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Form POS EX GuideStone Funds

May 20, 2020 12:17 PM EDT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2020

Registration Nos. 333-53432 811-10263

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 82

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER

 

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 84

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

GUIDESTONE FUNDS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

5005 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Suite 2200

Dallas, TX 75244-6152

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (214) 720-4640

 

 

 

Copies to:

Matthew A. Wolfe, Esq.

 

Alison M. Fuller, Esq.

GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Baptist Convention

 

2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 700

5005 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Suite 2200

 

Washington, DC 20006-1871

Dallas, TX 75244-6152

 

Telephone: (202) 419-8412

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(d).

EXPLANATORY NOTE: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 (the "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of GuideStone Funds (the "Registration Statement") is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-1A setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Amendment does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Amendment shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This Amendment incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A and B of Post-Effective Amendment No. 80 to the Trust's Registration Statement, which was filed on April 28, 2020.

GUIDESTONE FUNDS
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PART C: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28.   EXHIBITS    
  (a)     Trust Instrument.
      1. Certificate of Trust, dated February 29, 2000, filed in the State of Delaware, is incorporated herein by reference to the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 9, 2001.
      2. Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust, dated March 12, 2001, filed in the State of Delaware, is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009.
      3. Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust, dated September 13, 2005, filed in the State of Delaware, is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on April 30, 2019.
      4. Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, dated May 1, 2017, is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020 (“PEA No. 79”).
  (b)     By-laws.
      1. Amended and Restated By-laws, dated August 1, 2018, are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on March 1, 2019 (“PEA No. 76”).
  (c)     Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders.
  (d)     Investment Advisory Contracts.
      1. Form of Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with GuideStone Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 80 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on April 28, 2020 (“PEA No. 80”).
      2. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 25, 2011.
      3. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on April 28, 2011.
      4. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on March 22, 2007.
      5. Amendment No. 1 to Sub-Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      6. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 28, 2012 (“PEA No. 37”).
      7. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on June 18, 2001 (“Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2”).

 

      8. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
      9. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
      10. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
      11. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Payden & Rygel is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
      12. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 28, 2014 (“PEA No. 53”).
      13. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Western Asset Management Company is incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
      14. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on November 2, 2004 (“PEA No. 9”).
      15. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Western Asset Management Company Limited is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 28, 2003.
      16. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Sands Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on April 25, 2006 (“PEA No. 12”).
      17. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with TCW Investment Management Company LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 28, 2013 (“PEA No. 40”).
      18. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with RREEF America L.L.C., Deutsche Investments Australia Limited and Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      19. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Western Asset Management Company is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on September 15, 2006 (“PEA No. 13”).
      20. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Western Asset Management Company Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 13.
      21. Form of Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement with AQR Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on August 1, 2008.
      22. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on May 23, 2008.
      23. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with American Century Investment Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on June 17, 2011 (“PEA No. 31”).
      24. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 31.
      25. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with AQR Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 31.
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      26. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with AQR Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on May 10, 2013.
      27. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Brown Advisory, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      28. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      29. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Heitman International Real Estate Securities HK Limited is incorporated herein by reference to Post–Effective Amendment No. 73 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 27, 2018 (“PEA No. 73”).
      30. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      31. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 56 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 27, 2015.
      32. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008 (“PEA No. 17”).
      33. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 28, 2017 (“PEA No. 66”).
      34. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      35. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      36. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      37. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on June 29, 2017 (“PEA No. 71”).
      38. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      39. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      40. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      41. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with ClearBridge Investments, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      42. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 73.
      43. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Harris Associates L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 73.
      44. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
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      45. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Wellington Management Company, LLP is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      46. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Delaware Investments Fund Advisers is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      47. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      48. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with American Century Investment Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      49. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with WCM Investment Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      50. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(d)(50).
      51. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      52. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      53. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with Schroder Investment Management North America Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      54. Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement with The London Company of Virginia, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      55. Expense Cap Letter with GuideStone Capital Management, LLC for the Target Date Funds is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      56. Expense Cap Letter with GuideStone Capital Management, LLC for the Institutional Class of the International Equity Index Fund is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      57. Expense Cap Letter with GuideStone Capital Management, LLC for the Investor Class of the Emerging Markets Equity Fund is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
  (e)     Underwriting Contracts.
      1. Underwriting Agreement with Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (f/k/a BNY Mellon Distributors LLC) dated April 1, 2012 as amended June 1, 2017 is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
  (f)     Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts.
Not Applicable.
  (g)     Custodian Agreements.
      1. Custody Agreement with The Northern Trust Company amended as of September 13, 2005 is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      2. Amended Fee Schedule dated April 1, 2015, is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 58 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on April 29, 2015 (“PEA No. 58”).
  (h)     Other Material Contracts.
      1. Fund Administration and Accounting Services Agreement with The Northern Trust Company is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      2. First Amendment to the Fund Administration and Accounting Services Agreement with The Northern Trust Company is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
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      3. Second Amendment to the Fund Administration and Accounting Services Agreement with The Northern Trust Company is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      4. Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 40.
      5. Amendment No. 1 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      6. Amendment No. 2 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 58.
      7. Amendment No. 3 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (No. 333-53432) filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016 (“PEA No. 62”).
      8. Termination Amendment to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      9. Amendment No. 5 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      10. Amendment No. 6 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      11. Amendment No. 7 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      12. Transfer on Death Exception Procedures Agreement with BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
  (i)     Legal Opinion.
Opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
  (j)     Other Opinions.
      1. Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
      2. Powers of Attorney.
Power of Attorney for William Craig George, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      3. Power of Attorney for Randall T. Hahn, D.Min, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      4. Power of Attorney for Barry D. Hartis, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      5. Power of Attorney for Grady R. Hazel, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      6. Power of Attorney for Ronald D. Murff, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      7. Power of Attorney for David B. McMillan, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      8. Power of Attorney for Franklin R. Morgan, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      9. Power of Attorney for John R. Morris, dated November 7, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
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      10. Power of Attorney for Thomas G. Evans, dated May 1, 2020, is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(j)(10).
  (k)     Omitted Financial Statements.
Not Applicable.
  (l)     Initial Capital Agreements.
  (m)     Rule 12b-1 Plan.
None.
  (n)     Rule 18f-3 Plan.
Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 76.
  (p)     Codes of Ethics.
      1. Code of Ethics of GuideStone Capital Management, LLC and GuideStone Funds is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(1).
      2. Code of Ethics of Foreside Financial Group, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 37.
      3. Code of Ethics of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 62.
      4. Code of Ethics of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(4).
      5. Code of Ethics of Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(5).
      6. Code of Ethics of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(6).
      7. Code of Ethics of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      8. Code of Ethics of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      9. Code of Ethics of Payden & Rygel is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(9).
      10. Code of Ethics of Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      11. Code of Ethics of TCW Investment Management Company LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      12. Code of Ethics of Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset Management Company Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      13. Code of Ethics of TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 66.
      14. Code of Ethics of RREEF America L.L.C. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      15. Code of Ethics of MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(15).
      16. Code of Ethics of AQR Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      17. Code of Ethics of Sands Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      18. Code of Ethics of Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(18).
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      19. Code of Ethics of American Century Investment Management, Inc. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(19).
      20. Code of Ethics of Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(20).
      21. Code of Ethics of Brown Advisory, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      22. Code of Ethics of Deutsche Investments Australia Limited and Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Limited incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      23. Code of Ethics of Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC and Heitman International Real Estate Securities HK Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 53.
      24. Code of Ethics of Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      25. Code of Ethics of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(25).
      26. Code of Ethics of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 71.
      27. Code of Ethics of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      28. Code of Ethics of ClearBridge Investments, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 73.
      29. Code of Ethics of Harris Associates L.P. is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99(p)(29).
      30. Code of Ethics of Wellington Management Company, LLP is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      31. Code of Ethics of Delaware Investments Fund Advisers is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      32. Code of Ethics of Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      33. Code of Ethics of WCM Investment Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 76.
      34. Code of Ethics of RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 79.
      35. Code of Ethics of The London Company of Virginia, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 80.
Item 29. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL OF THE FUND.
   
Company Controlling Person(s)
of Company
% of Voting Securities
Owned by Controlling
Person(s) (or other
basis of control)
State of Organization
of Company
GuideStone Funds GuideStone Financial Resources 90.2% Delaware
GuideStone Advisors GuideStone Financial Resources Sole Member Texas
GuideStone Advisors, LLC GuideStone Advisors 80.0%; Manager Texas
GuideStone Agency Services GuideStone Financial Resources Sole Member Texas
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Company Controlling Person(s)
of Company
% of Voting Securities
Owned by Controlling
Person(s) (or other
basis of control)
State of Organization
of Company
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC GuideStone Investment Services 60.0%; Manager Texas
  GuideStone Resource Management, Inc. 40.0%  
GuideStone Financial Services GuideStone Financial Resources Sole Member Texas
GuideStone Investment Services GuideStone Financial Resources Sole Member Texas
GuideStone Resource Management, Inc. GuideStone Financial Resources 100.0% Texas
GuideStone Risk Management Co. GuideStone Financial Resources Sole Member Vermont
GuideStone Trust Services GuideStone Financial Resources Sole Member Texas
Item 30. INDEMNIFICATION.
A Delaware statutory trust may provide in its governing instrument for indemnification of its officers and trustees from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Article IX, Section 2 of the Trust Instrument provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any present or former trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant (“Covered Person”) to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him or her in connection with any investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding (“Action”) in which he or she becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been a Covered Person and against amounts paid or incurred by him or her in settlement thereof. Indemnification will not be provided to a person adjudged by a court or other body to be liable to the Registrant or its shareholders by reason of “willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office” (“Disabling Conduct”), or “not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest” of the Registrant. In the event of a settlement, no indemnification may be provided unless there has been a determination that the officer or trustee did not engage in Disabling Conduct (i) by the court or other body approving the settlement; (ii) by at least a majority of those trustees who are neither interested persons, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), of the Registrant (“Independent Trustees”), nor parties to the matter based upon a review of readily available facts; or (iii) by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts.
Pursuant to Article IX, Section 3 of the Trust Instrument, if any present or former shareholder of any series (“Series”) of the Registrant shall be held personally liable solely by reason of his or her being or having been a shareholder and not because of his or her acts or omissions or for some other reason, the present or former shareholder (or his or her heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives or in the case of any entity, its general successor) shall be entitled out of the assets belonging to the applicable Series to be held harmless from and indemnified against all loss and expense arising from such liability. The Registrant, on behalf of the affected Series, shall, upon request by such shareholder, assume the defense of any claim made against such shareholder for any act or obligation of the Series and satisfy any judgment thereon from the assets of the Series.
Section 12 of the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Registrant provides that the Adviser shall not be liable for any loss due solely to a mistake of investment judgment, but shall
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be liable for any loss which is incurred by reason of an act or omission of its employee, partner, director or affiliate, if such act or omission involves willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence, or breach of its duties or obligations thereunder, whether express or implied; provided, that this shall not be deemed a limitation or waiver of any obligation or duty that may not by law be limited or waived.
Section 5 of the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Registrant provides that the Adviser shall indemnify the Registrant or any of its trustees, officers, employees or affiliates for all losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal) (“Losses”) incurred by the Registrant by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Adviser under the Agreement, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement thereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the negligence, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Registrant. Section 5 further provides that the Registrant shall indemnify the Adviser or any of its directors, officers, employees or affiliates for all Losses incurred by the Adviser by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Registrant under the Agreement, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement thereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the negligence, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Adviser or the Adviser’s breach of fiduciary duty to the Registrant.
Section 8 of the Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Registrant, the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser to one or more Series, provides that the Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any loss due solely to a mistake of investment judgment, but shall be liable for any loss which is incurred by reason of an act or omission of its employee, partner, director or affiliate, if such act or omission involves willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence, or breach of its duties or obligations thereunder, whether express or implied; provided, that this shall not be deemed a limitation or waiver of any obligation or duty that may not by law be limited or waived.
Section 9 of the Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Registrant, the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser to one or more Series provides that the Registrant and the Adviser shall indemnify the Sub-Adviser or any of its directors, officers, employees or affiliates for all losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal) (“Losses”) incurred by the Sub-Adviser by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Registrant and the Adviser under the Agreement, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement thereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the negligence, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Sub-Adviser or the Sub-Adviser’s breach of fiduciary duty to the Registrant and the Adviser.
Section 9 also provides that the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify the Registrant and the Adviser or any of their directors, officers, employees or affiliates for all Losses incurred by the Registrant and the Adviser by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Sub-Adviser under the Agreement if such act or omission involves the negligence, gross negligence, willful misfeasance, bad faith or breach of fiduciary duty of the Sub-Adviser, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement thereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the negligence, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Registrant and the Adviser or the Registrant’s and the Adviser’s breach of fiduciary duty to the Sub-Adviser.
Section 10 of the Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (“the Distributor”) provides that the Registrant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor and its affiliates from all taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and liabilities arising directly or indirectly from any action or omission to act which the Distributor takes under the Agreement. Neither the Distributor, nor any of its affiliates shall be indemnified against any liability caused by the Distributor’s or its affiliates’ own willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under the Agreement.
Section 20 of the Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and the Distributor provides that the Distributor is “expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and notice is hereby given that this Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the obligations of this
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Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees or Shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust.”
Mutual fund and trustees and officers liability policies purchased by the Registrant insure such persons and their respective trustees, partners, officers and employees, subject to the policies’ coverage limits and exclusions and varying deductibles, against loss resulting from claims by reason of any act, error, omission, misstatement, misleading statement, neglect or breach of duty.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“1933 Act”) may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS.
   
