Annual Awards for Closed-End Funds, ETF's & Analysts

CLOSED-END FUND AWARDS - NOMINATING COMMITEE

Ms. Mariana Bush, Closed-End Fund & Exchange-Traded Tracking Products, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Mr. Carl E. Davis, Vice President, Closed-End Fund Specialist, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.

Mr. John Duggan, Senior Director, Closed-End Fund Trading Desk Strategist, Oppenheimer & Co.

Mr. Dennis P. Emanuel, Managing Director, ETFs & Closed-End Funds, Citigroup Investment Research

Mr. Michael Jabara, Vice President, Head of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) and Closed-End Fund Research, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Mr. Paul G. LaRosa, Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets, Chief Market Technician, Maxim Group LLC

Mr. Jon Maier, Global Macro Research, Closed-End Fund Analyst and ETF Strategist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Ms. Sangeeta Marfatia, Director, Closed-End Fund Research, UBS Wealth Management Research

Mr. Frank Mastromauro III, Closed-End Funds Product Manager, RBC Wealth Management

Mr. Alex Reiss, Vice President, Closed-End Fund Research, Stifel Nicolaus

Mr. Michael Taggart, Director of U.S. Closed-End Fund Research, Morningstar

Mr. Jeff Tjornehoj, Head of Lipper Americas Research, Thomson Reuters


ETF AWARDS - NOMINATING COMMITEE

Mr. Herbert D. Blank, Senior Vice President - Head of Quantitative Products, Rapid Ratings International, Inc.

Ms. Mariana Bush, Closed-End Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds Analyst, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Mr. Carl E. Davis, Vice President, Closed-End Fund Specialist, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.

Mr. John Duggan, Senior Director, Closed-End Fund Trading Desk Strategist, Oppenheimer & Co.

Mr. Dennis P. Emanuel, Managing Director, ETFs & Closed-End Funds, Citigroup Investment Research

Mr. Michael Jabara, Vice President, Head of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) and Closed-End Fund Research, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Mr. Paul Justice, Director of North American ETF Research, Morningstar

Mr. Phil MacKintosh, Global Head of Portfolio Strategy, Credit Suisse

Mr. Jon Maier, Global Macro Research, Closed-End Fund Analyst and ETF Strategist, Bank of America Securities - Merrill Lynch

Mr. Jeff Tjornehoj, Head of Lipper Americas Research, Thomson Reuters

Mr. Darren W. Young, Senior Product Manager, Exchange Traded Funds and Notes, RBC Wealth Management


CLOSED-END FUND ANALYST AWARDS - NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Mr. Doug Bond, Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Cohen & Steers

Mr. Robert Bush, Senior Vice President, Director of Closed-End Find Products, Calamos Investments

Mr. Jonathan Diorio, Director, BlackRock

Ms. Martha Douvogiannis, Vice President, Product Manager - Closed-End Funds, Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC

Mr. Jonathan Isaac, Vice President, Director of Product Management, Eaton Vance Investment Managers

Mr. Dodd Kittsley, Director, Head of iShares Due Diligence Team, BlackRock

Mr. William T. Korver, Vice President, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc.

Mr. David Lamb, Senior Vice President, Global Structured Products, Nuveen Investments

Mr. Jeffrey Margolin, Senior Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst, First Trust Advisors

Mr. Paul Mazzilli, Chief Executive Officer, Mazzilli Advisors

Mr. Kerel Nurse, Assistant Vice President, Closed-End Funds, DWS Investments

Mr. Doug Ober, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Adams Express Company, Petroleum & Resources Corporation

Mr. David Schachter, Vice President, Gabelli Funds

Mr. David Schulte, Managing Director, Tortoise Capital Advisors

Mr. Edward Solano, Investor Relations Vice President, The Mexico Fund, Inc.

Mr. Timothy Sullivan, Head of Product Development, Aberdeen Asset Management

Mr. Jake Tuzza, Senior Vice President, Head of Sales and Business Development, ING Investment Management

Mr. Anthony Maltese, Vice President, Closed-End Fund Product Specialist, Neuberger Berman


ETF ANALYST AWARDS - NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Mr. David Botset, Senior Vice President, Product Development, Guggenheim Investments

Mr. Anthony B. Davidow, Managing Director, Portfolio Strategist, Rydex - SGI

Mr. Bruno Del Ama, Chief Executive Officer, Global X Funds

Mr. John T. Hyland, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, United States Commodity Funds, LLC (USCF)

Mr. Ryan Issakainen, Senior Vice President, First Trust Advisors

Mr. Dodd Kittsley, Director, Head of iShares Due Diligence Team, BlackRock

Mr. Ed McRedmond, Senior Vice President, Institutional & Portfolio Strategies, Invesco PowerShares

Mr. Jeffrey Margolin, Senior Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst, First Trust Advisors

Mr. Paul Mazzilli, Chief Executive Officer, Mazzilli Advisors

Mr. James Pacetti, Head of Business Development, S-Network Global Indexes

Mr. Adam Phillips, Managing Director, Van Eck Securities Corporation

Mr. Kevin Quigg, Director of ETF Global Capital Markets, SSGA

Mr. William Rhind, Managing Director, ETF Securities

Mr. Luciano Siracusano, Chief Investment Strategist & Director of Sales, WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc.

Mr. Don Suskind, CFA, Senior Vice President, Head of ETF Product Management, PIMCO

Mr. Solomon Teller, Head of Investment Analytics, Proshares