David Laird Smith

Analyst-Equity at

Nichols Asset Management LLC

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Consumer Services

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Mr. David L.
Smith is Portfolio Manager & Analyst at Nichols Asset Management LLC.
Prior to joining Nichols Asset Management LLC in April 2007, Mr. Smith was employed as Vice President by Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP.
He was also employed at Fidelity Investments, Inc., and at Mellon Trust of New England, National Association.
Mr. Smith received a BA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Cornell University.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

David Laird Smith active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Nichols Asset Management LLC Nichols Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Nichols Asset Management’s investment approach employs both quantitative analysis and traditional fundamental research. The firm offers an institutional small-cap growth portfolio that invests in emerging growth, stable growth and opportunistic stocks. Portfolios typically hold 40 to 60 stocks that are allocated approximately 40% to emerging growth, 40% to stable growth and 20% to opportunistic growth stocks. Positions are continuously monitored for fundamentals, valuation and risk. They will sell a stock if fundamentals deteriorate, if it becomes excessively valued, if there is erosion in quantitative factors or if its market-cap falls outside the firm's guidelines.	Analyst-Equity	01/04/2007

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Former positions of David Laird Smith

Companies	Position	End
FMR LLC FMR LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment advice	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/1988
Mellon Trust of New England, NA Mellon Trust of New England, NA Major BanksFinance Operates as a commercial bank	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Loomis Sayles bases their overall investment approach on the premise that their disciplined, research-based investment strategies can identify market inefficiencies that can lead to consistent outperformance of benchmarks. The firm's fixed-income research team seeks to identify attractive securities and assign ratings to various issues. Their equity investment approach is based on their belief that equity markets are inefficient. Loomis Sayles employs an intensive bottom-up investment analysis with the goal of delivering superior risk adjusted performance.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	-

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Mellon Trust of New England, NA Mellon Trust of New England, NA Major BanksFinance Operates as a commercial bank	Finance
Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Loomis Sayles bases their overall investment approach on the premise that their disciplined, research-based investment strategies can identify market inefficiencies that can lead to consistent outperformance of benchmarks. The firm's fixed-income research team seeks to identify attractive securities and assign ratings to various issues. Their equity investment approach is based on their belief that equity markets are inefficient. Loomis Sayles employs an intensive bottom-up investment analysis with the goal of delivering superior risk adjusted performance.	Finance
Nichols Asset Management LLC Nichols Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Nichols Asset Management’s investment approach employs both quantitative analysis and traditional fundamental research. The firm offers an institutional small-cap growth portfolio that invests in emerging growth, stable growth and opportunistic stocks. Portfolios typically hold 40 to 60 stocks that are allocated approximately 40% to emerging growth, 40% to stable growth and 20% to opportunistic growth stocks. Positions are continuously monitored for fundamentals, valuation and risk. They will sell a stock if fundamentals deteriorate, if it becomes excessively valued, if there is erosion in quantitative factors or if its market-cap falls outside the firm's guidelines.	Finance
Cornell University Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
FMR LLC FMR LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment advice	Finance