Alpine Associates Management Inc.

Alpine Associates Management Inc. (“Alpine” or the “Firm”) manages the Alpine funds, which were founded in 1976 and have produced outstanding absolute returns in merger arbitrage, long/short equity trading, convertible arbitrage, and investing in credit opportunities. Exceptional 39-year track record of absolute and risk-adjusted returns with historical non-correlation to the S&P 500 The Alpine funds have historically produced significant alpha through multiple market cycles The Firm currently has $1.6 billion of total assets under management Of the current 44 employees, 14 are investment professionals whose average tenure with the firm is 15 years