Ahsan Ahmed

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

PIMCO Europe Ltd. (PIMCO-Europe) is the Great Britain-based subsidiary of PIMCO Global Advisors LLC, ultimately held by Allianz SE (FR: ALV; ADR: AZSEY) in Germany. Established in 1997, PIMCO-Europe is headquartered in London with additional branches in Europe and global offices in Asia, Australia, and the Americas. The firm provides fixed-income investment management services to clients in Great Britain, Europe and the Middle East. In addition to corporate pension funds, their clientele includes foundations, endowments, public retirement plans, central banks and corporate treasury departments. They also serve retail and high-net worth individuals. PIMCO Europe manages discretionary accounts, institutional funds and mutual funds. The firm is involved in the institutional wholesale business, and sub-advises portfolios for third-party fund-of-fund managers.

GlobeOp Financial Services SA is a provider of business process outsourcing, financial technology services and analytics to hedge funds and other targeted sectors of the financial services industry. It provides integrated web-based financial products supporting middle and back-office trade processing, fund administration, complex derivatives and risk reporting. The company was founded on January 22, 2000 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Simmons & Simmons LLP engages in provision of legal services. Its services include Autodraft, dealRoom, KIID Generation, and WebEx. It serves aerospace and defense, commercial, construction, mining and metals, oil and gas, and power sectors. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Sprott Physical Silver Trust is a closed-end investment trust company, which engages in the provision of a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical silver bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical silver bullion. The Trust invests and intends to continue to invest primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical silver bullion, and does not speculate with regard to short-term changes in silver prices. The company was founded on June 30, 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Sprott, Inc., Sprott Asset Management GP, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is John Anthony Ciampaglia.

Part of Allianz SE, PIMCO Canada Corp. is a Canadian financial services company founded in 2004. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The description of the company can be found at PIMCO.com.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust operates as a closed-end investment trust, which engages in investing and holding all of its assets in physical gold bullion. Its investment objective is to provide a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors through investing primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and will not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold prices. The company was founded on August 28, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sprott Physical Platinum & Palladium Trust is a closed-end investment trust, which engages in the investment in physical platinum and palladium bullion. Its objective is to provide a convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical platinum and palladium bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical platinum and palladium bullion. The company was founded on December 23, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.