Vincent J. Esposito

Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in equity securities of listed Australian companies. Its secondary objective is current income, which is expected to be derived from dividends and interest on Australian corporate and governmental securities. The company was founded on September 30, 1985 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund. Its objective is to seek current income through investment in Asian, Australian, and New Zealand debt securities. The company was founded on March 14, 1986 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. It engages in the provision of high current income by investing primarily in fixed income securities. It also seeks capital appreciation, but only when consistent with its principal investment objective. The company was founded on June 28, 1991 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Deutsche Bank AG provides financial and banking services. It also offers commercial and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Putnam Investments LLC operates as an investment advisory company. The company was founded on May 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Founded in 2011, Knott Asset Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm is a subsidiary of NPI Capital LP (NPIC), a global asset management firm that acquires equity positions in boutique investment managers. They manage portfolios for institutional and individual clients. In May 2011, Knott Asset Management completed the purchase of Knott Capital Management's separate account and mutual fund investment management business. In conjunction with the purchase, Knott Asset Management merged with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Vedette Asset Management LLC, an NPIC affiliate that provides investment management and advisory services to institutional and individual clients.