Ltd; Oji Paper Co Ltd Tonen Chemical Corporation; TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd; TCL Corporation Too Faced; Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The) Top Victory Investments Ltd; TPV Technology Ltd Toray Kusumgar Advanced Textile Pvt Limited; Toray Industries Inc Torii Pharmaceutical Co Ltd; Japan Tobacco Inc Toshiba Carrier Corporation; Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Lifestyle & Services Corp; Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Medical Finance Co Ltd; Canon Inc Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation; Canon Inc Toshiba Solutions Corporation; Toshiba Corporation Toshiba TEC Corporation; Toshiba Corporation Tourbillon; Swatch Group AG Toyama Chemical Co Ltd; FUJIFILM Holdings Corp

Toyo Energy Co Ltd; Hanwa Co Ltd Toyoace; Hino Motors Ltd Toyota; Toyota Industries Corporation Toyota; Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Auto Body California Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Boshoku (China) Co Ltd; Toyota Boshoku Corporation Toyota Boshoku America Inc; Toyota Boshoku Corporation Toyota Boshoku Asia Co Ltd; Toyota Boshoku Corporation Toyota Boshoku Europe NV; Toyota Boshoku Corporation Toyota BT Cesab; Toyota Industries Corporation Toyota BT Raymond; Toyota Industries Corporation Toyota Financial Services Corporation; Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Group; JTEKT Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation; Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd Toyota Motor Corporation; Hino Motors Ltd Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Motor Credit Corporation; Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Inc; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc (TMS) Toyota Raymond; Toyota Industries Corporation Toyota Research Institute Inc; Toyota Motor Corporation Tozai Oil Terminal Co Ltd; Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Trading Company Evraz Holding LLC; EVRAZ plc Tragenta; Eli Lilly and Company Trane; Ingersoll-Rand plc TransAire Development Holdings Corporation; San Miguel Corp Transit; Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited Tresiba; Novo-Nordisk AS Tribeca; Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Subaru) Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile; Lockheed Martin Corp TRITON; Raytheon Company Triton; Mitsubishi Motors Corp Tropicana Products Inc; PepsiCo Inc TruMoo; Dean Foods Co

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Truong Hai Auto Corporation; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited TRW Automotive Holdings; ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) Tschudin; Hardinge Inc TSMC China Company Limited; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) TSMC Solar Ltd; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Tuborg; Carlsberg AS Tucson; Hyundai Motor America Tunas Ridean Tbk; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Turbojet; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Turnstone; Steelcase Inc Tuscan; Dean Foods Co tvOS; Apple Inc Twaron; Teijin Ltd Twix; Mars Inc Tylenol; Johnson & Johnson Tyson Dalong; Tyson Foods Inc Tyson Mexico Trading Company; Tyson Foods Inc Tyson Nantong; Tyson Foods Inc Tyson Rizhao; Tyson Foods Inc U.S. Steel Kosice; United States Steel Corporation Uconnect; FCA US LLC UD; AB Volvo Ulysse Nardin; Kering SA Uncle Ben's; Mars Inc UniCare; ZTE Corporation Unilever Food Solutions; Unilever PLC Unilever Myanmar; Unilever NV Unis-WDC Storage Co Ltd; Western Digital Corp United States Shoe Corporation (The); Luxottica Group SpA UniTrans; Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited Univation Technologies LLC; Union Carbide Corporation Univation Technologies LLC; ExxonMobil Chemical Universal Eisen und Stah GmbH; Salzgitter AG Univex Corporation; Alpek SAB de CV UOP Russell LLC; Honeywell International Inc UPM Biocomposites; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Biofuels; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Energy; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Paper; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Pulp; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Raflatac; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Specialty Papers; UPM-Kymmene Oyj UPM Timber; UPM-Kymmene Oyj Uprint SE Plus; Stratasys Ltd US Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC; Altria Group Inc Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais; Tenaris SA Uterque; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) V60; Volvo Car Corporation V8; Campbell Soup Co

V90; Volvo Car Corporation Valeo Service; Valeo SA Valero Energy Partners LP; Valero Energy Corporation Valtra; AGCO Corporation Valve Corporation; HTC Corp Valvoline Inc; Ashland Global Holdings Inc Vans; VF Corporation VARTA; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc Vascade; Corning Inc Vauxhall; General Motors Company (GM) Vectibix; Amgen Inc Vedanta Limited; Vedanta Resources plc Vedolizumab; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Veet; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) Vehicle-to-X; FCA US LLC Vepacel; Baxter International Inc Versa; Nissan Motor Co Ltd Versum Materials Inc; Air Products and Chemicals Inc Vestas Blades America Inc; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Blades Deutschland Gmbh; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Blades Italia Srl; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Control Systems Spain SLU; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Manufacturing A/S; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Nacelles Estonia; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Nacelles Italia Srl; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Vestas Towers America Inc; Vestas Wind Systems A/S Victoza; Novo-Nordisk AS VigilantPlant Services; Yokogawa Electric Corporation ViiV Healthcare; GlaxoSmithKline plc Vimal; Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group) Vinda International Holdings Ltd; Svenska Cellulosa AB Vintec; Electrolux AB Vinythai PCL; Asahi Glass Company Limited Virgin Mega USA; Nike Inc Virginia Slims; Philip Morris International Inc VirtuStream; Dell Technologies Inc Viveport; HTC Corp vivitek; Delta Electronics Inc Vizio SmartCast Mobile; Vizio Inc Vizio SmartCast P-Series Ultra; Vizio Inc Vmware; Dell Technologies Inc Volkswagen; Volkswagen AG (VW) Volkswagen AG; Skoda Auto AS Volkswagen Group of America Inc; Audi of America Inc Volvo; AB Volvo Volvo Cars Financial Services; Volvo Car Corporation Volvo Cars of North America; Volvo Car Corporation Volvo Group; AB Volvo Vortex Premium; Caltex Australia Limited Vuforia; PTC Inc Vyaire Medical; Becton Dickinson & Co Vype; British American Tobacco plc (BAT)

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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. WaferTech LLC; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Walker; Tenneco Inc Walkers; PepsiCo Inc Wanxiang Innovative Energy Fusion City; Wanxiang Group Corporation Waste King; Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc WATCHMAN; Boston Scientific Corp watchOS; Apple Inc Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd; Dover Corporation WeatherReady; Energizer Holdings Inc Welder Services; Praxair Inc Welding Center (The); Praxair Inc Welliv Ltd; Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd Western Cluster Limited; Vedanta Resources plc Western Digital; Western Digital Corp Westinghouse; Toshiba Corporation Westlock Controls; Crane Co WH Group Limited; Smithfield Foods Inc Whirlpool; Whirlpool Corp WIDIA; Kennametal Inc Windex; SC Johnson & Son Inc Winston; Imperial Brands PLC Wintershall AG; BASF SE Wistron Information Technology and Services Corp; Wistron Corporation Wistron NeWeb Corporation; Wistron Corporation Wistron Technology (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Wistron Corporation Withings; Nokia Corporation Wiwynn Corporation; Wistron Corporation Wonda; Asahi Group Holdings Ltd WorkCentre 5945; Xerox Corporation WorkCentre 6027; Xerox Corporation Wrangler; VF Corporation Wuling; SAIC Motor Corp Ltd Wuzhong Instrument Co Ltd; China Automation Group Limited Xanxiang Sannong; Wanxiang Group Corporation XC90; Volvo Car Corporation Xeljanz; Pfizer Inc Xerox ConnectKey; Xerox Corporation Xerox iGen; Xerox Corporation Xerox Nuvera; Xerox Corporation Xiameter; Dow Corning Corporation Xian XR Aero Components Co Limited; Rolls-Royce plc Xiangxue; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited Xintec Inc; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) Xiyingying; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited XJ Elevator Private Limited; Schindler Holding AG Xomox; Crane Co Xtandi; Pfizer Inc

Xtralis International Holdings Limited; Honeywell International Inc XtraMile; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd XtraPremium; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Xultophy; Novo-Nordisk AS Xylish; Meiji Holdings Co Ltd YASKAWA Information Systems; YASKAWA Electric Corporation YE Data; YASKAWA Electric Corporation Yervoy; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Yoki; General Mills Inc Yoplait; General Mills Inc Yumi Robot; ABB Ltd Yuzhkuzbassugol; EVRAZ plc Z4; BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Z4 Roadster; BMW of North America LLC Zanotti SpA; Daikin Industries Ltd Zanussi; Electrolux AB Zara; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Zara Home; Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil SA) Zebra Technologies Corporation; Motorola Solutions Inc ZEN Your Way; ASUSTeK Computer Inc Zenith; LG Electronics Inc Zenuity; Volvo Car Corporation Zenuity; Autoliv Inc Zeppelin Foundation; ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) Zestril; AstraZeneca plc Zhejiang Ocean Family Co Ltd; Wanxiang Group Corporation ZOLL Medical; Asahi Kasei Corp Zone Perfect; Abbott Laboratories Zurpaz; Boston Scientific Corp Zydelig; Gilead Sciences Inc

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www.plunkettresearch.com Antidumping Tariffs: Additional duties which are assessed on imported goods when those goods are sold to the importing country at a price that is less than “fair value” (“fair value” usually being defined as the price on the exporting country's domestic market or to third countries) and when those imported goods are found to cause or threaten to cause material injury to industry of the importing country.

