Susie V. Rippingall

First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Ltd. (FSIHK) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1987 and previously known as CMG First State Hong Kong and as First State Investors (Hong Kong) Ltd. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of First Sentier Investors Asia Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306, NYSE: MUFG) in Japan. FSIHK provides discretionary investment management services mainly to non-US institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles or funds that invest in several asset classes. They also provide investment advisory services to a group affiliate located in the US.

The Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. Trust Plc operates as an investment trust. It engages in achieving a long-term capital growth through investments in small Asian quoted companies. Its investment region includes Australasia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company was founded on March 28, 1995 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

CFA Society of the UK is an association of investment professionals based in the UK. The British company was founded in an unspecified year.

First Sentier Investors (UK) IM Ltd. (FSIIM) is the wholly-owned, Great Britain-based specialist asset management subsidiary of S.I. Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306) in Japan. Headquartered in Edinburgh, the firm was founded in 1970 and formerly known as First State Investment Management (UK) Ltd. FSIIM provides discretionary investment management and portfolio management services to a range of institutional clients and funds.

abrdn New Dawn Investment Trust Plc is a closed-end investment company, which engages in the provision of capital growth through equity investment. The company was founded on May 2, 1989 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Vietnam Enterprise Investments Ltd. is an investment holding company, whose objective is to provide shareholders with attractive capital returns by investing directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries in a diversified portfolio of listed and unlisted securities in Vietnam. The company was founded on April 20, 1995 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.