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Dave Nicoski ...
  • Ross LaDuke
EUR 235.08 For Business Accounts Only

Vermilion Int'l Compass: Global Equity Strategy

Big Picture: Our outlook remains neutral for global ex-U.S. markets while horizontal consolidation continues on the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. index... see chart below.

In today's report we take a bottoms-up view on developed ex-U.S. equities, highlighting stocks that present attractive buy opportunities right here, right now.

Note: This is part one of a two-part series, where we focus on actionable stocks within the Services, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, and Financials Sectors. We will focus on the remaining Sectors in next week's report. For your reference we include a table of all stocks highlighted in this report on page 3, sorted first by sector and then by market cap.

Notable themes:

• Norway's Oslo OBX remains our favorite country-specific developed int'l market, while New Zealand's NZX 50 is a close #2. Maintain overweights as long as price and RS uptrends remain intact. In today's report we highlight eight attractive stocks within these countries to buy at current levels... see page 2.

• Aside from Norway, one other Nordic country stands out: Sweden. More specifically, small- and mid-caps, which are breaking out to all-time highs with attractive RS. Add exposure/overweight. We highlight five stocks to buy now... see page 2.

• Energy stocks are particularly attractive in Norway and Canada. All seven actionable stocks highlighted in today's report hail from these two countries.

• Real Estate/REITs display attractive price and RS trends in Japan, Israel, Sweden, Canada, and New Zealand. Add exposure.
Underlyings
Adidas AG

ACM Managed Dollar Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. This closed-end investment fund is designed for investors who seek high current income and capital appreciation. In order to achieve this objective, Co. invests primarily in high-yielding, U.S. and non-U.S. fixed income securities, denominated in U.S. dollars, that it expects to benefit from improving economic and credit fundamentals. Co. may utilize leverage through the investment techniques of reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls. As of Sept 30 2007, Co. had total assets of $192,614,325 and investment portfolio totalled $178,906,534.

Airport City Ltd

Airport City Ltd is an Israel-based company engaged in the real estate sector. The Company is engaged in two fields: income-yielding properties and residential projects. The Company's properties, in Israel and abroad, include central bus stations, parking lots, shopping and commercial centers, shopping malls, office buildings, logistical centers and gas stations. The Company is engaged in initiating, planning, developing, acquiring, managing, improving and realizing investments in the area of real estate in Israel and abroad. In addition, the Company holds a number of hotels in Europe and in Israel. Airport City Ltd is the entrepreneur, designer, developer and owner of Airport City industrial park. The Company's shareholders are Bank Leumi Investment Company Ltd, The JOEL Group Jerusalem Oil Exploration Ltd and Parol Investments and Trade 1999 Ltd.

Aker ASA Class A

Aker is an industrial investment company that exercises active ownership. Co. organizes its business activities in two segments: Industrial holdings and Financial investments. The industrial holdings comprise Co.'s ownership interests in Aker Solutions ASA, Kvaerner ASA, Det norske oljeselskap ASA, Ocean Yield ASA, Aker BioMarine ASA and Havfisk ASA. The financial investments comprise cash, real estate, investments in funds and other financial assets of Co. and holding companies, with the exception of industrial equity investments. Co.'s ownership interests are concentrated in the oil and gas, fisheries/marine biotechnology, maritime assets and finance sectors.

Aker Solutions ASA

Aker Solutions is a provider of products, systems and services to the oil and gas industry. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the field of engineering, design and technology aimed at improving production and recovery. Co. has 3 reportable segments which are the strategic business units of the group: Engineering Solutions (provides concept and front-end studies to oil companies), Product Solutions (delivers oilfield products for the entire upstream value chain, from reservoir through processing), and Field-Life Solutions (offers a range of services, which has the ultimate objective to increase oil and gas recovery from existing fields and extend the operating life of field assets).

Alten SA

Alten is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates in three areas: Engineering and Technology Consulting (ETC), Telecoms Networks and Multimedia, and Information Systems (NTIS). Through the Engineering and Technology Consulting (ETC) segment, Co. studies and designs technology products for technical divisions in industry and telecoms. The Telecoms Networks and Multimedia segment focuses on Product design, Architecture, deployment, and operation of networks. Lastly, the IT systems segment comprises Applications and software development, and Infrastructure and Telecoms (Applications, systems and networks Corporate telecommunications).