3PF: See “Third-Party Fulfillment (3PF).” 3PL: See “Third-Party Logistics (3PL).” 4PL: See “Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL).” Activity-Based Costing (ABC): A set of accounting methods used to identify and describe costs and required resources for activities within processes. Actuator: An motor used in factory automation, powered by electric, hydraulic or pneumatic energy. These motors may be used to control such things as valves, motors or switches. Additive Manufacturing: The use of 3-D “printers” that that build up layers of materials such as plastics, ceramic powders or metallic powders in order to create a finished product. Such printers follow instructions from computerized design files. Originally used mainly for creating prototypes of product concepts, this process is growing in popularity as a final manufacturing process. ADM: The application, development and maintenance of software. Advanced Shipment Notice: A detailed list of a shipment's itinerary and contents transmitted to the customer by the sender. AI: See “Artificial Intelligence (AI).” Analytics: With regard to software, the programs that analyze data for noteworthy trends. For example, retailers use analytics to track sales and inventory for positive or negative trends over time. This enables them to better predict the future need for inventory and to establish the most effective pricing and marketing of individual items. ANSI: American National Standards Institute. Founded in 1918, ANSI is a private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Its mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the quality of U.S. life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity. See www.ansi.org.

Antitrust Legislation: A set of laws that foster a competitive environment preventing unreasonable restraint of trade or unfair trade practices such as price-fixing. In the United States, antitrust laws originated with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Applied Research: The application of compounds, processes, materials or other items discovered during basic research to practical uses. The goal is to move discoveries along to the final development phase. AR: See "Augmented Reality (AR)." Articulated Robot: A robot with an arm that can closely resemble the movement of a human arm. The arm may have several joints that are revolute joints. (See "Revolute Joint.") Artificial Intelligence (AI): The use of computer technology to perform functions somewhat like those normally associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning and self-improvement. Asia Pacific Advisory Committee (APAC): A multicountry committee representing the Asia and Pacific region. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): An organization established to promote investment and trade in the Pacific basin. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A regional economic development association established in 1967 by five original member countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Laos and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. Augmented Reality (AR): A technology that superimposes computer-generated, digital images on areal time view creating a composite view. For example, health technicians may use smart glasses to see the location of a patient's veins before drawing blood, or technicians may wear smart glasses to see schematics and instructions relating to nearby equipment that needs fixing.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Automation: In business, automation is the application of systems, process or technology with the end goal of achieving recurring tasks automatically. Typical uses of automation include artificial intelligence and software algorithms in computers, and robotics on the factory floor and in warehouses. Baby Boomer: Generally refers to people born from 1946 to 1964. In the U.S., the initial number of Baby Boomers totaled about 78 million. The term evolved to describe the children of soldiers and war industry workers who were involved in World War II and who began forming families after the war's end. In 2011, the oldest Baby Boomers began reaching the traditional retirement age of 65. Back-Office: Generally considered to include such areas as accounting, human resources, call centers, financial transaction processing. A back-office application is a software program designed to handle back-office tasks. Also, see “Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).” Balanced Scorecard: A plan that transforms a company's vision into a list of performance indicators in four categories: financial, customer, internal practices, and learning and growth. Barcode (Bar Code): A product code image on a label that meet industry standards for routing packages or retrieving information about the box or merchandise to which the label is attached. (May be referred to as “machine readable.”) Product codes are evolving thanks to new technologies, and new standards, including the EAN.UCC and RFID. For information about the organization sponsoring the latest product code technology, see www.gs1us.org. Barriers to Outsourcing: Forms of resistance to outsourcing, which may include loss of control, quality issues, flexibility and customer and labor backlash. Baseline: A set of data used in clinical studies, or other types of research, for control or comparison.

www.plunkettresearch.com Bluetooth: An industry standard for a technology that enables wireless, short-distance infrared connections between devices such as cell phone headsets, Palm Pilots or PDAs, laptops, printers and Internet appliances. Boiler and Machinery Insurance: This coverage, often called equipment breakdown, or systems breakdown insurance, is insurance for damage caused by the malfunction or breakdown, not just of boilers, but of a vast array of other equipment, including air conditioning, heating, electrical, telephone and computer systems. Brand: A marketing strategy that places a focus on the brand name of a product, service or firm in order to increase the brand's market share, increase sales, establish credibility, improve satisfaction, raise the profile of the firm and increase profits. Also, see “Brand.” Brand Extension: Using the strength of an existing product (or line of products) to establish a new product. For example, a maker of laundry detergent might “extend its brand” by introducing household cleaners and dish detergents. Brand Name: See “Brand.” Branding: A marketing strategy that places a focus on the brand name of a product, service or firm in order to increase the brand's market share, increase sales, establish credibility, improve satisfaction, raise the profile of the firm and increase profits. Also, see “Brand.” BRIC: An acronym representing Brazil, Russia, India and China. The economies of these four countries have been some of the fastest growing in the world. A 2003 report by investment bank Goldman Sachs is often credited for popularizing the term. Also, see “MIST.” B-to-B, or B2B: See “Business-to-Business.” B-to-C, or B2C: See “Business-to-Consumer.” B-to-E, or B2E: See “Business-to-Employee.”

Basic Research: Attempts to discover compounds, materials, processes or other items that may be largely or entirely new and/or unique. Basic research may start with a theoretical concept that has yet to be proven. The goal is to create discoveries that can be moved along to applied research. Basic research is sometimes referred to as “blue sky” research. Benchmarking: The procedure of measuring a process or practice against those of a group of other companies in the same industry. For example, it is common to compare the operating profit margin of a firm against a benchmark that is the average of the profit margin of a group of other firms in the same industry.

B-to-G, or B2G: See “Business-to-Government.” Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): The process of hiring another company to handle business activities. BPO is one of the fastest-growing segments in the offshoring sector. Services include human resources management, billing and purchasing and call centers, as well as many types of customer service or marketing activities, depending on the industry involved. Also, see “Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)” and “Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO).”

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Business Process Reengineering: The process of reviewing a company's business practices to eliminate wasteful methods and create more efficient practices.

Carbon Intensity: The amount of carbon dioxide that a nation emits, on average, in order to create a unit of GDP (gross domestic product, a measure of economic output).

Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO): A segment within outsourcing in which the client company revamps its business processes with the goal of transforming its business by following a collaborative approach with its outsourced services provider.

Cartesian Robot: A cartesian robot features an arm that has prismatic joints only. This type of robot tends to have great strength and lifting capacity while utilizing a linear motion.

Business-to-Business: An organization focused on selling products, services or data to commercial customers rather than individual consumers. Also known as B2B. Business-to-Consumer: An organization focused on selling products, services or data to individual consumers rather than commercial customers. Also known as B2C. Business-to-Employee: A corporate communications system, such as an intranet, aimed at conveying information from a company to its employees. Also known as B2E. Business-to-Government: An organization focused on selling products, services or data to government units rather than commercial businesses or consumers. Also known as B2G. CAD: See “Computer-Aided Design (CAD).” CAD/CAM: Refers to the combination of ComputerAided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM). Also, see "Computer Numerical Control," "Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)," and "Computer-Aided Design (CAD)." CAE: See “Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).” CAFTA-DR: See “Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).” CAM: See "Computer Aided Machining or Manufacturing (CAM)." CANDA: See “Computer-Assisted New Drug Application (CANDA).” Capex: Capital expenditures. Captive Offshoring: Used to describe a company-owned offshore operation. For example, Microsoft owns and operates significant captive offshore research and development centers in China and elsewhere that are offshore from Microsoft's U.S. home base. Also see “Offshoring.”

CASE: See “Computer-Assisted Software Engineering (CASE).” Case Team: The team working on a specific project in consulting or business process engineering. CEM: Contract electronic manufacturing. See “Contract Manufacturing.” Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR): A trade agreement signed into law in 2005 that aimed to open up the Central American and Dominican Republic markets to American goods. Member nations include Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Before the law was signed, products from those countries could enter the U.S. almost tariff-free, while American goods heading into those countries faced stiff tariffs. The goal of this agreement was to create U.S. jobs while at the same time offering the non-U.S. member citizens a chance for a better quality of life through access to U.S.-made goods. Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM): A professional certification awarded by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) based on completion of five program modules and related exams. Changeover: The refitting of equipment to either neutralize the effects of the just completed model production or to prepare equipment for production of the next scheduled model, or both. This term is frequently used in connection with automotive manufacturing. CIS: See “Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).” Class I Device: An FDA classification of medical devices for which general controls are sufficient to ensure safety and efficacy. Class II Device: An FDA classification of medical devices for which performance standards and special controls are sufficient to ensure safety and efficacy. Class III Device: An FDA classification of medical devices for which pre-market approval is required to ensure safety and efficacy, unless the device is

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substantially equivalent to a currently marketed device. See “510 K.”

be cut or shaped into the desired design by tools such as a router.

