Stephan B. Yost

RiverSource Investments LLC, formerly American Express Financial Corp., is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with offices in New York City, Maryland, Massachusetts and California. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). RiverSource Investments provides investment management services to the RiverSource Investments family of funds (formerly the American Express Funds). The firm also provides investment management services for institutional clients, alternative investments, insurance assets and a managed account program.

Founded in 1864, J. & W. Seligman & Co., Inc. manages the Seligman family of mutual funds, the Tri-Continental fund and offshore funds, as well as separate institutional and individual portfolios. Based in New York City, the firm offers separate growth, value, and theme-oriented investment approaches for its US portfolios.

Founded in 1981 by Jonathan Dawson, Dawson Capital Management, Inc. is a hedge fund manager located in Southport, Connecticut with an additional office in New York City. The firm manages assets for high net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations and pension plans. They manage the Southport Millennium Fund LP, the Southport Management LP, the Southport Millennium Fund II LP, the Southport Millennium Micro Cap Fund LP, the Southport Millennium Twenty Fund LP, the Southport Millennium Twenty Fund Ltd. and the Southport Millennium Twenty Offshore Fund Ltd. Dawson Capital Management was previously known as Dawson-Herman Capital Management, Inc., Dawson-Giammalva Capital Management, Inc. and Dawson-Samberg Capital Management, Inc.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.