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49. Plaintiff The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company is a financial services
company. It is a Texas corporation, has its principal offices in Houston, Texas, and is an
indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of AIG Parent.
50. Plaintiff Western National Life Insurance Company is a life insurance company.
It is a Texas corporation, has its principal offices in Amarillo, Texas, and is an indirect, whollyowned
subsidiary of AIG Parent.
51. The Defendants. All of the Defendants in this action are now subsidiaries of
Bank of America Corporation, including some entities that were acquired by certain Defendants
by reason of a sale or transfer of all or a portion of its assets.
52. The Countrywide Defendants. Defendant Countrywide Financial Corporation is
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal executive
offices in Calabasas, California. Countrywide Financial Corporation, itself and through its
subsidiaries, engaged in mortgage lending and other real estate finance-related businesses,
including mortgage lending, securities dealing, and insurance underwriting. It was the corporate
parent of all of the Countrywide Defendants. Pursuant to a transaction completed on July 1,
2008, Countrywide Financial was merged into a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation. As
of April 27, 2009, Countrywide Financial ceased operating under the brand name Countrywide.
Now combined with Bank of America’s pre-existing mortgage and home loan business,
Countrywide Financial’s main businesses operate as Bank of America Home Loans, a division of
Bank of America. It acted as the seller for certain of the offerings at issue, as detailed in Exhibits
1 to 349. It is a Seller Defendant.
53. Defendant Countrywide Capital Markets LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Countrywide Financial Corporation, is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
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