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“Loomis US is an indirect subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which is an indirect subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers (“Natixis IM”), an international asset management group based in Paris, France. Natixis IM is, in turn, owned by Natixis, a French investment banking and financial services firm. Natixis is wholly owned by BPCE, France’s second largest banking group. Loomis US is the parent company and sole shareholder of LSIL, Loomis Asia and NIM-os.

”Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub-advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub-advisory services to a variety of investment funds (which may include, but are not limited to, US and offshore mutual funds, hedge funds, collateralized fixed income pools, collective investment trusts, New Hampshire investment trusts and other public or private investment companies). Loomis Sayles also provides investment advisory services in connection with certain wrap fee programs. Finally, Loomis Sayles renders non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to certain clients. In these instances, clients make trading decisions using model portfolios we create and update.”