Sentence 1: Tien Hogue and actress Kenneth Brampton managed to persuade the mining magnate Pearson Tewksbury to raise the budget and act as producer .
Sentence 2: Tien Hogue and actress Kenneth Brampton managed to persuade the mining magnate Pearson Tewksbury to increase the budget and to act as a producer .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?