Andy Hicks

ALPS Advisers, Inc. (AAI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a subsidiary of ALPS Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSNC). AAI provides discretionary investment management services exclusively to registered investment companies.

Founded in 1937, WHV Investments, is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm is wholly-owned by Laird Norton Investment Management, Inc., a holding company that is owned by Laird Norton Co. LLC. The firm manages discretionary and non-discretionary accounts that are invested in equity securities for the following types of clients: institutional clients (including proprietary and third-party mutual funds, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, governmental entities, business entities, and private funds) and individual clients; clients in broker-sponsored wrap programs or wrap fee programs; clients in UMA Programs; and sponsors of UMA Programs where they provide the advisory services to the sponsors rather than to the underlying UMA clients.

Founded in 1997, Euclid Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Hartford, Connecticut. As of December 31, 2008, the firm became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). Euclid Advisors provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies.

Newfleet Asset Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., which is owned by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). The firm was founded in 1989 by Gail Seneca and they were formerly known as SCM Advisors LLC and as Seneca Capital Management LLC. Newfleet Asset Management provides investment management services to foundations, endowments, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, public funds, multi-employer plans, open-end investment companies, closed-end funds, Exchanged Traded Funds, UCITS, registered investment advisers, a CDO and a CLO which are considered private clients.