Climate Change (Greenhouse Effect): A theory that assumes an increasing mean global surface temperature of the Earth caused by gases (sometimes referred to as greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere (including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone and chlorofluorocarbons). The greenhouse effect allows solar radiation to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere but absorbs the infrared radiation returning to space.

Computer-Aided Design (CAD): A tool used to provide three-dimensional, on-screen design for everything from buildings to automobiles to clothing. It generally runs on workstations.

CNC: See "Computer Numerical Control (CNC)."

Computer-Assisted New Drug Application (CANDA): An electronic submission of a new drug application (NDA) to the FDA.

Cobot: Collaborative robot. That is, a robot designed to interact closely with a human being in a physical setting such as a factory floor. Collaborative Robots: Robots that have been designed especially to work closely with humans in factory, office, hospital or similar uses. They are more flexible their skills, easier to program, and safer while interacting with humans. Commoditization: The process whereby a good or service is deemed essentially the same by consumers, leading to price being almost the exclusive competitive factor. Commodity: An item that is traded in commerce on a common basis. The term usually implies an undifferentiated product competing primarily on price and availability. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): An organization consisting of 11 former members of the Soviet Union: Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was created in 1991. Turkmenistan recently left the Commonwealth as a permanent member, but remained as an associate member. The Commonwealth seeks to coordinate a variety of economic and social policies, including taxation, pricing, customs and economic regulation, as well as to promote the free movement of capital, goods, services and labor. Computer Aided Machining or Manufacturing (CAM): The use of software to facilitate automated machine tools, based on 3D computer model (CAD or Computer Aided Design) data. When the two are used together, this is generally referred to as CAD/CAM. Also see "CAD" and "CNC". Computer Numerical Control (CNC): A technology used on the factory floor. It converts a design that was originally created in CAD (Computer Aided Design) software into numbers that plot the coordinates of a grid. This grid is then digitally applied to the material about to

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE): The use of computers to assist with a broad spectrum of engineering design work, including conceptual and analytical design.

Computer-Assisted Software Engineering (CASE): The application of computer technology to systems development activities, techniques and methodologies. Sometimes referred to as “computer-aided systems engineering.” Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG): The Consumer Packaged Goods ("CPG") sector refers to common household items that are consumed and replaced on an ongoing basis. Such products include packaged foods, beverages, household cleaners and personal hygiene items. Some analysts include tobacco in this sector. Consumer Price Index (CPI): A measure of the average change in consumer prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services, such as food, clothing and housing. The CPI is calculated by the U.S. Federal Government and is considered to be one measure of inflation. Consumerism: The activities of government, business and independent organizations designed to protect individuals from practices that infringe upon their rights as consumers. Contract Carrier: A carrier that does not serve the general public but provides transportation for hire for one or a limited number of shippers under a specific contract. Contract Manufacturing: A business arrangement whereby a company manufactures products that will be sold under the brand names of its client companies. For example, a large number of consumer electronics, such as laptop computers, are manufactured by contract manufacturers for leading brand-name computer companies such as Dell and Apple. Many other types of products, such as shoes and apparel, are made under contract manufacturing. Also see “Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)” and “Original Design Manufacturer (ODM).” Contract Research Organization (CRO): An independent organization that contracts with a client to

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conduct part of the work on a study or research project. For example, drug and medical device makers frequently outsource clinical trials and other research work to CROs.

Dedicated Contract Carriage: The dedication of transportation services to a single client on a contractual basis, usually for a specified period of time.

Core Competencies: A business's main area of capability.

Degree of Freedom: A limitation of movement. One degree of freedom (DoF) is movement in one direction.

Core Task: A task that does not represent a competitive advantage, such as human resources operations. Cost Plus Contract: A contract that sets the contractor's compensation as a percentage of the total cost of labor and materials. CPIM: See “Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).” Critical Path Management: A critical path represents the series of tasks that must be completed in order to finish an entire project. Critical path management attempts to determine which tasks must be completed, in order of completion, by which dates so that a project may be completed on time. Critical Task: A task that represents a competitive advantage, such as research and development. CRM: See “Customer Relationship Management (CRM).”

Demand Chain: A similar concept to a supply chain, but with an emphasis on the end user. Demographics: The breakdown of the population into statistical categories such as age, income, education and sex. Depreciation: A method of amortizing the cost of an asset in equal dollar amounts over the useful life of an asset. For example, an item with a five-year life would be charged with a certain amount of its cost every year for five years. Design Patent: A patent that may be granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. Development: The phase of research and development (R&D) in which researchers attempt to create new products from the results of discoveries and applications created during basic and applied research.

CRO: See “Contract Research Organization (CRO).” Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Refers to the automation, via sophisticated software, of business processes involving existing and prospective customers. CRM may cover aspects such as sales (contact management and contact history), marketing (campaign management and telemarketing) and customer service (call center history and field service history). Well known providers of CRM software include Salesforce, which delivers via a Software as a Service model (see “Software as a Service (Saas)”), Microsoft and Oracle. Customs and Shipping Broker: A firm specializing in the preparation of shipping and customs documents for international shipments. Brokers often have offices at major freight gateways, including border crossings, seaports and airports. Cylindrical Robot: A robot with an arm and design that do well in circular workspaces. They may include a combination of revolute and prismatic joints. (See “Revolute Joint” and “Prismatic Joint.”) D2C: Direct to Consumer. For example, manufacturers that sell their products direct to consumers while bypassing middlemen. DBA: Doing business as.

Digital Rights Management (DRM): Restrictions placed on the use of digital content by copyright holders and hardware manufacturers. DRM for Apple, Inc.’s iTunes, for example, allows downloaded music to be played only on Apple’s iPod player and iPhones, per agreement with music production companies Universal Music Group, SonyBMG, Warner Music and EMI. Direct Marketing: A form of non-store retailing in which customers are exposed to merchandise through catalogs, direct-mail brochures, telemarketing or television. Direct marketing may be used to generate direct-response purchases, store traffic, sales leads or a combination thereof. Direct Selling: A form of marketing which involves manufacturing and then selling merchandise or services through direct mail or through salespeople who contact consumers directly or by telephone at home or place of work (e.g., Mary Kay cosmetics). Direct-Response Marketing: The use of direct marketing with the intent of soliciting an order from the customer, rather than generating store traffic. Direct-response methods may include mail-order catalogs or brochures, infomercials, telemarketing and online banner ads. See “Direct Marketing.”

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Disaster Recovery: A set of rules and procedures that allow a computer site to be put back in operation after a disaster has occurred. Moving backups off-site constitutes the minimum basic precaution for disaster recovery. The remote copy is used to recover data if the local storage is inaccessible after a disaster. Disintermediate: A business or distribution model that bypasses the middleman in marketing or retailing. For example, a web site that enables end-consumers to purchase apparel direct from a designer or manufacturer, bypassing retail stores and traditional catalogs, is attempting to disintermediate the supply chain. Disruptive: A new technology or business model that unexpectedly threatens to displace existing products or services. For example, the manner in which email has disrupted standard postal service. By some estimates, in order to be disruptive, a new model must provide at least 80% of the value of existing methods, at no more than 20% of traditional costs. Distribution Center (DC): A warehouse for finished products to be stored until they are shipped to end users. Distributor: An individual or business involved in marketing, warehousing and/or shipping of products manufactured by others to a specific group of end users. Distributors do not sell to the general public. In order to develop a competitive advantage, distributors often focus on serving one industry or one set of niche clients. For example, within the medical industry, there are major distributors that focus on providing pharmaceuticals, surgical supplies or dental supplies to clinics and hospitals. DoF: See “Degree of Freedom.” Durable Goods: Manufactured goods that have a long or relatively long life. Examples include trucks, automobiles, machinery and computers. Also, see “Non-Durable Goods.” EAN.UCC: See “Barcode (Bar Code).” Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT): An indicator of a company's financial performance calculated as revenue minus expenses excluding tax and interest. Also see “Net Income,” “Net Operating Income” and “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciations and Amortization (EBITDA).” Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization (EBITDA): An indicator of a company's financial performance calculated as revenue minus expenses excluding taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization. It is a prime indicator of a company's potential to earn profits. Also, see “Net Income,” “Net

www.plunkettresearch.com Operating Income” and “Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT).” EBIT: See “Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT).” EBITDA: See “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization (EBITDA).” Echo Boomers: See “Generation Y.” ECM: Electronic Contract Manufacturing. See “Contract Manufacturing.” E-Commerce: The use of online, Internet-based sales methods. The phrase is used to describe both business-toconsumer and business-to-business sales. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): An accepted standard format for the exchange of data between various companies’ networks. EDI allows for the transfer of e-mail as well as orders, invoices and other files from one company to another. EMEA: The region comprised of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Emission: The release or discharge of a substance into the environment. Generally refers to the release of gases or particulates into the air. EMS: Electronics Manufacturing Services. See “Contract Manufacturing.” End of Runway Services: Refers to certain logistics services provided to client companies by UPS and others on an outsourced basis. These services include processes provided after goods have landed in the client company's home nation, such as warehousing, fulfillment, repackaging and distribution. Energy Intensity: The amount of energy needed for a nation to produce a unit of GDP (gross domestic product, a measure of economic output). Engineer-to-Order (ETO): A term used to describe a product that requires unique design or significant customization, which is only designed and produced when a confirmed order or contract exists. Enterprise Application: A major software tool intended to manage data over an extremely large corporate or government user base (e.g., SAP, Oracle). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): An integrated information system that helps manage all aspects of a business, including accounting, ordering and human resources, typically across all locations of a major corporation or organization. ERP is considered to be a

