Board of Directors

Independent Directors

Enrique R. Arzac, Ph.D., Age 69

Length of Time Served: Since 1983
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years:

Professor of Finance and Economics, formerly Vice Dean of Academic Affairs of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.

Other Directorships:

Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company) and Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds (28 funds) (investment companies) and Epoch Holdings Corporations (asset management).

Phyllis O. Bonanno, Age 67

Length of Time Served: Since 2003 
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years:

President and CEO of International Trade Solutions, Inc.  (consultants) Formerly, President of Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina and Vice President of Warnaco Inc. (apparel).

Other Directorships: Director of Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company), Borg Warner Inc.  (industrial), Mohawk Industries Inc.  (carpets and flooring)

Kenneth J. Dale, Age 54

Length of Time  Served: Since 2008 
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Associated Press.
Other Directorships: Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company).

Daniel E. Emerson, Age 86

Length of Time  Served: Since 1982 
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Retired Executive Vice President of NYNEX (communications), retired Chairman of the Board of both NYNEX Information Resources Co. and NYNEX Mobile Communications Co., Previously Executive Vice President and Director of New York Telephone Company.
Other Directorships: Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company).

Frederic A. Escherich, Age 58

Length of Time Served:  Since 2006
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years:  Private Investor, Formerly Managing Director and head of Mergers and Acquisitions Research and the Financial Advisory Department with J.P.Morgan. 
Other Directorships:  Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company).

Roger W. Gale, Age 64 

Length of Time Served:  Since 2005
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: President and CEO of GF Energy, LLC (consultants to electric power companies).  Formerly, member of management group, PA Consulting Group (energy consultants).
Other Directorships:  Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company), Ormat Technologies, Inc. (geothermal and renewable energy), and U.S. Energy Association.

Thomas H. Lenagh, Age 92

Length of Time Served: Since 1968 
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Financial Advisor.  Formerly, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Greiner Engineering Inc.  (formerly Systems Planning Corp.) (consultants).  Formerly Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the Ford Foundation (charitable  foundation). 
Other Directorships:  Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company), Cornerstone Funds, Inc.  (3 funds) (investment companies), and Photonics Product Group (crystals). 

Kathleen T. McGahran, Ph.D., J.D., C.P.A, Age 60

Length of Time Served:  Since 2003
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years:  Principal & Director of Pelham Associates, Inc. (executive education), Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Executive Education, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.  Formerly, Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education, and Associate Professor, Columbia University.
Other Directorships:  Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company). 

Craig R. Smith, M.D., Age 64

Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: President, Williston Consulting, LLC (consultants to pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries), and Chief Operating Officer and Director of Algenol Biofuels Inc. (ethanol manufacturing).  Formerly President & CEO of Guilford Pharmaceuticals (pharmaceuticals and biotechnology).
Other Directorships:  Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company), LaJolla Pharmaceutical Company, and Depomed, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals).

Interested Director

Douglas G. Ober, Age 64 

Length of Time Served: Director since 1989;Chairman of the Board since 1991. 
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Chairman & CEO of the Company and Petroleum & Resources Corporation.
Other Directorships:  Director of The Petroleum & Resources Corporation (investment company).

Board of Directors

Stock and Distribution

Nav & Stock Price Per Share
Net Asset Value: $ 12.42
Closing Price:

$ 10.62

Discount: -14.5%

This is the closing price from the NYSE on 02/10/2012.

annual DISTRIBUTION Rate
2011 6.1%
5-Year Average 5.8%

The annual distribution rate is the total dividends and capital gain distributions during the year divided by the average month-end market price of the Company's Common Stock for the calendar year in years prior to 2011 and for the 12 months ended October 31 in 2011.  As of September 8, 2011, the Board of Directors committed to an annual distribution rate of at least 6%.