American Shipping Company ASA

American Shipping Company is a U.S. ship owning and lease finance company with focus on building a premier ownership position. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the purchase and bareboat chartering of product tankers, shuttle tankers, and other vessels to operators and end users in the Jones Act market. Co. owns ten modern 46,000 dwt MR product tankers that were built by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard. All ten vessels are on long term fixed rate bareboat charters with Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. Co. also holds an equity stake in Philly Tankers AS/LLC, founded in 2014 to build two new product tankers at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard.

Bank of Montreal

Bank of Montreal is a financial services organization. Co. provides a range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services. Co. serves its clients through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, which provides financial services to personal and commercial customers; Private Client Group, which provides wealth management products and services to individuals and select institutional segments; and BMO Capital Markets, which provides clients financial and capital markets services to corporate, institutional and government clients.

Bapcor Ltd

Bapcor is engaged in the sale and distribution of motor vehicle aftermarket parts and accessories, automotive equipment and services, and motor vehicle servicing. Co. has three operating segments. The Trade segment is a distributor of automotive aftermarket parts and consumables to trade workshops for the service and repair of vehicles, automotive workshop equipment such as vehicle hoists and scanning equipment, and automotive accessories and maintenance products to do-it-yourself vehicle owners. The Retail segment consists of business units that are retail customer focused. The Specialist Wholesale segment consists of the operations that focus on automotive aftermarket wholesale.

Basic-Fit NV

Basic-Fit NV is an operator of fitness centers based in the Netherlands. The Company operates more than 350 fitness clubs in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Spain.

Benefit One Inc.

Benefit One is mainly engaged in the outsourcing business for welfare services. Co. provides two business divisions. Welfare Program division offers various welfare services to employees from corporate members under the benefit station scheme. Its services include the usage and benefits of partner lodging facilities, sports clubs and various schools, among others. Sales division provides shopping services for individual members by using membership points to purchase various products through seasonal magazines, guidebooks, fax services and mail order services.

BRP Inc.

BRP is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of powersports vehicles and propulsion systems. Co's diversified portfolio of brands and products includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo personal watercraft ("PWCs"), Can-Am all-terrain vehicles ("ATVs"), side-by-side vehicles ("SSVs") and Spyder roadsters, and propulsion systems composed of Evinrude outboard engines and Rotax engines for jet boats, karts, motorcycles and recreational aircraft. Additionally, Co. supports its line of products with a dedicated PAC business.

Chuo Spring Co. Ltd.

Chuo Spring and its affiliates are mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of springs, control cables and automotive components. Co.'s principal products include chassis springs and precision springs for automobiles, industrial equipment and machinery and aircraft; customized chassis springs; automotive cables (parking brake cables, transmission cables, hood/fuel lid/trunk release cables and door lock cables); cable reels for electric vehicle charging; and control cables and push/pull cables for buildings, agricultural equipment and other applications. Co. operates its operations in Japan, the U.S., China and other Asian countries.

Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd.

Cleanaway Waste Management is focused on the following segments: Solids, which comprises the collection, treatment, recycle and disposal of all types of solid waste streams, including general waste, recyclables, construction and demolition waste and medical and washroom services; as well as Liquids and Industrial Services, which comprises the collection, treatment, processing and recycling of liquid and hazardous waste, including industrial waste, grease trap waste, oily waters and used mineral and cooking oils in packaged and bulk forms for resale, disposal and to produce fuel oils and base oils, as well as services including industrial cleaning, vacuum tanker loading, site remediation.

Computershare Limited

Computershare is engaged in the operation of investor services, which provides registry maintenance and related services; plan services, which provides administration and related services for employee share and option plans; communication services, which comprise document composition and printing, intelligent mailing, among others; business services, which provides bankruptcy, class action and utilities administration services, voucher services, corporate trust services and mortgage servicing activities; stakeholder relationship management services, which provides investor analysis, investor communication and management information services; and technology services.

Corporate Travel Management Limited

Corporate Travel Management's primary activities consist of managing the purchase and delivery of travel services for its clients. Co. has four operating segments, which are comprised of: Travel Services Australia and New Zealand, Travel Services North America, Travel Services Asia, and Travel Services Europe.

