Michele Alison Ward

T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (Price IM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., which itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW). Price IM provides discretionary investment advisory services to institutional and individual investors worldwide. The firm also serves as investment subadvisor to mutual funds sponsored by insurance companies, banks, and other third-party financial institutions.

Founded in 1937 by Clarence Redington Barrett, Barrett Associates, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM). 2011 In 2011, when Barrett Associates and their parent company, Legg Mason, sold substantially all of the property and assets of Barrett Associates to Barrett Asset Management, a newly-formed company controlled by Barrett Associates' management team

Columbus Circle Investors (CCI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is directly owned by CCIP LLC and is a partly-owned subsidiary of Principal Global Investors LLC, itself a member of Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG). Founded in 1975, CCI provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, municipalities, registered mutual funds, private investment funds, trust programs, sovereign funds, foreign funds, and other US and international institutions. The firm also provides sub-advisory services to certain registered investment companies, including certain affiliated Principal Global Investors’ Funds. They also sub-advise accounts of the Principal Global Investors Trust and provide investment portfolio services to wrap fee programs and other similar mandates.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.