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T. Rowe Price Segment. T. Rowe Price manages the portion of the Portfolio managed by T. Rowe Price through an Investment<br />
Advisory Committee. The Committee Chairman has day-to-day responsibility for managing the Portfolio and works with the<br />
Committee in developing and executing the Portfolio’s investment program.<br />
Brian Rogers, Mark Finn, and John Linehan are responsible for the day-to-day management of the portion of the Portfolio managed by<br />
T. Rowe Price.<br />
Brian Rogers is the Chief Investment Officer of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. In addition he manages major institutional equity portfolios<br />
and serves as President of the Equity Income Fund. He serves on the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group and is a member of<br />
the Management Committee. His other responsibilities include serving on the Equity, Fixed-income, International, and <strong>Asset</strong><br />
Allocation committees. Prior to joining the firm in 1982, Brian was employed by Bankers <strong>Trust</strong> Company. He earned an A.B. from<br />
Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.<br />
Mark Finn is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. He is the portfolio manager of the Value Fund and chairman of the fund’s<br />
Investment Advisory Committee. Mark is also a vice president and Investment Advisory Committee member of the Equity Income<br />
Fund, New Era Fund, Capital Appreciation Fund, and Mid-Cap Value Fund. From 2005 to 2009, he was an equity research analyst<br />
specializing in electric power generation, utilities, and coal. Prior to this, he was an analyst in T. Rowe Price’s Fixed Income Division<br />
where he also covered utilities and power generation. Prior to joining the firm in 1990, Mark had five years of auditing experience<br />
with Price Waterhouse LLP. Mark earned a B.S. from the University of Delaware and has obtained the Chartered Financial Analyst<br />
and Certified Public Accountant designations.<br />
John Linehan is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. He is also a Portfolio Manager in the<br />
Equity Division. John is President of the Value Fund and Chairman of the fund’s Investment Advisory Committee. He also co-manages<br />
several of the firm’s separate account portfolios as a member of the Large-Cap Strategy Team and is the Lead Portfolio Manager for the<br />
SICAV U.S. Large-Cap Value Equity Fund. In addition, John is also a Vice President and member of the Investment Advisory<br />
Committee of the Equity Income Fund, New Era Fund and Global Stock Fund. In addition, he is a Vice President of the Capital<br />
Appreciation Fund. John joined the firm in 1998 and has nine years of previous investment experience at Bankers <strong>Trust</strong> and E.T.<br />
Petroleum. He earned a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University where he was the Henry Ford II Scholar,<br />
an Arjay Miller Scholar, and the winner of the Alexander A. Robichek Award in Finance. He has also earned the Chartered Financial<br />
Analyst accreditation.<br />
William Blair Segment. W. George Greig is responsible for the day-to-day management of the the portion of the Portfolio managed by<br />
William Blair. David Merjan, CFA serves as co-portfolio manager on the Portfolio. Mr.Greig, a principal of William Blair, has headed<br />
the firm’s international investment management team since 1996. He serves as the Portfolio Manager for the William Blair<br />
International Growth Fund as well as leading the Portfolio Team on separately managed portfolios. Before joining William Blair, he<br />
headed international equities for PNC Bank in Philadelphia from 1995 to 1996 and previously served as Investment Director with<br />
London-based Framlington Group PLC as well as managing global and emerging markets funds there. He has over twenty-nine years<br />
of experience in domestic and international investment research and portfolio management. Education: B.S., Massachusetts Institute<br />
of Technology; M.B.A., Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.<br />
Mr. Merjan joined William Blair’s International Equity team in 1998. He serves as a co-portfolio manager for the International Core<br />
Growth strategy and portfolio manager for the ADR strategy. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, David is<br />
responsible for coordinating non-US large-mid cap energy and mining research. Prior to joining William Blair, David was with<br />
Hughes Electronics in Los Angeles in various capacities, including the Corporate Treasury department where he focused on<br />
international mergers and acquisitions and managed corporate currency and interest rate portfolios as well as in the pension<br />
management subsidiary of Hughes where he managed an international equity fund. Education: B.A., Dickinson College; M.I.M.,<br />
American Graduate School of International Management. David has the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of<br />
the CFA Institute.<br />
LSV Segment. The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the portion of the Portfolio managed by LSV are<br />
Josef Lakonishok, Menno Vermeulen, CFA, and Puneet Mansharamani, CFA.<br />
Mr. Lakonishok has served as CEO, CIO, Partner and Portfolio Manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 30<br />
years of investment and research experience.<br />
Mr. Vermeulen has served as a Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 1995 and a Partner since 1998. He<br />
has more than 18 years of investment experience. Prior to joining LSV, Mr. Vermeulen served as a portfolio manager for ABP<br />
Investments.<br />
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