Deborah Baptista A. Hacker de Melo

Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Wealth Management SA (CSHG) is the Brazilian private banking subsidiary of Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil) SA, ultimately held by Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN). Formerly known as Hedging-Griffo Corretora de Valores SA, the firm was founded in 2006 when Credit Suisse acquired Hedging-Griffo, an independent asset management and private banking firm. CSHG is headquartered in Sao Paulo and offers a suite of products covering a range of investments from domestic and international equities and bonds to currencies, commodities and interest rate securities.

Santander CCVM SA is a brokerage firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Banco Santander (Brasil) SA (BVMF: SANB3; NYSE: BSBR). Santander provides brokerage services to their clients.

RXZ Administração de Recursos e Investimentos Ltda. The private company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. provides investment advice. The Brazilian company was founded in 2005 by Roberto Ruhman.

Franklin Templeton Investímentos (Brasil) Ltda. (Franklin Templeton Brasil) is the Brazilian investment management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Capital Holdings Pte Ltd., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. The firm was created in 2006 when Franklin Templeton Investments took full control of Bradesco Templeton Asset Management Ltda., originally founded in 1997 as a joint venture between subsidiaries of Banco Bradesco and Franklin Templeton Investments. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Franklin Templeton Brasil is responsible for the managed funds and portfolios, as well as for managing the exposure in Brazil of various funds distributed by Franklin Templeton in other markets.