Patrick Antony Francis Gifford

Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd. provides investment banking services. It also provides asset management services to corporates, pension funds, government institutions, charities, private clients and retail customers throughout the world. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in London, UK.

JPMorgan Emerging Europe, Middle East & Africa Securities Plc is a closed-end investment company. It engages in the business of providing an investment vehicle for investors who seek to maximize total return from a diversified portfolio of investments in emerging Europe, Middle East, and Africa securities, taking account of wider issues including environmental, social, and governance. The company was founded on October 18, 2002 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Invesco Global Equity Income Trust Plc is an investment trust, which is intended as a long-term investment vehicle for investors. It manages UK Equity Share, Global Equity Income, Share and Managed Liquidity Share Portfolios which provides exposure to Invesco Perpetual's best UK and international investment ideas and a short-term cash portfolio. Invesco Perpetual Select Trust was founded on August 25, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Invesco Select Trust PLC UK Equity is a closed-end investment trust, which engages in the provision of investment business. It provides shareholders with a real long-term total return by investing primarily in quoted United Kingdom equities. The company was founded on August 25, 2006 and is headquartered in Henley-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust Global Equity Share operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The company's investment objective is to provide an attractive and growing level of income return and capital appreciation over the long term, predominantly through investment in a diversified portfolio of equities worldwide. Invesco Perpetual Select Trust Global Equity Share was founded on November 23, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust - Balanced Risk operates as a closed-end investment fund. It intends to provide shareholders with total return in differing economic and inflationary environments and with low correlation to equity and bond market indices by gaining exposure to three asset classes: debt securities, equities and commodities. The company is headquartered in Henley-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust-Global Equity Income is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide an attractive and growing level of income return and capital appreciation over the long term, predominantly through investment in a diversified portfolio of equities worldwide. The company is headquartered in Henley-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

The Company's principal activity is that of an Investment Trust. The objective of the Company is to invest in the world's major equity and bond markets to achieve for shareholders a positive return in sterling terms, while balancing growth and capital preservation appropriately for the growth and balanced shares. The Company is an Investment Company within the meaning of Section 265 of the Companies Act 1985. The Company has been approved by the Inland Revenue as an Investment Trust for the purposes of Section 842 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 for the year ended 31-May-2004. Investment management services are provided by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Ltd for a fee calculated at an annual rate of 1.0% of gross assets. The agreement is terminable by three months' notice.