D'Ieteren SA

D'Ieteren is engaged in two sectors of services to the motorist: Automobile Distribution, which is a distributor of Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Porsche, and Yamaha brands in Belgium; and Vehicle Glass, which is engaged in the repair and replacement of vehicle glass mainly in Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand through Belron s.a. and notably its CARGLASS®, AUTOGLASS® and SAFELITE® AUTO GLASS brands.

Enerflex

Enerflex is enagaged in supplying natural gas compression, oil and gas processing, refrigeration systems and power generation equipment and provides in-house engineering and mechanical services expertise. Co.'s in-house resources provide the capability to engineer, design, manufacture, construct, commission and service hydrocarbon handling systems. Co.'s expertise encompasses field production facilities, compression and natural gas processing plants, carbon dioxide processing plants, refrigeration systems and power generators serving the natural gas production industry.

Equinor ASA

Equinor is engaged in oil and gas exploration and production activities. Co. is primarily focused on exploration, development and production of oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Co.'s operations are organized into four segments. The Development and Production Norway and Development and Production International segments explore, develop, produce and extract crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. The Marketing, Processing and Renewable Energy segment markets, trades, transports and processes oil and natural gas and renewable energy. The Other segment consists of global well and project delivery, research and develpoment, and business development.

Evolution Gaming Group AB

Evolution Gaming Group is a B2B provider of Live Casino solution systems in Europe. In Live Casino, a dealer runs the game from a casino table which is streamed in real time. End users, i.e. the players, make betting decisions on their devices (computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.) and are able to communicate with the dealer using a text chat function. Co.'s core portfolio consists of nine games such as Live Roulette, Live Blackjack, Live Baccarat, Live Casino Hold'em, Live Three Card Poker and Live Caribbean Stud Poker. Co.'s gaming portfolio offers the operators' end users an interactive experience that feels like playing in a real casino.

Fastighets AB Balder Class B

Fastighets AB Balder is a Sweden-based company engaged in the acquisition, development and management of residential and commercial real estate. The Company's real estate portfolio is comprised primarily of residential real estate and is located in such cities, as Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, Malmo, Norrkoping, as well as in regions outside metropolitan areas of Sweden and in the Copenhagen region in Denmark. The Company's subsidiaries include Balder Storstad AB, Balder Mellanstad AB, Din Bostad Sverige AB, Egby Vindkraftverk AB and Serena Properties AB.

FFP
FFP

Societe Fonciere, Financiere ACT is an investment holding company which acts as a long-term investor and an active shareholder. As of Dec 31 2010, Co. held 22.1% of the share capital of PSA Peugeot Citroen. Co. usually purchases minority stakes in companies with a large family shareholding. Co. has a portfolio of private equity funds which operate mainly in Europe and countries with emerging economies. Co. also operates a financial investment and cash management business, as well as a real estate and wine-producing businesses.

FirstService Corporation

FirstService is engaged in providing residential property management and other essential property services to residential and commercial customers. FirstService Residential is a full-service property manager and in many markets provides a full range of ancillary services. FirstService Brands provide a range of essential property services to residential and commercial customers in North America through franchise networks and company-owned locations.

Husky Energy Inc.

Husky Energy is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas. Co.'s operations are located in Canada and United States. As of Dec. 31, 2011, Co. had total proved oil and natural gas reserves of 1,172.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (Mmboe) gross (1,010.7 Mmboe net).

Ichigo Hotel REIT Investment

Ichigo Hotel REIT Investment Corporation is real estate investment trust (REIT) company. It aims to achieve sustainable growth in asset and stable earnings from mid- to long-term perspectives. The Company mainly invests in hotel real estate in major cities of Japan, as well as domestic and foreign cities with tourism resources. Its property portfolios include Smile Hotel Kyoto Shijo, Comfort Hotel Okayama, Nest Hotel Sapporo Ekimae, Nest Hotel Naha, Valie Hotel Hiroshima, Hotel Livemax Nihonbashi Hakozaki, and Valie Hotel Tenjin. The asset manager of the Fund is Ichigo Investment Advisors Co Ltd.