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Environmental Audit: An independent assessment of a facility's compliance procedures, policies and controls. Many pollution prevention initiatives require an audit to determine where wastes may be reduced or eliminated or energy conserved. ERP: See “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).” EU: See “European Union (EU).” EU Competence: The jurisdiction in which the European Union (EU) can take legal action. European Community (EC): See “European Union (EU).” European Union (EU): A consolidation of European countries (member states) functioning as one body to facilitate trade. Previously known as the European Community (EC). The EU has a unified currency, the Euro. See europa.eu.int. Experience Curve: The idea that the more experienced a company is, the less it costs to design a project or product. The goal is generally considered to be a 25% cost reduction per doubling in production. Expert Systems: A practical development of AI that requires creation of a knowledge base of facts and rules furnished by human experts and uses a defined set of rules to access this information in order to suggest solutions to problems. See “Artificial Intelligence (AI).” Fabless: A method of operation used by a product supplier that does not have its own fabrication or manufacturing facilities. This phrase is often used to describe certain semiconductor firms that design chips but rely on outside, contract manufacturers for their actual fabrication. Facilities Management: The management of a company's physical buildings and/or information systems on an outsourced basis. Factory Automation: The use of systems, controls, computers and robotics to increase production while decreasing human action on the factory floor and in the warehouse. Also, see "Automation." Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): A U.S. federal law that states the minimum wage, describes the 40-hour work week and defines child labor as well as overtime. FASB: See “Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).”

Federal Communications Commission (FCC): The U.S. Government agency that regulates broadcast television and radio, as well as satellite transmission, telephony and all uses of radio spectrum. Field Emission Display (FED): A self-luminescent display that can be extremely thin, draw very low power, and be very bright from all angles and in all types of light. The latest FEDs are based on carbon nanotubes. Samsung is a leader in this field. Early applications include high-end television and computer monitors. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): An independent organization that establishes the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Finite Element Analysis (FEA): Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a tool in computerized design that can detect flaws in a computer-generated model. It analyzes how the model would react to extremes in heat, vibration and pressure by breaking it down into small pieces or cells in a three-dimensional grid. The computer applies simulated stimuli to one cell in the model and then tracks the response of that cell and those that surround it. Fixed Expenses: Costs that do not fluctuate in response to sales or inventory changes over time. Examples include rent fees and depreciation. FLSA: See “Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).” Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The U.S. government agency responsible for the enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, ensuring industry compliance with laws regulating products in commerce. The FDA’s mission is to protect the public from harm and encourage technological advances that hold the promise of benefiting society. www.fda.gov Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL): A service that integrates a company's third-party logistics providers into a single entity for ease of use. Often formed by a telecommunications company, a 4PL is also called a lead logistics provider. A 4PL service provider provides a top layer of business processes, generally technology-driven, to the client's supply chain. Also see “Third-Party Logistics (3PL).” Franchise: 1) A contractual agreement between a franchisor (for example, a company or organization owning all rights to a brand, type of business, retail operation, restaurant concept or sports league) and a franchisee (person or organization desiring to license the use of those rights for a specific purpose within a specific

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region) that allows the franchisee to operate a retail outlet or other type of business using a brand, trade secrets, formulas and format developed and supported by the franchisor. Typically, a franchisee pays an upfront fee and then continuing fees to the franchisor. 2) A generic term used to describe a very well established business or brand.

up in the digital age. “M” may refer to any or all of mediasaturated, mobile or multi-tasking. The term was most notably used in a Kaiser Family Foundation report published in 2005, “Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 year olds.” Also, see “Generation Y” and “Generation Z.”

Franchisee: See “Franchise.”

Generation X: A loosely-defined and variously-used term that describes people born between approximately 1965 and 1980, but other time frames are recited. Generation X is often referred to as a group influential in defining tastes in consumer goods, entertainment and/or political and social matters.

Franchisor: See “Franchise.” Freight Forwarder: A business that acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper. A freight forwarder frequently consolidates shipments from several shippers and coordinates booking reservations. Front-Office Application: A computer program tailored to the needs of the customer relations portions of a business, such as sales and marketing. Fuel Cell: An environmentally friendly electrochemical engine that generates electricity using hydrogen and oxygen as fuel, emitting only heat and water as byproducts. Full-Service Leasing: A program under which a vehicle or building is leased and the operation and maintenance are included in the lease fee. Functional Process Outsourcing (FPO): The outsourcing of a company's core tasks. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM): A type of 3-D printing, based on the extruding and depositing of thermoplastics. Fuzzy Logic: Recognizes that some statements are not just “true” or “false,” but also “more or less certain” or “very unlikely.” Fuzzy logic is used in artificial intelligence. See “Artificial Intelligence (AI).”

Generation Y: Refers to people born between approximately 1982 and 2002. In the U.S., they number more than 90 million, making them the largest generation segment in the nation's history. They are also known as Echo Boomers, Millennials or the Millennial Generation. These are children of the Baby Boom generation who will be filling the work force as Baby Boomers retire. Generation Z: Some people refer to Generation Z as people born after 1991. Others use the beginning date of 2001, or refer to the era of 1994 to 2004. Members of Generation Z are considered to be natural and rapid adopters of the latest technologies. Genetically Modified (GM) Foods: Food crops that are bioengineered to resist herbicides, diseases or insects: have higher nutritional value than non-engineered plants: produce a higher yield per acre: and/or last longer on the shelf. Additional traits may include resistance to temperature and moisture extremes. Agricultural animals also may be genetically modified organisms. Geostationary: A geosynchronous satellite angle with zero inclination, making a satellite appear to hover over one spot on the earth's equator. GHG: See “Greenhouse Gas (GHG).”

GAAP: See “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).” Gainsharing: A contract structure where both the customer and the service provider share financially in the value created through the relationship. One example is when a service provider receives a share of the savings it generates for its client. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP): A set of accounting standards administered by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and enforced by the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). GAAP is primarily used in the U.S. Generation M: A very loosely defined term that is sometimes used to refer to young people who have grown

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN): An international standard 14-digit number used to identify a specific product. Global Warming: An increase in the near-surface temperature of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to a theory that warming occurs as a result of increased use of hydrocarbon fuels by man. See “Climate Change (Greenhouse Effect).” Globalization: The increased mobility of goods, services, labor, technology and capital throughout the world. Although globalization is not a new development, its pace has increased with the advent of new technologies.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. GLP: See “Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).” GMP: See “Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).” Good Laboratory Practices (GLP): A collection of regulations and guidelines to be used in laboratories where research is conducted on drugs, biologics or devices that are intended for submission to the FDA. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP): A collection of regulations and guidelines to be used in manufacturing drugs, biologics and medical devices. Granularity: The description of the fine details of a business problem. Green Field: An investment and business expansion strategy where a company starts an entirely new venture in a new location by opening new plants, offices or other facilities. This typically involves hiring and training local staff. Green field is generally used to describe new investments in foreign countries. Greenhouse Gas (GHG): See “Climate Change (Greenhouse Effect).” Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The total value of a nation's output, income and expenditures produced with a nation's physical borders. Gross National Product (GNP): A country's total output of goods and services from all forms of economic activity measured at market prices for one calendar year. It differs from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in that GNP includes income from investments made in foreign nations. Group of Eight (G8): The eight major industrial countries, including the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia and Canada, whose leaders meet at annual economic summits to coordinate economic policies. The group was formerly known as the G7, before Russia was admitted in June 2002. GTIN: See "Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)." H-1B Visa: In the United States, the H-1B is a nonimmigrant classification used by an alien of distinguished merit and ability who will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation that requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge, along with at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. Haptics: A technology in which a user of electronics, wireless devices and electronic games experiences unique sensations from a video game interface or a touchscreen, such as one might find on a smartphone. Advanced

