James C. Hom

Founded in 1991, GMP Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was previously known as Miller Tabak Roberts Securities LLC. They are a subsidiary of GMP MTR Acquisition, Inc. and their ultimate parent is GMP Capital, Inc. (Toronto: GMP). GMP Securities is a global institutional sales, trading and research firm focusing on debt, convertibles, equities and asset-backed securities. They are member of FINRA and the SIPC.

Standard & Poor's Financial Services provides financial market intelligence services. It offers credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data to the financial decision-makers. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brighthouse Investment Advisers LLC (BIA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1994 as MetLife Advisers LLC and changed their name into Brighthouse Investment Advisers LLC in 2017. They are a subsidiary of Brighthouse Holdings LLC, which is owned by Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: BHF). BIA serves as the investment adviser to participants in the asset allocation program made available exclusively under Marquis Portfolios variable annuity contracts by the issuing insurance companies. In this capacity, their clients are holders of Marquis Portfolios variable annuity contracts. As noted above, the firm also serves as investment adviser to certain investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

MT Asset Management LLC, do-business-as Miller Tabak Asset Management (MTAM), is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Matawan, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Tony Crescenzi and Michael P. Pietronicoin 2008. They are a subsidiary of MTCO LLC, which is owned by Jeffco Management LLC. MTAM manages high quality municipal bonds for sophisticated investors and institutions.