Chris Johns

Bank of Ireland Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (BIAM-UK) is the wholly-owned, London-based subsidiary of Bank of Ireland Asset Management Ltd., itself a subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland (DB: BIR). Established in 1989, BIAM-UK is the investment management arm of the Bank of Ireland Group. The firm is headquartered in Dublin and operates from nine locations globally: Greenwich, Los Angeles and Schaumberg in the US, Montreal and Toronto in Canada, Tokyo, Melbourne and London. BIAM-UK manages funds on behalf of a wide range of UK and European institutional investors including corporate and public pension funds and charities. Investment portfolios are managed by the firm's Dublin-based investment team. Client service is provided by the firm's nine offices worldwide.

The New Ireland Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment company. The Fund objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through investment in equity securities of Irish companies. The company was founded on December 14, 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

State Street Global Advisors Ireland Ltd. (SSgAI) is the Ireland-based global investment management subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors International Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT) in the US. The firm was founded in 1966 and formerly known as Bank of Ireland Asset Management Ltd. (Ireland). It was acquired in 2011 by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and subsequently renamed State Street Global Advisors Ireland Ltd. Headquartered in Dublin, SSgAI provides a range of active and passive investment services for Irish institutional and retail clients including life insurance companies, pension funds, charities, corporations, wealth management firms and stockbroking companies.