Brent Ciliano

Founded in 1898, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. is a North Carolina state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. The bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA/ FCNCB), a Delaware financial holding company also headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

First Citizens Asset Management, Inc. (FCAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., which is owned by First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNC, OTCMKTS: FIZN). FCAM provides sub-advisory services to First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. (FCIS) and indirectly provides investment advice to individual persons, trusts and other clients of FCIS.

Congress Asset Management Co. LLP (Congress Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Alfred Lagan in 1985 and is majority owned by the Lagan Holding Company Trust. Congress Asset provides discretionary and model portfolio investment management services to individual and institutional clients who include charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, including plans subject to the Taft-Hartley Act and the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), state and municipal government entities, corporations, taxable and tax-exempt institutions, high net worth individuals and commingled investment vehicles such as mutual funds.