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Janus Henderson Investors UK Ltd. (JHI UK) is the wholly-owned global asset management subsidiary of Janus Henderson UK (Holdings) Ltd., ultimately held by Janus Henderson Group Plc (LON: 0RPW; NYSE: JHG) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1934 and formerly known as Henderson Global Investors Ltd. Headquartered in London, JHI UK is a client-centric, sustainable and responsible investor which provides investment management services to individuals, private banks, third party distributors, insurance companies, pension funds, government bodies, investment trusts, charities and corporate entities.

Schroder Investment Management Ltd. (SIM) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Schroder International Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Great Britain-based Schroders Plc (LSE: SDR, ADR: SHNWY). Established in 1985, SIM is headquartered in London and caters to a range of clients such as corporations, insurance firms, local and public authorities, charities, pension funds, high net-worth individuals and retail investors.

UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

State Street Global Advisors, Australia, Ltd. (SSGA Australia) an investment management firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors International Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT) in the US. SSGA Australia provides integrated solutions that combine investment management, transition management, trust, custody, recordkeeping, and administration services for corporations, private and public pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, central banks and intermediary investors.

GE Asset Management Ltd. provides asset management and financial advisory services. It offers its services to corporations, insurance and re-insurance companies, and institutions like pension funds. The company was founded on July 27, 1995 and is headquartered in Altrincham, the United Kingdom.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (MSCI) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSCI provides a range of brokerage services to corporations, governments and financial institutions.

Baring Asset Management Ltd. (Barings UK) is the Great Britain-based subsidiary of Barings Europe Ltd., ultimately held by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in the US. Barings traces its origins to 1762 when it was founded in London as a firm of merchants and merchant bankers. They were an asset management pioneer in the UK and set up an Investment Department in 1955. In 1989, all of Barings' asset management activities were consolidated within Baring Asset Management. Headquartered in London, the firm manages assets on behalf of pension funds, pooled vehicles, governments, charities and high-net worth individuals. Barings UK offers a wide range of equity and fixed-income mutual funds in both domestic and international markets. They are a socially responsible investor which takes environmental and socially responsible investment issues into account and seek guidance from clients.

Kuwait Investment Office (KIO) is the Great Britain-based branch office of government-owned Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). The firm was founded in 1953 as the Kuwait Investment Board with a mandate to invest surplus oil revenue and reduce Kuwait’s reliance on a single finite resource. They became an autonomous body in 1982. Headquartered in the City of London, KIO actively manages funds entrusted to the KIA by the Minister of Finance for and on behalf of the State of Kuwait.

abrdn Australia Ltd. is the Australian asset management subsidiary of abrdn Asia Ltd., ultimately held by abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2000 as Equitilink Australia Ltd. and formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd. and as Aberdeen Standard Investments (Australia) Ltd. they were renamed into abrdn Australia Ltd. to reflect abrdn’s global rebranding in 2021. Headquartered in Sydney, abrdn Australia manages the Group's Australian and New Zealand assets for a range of global and domestic clients such as listed investment companies, managed investment schemes and segregated mandates. In addition, the firm provides local clients with access to the Group's investment capabilities which include domestic, regional equity and fixed-income, international equity and fixed-income and single country equity products.

State Street Global Advisors (State Street Global Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of State Street Corp. founded in 1978. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

PineBridge Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of PineBridge Private Equity Group Partners and their ultimate parent is Hong Kong-based Pacific Century Group.

PineBridge Private Equity Group (PineBridge Private Equity) is a private equity firm an operating division of PineBridge Investments LLC founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Investment Management) (JBG&Co-IM) is the investment management division of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, which was established in 1590 as a private bank and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The firm specializes in private banking for high-net worth individuals, investment banking, corporate banking and asset management.

The Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment operates as securities and investment educational institute. It is the professional body for those who work in the securities and investment industry in the UK and in a growing number of major financial centres round the world. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Western Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Western Asset UK) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of Legg Mason Global Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. Founded in 1986, Western Asset UK is headquartered in London and devotes all their resources to fixed-income investment management and client services for a range of global clients across a variety of mandates.

Vantage Infrastructure Ltd (Vantage Infrastructure) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in London.

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

The University of Greenwich is a major modern UK university. Its three campuses extend from Maritime Greenwich to Medway, serving South East London, Kent Thames-side and West Kent. The Kings Hill Institute in West Malling, Kent is a centre for Continuing Professional Development.

InvestQuest Sociedade Gestora de Patrimónios SA is a private company based in Lisbon, Portugal. InvestQuest provides asset management services. The Portuguese company was founded in 2002 by Nuno Miguel Lourenço Dimas, who has been the CEO since 2002.

State Street Global Advisors Asia Ltd. (SSgA-Asia) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based investment management subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors International Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT), a financial services and bank holding company headquartered in the US. Founded in 1997, SSgA-Asia provides investment advisory and asset management services to institutional clients in the Asia region, Central Banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, and certain pooled investment vehicles such as ETFs established in Asia.

AXA Investment Managers Schweiz AG (AXAIM-CH) is the Swiss branch of AXA Investment Managers SA, itself a subsidiary of AXA SA (XP: CS) in France. Formerly known as Winterthur Investment Management, AXAIM-CH was founded in 1990 as a subsidiary of Winterthur Insurance and is located in Zurich with a branch in Winterthur. AXAIM-CH provides asset management services to private and public-sector staff pension funds, insurers, corporate associations and other institutional and non-profit organizations. The firm offers customized asset management mandates in addition to the Winterthur Managed Funds, investment products and Win Investment Funds. Their product range for institutional clients in Switzerland includes bond (CHF and foreign currencies), equity (Swiss and global) and mixed (BVV2) portfolios.