1. GuideStone Capital Management, LLC:
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC (“GSCM”) is located at 5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 2200, Dallas, Texas 75244. GSCM is a Texas non-profit corporation, is a registered investment adviser and offers investment management services to investment companies and other types of investors. Information as to the firm’s officers is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  David S. Spika
President
GuideStone Financial Resources Vice President, Chief Strategic Investment Officer
  Patrick Pattison
Vice President and Treasurer
GuideStone Financial Resources Chief Accounting Officer
  Matt L. Peden
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
GuideStone Financial Resources Vice President, Chief Investment Officer
  Melanie Childers
Vice President – Fund Operations
GuideStone Financial Resources Managing Director, Fund Operations
  Matthew A. Wolfe
Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary
GuideStone Financial Resources Managing Director, Compliance and Legal
  Jeremy Halpin
Financial Officer
GuideStone Financial Resources Director, F&A
2. Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC:
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (“Allianz”) is located at 1633 Broadway, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019, is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned indirectly by Allianz SE, and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors, investment officers and/or partners have not been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment during the past two fiscal years.
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3. American Century Investment Management, Inc.
American Century Investment Management, Inc. (“American Century”), 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111, is a wholly-owned, privately held subsidiary of American Century Companies Inc. and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. American Century provides portfolio management services for investment companies as well as for other business and institutional clients. Information regarding other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature as to the directors and officers of American Century during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Michael Rode
Vice President
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Managing Director
  Vidya Rajappa
Vice President
AllianceBernstein Senior Vice President
  Hitesh Patel
Vice President
UBS Securities Senior Member, Alternative
Investment Specialist Team
  Robert Brookby
Vice President
Putnam Investments Portfolio Manager
  Joyce Huang
Vice President
First State Investments Investment Director
    BNY Mellon Investment
Management
Senior Investment Strategist
  John Zimmerman
Vice President
Perella Weinberg Partners Managing Director
  Christopher Chen
Vice President
Baring Asset Manager Director and Client Portfolio
Manager
    Mirae Asset Global
Investment
Client Portfolio Manager
  Richard Adams
Vice President
Columbia Threadneedle
Investments
Director – Client Portfolio
Manager
  Charles Tan
Senior Vice President and Co-CIO, Global Fixed Income
Aberdeen Standard Investments Head of North American Fixed Income
4. AQR Capital Management, LLC:
AQR Capital Management, LLC (“AQR”), is located at Two Greenwich Plaza, Fourth Floor, Greenwich Connecticut 06830. AQR is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. AQR offers investment management services to investment companies and other types of investors. Information as to the principals and executive officers of AQR during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Lasse H. Pedersen
Principal
Copenhagen Business School Professor
  Scott Richardson
Principal
London Business School Professor of Accounting
  Tobias Moskowitz
Principal
Yale University School of Management Dean Takahashi Professor of Finance
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5. Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC:
The sole business activity of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC (“BHMS”), 2200 Ross Avenue, 31st Floor, Dallas, Texas 75201, is to serve as an investment adviser. BHMS is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Information as to the trustees and officers of BHMS during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Cory Martin
Executive Director
None None
  Patricia Barron-Andrews
Managing Director, CCO/CRO
None None
  Mark Giambrone
Managing Director
None None
  Brad Kinkelaar
Managing Director
None None
  Scott McDonald
Managing Director
None None
  Lewis Ropp
Managing Director
None None
  Rand Wrighton
Managing Director
None None
  Guang Yang
Member Board of Managers
BrightSphere Investment
Group Inc. (Parent Company)
BSIG Executive
  Meghan K. Driscoll
Member Board of Managers
BrightSphere Investment
Group Inc. (Parent Company)
BSIG Executive
6. BlackRock Advisors, LLC:
BlackRock Advisors, LLC’s (“BA”) principal business address is 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809. BA is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. and was organized in 1994 for the purpose of providing advisory services to investment companies. The information required by this Item 31 about officers and directors of BA, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and directors during the last two years, is incorporated by reference to Schedules A and D of Part 1 of Form ADV, filed by BA pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, (SEC File No. 801-47710).
7. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.:
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.’s (“BFM”) principal business address is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055 and is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. BFM was organized in 1994 for the purpose of providing advisory services to investment companies. The information required by this Item 31 about officers and directors of BFM, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and directors during the last two years, is incorporated by reference to Schedules A and D of Part 1 of Form ADV, filed by BFM pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, (SEC File No. 801-48433).
8. Brown Advisory, LLC:
Brown Advisory, LLC (“Brown Advisory”) is located at 901 South Bond Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, Maryland 21231. Brown Advisory is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser and provides investment management services to individuals and institutions. Information as to the directors and officers of Brown for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Michael D. Hankin
President
Brown Advisory Incorporated and affiliates Chief Executive Officer, Partner
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    Brown Advisory Funds Trustee
    Brown Advisory Funds PLC Director
    Baltimore Waterfront Partnership and Management Authority Chairman
    Chesapeake Conservatory Trustee
    Center For Large Landscape Conservation Trustee
    Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Chairman of the Board of Managers
    Johns Hopkins Medicine Trustee and Vice Chairman
    Johns Hopkins University Trustee
    Land Preservation Trust President and Director
    National Steeplechase Association Director
    Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Director
    Tate Engineering Systems, Inc Director
    The Wills Group Director
  David M. Churchill
Treasurer
Brown Advisory Incorporated and affiliates Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Partner
    Brown Advisory Funds President/Principal Executive Officer
    Brown Advisory Funds PLC Director
    First Fruits Farm Director
    Grace Fellowship Church Chairman, Finance Committee
    Mercy Medical Center Director
    Mount Vernon Place Conservancy Trustee
    National Aquarium, Baltimore Director
  Brett D. Rogers
Chief Compliance Officer
Brown Advisory Incorporated and affiliates General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Partner
    Brown Advisory Funds PLC Director
    Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Director
    Baltimore Efficiency & Economy Foundation, Inc. Director
    Boy Scouts of America Director
    Kasina Youth Foundation Board of Trustees
9. ClearBridge Investments, LLC:
ClearBridge Investments, LLC (“ClearBridge”) is located at 620 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10018, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Information regarding other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature as to the directors and officers of ClearBridge during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
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  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Terrence Murphy
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group, LLC Chief Executive Officer and Director
  Cynthia List
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group, LLC Chief Financial Officer
  Barbara Brooke Manning
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group, LLC Chief Compliance Officer
  Laura Boydston, John Eede, Brian Eakes, Terence Johnson and Jane Trust are senior executives within Legg Mason, Inc.’s global organization. They are Directors at ClearBridge. These Directors serve on the boards of one or more subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. and are not involved in the day to day operations of ClearBridge Investments, LLC.  
10. Delaware Investments Fund Advisers:
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA”), with principal offices at One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, has been a registered investment advisor since 1939. As of December 31, 2019, DIFA and its affiliates managed approximately $177.9 billion in assets under management across multiple asset classes in various institutional or separately managed investment company and insurance accounts. Information as to the directors and executive officers during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Shawn K. Lytle
President
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie President/Chief Executive Officer
    Macquarie Investment Management Various executive capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust President/Chief Executive Officer
  Roger A. Early
Executive Vice President/Executive Director, Global Co-Head of Fixed Income
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Executive Vice President/Executive Director, Global Co-Head of Fixed Income
    Macquarie Investment Management Various executive capacities
  Dominic Janssens
Executive Vice President/Global Chief Operations Officer
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Executive Vice President/Global Chief Operations Officer
    Macquarie Investment Management Various executive capacities
  John Leonard
Executive Vice President/Global Chair of Equities
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Executive Vice President/Global Chair of Equities
    Macquarie Investment Management Various executive capacities
  Alexander Alston
Senior Vice President/Co-Head of Private Placements Analysts
Macquarie Investment Management Various executive capacities
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  Joseph R. Baxter
Senior Vice President/Head of Municipal Bond Department/Senior Portfolio Manager
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Municipal Bond Department/Senior Portfolio Manager
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Christopher S. Beck
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Small Cap Value/Mid-Cap Value Equity
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Small Cap Value/Mid-Cap Value Equity
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  David Brenner
Senior Vice President/Chief Administration Officer
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Administration Officer
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Adam H. Brown
Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Co-Head of High Yield
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Co-Head of High Yield
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Stephen J. Busch
Senior Vice President/Global Head of Fund Services and US SMA Operations
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Separately Managed Account Operations and Fund Oversight
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Senior Vice President/Investment Accounting
  Michael F. Capuzzi
Senior Vice President/Head of Investment Operations
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Investment Operations
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Liu-Er Chen
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets and Healthcare
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets and Healthcare
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  David F. Connor
Senior Vice President/General Counsel/Secretary
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/General Counsel/Secretary
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Senior Vice President/General Counsel/Secretary
  Craig C. Dembek
Senior Vice President/Head of Credit Research
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Co-Head of Credit Research
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    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Joseph Devine
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Global Ex-US Equities
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Global Ex-US Equities
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  W. Alexander Ely
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Small/Mid-Cap Growth Equity
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Small/Mid-Cap Growth Equity
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Brad Frischber
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer, Global Listed Infrastructure
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Stuart M. George
Senior Vice President/Head of Equity Trading
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Equity Trading
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Paul Grillo
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Total Return Fixed Income Strategies
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Total Return Fixed Income Strategies
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Sharon Hill
Senior Vice President/Head of Equity Quantitative Research and Analytics
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Quantitative Research and Analytics
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  J. David Hillmeyer
Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  James L. Hinkley
Senior Vice President/Head of Global Product Development
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Global Product Development
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Kashif Ishaq
Senior Vice President/Head of Investment Grade Corporate Bond Trading
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Investment Grade Corporate Bond Trading
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Cynthia I. Isom
Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager
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    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Frank G. LaTorraca
Senior Vice President/Co-Head of Private Placements
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Brian McDonnell
Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Senior Structured Products Analyst
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Senior Structured Products Analyst
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Senior Structured Products Analyst
  John P. McCarthy
Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Co-Head of High Yield
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Co-Head of High Yield
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Francis X. Morris
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Core Equity
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Core Equity
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Brian L. Murray, Jr.
Senior Vice President/Global Chief Compliance Officer
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Global Chief Compliance Officer
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer
  Susan L. Natalini
Senior Vice President/Chief Operations Officer—Equity and Fixed Income Investments
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Operations Officer—Equity and Fixed Income Investments
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Philip O. Obazee
Senior Vice President/Head of Derivatives
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/ Head of Derivatives
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Terrance M. O’Brien
Senior Vice President/Head of Portfolio Analytics
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Head of Portfolio Analytics
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Mansur Z. Rasul
Senior Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Head of Emerging Markets Credit Trading
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Head of Emerging Markets Credit Trading
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    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Richard Salus
Senior Vice President/Global Head of Fund Administration
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Global Head of Fund Administration
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
  Neil Siegel
Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing and Product Officer
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Babak Zenouzi
Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Real Estate Securities and Income Solutions
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer—Real Estate Securities and Income Solutions
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Gary T. Abrams
Vice President/Head of International Equity Trading
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Head of International Equity Trading
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Patricia L. Bakely
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Jamie Charieri
Vice President/Analyst
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Anthony G. Ciavarelli
Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
  Kishor K. Daga
Vice President/Institutional Account Services
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Institutional Account Services
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Michael E. Dresnin
Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Deputy General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
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  Joel A. Ettinger
Vice President/Taxation
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Taxation
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Taxation
  William J. Fink
Vice President/Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Joseph Fiorilla
Vice President/Trading Operations
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Trading Operations
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Denise A. Franchetti
Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Research Analyst
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Research Analyst
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Daniel V. Geatens
Vice President/Director of Financial Administration
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Director of Financial Administration
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer
  Stephen Hoban
Vice President/Controller
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Controller
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Jerel A. Hopkins
Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Michael Q. Mahoney
Vice President/Fund Administration
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Andrew McEvoy
Vice President/Trade Settlements
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Trade Settlements
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Trade Settlements
  Peter T. Pan
Vice President/Head of US SMA Trading
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Head of US SMA Trading
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  William Speacht
Vice President/Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
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  John C. Van Roden III
Vice President/Head of Municipal Trading
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Head of Municipal Trading
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Emilia P. Wang
Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
  Lauren Weintraub
Vice President/Equity Trader
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
  Kathryn R. Williams
Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
    Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
    Optimum Fund Trust Vice President/Associate General Counsel/Assistant Secretary
  Joseph Zalewski
Vice President/Analyst
Macquarie Investment Management Various capacities
11. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.:
The principal business address of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”) is 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282. GSAM is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. GSAM is part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a public company that is a bank holding company, financial holding company and a worldwide, full-service financial services organization. GSAM Holdings LLC is the general partner and principal owner of GSAM and has been providing financial solutions for investors since 1988. The directors and officers of GSAM have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
12. Harris Associates L.P.:
The principal business address of Harris Associates L.P. (“Harris”) is 111 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Harris is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Harris is a limited partnership with Harris Associates, Inc. as its general partner. Harris and Harris Associates, Inc. are indirect subsidiaries of Natixis Investment Managers, L.P., which is an indirect subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers (“Natixis IM”), an international asset management group based in Paris, France. Natixis IM is in turn owned by Natixis, a French investment banking and financial services firm. Natixis is principally owned by BPCE, France’s second largest banking group. Information as to the directors and officers of Harris for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Anthony P. Coniaris
Co-Chairman and Portfolio Manager
Harris Associates, Inc. Co-Chairman, Director
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund, Oakmark Global Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund)
  Kevin G. Grant
Co-Chairman, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Co-Chairman, Director
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    Harris Associates Investment Trust Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund)
  Justin D. Hance
Vice President, Director of International Research, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President and Director of International Research
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark International Small Cap Fund)
  David G. Herro
Deputy Chairman and Chief Investment Officer – International Equities, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Deputy Chairman and Chief International Officer – International Equities, Director
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund, Oakmark Global Select Fund, Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund)
  M. Colin Hudson
Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund)
  Christopher W. Keller
Chief Operating Officer
Harris Associates, Inc. Chief Operating Officer
    Harris Associates Securities L.P. Chief Operating Officer
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President
  Eric Liu
Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Select Fund)
  Jason E. Long
Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund)
  Michael L. Manelli
Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund)
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  Colin P. McFarland
Chief Compliance Officer
Harris Associates, Inc. Chief Compliance Officer
  Clyde S. McGregor
Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Global Fund)
  Thomas W. Murray
Vice President, Director of U.S. Research, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President and Director of U.S. Research
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund)
  William C. Nygren
Vice President, Chief Investment Officer - U.S. Equity, Portfolio Manager and Analyst
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – U.S. Equity
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund)
  Kristi L. Rowsell
President
Harris Associates, Inc. President, Director
    Harris Associates Securities L.P. President
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Trustee and President
  Zachary D. Weber
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Harris Associates, Inc. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
    Harris Associates Securities L.P. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer
  Rana J. Wright
Vice President, General Counsel, Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Secretary
Harris Associates, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
    Harris Associates Securities L.P. Vice President, General Counsel Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Secretary
    Harris Associates Investment Trust Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
13. Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC and Heitman International Real Estate Securities HK Limited:
Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC and Heitman International Real Estate Securities HK Limited (together, “Heitman”) are located at 191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2500, Chicago, IL 60606, and at 10/F LHT Tower, 31 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong, respectively. Heitman is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors and officers of Heitman have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
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14. Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.:
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. (“Jacobs Levy”), with principal offices at 100 Campus Drive, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932, is a New Jersey based investment adviser founded in 1986, with approximately $13.1 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2019. The firm’s core business activity is managing U.S. equity portfolios for clients, which include institutions with separately managed accounts, registered investment companies and pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated, institutional investors. The directors and officers of Jacobs Levy have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
15. Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.:
Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (“LGIMA”) is located at 71 South Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois 60606 and is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors and officers of LGIMA have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
16. The London Company of Virginia, LLC:
The London Company of Virginia, LLC’s (“London Company”) is located at 1800 Bayberry Court, Suite 301, Richmond, Virginia 23226. The London Company is an independent, majority employee-owned registered investment adviser founded in 1994. LPC London, LP, an affiliate of Lincoln Peak Capital, owns a minority (non-controlling) equity investment in the London Company. Lincoln Peak Capital is a private investment firm that specializes in partnering with investment management firms to help preserve their independence and facilitate equity transitions within a firm to key next generation management members. The directors and officers of the London Company have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
17. Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.:
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis”), One Financial Center, 34th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, provides investment advice to the 11 series of Loomis Sayles Funds I, 8 series of Loomis Sayles Funds II and to other affiliated and unaffiliated registered investment companies, organizations and individuals. The sole general partner of Loomis is Loomis, Sayles & Company, Incorporated. Information as to the directors and executive officers during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Beverly M. Bearden
Director
Natixis Investment Managers, L.P. Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  Kevin P. Charleston
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Loomis Sayles Trust Company, LLC Manager and President
    Loomis Sayles Funds I Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
    Loomis Sayles Fund II; Natixis Funds Trust I; Natixis Funds Trust II; Natixis Funds Trust IV; Natixis ETF Trust; Gateway Trust Trustee
    Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. Director
    Loomis Sayles Trust Company, LLC Manager and President
    Loomis Sayles Investments Limited Executive Vice President
    Loomis Sayles Investment Asia Pte. Ltd. Director
  Matthew J. Eagan
Executive Vice President and Director
None None
  Daniel J. Fuss
Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, and Director
Loomis Sayles Funds I; Loomis Sayles Funds II Executive Vice President
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  David L. Giunta
Director
Natixis Investment Managers President and Chief Executive Officer, US and Canada
    Natixis Distribution Corporation Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
    Natixis Advisors, L.P.; Natixis Distribution, L.P. President and Chief Executive Officer
    Natixis Funds Trust I; Natixis Funds Trust II; Natixis Funds Trust IV; Natixis ETF Trust’ Gateway Trust Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
    Loomis Sayles Funds II Trustee and President
    Loomis Sayles Funds I Trustee and Executive Vice President
  John F. Gallagher, III
Executive Vice President, and Director
Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. President
    Loomis Sayles Distributors, L.P. President
  Jean S. Loewenberg
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, and Director
Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. Director
    Loomis Sayles Investments Limited General Counsel and Secretary
    Loomis Sayles Trust Company, LLC Manager and Secretary
  John R. Gidman
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Loomis Sayles Solutions, LLC President
  Aziz V. Hamzaogullari
Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of the Growth Equity Strategies and Director
None None
  Maurice Leger
Executive Vice President and Director
Loomis Sayles Trust Company, LLC Manager
  Jean Raby
Director
Natixis Investment Managers Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Senior Management Committee
  Richard G. Raczkowski
Executive Vice President and Director
None None
  Jaehoon Park
Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Director
None None
  Paul J. Sherba
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. Vice President and Treasurer
    Loomis Sayles Distributors, L.P. Vice President and Treasurer
    Loomis Sayles Trust Company, LLC Manager and Chief Financial Officer
    Loomis Sayles Investment Asia Pte. Ltd. Director
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    Loomis Sayles Investments Limited Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  Elaine M. Stokes
Executive Vice President and Director
None None
  John F. Russell
Executive Vice President and Director
None None
  David L. Waldman
Executive Vice President, Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Director
None None
18. MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.:
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. (“MFSI”) is located at 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 and is a U.S.-based investment adviser and subsidiary of Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”). MFS is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., which in turn is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. (a diversified financial services company). Certain officers and directors of MFSI serve, or have served, as officers or directors of some or all of MFSI’s corporate affiliates and/or as officers of some or all of the MFS funds and/or officers or directors of certain investment products managed by MFS or certain of MFS’s corporate affiliates. Except as set forth below, each director and principal executive officer of MFSI has been engaged during the past two fiscal years in no business profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature other than as an officer and/or director of MFSI or certain of MFSI’s corporate affiliates. The table below lists the directors and principal executive officers of MFSI and their positions with certain of MFSI’s corporate affiliates as of January 1, 2020.
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Michael W. Roberge
Director and Chairman of the Board
Massachusetts Financial Services Company Director and Chief Executive Officer
    MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd. Director
    MFS Heritage Trust Company Director, Chairman of the Board and Investment Officer
    MFS Investment Management Canada Limited; MFS International Australia Pty. Ltd. Director and Chairman of the Board
    MFS Investment Management K.K. Director and Chairman
  Anne Marie Bernard
Director
MFS Heritage Trust Company; MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.; MFS International Australia Pty. Ltd. Director
  John M. Corcoran
Director
MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.; MFS International Australia Pty. Ltd. Director
    MFS Investment Management Canada Limited Director and Assistant Treasurer
    MFS Heritage Trust Company Director and President
  Michael S. Keenan
Director
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. Director and President
    MFS International Australia Pty. Ltd.; MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd; MFS Heritage Trust Company Director
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  Robertson G. Mansi
Director
MFS International (U.K.) Limited; MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.; MFS Investment Management K.K.; MFS Investment Management Canada Limited; MFS Heritage Trust Company; MFS International Australia Pty. Ltd. Director
  Carol W. Geremia
President and Secretary
Massachusetts Financial Services Company President and Head of Global Distribution
    MFS Heritage Trust Company Executive Vice President
    MFS Investment Management K.K. Vice President
    MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. Director and Chairman of the Board
  Edward M. Maloney
Chief Investment Officer
Massachusetts Financial Services Company Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
    MFS Heritage Trust Company Investment Officer
  Martin J. Wolin
Chief Compliance Officer
Massachusetts Financial Services Company; MFS Heritage Trust Company; Funds within the MFS U.S. Funds Complex (the “MFS Funds Complex”) Chief Compliance Officer
  Charuda (Bee) Upatham-Costello
Treasurer
MFS International Ltd. Assistant Treasurer
    MFS Investment Management Company (LUX) S.a.r.l. Treasurer
    MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. Treasurer and Senior Group Controller
19. Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd.:
The sole business activity of Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. (“Mondrian”), 10 Gresham, London, EC2V JD United Kingdom, is to serve as an investment adviser. Mondrian is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Information as to the directors and officers of Mondrian during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company** Position with Other Company
  Elizabeth A. Desmond
Director, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer - Developed Equity Markets
AVGP Limited; MIPL Holdings Limited; MIPL Group Limited Director
  Clive A. Gillmore
Director, Chief Executive Officer
AVGP Limited; MIPL Holdings Limited; MIPL Group Limited; Mondrian Investment Group (U.S.), Inc., Mondrian Investment Partners (U.S.), Inc Director
  Hamish Parker
Director
AVGP Limited; MIPL Holdings Limited; MIPL Group Limited Director
  Warren Shirvell
Director, Chief Operating Officer
MIPL Holdings Limited; MIPL Group Limited; Mondrian Funds plc Director
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  David Tilles
Director, Executive Chairman
AVGP Limited; MIPL Holdings Limited; MIPL Group Limited Director
  ** All of these companies are group related affiliates of Mondrian with the exception of Mondrian Funds plc, which is an investment vehicle.
20. Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC:
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (“Neuberger Berman”) is located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104, is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers Holdings LLC and Neuberger Berman AA LLC, which are subsidiaries of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors and officers of Neuberger Berman have not held any positions with other companies not affiliated with Neuberger Berman during the past two fiscal years.
21. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC:
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”) is located at 650 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92260. PIMCO, an institutional money management firm, was founded in 1971 to provide specialty management of fixed-income portfolios. PIMCO is a majority owned subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management with minority interests held by certain of its current and former officers, by Allianz Asset Management of America LLC, and by PIMCO Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company. PIMCO Partners, LLC is owned by certain current and former officers of PIMCO. Through various holding company structures, Allianz Asset Management is majority owned by Allianz SE. The directors and officers of PIMCO and their business and other connections for the past two fiscal years are as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Kimberley Stafford
Managing Director
PIMCO Hong Kong Head of PIMCO Asia-Pacific
  Craig A. Dawson
Managing Director
PIMCO Europe Ltd. Head of EMEA
  Jennifer E. Durham
Managing Director
Pacific Investment Mgt Co. LLC; PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust; PIMCO ETF Trust; PIMCO Equity Series; PIMCO Equity Series VIT Chief Compliance Officer
  Emmanuel Roman
Managing Director
Pacific Investment Mgt Co. LLC CEO
  David C. Flattum
Managing Director
Pacific Investment Mgt Co. LLC General Counsel
    PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust; PIMCO ETF Trust; PIMCO Equity Series; PIMCO Equity Series VIT Chief Legal Officer
  Daniel Ivascyn
Managing Director
Pacific Investment Mgt Co. LLC Group Chief Investment Officer
  Brent Richard Harris
Managing Director
Pacific Investment Mgt Co. LLC Executive Committee Member
    StocksPLUS Management, Inc. Director and Vice President
    PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust; PIMCO ETF Trust Trustee, Chairman and President of the Trust
    PIMCO Equity Series; PIMCO Equity Series VIT Trustee, Chairman and Senior Vice President
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    PIMCO Luxembourg S.A. and PIMCO Luxembourg II Director
  Andrew Balls
Managing Director
PIMCO Europe Limited Chief Investment Officer
  Eric Sutherland
Managing Director
PIMCO Investments President
  Tomoya Masanao
Managing Director
PIMCO Japan Limited Co-Head of Asia-Pacific Portfolio Management, Head of Japan office
22. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC:
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (“Parametric”), Minneapolis Investment Center, is located at 3600 Minnesota Drive, Suite 325, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435. Parametric is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and delivers customized solutions to institutional investors. Information as to the directors and officers of the adviser for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Tom Lee
Chief Investment Officer
St. Thomas Academy Trustee
23. Payden & Rygel:
Payden & Rygel is located at 333 South Grand Avenue, 39th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071 and engages principally in the business of providing investment services to institutional clients. Information as to the directors and officers of Payden & Rygel for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Robin Creswell
Managing Principal
Payden & Rygel Global Limited Managing Director
  Mark Morris, CFA
Principal
Payden & Rygel Global Limited Senior Portfolio Director
  Nigel Jenkins, ASIP
Principal
Payden & Rygel Global Limited Strategy Director
  Mary Beth Syal, CFA
Managing Principal
Payden & Rygel Global Limited Board Director
  Brian Matthews, CFA
Managing Principal
Payden/Kravitz Investment Advisers LLC Co-Chairman of the Board
  Joan Payden, CFA
President and CEO
The Payden & Rygel Investment Group Chairwoman, Trustee
  James P. Sarni, CFA
Managing Principal
The Payden & Rygel Investment Group Trustee
  Michael Salvay, CFA
Managing Principal
The Payden & Rygel Investment Group Trustee
24. RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited:
RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited (“RBC GAM UK”), 77 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 3JR, United Kingdom, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada Holdings (UK) Limited which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada. Information regarding other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature as to the directors and officers of RBC GAM UK during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
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  Name and Position with Investment Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Clive Brown
Executive Director
IFRS Advisory Council Board Member
  David Thomas
Chairman
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity Board Member
    CLS Bank International Board Member
    FICC Markets Standards Board Consultant
25. RREEF America L.L.C.:
RREEF America L.L.C. (“RREEF”), DWS Investments Australia Limited (“DIAL”) and DWS Alternatives Global Limited (“DWS Global”) (together, “RREEF”) are located at DWS, 222 South Riverside Plaza, Floor 34, Chicago, Illinois 60606, at Deutsche Bank Place, Level 16, 126 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, and at The Willis Building, 30 Fenchurch Avenue, London, EC3M 5AD, United Kingdom, respectively. RREEF’s sole business activity is to serve as an investment advisor. RREEF is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors and officers of RREEF have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
26. Sands Capital Management, LLC:
Sands Capital Management, LLC (“Sands”) is located at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 3000, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The directors, officers and/or partners of Sands have been engaged in the below capacities with other companies within the last two fiscal years:
  Name and Position with Investment Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Frank M. Sands
Chief Executive Officer
Sands Capital Ventures, LLC Investment Board Member
  Jonathan Goodman
General Counsel
Sands Capital Ventures, LLC General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
  Stephen Nimmo
Executive Managing Director
Sands Capital Ventures, LLC Provides client relations service
27. Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.:
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) is located at 7 Bryant Park, New York, New York 10018 and is an investment manager focusing on U.S. equity and U.S. fixed income securities. SIMNA is a registered investment advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. SIMNA is an affiliate of Schroders plc, a London Stock Exchange-listed financial services company. The directors and officers of SIMNA have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
28. Schroder Investment Management North America Limited:
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd”) is located at  1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU, United Kingdom. SIMNA Ltd is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Schroders plc, a London Stock Exchange-listed global asset management company. The directors and officers of SIMNA Ltd have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
29. Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.
Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. (“Shenkman”), 461 Fifth Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10017, is a privately held corporation controlled by Mark R. Shenkman and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Information as to the directors, officers and/or partners of Shenkman for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Victor Rosenzweig
Director
Olshan Frome & Wolosky LLP Of Counsel
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    Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. Board Member
  Bradley D. Belt
Director
Orchard Global Asset Management Vice Chairman
    Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Board Member
    Zurich American Life Insurance Company (NY) Board Member
  Mark R. Mitchell
Director
N/A N/A
30. TCW Investment Management Company LLC:
The TCW Group, Inc., 865 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90017, consists principally of The TCW Group, Inc., the holding company, and the following investment advisers registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940: TCW Asset Management Company, TCW Investment Management Company LLC (“TCW”) and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC. Information as to the directors and officers of TCW for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Marc I. Stern
Chairman
PBS SoCal; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Trustee
    President’s Counsel of the Kennedy Center Council Member, Founding Chairman
    Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County; Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Committees (f/k/a Los Angeles 2024 Exploratory Committee) Director
    California Institute of Technology; Metropolitan Opera; Los Angeles Opera; Mayor’s Fund of Los Angeles; Marc & Eva Stern Foundation; Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club; The Alliance for Southern California Innovation, Base Hologram Board Member
  Meredith Jackson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
MJ Fronty Vineyard LLC Officer
    LA Philharmonic; Institutional Investor Forums Board Member
    SIFMA Asset Management Group Treasurer
  David S. DeVito
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Loyola High School; Loyola Marymount University; Catholic Community Foundation Board Member
    Archdiocese of Los Angeles Committee Member
  David Lippman
Manager, President and the CEO
The Music Center Board Member
    MWAM Holdings, LLC Member
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31. TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC:
The business activity of TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC (“TSCM”), 7 Times Square, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10036, is to serve as an investment adviser and assist in the selection of investment advisers. TSCM is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors and officers of TSCM have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
32. WCM Investment Management, LLC:
WCM Investment Management, LLC (“WCM”) is located at 281 Brooks Street, Laguna Beach, California 92651. WCM is independently controlled entirely by its employees, and is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. WCM specializes in providing innovative, equity investment advisory services. The directors and officers of WCM have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
33. Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC:
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC (“Weiss”), with principal offices at 320 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. It is a subsidiary of George Weiss Associates, LLC (“GWA, LLC”), a Connecticut Limited Liability Company. GWA, LLC is an independent, privately-owned asset management firm founded in 1998. GWA, LLC, in turn, is majority-owned by Weiss Family Interests LLC, which is majority-owned by various Weiss family trusts. A substantial number of Weiss’ employees also own minority interests in GWA, LLC. Information as to the principals and executive officers of Weiss during the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Pierce Archer
Chief Operating Officer
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Registered Representative
  Steven Breen
Chief Technology Officer
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Registered Representative
  Jeff Dillabough
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Weiss Multi-Strategy Partners (Cayman) Ltd. Weiss Insurance Partners (Cayman) Ltd. Weiss Credit Opportunities Fund (Cayman) Ltd. Weiss DQM Fund (Cayman) Ltd. Weiss Insurance Partners II (Cayman) Ltd. Director
  Michele Lanzoni
Senior Vice President and Controller
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Chief Financial Officer/ Financial and Operations Principal
  Jena Roche
Director of Investor Relations and Marketing
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Registered Representative
  Victoria Stearns
Chief Compliance Officer
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Chief Compliance Officer, Executive Representative
  Hank Swiggett
Chief Administrative Officer-Mutual Funds
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Registered Representative
  Jordi Visser
Chief Investment Officer and President
Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Registered Representative
  George Weiss
Chief Executive Officer
Weiss Family Foundation Sole Trustee
    Woodrow Wilson Foundation Trustee Emeritus
    Somerset Reinsurance Ltd. Director
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    Say Yes to Education Inc Founds and Board Member (non-profit)
    Weiss Family Interests LLC Manager (transferred his ownership interest to his Revocable Trust DTD 4/1/1999)
    University of Pennsylvania Board Member and Trustee Emeritus
    The Orphan Disease Pathway Foundation Founder and Sole Trustee (non-profit)
    Weiss Multi-Strategy Funds LLC Registered Representative
34. Wellington Management Company LLP:
The business activity of Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington”), 280 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, is to serve as an investment adviser and assist in the selection of investment advisers. Wellington is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The directors and officers of Wellington have not held any positions with other companies during the past two fiscal years.
35. Western Asset Management Company, LLC:
Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western”) is located at 385 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91101, and the sole business activity of Western is to serve as an investment adviser. Western is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Information as to the directors and officers of Western for the past two fiscal years is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  James W. Hirschman III
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Western Asset Management Capital Corporation Director
  John D. Kenney
Non-Employee Director
Legg Mason, Inc. and Legg Mason Charitable Foundation, Inc. Vice President
    OS Investors Holdings, LLC, OS Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc., ClearBridge Investments, LLC, Legg Mason ClearBridge Holdings LLC, Legg Mason Australia Holdings Pty Limited, EnTrustPermal Partners Holdings LLC, EnTrustPermal LLC, Martin Currie (Holdings) Limited, RARE Infrastructure International Pty Limited, RARE Infrastructure Limited, RARE Infrastructure (Europe) Pty Limited, RARE Infrastructure (North America) Pty Limited, RARE Holdings Pty Limited, Treasury RARE Holdings Pty Limited and Clarion Partners Holdings, LLC Director
    Royce & Associates, GP, LLC, Legg Mason Royce Holdings, LLC, LM/Clarion I. LLC and LM/Clarion II, LLC Manager
  Thomas C. Merchant
Non-Employee Director
Legg Mason, Inc. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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    Legg Mason & Co., LLC, The Baltimore Company, BMML, Inc., Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC, Barrett Associates, Inc., Legg Mason Charitable Foundation, Inc., Legg Mason Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., Legg Mason International Holdings, LLC, Legg Mason Realty Group, Inc., Legg Mason Realty Partners, Inc., Legg Mason Tower, Inc., Legg Mason Holdings, LLC, LM Capital Support V, LLC, LMOBC, Inc., Pelican Holdings I, LLC, Pelican Holdings II, LLC and Legg Mason Real Estate Securities Advisors, Inc. Secretary
    QS Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. and QS Investors Holdings, LLC Director
    Western Asset Management Company Limited Non-Executive Director
    Legg Mason Political Action Committee Member and Secretary
  Jennifer W. Murphy
Director and Chief Operating Officer
Brandywine Global Investment Management (Europe) Limited and Legg Mason International Equities Limited Former Director
    Legg Mason Political Action Committee and Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC Former Manager
    Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation Director and Chief Executive Officer
  Peter H. Nachtwey
Non-Employee Director
Legg Mason, Inc. Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    Legg Mason & Co., LLC, BMML, Inc., Legg Mason Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., Legg Mason Real Estate Securities Advisors, Inc., Legg Mason Realty Group, Inc., Legg Mason Realty Partners, Inc., Legg Mason Tower, Inc., LM BAM, Inc., LM Capital Support V, LLC and Gray Seifert & Company, LLC Director and President
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    Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC, Legg Mason Fund Asset Management, Inc., Legg Mason International Holdings, LLC, Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group, LLC, Pelican Holdings I, LLC, Pelican Holdings II, LLC, Clarion Partners Holdings, LLC and LM Asset Services, LLC Director
    QS Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc., Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC, ClearBridge Investments, LLC, and Legg Mason Investment Counsel, LLC Former Director
    Legg Mason ClearBridge Holdings LLC, ClearBridge, LLC, Royce & Associates, GP, LLC, Legg Mason Royce Holdings, LLC, LM/Clarion I, LLC and LM/Clarion II, LLC Manager
    LM Capital Support V, LLC Director and Vice President
    Legg Mason Charitable Foundation, Inc. Vice President and Treasurer
  Charles A. Ruys de Perez
Secretary and General Counsel
Western Asset Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd, Western Asset Management Company Pty Ltd, Western Asset Management Company Ltd., Western Asset Management Company Pte., Ltd. and Western Asset Management Company Limited Director
36. Western Asset Management Company Limited:
The sole business activity of Western Asset Management Company Limited (“WAMCL”) is to serve as an investment adviser. WAMCL is located at 10 Exchange Square, Primrose Street, London, EC 2A2EN, United Kingdom and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Information as to the directors and officers of WAMCL is as follows:
  Name and Position with Adviser Other Company Position with Other Company
  Michael B. Zelouf
Director and Senior Executive Officer
Western Asset Management (UK) Holdings Limited Director
  Thomas C. Merchant
Non-Employee Director
Legg Mason, Inc. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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    Legg Mason & Co., LLC, The Baltimore Company, BMML, Inc., Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC, Barrett Associates, Inc., Legg Mason Charitable Foundation, Inc., Legg Mason Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., Legg Mason International Holdings, LLC, Legg Mason Realty Group, Inc., Legg Mason Realty Partners, Inc., Legg Mason Tower, Inc., Legg Mason Holdings, LLC, LM Capital Support V, LLC, LMOBC, Inc., Pelican Holdings I, LLC, Pelican Holdings II, LLC and Legg Mason Real Estate Securities Advisors, Inc. Secretary
    QS Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. and QS Investors Holdings, LLC Director
    Legg Mason Political Action Committee Member and Secretary
    Western Asset Management Company Non-Executive Director
  Charles A. Ruys de Perez
Secretary and General Counsel
Western Asset Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd, Western Asset Management Company Pty Ltd, Western Asset Management Company Ltd., Western Asset Management Pte, Ltd. and Western Asset Management Company Director
Item 32. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS
(a) Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for the following investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended:
FundVantage Trust
GuideStone Funds
Matthews International Funds (d/b/a Matthews Asia Funds)
Motley Fool Funds, Series of The RBB Fund, Inc.
New Alternatives Fund
Old Westbury Funds, Inc.
The Torray Fund
Versus Capital Multi-Manager Real Estate Income Fund LLC (f/k/a Versus Global Multi-Manager Real Estate Income Fund LLC)
Versus Capital Real Assets Fund LLC
(b) The following are the Officers and Manager of the Distributor, the Registrant’s underwriter. The Distributor’s main business address is 899 Cassatt Road, 400 Berwyn Park, Suite 110, Berwyn, PA 19312.
   
