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OppenheimerFunds, Inc. provides investment advice. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Crossmark Global Investments, Inc. (Crossmark) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and faith-based boutique investment management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1987 and is wholly-owned by Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. Crossmark provides a full suite of investment strategies to institutional investors, financial advisors, and the clients they serve.

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.

Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., is located in New Jersey, United States. It operates as a Closed-End mutual Fund. It was organised along with Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and The Europe Fund Inc. Each Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The investment adviser for each of Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is FAM and the investment adviser for Europe is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited ('MLIMIL')

Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is located in New Jersey, United States. It operates as a Closed-End mutual Fund. It was organised along with The Europe Fund Inc. and Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. Each Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The investment adviser for Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., is FAM and the investment adviser for Europe is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited ('MLIMIL')

Part of BlackRock, Inc., Merrill Lynch Investment Managers LP is a private company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in Plainsboro, NJ.

The National Christian Charitable Foundation, Inc. operates as a foundation, which engages in the provision of donor-advised funds, administrative services, as well training, marketing, gift planning, and advisory services. The company was founded by Terrill A. Parker, Ronald W. Blue, and Larry Burkett in 1982 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Christianity Today International provides media and entertainment services. Its services include books, cultural, Christianity movies, Christianity music, CT entertainment blog, global conversation, entertainment and media services. The company was founded by Billy Graham in 1956 and is headquartered in Carol Stream, IL.

Merrill Lynch Private Client Group is a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). The firm is headquartered in Pennington, New Jersey.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income. The firm secondary investment objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on May 30, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of US companies' debt instruments, including corporate loans. The fund’s secondary objective is to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to invest in a portfolio of United States government and government agency securities including the U.S. Government mortgage-backed securities. The company was founded on October 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund. It intends to provide shareholders with high current income and such preservation of capital as is consistent with investment in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The company was founded on August 14, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. operates as closed-end management investment fund. The company objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal and California income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. It invests primarily in long-term municipal obligations that are investment grade quality at the time of investment. BlackRock MuniYield California Fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund. It intends to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes. The company was founded on July 21, 1992 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. is a closed-end investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing under normal market conditions in long-term municipal bonds. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide income exempt from U.S. federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to low grade and unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes. The company was founded on June 15, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Municipal Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund and investment trust company. Its investment objective is to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes. The company was founded on August 1, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund. The firm intends to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes. It invests in long-term municipal bonds rated investment grade quality at the time of investment and invests primarily in long-term municipal bonds with maturities over the time of investment. The company was founded on March 2, 1989 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in investment activities. Its objective is to provide shareholders with current income exempt from U.S. federal income taxes. The company was founded on February 28, 1997 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment fund. It engages in the business of providing shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from the United States federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The company was founded on November 29, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. operates as closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with a high level of current income exempt from federal and Arizona income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The company was founded on October 29, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. operates as mutual fund closed-end investment trust. The company investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. It invests under normal market conditions in municipal bonds rated investment grade and invests primarily in long-term municipal bonds with a maturity of more than ten years at the time of investment. The company was founded on March 29, 1993 headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company was founded on May 18, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end investment fund and investment trust company. It seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The company was founded on September 21, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

Nuveen Asset Management LLC (NAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, which is ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. NAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, such as open-end and closed-end investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

The National Christian Foundation, Inc. provides assistance to Christian charitable and religious entities. It specializes in donor-advised funds which allows donors to make a charitable contribution. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.