Mitchell Seth Garfin

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income, current gains and capital appreciation through investing in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on December 27, 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (BFM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a direct subsidiary of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFM manages assets for institutional and high net-worth clients, separate accounts, pooled investment vehicles, private investment funds and US registered investment companies.

BlackRock International Ltd. (BIL) is the Great Britain-based subsidiary of BlackRock Group Ltd., itself a subsidiary of BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. Founded in 1995, the firm is headquartered in Edinburgh and manages assets for institutional clients, separate accounts, pooled investment vehicles and US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include equity, fixed income and multi-asset strategies. BIL is socially responsible investors which has mandates that explicitly address social, ethical, or environmental considerations.