Mary Sheridan

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. provides investment advice. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Founded in 1864, J. & W. Seligman & Co., Inc. manages the Seligman family of mutual funds, the Tri-Continental fund and offshore funds, as well as separate institutional and individual portfolios. Based in New York City, the firm offers separate growth, value, and theme-oriented investment approaches for its US portfolios.

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

Founded in 1974, OFI Global Institutional, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is also a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association. OFI Global Institutional is a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (OFI), which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (OAC). Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual), through its subsidiary, is the indirect primary shareholder of OAC. The firm provides investment advisory services to various types of clients, including trusts, pension plans, insurance company separate accounts, foundations, corporations, ERISA qualified retirement plans, governmental plans, foreign entities (including governmental entities, corporations, investment companies and pension plans), mutual funds, private funds, and bank sponsored collective investment trusts.