Howard Michael Meaney

UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients.

Liverpool Victoria Asset Management Ltd. (LVAM), also known as LV= Asset Management Ltd., is the fund management arm and a subsidiary of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd., a leading mutual financial services provider established in 1843. LV= is among UK's largest friendly societies. LVAM was established in 1997 and is based in London and Bournemouth.