Peter D. Fullem

ClearBridge Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). The firm was founded in 2005 as ClearBridge Advisors, which operated through Citigroup Asset Management NA, and was acquired by Legg Mason that year. They changed their name to ClearBridge Investments LLC in 2012. ClearBridge Investments manages separate accounts for both institutional and retail clients. The firm also acts as adviser or sub-adviser to the ClearBridge Funds which are part of the Legg Mason family of mutual funds.

MBNA Corp. issues credit cards. The company through its subsidiary, MBNA America Bank, N.A., provides various financial services in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. The company primarily offers lending, insurance and deposit account products and services. Its lending products include credit cards, consumer loans, home equity loans, aircraft loans, mortgage loans, business credit cards and other business lending products to individuals and small businesses. In addition to its credit card lending, the company makes other consumer loans, including installment and revolving unsecured loan products, mortgage loans, insurance premium financing loans, aircraft loans and other specialty lending products to consumers and commercial loans, which include business card products, professional practice financing loans and other specialty lending products to small businesses. MBNA also offers insurance and deposit products, including money market deposit accounts and certificates of deposit. MBNA is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Founded in 2008, Global Currents Investment Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM). Global Currents offers a variety of institutional and retail separately managed accounts for institutional clients, as well as high net-worth investors. They also manage and subadvise a variety of U.S. and offshore mutual funds which are distributed by Legg Mason.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC (Brandywine Global) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). Brandywine Global provides discretionary investment management services to a variety of clients such as institutions, individuals, and various registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles. In addition, they are the sub-advisor to affiliated and non-affiliated mutual funds and act as a sub-advisor to several wrap programs sponsored by unaffiliated program sponsors.