A. Description of the advisory firm and principal owner Description of the advisory firm Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP (“BGIM”, the “Investment Manager” or the “firm” was incorporated in England on 5 November 2013 and registered under the reference number OC388967. . BGIM was authorised as an “Investment Management Firm” by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in July 2014 with reference 612226. BGIM is part of the Boussard & Gavaudan Group, which in addition to BGIM is composed of Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion SAS (“BGG”), a French registered “Société de Gestion de Portefeuille” registered with the AMF with reference GP03008, and Boussard & Gavaudan America LLC (“BGA”) is incorporated in Delaware and is registered with the SEC with CRD number: 322621. BGIM, BGA and BGG are collectively referred to as “BG” or the “BG Group”. The purpose of BGIM is to carry out the regulated activity of being an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (“AIFM”) within the BG Group. BGIM provides discretionary investment management services to clients which include private funds and other commingled pooled accounts that are exempt from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and the Securities Act of 1933 and also serves as a sub-adviser to an open- ended management investment company registered under the 1940 Act (the “US Mutual Fund” and collectively with all other pooled vehicles the “Funds”). The BG Group is independent and wholly owned by its founders and partners. Principal owners Our principal owners are:
• Emmanuel Gavaudan
• Emmanuel Boussard
• Boussard & Gavaudan Partners Limited Emmanuel Gavaudan and Emmanuel Boussard, both founding partners of BG Group, are the principal individuals involved in the management of the assets of the different Funds. Their details are set out below: Emmanuel Gavaudan In July 2002, Mr Gavaudan co-founded Boussard & Gavaudan and has been a partner of the Investment Manager and chief executive officer of the General Partner since that date. Prior to this, he spent over 13 years at Goldman Sachs in London and Zurich. He served first as a portfolio manager for very large family offices, trusts and foundations, managing equities, bonds, derivatives and currencies. He served as portfolio manager for a diversified SICAV Part II using all asset classes between 1994 and 1998. He became a Managing Director in 1998 and went to Zurich as the General Manager of Goldman Sachs & Co Bank, responsible for all divisions of Goldman Sachs in Switzerland. He returned to London in 2000 as Partner in the Investment Management Division. He joined the European Management Committee, the board of Goldman Sachs International, the board of Goldman Sachs & Co Bank

as well as the PWM Global Operating Committee. Mr Gavaudan obtained his MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a JD in Law from Paris University-Assas. He is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Emmanuel Boussard In July 2002, Mr Boussard co-founded Boussard & Gavaudan and has been a partner of the Investment Manager and chief investment officer of the General Partner since that date. Emmanuel Boussard was with Goldman Sachs International from August 1996 until July 2002. Most recently he was an Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International based in Paris, where he was responsible for European equity derivatives proprietary trading. From January 1998 until June 2001, he was in charge of the French stock options book. Between August 1996 and June 1998, he held responsibility for the Goldman Sachs’ “World Book” which contained options involving correlation on equity indices around the world. Prior to that, Mr Boussard was at Bankers Trust International where from March 1996 to July 1996 he was a derivatives trader on the path dependent options book. From August 1994 to February 1996, he was at Bankers Trust Company where he traded swaps, futures and currencies in Southeast Asian, South American and European Markets and completed the Associate MBA training programme. Between August 1990 and August 1994 he completed the doctoral programme in mathematics at the École Normale Superieure in Paris. Boussard & Gavaudan Partners Limited BGIM acts through its managing member, BGPL (the “managing member”). The managing member was incorporated in England and Wales on 24 June 2002. The directors of the managing member are Emmanuel Boussard, Emmanuel Gavaudan and Pascal Gillot. B. Types of advisory services BGIM has been appointed as Investment Manager to manage and invest the assets of the Funds and also acts as promoter of the Funds. The Investment Manager has full discretion, subject to the overall review and control of the Directors of the Funds, to manage and invest the assets of the Funds in pursuit of the investment objective and determine the approach and strategies, subject to the investment restrictions described in the Prospectus. The management style combines Fundamental analysis with a thorough expertise of financial instruments. Our analysis is multi-asset class (equity, credit and volatility) and our investments are rigorously screened for catalysts to generate value. BGIM’s investment advisory services, pursuant to the investment management agreements, are provided directly to the clients and are not tailored to any individual underlying investors. C. Client Assets Assets under management on a discretionary basis $4,112,439,999 as of 31 March 2023 Assets under management on a non-discretionary basis $0 as of 31 March 2023