www.plunkettresearch.com touchscreens using haptics can enable the user to feel the sensation of clicks on an icon, vibrations and other types of touch sensations. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System: See "Harmonized System". Harmonized System: The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System generally referred to as "Harmonized System" or simply "HS" is a multipurpose international product nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO). It comprises about 5,000 commodity groups: each identified by a six digit code, arranged in a legal and logical structure and is supported by well-defined rules to achieve uniform classification. The system is used by more than 200 countries and economies as a basis for their Customs tariffs and for the collection of international trade statistics. HS Codes: See "Harmonized System." Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO): Refers to the practice of hiring an outsourced services provider to manage an organization's day-to-day human resources needs. ICT: See “Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).” IEEE: See “Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).” IFRS: See “International Financials Reporting Standards (IFRS).” In Vitro: Laboratory experiments conducted in the test tube, or otherwise, without using live animals and/or humans. In Vivo: Laboratory experiments conducted with live animals and/or humans. Inbound Logistics: The movement of materials from shippers and vendors into production processes or storage facilities. Industrial Biotechnology: The application of biotechnology to serve industrial needs. This is a rapidly growing field on a global basis. The current focus on industrial biotechnology is primarily on enzymes and other substances for renewable energy such as biofuels: chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, food additives, solvents and colorants: and bioplastics. Industrial biotech attempts to create synergies between biochemistry, genetics and microbiology in order to develop exciting new substances.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Industry Code: A descriptive code assigned to any company in order to group it with firms that operate in similar businesses. Common industry codes include the NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) and the SIC (Standard Industrial Classification), both of which are standards widely used in America, as well as the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC), the Standard International Trade Classification established by the United Nations (SITC) and the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE). Inert Ingredients: Substances that are not active, such as water, petroleum distillates, talc, corn meal or soaps. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): A term used to describe the relationship between the myriad types of goods, services and networks that make up the global information and communications system. Sectors involved in ICT include landlines, data networks, the Internet, wireless communications, (including cellular and remote wireless sensors) and satellites. Information Technology (IT): The systems, including hardware and software, that move and store voice, video and data via computers and telecommunications. Infrastructure: 1) The equipment that comprises a system. 2) Public-use assets such as roads, bridges, water systems, sewers and other assets necessary for public accommodation and utilities. 3) The underlying base of a system or network. 4) Transportation and shipping support systems such as ports, airports and railways. Infrastructure (Telecommunications): The entity made up of all the cable and equipment installed in the worldwide telecommunications market. Most of today’s telecommunications infrastructure is connected by copper and fiber-optic cable, which represents a huge capital investment that telephone companies would like to continue to utilize in as many ways as possible. Initial Public Offering (IPO): A company's first effort to sell its stock to investors (the public). Investors in an uptrending market eagerly seek stocks offered in many IPOs because the stocks of newly public companies that seem to have great promise may appreciate very rapidly in price, reaping great profits for those who were able to get the stock at the first offering. In the United States, IPOs are regulated by the SEC (U.S. Securities Exchange Commission) and by the state-level regulatory agencies of the states in which the IPO shares are offered. Insourcing: A unique and increasingly popular business method. It is similar to “outsourcing,” in that it is a continuing business service or process provided to a company by an outside organization. The intent is to

www.plunkettresearch.com enable the client company to focus on its core strengths, while hiring outside firms to provide other needs such as warehouse, call center or human resources management. However, with insourcing, the services provider moves into or near the client company's facility and sets up shop. For example, ARAMARK has a business unit that will set up and manage an employee cafeteria within a client company's facility. (Occasionally, the term “insourcing” has also been used to describe the creation of jobs in America by foreign firms.) Also see “Third-Party Logistics (3PL).” Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): An organization that sets global technical standards and acts as an authority in technical areas including computer engineering, biomedical technology, telecommunications, electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others. www.ieee.org. Integrated Logistics: A business that combines all aspects of the supply chain into one comprehensive system, instead of managing its individual functions separately. Intellectual Property (IP): The exclusive ownership of original concepts, ideas, designs, engineering plans or other assets that are protected by law. Examples include items covered by trademarks, copyrights and patents. Items such as software, engineering plans, fashion designs and architectural designs, as well as games, books, songs and other entertainment items are among the many things that may be considered to be intellectual property. (Also, see “Patent.”) Intermodal: Transportation of freight involving more than one type, or mode, of carrier. For example, a container of freight may be first carried by a truck, then placed on a train car and eventually moved to the deck of a cargo ship before reaching its final destination. Internal Consultant: Management consultants and others who work in-house in an exclusive capacity for corporations and other types of organizations. See “Management Consulting.” International Financials Reporting Standards (IFRS): A set of accounting standards established by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for the preparation of public financial statements. IFRS has been adopted by much of the world, including the European Union, Russia and Singapore. Internet of Things (IoT): A concept whereby individual objects, such as kitchen appliances, automobiles, manufacturing equipment, environmental sensors or air conditioners, are connected to the Internet. The objects must be able to identify themselves to other devices or to databases. The ultimate goals may include the collection and processing of data, the control of instruments and

Plunkett Research, Ltd. machinery, and eventually, a new level of synergies, artificial intelligence and operating efficiencies among the objects. The Internet of Things is often referred to as IoT. Related technologies and topics include RFID, remote wireless sensors, telecommunications and nanotechnology. Inventory Management: The process of acquiring and maintaining a proper assortment of merchandise while keeping ordering, shipping, handling and other related costs in check. Since it is expensive to own and stock inventory, proper management is vital. Dillard’s and WalMart are famous for advanced inventory management.

www.plunkettresearch.com scientific research, accounting and tax return preparation. Also, see “Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).” LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean. Laminated Object Modeling: Creating 3D prototypes by compiling sheets of paper. The paper is bound with an adhesive substance and pressed together by a roller. Then, a laser is used to shape the object. Large-Scale Integration (LSI): The placement of thousands of electronic gates on a single chip. This makes the manufacture of powerful computers possible.

IoT: See “Internet of Things (IoT).” LCCS: See “Low Cost Country Sourcing.” IP: See “Intellectual Property (IP).” LDCs: See “Least Developed Countries (LDCs).” ISO 9000, 9001, 9002, 9003: Standards set by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 9000, 9001, 9002 and 9003 are the highest quality certifications awarded to organizations that meet exacting standards in their operating practices and procedures. IT: See “Information Technology (IT).” Just-in-Time (JIT) Delivery: Refers to a supply chain practice whereby manufacturers receive components on or just before the time that they are needed on the assembly line, rather than bearing the cost of maintaining several days' or weeks' supply in a warehouse. This adds greatly to the cost-effectiveness of a manufacturing plant and puts the burden of warehousing and timely delivery on the supplier of the components. Kaizen: A Japanese manufacturing process concept that is widely studied by the global automotive industry. It is a philosophy based on continuous improvement of the manufacturing and business process. Facets of Kaizen may include just-in-time delivery of components, zero defects, productivity enhancement and a customer-oriented mindset. Kanban: From the Japanese word for “visual record,” a just-in-time methodology, initially attributed to Toyota, whereby sub-assemblies are delivered to a product line at the time required in the appropriate number. Kanban has also come to refer to tag-like cards used to track flow along the product line. Kinematics: A kind of mechanics focused on the motion of objects with no reference to what caused that motion such as force or mass. Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO): The use of outsourced and/or offshore workers to perform business tasks that require judgment and analysis. Examples include such professional tasks as patent research, legal research, architecture, design, engineering, market research,

Lead Logistics Provider (LLP): See “Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL).” Lean Manufacturing: See “Lean Production.” Lean Production: An enhancement of the mass production concept. Lean production, also known as lean manufacturing, involves optimizing the factory floor, design team, supply chain and other areas in order to manufacture a higher-quality product in less time, with less labor at less cost. Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Nations determined by the U.N. Economic and Social Council to be the poorest and weakest members of the international community. There are currently 50 LDCs, of which 34 are in Africa, 15 are in Asia Pacific and the remaining one (Haiti) is in Latin America. The top 10 on the LDC list, in descending order from top to 10th, are Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde and the Central African Republic. Sixteen of the LDCs are also Landlocked Least Developed Countries (LLDCs) which present them with additional difficulties often due to the high cost of transporting trade goods. Eleven of the LDCs are Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which are often at risk of extreme weather phenomenon (hurricanes, typhoons, Tsunami): have fragile ecosystems: are often dependent on foreign energy sources: can have high disease rates for HIV/AIDS and malaria: and can have poor market access and trade terms. Light Emitting Diode (LED): A small tube containing material that emits light when exposed to electricity. The color of the light depends upon the type of material. The LED was first developed in 1962 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. LEDs are important to a wide variety of industries, from wireless telephone handsets to signage to displays for medical equipment, because they provide a very high quality of light with very low power requirements. They also have a very long useful

