Lynn S. Birdsong

Hartford Income Shares Fund, Inc. is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund provides current income through investment in a diversified portfolio of debt securities and capital appreciation. The Fund's portfolio includes non-investment-grade corporate bonds, asset & commercial mortgage-backed securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, and the United States Government securities. The Fund invests in various sectors which includes finance, transportation, capital goods, consumer cyclical, energy, basic materials, technology and utilities. Hartford Investment Financial Services LLC serves as the investment advisor for the Fund.

Hartford Alternative Strategies Fund seeks to provide investment results that approximate the price and yield performance of a benchmark that is a weighted average of the benchmark of each sleeve within the fund. Hartford Alternative Strategies Fund was founded on June 8, 2011 and is headquartered in Simsbury, CT.

Hartford Funds Nextshares Trust operates as closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company with specific interest in investment management products and services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Hartford Funds Master Fund is an open end investment company. Its objective is to invest in equity securities of issuers located throughout the world, including non-dollar securities and securities of emerging market issuers. The company was founded on October 25, 2016 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.