AST Fund Solutions, LLC

AST Fund Solutions, LLC provides proxy solicitation and shareholder communication services for the mutual fund industry in North America. It offers mutual fund proxy services for open and closed-end funds, such as mutual fund proxy management and solicitation, proxy mail and tabulation, mutual fund regulatory mailing, closed-end fund proxy consulting and advisory, closed-end fund shareholder identification, mutual fund pre-escheat compliance, and proxy voting and fund ownership trends analysis; and closed-end fund transfer agent solutions, market intelligence reports, and special studies suitable for board-level presentations. The company also provides corporate governance services in the areas of agenda analysis, innovation, executive equity compensation plan analysis, and vote projections; fund administration and accounting, regulatory compliance, and shareholder supervision services; document processing, and vote tabulation and reporting services; and a range of consulted publications and custom analytics. AST Fund Solutions, LLC was formerly known as Altman Group Inc. and changed its name to AST Fund Solutions, LLC in March 2012. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. As of March 24, 2011, AST Fund Solutions, LLC operates as a subsidiary of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.