John Leland Nichol

Federated Investment Management Co. (FIMCO) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII). FIMCO offers domestic and international equity, fixed-income and money market mutual funds, as well as a variety of separate account options for a wide range of investors.

Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania (FEMCOPA) is a mutual fund manager headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2003 and is a subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI). FEMCOPA provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporations, business entities and other institutional investors, banks, thrift institutions and other financial institutions, private, federal, state or government pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable foundations and organizations, federal, state and municipal government entities, foreign accounts, and collective or common funds, private funds, and other pooled investment vehicles.

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1935, The OPERS Board of Trustees – the governing body of the system – is responsible for the administration and management of OPERS. They provide retirement, disability, and survivor benefit programs for Ohio’s active and retired public workers and their families throughout the state who are not covered by another state or local retirement system.

Federated Global Investment Management Corp. (FGIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and registered commodity pool operator headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is also known as Federated Clover Investment Advisors. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI). FGIM is a multi-strategy investor that manages portfolios of equity and fixed-income investments for institutional and private clients.