Name Address Position with Underwriter Position with Registrant
Richard J. Berthy Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
President, Treasurer and Manager None
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Mark A. Fairbanks Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
Vice President None
Jennifer K. DiValerio 899 Cassatt Road
400 Berwyn Park, Suite 110
Berwyn, PA 19312
Vice President None
Susan K. Moscaritolo 899 Cassatt Road
400 Berwyn Park, Suite 110
Berwyn, PA 19312
Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer
None
Jennifer E. Hoopes Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
Secretary None
(c) Not applicable.
Item 33. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS.
The books and other documents required by paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 31a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended are maintained in the physical possession of GuideStone Capital Management, LLC, the Registrant’s investment adviser, 5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 2200, Dallas, TX 75244. Other accounts, books and documents required by Rule 31a-1 are maintained in the physical possession of the Registrant’s transfer agent, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing, 760 Moore Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406; administration agent and accounting agent, The Northern Trust Company, 333 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60604 and 801 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60607; and the Registrant’s sub-advisers at their respective locations shown in the Statement of Additional Information.
Item 34. MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
Not Applicable.
Item 35. UNDERTAKINGS.
Not Applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on the 20th day of May, 2020.
GUIDESTONE FUNDS
By: /s/ John R. Jones
John R. Jones
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated have signed this Registration Statement below.
/s/ William Craig George* Trustee, Chairman of the Board May 20, 2020
William Craig George    
/s/ Thomas G. Evans* Trustee May 20, 2020
Thomas G. Evans.    
/s/ Randall T. Hahn, D.Min.* Trustee May 20, 2020
Randall T. Hahn, D.Min.    
/s/ Barry D. Hartis* Trustee May 20, 2020
Barry D. Hartis    
/s/ Grady R. Hazel* Trustee May 20, 2020
Grady R. Hazel    
/s/ David B. McMillan* Trustee May 20, 2020
David B. McMillan    
/s/ Franklin R. Morgan* Trustee May 20, 2020
Franklin R. Morgan    
/s/ John R. Morris* Trustee May 20, 2020
John R. Morris    
/s/ Ronald D. Murff* Trustee May 20, 2020
Ronald D. Murff    
/s/ Patrick Pattison Vice President and Treasurer May 20, 2020
Patrick Pattison (principal financial officer)  
*By: /s/ John R. Jones Attorney-in-Fact May 20, 2020
John R. Jones    
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AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made among GUIDESTONE FUNDS, a Delaware business trust ("Trust"), and GUIDESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC ("Adviser"), a non-profit limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC, a registered investment adviser organized under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Sub-Adviser").

