Michael Whitaker

North Carolina Capital Management Trust provides trust services. It manages investment of funds for local governments and public authorities in North Carolina. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Allspring Utilities & High Income Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. It seeks a level of current income and moderate capital growth, with an emphasis on providing tax-advantaged dividend income. The company was founded on February 4, 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR), which itself is wholly-owned by FMR LLC in the US. FMRC provides investment supervisory services, including sub-advisory services, to institutional accounts, principally open-end investment and ETFs. They also serves as sub-adviser to equity and high income mutual funds and institutional accounts, and equity and high income portions of mutual funds and institutional accounts, managed by FMR.

Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC. FIMM serves as sub-advisor to fixed income mutual funds and institutional accounts, and fixed income portions of mutual funds and institutional accounts, managed by FMR or its affiliates. Their clients are generally mutual funds, ETFs or other institutional accounts.

Fidelity Investments, Inc. operates as a financial services company. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Allspring Income Opportunities Fund operates as a closed-end management investment company. It seeks current income and capital appreciation through investment in below investment grade debt securities, loans, and preferred stocks. The company was founded on December 3, 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of current income consistent with limiting its overall exposure to domestic interest rate risk. The company was founded on April 10, 2003 and is headquartered in Charlotte, CA.

Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. Its primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income, and secondary objective is long-term growth of capital. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.