James Tracy Colby

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (Lord Abbett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett provides advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, the Lord Abbett Funds and other registered investment companies sponsored by third parties, the Lord Abbett UCITS Funds, the Lord Abbett Luxembourg Fund, other foreign funds, privately offered commingled funds and various separately managed accounts.

Boston-based John Hancock Advisers, Inc. (JHA) is the mutual fund affiliate of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. and manages the John Hancock family of retail and institutional mutual funds, as well as separate equity portfolios for private accounts and retirement plans for individual and institutional investors. In 2003, Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX, NYSE: MFC) and John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: JHF) announced that they would merge and would thus create a leading global insurance franchise. The combined company will market products and services under multiple brands including John Hancock in the US and Manulife in Canada and the US.

Founded in 1932, Evergreen Investment Management Co., Inc. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Evergreen provides services to the institutional marketplace including retirement plans, endowments, foundations and provides specialty applications for insurance companies, government entities and corporations. They offer a broad range of domestic, international and emerging markets equity, fixed-income and alternative investment strategies. Their products include mutual funds, institutional portfolios, alternative investments and separately managed accounts.

Old Harbor Capital Management LLC, (OHC), and their affiliate Ensign Investment Advisers LLC, is a registered investment advisor that specializes in discretionary account management. The firm is located in Boston.