Plunkett Research, Ltd. life and produce very low heat output when. All of these characteristics are great improvements over a conventional incandescent bulb. Several advancements have been made in LED technology. See “Organic LED (OLED),” “Polymer Light Emitting Diode (PLED),” “Small Molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode (SMOLED)” and “Dendrimer.” LINUX: An open, free operating system that is shared readily with millions of users worldwide. These users continuously improve and add to the software's code. It can be used to operate computer networks and Internet appliances as well as servers and PCs. Lithography: In the manufacture of semiconductors and MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), lithography refers to the transfer of a pattern of photosensitive material by exposing it to light or radiation. The photosensitive material changes physical properties when exposed to a source of radiation. Typically, a mask is employed that creates a desired pattern by blocking out light to some areas. Using this process to deposit materials on a substrate, integrated circuits can be manufactured. Low Cost Country Sourcing: A business strategy whereby a company seeks to reduce costs by procuring goods and services, which may include manufacturing services, in nations with lower cost bases than the country where the company is based. M2M: See “Machine-to-Machine (M2M).” Machine Learning: The ability of a computer or computerized device to learn based on the results of previous actions or the analysis of a stream of related data. Machine Tool: A power-driven machine, such as a lathe, capable of cutting, shaping and forming metals and other substances. Machine tools may turn out finished products. Most often, however, they produce vital components that are incorporated into various types of products. Machine tools may be operated by well trained technicians. To a rapidly growing degree, they are operated by computerized instructions. The most advanced machine tools incorporate robotics. (Also see “Numerical Control.”) Machine Vision: The optic capacity of machines, used to test for quality assurance, sorting, material handling, robot guidance and many other procedures. Machine-to-Machine (M2M): Refers to the transmission of data from one device to another, typically through wireless means such as Wi-Fi or cellular. For example, a Wi-Fi network might be employed to control several machines in a household from a central computer. Such machines might include air conditioning and entertainment systems. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) will be a major growth factor in M2M communications, in everything

www.plunkettresearch.com from factory automation to agriculture and transportation. In logistics and retailing, M2M can refer to the use of RFID tags to transmit information. See “Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).” Make-to-Order (MTO): A term applied to products that are manufactured only when an order is confirmed. MTO differs from ETO in that no additional engineering or design is required to make the product. Make-to-Stock (MTS): Refers to products that are manufactured in anticipation of sales, with inventories of finished goods stocked in warehouses awaiting customer orders. MAN: See “Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).” Managed Service Provider (MSP): An outsourcer that deploys, manages and maintains the back-end software and hardware infrastructure for Internet businesses. Management Consulting: The profession of advising a corporation's top management on such issues as growth strategy, acquisitions, finance and vital areas of operations including product development, customer service and human resources. Management consulting is conducted by professionals who analyze and evaluate problems, make recommendations and, where appropriate, assist in implementing recommendations. They apply multidisciplined approaches as well as specialized skills to solve problems. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II): A methodology that supports effective planning with regard to all resources of a manufacturing company, linking MRP with sales and operations planning, production planning and master production scheduling. Maquila (Maquiladora): A production plant, located in Mexico near the U.S.-Mexican border, that manufactures components but does not perform final assembly of completed products. The U.S. allows duty-free import of these components, which then undergo final assembly at a U.S. plant. Also see “Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).” Marginal Cost: The increase or decrease in the total cost of a production when one additional unit is produced. For example, a factory is planning to build 1,000 bicycles. How would its costs change if it made 1,001? A marginal cost computation can be most useful in production runs where the breakeven point will be reached. That is, the fixed costs will be absorbed, and only the direct (variable) costs of producing an additional unit have to be accounted for. This can help management to answer a simple problem: Since we are planning a production run anyhow, should we increase the number of units we plan to make? Even if we do not yet have orders for the additional units,

Plunkett Research, Ltd. are the (marginal) costs of producing extra units so low that we should consider producing these units to hold in inventory? Some types of production have particularly low marginal costs. Printing is a good example. Generally, it takes so much time and effort to set up a printing job on the machinery involved, that the marginal cost of printing additional units is extremely small once breakeven has been achieved. In other types of production, marginal costs are extremely high. A good example is the manufacture of a complex product such as an airplane. Marginal costs include variable costs (labor and material used on the production run), plus an estimated portion of fixed costs (such as general and administrative overhead). Marketing: Includes all planning and management activities and expenses associated with the promotion of a product or service. Marketing can encompass advertising, customer surveys, public relations and many other disciplines. Marketing is distinct from selling, which is the process of sell-through to the end user. Mass Production: The use of specialized labor, and in some cases moving assembly lines, to manufacture large quantities. This is much faster and much more costeffective than low-quantity or custom production. Henry Ford is generally credited with making mass production the standard in the automobile industry. He installed the first moving assembly line in 1913 in his Highland Park, Michigan plant. Material Requirements Planning (MRP): An integrated management technique that uses bill of material data, inventory data and master production schedules to calculate requirements for material. MRP generates recommendations to release or reschedule replenishment orders for materials. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS): A document, required by OSHA (U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations, that provides a thorough profile of a potentially hazardous substance or product. The MSDS profile includes recommendations of how to handle the product, as well as how to treat a person who swallows the product, gets the product in the eyes or is otherwise overexposed. Manufacturers of such products, such as cleansers, solvents and coatings, provide these MSDS sheets at no cost to customers and end users. Employers using these substances in the workplace are required to have MSDS sheets on hand. Merchandising: Any marketing method utilized to foster sales growth. Metrology: The science of measurement. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN): A data and communications network that operates over metropolitan areas and recently has been expanded to nationwide and

www.plunkettresearch.com even worldwide connectivity of high-speed data networks. A MAN can carry video and data. MFA: See “Multifiber Agreement (MFA).” Millennials: See “Generation Y.” MIST: An acronym representing Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. These are four emerging nations that have been enjoying rapid economic growth and are favored by some investment managers. Also, see “BRIC.” MRO: Maintenance, Repair and Operation. MSP: See “Managed Service Provider (MSP).” Multifiber Agreement (MFA): The apparel and textiles industry has long been ruled by complex import and export agreements that limit the amounts of particular garments (such as t-shirts, pants and sweaters) and textiles (such as yarns and fabrics) that may be exported to specific markets around the world. In an effort to safeguard domestic production, the United States, Canada and several additional countries now part of the European Union established the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) in 1973. Under the provisions of the agreement, a quota system was put in place that established the maximum numbers of products produced in developing countries that could be legally exported to MFA member countries. These amounts differed from country to country and were based on historic purchasing patterns Multimodal: See “Intermodal.” NAFTA: See “North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).” Nanotechnology: The science of designing, building or utilizing unique structures that are smaller than 100 nanometers (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter). This involves microscopic structures that are no larger than the width of some cell membranes. NC: See “Numerical Control.” Nearshoring: A variation on offshoring in which certain business operations, such as software development, or back-office support services, are outsourced to locations that are relatively close to the home country of the client company. Nearshoring aims to achieve results similar to those of offshoring in general (such as labor cost savings), while at the same time taking advantage of the relative proximity of the services provider to maintain outsourced operations in areas that share, for example, cultural heritage, common languages or a common time zone. Nearshored operations can be easier to monitor, since the costs and time involved in travelling to such sites are kept at a minimum, and similar hours of operation, thanks to

Plunkett Research, Ltd. nearby time zones, make it easier to communicate via telephone. Examples might include a firm in the U.K. outsourcing to Eastern Europe, or a U.S. or Canadian corporation outsourcing to Mexico or Latin America. Net Operating Income: Net profit from operations, before allowances for payments due for income taxes and interest. Also see “Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)” and “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA).” Non-Durable Goods: Manufactured goods that have a relatively short life. Examples include food, chemicals, apparel and petroleum products. Also see “Durable Goods.” Non-Store Retailing: A form of retailing that is not storebased. Non-store retailing can be conducted through vending machines, direct-selling, direct-marketing, partybased selling, catalogs, television programming, telemarketing and Internet-based selling. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): A trade agreement signed in December 1992 by U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. The agreement eliminates tariffs on most goods originating in and traveling between the three member countries. It was approved by the legislatures of the three countries and had entered into force by January 1994. When it was created, NAFTA formed one of the largest free-trade areas of its kind in the world. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS): See “Industry Code.” Numerical Control: See "Computer Numerical Control." ODM: See “Original Design Manufacturer (ODM).” OECD: See “Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).” OEM: See “Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).” Offshoring: The rapidly growing tendency among U.S., Japanese and Western European firms to send knowledgebased and manufacturing work overseas. The intent is to take advantage of lower wages and operating costs in such nations as China, India, Hungary and Russia. The choice of a nation for offshore work may be influenced by such factors as language and education of the local workforce, transportation systems or natural resources. For example, China and India are graduating high numbers of skilled engineers and scientists from their universities. Also, some nations are noted for large numbers of workers skilled in the English language, such as the Philippines and India. Also see “Captive Offshoring” and “Outsourcing.”

