Anne Nichols

NorthPointe Capital LLC is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of NorthPointe Holdings LLC. NorthPointe Capital provides investment supervisory services relating to various investment strategies in equity securities.

Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc. is a diversified closed-end investment company. Its objective is long-term growth utilizing the concept of total return for selecting investments. The company was founded on July 16, 1989 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Fern Capital, Inc. is an independent fee-based registered investment advisor that provides personalized investment management services. The private company is based in Huntington Woods, MI. The company is woman and employee-owned, and it does not take custody of client assets. Instead, client assets are held separately at an established, well-recognized, and qualified custodian. Fern Capital is a fiduciary, required to put clients' interests ahead of its own. The company primarily grows through referrals from existing clients. Fern Capital's portfolio managers, Ina Fernandez and Anne M. Nichols, create custom portfolios of individual stocks and bonds that are designed to meet each client's desire for growth, income, and social values.