Bill Cram

Analyst-Equity at

Aristotle Capital Management LLC

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Profile

Mr. William A. Cram, CFA MBA, is a Senior Global Research Analyst at Aristotle Capital Management LLC.
He is a member of the Aristotle Capital research team and a veteran of the investment industry.
Mr. Cram was an analyst and Portfolio Manager at Reed, Conner & Birdwell, LLC for seven years.
(RCB combined its business with Aristotle Capital in January 2012.) He has coverage experience across a variety of sectors, market capitalizations and geographies.
Prior to his tenure with RCB, Bill served as a lead research analyst covering the Telecom sector at Loop Capital Markets and also as a consultant at Accenture.
He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Iowa and his MBA from the University of Southern California.
He is a CFA charter holder.

Bill Cram active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Aristotle Capital Management LLC Aristotle Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Aristotle Capital employs a fundamental value-oriented approach and seeks to help clients reach their long-term financial goals with active portfolio management using their research-driven investment framework. The firm uses a bottom-up investment process to select high-quality, cash flow generative businesses with a focus on sustainable and/or potentially growing dividends resulting in an attractive total yield over time.	Analyst-Equity	2011-12-31

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Companies	Position	End
Reed, Conner & Birdwell LLC Reed, Conner & Birdwell LLC Investment ManagersFinance Reed Conner & Birdwell (RCB) employs a value-oriented investment approach that seeks to provide competitive returns in strong markets and to strongly outperform in difficult market environments. The firm's proprietary research focuses on the valuation of individual securities rather than predictions of economic or market trends. RCB seeks to identify exceptional companies that are selling at reasonable valuations and reasonable businesses that are selling at very exceptional valuations. In addition, the firm is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. The firm's investment process includes a careful analysis of return on capital and uses a discounted cash flow methodology as their primary valuation tool. RCB employs the use of systematic screening tools as well as qualitative industry research. They use a variety of tools to develop a comprehensive understanding of the underlying value and associated risks of each potential investment. Their investment selection process begins with a universe of 1300 companies with market-cap greater than $2 billion and 5000 companies with market-cap less than $2 billion. Their screening processes narrow the universe to a focus universe of about 100 stocks. Following company-specific analysis, portfolios are typically concentrated, holding 25 to 35 stocks. Though not limited by sector RCB tends to invest in the stocks of mid-cap and large-cap companies in the finance, retail, electronic technology and healthcare technology sectors. They invest primarily in the stocks of companies located in the US and Europe. RCB maintains a low turnover rate.	Analyst-Equity	2010-10-10
Loop Capital Markets LLC Loop Capital Markets LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Analyst-Equity	-
Accenture Ltd. Accenture Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting, technology & outsourcing services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Wedbush Securities, Inc. Wedbush Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides financial services	Analyst-Equity	-

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Wedbush Securities, Inc. Wedbush Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides financial services	Finance
Reed, Conner & Birdwell LLC Reed, Conner & Birdwell LLC Investment ManagersFinance Reed Conner & Birdwell (RCB) employs a value-oriented investment approach that seeks to provide competitive returns in strong markets and to strongly outperform in difficult market environments. The firm's proprietary research focuses on the valuation of individual securities rather than predictions of economic or market trends. RCB seeks to identify exceptional companies that are selling at reasonable valuations and reasonable businesses that are selling at very exceptional valuations. In addition, the firm is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. The firm's investment process includes a careful analysis of return on capital and uses a discounted cash flow methodology as their primary valuation tool. RCB employs the use of systematic screening tools as well as qualitative industry research. They use a variety of tools to develop a comprehensive understanding of the underlying value and associated risks of each potential investment. Their investment selection process begins with a universe of 1300 companies with market-cap greater than $2 billion and 5000 companies with market-cap less than $2 billion. Their screening processes narrow the universe to a focus universe of about 100 stocks. Following company-specific analysis, portfolios are typically concentrated, holding 25 to 35 stocks. Though not limited by sector RCB tends to invest in the stocks of mid-cap and large-cap companies in the finance, retail, electronic technology and healthcare technology sectors. They invest primarily in the stocks of companies located in the US and Europe. RCB maintains a low turnover rate.	Finance
Accenture Ltd. Accenture Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting, technology & outsourcing services	Commercial Services
University of Southern California University of Southern California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Loop Capital Markets LLC Loop Capital Markets LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
University of Iowa University of Iowa Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Aristotle Capital Management LLC Aristotle Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Aristotle Capital employs a fundamental value-oriented approach and seeks to help clients reach their long-term financial goals with active portfolio management using their research-driven investment framework. The firm uses a bottom-up investment process to select high-quality, cash flow generative businesses with a focus on sustainable and/or potentially growing dividends resulting in an attractive total yield over time.	Finance

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