WHO WE ARE. We are an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) and have been since 1987. We are a Delaware limited liability company. We are wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“TCW Group”). In February 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (together with such affiliated funds, “Carlyle”) acquired TCW Group. On December 27, 2017, Nippon Life Insurance Company (“Nippon”) acquired a minority stake in TCW Group. At present, TCW Group is co-owned by TCW management and employees, Carlyle, and Nippon. THE SERVICES WE OFFER. We provide investment management and advice for a wide array of U.S. Equities, U.S. Fixed Income, International and Alternatives investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts (“Accounts”), public and private open- and closed-end commingled investment vehicles (“Funds”) and wrap fee accounts sponsored by others (“Wrap Accounts”). The publicly- offered Funds include mutual funds (“Mutual Funds”), Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs”) and Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities funds (“UCITS”). We also act as investment manager to Luxembourg domiciled UCITS organized as a société d’investissement à capital variable registered with the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier of Luxembourg. We are typically the direct adviser for an Account or Fund, but we sometimes are a sub-adviser. We receive a share of the fees charged to clients of Wrap Accounts, and we may benefit from the marketing, reporting and client

screening services of the Wrap Account sponsors. Our clients include private or government investment funds and institutions, including pension funds, registered investment companies including mutual funds and foreign investment companies, high net worth individuals, family offices and others. Those clients are generally sophisticated investors and often have internal and external consultants and advisers to assist them with determinations of their individual needs, such as allocations among types of investments, and do not seek those determinations from us. We may agree with certain clients on investment guidelines that restrict the securities or types of securities that we invest in on their behalf. ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT. As of December 31, 2023, we had $39,896,609,596 in discretionary assets under management and $0 in non-discretionary assets under management. The TCW Group of Companies, including affiliated entities, had approximately $210 billion in assets under management as of that date. IMPORTANT NOTICE In no event should this Brochure be considered an offer of interests in a Fund or relied upon in determining to invest in a Fund. It is also not an offer of, or agreement to provide, advisory services directly to any recipient. Rather, this Brochure is designed only to provide information about us to comply with regulatory requirements under the Advisers Act, which may cause information in this Brochure to differ from the information provided in the prospectus for the Fund. If there is any conflict between the information in this Brochure and similar information in the Fund’s prospectus, you should rely on the information in the offering material.