Eileen M. Leary

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

State Street Research & Management Company (SSR), with a history dating back to 1924, is one of the nation's first investment management organizations. The Boston-based firm is a subsidiary of MetLife (NYSE:MET), one of the world's largest financial services companies. The firm, together with its affiliate SSR Realty, actively manages stock, bond, balanced and real estate portfolios for both institutional and individual investors. SSR manages pension money for many of the largest U.S. corporate pension plans. SSR also manages money for public and union pension plans, foundations, endowments, and mutual funds.

F-Squared Investments, Inc. is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Vadim Fishman in 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of F-Squared Investment Management LLC, ultimately held y Cedar Capital Investments Holdings LLC. F-Squared Investments offers various index products on a non-discretionary basis to unaffiliated third parties, and provides discretionary investment advisory services based on those index products to various separately managed account clients.