Matthew S. Bloom

Security Investors LLC (do-business-as Guggenheim Investments) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Rydex Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Security Investors provides investment advisory services to separately managed accounts (SMAs) and pooled investment vehicles that are registered as investment companies. The Funds include open-end registered funds, closed-end registered funds, and exchange-traded funds. Their SMA clients may include institutions, such as insurance companies, other financial institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, US and non-US governmental entities, colleges, hospitals, charitable organizations, endowment funds and foundations, and certain individuals and trusts.

Guggenheim Credit Income Fund operates as a finance investment company. It provides shareholders with current income, capital preservation and long-term capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 5, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Guggenheim Credit Income Fund 2016 T operates as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. It intends to meet its investment objectives by investing primarily in privately-negotiated, loans to private middle market U.S. companies. The company was founded in September 5, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Guggenheim Credit Income Fund-I is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objectives are to provide its shareholders with current income, capital preservation and to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. It intends to meet its investment objectives by investing primarily in large, privately-negotiated, loans to private middle market U.S. companies. The company was founded on September 5, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Capital LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.