Ian Frederick Barnes

Veritas Asset Management LLP (Veritas) is a fund management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2003 and formerly known as Veritas Asset Management (UK) Ltd. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of VAM Bidco Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) in the US. Veritas serves as an investment manager, investment adviser or sub- adviser to various clients, such as pension plans, foundations, investment vehicles, US mutual funds and governmental entities.

UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients.