Scott D. Sawyer

Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Fund, Inc. is an open-end mutual fund company engages in the provision of investment activities. It offers diversified and non-diversified series as well as investment vehicles for variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies and for certain tax-qualified investors. The company was founded March 26, 1996 and is headquartered in New York.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of the following: (1) funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and (2) separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund is a closed investment fund. It engages in seeking capital appreciation through investing in investment funds managed by third party investment managers who employ a return investment strategies in pursuit of attractive risk-adjusted returns consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 12, 2005 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund Ii P is a non-diversified, closed-end management company, which engages in investing in hedge funds, which are managed by a select group of alternative investment managers. The company was founded on May 1, 2005 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company, which invests substantially all its assets in private investment funds, commonly referred to as hedge funds that are managed by a select group of alternative managers. The company was founded on October 31, 2005 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Morgan Stanley European Equity Fund, Inc. is a diversified open management investment company. Its primary objective is to seek a high level of current income. It also has a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 13, 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Aetos Alternatives Management LP (AAM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Rhea Casscells and Michael F. Klein in 2001 as Aetos Alternatives Management LLC and converted to a Delaware limited partnership in 2018. AAM provides customized investment advisory services with respect to traditional and alternative investment strategies to institutions, investment companies and high-net-worth individuals.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides legal services. It specializes in the areas of corporate law, securities, corporate, litigation, mergers, real estate, pro bono, investment management and taxation. Their clients include industrial, commercial, financial, private funds, governmental, educational, charitable and cultural enterprises and entities. The company was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson Cromwell in 1879 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

First Western Trust Bank is a private banking firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by Scott C. Wylie in 2002 and is a subsidiary of First Western Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYFW). First Western Trust offers a unique combination of institutional quality investment management and a variety of financial services including wealth planning, investment management, private banking, personal trust, philanthropic services, retirement consulting, insurance and mortgage services.

Aetos Capital LLC provides investment management services. The company is an investment management firm offering institutional and private investors a set of investment opportunities in alternative asset classes. The company also provides focused investment strategies that generate superior risk-adjusted returns to a sophisticated set of clients around the world. The firm currently has two investment products: an opportunistic real estate investment platform and absolute return funds of hedge funds platform to provide services to the clients. The company was founded by James M. Allwin in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY

Main Line Health, Inc. provides health care services. Its services include pediatric emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery and orthopedics, bariatric and weight loss surgery, breast cancer program, neurosurgery, urology, obstetrics and gynecology and maternity, vascular surgery, emergency medicine, cardiology, pediatrics, maternity, neurovascular care, general surgery, primary care, trauma centers, imaging and diagnostic radiology. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA.

Founded in 1964, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: conservation and science, population and reproductive health and children, families and communities. The Foundation provides national and international grants and has a special focus on the Northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management Ltd. is a British company.

Brightwood Capital Advisors LLC (Brightwood Capital Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Damien Dwin and Sengal Selassie. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AIP Alternative Lending Fund A operates as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek to provide total return with an emphasis on current income. The fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in alternative lending securities, either directly or through one or more wholly-owned and controlled subsidiaries formed by the Fund. It invests primarily in whole loans, but also may invest, to a lesser extent, in other types of alternative lending securities, which include: shares, certificates, notes or other securities, equity or debt securities and derivative instruments. The company was founded on June 14, 2017 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Gallus Detox Scottsdale LLC provides rehabilitation services. It offers customized medical detox programs for alcoholism, addictive drug detox, and substance abuse based on the Gallus Method. The company was founded by Patrick J. Gallus and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

SCB Global Healthcare Services LLC is a healthcare services holding company that provides investment services. The company was founded by Warren Olsen and Russ Matthews and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Centrum Cibus Partners LLC is an investment partnership based in the United States. The private company is based in Denver, CO. The company was launched by five experienced executives to establish a platform for growth in the food and beverage industry by investing in "center-of-store" food and beverage brands with a primary focus on premium and/or better-for-you brands. The company looks to create value by improving operations and enhancing brands, not by the use of excessive leverage or other financial engineering. Centrum Cibus Partners strongly believes that environmental factors, social issues, and effective corporate governance are critical components in determining and sustaining a brand's success in the food and beverage sector and are integral to its investment decisions. Centrum Cibus Partners seeks acquisition targets with defensible market, customer, and product positions that result in predictable, recurring, and stable revenue and earnings streams.

Promontory Financial Group LLC provides strategy, risk management, and regulatory compliance consulting services. It specializes in asset-liability management and liquidity planning, capital planning and analysis, consumer protection, credit services, due diligence, examination and enforcement, financial benchmarks, governance and controls, and securities and derivatives. The company was founded by Eugene A. Ludwig in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Sanitized AG manufactures antimicrobial products for the plastics and textile industry. The private company is based in Burgdorf, Switzerland.