Thomas Lips

AIG Japan Small Cos. Fund Plc provides investment services. It is an investment company with fixed capital. The fund is regulated by Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. It seeks to achieve long-term capital growth through investment in a professionally managed portfolio consisting principally of equity securities of smaller Japanese companies. It was incorporated on 4th May, 1992 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG Emerging Markets Bond Fund Plc provided investment services. The company was founded in December, 1993 and was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG Global Equity Fund Plc provided investment services. It was an open-ended investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. The company was founded in December, 1998 and was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG American Equity Trust operates as an investment trust. It seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by means of a diversified portfolio of common stocks. The company was founded in 1989 and is located in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG Europe Fund Plc provided investment services. It was an investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. It was founded in December, 1992 and was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland

AIG Global Emerging Markets Fund Plc provided investment services. It was an open-ended investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations 2003. The company was founded in January, 1999 and was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG Japan New Horizon Fund Plc provided investment services. It was an investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. It was incorporated in December, 1997 and was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

PineBridge Greater China Equity Fund provided investment services. It was an open-ended investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. It was founded in October, 2002 and was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

PineBridge Global Funds-Asia ex Japan Small Cap Equity Fund provides investment services. It invests in companies in the ''Asian Region'' countries including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand. The company was incorporated on 15th December, 1993 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

PineBridge Global Funds - Asia Balanced Fund provides investment services. It is an investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. The fund invests its total assets in a broad range of equity and equity-related securities of Asian companies. It manages and provides investors with income and long-term capital appreciation through investment in equities, equity-related securities and debt securities of Asian issuers in the Asian Region. It was incorporated on 9th June, 1997 and is located in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG Dynamic Emerging World Fund Plc provides open-ended investment services. It is an investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. The fund seeks to achieve high rates of growth, on a long-term basis through careful selection of equity and fixed income securities in the emerging markets whilst seeking to protect the fund from downside risk. It was incorporated on 13th December, 2001 and is located in Dublin, Ireland.

AIG Latin American Fund Plc provides investment services. It is an investment company with variable capital under the European Communities Regulations, 2003. It was incorporated on 10th July, 1991 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Nextech Invest AG (Nextech) is an independent venture capital firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Alfred Scheidegger in 1998. Nextech's investors include public pension funds, banks, asset management companies and Swiss and German high-net worth individuals.