Greg Placidi

Founded in 1985 by Michael Lee-Chin, AIC Ltd. is a mutual fund manager located in Burlington, Ontario with an additional office in Mississauga, Ontario. AIC offers the AIC family of mutual funds to investors in Canada.

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust operates as an open-end real estate investment trust. It focuses on ownership and management of a diversified portfolio of necessity based retail and mixed-use retail community and neighbourhood shopping centres. The company was founded by Patrick McCowan on March 29, 2005 and is headquartered in Barrie, Canada.

North American Dividend Plus Fund is a closed-end investment trust. It intends to invest in an actively managed diversified portfolio, comprised primarily of preferred shares and dividend-paying common shares of North American issuers. Its investment objectives are to provide holders of Units with monthly cash distributions; and to preserve and enhance the net asset value of the Fund. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Canada.

Portland Investment Counsel, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisor located in Mississauga, Ontario with an additional office in Burlington, Ontario. The firm manages the AIC Advantage Fund, the AIC Diversified Canada Fund, the AIC Canadian Focused Fund, the AIC Diversified Canada Corporate Class, the AIC Canadian Focused Corporate Class, the AIC Global Financial Split Corp., the AIC Preferred Income Fund, the AIC Advantage Fund II, the AIC Advantage II Corporate Class, the AIC Global Advantage Corporate Class, the AIC American Advantage Fund, the AIC Global Advantage Fund and the AIC Global Wealth Management Fund.

Founded in 1996 by Bhim Asdhir, Excel Investment Counsel, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and investment advisor located in Mississauga, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of Sun Life Global Investments (Canada), Inc. Their ultimate parent is Sun Financial, Inc.