WHEREAS, the Adviser has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement ("Management Agreement") with the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"); and

WHEREAS, the Low-Duration Bond Fund, Medium-Duration Bond Fund, Extended-Duration Bond Fund, Global Bond Fund, Value Equity Fund, Growth Equity Fund, Small Cap Equity Fund and International Equity Fund (each, the "Fund") and collectively, (the "Funds") are each series of the Trust; and

WHEREAS, under the Management Agreement, the Adviser has agreed to provide certain investment advisory services to the Funds; and

WHEREAS, the Adviser is authorized under the Management Agreement to delegate certain of its investment advisory responsibilities to one or more persons or companies; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Trust ("Board") and the Adviser desire that the Adviser retain the Sub-Adviser to render investment advisory services for the portion of each Fund's assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, as determined from time to time by the Adviser, in the manner and on the terms hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser is willing to furnish such services to the Adviser and the Funds;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser agree as follows:

1.Appointment. The Adviser and the Trust hereby appoint and employ the Sub-Adviser as a discretionary portfolio manager, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, of those assets of each Fund which the Adviser determines to assign to the Sub-Adviser (those assets being referred to as the "Fund Account"). The Adviser may from time to time make additions to and withdrawals, including but not limited to cash and cash equivalents, from the Fund Account, subject to verbal notification and subsequent written notification to the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser will be an independent contractor and will have no authority to act for or represent the Trust or the Adviser in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trust or the Adviser except as expressly authorized in this Agreement or another writing by the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser.

2.Acceptance of Appointment. The Sub-Adviser accepts that appointment and agrees to render the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.

 

3.Duties as Sub-Adviser.

(a)Subject to the supervision and direction of the Board and of the Adviser, including all written guidelines, policies and procedures adopted by the Trust or the Adviser that are provided to the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will (i) determine from time to time what investments in the Fund Account will be purchased, retained or sold by the Funds; and (ii) be responsible for placing purchase and sell orders for investments and for other related transactions with respect to the Fund Account. The Sub-Adviser will provide services under this Agreement in accordance with each Fund's investment objective, policies and restrictions and the description of its investment strategy and style, all as stated in the Trust's registration statement under the 1940 Act, and any amendments or supplements thereto ("Registration Statement") of which the Sub-Adviser has written notice. The Sub-Adviser is authorized on behalf of the Fund Account to enter into and execute any documents required to effect transactions with respect to the Fund Account, provided that such transactions are in accord with the Registration Statement and with all written guidelines, policies and procedures adopted by the Trust or the Adviser that are provided to the Sub-Adviser.

(b)In accordance with each Fund's investment policies described in the Registration

Statement, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for avoiding investment of Fund Account assets in the securities issued by any company that is publicly recognized, as determined by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention ("GuideStone Financial Resources"), as being in the alcohol, tobacco, gambling, pornography or abortion industries, or any company whose products, services or activities are publicly recognized, as determined by GuideStone Financial Resources, as being incompatible with the moral and ethical posture of GuideStone Financial Resources. The Adviser shall provide in writing to the Sub-Adviser a list of such prohibited companies, which the Adviser in its sole discretion will amend or supplement from time to time. The Adviser will provide the Sub-Adviser with such amendments or supplements on a timely basis, and any such changes shall become effective once they have been received by the Sub-Adviser. If the Sub-Adviser has a question about whether any proposed transaction with respect to the Fund Account would be in compliance with such investment policies, it may consult with the Adviser during normal business hours, and the Adviser will provide instructions upon which the Sub-Adviser may rely in purchasing and selling securities for the Fund Account.

(c)The Sub-Adviser agrees that, in placing orders with brokers, it will seek to obtain the best net result in terms of price and execution, considering all of the circumstances, and shall maintain records adequate to demonstrate compliance with this requirement; provided that, on behalf of each Fund, and in compliance with Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sub-Adviser may, in its discretion, use brokers (including brokers that may be affiliates of the Sub-Adviser to the extent permitted by Section 3(d) hereof) who provide the Sub-Adviser with research, analysis, advice and similar services to execute portfolio transactions, and the Sub-Adviser may pay to those brokers in return for brokerage and research services a higher commission than may be charged by other brokers, subject to the Sub-Adviser's determining in good faith that such commission is reasonable in terms either of the particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund and its other clients and that the total commissions paid by the Fund will be reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Fund over the long term. The Sub-Adviser agrees to provide the Adviser with reports or other information regarding brokerage and benefits received therefrom, upon the Adviser's reasonable request. In no instance will portfolio securities or other assets be purchased from or sold to the Sub-Adviser, any other investment sub-adviser that serves as sub-adviser to one or more series of the Trust, or any affiliated person thereof,

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except in accordance with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act"), and the rules under each, and all other federal and state laws or regulations applicable to the Trust and the Fund, or in accordance with an order of exemption received from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Whenever the Sub-Adviser simultaneously places orders to purchase or sell the same security on behalf of the Fund Account and one or more other accounts advised by the Sub-Adviser, the orders will be allocated as to price and amount among all such accounts in a manner the Sub-Adviser believes to be equitable over time and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to each account.

(d)Except as permitted by law or an exemptive order or rule of the SEC, and the Trust's policies and procedures adopted thereunder, the Sub-Adviser agrees that it will not execute without the prior written approval of the Adviser any portfolio transactions for the Fund Account with a broker or dealer which is (i) an affiliated person of the Trust, the Adviser or any sub-adviser for any series of the Trust; (ii) a principal underwriter of the Trust's shares; or (iii) an affiliated person of such an affiliated person or principal underwriter. The Adviser agrees that it will provide the Sub-Adviser with a written list of such brokers and dealers and will, from time to time, update such list as necessary. The Sub-Adviser agrees that it will provide the Adviser with a written list of brokers and dealers that are affiliates of the Sub-Adviser and will, from time to time, update such list as necessary.

(e)In furnishing services hereunder, the Sub-Adviser will not consult with any other sub- adviser to the Fund, any other series of the Trust, or any other investment company under common control with the Trust concerning transactions of the Fund in securities or other assets. This will not be deemed to prohibit: (i) the Sub-Adviser from consulting with any of its affiliated persons concerning transactions in securities or other assets; (ii) the Sub-Adviser from consulting with any of the other covered sub-advisers concerning compliance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of Rule 12d3-1; and (iii) the Sub-Adviser from consulting with a successor sub-adviser of the Fund in order to effect an orderly transition of sub-advisory duties so long as such consultations do not concern transactions prohibited by Section 17(a) of the 1940 Act.

(f)The Sub-Adviser will maintain all books and records required to be maintained pursuant to the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to actions by the Sub- Adviser on behalf of each Fund, and will furnish the Board, the Adviser or the Fund's administrator ("Administrator") with such periodic and special reports as any of them reasonably may request. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Trust, agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act any records that it maintains for the Trust and that are required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act, and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Trust a complete set of any records that it maintains for the Fund upon request by the Trust.

(g)All transactions will be consummated by payment to or delivery by the custodian designated by the Trust (the "Custodian"), or such depositories or agents as may be designated by the Custodian in writing, of all cash and/or securities due to or from the Fund Account, and the Sub- Adviser shall not have possession or custody thereof. The Sub-Adviser shall advise the Custodian and confirm in writing to the Trust, to the Adviser and any other designated agent of the Fund, including the Administrator, all investment orders for the Fund Account placed by it with brokers and dealers at the time and in the manner set forth in Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, communication via electronic means will be acceptable as agreed to in writing

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from time to time by the Adviser. The Trust shall issue to the Custodian such instructions as may be appropriate in connection with the settlement of any transaction initiated by the Sub-Adviser. The Trust shall be responsible for all custodial arrangements and the payment of all custodial charges and fees, and, upon giving proper instructions to the Custodian, the Sub-Adviser shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to custodial arrangements or the acts, omissions or other conduct of the Custodian, except that it shall be the responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to notify the Adviser if the Custodian fails to confirm in writing proper execution of the instructions.

(h)The Sub-Adviser agrees to provide, at such times as shall be reasonably requested by the Board or the Adviser, the analysis and reports specified on Schedule A attached hereto, including without limitation monthly reports setting forth the investment performance of the Fund Account. The Sub- Adviser also agrees to make available to the Board and Adviser any economic, statistical and investment services that the Sub-Adviser normally makes available to its institutional or other customers.

(i)In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, as amended from time to time, the Sub-Adviser will assist the Administrator and/or the Fund in determining the fair valuation of all portfolio securities held in the Fund Account and will use its reasonable efforts to arrange for the provision of valuation information or a price(s) for each portfolio security held in the Fund Account for which the Administrator does not obtain prices in the ordinary course of business from an automated pricing service. The Sub-Adviser shall promptly notify the Adviser if, for any reason, the Sub-Adviser believes that the price of any security or other investment in the Fund Account may not accurately reflect the value thereof. The Sub-Adviser will maintain adequate records with respect to securities valuation information provided hereunder, and shall provide such information to the Adviser upon request, with such records being deemed Fund Account assets.

(j)The Sub-Adviser shall provide reasonable assistance as needed in the preparation of (but not pay for) all periodic reports by the Trust or each Fund to shareholders of the Fund and all reports and filings required to maintain the registration and qualification of each Fund, or to meet other regulatory or tax requirements applicable to each Fund, under federal and state securities and tax laws. Upon the request of the Trust or the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser shall review draft reports to shareholders, Registration Statements or portions thereof that relate to each Fund or the Sub-Adviser and other documents provided to the Sub-Adviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub-certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents. The Sub-Adviser will prepare and cause to be filed in a timely manner Form 13F and, if required, Schedule 13G with respect to securities held for the Fund Account.

(k)As reasonably requested by the Trust on behalf of the Trust's officers and in accordance with the scope of the Sub-Adviser's obligations and responsibilities contained in this

Agreement (i.e., with respect to the Fund Account and the Sub-Adviser's provision of portfolio management services hereunder), the Sub-Adviser will provide reasonable assistance to the Trust in connection with the Trust's compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder, and Rule 38a-1 of the 1940 Act. Specifically, the Sub-Adviser agrees to (a) certify periodically, upon the reasonable request of the Trust, that with respect to the Fund Account and the Sub-Adviser's provision of portfolio management services hereunder, it is in compliance with all applicable "federal securities laws", as required by Rule 38a-l under the 1940 Act, and Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act; (b) upon request and reasonable prior notice, cooperate with third-party audits arranged by the Trust to evaluate the effectiveness of the Trust's

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compliance controls; (c) upon request and reasonable prior notice, provide the Trust's chief compliance officer with direct access to its chief compliance officer (or his/her designee); (d) upon request, provide the Trust's chief compliance officer with periodic reports; and (e) promptly provide notice of any material compliance matters that relate to, or could reasonably be expected to have an impact on, the Fund Account, Fund, Trust or the performance of the Sub-Adviser's duties under this Agreement.

(l)The Sub-Adviser will not be responsible for making any class action filings, including bankruptcies, on behalf of the Fund Account. The Sub-Adviser shall promptly provide the Trust and the Adviser with any information it receives regarding class action claims or any other legal matters involving any asset held in the Fund Account and shall cooperate with the Trust and the Adviser to the extent necessary for the Trust or the Adviser to pursue and/or participate in any such action. The Sub-Adviser will also promptly notify the Trust and the Adviser if the Sub-Adviser determines to opt out of a class action litigation or otherwise commence an independent litigation (domestic or foreign) for securities held or previously held in Sub-Adviser's proprietary accounts that are also held or were previously held by the Fund Account.

