Jeremy C. Hughes

Founded in 1997, Aviva Investors Americas LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was also previously known as Aviva Capital Management, Inc. Aviva Investors Americas is a subsidiary of Aviva USA Corp. and their ultimate parent is London-based Aviva Plc (LSE: AV). The firm manages assets for life insurance and annuity companies, re-insurance companies and other institutional clients.

ABN AMRO Asset Management (AAM) is the separately organized U.S. investment management business of ABN AMRO Holding NV (NYSE: ABN). AAM offers a line of global, regional and domestic investment strategies to institutional and individual investors worldwide as segregated accounts, as well as through ABN AMRO mutual funds. The firm is based in Chicago.

Part of The Allstate Corp., Everlake Assurance Co. provides insurance services. The company is based in Northbrook, IL. Everlake Assurance was acquired by Allstate Life Insurance Co. from Unum Group on February 09, 2001.

Calamos Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. The firm was founded by John Calamos, Sr. in 1977 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Calamos Investments LLC, ultimately held by Calamos Family Partners, Inc. Calamos Advisors provides investment management services to institutional clients such as corporations and financial institutions, registered investment companies or mutual funds, closed-end funds, charitable institutions, foundations and endowments, corporate pensions, profit sharing and other retirement plans, municipalities, individuals, Taft-Hartley plans, and pooled investment vehicles.