Phillip Nicholas Maisano

Formed in 1991, EACM Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Norwalk, Connecticut. The firm is a direct subsidiary MBC Investments Corp. They are an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). EACM provides services to individual institutional and high net-worth investors in the form of separate accounts, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles (private funds) that are exempt from registration in the US, and to other investment advisors through sub-advisory agreements. The firm is the successor to Evaluation Associates Capital Markets, Inc., an institutional consulting firm that was founded in 1976.

MONY Life Insurance Co. is based in New York, NY. Part of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc., MONY Life Insurance Co. is a company that provides life insurance services. The company was founded in 1842. The CEO is Christopher Mark Condron. MONY Life Insurance was acquired by Protective Life Insurance Co. from AXA SA on October 01, 2013 for $1,060 million.

Part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Manhattan National Life Insurance Co. provides life insurance services. The company is based in Cincinnati, OH. The CEO of the company is Mark F. Muething.

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1951 and formerly known as The Dreyfus Corp. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). BNYMIA serves as an investment advisor to mutual funds, such as the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and The BNY Mellon Funds Trust, and as sub-investment advisor to non-affiliated mutual funds. Formed in 2009, Dreyfus Cash Investment Strategies (Dreyfus) is a division of the BNYMIA that offers money market strategies to US and non-US institutional investors.

Founded in 1999 by William 'Mickey' Harley, Fursa Alternative Strategies LLC is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Lynbrook, New York. The firm was formerly known as HBV Capital Management LLC, which was acquired by Mellon Financial Corp. in July 2002 and renamed Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC. Mr. Harley purchased the firm from Mellon in December 2006 and it was renamed Fursa Alternative Strategies. They are now a subsidiary of Fursa Holdings LLC.

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund and investment trust. The fund's investment objective is to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BNY Mellon Municipal Income, Inc. engages in the provision of access to equity, fixed income and money market mutual funds, separately managed accounts, retirement and cash management strategies, and asset allocation solutions. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. operates as closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to seek high current income. The firm invests its assets in income securities of U.S. issuers rated below investment grade quality or unrated income securities that The Dreyfus Corp., serving as the fund's investment manager and administrator. The company was founded on March 16, 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.