Reid Smith

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of the following: (1) funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and (2) separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

RBC Global Asset Management (US), Inc. (RBC GAM-US), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1983 and formerly known as Voyageur Asset Management Inc. They are a subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and their ultimate parent is Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY). RBC GAM-US provides portfolio management services to registered mutual funds, private investment funds, trust programs, foreign funds such as UCITS funds, individuals (including high net worth individuals), wrap sponsors and other US and international institutions.

Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (Lord Abbett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett provides advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, the Lord Abbett Funds and other registered investment companies sponsored by third parties, the Lord Abbett UCITS Funds, the Lord Abbett Luxembourg Fund, other foreign funds, privately offered commingled funds and various separately managed accounts.

Founded in 2008, Barclays Capital is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a wealth management division of Barclays Capital, Inc., the investment banking division of international financial services group Barclays Bank Plc (LSE: BARC). Barclays Capital, Inc. maintains two distinct investment advisory businesses: Barclays Wealth and Barclays Capital Fund Solutions - Americas. The firm provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities. Barclays Capital also provides investment advisory services to the BWAS Funds, which are privatelyoffered domestic and offshore investment funds.

Bank of Hawaii (Asset Management), do-business-as Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii (AMG), is a separately identifiable department of the Bank of Hawaii, which is owned by Bank of Hawaii Corp. (NYSE: BOH). Headquartered in Honolulu, AMG was founded in 1897 and offers investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to registered investment companies (mutual funds) and institutional clients that are quasi-governmental agencies whose accounts consist in whole or in part of the proceeds from the issuance of municipal bonds.

Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Investment Management) (Stifel Nicolaus-IM) is the investment management division of Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc., a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). Stifel Nicolaus-IM provides investment management and services to institutions and individuals over a variety of asset classes. They also offer a number of different wrap fee programs.

Ziegler Capital Management LLC (ZCM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1991 as the investment management division of the Ziegler Companies. They became a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), when it acquired ZCM in 2013. The firm provides tailored investment solutions to a wide range of investors.