4.Further Duties. In all matters relating to the performance of this Agreement, the Sub-

Adviser will act in conformity with the provisions of the Trust's Trust Instrument, By-Laws and Registration Statement of which it has received written notice, with all written guidelines, policies and procedures adopted by the Trust as applicable to the Fund Account that are provided to the Sub-Adviser in writing, and with the written instructions and written directions of the Board and the Adviser; and will comply with the requirements of (i) the 1940 Act and Advisers Act and the rules under each; (ii) the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies; (iii) the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder from time to time; and (iv) all other federal and state laws and regulations applicable to the Trust and each Fund. The Adviser agrees to provide to the Sub-Adviser copies of the Trust's Trust Instrument, By-Laws, Registration Statement, written guidelines, policies and procedures adopted by the Trust as applicable to the Fund Account, written instructions and directions of the Board and the Adviser, and any amendments or supplements to any of these materials as soon as practicable after such materials become available.

5.Proxies. Unless the Adviser gives written instructions to the contrary, provided the Custodian has timely forwarded the relevant proxy materials, the Sub-Adviser will vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which assets of the Fund Account may be invested from time to time. The Adviser shall instruct the Custodian to forward or cause to be forwarded to the Sub-Adviser (or its designated agent) all relevant proxy solicitation materials.

6.Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser will bear all expenses incurred by it in connection with its services under this Agreement other than the cost of securities (including brokerage commissions, transactional fees and taxes, if any) purchased for the Fund. Each Fund shall be responsible for its expenses.

7.Compensation. The compensation of the Sub-Adviser for its services under this Agreement shall be calculated daily and paid monthly by the Trust, and not the Adviser, in accordance with the attached Schedule B. The Sub-Adviser shall not be responsible for any expenses incurred by the Fund or the Trust. If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month,

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the fee for the period from the effective date to the end of the month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be pro-rated according to the proportion that such period bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs. The Adviser shall be responsible for computing the fee based upon a percentage of the average daily net asset value of the assets of the Fund Account.

8.Limitation of Liability. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any loss due solely to a mistake of investment judgment, but shall be liable for any loss which is incurred by reason of an act or omission of its employee, partner, director or affiliate, if such act or omission involves willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence, or breach of its duties or obligations hereunder, whether express or implied. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed a limitation or waiver of any obligation or duty that may not by law be limited or waived.

9.Indemnification.

(a)The Adviser shall indemnify the Sub-Adviser or any of its directors, officers, employees or affiliates for all losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal) ("Losses") incurred by the Sub-Adviser by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Adviser under this Agreement, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement hereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Sub-Adviser or the Sub-Adviser's breach of fiduciary duty to the Adviser.

(b)The Trust shall indemnify the Sub-Adviser or any of its directors, officers, employees or affiliates for all losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal) ("Losses") incurred by the Sub-Adviser by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Trust under this Agreement, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement hereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Sub-Adviser or the Sub-Adviser's breach of fiduciary duty to the Trust.

(c)The Sub-Adviser shall indemnify the Adviser or any of its directors, officers, employees or affiliates for all losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal) ("Losses") incurred by the Adviser by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement if such act or omission involves the gross negligence, willful misfeasance, bad faith or breach of fiduciary duty of the Sub-Adviser, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement hereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the negligence, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Adviser or the Adviser's breach of fiduciary duty to the Sub-Adviser.

(d)The Sub-Adviser shall indemnify the Trust or any of its trustees, officers, employees or affiliates for all losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal) ("Losses") incurred by the Trust by reason of or arising out of any act or omission by the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement if such act or omission involves the gross negligence, willful misfeasance, bad faith or breach of fiduciary duty of the Sub-Adviser, or any breach of warranty, representation or agreement hereunder, except to the extent that such Losses arise as a result of the gross negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Trust or the Trust's breach of fiduciary duty to the Sub-Adviser.

(e)The indemnification in this Section 9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

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10.Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Trust. The Trust represents, warrants and agrees that:

(a)The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser each has been duly appointed by the Board to provide investment services to the Fund Account as contemplated hereby.

(b)The Trust will cause the Adviser to deliver to the Sub-Adviser a true and complete copy of each Fund's Registration Statement as effective from time to time, and such other documents or instruments governing the investment of the Fund Account and such other information as reasonably requested by the Sub-Adviser, as is necessary for the Sub-Adviser to carry out its obligations under this Agreement.

11.Representations of the Adviser. The Adviser represents, warrants and agrees that:

(a)The Adviser has been duly authorized by the Board to delegate to the Sub-Adviser the provision of investment services to the Fund Account as contemplated hereby.

(b)The Adviser (i) is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and will continue to be so registered for so long as this Agreement remains in effect; (ii) is not prohibited by the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act or other law, regulation or order from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) has met and will seek to continue to meet for so long as this Agreement remains in effect, any other applicable federal or state requirements, or the applicable requirements of any regulatory or industry self-regulatory agency necessary to be met in order to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) has the authority to enter into and perform the services contemplated by this Agreement; and (v) will promptly notify the Sub-Adviser of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify the Adviser from serving as an investment adviser of an investment company pursuant to Section 9(a) of the 1940 Act or otherwise.

12.Representations of the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and agrees as

follows:

(a)The Sub-Adviser (i) is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and will continue to be so registered for so long as this Agreement remains in effect; (ii) is not prohibited by the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act or other law, regulation or order from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) has met and will seek to continue to meet for so long as this Agreement remains in effect, any other applicable federal or state requirements, or the applicable requirements of any regulatory or industry self-regulatory agency necessary to be met in order to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) has the authority to enter into and perform the services contemplated by this Agreement; and (v) will promptly notify the Trust and Adviser of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify the Sub-Adviser from serving as an investment adviser of an investment company pursuant to Section 9(a) of the 1940 Act or otherwise. The Sub-Adviser will also immediately notify the Trust and the Adviser if it is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, or any threat thereof, before or by any court, public board or body, directly involving the affairs of the Fund.

(b)The Sub-Adviser has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures, as required by Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act, which are reasonably designed to prevent violations of federal securities laws by the Sub-Adviser, its employees, officers, and agents ("Compliance

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Procedures") and, the Adviser and the Trust have been provided a copy of a summary of the Compliance Procedures and any amendments thereto.

(c)The Sub-Adviser has adopted a written code of ethics complying with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and will provide the Adviser and the Trust with a copy of such code of ethics, together with evidence of its adoption and a certification that the Sub-Adviser has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent violations of such code of ethics. Within thirty (30) days following the end of the last calendar quarter of each year that this Agreement is in effect, the Sub- Adviser shall furnish to the Trust and the Adviser (a) a written report that describes any issues arising under the code of ethics or procedures during the relevant period, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the code or procedures and sanctions imposed in response to material violations; and (b) a written certification that the Sub-Adviser has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent violations of the code of ethics. In addition, the Sub-Adviser shall (i) promptly report to the Board in writing any material amendments to its code of ethics; (ii) immediately furnish to the Board all information regarding any material violation of the code of ethics by any person who would be considered an Access Person under the Trust's and Adviser's code of ethics, if such person were not subject to the Sub-Adviser's code of ethics; and (iii) provide quarterly reports to the Adviser on any material violations of the Sub-Adviser's code of ethics during the period so indicated. Upon the reasonable written request of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser shall permit the Adviser, its employees or its agents to examine the reports required to be made to the Sub-Adviser by Rule 17j-1(c)(1) and all other records relevant to the Sub-Adviser's code of ethics.

(d)The Sub-Adviser has provided the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV, which as of the date of this Agreement is its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC and promptly will furnish a copy of any material amendments to the Trust and the Adviser at least annually. Such amendments shall reflect significant developments affecting the Sub-Adviser, as required by the Advisers Act.

(e)The Sub-Adviser will notify the Trust and the Adviser of any change of control of the Sub-Adviser, including any change of its general partners, controlling persons or 25% shareholders, as applicable, and any changes in the key personnel who are either the portfolio manager(s) of the Fund Account or senior management of the Sub-Adviser, in each case prior to such change if the Sub-Adviser is aware of such change but in any event not later than promptly after such change. The Sub-Adviser agrees to bear all reasonable expenses of the Trust and Adviser, if any, arising out of such change.

(f)The Sub-Adviser agrees to maintain an appropriate level of errors and omissions or professional liability insurance coverage equal to not less than $5,000,000.

(g)The Sub-Adviser will not, in violation of applicable law or regulation, use any material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in or come into its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates or employees in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund.

(h)The Sub-Adviser agrees that neither it, nor any of its affiliates, will in any way refer directly or indirectly to its relationship with the Trust, the Fund, the Adviser or any of their respective affiliates in offering, marketing or other promotional materials without the express written consent of the Adviser. For clarity purposes, the Sub-Adviser may identify each Fund as a client during the term of this

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Agreement, with such right terminating upon termination of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser may use the performance of the Fund Account in its composite performance.

13.Services Not Exclusive. The services furnished by the Sub-Adviser hereunder are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser shall be free to furnish similar services to others, except as prohibited by applicable law or agreed upon in writing among the Sub-Adviser, the Trust and the Adviser.

14.Confidentiality. Subject to the duty of the parties to comply with applicable law, including any demand of any regulatory or taxing authority having jurisdiction, the parties hereto shall treat as confidential all material non-public information pertaining to the Fund Account and the actions of the Sub-Adviser, the Adviser and the Trust in respect thereof.

15.Authorized Representatives of the Adviser. The Sub-Adviser is expressly authorized to rely upon any and all instructions, approvals and notices given on behalf of the Adviser by any one or more of those persons designated as representatives of the Adviser whose names, titles and specimen signatures appear in Schedule C attached hereto. The Adviser may amend such Schedule C from time to time by written notice to the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall continue to rely upon these instructions until notified by the Adviser to the contrary.

16.Duration and Termination.

(a)Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of two years subsequent to its initial approval, and thereafter, if not terminated, shall continue automatically from year to year, provided that such continuance is specifically approved annually in accordance with the 1940 Act: (i) by a vote of a majority of those Trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Trust, as defined within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by the Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each Fund, unless any requirement for a vote of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund is rendered inapplicable by an order of exemption from the SEC.

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated by any party hereto at any time, without the payment of any penalty, immediately upon written notice to the other party, but any such termination shall not affect the status, obligations, or liabilities of any party hereto to the other arising prior to termination. This Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment or upon termination of the Management Agreement as it relates to the Fund.

17.Amendment of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. No material amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved (i) by the vote of a majority of those Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (unless the Trust receives an SEC order or no-action letter permitting it to modify the Agreement without such vote or a regulation exists under the 1940 Act that permits such action without such vote).

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18.Limitation of Trustee and Shareholder Liability. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser are hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument of the Trust and agree that obligations assumed by the Trust pursuant to this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Trust and its assets, and if the liability relates to one or more series of the Trust, the obligations hereunder of the Trust shall be limited to the respective assets of each Fund. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser further agree that they shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Trust or the Fund, nor any officer, director or trustee of the Trust, neither as a group nor individually.

19.Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the 1940 Act and the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. To the extent that the applicable laws of the State of Delaware conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.

20.Reference to the Sub-Adviser. The Adviser and the Trust are authorized to publish and distribute information, including, but not limited, to registration statements, fund fact sheets and marketing material, regarding the provision of sub-advisory services by the Sub-Adviser pursuant to this Agreement and to include in such information the name of the Sub-Adviser or any trademark, service mark, symbol or logo of the Sub-Adviser, without the prior written consent of the Sub-Adviser. The Adviser will provide copies of such items to the Sub-Adviser upon request within a reasonable time following such use, publication or distribution.

21.No Implied Waiver. The rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, rule or regulation, (i) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement can be discharged by one party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in a writing signed by the other party; (ii) no waiver that may be given by a party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (iii) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such party or of the right of the party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement.

22.Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

23.Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors. As used in this Agreement, the terms "majority of the outstanding voting securities," "affiliated person," "interested person," "assignment," "broker," "investment adviser," "net assets," "sale," "sell" and "security" shall have the same meaning as such terms have in the 1940 Act, subject to such exemption

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as may be granted by the SEC by any rule, regulation or order. Where the effect of a requirement of the federal securities laws reflected in any provision of this Agreement is made less restrictive by a rule, regulation or order of the SEC, whether of special or general application, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order. This Agreement and the Schedule(s) attached hereto embody the entire agreement and understanding among the parties. This Agreement may be signed in counterpart.

24.Notices. Any notice herein required is to be in writing and is deemed to have been given to the Sub-Adviser, Adviser or the Trust upon receipt of the same at their respective addresses set forth below. All written notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement will be delivered by personal service, by postage mail – return receipt requested or by facsimile machine or a similar means of same day delivery which provides evidence of receipt (with a confirming copy by mail as set forth herein). All notices provided to Adviser will be sent to the attention of Melanie Childers. All notices provided to the Sub-Adviser will be sent to the attention of the Chief Investment Officer.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their duly authorized signatories as of May 18, 20201.

 

GUIDESTONE FUNDS

 

5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway

 

Suite 2200

 

Dallas, Texas 75244

Attest

 

 

By:___________________________

By:____________________________________

Name:  Melanie Childers

Name:

David S. Spika

Title:    Vice President –

Title:

Executive Vice President

Fund Operations

 

 

GUIDESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway

Suite 2200

Dallas, Texas 75244

Attest

 

 

 

By:___________________________

By:____________________________________

Name: Melanie Childers

Name:

Matt. L. Peden

Title:

Vice President –

Title:

Vice President and

 

Fund Operations

 

Chief Investment Officer

 

 

PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC

 

 

800 Fifth Avenue

 

 

Suite 2800

 

 

Seattle, Washington 98104

Attest

 

 

 

By: _____________________________

By: _________________________________

Name:

________________________

Name:

___________________________

Title:

________________________

Title:

___________________________

1Original agreement dated December 19, 2019. Amended and restated dated May 18, 2020.

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

GUIDESTONE FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), and its undersigned trustee and officers, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints John R. Jones, Matthew A. Wolfe, Alison M. Fuller, David W. Grim and Cillian M. Lynch (with full power to each of them to act alone) as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for it and on its behalf and in its name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to make, execute and sign the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N- 1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the offer and sale of shares of the beneficial interest of the Trust, any such Registration Statement and amendment, and any and all supplements thereto or to any prospectus or statement of additional information forming a part thereof, and any and all exhibits and other documents requisite in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the Trust and the undersigned Trustee and officers itself/themselves might or could do.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GUIDESTONE FUNDS has caused this power of attorney to be executed in its name by its President, and attested by its Secretary and the undersigned Trustee have hereunto set their hands and seals at Dallas, Texas, this 1st day of May, 2020.

GUIDESTONE FUNDS

ATTEST:

By:

/s/ John R. Jones

John R. Jones President

/s/ Matthew A. Wolfe

Matthew A. Wolfe

Chief Compliance Officer, Chief

Legal Officer and Secretary

/s/ Thomas G. Evans

Thomas G. Evans

Trustee

GUIDESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC & GUIDESTONE FUNDS

CODE OF ETHICS

INTRODUCTION

GuideStone Capital Management, LLC ("GSCM" or "Adviser") and GuideStone Funds ("Trust" or "Funds") have adopted this Code of Ethics ("Code") in accordance with Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act"), and Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"). This Code, and the requirements within, apply to "Access Persons" of GSCM and of the Funds.

Who is an "Access Person"?

Access Persons of the Adviser and/or the Funds will include the following individuals:

Any director, trustee, officer, or employee1 of the Adviser or of the Funds who has access to certain non-public information;

Any employee of GuideStone Financial Resources ("GSFR") who regularly obtains information concerning recommendations made by GSCM to the Funds with regard to the purchase or sale of "Covered Securities"

(defined below) by the Funds; and

Any "Temporary" Access Person (defined below) who is given access to non-public Fund information as part of a distinct project or event; and

Any person that the Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser and of the Funds ("CCO") may designate.

The CCO will maintain a list of Access Persons.

STANDARDS OF BUSINESS CONDUCT

The primary principle of the Code is that Access Persons owe a fiduciary2 duty to the Funds. In consideration of this fiduciary duty, Access Persons shall:

Always place the interests of the Trust first;

Conduct personal securities transactions in a manner consistent with this Code;

Avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest or any abuse of a position of trust and responsibility;

Adhere to the fundamental standard that they must not take inappropriate advantage of their position;

Comply with applicable federal securities laws, including the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act;

Restrict access to confidential information about securities recommendations, holdings and transactions by persons who do not need such information to perform their duties; and

Promptly report any violations3 of this Code to the CCO.

Access Persons, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, of a security held or to be acquired by the Trust, shall not:

Employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Trust;

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While all employees are technically employees of GuideStone Financial Resources (the parent company of GSCM), for the purposes of this Code, "employee of the Adviser or of the Funds" shall mean those persons who are assigned to work, on a full-time basis, on behalf of GSCM and/or the Funds.

A fiduciary duty is a legal obligation to act in the best interest of another.

The duty to report violations includes reporting violations that you may have committed.

Make any untrue statement of a material fact to the Trust or omit to state to the Trust a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, considering the circumstances under which they are made to the Trust, not misleading;

Engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the Trust; or

Engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Trust.