Interparfums

Interparfums SA. Interparfums SA, also known as Interparfums, is a French-based company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of fragrances. The Company designs, produces and distributes perfumes and cosmetics under such brands as Burberry, Boucheron, Burberry Beauty, Jimmy Choo, Lanvin, Montblanc, Nickel, Paul Smith, Repetto, S.T. Dupont and Van Cleef & Arpels, Karl Lagerfeld, among others. The Company is present in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States, among others. The Company operates through the subsidiaries, including Interparfums Suisse Sarl, Interparfums Deutschland GmbH, Interparfums Srl, Interparfums Ltd, Interparfums Luxury Brands and Interparfums Singapore. As of December 31, 2013 the Company's shareholder was InterParfums Holding with 73,1% stake in the Company.

Japan Hotel Reit Investment Corporation

Japan Hotel REIT Investment is a real estate investment trust that invests in resort, business and city hotels and is managed by Japan Hotel REIT Advisors Co., Ltd. Co.'s portfolio includes Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay, Namba Oriental Hotel, Hotel Nikko Alivila, Oriental Hotel Hiroshima, ibis Tokyo Shinjuku, the Beach Tower Okinawa, Hakone Setsugetsuka, Dormy Inn Kumamoto and the b suidobashi. As of Dec 31 2016, Co.'s portfolio consisted of 41 properties with total leasable 587,481.02 sq. m. of area in Tokyo, Osaka, Hokkaido, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Okinawa, Kumamoto, Nara, Chiba, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Kanagawa and Aichi prefectures in Japan.

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

Japan Real Estate Investment is a real estate investment trust that invests in office buildings and other assets and is managed by Japan Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd. Co. also invests in real estate-related securities. As of Sept 30 2013, Co.'s portfolio consisted of 62 office buildings with 1,146 tenants and total rentable 713,180 sq. m. of area mainly in Central Tokyo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Area including Saitama and Kanagawa. Co.'s main portfolio includes Kitanomaru Square, Shiodome Building, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Building, MM Park Building, Shibuya Cross Tower and Tokyo Opera City Building.

JD Sports Fashion Plc

JD Sports Fashion is engaged in the retail of branded sports fashionwear and outdoor clothing and equipment. Co. is multiple retailer of fashionable branded and own brand sports and casual wear in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland combining brands such as Nike, adidas and The North Face with its own brand labels such as Pink Soda, Supply & Demand and The Duffer of St George. Co.'s operations are located in the U.K., Republic of Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong. As of Jan 28 2017, Co. operated a total of 1,288 retail stores across 14 countries.

Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Luxottica Group S.p.A. is a holding company. The Company is engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of fashion, luxury, sport and performance eyewear. The Company operates through two segments: manufacturing and wholesale distribution, and retail distribution. Through its manufacturing and wholesale distribution operations, the Company is engaged in design, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and marketing of brands and designer lines of prescription frames and sunglasses, as well as of performance optics products. The Company operates its retail segment principally through its retail brands, which include LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, ILORI, The Optical Shop of Aspen, GMO, OPSM, Laubman & Pank, Oakley O Stores and Vaults, David Clulow, and its retail licensed brands, Sears Optical and Target Optical. The Company's wholesale distribution network covers over 150 countries across five continents and has approximately 50 commercial subsidiaries.

Mikuni Corp.

Mikuni is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of injection system devices and carburetors for automobiles. Co.'s principal products include intake modules, plastic intake manifold with variable valve, electronic control throttle body, active pedal modules, accelerator pedal modules, variable valve timing systems, electric oil pumps, electric vacuum pumps, linear position sensors, idle speed control valves, electric water pumps, variable oil pumps, die cast products, gas control devices, water control devices, solenoid valves, aircraft components, heaters, humidifiers, air purifiers, nursing equipment, wheelchairs, lawn mowers for golf courses, and golf carts.

Money3

Money3 Corp is engaged in the provision of financial services specializing in the delivery of small cash loans, secured and unsecured personal loans, cheque cashing and international money transfer.

MORGUARD NA RESIDENTIAL REIT UNIT A

MTY Food Group Inc.

