Trevor William Maunder

MDC Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of marketing, advertising, activation, communications and strategic consulting solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Integrated Networks-Group A, Integrated Networks-Group B, Media & Data Network, and All Other. The Integrated Networks-Group A and Integrated Networks-Group B segments provide a range of services for its clients, primarily including strategy, creative and production for advertising campaigns across a variety of platforms, which includes print, digital, social media, television broadcast, as well as public relations and communications services, experiential, social media and influencer marketing. The Media & Data Network segment is comprised of a single operating segment that combines media buying and planning across a range of platforms with technology and data capabilities. The All Other segment provides a range of services including advertising, public relations and marketing communication services. The Corporate segment consists of corporate office expenses incurred in connection with the strategic resources. The company was founded on December 19, 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Energy Income Fund is a closed-end investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide unitholders with monthly cash distributions and achieve a total return on the portfolio that is greater than the total return provided by the benchmark index, as selected by the manager from time to time. The company was founded on August 29, 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Artemis U.S. Capital Appreciation Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The Fund, through its manager Artemis Investment Management Ltd. seeks to provide investors with the opportunity to achieve world-class portfolio allocation by facilitating efficient access to alternative investment opportunities. Artemis U.S. Capital Appreciation Fund was founded on February 25, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Vestcap Investment Management, Inc. is a Canadian independent investment management company that has been operating for over 30 years. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada. The company does not sell products or make commissions, and are fully aligned with their clients. The company was founded in 1988 by Mowbray Nugent Schneider. The CEO is Robert Douglas Furse.

Citadel Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide unit holders with a stable stream of monthly distributions; and to preserve and potentially enhance the net asset value of the fund. The company was founded on January 28, 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Artemis Floating & Variable Rate Preferred Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund to provide unitholders with the opportunity for long term capital preservation and appreciation and quarterly cash distributions. Artemis Floating & Variable Rate Preferred Fund is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

European Strategic Balanced Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to seek attractive risk-adjusted total returns and lower volatility in European equities and fixed income securities by investing in actively managed strategies. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Peerage Capital, Inc. is a North American business services and private investment firm that partners with exceptional, entrepreneurial management teams to form long-term investments across several strategic business services platforms including real estate services, real estate development and management, land assembly, self-storage, asset management, and wealth advisory services. Peerage Capital focuses on service sectors where there are opportunities to achieve scale through both organic growth as well as through acquisition, operating synergies, and brand differentiation. The private company is based in Toronto, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States and Canada. The Canadian company has a growing network of partner companies with over 5,500 sales representatives and employees across and with approximately US $9 billion (C $11 billion) in total assets under management (AUM) and administration. The company was founded by Miles Spencer Nadal, and the CEO is Trevor William Maunder.