Patrick Jay Voigt

First Eagle Investment Management LLC (FEIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1864 and formerly known as Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Inc. FEIM provides investment advisory services primarily to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts and institutional separately managed accounts (SMAs), as well as to a registered, closed-end interval fund. The firm serves as the investment adviser to the First Eagle Funds, First Eagle Variable Funds and to the First Eagle Credit Opportunities Fund, which are registered investment companies.

Hollow Brook Wealth Management LLC (Hollow Brook) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Katonah, New York. The firm was founded as Hollow Brook Associates LLC in 2008. Hollow Brook provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, families, and institutions such as private foundations and family entities.

American Freedom Fund LLC is a non-profit social services organization that operates to support veterans. The company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Rob Miller, Gabe Stecker, Don Bramer.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

AJ Wealth Strategies LLC (AJ Wealth) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 by Andrew Cooper and Justyn Volesko. In 2023, they were acquired by Cerity Partners LLC, a subsidiary of Palladium Partners LLC. AJ Wealth offers investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates and certain pooled investment vehicle(s).

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Sompo International (United States) provides insurance services. The company is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

Harris Associates LP (Harris) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1976 and is a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, which is ultimately owned by BCPE’s Natixis SA (Natixis) (PAR: KN), a French investment banking and financial services firm. Harris primarily provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals and institutions, including registered investment companies. The firm also provides investment advisory services to wrap programs, mutual funds, private investment partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Fenimore Asset Management, Inc. (Fenimore) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cobleskill, New York. The firm was founded by Thomas O. Putnam in 1974. Fenimore provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to (1) registered investment companies; (2) separately managed investment advisory accounts for individuals, corporations, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans and non-profit organizations, engaged directly or through certain wrap fee programs; and (3) a privately placed pooled investment vehicle. Investors in the Private Fund include a variety of high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors.

Arena Investors LP (Arena) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global institutional asset manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel B. Zwirn and is a subsidiary of Arena Investors Group Holdings LLC, which is ultimately owned by The Westaim Corp. (TSXV: WED; OTCMKTS: WEDXF) in Canada. Arena provides investment advisory services to a limited number of private fund clients and managed accounts.