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UAFRS vs As Reported Weekly Highlights - 2019 08 28

This week, Valens identified distortions and the corresponding adjustments to correct for those distortions for SJM, LMNX and RMR.
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J.M. Smucker Company

Smucker (J.M.) manufactures and markets food and beverage products. The company's principal products are coffee, dog food, pet snacks, cat food, peanut butter, fruit spreads, frozen handheld products, shortening and oils, portion control products, juices and beverages, and flour and baking ingredients. The company has four reportable segments: U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, and U.S. Retail Pet Foods, and International and Away From Home. The U.S. retail market segments represent the sales of food and beverage products to consumers through retail outlets in North America. The International and Away From Home segment represents sales outside of the U.S. retail market segments.

Luminex Corp

Luminex develops, manufactures and sells biological testing technologies and products with applications in the life sciences industries, including diagnostics, pharmaceutical and research. The company delivers its products to various market segments, including multiplexing, reduction of labor and ability to test for proteins and nucleic acids. The company's products include: instruments, which include Luminex? 100/200?, FLEXMAP? 3D, MAGPIX?, ARIES?, and ARIES? M1; consumables, which include MicroPlex? Microspheres, MagPlex? Microspheres, and xTAG? Microspheres; software, which includes xPONENT?, TDAS?, SYNCT?, and IDEAS?; and clinical diagnostic assay product families, which include ARIES? Cassettes.

RMR Group Inc. Class A

RMR Group is a holding company. Substantially various of the business of the company is conducted by its subsidiary, The RMR Group LLC (RMR LLC). The company's business consists of providing management services to its Managed Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and its real estate operating companies (Managed Operators). As manager of the Managed Equity REITs, the company implements investment strategies and manages day to day operations, subject to supervision and oversight by each Managed Equity REIT's board of trustees. RMR Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of RMR LLC, is an investment advisor which provides advisory services to the RMR Real Estate Income Fund.

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