9AT: ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC

ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC

ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC

Adviser Profile

As of Date	03/30/2026
Registration	SEC, Approved, 04/01/2009
ADV Location	ENGLEWOOD, CO, United States
Contact Info	303 xxxxxxx
Websites

AUM^*	222,966,333 18%
of that, discretionary	212,993,981 18%
Number of Employees	3
of those in investment advisory functions	2
Private Fund GAV^*	0
Avg Account Size	807,849 13%
% High Net Worth	68.35% 12%
SMA’s	Yes
Private Funds	0

Adviser Type

- Large advisory firm

Client Types

- Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
- High net worth individuals
- Charitable organizations

Advisory Activities

- Financial planning services
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Selection of other advisers
- Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Compensation Arrangments

- A percentage of assets under your management

Reported AUM

213M 183M 152M 122M 91M 61M 30M

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Discretionary

Non-discretionary

Private Funds

No private funds

Employees

Brochure Summary

Overview

Essential Investment Partners, LLC (“Essential”) is an investment counsel and wealth management firm registered as an Investment Adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. As of January 1, 2019, Essential is owned in equal shares by Maurer & Associates Capital Management, Inc. (in turn owned 100% by Michael K. Haines) and Essential Advisers, Inc. (in turn owned 100% by Jonathan F. Zeschin). Mr. Haines serves as partner and chief investment officer of Essential and Mr. Zeschin serves as partner and chief executive officer. Advisory Services Essential provides customized investment and financial management services to its clients, which currently include individuals, family entities, partnerships, trusts, other investment advisers, retirement plans, charitable organizations and other entities. As an Investment Adviser, we are fiduciaries of clients who contract for our Advisory Services. Therefore, we always seek to put our clients’ interests ahead of our own. Typically through extensive personal discussions with each client, the client and Essential establish goals and objectives based on the client’s

unique circumstances. Essential then develops an Investment Policy Statement ("IPS") for each portfolio associated with that client relationship. Each client relationship may be comprised of multiple portfolios with different purposes or with different legal owners associated with the client relationship. Essential creates and manages each investment portfolio based on the associated IPS. Essential will usually manage the advisory portfolios on a discretionary basis but may provide non-discretionary management in certain circumstances. Ongoing portfolio management is guided by the stated objectives of the client as reflected in the IPS. For Advisory Services, we typically request written discretionary authority from our clients to determine which securities to buy or sell on their behalf. Any limitations on this discretionary authority, and the scope of any non-discretionary authority, will be included in this written authority statement. Clients may change/amend these limitations at any time with notice to Essential. Essential does not serve as custodian of client assets (except in certain limited capacities described in