Brian William Westhoff

Aegon USA Investment Management LLC, do-business-as Aegon Asset Management US (Aegon AM US), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a direct subsidiary of Aegon USA Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Aegon NV (AMS: AGN, NYSE: AEF) in The Netherlands. Aegon AM US provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management products and services in similar and different investment strategies to affiliated and unaffiliated institutional clients.

Founded in 2000, Transamerica Investment Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Los Angeles with additional offices in San Francisco and Dayton, Ohio. The firm is a of Transamerica Corp. and their ultimate parent is AEGON NV (NYSE: AEG), a multinational insurance organization headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands. Transamerica Investment Management provides fee-based investment management to retail and institutional clients. Their institutional clients include corporations, foundations, endowments, hospitals, religious organizations, public funds and Taft-Hartley accounts. The firm also manages 22 mutual funds.