Erik W. Merkau

Scottrade Investment Management, Inc. (SIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and was founded in 2014. The firm is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) and a direct subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Investment Management LLC. Scottrade, Inc. and SIM are separate entities but are affiliated subsidiaries of TD Ameritrade. SIM's Advisor Access program is available to clients who hold, or will hold, Scottrade brokerage accounts. Clients may include individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other entities, other than government entities. SIM's Guidance Solutions program provides services to include individuals, trusts, estates, investment clubs, corporate and other entity organization accounts, and SEP, Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).

TD Ameritrade, Inc. is an investment brokerage firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. They are a subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., ultimately owned by The Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW). The firm was founded in 1975 and provides online brokerage services to their clients. Customers can manage their investment portfolios via the Internet as well as through personal digital assistants, wireless phone services and interactive voice recognition systems.

Founded in 2000, Wells Fargo Investments LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., Inc. (NYSE: WFC). Wells Fargo Investments provides services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations and corporations.

Part of The Charles Schwab Corp., TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. is a security broker. The company is based in Beverly Hills, CA.