Jeffrey Scott Smith

Aristotle Capital Boston LLC (Aristotle Boston) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2014 and is majority owned by Aristotle Capital Management LLC. Aristotle Boston serves as a discretionary investment adviser to institutional and retail separate account clients, as a discretionary investment adviser to registered investment companies (mutual funds) and as a sub-adviser to Collective Investment Trusts (CITs).

Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (Amundi US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and formerly known as Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc. In 2021, they merged with and into Amundi Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and subsequently changed their name to Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi US, Inc., ultimately held by Rue La Boëtie SAS’ Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Amundi US provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Founded in 1992 by James Awad, Eagle Boston Investment Management, Inc., formerly Awad Asset Management, Inc., is a registered investment advisor located in St. Petersburg, Florida with an additional office in Boston. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Asset Management, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF). Eagle Boston provides investment advisory services to the following groups of clients: institutions such as pension plans, public funds, endowments, multi-managers, foundations and other tax-exempt entities, and other mutual funds on a sub-advisory basis; and high net-worth clients such as individual investors, trusts and smaller employee benefit plans.^

Founded in 1932, Evergreen Investment Management Co., Inc. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Evergreen provides services to the institutional marketplace including retirement plans, endowments, foundations and provides specialty applications for insurance companies, government entities and corporations. They offer a broad range of domestic, international and emerging markets equity, fixed-income and alternative investment strategies. Their products include mutual funds, institutional portfolios, alternative investments and separately managed accounts.