Sherry Smith

Piper Jaffray Cos. is an investment bank and asset management firm, which engages in the provision of equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; financial advisory services; equity research and institutional brokerage; fixed income institutional brokerage; and asset management services. It operates through Capital Markets and Asset Management segment. The Capital Markets segment focuses on investment banking and institutional sales, trading and research services for various equity and fixed income products. The Asset Management segment gives traditional asset management business and seed investments in registered and private funds. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

John Deere Ltd. engages in the manufacturing of farm machinery and equipment. Its products include: ride-on mowers, tractors, 100 series ride-on mowers, compact utility tractors, gator utility vehicles, utility tractors, hay & forage, specialty tractors, residential ZTrak mowers, cotton harvesting, precision Ag technology, combine harvesters, 8R/8RT series row-crop tractors, 7Rseries row-crop tractors, 5M series (Euro spec) utility tractors, 5E series utility tractors and residential ZTrak zero-turn mowers. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Crestmead, Australia.