Thomas Francis Whitley

Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. (Shenkman) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City, with offices in Stamford, Connecticut; and London, UK. It was founded by Mark R. Shenkman in 1985. The firm provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of clients through multiple platforms, including separately managed accounts, private funds, mutual funds and UCITS. Shenkman is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process.

Founded in 2009, Chapdelaine Credit Partners (CCP) is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a variety of credit products to institutional clients worldwide. Their clients include pension funds, insurance companies, hedge funds and other institutional investors. CCP performs fundamental analysis across all credit asset classes and key industry sectors. The firm's vertically integrated credit platform includes a range of diversified credit products including investment grade, high yield, bank loan, distressed and structured products. CCP focuses on less liquid sectors including: (1) Auction Rate Securities (2) CDOs and other subordinated and preferred securities (3) small-to-large middle market bank loans (4) European credits and (5) Yankee issuers

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.