Phoenix Advisory Partners Announces Rebrand to AST Phoenix Advisors

Phoenix Advisory Partners, a division of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (AST), announced today that it has rebranded itself to AST Phoenix Advisors. This rebrand marks a strategic move among the AST affiliates to create better consistency across the AST brand.

“We are excited to change our name to AST Phoenix Advisors,” said John Siemann, Executive Vice President of AST Phoenix Advisors. “The new logo reinforces our enhanced capabilities as a business unit of AST and a member of the Link Group network. Our name and logo have changed, but our commitment to service and expertise remains the same.”

AST Phoenix Advisors provides premier services for proxy solicitation, corporate governance consultation, mergers and acquisitions, information agent and shareholder activism for clients in the U.S. and Canada. Its year-round advisory model helps clients mitigate shareholder-related risk and maximize clients’ effective range of action.

“Rebranding to AST Phoenix Advisors is a strategic move to further align our businesses,” noted Mark C. Healy, President and Chief Executive Officer of AST. “It emphasizes AST’s commitment to providing a broad range of services to our clients, utilizing the resources of the global enterprise.”

About AST Phoenix Advisors

AST Phoenix Advisors is a leading provider of proxy solicitation and corporate governance advisory services, offering fully integrated proxy solicitation, governance, investor relations and information agent services to leading companies in the U.S. and Canada.

About AST

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (AST) and its affiliates in the Link Group network are leading providers of registry services and technology to financial market participants in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, South Africa and the United Kingdom. AST and its partner, Canadian Stock Transfer Company (CST), form the North American division of the Link Group. Together AST and CST provide comprehensive stock transfer and employee plan services to more than 8,000 public issues and over 5.5 million shareholders. The division serves clients located throughout North America and in over 22 foreign countries, ranging in size from initial public offerings to Fortune 100 companies.