Karen Hogan

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end diversified investment company. It focuses on its investments in the financial sector such as bank, thrifts and mortgage finance, diversified financial services, finance, consumer finance, capital markets, asset management and custody, investment banking and brokerage, insurance, insurance brokers, and real estate investment trust industries. The funds investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on September 28, 1990 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred & Income Securities Fund, Inc. is a mutual fund, closed-end investment. Its objective is to provide high current income for holders of its common stock consistent with preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 23, 2002 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide high current income for holders of its common stock. The company invests in traditional preferred stock, trust preferred securities, and hybrid securities that have characteristics of both equity, and debt securities. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund was founded on August 26, 2003 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of securities underwriting and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

IKAR is a Jewish community that aims to bring people together across the religious spectrum.

Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred & Income Fund, Inc. is a diversified and closed-end management company. It invests in the portfolio of preferred and other income-producing securities. The firm aims to seek total return and to provide high income. The company was founded on October 10, 2012 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred & Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment company, which engages in the investment in preferred stocks. It concentrates its investments in the financial services sector. The company was founded on December 10, 1991 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.