Richard Walz

Rivus Bond Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various sectors, including automotive, chemicals, diversified financial services, energy, healthcare, home builders, industrial, insurance, real estate investment trusts, mining, media and telecommunications. The fund was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek consistent level of after-tax total return for its investors with an emphasis on qualified dividends by investing its assets in equity securities and income producing securities of domestic and foreign companies involved in the utilities industry and other industries that are expected to pay dividends periodically. The company was founded on March 8, 2004 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.

The Gabelli Global Small & Mid Cap Value Trust is a closed-end management investment trust. Its investment objective is long term capital growth. The company was founded on August 19, 2013 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.

Gamco Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust operates as a closed-end management investment company. The firm intends to provide current income from interest, dividends and option premiums. It also intends to provide capital appreciation consistent with the Fund's strategy and its primary objective. The company was founded on June 26, 2008 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.

Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its primary objective is long term growth of capital with income as a secondary objective. The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities under normal market conditions. The company was founded on May 20, 1986 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.

The Gabelli Multimedia Trust, Inc. operates as a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is for long term growth of capital, with income as a secondary. The Fund seeks opportunities for long-term growth presented in the global telecommunications, media, publishing and entertainment industries. It also invests in companies participating in emerging technological advances in interactive services and products. Gabelli Multimedia Trust was founded on March 31, 1994 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.

AEGON USA Investment Management, Inc. is the insurance management division for their parent company, AEGON USA, a subsidiary of AEGON NV (NYSE: AEG). They are headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with an additional office in Louisville, Kentucky

Gabelli Utility Trust is a closed-end diversified investment management company, which seeks long term growth of capital and income. It invests in companies that provide products, services, or equipment for the generation of electricity, gas, and water. The company was founded on July 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.

Founded in 1990, Cutwater Investor Services Corp. is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Cutwater Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is MBIA, Inc. (NYSE: MBI). They manage fixed-income institutional funds, including MBIA's insurance-related investment portfolio, as well as those held by state and local government entities, school districts, municipalities, insurance companies, unions and corporations.