Mark A. Barnes

FTSE International Ltd. is the brokerage subsidiary of FTSE Group in Great Britain, a global leader in indexing and analytical solutions which calculates thousands of unique indexes that measure and benchmark markets and asset classes in countries worldwide. Established in 1995, FTSE International Ltd. creates, manages and provides a range of equity, fixed-income, real estate, currency, commodity, non market-cap, regional and partner, alternative, responsible investment, investment strategy, and customized indexes on a standard and custom basis. Their indexes are used by investors for investment analysis, performance measurement, asset allocation, portfolio hedging and for creating a range of index tracking funds. Based in London, the firm has additional offices in London, Beijing, Dubai, Milan, Mumbai, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, Shanghai, and Tokyo. They also publish and distribute monthly and annual performance and research reports.

BIP GP LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Dr. Andrew M. Weiss in 2002 as Weiss Asset Management LLC. BIP manages assets of financially sophisticated clients.

PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (PAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a subsidiary of PanAgora Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW) in Canada. PAM is the sponsor and investment manager for certain private unregistered investment pools, such as funds organized under US tax-qualified group trusts, domestic private funds organized as limited liability companies, and offshore private funds organized as Cayman Islands exempted companies. They also provide investment advisory services to institutional separate account clients.