Jeff Walkenhorst

Copeland Capital Management LLC (Copeland) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Eric Brown in 2005. Copeland provides investment management services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, state and municipal government entities, corporations and business entities, and pooled investment vehicles.

Part of Gartner, Inc., The Research Board, Inc. is a company that provides information technology, research and consulting services. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Ernest M. von Simson, Naomi O. Seligman.

Part of Prudential Financial, Inc., Prudential Securities, Inc. (Michigan) is a company based in West Bloomfield, MI.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.