Thomas Kevin Flanagan

Stone Harbor Investment Partners LLC (Stone Harbor) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Peter Wilby in 2006 and was acquired in 2022 by Virtus Partners, Inc., a subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partner, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), from SHIP Capital Partners LP. Stone Harbor provides portfolio management services to a wide variety of US and non-US institutional accounts. In addition, the firm is the investment adviser or sub-adviser to various pooled investment vehicles including US registered investment companies (open-end and closed-end funds), collective investment trusts, private funds and registered offshore funds such as Irish UCITS and Irish qualifying investor funds.

Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund is a closed-end management investment company, which aims to maximize total return through income on its investments and capital appreciation. Its portfolio of securities includes fixed income and other emerging instruments. The company was founded on December 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Greenfield, MA.

Stone Harbor Worldwide Corporate Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objectives are to provide maximize total return, which consists of income on its investments and capital appreciation. It invests in a portfolio of corporate debt obligations and other corporate-related income-producing investments, which include bonds, loans, debentures, notes, convertible securities, preferred shares, warrants, and commercial papers. The company was founded on January 21, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation from investments in emerging markets securities. The company was founded on October 25, 2012 and is headquartered in Greenfield, MA.

Citigroup Asset Management is a registered investment advisor located in New York City with an additional office in Washington, DC. The firm is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C)

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.