Company Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with a high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. It invests at least 80% of its managed assets in a portfolio of preferred and other income-producing securities. Preferred and other income-producing securities may include, traditional preferred stock, trust preferred securities, hybrid securities that have characteristics of both equity and debt securities, contingent capital securities (CoCos), and others. It invests at least 25% of its total assets in companies principally engaged in the financial services sector. In addition, the Fund may also focus its investments in other sectors or industries, such as energy, industrials, utilities, communications and pipelines, among others. Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated serves as the Fund's investment adviser.