David Bruce Pennycook

Part of Manulife Financial Corp., Maritime Life Assurance Co. is a Canadian company that provides life insurance services. The company is based in Halifax, Canada.

Canadian Convertibles Plus Fund operates as closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide unit holders with quarterly distributions, preservation of capital, and the opportunity for capital appreciation. The company was founded on March 9, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Strategic Income Allocation Fund is a closed-end investment trust. It provides unitholders with maximized total returns and monthly tax-advantaged distributions. Its portfolio comprises of income generating North American fixed income investments, including high yield bonds, investment grade bonds, senior loans, and convertible debt. The company was founded on February 27, 2012 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

North American Preferred Share Fund is a closed-end investment fund, which invests in a diversified portfolio consisting of Canadian and U.S. preferred shares. Its investment objectives are to provide holders of units with stable monthly cash distributions; and preservation of capital. The company was founded on February 28, 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Senior Secured Floating Rate Loan Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. Its objective is to stable monthly cash distributions, preservation of capital and increased returns in the event that short term interest rates rise. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Real Asset Income and Growth Fund is a closed-end investment fund. Its objectives are provide holders of units with monthly cash distributions; and preserve capital and provide the opportunity for capital appreciation. The company was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. (TSE: SZ), incorporated in 1955, has been in its present form since 1971. Based in Toronto, Sceptre is one of Canada's largest institutional fund managers. In September 2000, Sceptre announced a strategic alliance with Putnam Investments, Inc. Sceptre became the exclusive marketing agent of Putnam's institutional investment products in Canada. Their Canadian equity and income funds include: the Sceptre Money Market Fund, the Sceptre Bond Fund, the Sceptre Private Client Bond Fund, the Sceptre High Income Fund, the Sceptre Income & Growth Fund, the Sceptre Canadian Equity Fund, the Sceptre Private Client Canadian Equity Fund and the Sceptre Equity Growth Fund. Sceptre's mutual funds include the Sceptre Income & Growth Fund, the Sceptre Bond Fund, Sceptre High Income Fund, the Sceptre Canadian Equity Fund, the Sceptre Equity Growth Fund, the Sceptre Global Equity Fund and the Sceptre Money Market Fund. Their institutional products include the Balanced Pool Fund, the Endowment, Foundations and Trusts (EFT) Pooled Fund, the Equity Pool, the Canadian Equity Pool, the Small-Cap Canadian Equity Pool, the Bond Pool, the Foreign Equity Pool and the Institutional Pooled Fund.

Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. provides financial planning services to its clients. It provides services to corporations, governments, hospitals, charitable foundations, endowments, universities, unions, high net-worth individuals, reserve funds of insurance companies, estates, trusts, and private corporations. The company was founded on November 22, 1955 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.