Alexandra Mackesy

RENN Universal Growth Investment Trust Plc is closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to achieve capital growth and outperform its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. It invests primarily in securities issued by companies, quoted or domiciled in the U.S. and Canada. These include privately placed common stock, preferred stock, convertible debentures and warrants, and may also include securities traded on an exchange. The company was founded on January 19, 1996 and is headquartered in Exeter, the United Kingdom.

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC provides global investment banking services in the United States. It provides private banking and financial advisory services and banking products. Its businesses include securities underwriting, sales & trading, investment banking, private equity, alternative assets, financial advisory services, investment research and asset management. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Henderson Smaller Cos. Investment Trust Plc is a closed-end investment trust. Its investment objective is to maximize shareholders total returns by investing in smaller companies in the United Kingdom. The company was founded on December 16, 1887 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Murray International Trust Plc is a closed ended investment trust. Its objective is to achieve a total return greater than its benchmark by investing in equities worldwide. The firm invests in diversified portfolio of international equities and fixed income securities. Its investments are managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd. Murray International Trust was founded on December 18, 1907 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co. Plc operates as a closed-end investment fund, which engages in the investment in equities and equity related securities of firms trading primarily in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan. The firm’s investment objective is to provide total return through in equities and equity-related securities of companies trading in the Asia Pacific region. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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.

JPMorgan China Growth & Income Plc is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in the provision of providing long term capital growth by investment in Greater China companies. The company was founded in October 1993 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Credit Suisse Hong Kong Ltd. (Investment Management) (Credit Suisse HK-IM) is the Hong Kong-based asset management division of Credit Suisse Hong Kong Ltd., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG), a multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Switzerland. Credit Suisse HK-IM provides investment advice to individuals and institutional investors.