Frederick S. Haddad

GoldenTree was established on March 1, 2000 by Steven Tananbaum, the firm’s Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer. Today the firm is one of the largest independent asset managers focused on credit, managing a variety of absolute return and long only strategies. In 2000, Mr. Tananbaum launched the firm’s flagship hedge fund, GoldenTree Master Fund. In 2001, GoldenTree launched its long only fund, GoldenTree High Yield Value Fund, which is ranked in the 1st percentile by eVestment Alliance for its five year, seven year and inception to date track record. Today GoldenTree manages a variety of absolute return and long-only strategies that leverage the firm’s unique investment process and core competencies. The firm is a Partnership that is 100% employee owned. As assets under management have grown, the firm has been able to leverage its partnership culture to attract and retain key investment personnel and business executives. Currently, GoldenTree has 24 partners and over 180 employees, including a 42 member investment team that operates out of offices in New York and London and sources investments throughout developed markets.

Royal Bank of Canada engages in the provision of banking and financial solutions. It operates through the following segments: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance, Investor and Treasury Services, Capital Markets, and Corporate Support. The Personal and Commercial Banking segment deals with a broad suite of financial products and services in Canada. The Wealth Management segment offers a comprehensive suite of investment, trust, banking, credit, and other wealth management solutions to institutional and individual clients through its distribution channels and third-party distributors. The Insurance segment refers to a range of life, health, home, auto, travel, wealth, group, and reinsurance products. The Investor and Treasury Services segment comprises of asset services and a provider of cash management, transaction banking, and treasury services to institutional clients worldwide. The Capital Markets segment covers banking, finance and capital markets to corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, governments, and central banks around the world. The Corporate Support segment consists of technology and operations services. The company was founded by J. W. Merkell, Edward Kenny, T. C. Kinnear, James B. Duffus, William Cunard, John Tobin, George P. Mitchell and Jeremiah Northup in 1864 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Credit Lyonnais (USA), Inc. is an American private company that operates as a securities brokers and dealers.