Claire A. Walton

Blackrock Collateral Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. Its investment objective is to seek to provide a level of current income as is consistent with liquidity and minimum volatility of principal. The Trust is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Funds III is an open-end management investment company, which engages in the provision of investment activities. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1998, Liberty Square Asset Management LP is a hedge fund manager located in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides investment advice to private investment funds and to separately managed accounts. Owners of the accounts are institutions including corporations, pension plans and other investment advisors.