Robert A. LaFleur

Bahl & Gaynor, Inc. (B&G) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm was founded by William Bahl and Vere Gaynor in 1990 and conducts business as Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel. B&G provides portfolio management investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

IDS Life Insurance Co. provided insurance services. It was a life insurance company with four wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: IDS Life Insurance Company of New York, American Partners Life Insurance Company, American Enterprise Life Insurance Company and American Centurion Life Assurance Company. The company was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company that was established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.