STANDARDS FOR THE CARE AND USE OF INFORMATION

Protecting the Confidentiality of Non-Public Information

Access Persons have a duty to protect the confidentiality of information maintained by the Adviser. Confidential information includes, but is not strictly limited to, information about securities transactions, Fund holdings, proposed

Definition of Covered Securities and Covered Accounts

The term "Covered Security", for the purposes of the Code, means shares of the Funds, stocks, notes, bonds, futures, investment contracts, ETFs, closed end funds, options or any other financial instrument considered a security under the Advisers Act4. Please be advised that it is best practice to consider all securities to be Covered Securities except for the following exclusions allowed under the Advisers Act and 1940 Act:

Direct obligations of the United States government;

Bankers' acceptances, certificates of deposit and commercial paper;

Shares of money market funds; and

Shares of open-end mutual funds not advised by GSCM.

The term "Covered Account" includes all accounts that could hold Covered Securities in which the Access Person has a Beneficial Interest. Access Persons are deemed to have Beneficial Interest in accounts held by their spouse, minor children and other members of the Access Person's immediate family who share their household. For purposes of this Code, Covered Accounts shall also include any accounts over which an Access Person has direct control or has the ability to direct investment activity. Examples include a trustee of a trust, an executor(trix) of an estate or being given power of attorney over any account in which Covered Securities may be purchased or sold.

new Fund offerings and material Fund restructurings. At no time should non-Access Persons be given confidential information without first receiving approval from the CCO. This includes a prohibition on conveying the Fund's confidential information to other employees of GSFR.

Prohibitions on the Improper Use of Information

As described above under "Standards of Business Conduct", Access Persons are prohibited from taking inappropriate advantage of their position. This includes a prohibition on using non-public information for personal gain or for illegal purposes. Therefore, Access Persons shall not:

Use their knowledge about the securities transactions or holdings of the Trust4 in trading for any Covered Account;

Purchase or sell for any Covered Account, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security that the Access Person knows, or reasonably should know, at the time of purchase or sale, is being actively purchased or sold or is being considered for purchase or sale on behalf of the Trust;

4Including the trading of shares of GuideStone Funds.

Purchase or sell Covered Securities, for any Covered Account, or any other account, including any GuideStone Fund account, on the basis of Material Non-Public Information ("MNPI")5;

Disclose MNPI about a company or a company's securities to any person except for lawful purposes and in accordance with the Code; and

Fail to provide investment ideas to the Trust before engaging in personal transactions or transactions for a Covered Account based on these ideas.

TRADING RESTRICTIONS & PRE-APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

Restriction Periods - GuideStone Funds

Trading Restrictions – GuideStone Funds

When certain types of changes/material restructurings occur within the Funds, the buying and/or selling of Fund shares by Access Persons may be restricted. During a "Restriction Period", Access Persons may not purchase, nor may they sell, shares of the Fund(s) undergoing restructuring within a Covered Account6. Generally, Restriction Periods will begin on the date on which the proposed restructuring is presented to the Investment Management Committee of the GuideStone Funds Board of Trustees and will remain in effect until a filing is made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (or otherwise made public). Access Persons are restricted from purchasing or selling, or causing the purchase or sale, of a Fund share for any account (e.g., a client account) while they are aware of MNPI about that Fund, unless consistent with an exception defined by the CCO (e.g., a written plan put in place before the information was known).

Trading Restrictions – Individual Securities

GSCM may periodically buy or sell individual securities on behalf of the Funds. Access Persons are prohibited from buying or selling a security purchased by GSCM on any day during which a trade in that security is pending in a Fund account. Access Persons are also prohibited from transacting in that security if GSCM is actively considering trading that security on behalf of the Fund(s). Furthermore, Access Persons may not trade that security 5 trading days before or after a transaction in that security has been placed within a Fund account.

The CCO will announce the beginning and end of Restriction Periods and shall retain the authority to declare a Restriction Period for any reason without being constrained by the above guidelines.

Pre-Approval Requirements

Without exception, all Access Persons must obtain pre-approval from the CCO before participating in the following within a Covered Account:

Initial Public Offerings ("IPOs"); and

Limited Offerings.

In addition to the requirement to obtain pre-clearance for IPOs and Limited Offerings, a sub-set of Access Persons

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Material Non-Public Information refers to any information that is both "material" and "non-public." Information is generally deemed "material" if a reasonable investor would consider it important in deciding whether to purchase or sell a company's securities or information that is reasonably certain to affect the market price of the company's securities, regardless of whether the information is directly related to the company's business. Information is considered "non-public" when it has not been effectively disseminated to the marketplace. Information found in reports filed with the SEC or appearing in publications of general circulation would be considered public information.

Automatic contributions and loan payments are not subject to Restriction Periods.

deemed "Portfolio Access Persons"7 must obtain pre-clearance from the CCO before trading specified securities within a Covered Account. Pre-clearance is valid until market close on the next trading day after approval is given. Pre- clearance must be re-sought if the trade is not completed prior to this time. Portfolio Access Persons are to be designated by the CCO and will generally be GSCM employees who work directly on developing and managing investment strategies within the Funds. Portfolio Access Persons must obtain pre-clearance before effecting transactions in the following security types within a Covered Account:

Equity securities, and options on equities (except as provided below). The following are exempt from the pre-clearance requirements:

Purchases or sales of exchange-traded funds (ETFs);

Purchases or sales over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control;

Purchases or sales that are part of an automatic investment/withdrawal program;

Exercise and sales of Rights and Warrants;

The receipt of securities as gifts and bequests and the making of personal or charitable gifts or bequests of securities.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Unless specifically excluded, Access Persons must submit the following reports to the CCO regarding their Covered Securities and Covered Accounts:

Initial Holdings Report

An initial report shall be made no later than 10 days after becoming an Access Person. The initial report shall contain the following information current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date the person becomes an Access Person:

The name and type of security, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number (as applicable), the number of shares and the principal amount of each Covered Security;

The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintains a Covered Account; and

The date the report is being submitted by the Access Person.

Quarterly Transaction Reports

Report(s) of all transactions in Covered Securities and any new Covered Accounts opened during the previous quarter shall be made no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar quarter. The report shall contain the following information:

7"Portfolio Access Persons" are Access Persons who are regularly involved in the review and analysis of security holdings of the Trust. The CCO will maintain a list of Portfolio Access Persons who are required to pre-clear transactions. If you have not been classified as a "Portfolio Access Person" you are not required to obtain pre-approval before trading.

For transactions in Covered Securities during the quarter:

oThe date of the transaction, the security name, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number (as applicable), the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), the number of shares and the principal amount;

oThe nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale, gift, etc.);

oThe price at which the transaction was effected;

oThe name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through which the transaction was placed; and

oThe date the report is submitted.

For any Covered Accounts established during the quarter:

oThe name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the Covered Account is maintained;

oThe date the Covered Account was established; and o The date the report is being submitted.

Annual Holdings Reports

All holdings of Covered Securities shall be reported within 30 days after the end of the calendar year and must be current as of a date no more than 45 days before the report is submitted. The annual report shall contain the following information:

The name and type of Covered Security, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number (as applicable), the number of shares and principal amount;

The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom any Covered Account is maintained; and

The date the report is being submitted.

Reporting Exclusions

Exclusions from the reporting requirements include the following:

GuideStone Funds Trustees are not required to submit Initial Holdings, Quarterly Transaction or Annual Holdings Reports. However, a Trustee must make a Quarterly Transaction Report if, at the time of the transaction, he/she knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his/her official duties, should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately before or after the date of the transaction, such Covered Security was purchased or sold by the Trust or was being considered for purchase or sale by the Adviser or any of the

Trust's sub-advisers.

"Temporary" Access Persons, due to their temporary nature and limited access to portfolio level information, are exempt from the Initial Holdings, Quarterly Transaction and Annual Holdings reporting requirements. However, access to information on personal trading during the time frame in which they were classified as Access Persons must be made available to the CCO to allow for the CCO to monitor for insider trading. Please see following information regarding "Temporary" Access Persons and their reporting requirements.

Definition and Treatment of "Temporary" Access Persons

A "Temporary" Access Person is a person who is not an Access Person but, due to a legitimate business need, is given access to MNPI. Temporary Access Persons may include employees of GSFR who are not currently classified as Access Persons, contractors to an affiliated entity of the Adviser, or other persons, such as consultants.

When the Funds are impacted by certain material events, the designation of Temporary Access Persons may be necessary to grant certain individuals' access to non-public information regarding the material event. Before any person may be given access to non-public information, permission must be granted by the CCO. Examples of material events that may necessitate the designation of Temporary Access Persons include the closing of a Fund, significant

changes to a Fund's fee structure or a material reallocation of underlying Fund holdings. GSFR employees who are given access to MNPI will be designated as Temporary Access Persons until the event has concluded and been made public.

Temporary Access Persons are required to:

Attest that they have received a copy of the current Code and that they agree to comply with the principles of the Code; and

Provide access to information on any personal trading that occurred during the period in which they are classified as Temporary Access Persons to allow for the CCO to monitor for insider trading.

Temporary Access Persons will not be required to:

Submit Initial Holdings, Quarterly Transaction, or Annual Holdings Reports; or

Seek pre-approval prior trading a Covered Security.

As outlined above under "Protecting the Confidentiality of Non-Public Information", providing non-public information to non-Access Persons is prohibited and will be considered a violation of the Code.

Gifts, Entertainment and Business Courtesies (GSCM Supervised Persons)

On occasion, employees of GSCM ("Supervised Persons")8 may be offered gifts from, or may wish to give gifts to, unaffiliated persons or entities that do business with, or wish to do business with, the Adviser or the Trust. Supervised Persons shall not accept compensation (including gifts and entertainment) from any source for the purchase or sale of any property to or for GuideStone Funds9.

The solicitation, acceptance or giving of such gifts or gratuities by Supervised Persons is therefore prohibited, except for the following limited exceptions:

Gifts of a nominal value (i.e., gifts whose reasonable value is no more than $100, with a $100 annual limit per vendor and an overall annual limit of $500 from all vendors);

Customary business lunches, dinners, entertainment (e.g., sporting events) where the vendor representative participates in the activity, otherwise the amount then becomes a gift and is treated as such;

Promotional items (e.g., pens, mugs, T-shirts);

Gifts of reasonable value for special occasions (e.g., holidays, retirement); and

Business courtesies such as attendance at conferences and seminars if no preferential treatment is shown to the Adviser by the sponsor of the conference or seminar (the Adviser officers and employees must pay for travel and lodging associated with the conference or seminar).

If a Supervised Person receives any gift or gratuity that may be prohibited under this Code the Supervised Person must promptly inform the CCO. A Quarterly Gift Report shall be completed and submitted to the CCO within 30 days of quarter's end.

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Section 202(a)(25) of the Advisers Act defines "supervised persons" to include partners, officers, directors or advisory employees as well as other persons providing advice on the adviser's behalf who are "subject to the supervision and control of the investment adviser." "Supervised Persons", for the purposes of the Code, shall mean only those employees of GSFR who work directly on a day- to-day basis in support of GSCM's provision of services to the Funds.

This prohibition excludes regular salary or wages from any affiliate of GuideStone Funds.

Outside Business Activities (GSCM Supervised Persons)

Outside Business Activity ("OBA") shall mean any activity (whether paid or unpaid) that is not a requisite of paid employment with GSFR and its affiliates, including the Trust and the Adviser. To be defined as an OBA, it must possess elements of the types of activity or information in which the Trust and the Adviser regularly engage. Examples of such elements include financial matters, budgeting, investments, retirement plans, securities and securities markets. Supervised Persons may wish to participate in OBAs, either with a for-profit organization or with a non-profit organization. Prior to a Supervised Person embarking upon any OBA, the Supervised Person shall disclose the activity to the CCO of the Adviser. The CCO will review the proposed activity for conflicts of interest. If the proposed activity does not present an actual or potential conflict of interest it will be allowed. Conversely, if it is determined that the activity does present an actual or potential conflict of interest, it will be disallowed if the conflict of interest cannot be remediated. Supervised Persons may not engage in an outside activity until approval has been granted by the CCO. All determinations in these matters will be documented and maintained according to the Adviser's record retention policies and procedures.

Violations of the Code

Violations of the Code by Access Persons (including Temporary Access Persons) will be reported to the Funds' Board of Trustees. Multiple or significant violations of the Code may result in disciplinary actions including possible termination of employment.

Initial and Annual Certification of Compliance

Access Persons must certify initially upon becoming an Access Person, and annually thereafter, that they:

Have received, read and understand the Code and recognize that as an Access Person, they are subject to the Code and have complied with all the requirements of the Code; and

Have disclosed or reported all personal securities transactions, holdings and accounts required to be disclosed or reported pursuant to the Code.

Adopted:

May 21, 2019

Amended:

November 7, 2019

Amended:

May 18, 2020

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

February 26, 2019

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Effective Date: February 26, 2019

1. Introduction

This global Code of Business Conduct and Ethics ("Code") governs the general commitment by BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, "BlackRock") to conduct its business activities in the highest ethical and professional manner and to put client interests first. BlackRock's reputation for integrity is one of its most important assets and is instrumental to its business success. While this Code covers a wide range of business activities, practices, and procedures, it does not cover every issue that may arise in the course of BlackRock's many business activities. Rather, it sets out basic principles designed to guide BlackRock's employees and directors. Consultants and contingent, contract, or temporary workers are expected to comply with the principles of this Code and policies applicable to their location, function, and status.

Every BlackRock employee and director — whatever his or her position — is responsible for upholding high ethical and professional standards and must seek to avoid even the appearance of improper behavior. Any violation of this Code may result in disciplinary action to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any employee who becomes aware of an actual or potential violation of this Code or other BlackRock policy is required to follow the reporting process described in the Global Policy for Reporting Illegal or Unethical Conduct and in Section 10 below.

2. Compliance with Laws and Regulations

BlackRock's global business activities are subject to extensive governmental regulation and oversight and it is critical that BlackRock and its employees comply with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including those relating to insider trading. Employees are expected to refer to the guidance contained in the Compliance Manual and the various policies and procedures contained in the Policy Library in compliance with these laws and regulations and to seek advice from supervisors and Legal & Compliance ("L&C") as necessary.

3. Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts of interest may arise when a person's private interest interferes, or appears to interfere, with the interests of BlackRock, or where the interests of an employee or the firm are inconsistent with those of a client or potential client, resulting in the risk of damage to the interests of BlackRock or one or more of its clients. A conflict may arise, for example, if an employee or director, takes an action or has an interest that makes it difficult for that individual to conduct the individual's responsibilities to BlackRock and/or the client objectively and effectively, or if such an individual receives an improper personal benefit, such as a loan or guarantee, as a result of the individual's position at BlackRock. BlackRock has adopted policies, procedures, and controls designed to manage conflicts of interest, including the Global Conflicts of Interest Policy and the Global Outside Activity Policy .  Employees are required to comply with these and other compliance related policies, procedures, and controls and to help mitigate potential conflicts of interest by adhering to the following standard of conduct:

Act solely in the best interests of clients;

Uphold BlackRock's high ethical and professional standards;

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Identify, report, and manage actual, apparent, or potential conflicts of interest; and

Make full and fair disclosure of any conflicts of interests, as may be required.

Conflicts of interest may not always be clear-cut and it is not possible to describe every situation in which a conflict of interest may arise – any question with respect to whether a conflict of interest exists, together with any actual or potential conflict of interest, should be directed to managers and L&C.

4. Insider Trading and Personal Trading

Employees and directors who have access to confidential information about BlackRock, its clients, or issuers in which it invests client assets, are prohibited from using or sharing that information for security trading purposes or for any other purpose except in the proper conduct of our business. All non-public information about BlackRock or any of our clients or issuers should be considered "confidential information." Use of material, non-public information in connection with any investment decision or recommendation or to "tip" others who might make an investment decision on the basis of this information is unethical and illegal and could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Under the Global Personal Trading Policy ,  BlackRock employees are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities (except for certain exempt securities). Please consult the Global Insider Trading Policy for additional information.

5. Gifts and Entertainment

The purpose of entertainment and gifts in a commercial setting is to create good will and sound working relationships, not to gain unfair advantage with clients or vendors. No gift or entertainment should be offered, given, provided, or accepted by any BlackRock employee or their immediate family members sharing the same household unless it:

is unsolicited;

is not a cash gift;

is consistent with customary business practices;

is not excessive in value;

cannot be construed as a bribe or payoff;

is given or accepted without obligation;

is not intended to solicit or retain business or an advantage in the conduct of business; and

does not violate applicable laws or regulations.

