Jim Hardman

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Security Capital Research & Management, Inc. (Security Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1995 and is wholly-owned by JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., itself a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). Security Capital provides investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients, both US and non-US clients.

Founded in 2003, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc. (BNPP AM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Investment Partners USA Holdings Inc., which is in turn wholly owned by Paribas North America, Inc. They offer a range of equity, Euro, fixed-income and alternative investment products to North American institutional investors.