Mark Richard Kiesel

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. It focuses on duration management, credit quality analysis, risk management techniques, and broad diversification among issuers, industries and sectors. The firm also seeks maximum total return through a combination of current income, and capital appreciation. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc. is a mutual fund closed-end engages in the provision of investments. It has an objective to seeks a high level of current income as is consistent with prudent investment risks from a diversified portfolio primarily of debt securities. It has also an objective of capital appreciation. The company was founded on December 11, 1972 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (Private Equity) (Pacific Investment) a subsidiary of Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC founded in 1994 by William Hunt Gross. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.