MTY Food Group is a franchisor engaged in the quick service food industry. Co.'s activities consist of franchising and operating quick service restaurants under the following banners: Tiki Ming, Sukiyaki, La Cremiere, Caferama, Au Vieux Duluth Express, Carrefour Oriental, Panini Pizza Pasta, Chick 'N' Chick, Franx Supreme, Croissant Plus, Villa Madina, Cultures, Thai Express, Mrs. Vanelli's, Kim Chi, "TCBY", Yogen Fruz, Sushi Shop, Koya Japan, Vie & Nam, Tandori, O'Burger, Tutti Frutti, Taco Time, Country Style, Bunsmaster and Valentine. As of Nov 30 2010, Co. had 1,727 stores in operation, of which 1,701 stores were franchised and 26 stores were operated by Co.

Nippon Accommodations Fund Inc.

Nippon Accommodations Fund is a real estate investment trust that invests in accommodation properties and is managed by Mitsui Fudosan Accommodations Fund Management Co., Ltd. The accommodation properties Co. invests include rental apartments, dormitories, corporate housing, serviced apartments, senior residences and hotels. As of Aug 31 2017, Co.'s portfolio consisted of 121 properties with total rentable 486,483.66 sq. m. of area. 80% or more of total portfolio is in Central Tokyo. The remaining is in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama Prefectures, Japan as well as in Hokkaido, Miyagi, Aichi, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka Prefectures, Japan.

Norwegian Finans Holding ASA

Norwegian Finans Holding ASA is a Norway-based bank. The Company focuses on e-commerce and self-service solutions, and offers deposit accounts and consumer loans, which are distributed through the Internet. It also provides a combined credit card and reward card for buying tickets with the airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. The Company's ownership is divided between institutional and private investors in Norway and abroad. It operates through Bank Norwegian AS, a wholly owned subsidiary.

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

Oriental Land is engaged in the operation and management of theme parks and hotels as wells as land development activities. Co.'s operations are organized into three segments: theme park, hotel business and other business. The Theme Park segment is engaged in the operation of two Disney theme parks, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. The Hotel Business segment is engaged in the operation of three Disney hotels "Disney Ambassador Hotel," "Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta" and "Tokyo Disneyland Hotel," as well as non-Disney hotels. The Other Business segment is engaged in the operation of shopping mall "Ikspiari" and monorail system "Disney Resort Line" running within Tokyo Disney Resort.

PageGroup PLC

PageGroup is engaged in the recruitment consultancy and other ancillary services. Co. is organized into three brands: Page Executive, Michael Page, and Page Personnel. Page Executive, which is Co.'s executive search business and provides a range of search, selection and management solutions for organizations needing; Michael Page, which provides service to a specific area of the market that recruits on a permanent, temporary, contract or interim basis; and Page Personnel, which provides recruitment services to organizations requiring permanent employees or temporary or contract staff at technical and administrative support, professional clerical and junior management levels.

Painted Pony Energy

Painted Pony Energy is a junior oil company and is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas resources in Western Canada.

Pandox AB Class B

Pandox AB is a hotel property company in northern Europe. The Company's principal business activities are the active ownership, development and leasing of large hotel properties in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo, in Swedish regional and university cities and in capitals and other major cities in northern Europe. The Company's hotel properties are situated in such locations as city centers, airports and convention centers. Pandox' hotels are in the upper-medium to high price range and focus on the business and leisure segment. The Company's portfolio is comprised of 44 hotel properties in five countries (Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom) totaling 8,143 rooms. The average number of rooms per hotel is 188. The Company's hotels are operated by such hotel operators as Hilton Group plc, Choice Hotels, Rezidor SAS, Best Western, Elite Hotels and First Hospitality, among others.

Property For Industry Limited

Property for Industry is an industrial property investment company. Co.'s subsidiaries' principal activity is property investment and management. Co. primarily invests in the multipurpose industrial property in New Zealand's main urban centers.

Serco Group plc

Serco Group is a provider of public services. Co.'s operating segments include: U.K. Central Government, which includes Co.'s U.K. operations in defense, justice and immigration and transport; U.K. and Europe Local and Regional Government, which includes Co.'s U.K. health and U.K. and European citizen services sectors; the Asia Pacific region, which includes justice, immigration, defense, health, transport and citizen services in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong; Middle East, which includes operations in transport, defense, health and citizen services; and the Americas, which provides technology and management services focused on defense, transport and citizen services.

