Additional Roundtable on Investment Entities Proposals to be Held in the United States

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has announced the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will hold an additional public roundtable meeting on Friday, March 16, 2012 to discuss the joint investment entities project.

The additional meeting has been scheduled to accommodate all interested participants and will be held fr om 1:30pm to 3:30pm (US EDT) at the FASB offices in Norwalk, CT. Discussion at the additional roundtable will be lim ited to the investments entities proposals and will follow thepreviously announced session being held on the same day which is longer to allow discussion of the FASB’s exposure draft Real Estate — Investment Property Entities (Topic 973) which develops accounting guidance for entities focused on investing in real estate properties.