Robert Michael Meckstroth

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

Founded in 1975, Rochdale Investment Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of City National Rochdale Investments and their ultimate parent is City National Corp. (NYSE: CYN).

Conifer Securities LLC is a broker/dealer located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of The Conifer Group LLC, The firm was established in 1989 as Genesis Merchant Group, a private investment partnership that acted as a holding company for the development of an investment advisory business. In addition, Genesis Merchant Group created a broker/dealer to provide corporate finance, equity sales and trading, research and investment management services to a select group of corporate clients, institutional customers and high net-worth individuals. In 1999, a group of management partners and investors, led by Phil Stapleton, renamed the firm Conifer Securities and shifted the firm's focus to the custom outsourcing of comprehensive services and support for independent money managers. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.