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UAFRS vs As Reported Monthly Highlights - 2020 03 31

This month, Valens identified distortions and the corresponding adjustments to correct for those distortions for EXPE, EROS, BLMN, APEI, EXTR, MEDP.
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American Public Education

American Public Education is a provider of online and on-campus postsecondary education. The company provides online postsecondary education directed primarily at the needs of the military and public safety communities through American Public University System, Inc., an online university that includes American Military University and American Public University. The company provides on-campus nursing education to students in Ohio through National Education Seminars, Inc., which it refers to as Hondros College of Nursing (HCON). HCON provides nursing education to students in Ohio to serve the needs of the nursing and healthcare communities.

Bloomin' Brands Inc.

Bloomin' Brands is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a casual dining restaurant company. The company has four concepts: Outback Steakhouse, which is a casual steakhouse restaurant concept focused on steaks and Australian decor; Carrabba's Italian Grill, which provides Italian cuisine; Bonefish Grill, which focuses on fish, wood-grilled items and cocktails; and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, which is a steakhouse concept featuring beef, chops, fish, seafood and poultry, salads and side dishes. The company owns and operates restaurants across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and other countries.

Eros STX Global Corporation Class A

Eros International and its subsidiaries' principal activities include the distribution and production of Indian films and related content. Co. is a global player in the rapidly expanding Indian media and entertainment arena. Co. is vertically integrated for not only the production and commissioning of film projects similar to the way in which Hollywood studios operate but also for the global distribution and exploitation of films across all formats including cinemas, digital and home entertainment and television syndication. Co.'s operations are organized along three operating segments: Theatrical; Television syndication; and Digital and home entertainment.

Expedia Group Inc.

Expedia Group is an online travel company. The company's portfolio of brands includes: Expedia.com?, an online travel brand; Hotels.com?, a global lodging company operating websites with its Hotels.com? Rewards loyalty program; Vrbo?, a global online marketplace with a focus on providing lodging options for families; Egencia?, a corporate travel management company; Hotwire?, an online travel website providing spontaneous travel through its Hot Rate? deals; trivago?, an online hotel metasearch platform; and SilverRail Technologies, Inc., provider of a global rail retail and distribution platform connecting rail carriers and suppliers to both online and offline travel distributors.

Extreme Networks Inc.

Extreme Networks, together with its subsidiaries, is a provider of software-driven networking solutions for enterprise, data center, and service provider customers. Providing a combined end-to-end solution from the enterprise edge to the cloud, the company designs, develops, and manufactures wired and wireless network infrastructure equipment and develops the software for network management, policy, analytics, security, and access controls. The company's product categories include: Smart OmniEdge wireless and edge switching, Automated Campus, data center, unified applications, and cloud-based network management.

Medpace Holdings Inc.

Medpace Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a clinical contract research organization focused on providing scientifically-driven outsourced clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The company provides a range of services supporting the clinical development process from Phase I to Phase IV. The company provides these services across a range of therapeutic areas. The company's line of clinical development services includes, but is not limited to, study start-up, patient recruitment and retention, clinical monitoring, risk-based monitoring, medical writing, data management, pharmacovigilance, and molecular and genetic testing.

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