Tony P. Richards

UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC (UBS AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Americas, Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS AM provides investment products and services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks, charities, foundations and individual investors around the world.

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

Valor Management LLC (Valor Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Antonio Jose Gracias. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Monroe Capital LLC (Monroe Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Theodore Koenig. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Northwestern Mutual Capital LLC (Northwestern Mutual Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1980. The firm is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Part of Infinium Capital Management LLC, Fox River Advisers LLC provides fixed income trading services. The company is based in Naperville, IL. Fox River Advisers was acquired by Infinium Capital Management LLC on January 20, 2010.

Evanston Capital Management LLC (ECM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by David L. Wagner, Adam B. Blitz, Kenneth A. Meister, and Ryan D. Cahill in 2002. They are a subsidiary of Evanston Capital Management LP. ECM provides investment supervisory services to US and non-US commingled open-end and closed-end private funds of private funds, and to a customized single investor fund.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.