Michael Rafael Chico

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Banc of America Equity Partners is the exclusive provider of direct equity and related investment capital for Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) The firm is located in Charlotte, North Carolina with additional offices in Chicago, Dallas, Foster City, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Warsaw, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mumbai. In addition to the domestic partnerships, Banc of America Equity Partners covers the globe with three international partnerships in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

First Chicago NBD Corp. is a national commercial bank. The company is based in Chicago, IL. First Chicago NBD was acquired by Bank One Corp. on October 01, 1998 for $19,782.21 million.