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA

Sparebank 1 SR Bank is a savings bank. Co.'s core activities are sales and brokering of financial products and services, as well as leasing and real estate brokering. Co. is organized in three divisions: The Retail Market Division; The Corporate Market Division; and The Capital Market Division Co. provides products and services in the fields of financing, investments, money transfers, pensions and life and non-life insurance.

Spectrum ASA

Spectrum ASA is a Norway-based company, which provides seismic data and seismic imaging services to the global oil and gas industry. It operates within two divisions, namely Multi-Client services and Seismic Imaging. The Company's library of Multi-Client data specializes in regional coverage and includes projects from oil producing regions of the world. The Seismic Imaging offers data processing services, such as time imaging, velocity analysis, depth imaging and model building, among others. The Company is organized into four regions: North and South America, North West Europe and Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East, and Asia Pacific.The Company wholly owned six subsidiaries, such as Spectrum Geo Ltd, Fugro, Carmot Seismic AS, Carmot Processing AS, Spectrum Geo Inc and Spectrum Geo Pte Ltd, among others, as well as had two dormant joint ventures.

Teleperformance SE

Teleperformance is engaged in outsourced customer experience management. Co. delivers integrated solutions to corporations and administrative bodies worldwide to manage all aspects of the customer-relations cycle on their behalf. Co.'s activities include four core business areas: customer care (these are services provided as part of customer service management); technical support; debt collection; and business information and marketing actions. As of Dec. 31, 2013, Co. had approximately 110,000 computerized workstations across 46 countries. Co.'s client includes industries like Telecoms, Internet, Financial services, Technology/media, Insurance, Government sector and Utilities.

Thule Group AB

Thule Group offers products for small things you always carry with you such as smartphone covers, as well as for heavier things you transport for longer distances. Co.'s Outdoor & Bags segment mainly includes the product groups bike carriers, water sport and ski-rack, roof boxes, multi-functional child carriers, computer and camera bags and backpacks. Co.'s Specialty segment encompasses the operations in toolboxes for pick-up trucks (Work Gear) product group in the U.S. Group-wide refers to Group-wide functions such as business development, marketing, HR, finance, IP, environment, IT and information.

TMX Group Ltd.

TMX Group Ltd is engaged in the business of operating equities, fixed income, derivatives and energy markets. Co. provides services encompassing listings for issuers, trading, clearing, settlement and depository facilities, data delivery solutions and products as well as technology services for the international financial community.

Unilever PLC

Unilever is a consumer goods manufacturing group based in the United Kingdom. Co. is engaged in supplying consumer goods in the refreshments, foods, home and personal product categories. Co. supplies its consumers product for nutrition, hygiene and personal care and is active in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and Latin America. Co.'s portfolio includes such well-known brands as Knorr, Lipton, Hellmann's, Magnum, Omo, Dove, Lux and Axe/Lynx. Co. manages its brands under the following four category headings: savoury, dressings and spreads; ice cream and beverages; personal care; and home care. Co.'s products are sold in over 190 countries around the world.

Waste Connections Inc.

Waste Connections is a solid waste services company in North America, providing waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in the U.S. and Canada. Through its R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary, Co. is also a provider of non-hazardous exploration and production (E&P), waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the natural resource producing areas in the U.S. Co. also provides intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities.

Wesfarmers Limited

Wesfarmers is engaged in the retailing operations including supermarkets, merchandise and department stores, fuel, liquor and convenience outlets; retailing of home improvement and outdoor living products and supply of building materials; retailing of office and technology products; coal mining and production; gas processing and distribution; industrial and safety product distribution; and chemicals and fertilisers manufacture; and investments. Co.'s retail operations includes Coles, which operates Coles Supermarkets, Coles Express, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, First Choice Liquor, and Spirit Hotels, among others; while its departmental operations include Kmart and Target retailers.

Zenrin Co. Ltd.

Zenrin is mainly engaged in the production and sale of maps and map databases. The Map Database segment is engaged in the production and sale of printed residential maps, residential map databases, special-purpose maps (land information maps, public utilities maps, store location maps and commercial zones), 3D digital map software, map software for car navigation systems and online digital map and related services for PCs, smartphones and in-car navigation systems. The General Printing segment is engaged in the commercial printing. Co. is also engaged in the provision of digital signage services, as well as direct mail outsourcing and other direct marketing services.

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