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C.S. McKee, LP (C.S. McKee). C.S. McKee was founded in 1931 and as of November 30, 2011 managed approximately $12.124
billion in assets. C.S. McKee is located at 420 Ft. Duquesne Blvd., One Gateway Center, 8 th floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.
Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (Eagle) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. that was founded in 1976.
Eagle employs approximately 40 investment professionals, and has approximately $18 billion in assets under management as of
December 31, 2011. Eagle’s address is 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716.
Eaton Vance Management (Eaton Vance) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the United States, with a history dating to
1924. Eaton Vance was created in 1979 by the merger of two Boston-based investment management companies—Eaton Howard,
Inc. (founded in 1924) and Vance Sanders Company, Inc. (founded in 1934). As such, Eaton Vance is the product of a union
between two Boston-based money managers whose roots date to the founding days of the U.S. investment management industry.
Eaton Vance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., has its principal offices at Two International Place, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110. As of December 31, 2011, Eaton Vance and its affiliates had over $180 billion in assets under management.
EARNEST Partners LLC (EARNEST) was founded in 1998 and as of December 31, 2011, managed approximately $18.9 billion in
assets. EARNEST’s address is 1180 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust (Emerald) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerald Advisers, Inc. (Emerald Advisers) and was
established to allow for Emerald Advisers to serve in a sub-advisor capacity for mutual fund and other registered investment
companies. Emerald Advisers has been providing professional advisory services to institutional investors, high net worth
individuals and the overall general public through quality separate account management and sub-advised mutual funds since
1992. As of December 31, 2011, Emerald Advisers had approximately $1.5 billion in assets under management. Emerald is
located at 3175 Oregon Pike, Leola, Pennsylvania 17540.
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (Epoch) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Epoch Holding Corporation, a public company, and
was incorporated in April 2004 as a Delaware corporation and is an independent advisory firm. As of December 31, 2011, Epoch
managed approximately $19.2 billion in assets under management. Epoch is located at 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, New
York 10019.
Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania (Federated Equity). Federated Equity was organized in 2003. Federated
Global Investment Management Corp. (Federated Global), 450 Lexington Avenue, Suite 3700, New York, New York 10017-3943,
was organized in 1995 and serves as Sub-Subadviser, pursuant to a Sub-Subadvisory Agreement between Federated Equity
Management Company and Federated Global Investment Management Corp. Federated Advisory Services Company (Federated
Services), an affiliate of the Adviser, provides research, quantitative analysis, equity trading and transaction settlement and certain
support services to Federated Equity. The fee for these services is paid by Federated Equity and not by the Portfolio. Federated
Equity, Federated Global and their affiliates serve as investment advisors to a number of investment companies and private
accounts. Total assets under management or administration by Federated and its affiliates as of December 31, 2011 were
approximately $369.7 billion. Federated Equity’s and Federated Service’s address is Federated Investors Tower, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15222-3779.
First Quadrant L.P. (First Quadrant), which maintains its headquarters at 800 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 900, Pasadena, California
91101, is an affiliate of Affiliated Managers Group. As of December 31, 2011, First Quadrant had approximately $16.725 billion
in assets under management, which includes market values for fully funded portfolios and the notional values for margin funded
portfolios, all actively managed by First Quadrant and non-discretionary portfolios managed by joint venture partners using First
Quadrant, L.P. investment signals. First Quadrant is defined in this context as the combination of all discretionary portfolios of First
Quadrant, L.P. and its joint venture partners, but only wherein FQ has full investment discretion over the portfolios.
First Trust Advisors L.P. (First Trust) First Trust and its affiliate, First Trust Portfolios L.P. (“FTP”), were established in 1991 and at
December 31, 2011 had approximately $48.1 billion in assets under management or supervision, of which approximately $6.2
billion was invested in trusts serving as underlying funds for variable annuity and insurance contracts. First Trust’s address is 120 E.
Liberty Drive, Wheaton, Illinois 60187.
Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Franklin Advisers) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc., which is a publicly traded,
global investment management organization listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2011, Franklin Advisers,
together with its affiliates, had approximately $670.3 billion in assets under management.
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