Richard Joseph King

Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc (Bear Stearns) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Cos LLC founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in the US.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1935, The OPERS Board of Trustees – the governing body of the system – is responsible for the administration and management of OPERS. They provide retirement, disability, and survivor benefit programs for Ohio’s active and retired public workers and their families throughout the state who are not covered by another state or local retirement system.

Security Benefit Corp. develops customized retirement solutions for employers and individual investors. It serves to the retirement savings market. The firm products for individuals include fixed annuities, mutual fund custodial and variable annuities. It offers 401(k) and 403(b) plan solutions, plan comparison and various administrative services for the insurance and financial services industry. The company also provides business processing and broker/dealer solutions tailored to the financial services marketplace. Security Benefit was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Part of Oddo BHF SCA, Criterion Investment Management is an American company that provides investment services. Criterion Investment Management was acquired by WestLB Mellon Asset Management Kapitalanlage GmbH from Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management on April 01, 1999.