Northside Capital Management, LLC (“Northside”) provides investment advice and management of financial assets for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, family offices, foundations, and taxable institutions, commencing business on January 12, 1996, and currently registered as a Delaware LLC. Northside completed a transaction with the Rosemont Investment Group (“Rosemont”) on April 30th, 2024. After the transaction, Donald James DeWolfe owns 40.3% of Northside, Rosemont Investment Group owns 35% of Northside. In May 2019, Northside implemented an employee incentive equity plan called Northside Employee Holdings, LLC which has made several long-term employee’s indirect financial owners of Northside. Employees in the equity plan own Class B shares, which are non-voting and represent a 24.7% financial interest in Northside Capital management, LLC, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan. Northside offers clients a total portfolio structuring service that begins with a thorough understanding of each client's return objectives, income needs, tax considerations, risk tolerance, projected special spending plans, closely held business interests, and other pertinent factors. Northside will work with each client to develop a structural plan for the investments summarized in a formal Statement of Investment Objectives and Policies (“SIOP”). Northside provides comprehensive services related to investment management, such as cash management, document management, and investment reporting. Northside also coordinates with other client service providers to address tax accounting and estate related issues which may impact portfolio construction. The SIOP is intended to provide the road map for executing the investment strategy. The SIOP covers such things as: 1) outlining responsibilities of Northside and other service providers; 2) establishing formal yet flexible investment guidelines, incorporating prudent risk parameters, appropriate asset guidelines, and realistic return goals; 3) providing a framework for regular constructive communication between the client and Northside; 4) creating standards of investment performance which are historically achievable and by which Northside agrees to be measured over a reasonable period; and 5) identifying the asset categories and investment strategies which may be used in portfolio construction. Northside is an independent firm with the potential to openly access investment opportunities globally. In the course of providing investment management services, Northside constructs portfolios which are customized for each client, and provides each client with the same reporting tools and management services that are used by large institutional investors. The goal of the portfolio construction process is to use Modern Portfolio Theory, forward-thinking common sense, and computer modeling when applicable, to create an "efficient" portfolio, (i.e., one that maximizes the expected return for any given level of risk.) Asset allocation across the broad asset classes and investment strategies is a critical component of the investment structuring service as Northside seeks to limit downside risk through portfolio diversification. Northside pays particular attention to tax efficiency and minimizing the investment and transaction costs associated

with managing customized portfolios. Northside has broad and sophisticated qualitative research expertise in the full range of traditional investments: equities and fixed income, alternative investments, such as private equity, (venture capital, mid and late- stage, and buyout) and hedge funds, (hedged directional equity, distressed and event driven, global macro, fixed income arbitrage, and convertible arbitrage), real assets, (real estate, energy and commodities), managed futures, and socially responsible and impact related investments. Equity investments may include diversified exposures to US and non-US stocks, spread across the market capitalization spectrum. Fixed income, including municipal bond investments in tax sensitive portfolios when appropriate, will be used to contribute to return objectives, which can include income and principal stability. Northside will use both active and passive management approaches for major asset classes. After the asset allocation construction and implementation of portfolios, Northside provides regular ongoing monitoring of investment performance. The standard performance reports produced are all uploaded to our secure SunGard data portal. Each client and/or authorized person(s) is given access to the Northside secure data portal with personalized login credentials to access only their reports and any other uploaded materials. An estimated performance “Flash Report” is uploaded to the data portal within about seven business days after month end. A more comprehensive “Performance Report” is uploaded to the data portal within about fifteen business days after month end. A formal “Quarterly Performance Report” which includes commentary on the investment environment, comparisons of returns with appropriate benchmarks, and a full attribution of performance are produced and uploaded to our data portal within about forty business days after quarter end. Northside will provide clients with customized reports upon request. The principals of Northside meet regularly with clients and are available for individual consultations on asset allocation, portfolio construction, and performance issues. Northside will also consistently meet and communicate with clients to ensure that the investment portfolio remains consistent with the intent of the SIOP. This total package of services is provided on a discretionary basis and non-discretionary basis; however, in either case, actions are routinely discussed with and cleared by the client. Certain clients may opt to have non-discretionary investment advice from Northside. Clients would receive the same structural planning and asset allocation advice as above. Northside may provide non-discretionary advice in the form of model portfolios to clients for which Northside is either unaware or uncertain with respect to the amount of assets a client may allocate to such model portfolios. In such cases, Northside does not include in its non-discretionary asset total, assets for which Northside is unable to verify a dollar amount that is allocated to the non- discretionary advice provided by Northside. As of December 31, 2023, Northside had a total of $5,287,126,759 regulatory assets under management. Of this total, $2,460,183,683 of assets is managed on a non-discretionary basis.