Andre Desautels

Wellington Management International Ltd. (WMIL) is an investment firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Management Global Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Wellington Management Group LLP (Wellington Management) in the US. WMIL provides client liaison, investment monitoring and business development services for Wellington Management and its clients in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The firm also provides research, portfolio management and trading services to Wellington Management and its clients.

Founded in 1999, Trilogy Global Advisors LP is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. Trilogy’s institutional partner, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) holds a majority equity interest in Trilogy and is the parent corporation of Trilogy’s general partner, Trident NYC Acquisition LLC. Trilogy provides services to a variety of institutional clients, including employee benefit plans, public pension plans and university endowments. The firm also acts as advisor or sub-advisor to several mutual funds or other collective investment vehicles. Trilogy is the investment manager for the International Group Trust I, a common law group trust vehicle designed to permit employee pension or profit-sharing plans and qualifying governmental plans or units to commingle all or a portion of their assets for investment. They are also the investment manager for Trilogy Investment Funds PLC, an umbrella fund constituted in Ireland and authorized by the Central Bank of Ireland as a UCITS. Trilogy has also been hired as an advisor or sub-advisor for various collective vehicles sponsored by third parties. These vehicles may be registered or not, and may be offered in the US or in other jurisdictions.

Montrusco Bolton Investments, Inc. (Montrusco Bolton) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 1946, Montrusco Bolton provides investment management services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals, banks or thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities and to several private investment funds.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.