William Frank Scapell

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (Cohen & Steers) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Martin Cohen and Robert Steers in 1986. They are a subsidiary of Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS). Cohen & Steers serves institutional and individual investors through a wide range of investment products and services, which includes separately managed accounts, registered funds in the US and Europe, and private funds.

Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred Income Fund, Inc. operates as a non-diversified, closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It intends to provide current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on March 25, 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Cohen & Steers Global Income Builder, Inc. is a closed end investment fund. The investment objective of the fund is total return with an emphasis on current income through investments in five proprietary strategies. Its strategies are global large-cap stocks, global real estate securities, global infrastructure securities, global preferred securities and closed-end funds. The company was founded on April 10, 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund and investment trust. The firm intends to receive current income through investment in real estate securities and also capital appreciation. It also manages investment strategies such as hedged real estate securities portfolios and private real estate multimanager strategies for investors. The company was founded on August 22, 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cohen & Steers Select Preferred & Income Fund, Inc. is a diversified and closed-end investment fund, which aims to seek high current income through investment in preferred and other income securities. It also includes capital appreciation as its secondary objective. The company was founded on August 16, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company, which seeks to achieve a high total return through investment in real estate securities. The company was founded on September 4, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.