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