BNP Paribas Investment Partners (“BNPPIP”) is the global brand name of the BNP Paribas Group’s asset management entities, including BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc. BNPPIP offers real estate, fixed income, equities and alternative capabilities. We have on-the-ground, dedicated investment teams throughout the world, enabling us to provide primary research for our investment capabilities. Our investment teams are accountable for the investment processes they manage and the performance they produce. In the U.S., we focus on selling to institutional clients. Assets under management for BNPPIP on a worldwide basis are $684 billion as of September 30, 2011.*

* BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc., the US registered investment advisor, has over $12 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2011.