Robert I. Hoffman

Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (Lord Abbett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett provides advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, the Lord Abbett Funds and other registered investment companies sponsored by third parties, the Lord Abbett UCITS Funds, the Lord Abbett Luxembourg Fund, other foreign funds, privately offered commingled funds and various separately managed accounts.

PGIM, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of PGIM Holding Co. LLC, owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM provides institutional clients with investment solutions worldwide. It is comprised of autonomous asset management businesses that specializes in a particular asset class with a focused investment approach: PGIM Institutional Advisory & Solutions (provides advisory services to institutional clients located in the US and outside of the US), PGIM Fixed Income (an adviser primarily focused on public fixed income investments), PGIM Real Estate (a provider of real estate investment advisory services) and PGIM Capital Group (a private fixed income investment adviser, also known as Prudential Capital Group).

Deltec Asset Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 to complete the management buy-out of the assets and business of Deltec Asset Management Corp. They are now wholly-owned by Blue Tee Partners LLC and certain employees of Deltec. Deltec provides discretionary management of investments in domestic and emerging market equity, debt and equivalent securities for pooled and separate accounts.

Inverness Counsel LLC is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and provides investment management services on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases to individual, family, trust, pension and profit-sharing plan, tax-exempt organization and other institutional clients.

Nomura Asset Management USA, Inc. (NAM-USA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is wholly owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. NAM-USA offers discretionary investment management services to institutional clients such as corporate pension plans, US registered investment companies and non-US pooled investment vehicles.

Provident Investment Management LLC (Provident) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The firm is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Unum Group (NYSE: UNM). Provident provides investment solutions for various clients.

Founded in 1986, Tanaka Capital Management, Inc. provides investment management services to individuals, pension plans and endowments, and is the advisor to the Tanaka Growth Fund. The firm is located in New York City.

Allstate Investment Management Co. (AIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a subsidiary of Allstate Non-Insurance Holdings, Inc., which is owned by The Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL). AIMCO provides investment advice to pension/profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, non-domestic insurance companies, corporations and/or other business entities. The firm acts as managing member and investment manager for the Allstate Short Term Pool and as a collateral manager for various collateralized debt obligation trusts.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Allstate Investments /Private Equity(Allstate Investments) is a private equity division of The Allstate Corporation. The firm is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. (NAM-UK) is the Great Britain-based alternative investment management subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 1984 as Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd. NAM-UK manages funds for institutional clients worldwide, which includes government agencies, public and private pension funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies and financial institutions.

Littlejohn & Co. LLC (Littlejohn) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Angus C. Littlejohn, Jr and Michael Klein. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance solutions. It offers financial guaranty, mortgage insurance, and mortgage services for credit enhancement on public finance and structured finance securities. The company was founded by Roger K. Taylor in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum-IM) is the insurance management division of Unum Life Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Unum Group US (NYSE: UNM). The firm is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Unum-IM offers a full array of disability benefits solutions, such as benefits communication, enrollment services and claims support to employees and their families.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Inc. provides investment advice, and insurance products and services. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

Miami-based Banco Santander International (BSI), with approximately $10 billion under management, is the flagship bank for the Private Banking Division of Spain Banco Santander, the world's 12th largest financial institution. BSI caters to clients in the highly competitive Latin American private banking market.

G.H. Walker & Co. provides investment banking and other financial services. The private company is based in St. Louis, MO.

Gulton Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture of print heads. It offers thermal print heads through the following brands: Autotote, Axiohm, Bizerba, Datamax, Encore3, Fujitsu, Gultonm. Hengstler, Hobart, IBM, IER, Intermec, Italora, Miltope, Monarch, NCR, O'Neil, Oki Data, Seiko, Zebra, and Digi. The company was founded by Leslie Gulton and Edith Gulton in 1972 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

Part of Prudential Financial, Inc., Prudential Securities, Inc. (Michigan) is a company based in West Bloomfield, MI.