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Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Company

BGH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Bloch & Guggenheimer, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Burnham & Morrill Company, a Delaware corporation

Sirops Maple Grove Inc., a Québec company

William Underwood Company, a Massachusetts business trust

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Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Company