John R. Nolan

DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its portfolio includes revenue bonds, escrowed to maturity (ETM) and pre-refunded bonds, general obligation bonds, and lease obligations. The company was founded on March 22, 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DB Investment Managers, Inc. (DBIM) is the US-based fund-of-hedge-funds management subsidiary of Deutsche Bank Trust Corp., ultimately owned by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK, NYSE: DB) in Germany. Headquartered in New York City, DBIM provides specific discretionary services to certain funds.

Morgan Stanley International Ltd. provides diversified financial services abroad. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides investment banking and institutional securities services. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a private company based in New York, NY.

Part of Barclays PLC, E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc. is a private company that provides investment and financial services. The company is based in Providence, RI.

Deutsche Bank AG provides corporate banking and investment services. It offers asset and wealth management, corporate banking and securities and global transaction banking solutions. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.