Jerry Miller

American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (American Beacon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Irving, Texas. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Resolute Investment Managers, Inc. American Beacon provides investment advisory services to investment companies (the Beacon Funds), corporate employee benefit plans, collective investment trusts, private equity funds-of-funds, corporations and governmental entities.

Van Kampen Trust for Insured Municipals is a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital. The trust portfolio is a diversified portfolio where, under normal market conditions, primarily all of the trust's assets will be invested in municipal securities that are covered by insurance with respect to timely payment of principal and interest. Van Kampen Trust for Insured Municipals was founded on January 24, 922, and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

Van Kampen High Income Trust II (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to provide high current income, while seeking to preserve capital through investment in a diversified portfolio of income-producing, fixed-income securities. The Trust generally invests in futures on United States Treasury Bonds or Notes. The Trust may invest in various types of Mortgage Backed Securities. Van Kampen Asset Management serves as the Trust's investment adviser.

Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. provides financial services. It offers investment brokerage services to individual investors. The company is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Lightyear Capital LLC (Lightyear Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Marron & Associates LLC founded in 2000 by Donald Baird Marron. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Van Kampen Investments, Inc. operated an investment management company that offered management and supervision of assets, open-end and closed-end mutual funds, unit investment trusts, retirement products and investment platforms. It was founded in 1968 and was headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

Founded in 1995, Guggenheim Funds Distributors LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Lilse, Illinois. The firm is a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners LLC and their ultimate parent is Guggenheim Capital LLC.