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Founded in 1995 by Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh, Oaktree Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Los Angeles with additional offices in New York City, Stamford, Connecticut, Tokyo, London and Singapore. The firm manages assets for corporations, public funds, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, private clients, mutual funds and Taft Hartley plans.

MUFG Union Bank, NA (dba Union Bank) is a private banking firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1953 and in 2021 they became a subsidiary of MUFG Americas Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306) in Japan. Union Bank provides an array of financial services to wealthy individuals & families, executives, professional service firms, and mission-driven organizations.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP (Oaktree UK) is Great-Britain investment management subsidiary of Oaktree European Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSX: BN) in Canada. Headquartered in London, Oaktree UK was founded in 2011 and provides investment management services in select niche investment markets for pension plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds. They are a socially responsible investor which regularly evaluates how they can incorporate ESG considerations into their investment process to conscientiously invest on behalf of their clients.

Capital Research & Management Co., doing business as Capital World Investors (CWI), is an investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a division of Capital Research & Management Co., which is ultimately owned by the Capital Group of Cos. In 2013, The Capital Group restructured its equity investment group and divided the group based on specific investment objectives rather than around particular products or clients. The investment group is now divided into three independent equity divisions, Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors and Capital International Investors. Each division has the flexibility to manage any of the investment objectives or any of the investment vehicles the Capital Group offers. CWI is the retail entity of the Capital Group.

Part of American International Group, Inc., AIG Global Investment Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Win Jay Neuger.

Oaktree Capital Management LP (Oaktree) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Sheldon Stone in 1995 as an LLC and was reorganized as an LP in 2007. They are a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management GP LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSE: BN) in Canada. Oaktree provides advisory services to clients with separately managed accounts and to private limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles for which either Oaktree or an affiliate acts as general partner and/or investment manager. The firm is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Capital Research & Management Co. (CRMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Jonathan Bell Lovelace in 1931 and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. CRMC provides investment management services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles. In addition, the firm serves as the investment adviser to Capital Bank and Trust Company in its capacity as the trustee of certain collective investment trusts that are exempt from SEC registration. They also provide investment management and related services to participants in managed account programs.