www.plunkettresearch.com OLED: See “Organic LED (OLED).” Onshoring: The opposite of “offshoring.” Providing or maintaining manufacturing or services within or nearby a company's domestic location. Sometimes referred to as reshoring. Open Source (Open Standards): A software program for which the source code is openly available for modification and enhancement as various users and developers see fit. Open software is typically developed as a public collaboration and grows in usefulness over time. See “LINUX.” Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Cost: Expenses associated with operating a facility (e.g., supervising and engineering expenses) and maintaining it, including labor, materials and other direct and indirect expenses incurred for preserving the operating efficiency or physical condition of utility plants that are used for power production, transmission and distribution of energy. Optical Character Recognition (OCR): An industrywide classification system for coding information onto merchandise. It enables retailers to record information on each SKU when it is sold and to transmit that information to a computer. This is accomplished through computerized cash registers that include bar-code scanners (called pointof-sale terminals). Optimum Lean Production: See “Lean Production.” Order Cycle: The time and process involved in placing an order from beginning to end. Order Processing: The procedure for filling a customer's order. Organic LED (OLED): A type of electronic display based on the use of organic materials that produce light when stimulated by electricity. Also see “Polymer,” “Polymer Light Emitting Diode (PLED),” “Small Molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode (SMOLED)” and “Dendrimer.” Organic Polymer: See “Polymer.” Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): A group of more than 30 nations that are strongly committed to the market economy and democracy. Some of the OECD members include Japan, the U.S., Spain, Germany, Australia, Korea, the U.K., Canada and Mexico. Although not members, Estonia, Israel and Russia are invited to member talks: and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa have enhanced engagement policies with the OECD. The Organisation provides statistics, as well as social and economic data: and researches social changes, including patterns in

Plunkett Research, Ltd. evolving fiscal policy, agriculture, technology, trade, the environment and other areas. It publishes over 250 titles annually: publishes a corporate magazine, the OECD Observer: has radio and TV studios: and has centers in Tokyo, Washington, D.C., Berlin and Mexico City that distributed the Organisation’s work and organizes events. Original Design Manufacturer (ODM): A contract manufacturer that offers complete, end-to-end design, engineering and manufacturing services. ODMs design and build products, such as consumer electronics, that client companies can then brand and sell as their own. For example, a large percentage of laptop computers, cell phones and PDAs are made by ODMs. Also see “Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)” and “Contract Manufacturing.” Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM): 1) A company that manufactures a component (or a completed product) for sale to a customer that will integrate the component into a final product. The OEM’s customer will put its own brand name on the end product and distribute or resell it to end users. 2) A firm that buys a component and then incorporates it into a final product, or buys a completed product and then resells it under the firm’s own brand name. This usage is most often found in the computer industry, where OEM is sometimes used as a verb. Also see “Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)” and “Contract Manufacturing.”

www.plunkettresearch.com limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted. In addition to national patenting agencies, such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and regional organizations such as the European Patent Office, there is a cooperative international patent organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO, established by the United Nations. PLM: See “Product Lifecyle Management (PLM).” Polymer: An organic or inorganic substance of many parts. Most common polymers, such as polyethylene and polypropylene, are organic. Organic polymers consist of molecules from organic sources (carbon compounds). Polymer means many parts. Generally, a polymer is constructed of many structural units (smaller, simpler molecules) that are joined together by a chemical bond. Some polymers are natural. For example, rubber is a natural polymer. Scientists have developed ways to manufacture synthetic polymers from organic materials. Plastic is a synthetic polymer. Positioning: The design and implementation of a merchandising mix, price structure and style of selling to create an image of the retailer, relative to its competitors, in the customer’s mind. Predictive Analytics: See “Analytics.”

Outbound Logistics: The process related to the movement and storage of products from the end of the production line to the end user.

Prismatic Joint: A type of joing used in robotics. They move along a fixed axis. That is, they are pistons or similar sliding objects.

Outsourcing: The hiring of an outside company to perform a task otherwise performed internally by the company, generally with the goal of lowering costs and/or streamlining work flow. Outsourcing contracts are generally several years in length. Companies that hire outsourced services providers often prefer to focus on their core strengths while sending more routine tasks outside for others to perform. Typical outsourced services include the running of human resources departments, telephone call centers and computer departments. When outsourcing is performed overseas, it may be referred to as offshoring. Also see “Offshoring.”

Product Lifecycle (Product Life Cycle): The prediction of the life of a product or brand. Stages are described as Introduction, Growth, Maturity and finally Sales Decline. These stages track a product from its initial introduction to the market through to the end of its usefulness as a commercially viable product. The goal of Product Lifecycle Management is to maximize production efficiency, consumer acceptance and profits. Consequently, critical processes around the product need to be adjusted during its lifecycle, including pricing, advertising, promotion, distribution and packaging.

Parallel Robot: Parallel robots (also known as “parallel manipulators”) consist of three or more rotary or prismatic rotation points (axes). They can be used to manipulate large loads. A flight simulator (used to train pilots on the ground in a virtual environment) may be manipulated by a parallel robot. Patent: An intellectual property right granted by a national government to an inventor to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout that nation or importing the invention into the nation for a

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): See “Product Lifecycle (Product Life Cycle).” R&D: Research and development. Also see “Applied Research” and “Basic Research.” R&D-Flex Building: Industrial-type buildings that are designed to satisfy tenants that require an above-average amount of office space as well as an above-average level of finish that presents a more office-like environment, such as more windows and better landscape. From 30% to 100% of the space in such buildings may be devoted to

Plunkett Research, Ltd. office or laboratory space, with the balance devoted to light assembly or warehouse space. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): A technology that applies a special microchip-enabled tag to an individual item or piece of merchandise or inventory. RFID technology enables wireless, computerized tracking of that inventory item as it moves through the supply chain from factory to transport to warehouse to retail store or end user. Also known as radio tags. Real Time: A system or software product specially designed to acquire, process, store and display large amounts of rapidly changing information almost instantaneously, with microsecond responses as changes occur. Reengineering: The redesign of an object or process. This phrase is typically used to describe the complete reworking of a company's manufacturing, services or management structures. Replenishment: The re-supply of the warehouse or distribution center. Request for Bids (RFB): A request for pricing and supporting details, sent by a firm that requires products or services, outlining all the firm's requirements. Proposing companies are asked to place a bid based on the requested goods or services. Request for Quotation (RFQ): A proposal that asks companies to submit pricing for goods or a described level of services. See “Request for Bids (RFB).” Reshore: With regard to manufacturing, the return of some of the business to plants based in the country where sales are typically made. An example would be if Nike should shift some of its production from Asia to the U.S. Return on Investment (ROI): A measure used to determine the efficiency of an investment. It is calculated as (total gain from an investment, minus the cost of that investment), divided by (cost of the investment). ROI may be adjusted to reflect the average yearly return on an investment. Reverse Logistics: A specialized segment of logistics focusing on the movement and management of products and resources after sale and delivery to the customer. Includes product returns and repair for credit. Revolute Joint: Revolute joints are a common type of joint in a robotic arm. They may include a hinge, a pin or an axle. They have one degree of freedom (DoF). That is, they can move in one direction or one manner. RFID: See “Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).”

www.plunkettresearch.com Robotics: The use of machines (robots) operated by control systems and computers for the performance of repetitive, dangerous or highly-exacting tasks. Also, see “Automation.” Robots may be combined with artificial intelligence or other software features that enable the machine to learn through experience. Robots may work side-by-side with human workers. RoHS Compliant: A directive that restricts the total amount of certain dangerous substances that may be incorporated in electronic equipment, including consumer electronics. Any RoHS compliant component is tested for the presence of Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Hexavalent chromium, Polybrominated biphenyls and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers. For Cadmium and Hexavalent chromium, there must be less than 0.01% of the substance by weight at raw homogeneous materials level. For Lead, PBB, and PBDE, there must be no more than 0.1% of the material, when calculated by weight at raw homogeneous materials. Any RoHS compliant component must have 100 ppm or less of mercury and the mercury must not have been intentionally added to the component. Certain items of military and medical equipment are exempt from RoHS compliance. SaaS: See “Software as a Service (SaaS).” Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA): An act that amends the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to impose additional regulations on medical devices. The act became law in 1990. SBIR: See “Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR).” Scalable: Refers to a network that can grow and adapt as customer needs increase and change. Scalable networks can easily manage increasing numbers of workstations, servers, user workloads and added functionality. SCARPA: SCARPA robots (Selective Compliance Arm for Robotic Assembly, or Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm)—are robots used to install components and to move parts. They can mimic the motions of a human arm. SCM: See “Supply Chain Management.” Scope Creep: The expansion of a project far beyond its initial bounds. SCOR: See “Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR).” Selective Deposition Lamination (SDL): A paper-based 3D printing technology that lowers operating costs by using regular A4 size paper rather than polymers or metals.

