Pyrford International (Pyrford) is a provider of global asset management services for collective investment schemes, investment management companies, local and state bodies, pension schemes, endowments, and foundations. Pyrford is a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Limited, whose direct parent is Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a company incorporated in the United States. Based in the UK, as of 31st December 2023 Pyrford had approximately $8billion in assets under discretionary management and $0.6 billion in assets under non-discretionary management. Pyrford International Ltd is authorised and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, entered on the Financial Services Register under number 122137. In the USA Pyrford is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In Australia Pyrford is exempt from the requirement to hold a financial services license under the Corporations Act in respect of financial services it provides to wholesale investors in Australia. In Canada Pyrford relies upon the “International Adviser Exemption” in subsection 8.26 of National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations to advise “permitted clients” in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec Brief History of the Firm 1987: Elders Investment Management (EIM) established in London. EIM wins the first investment mandates from UK pension funds. 1991: Senior executives, in conjunction

with private financial investors, complete a 100% buy-out of EIM from Elders IXL. Management owns 40%, outside investors 60%, of business. The name of the business is changed to Pyrford International. 1994: Pyrford wins first EAFE equities mandate in North America. 2001: Approximately 20% of Pyrford's equity is acquired by Strategic Investment Group Ventures LLC, a partnership between the Strategic Investment Group of Arlington, Virginia, and the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). 2007: Pyrford wins first client in the Middle East and launches Global Equity strategy. 2007: Bank of Montreal Capital Markets (Holdings) Limited, a company within the BMO Financial Group (being Bank of Montreal and its subsidiaries), acquires 100% of the share capital of Pyrford. 2020: As part of a move to rationalise the legal structure of BMO Financial Group’s subsidiary companies, the holding company (Bank of Montreal Capital Markets (Holdings) Limited) was dissolved as of 30th September. Pyrford now held directly by the Bank of Montreal. 2021: BMO complete the sale of its EMEA asset management business (including Pyrford) to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Pyrford is now wholly owned and controlled by Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Limited, which is part of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Pyrford continues to be a boutique within the Alternatives Business of Columbia Threadneedle Investments Limited. 2023: Pyrford moves to new business premises at 7 Seymour Street, London.