According to the Complaint, Verb purportedly operates as an applications services provider with cloud-based software products for businesses. As part of its business, Verb utilizes interactive videos as part of its customer relationship management application. Verb has formerly operated under the names of nFusz, Inc., bBooth, Inc., bBooth (USA), Inc., and Cutaia Media Group, LLC.

According to the Complaint, Acer is a pharmaceutical company that purportedly focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases. Acer's pipeline includes, inter alia, EDSIVO (celiprolol) for the treatment of vEDS in patients with a confirmed type III collagen mutation.

The Complaint alleges that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Fred's Inc. and certain of their respective officers issued false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose, among other things, the level of regulatory risk faced by the original and revised mergers pursuant to which Walgreens would acquire Rite Aid Corp. Walgreens and Rite Aid had entered into an agreement with Fred's to sell 865 Rite Aid stores for $950 million in an all-cash transaction in order to complete the Original Merger (the "Fred's Asset Purchase Agreement"). On January 30, 2017, Rite Aid and Walgreens announced that they had entered into a new merger agreement (the "Revised Merger"). On June 29, 2017, Rite Aid and Walgreens announced that they had terminated the Revised Merger. Following the termination of the Revised Merger, Walgreens terminated the Fred's Asset Purchase Agreement.

According to the Complaint, Sunlands Technology Group is an online post-secondary and professional education company in the PRC.

According to the Complaint, EQT Corporation calls itself the largest natural-gas producer in the United States.

According to the Complaint, Eros purports to be a leading company in the Indian film entertainment industry and to co-produce, acquire and distribute Indian language films in multiple formats worldwide. Eros is incorporated in the Isle of Man.

According to the Complaint, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust.

According to the Complaint, Zuora is a cloud-based subscription management platform. Its business consists of three components: Zuora Central Platform, a subscription management hub; order-to-revenue products; and an application marketplace. Its flagship products are RevPro, a revenue recognition automation solution that enables customers to group transactions into revenue contracts and performance obligations, and Billing, which is designed for subscription billing. Zuora acquired RevPro in May 2017 when it acquired Leeyo.

According to the Complaint, ChinaCache is an investment holding company that provides content and application delivery services in the PRC.

According to the Complaint, Papa Murphy's is a franchisor and operator of the largest "Take 'n' Bake" pizza brand in the United States, selling hand-crafted, fresh pizzas for customers to bake at home.

According to the Complaint, Ra Medical is a medical device company that purports to use its excimer laser-based platform for treatment of vascular and dermatological immunemediated inflammatory diseases.

According to the Complaint, Mammoth Energy Services Inc. purports to operate as an oilfield service company operating in three segments: Infrastructure Services, Pressure Pumping Services, and Natural Sand Proppant
Services.

According to the Complaint, Sprint is a communications company offering a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications products and services that are designed to meet the needs of individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers.

According to the Complaint, Community Health purports to be a leading operator of general acute care hospitals.

According to the Complaint, A.O. Smith is a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of gas and electric water heaters, boilers, tanks and water treatment products.

According to the Complaint, Bloom Energy designs, manufactures, and sells solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation. The fuel cell systems, or Energy Servers, convert fuel into electricity without combustion, providing efficient energy generation with reduced operating costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

According to the Complaint, RCI is a holding company that operates live adult entertainment and/or restaurant and bar operations through its subsidiaries. It has two principal reportable segments: Nightclubs and Bombshells.

According to the Complaint, Lyft is a ridesharing company.

According to the Complaint, AAC provides inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment services for individuals with drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and co-occurring mental/behavioral health issues in the United States.

According to the Complaint, Dynagas is a publicly traded company limited partnership that owns six tanker ships, designed for the transportation of liquified natural gas ("LNG"). These LNG tanker ships are operated by a Dynagas affiliate and are chartered to large energy companies including Statoil (now known as Equinor), Gazprom, and Yamal, typically for periods of eight to ten years.