John Francis Caruso

Deutsche Multi-Market Income Trust is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high income by investing in a range of income producing securities. It invests in the U.S. corporate fixed-income securities and debt obligations of foreign governments. Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the Fund. The company was founded on January 23, 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DWS Municipal Income Trust is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax. The company was founded on October 20, 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deutsche Strategic Income Trust is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in investment activity. It invests in lower-rated corporate fixed-income securities, fixed-income securities of emerging markets and other foreign issuers, and fixed-income securities of the U.S. government and its agencies and instrumentalities and private mortgage-backed issuers. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

The New Germany Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment trust. The firm seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment in middle-market German equities. It invests in foreign securities presents certain risks, such as currency fluctuations, political and economic changes and market risks. The company was founded on January 16, 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The European Equity Fund, Inc. is a diversified fund, which focuses on investments primarily in equity and equity-linked securities of issuers domiciled in Europe. The company was founded on April 8, 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DWS International GmbH is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, ultimately owned by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK, NYSE: DB) in Germany. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm was founded in 1983 and provides discretionary and/or non-discretionary services to a variety of types of clients, including one or more affiliated investment advisers.