Ronald Artinian

Laser Mortgage Management, Inc. engaged to create and manage an investment portfolion of primarily mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loans that in combination with financing and hedging activities, would generage income for distribution. The mortgage-backed securities included mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, other securities representing interests in, or obligations backed by, pools of mortgage loans and mortgage derivatives securities. The company was founded on May 1, 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NYMAGIC, Inc. is a holding company which owns and operates insurance companies, risk bearing entities and insurance underwriters and managers. Its subsidaries include Marine And General Insurance Company (“New York Marine”), Gotham Insurance Company (“Gotham”) and Southwest Marine And General Insurance Company, which was formerly known as Arizona Marine and General Insurance Company (“Southwest Marine”). The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Smith Barney, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Citigroup, Inc. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research