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Selective Laser Sintering (SLM): Selective laser sintering”(also known as selective laser melting or SLM) is an additive manufacturing technique that uses intense laser heat to melt layers of powdered metal. Successive layers are applied and fused by heat until the desired shape is achieved. SLM is extremely flexible in terms of the possible size and shape of the finished product, and the end product can have great strength and design detail.

Software as a Service (SaaS): Refers to the practice of providing users with software applications that are hosted on remote servers and accessed via the Internet. Excellent examples include the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software provided in SaaS format by Salesforce. An earlier technology that operated in a similar, but less sophisticated, manner was called ASP or Application Service Provider.

Semiconductor: A generic term for a device that controls electrical signals. It specifically refers to a material (such as silicon, germanium or gallium arsenide) that can be altered either to conduct electrical current or to block its passage. Carbon nanotubes may eventually be used as semiconductors. Semiconductors are partly responsible for the miniaturization of modern electronic devices, as they are vital components in computer memory and processor chips. The manufacture of semiconductors is carried out by small firms, and by industry giants such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.

Sourcing: In business, the process of identifying and buying from the best outside suppliers, based on cost, quality, delivery time, reliability and other factors. The act of sourcing is an integral part of supply chain management.

Service Level Agreement (SLA): A detail in a contract between a service provider and the client. The agreement specifies the level of service that is expected during the service contract term. For example, computer or Internet service contracts generally stipulate a maximum amount of time that a system may be unusable. Shared Services Center: Created when common business processes from several business units are combined in one location. Such services may include purchasing, human resources, accounting or other common day-to-day business needs. Six Sigma: A quality enhancement strategy designed to reduce the number of products coming from a manufacturing plant that do not conform to specifications. Six Sigma states that no more than 3.4 defects per million parts is the goal of high-quality output. Motorola invented the system in the 1980s in order to enhance its competitive position against Japanese electronics manufacturers.

Spherical Joint: A type of joint used in a robotic arm. They can rotate or pivot around a round bearing. Ball joints used in automobiles are spherical joints. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): See “Industry Code.” Stereolithography: A method of additive manufacturing. After a 3D digital depiction of an object is created using computer-aided design (CAD), the image is sent to a 3D printer for additive manufacturing. The printer then creates a cross sectional layer of the object. An ultraviolet light in the printer vulcanizes liquid plastic on top of the cross sectional layer. This process is repeated over and over again until the finished product is manufactured. Strategic Outsourcing: The reorganization of a company's resources toward its core competencies. This usually means outsourcing core tasks such as human resources. Also see “Functional Process Outsourcing (FPO).” Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT): A process used to analyze corporations, organizations and industries for strategic planning and risk analysis.

SLM: See "Selective Laser Sintering (SLM)." Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR): A threephase program developed by the U.S. Department of Defense that allocates early-stage research and development funding to small technology companies. Small to Medium Enterprise (SME): A term used to refer to smaller businesses. For example, in the European Union, SME businesses are officially considered to have fewer than 250 employees and less that 50 million Euros in annual sales. SMEs make up the vast majority of all businesses and provide the vast majority of all employment. SME: See “Small to Medium Enterprise (SME).”

Subsidiary, Wholly-Owned: A company that is wholly controlled by another company through stock ownership. Supply Chain: The complete set of suppliers of goods and services required for a company to operate its business. For example, a manufacturer's supply chain may include providers of raw materials, components, custom-made parts and packaging materials. Supply Chain Management: The coordination of all supply chain activities. Also referred to as “SCM.” Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR): A model developed by the Supply-Chain Council that specifies toplevel supply chain processes in five key steps.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Tactical Outsourcing: Outsourcing to achieve operational efficiencies. Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT): Instances when technical regulations and industrial standards differ from country to country, making free trade of goods difficult if not impossible. Telecommunications: Systems and networks of hardware and software used to carry voice, video and/or data within buildings and between locations around the world. This includes telephone wires, satellite signals, wireless networks, fiber networks, Internet networks and related devices. Third-Party Fulfillment (3PF): A 3PL company that focuses on warehousing, order processing and shipping, especially for retail and online sellers. See “Third-Party Logistics (3PL)” and “Insourcing.” Third-Party Logistics (3PL): A specialist firm in logistics, which may provide a variety of transportation, warehousing and logistics-related services to buyers or sellers. These tasks were previously performed in-house by the customer. When 3PL services are provided within the client's own facilities, it can also be referred to as insourcing. Also see “Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL).”

www.plunkettresearch.com Transformational Outsourcing: An outsourcing method in which management takes advantage of the production break provided by outsourced labor to largely re-engineer or transform the way in which the process has historically been done. The end goal is to streamline the process and make it more effective and cost-efficient. For example, faster, better customer service might be the end goal of the transformation. Outside management consultants are often involved in designing the transformation. U-Commerce (U Commerce): Ubiquitous Commerce, Universal Commerce or Ultimate Commerce (ubiquitous meaning ever-present), depending on whom you ask. It describes the concept that buyers and sellers have the potential to interact anywhere, anytime thanks to the use of wireless devices, such as cell phones, by buyers to connect with sellers via the Internet where orders can be placed online and payments can be made via credit card or PayPal. The Association for Information Systems states that the qualities of U-Commerce include ubiquity, uniqueness, universality and unison. UDDI: See “Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI).”

Total Quality Management (TQM): The management of an operation with the goal of producing a product with zero defects.

Universal Design: An approach to residential as well as commercial building design that attempts to accommodate as many people as possible, regardless of physical or mental limitations. For example, design elements may include wider doorways and stepless entries that are easy for the physically challenged to navigate.

Trade Dress: The distinctive visual characteristics of a business, such as a retail store or a restaurant. In legal terms, trade dress may also be used to describe the architecture of a building, the design of a product or distinctive packaging.

Utility Patent: A utility patent may be granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and non-obvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.

Trade Secrets: Proprietary formulas, research, manuals, methods of operation and concepts owned by a business. Generally trade secrets are carefully guarded by the owner and are shared only on a need-to-know basis.

Value Added: Increased or improved value, worth, functionality or usefulness. In particular, the addition of services or features to a product to add value in the eyes of the end users. In manufacturing, value added is the increase in the price (value) that a company adds during the manufacturing process. For example, a window manufacturer may purchase sheets of glass, raw aluminum, plastics and paints from its suppliers. It fabricates and combines these materials to create a finished window. The value added is the difference between the cost of the raw materials and the price of the finished window. (Also, see "Value Added Reseller.")

Trademark (Trade Mark): A name or phrase that has been registered by a company or organization for its exclusive use. A "TM" indicates that a trademark has been applied for (or that the owner intends to protect the trademark) but is still pending, while ® indicates it has been processed and is legally upheld. A trademark may or may not include an accompanying, distinctive design or font for the word or phrase. Trademarks must be renewed on a regular basis with the appropriate regulatory authorities. In America, trademarks are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. There are also cooperative, international trademark agreements and agencies.

Value Added Reseller (VAR): A firm that sells a product manufactured by others, such as software, and then resells it along with additional services, accessories or features that add value to the original product. For example, a VAR might include installation, training and ongoing service when selling business software.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. Value Added Tax (VAT): A tax that imposes a levy on businesses at every stage of manufacturing based on the value it adds to a product. Each business in the supply chain pays its own VAT and is subsequently repaid by the next link down the chain: hence, a VAT is ultimately paid by the consumer, being the last link in the supply chain, making it comparable to a sales tax. Generally, VAT only applies to goods bought for consumption within a given country: export goods are exempt from VAT, and purchasers from other countries taking goods back home may apply for a VAT refund. VAR: See "Value Added Reseller (VAR)." Vertical Integration: A business model in which one company owns many (or all) of the means of production of the many goods that comprise its product line. For example, founder Henry Ford designed Ford Motor Company's early River Rogue plant so that coal, iron ore and other needed raw materials arrived at one end of the plant and were processed into steel, which was then converted on-site into finished components. At the final stage of the plant, completed automobiles were assembled. Water Footprint: A measurement of the fresh water usage of a given activity (such as manufacturing or agriculture), organization or country. It is often used to describe the total annual usage of fresh water by all activities and all people in a nation. Web of Things: See “Internet of Things.” Workers' Compensation: Relates to injuries received on the job. It pays for medical care and physical rehabilitation of injured workers and replaces their lost wages while they’re unable to work. World Trade Organization (WTO): One of the only globally active international organizations dealing with the trade rules between nations. Its goal is to assist the free flow of trade goods, ensuring a smooth, predictable supply of goods to help raise the quality of life of member citizens. Members form consensus decisions that are then ratified by their respective parliaments. The WTO’s conflict resolution process generally emphasizes interpreting existing commitments and agreements, and discovers how to ensure trade policies to conform to those agreements, with the ultimate aim of avoiding military or political conflict. WoT: Web of Things. See “Internet of Things.” WTO: See “World Trade Organization (WTO).”

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