George Fitzhugh Shipp

BB&T Securities LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2013 as the result of a merger between Scott & Stringfellow LLC firm and Clearview Correspondent Services LLC. Effective upon the merger, Clearview changed its name to BB&T Securities LLC and began conducting business as BB&T Scott & Stringfellow and BB&T Capital Markets, both divisions of BB&T Securities LLC. They are a wholly-owned, non-bank subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). BB&T Securities provides services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals; trusts, estates and charitable organizations; corporations or other business entities; Taft-Hartley plans, governmental plans, municipalities; not-for-profit entities; private equity firms (consulting only); and outside investment platform.

Sterling Capital Management LLC (Sterling) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded by George de Garmo in 1970 and is an independently operated subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). Sterling provides investment management services to a diverse group of clients ranging from retail to corporations and non-profits.