Adina Sharon Bloom Somer

Bloom Income & Growth Canadian Fund is a closed-end investment fund established under the laws of the province of Ontario in Canada which proposes to issue transferable units of the Fund. The Fund has been created to enable Holders to obtain exposure to an actively managed, diversified portfolio comprised primarily of publicly listed or traded Canadian securities, including dividend paying common equity securities income trusts, REITs and limited partnerships, to a lesser extent, preferred and debt securities, non-dividend paying equities and foreign securities. The company was founded on September 29, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Bloom Select Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It intends to provide unit holders with an investment in an actively managed portfolio comprised of Canadian equity securities. The company was founded on March 22, 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Bloom US Income & Growth Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. It intends to provide holder with exposure to an actively managed portfolio comprised primarily of publicly traded high dividend paying U.S. common equity securities, including REITs, stable monthly cash distributions and the opportunity for capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 25, 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Bloom Investment Counsel, Inc. is an independent mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Paul Bloom in 1985. They manage segregated investment portfolios for wealthy individuals, corporations, institutions and trusts.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Part of Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., CIBC Wood Gundy Corp. is a Canadian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Blue Ribbon Income Fund is a closed-end investment trust. Its objective is to provide unit holders with high monthly distributions and low management fees, together with the opportunity for capital appreciation. The fund also offers distribution reinvestment plan which allows participating unit holders to automatically reinvest monthly distributions, commission free, in additional units of the fund. The company was founded on July 11, 1997 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.