In addition, strict laws govern the provision of gifts and entertainment, including meals, transportation, and lodging, to public officials. Employees are prohibited from providing gifts or anything of value to public officials or their employees or family members in connection with BlackRock's business for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or a business advantage. Please consult the Global Gifts and Entertainment Policy for additional information. Regional specific regulatory restrictions also apply.

6. Political Contributions

Employees are required to pre-clear political contributions in accordance with the U.S. Political Contributions Policy - Global .

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7. Corporate Opportunities

Employees and directors:

are prohibited from taking personal opportunities for themselves that are discovered through the use of corporate property, information, or position without the consent of L&C

are prohibited from using corporate property, information, or position for improper personal gain;

may not compete with BlackRock either directly or indirectly; and

owe a duty to BlackRock to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises.

8.Competition and Fair Dealing

BlackRock seeks to outperform its competition fairly and honestly by seeking competitive advantage through superior performance; BlackRock does not engage in illegal or unethical business practices. BlackRock and its employees and directors should endeavor to respect the rights of, and deal fairly with, BlackRock's clients, vendors, and competitors. Specifically, the following conduct is prohibited:

misappropriating proprietary information;

possessing trade secret information obtained without the owner's consent;

inducing disclosure of proprietary information or trade secret information by past or present employees of other companies; and

taking unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other intentional unfair-dealing practice.

9.Confidentiality

BlackRock's employees and directors have an obligation of confidentiality to BlackRock and its clients. Confidential information includes non-public information that might be of use to competitors or that might harm BlackRock or its clients, if disclosed, and non-public information that clients and other parties have entrusted to BlackRock. The obligation to preserve confidential information continues even after employment ends. This obligation does not limit employees from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to a regulator or from making disclosures under whistleblower provisions, as discussed in greater detail in the Global Policy for Reporting Illegal or Unethical Conduct and relevant confidentiality policies and agreements.

10. Reporting Any Illegal or Unethical Behavior

Every employee is required to report any illegal or unethical conduct about which they become aware, including those concerning accounting or auditing matters. Employees may report concerns to L&C by contacting a Managing Director in L&C directly or by contacting the Employee Complaint Hotline, contact details for which are available via the intranet homepage. BlackRock will not retaliate or discriminate against any employee because of a good faith report. Employees have the right to report directly to a regulator and may do so anonymously; employees may provide protected disclosures under whistleblower laws and cooperate voluntarily with regulators, in each case without fear of retaliation by BlackRock. Please consult the Global Policy for Reporting Illegal or Unethical Conduct and local compliance manuals for additional detail.

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11. Protection and Proper Use of BlackRock Assets

Employees and directors should make every effort to protect BlackRock's assets and use them efficiently. This obligation extends to BlackRock's proprietary information, including intellectual property such as trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as business, marketing and service plans, engineering and manufacturing ideas, systems, software programs, designs, databases, records, salary information, and any unpublished financial data and reports. Unauthorized use or distribution of proprietary information constitutes a violation of BlackRock policy and could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Employees should refer to the Intellectual Property Policy and the Corporate Information Security and Acceptable Use of Technology Policy for additional information on the obligation to protect BlackRock's property.

12. Bribery and Corruption

BlackRock employees and directors are prohibited from making payments or offering or giving anything of value, directly or indirectly, to public officials of any country, or to persons in the private sector, if the intent is to influence such persons to perform (or reward them for performing) a relevant function or activity improperly or to obtain or retain business or an advantage in the course of business conduct. Employees should refer to the Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy for additional information.

13. Equal Employment Opportunity and Harassment

The diversity of BlackRock's employees is a tremendous asset. BlackRock is firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment of any kind. In particular, it is BlackRock's policy to afford equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and existing employees without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, citizenship status, genetic information, employment status, or protected veteran status or any other basis that would be in violation of any applicable ordinance or law. In addition, BlackRock will not tolerate harassment, bias, or other inappropriate conduct on the basis of any of the above protected categories. BlackRock's Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and other employment policies are available in the Policy Library .

14. Recordkeeping

BlackRock requires honest and accurate recording and reporting of information in order to conduct its business and to make responsible business decisions. BlackRock, as a financial services provider and a public company, is subject to extensive regulations regarding maintenance and retention of books and records. BlackRock's books, records, accounts, and financial statements must be maintained in reasonable detail, must appropriately reflect BlackRock's transactions, and must conform both to applicable legal requirements and to BlackRock's system of internal controls. Please consult the Global Records Management Policy and other record retention policies, available in the Policy Library ,  for additional information.

15. Waivers of the Code

Any waiver of this Code for an executive officer or director must be made only by BlackRock's Board of Directors or a Board committee and must be promptly disclosed as required by law or stock exchange regulation.

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Code of Ethics

Effective: January 2018

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MONDRIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS CODE OF ETHICS

Contents

 

 

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Introduction

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1.

Prohibited Activities

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2.

Gifts and Entertainment; Charitable and Political Giving;

 

 

Placement Agents; Bribery

7

3.

Personal Conflicts of Interest

10

4.

Reporting Requirements

11

5.

Administrative Procedures

12

6.

General Guidance

13

7.

Insider Trading Policies and Procedures

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Appendix A – Code of Ethics Summary Table

15

Appendix B – Reporting Requirements Table

18

Appendix C – Definitions

19

Appendix D – Exemptions to Code Rules

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Introduction

This Code of Ethics ("Code") covers all employees of Mondrian Investment Partners Limited and Mondrian Investment Partners (U.S.), Inc. (collectively "Mondrian"). The Code includes standards of business conduct that are expected of Mondrian employees, and that reflect Mondrian's fiduciary duties. The Code requires compliance with applicable UK regulations and US federal securities laws, and incorporates procedures to implement such compliance. The responsibility for maintenance and enforcement of the Code lies substantially with the Chief Compliance Officer.

It is the duty of all Mondrian employees, officers and directors to conduct themselves with integrity, and at all times to place the interests of clients first. All personal securities transactions will be conducted consistent with, and in the spirit of, the Code of Ethics and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an individual's position of trust and responsibility. The fundamental standard of this Code is that personnel should not take any inappropriate advantage of their positions.

Mondrian is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") in the UK and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in the US. This Code is designed to adhere to the standards of ethical conduct set by both regulators. Furthermore, Rule 17j-1 under the US Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 204A-1 of the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Rules") make it unlawful for certain persons, including any employee, officer or director of an investment adviser, in connection with the purchase or sale by such person of a security held or to be acquired by a client account:

(1)To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud;

(2)To make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading;

(3)To engage in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit; or

(4)To engage in any manipulative practice.

The Rules also require investment adviser firms to adopt a written code of ethics containing provisions reasonably necessary to prevent certain persons from engaging in acts in violation of the above standard. Investment adviser firms should also use reasonable diligence and institute procedures reasonably necessary to prevent violations of that code.

Employees must report any violations of the Code promptly to the Chief Compliance Officer.

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1. Prohibited Activities

I.The following restrictions apply to all Employees. A summary of these requirements is available in Appendix A.

(a)No Employee shall engage in any act, practice or course of conduct, which would violate the provisions of the Rules set forth below.

(b)General Requirement and Exceptions: No Employee shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Security which to his/her knowledge is being actively considered for purchase or sale by Mondrian; except that this prohibition shall not apply to:

(1)transactions that have been pre-cleared in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 1- I (f) below;

(2)purchases or sales that are non-voluntary on the part of either the person or the account;

(3)purchases which result from a scrip dividend or are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan;

(4)purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its Securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

(5)other purchases and sales specifically approved by the Chief Executive Officer, with the advice of the General Counsel and/or the Chief Compliance Officer, and deemed appropriate because of unusual or unforeseen circumstances. A list of any securities excepted will be maintained by the Compliance & Risk team; and

(6)purchases or sales made by a third party in a Managed Account, provided that such purchases or sales do not reflect a pattern of conflict.

(7)sales which result from a compulsory company tender offer. Voluntary decisions require pre-disclosure to the Chief Compliance Officer.

(8)purchases or sales in respect of transfers between brokerage accounts, providing it represents a like-for-like amount for example in the case of transferring stocks to a new ISA provider.

(c)3-Day Rule: No Employee may execute a buy or sell order for an account in which he or she has beneficial ownership or control until the third trading day following the execution of a Mondrian buy or sell order in that same Security.

(d)Monthly Trading Limits: No more than twenty (20) Security transactions are permitted per calendar month. This limit is applicable in aggregate to all Security transactions in which the covered person has a beneficial interest.

(e)Disgorgement: Despite any fault or impropriety, any Employee who executes a buy or sell for an account in which he/she has beneficial ownership or control either (i) before the third trading day following the execution of a Mondrian order in the same security, or (ii) where deemed necessary, when there are pending orders for a Mondrian transaction as reflected on the open order blotter, shall forfeit any profits made (in the event of purchases) or loss avoided (in the event of sales), whether realised or unrealised, in the period from the date of the personal transaction to the end of the proscribed trading period. Payment of the amount forfeited shall be made by cheque or in cash to a charity of Mondrian's choice and the payment will be overseen by the Chief Compliance Officer.

(f)Preclearance Requirement: Except for Managed Accounts meeting the provisions of Section 1- I (b)(6) above, each Employee's personal transactions or transactions for an account in which he/she has beneficial ownership or

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control must be pre-cleared using the PTA Connect system. The request for preclearance must be submitted prior to entering any orders for personal transactions. Preclearance is generally only valid for 24 hours after the request is authorised and if the order is not executed within the 24 hour period, the preclearance request must be resubmitted. In certain circumstances, where the timing of the trade execution is outside of the control of the Employee, the Chief Compliance Officer may allow an extension to this period. Regardless of preclearance, all transactions remain subject to the provisions of (b), (c), (d) and

(e)above.

(g)60-Day Rule: Short term trading in Securities resulting in a profit is prohibited. All open positions must be held for a period of 60 days, in the aggregate, before they can be closed at a profit (see Appendix D for certain exemptions). Any short term trading profits are subject to the disgorgement procedures outlined in

(e)above and at the maximum level of profit obtained. The closing of positions at a loss within 60 days is not prohibited.

(h)Initial Public Offerings: Employees are prohibited from purchasing any initial public offering without the PRIOR written consent of the Chief Compliance Officer. A separate approval process needs to be followed: email request should be made to the Chief Compliance Officer (i.e. not via the PTA Connect system).

(i)Private Placements: No Employee shall purchase any private placement without express PRIOR written consent by the Chief Compliance Officer. A separate approval process needs to be followed: email request should be made to the Chief Compliance Officer (i.e. not via the PTA Connect system). All private placement holdings are subject to disclosure to the Chief Compliance Officer.

(j)Brokerage/Trading Account Losses: No Employee shall operate a brokerage or other trading account(s) with an individual or combined net loss in any Derivative position of more than £25,000 ($40,000). Brokerage or other trading accounts with an individual or combined net loss of more that £20,000 ($30,000) should be reported to the Chief Compliance Officer immediately. In relation to positions covered by assets held separately (i.e. not in the brokerage account which has a net loss position), the Chief Compliance Officer may permit an exemption from this requirement.

(k)Online Chat Rooms: No Employee shall participate in online discussions related to Securities (e.g. internet discussion boards or chat rooms) by posting or encouraging others to post. This prohibition includes all Securities whether or not held by Mondrian clients. Employees are not prohibited from passively reading such online discussions.

(l)Outside Interests: Employees require PRIOR written approval from the Chief Compliance Officer before they may serve on the board of directors, board of trustees or similar governing or oversight body of any company (public or private), charity, endowment, foundation or similar organisation.

II.The following additional restrictions apply to all Investment Professionals.

(a)Private Placements and Other Unlisted Securities: Investment Professionals that hold unlisted Securities (normally obtained through a private placement) must receive permission from the Chief Compliance Officer prior to any participation by such person in Mondrian's consideration of an investment in the same issuer, or any issuer of underlying investments e.g. holdings within a venture capital fund.

(b)7-Day Blackout Period: No Named Portfolio Manager of a US Registered Investment Company ("RIC") may execute a buy or sell order for an account for which he/she has beneficial ownership within seven calendar days before or after that RIC account, trades in that Security.

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(c)Disgorgement: Despite any fault or impropriety, any Investment Professional who executes a personal transaction within seven calendar days before or after a RIC account, for which they are a Named Portfolio Manager, trades in that Security, shall forfeit any profits made (in the event of purchases) or loss avoided (in the event of sales), whether realised or unrealised, in the period from the date of the personal transaction to the end of the prescribed trading period. Payment of the amount forfeited shall be made by cheque or in cash to a charity of Mondrian's choice and the payment will be overseen by the Chief Compliance Officer.

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2.Gifts and Entertainment; Charitable and Political Giving; Placement Agents; Bribery

I.The following restrictions apply to all Employees.

(a)Gift and Entertainment Receipt:

(i)Employees should not retain Gifts or accept offers of Entertainment valued at over £10 (or local currency equivalent) without obtaining the PRIOR consent of the Chief Compliance Officer.

(ii)Where it is not practical to obtain consent (e.g. a client presents a portfolio manager with a Gift during a meeting) it must be reported to the Chief Compliance Officer as soon as possible after receipt. The Chief Compliance Officer will determine if the recipient can retain the Gift. Items of material value will typically be surrendered to the Chief Compliance Officer and they will be included in a Christmas Charity raffle.

(iii)Invitations to attend events (e.g. a broker Christmas party or a sports event) cannot be accepted without obtaining the PRIOR consent of the Chief Compliance Officer. Any applications for approval must be in writing and include a justification for attending the event and a valuation of the Entertainment event provided by the person offering the invite (please use the form on the Compliance & Risk page of the intranet)

(iv)Please see additional guidance in Section 6 below and the guidance notes on the Compliance & Risk page of the intranet for further details.

(b)Gift and Entertainment Giving:

(i)All Gifts and Entertainment to clients, consultants or other business related contacts must be reported (regardless of whether the Employee seeks reimbursement from Mondrian) using the relevant expense reimbursement forms/system.

(ii)Employees may not give Gifts or Entertainment valued in excess of £100 (or local currency equivalent) to clients, consultants or other business related contacts without the prior consent of the Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Executive Officer (where practical).

(iii)Mondrian may from time to time impose limits on the value of gifts or entertainment that individuals can give and that Mondrian Employees, in total, can give to a particular party over a set period of time. These will be separately notified to Employees as and when necessary.

(c)Charitable Giving:

Employees are prohibited from using their personal charitable giving to influence decision makers in a way that could reasonably be seen to benefit Mondrian directly or indirectly (e.g. a Client Services Officer making a large donation to a charity supported by a consultant who may be influential in Mondrian's appointment or retention by a client would not be permitted). Note that the restrictions with respect to political giving supersede the restrictions with respect to charitable giving (e.g. a nominal gift to a charity at the suggestion of a person running for state political office in the United States would not be permitted). This prohibition also applies to Employees' spouse or life partner and immediate family members.

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(d)Political Giving:

Employees are prohibited from using their personal political giving to influence decision makers in a way that could reasonably be seen to benefit Mondrian directly or indirectly (e.g. a Client Services Officer making a political contribution to a candidate for state elected office who may be influential in Mondrian's appointment or retention by a client would not be permitted). Laws have been implemented at the US federal, state and local level, which are not always consistent and a violation can result in termination of Mondrian by the client. For example, some jurisdictions have restrictions on the amount that a business may contribute and still be eligible to be a vendor to that jurisdiction. Since donations from Employees can be attributable to Mondrian's limit, it is important that there be transparency in personal political giving. In addition, a contribution to the campaign of a person that holds state level office but is running for federal level office may violate a state prohibition on contributions.

Specifically, unless approved in advance by the Chief Compliance Officer, Employees are prohibited from making any contribution to any political campaign or political organisation, in the United States, except as set out below. This prohibition also applies to Employees' spouse or life partner and immediate family members. Contributions include both directly or indirectly, including for example cash, volunteering, in-kind contribution, soliciting, providing a loan, serving as an intermediary, aggregating contributions or contributing to a political action committee. Covered political campaigns include for example, governor, controller, treasurer and trustee of a pension fund.

If approved in advance by the Chief Compliance Officer, Employees are generally permitted to make contributions to a political campaign for an elected office that the Employees may vote for and with respect to United States national or federal level political activities (i.e. House of Representatives, Senate, President, Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee)

Information regarding personal political giving will be kept confidential by Mondrian and only revealed when required by applicable law, rule or policy.

(e)Placement Agents and Pay-to-Play:

Unless approved in advance by the Chief Compliance Officer, Employees are prohibited from, or causing Mondrian to, directly or indirectly, engage hire, retain, pay, engage or otherwise compensate any third party to act as a placement agent, solicitor, finder, marketer, consultant or broker or other intermediary for the purpose, explicitly or implicitly, of selling or facilitating the sale of any Mondrian service (such as investment advisory services) or security (such as an interest in a Mondrian limited partnership). This prohibition also applies to Employees' spouse or life partner and immediate family members.

(f)UK Bribery Act 2010 and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977:

The UK Bribery Act 2010 defines four criminal offences for which penalties include imprisonment and fines:

(i). offering or paying a bribe;

(ii). requesting or receiving a bribe; (iii). bribing a foreign public official;

(iv). a corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery being undertaken on the corporation's behalf.

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. ("FCPA"), was enacted for the purpose of making it unlawful for certain classes of persons and entities to make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business. Since 1977, the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA have applied to all US persons and certain foreign issuers of securities. With the enactment of certain amendments in 1998, the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA now also apply to foreign firms and persons who cause, directly or through agents, an act in furtherance of such a corrupt payment to take place within the territory of the United States.

For clarification, Mondrian prohibits all forms of bribery, regardless of whether of a "foreign public official" or any other individual or organisation.

Any suspicions of bribery being undertaken or received should always be reported immediately to the Chief Compliance Officer. Any failure to comply with this requirement may constitute a serious disciplinary offence and could result in dismissal.

For further details refer to Mondrian's Anti-Bribery Policy.

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3. Personal Conflicts of Interest

The following restrictions apply to all Employees.

Employees are required to disclose to the Chief Compliance Officer if, to their knowledge, they or their family members (including spouse or life partner and immediate family members) currently or previously have been associated with any client, prospective client, vendor, prospective vendor, trading partner, governmental agency, regulator or other party which may create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Examples where disclosure would be required include:

Employee's spouse holds elective office

Employee's brother is a lobbyist

Employee's adult child is a broker

Employee's sister is employed by a client

Employee was previously employed by a governmental body

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4. Reporting Requirements

I.The following reports are required to be made by all Employees:

(a)All personal holdings must be loaded onto PTA Connect no later than 10 days following commencement of employment. A member of the Compliance & Risk team will provide instructions on system usage.

(b)Disclose brokerage or other trading relationships at employment and at the time of opening any new account. All brokerage accounts should be set-up on PTA Connect by the Employee.

(c)Direct their brokers to supply to the Chief Compliance Officer (or the Philadelphia office Legal team), on a timely basis, duplicate copies of all confirmations and statements for all brokerage or other trading accounts and Managed Accounts (please see below). In the case of a brokerage relationship where a margin account is available (NB: this includes a spread betting account), the broker must supply the Chief Compliance Officer with a monthly statement.

(d)On request, each quarter, no later than the tenth day after the end of the calendar quarter, complete a Personal Security Transaction declaration using PTA Connect.

(e)On request, at year end, provide Annual Holdings reports containing information regarding all personal Securities holdings. This report must be current as of a date no more than 30 days before the report is submitted. The report should be submitted using PTA Connect.

(f)Quarterly Gift and Entertainment, Charitable, Political and Other Giving; Placement Agent and Bribery certifications must be submitted by the end of the month following each calendar quarter end. Certifications are to be submitted using PTA Connect.

For items (d) to (f), reminders will be issued when these are due.

(g)Immediately notify the Chief Compliance Officer upon obtaining a 1% interest in a company which Mondrian holds for clients.

II.Special Requirements for Managed Accounts:

Managed Accounts require pre-approval through the Chief Compliance Officer prior to starting up the account. The Chief Compliance Officer will consider the following facts and circumstances of the account when approving or denying such requests:

the functions and duties of the Employee;

the trustee or third party manager's relationship to the Employee (i.e., independent and professional versus friend or relative);

the Employee's influence or control over the trusts or accounts.

The ongoing reporting requirements for Managed Accounts will be agreed with the Chief Compliance Officer when approval is granted and they will depend on the relative risks associated with the factors listed above e.g. the frequency of the provision of statements and whether or not individual trade confirmations are required.

Trading in Managed Accounts is exempt from preclearance requirements where trades are initiated by the third party manager.

On a sample basis, Compliance will review holdings and transactions of Managed Accounts to identify any activity that may have been prohibited by Mondrian's Code of Ethics

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5. Administrative Procedures

I.The following administrative procedures shall apply.

(a)The Compliance & Risk team will identify all Employees and will notify them of this classification and their obligations under this Code. The Compliance & Risk team will also maintain procedures regarding the review of all reports required to be made under the Rules.

(b)The Compliance & Risk team shall keep records of Employees' holdings and transaction reports, the names of all Employees for the past five years, and records of decisions approving Employees' acquisitions of IPO's and private placements. The Compliance & Risk team shall maintain copies of the Code of Ethics, records of Code violations and action taken as a result of Code violations, and copies of Employees' acknowledgements of receipt of the Code. Such records shall be kept by the Compliance & Risk team for five years in an easily accessible place and for the first two years in Mondrian's office premises.

(c)The Compliance & Risk team shall perform periodic reviews of notifications and reports required to be made under the Rules, as part of its annual Compliance Monitoring Programme.

(d)The Compliance & Risk team shall report to the Chief Compliance Officer any apparent violations of the prohibitions or reporting requirements contained in this Code of Ethics. The Chief Compliance Officer will review the reports made and determine whether or not the Code of Ethics has been violated and shall determine what sanctions, if any, should be imposed in addition to any that may already have been imposed. Breaches of this Code of Ethics are considered to be a serious matter and can lead to disciplinary action, up to and including, dismissal.

(e)Failure to pre-clear a Gift or Entertainment event may result in the recipient being required to refund the provider the full value of the Gift or Entertainment. This is very likely if the Gift or Entertainment would not have been approved if preclearance had been sought.

(f)On a quarterly basis, a summary report of material violations of the Code and the sanctions imposed will be made to the Compliance & Risk Committee (a committee of the Board of Directors of Mondrian Investment Partners Limited). In reviewing this report, the Compliance & Risk Committee will consider if the appropriate sanctions were imposed. When the Compliance & Risk team finds that a transaction otherwise reportable above could not reasonably be found to have resulted in a fraud, deceit or manipulative practice in violation of the Rules, it may, in its discretion, lodge a written memorandum of such finding in lieu of reporting the transaction.

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6. General Guidance

The following general guidance shall apply.

The value of Gifts and Entertainment should be determined using the following guidelines:

The full value of any entertainment package should be disclosed i.e. if an event includes food and beverages, they must be taken into account. Often the package will be provided by a corporate hospitality provider and there will be a total cost price available from the provider.

Where the value of a Gift or Entertainment is not easily determined, the provider of the Gift or Entertainment will be asked to confirm the cost in writing.

If no independent value is available, a best estimate which errs on the high side should be given. The market value of a gift should be taken into account in making that determination.

The value of any gift received by or given to a spouse or other guest must also be reported (for example if a broker provides an entertainment package and the Mondrian Employee brings their spouse, the value provided to the spouse must also be reported).

Stop-loss arrangements may be put in place to limit exposure to loss in fast moving markets provided that:

details of the stop-loss limit are noted in the comments section of the PTA Connect preclearance request

the stop-loss limit is not adjusted during the life of the derivative position without a new preclearance being sought and approved

Auto-roll of arrangements may be put in place provided that:

details of the auto-roll are noted in the comments section of the PTA Connect preclearance request

the decision to roll the contract is not altered during the life of the derivative position without a new preclearance being sought and approved

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7. Insider Trading Policies and Procedures

Details of Mondrian's Insider Trading and Rumours Policies and Procedures can be found in Mondrian's Market Abuse Policy.

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Appendix A – Code of Ethics Summary Table

 

ACTIVITY

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

ACCESS

 

 

 

PROFESSIONALS*

PERSONS*

A.

Blackout Periods

 

 

 

1.

Generally trading is prohibited until the third trading day following the

x

x

 

 

execution of a Mondrian trade in that same Security. (see Appendix D for

 

 

 

 

certain exemptions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Trading by the named Portfolio Manager of a US Registered Investment

x

 

 

 

Company ("RIC") is prohibited for seven calendar days before or after the

 

 

 

 

execution of a trade in that same Security for that RIC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.

Preclearance

 

 

 

1.

All transactions in Securities, including IPO's and private placements, must

x

x

 

 

be pre-cleared (see Appendix D for certain exemptions). Preclearance

 

 

 

 

requests should be submitted using PTA Connect. Employees will be

 

 

 

 

notified of approved or denied transactions via email directly from the PTA

 

 

 

 

Connect system. Preclearance is generally only valid for twenty-four hours.

 

 

 

 

Preclearance requests for participation in IPO's or private placements should

 

 

 

 

be made to the Chief Compliance Officer by e-mail (i.e. they are not handled

 

 

 

 

through the PTA Connect preclearance process).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.

Transaction – Monthly Limit

 

 

 

1.

No more than twenty (20) Security transactions are permitted per calendar

x

x

 

 

month. This limit is applicable in aggregate to all Security transactions in

 

 

 

 

which the covered person has a beneficial interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.

Initial Public Offering

 

 

 

1.

Purchasing any initial public offering without PRIOR written consent from the

x

x

 

 

Chief Compliance Officer is prohibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.

Private Placement and Unlisted Securities

 

 

 

1.

Purchasing any private placement without PRIOR written consent from the

x

x

 

 

Chief Compliance Officer is prohibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Investment Professionals that hold unlisted Securities (normally obtained

x

 

 

 

through a private placement) must receive permission from the Chief

 

 

 

 

Compliance Officer prior to their participation in Mondrian's consideration of

 

 

 

 

an investment in the same issuer, or any issuer of underlying investments

 

 

 

 

e.g. holdings within a venture capital fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F.

Ban on Short-Term Trading Profits

 

 

 

1.

All positions must be held for a period of 60 days, in aggregate, before they

x

x

 

 

can be closed at a profit. Any short-term trading profits are subject to

 

 

 

 

disgorgement procedures (see Appendix D for certain exemptions).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G.

Gifts & Entertainment; Charitable and Political Giving; Placement Agents; Bribery

 

1.

Receipt of gifts and entertainment valued over £10 (or local currency

x

x

 

 

equivalent) should be precleared or where this is not possible, reported to the

 

 

 

 

CCO as soon as practicable after receipt and a determination will be made

 

 

 

 

as to whether the gift can be retained.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

All gifts and entertainment provided, regardless of value must be disclosed.

x

x

 

 

Pre-approval, where practical, is required from the CCO for the giving of all

 

 

 

 

gifts and entertainment in excess of £100 (or local currency equivalent) in

 

 

 

 

value. Where not practical, post-approval should be sought from the CCO as

 

 

 

 

soon as possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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G.Gifts & Entertainment; Charitable and Political Giving; Placement Agents; Bribery

(continued)

1.

Employees are prohibited from using their personal charitable giving to

x

x

 

influence decision makers in a way that could reasonably be seen to benefit

 

 

 

Mondrian directly or indirectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Unless approved in advance by the Chief Compliance Officer, Employees

x

x

 

are prohibited from making any contribution to any political campaign or

 

 

 

political organisation, in the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Unless approved in advance by the Chief Compliance Officer, Employees

x

x

 

are prohibited from making any payment to any placement agent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Employees are prohibited from offering or paying a bribe, requesting a bribe,

x

x

 

or bribing a foreign public official.

 

 

 

 

 

 

H.Service as a Director

1.Employees must receive PRIOR written approval from the Chief Compliance Officer before they may serve on the board of directors, board of trustees or similar governing or oversight body of any company (public or private), charity, endowment, foundation or similar organisation.

xX

I.Significant Ownership

1.Employees must inform the Chief Compliance Officer before they own 5% or more of the outstanding shares either directly or beneficially of any non- Mondrian group entities (whether public or private).

x x

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Appendix B – Reporting Requirements Table

 

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

ACCESS

 

 

 

PROFESSIONALS*

 

PERSONS*

A.

Disclosure of all Personal Holdings

 

 

 

 

 

1.

All personal holdings must be loaded onto PTA Connect within 10 days of

x

 

x

 

 

employment and reported annually thereafter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A member of the Compliance & Risk team will initiate the process by creating

 

 

 

 

 

 

an account on the system and providing training. Reminders for submission

 

 

 

 

 

 

of annual holdings reports will be sent to all Employees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.

Records of Securities Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Employees must direct their broker(s) to forward confirmations of personal

x

 

x

 

 

transactions and monthly account statements to the Chief Compliance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Officer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Employees are required to complete a Personal Securities Transaction

x

 

x

 

 

declaration within 10 days of each quarter end using PTA Connect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reminders for submission of these declarations will be sent to all Employees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.

Periodic Certification of Compliance with Code of Ethics & Market Abuse Policy

 

 

1.

Employees must certify that they have read and understand the Code of

x

 

x

 

 

Ethics and the Market Abuse Policy, and have complied with all requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the Code and Policy. The certification will be completed on PTA Connect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The frequency of these certifications will be determined by the Compliance &

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.

Quarterly Gifts, Entertainment, Charitable and Political Giving; Placement Agents and

 

Bribery Certification

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Employees must certify that they have:

x

 

x

 

 

reported all relevant gifts, entertainment and

 

 

 

 

 

 

hospitality

 

 

 

 

 

 

not used personal charitable giving to influence a

 

 

 

 

 

 

decision in a way that could reasonably be seen to

 

 

 

 

 

 

benefit Mondrian, directly or indirectly

 

 

 

 

 

 

not made any contribution to any political campaign or

 

 

 

 

 

 

political organisation in the United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

not made any payment to any placement agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

not offered or paid a bribe (in any jurisdiction),

 

 

 

 

 

 

requested or received a bribe (in any jurisdiction), or

 

 

 

 

 

 

bribed a foreign public official.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.

Violations

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Employees must report any violations of the Code promptly to the Chief

x

 

x

 

 

Compliance Officer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Applies not only to the Employee but, but also to Connected Persons. Refer to the Appendix C - Definitions for more details. Also note

the 'Control' definition that covers when Employees, e.g. act in an advisory capacity.

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Appendix C - Definitions

"Access Person"

means any Mondrian Employee who has access to non-public information regarding clients' securities transactions or who has access to non-public information regarding a client's portfolio holdings. This definition includes all Employees who are not Investment Professionals e.g. client services and administrative staff. Those persons deemed to be Access Persons will be notified of this designation.

"Beneficial ownership"

is as defined in Section 16 of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder. Generally speaking, a person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a Security, is a "beneficial owner" of the Security. For example, a person is normally regarded as the beneficial owner of Securities held by members of his or her immediate family sharing the same household. Additionally, ownership of a Derivative constitutes beneficial ownership of the underlying Security itself.

"Broker"

means any entity with which an Employee can establish a trading arrangement to facilitate the execution of a Security transaction including banks, dealers, internet trading facilities and spread betting service providers.

"Chief Compliance Officer"

means the person named as Chief Compliance Officer of Mondrian Investment Partners Limited or his/her alternate.

"Connected Persons"

means a person is connected if they are a member of the Employee's family (spouse, civil partner, any person with whom the Employee lives as a partner in an enduring family relationship, a child or stepchild of the Employee, a child or step-child of an Employee's partner (if living with the Employee and under the age of 18), or the Employee's parents). See also the definition of Control below.

"Control"

means investment discretion in whole or in part of an account regardless of beneficial ownership, such as an account for which a person has power of attorney or authority to effect transactions.

"De minimis transaction"

means a transaction in an investment that is too small from a Conflict of Interest perspective to materially impact Mondrian Clients. A de minimis transaction is one where the trade has a nominal value of less than £1000/$1500 (NB: this does not cover derivative exposure)

"Derivative"

includes futures, options, contracts for differences, spread betting or any other device that provides exposure to profits or losses from any financial instrument or index (NB: this is intended to cover a wide range of financial exposures e.g. it includes interest rates and currencies).

"Digital Currency"

is a type of currency available only in digital form, not in physical (such as banknotes and coins). It exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but allows for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. An example of a digital currency is Bitcoin.

"DRIP"

means an automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan

"Employee"

Means both Investment Professionals and Access Persons (see relevant definitions) and includes temporary staff, whether employed by Mondrian directly, or through an agency, and consultants, as well as permanent members of staff.

"Entertainment"

Means attendance at an event (widely defined) given to/by a Mondrian Employee (whether or not including spouse or other guest) by/to a business related contact (whether or not including spouse or other guest) where the host would attend the event with the guest(s). Examples might include:

Meals or other forms of food & drink provided by a business contact (see definition of Meals below)

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After a conference the host may invite a Mondrian Employee to attend a sports event or show

Mondrian client services staff entertain a group of client representatives and their spouses to an evening meal and the theatre

"Exchange Traded Fund ("ETF")"

means a security that tracks an index, a commodity or a basket of assets like an index  fund,  but trades like a stock on an exchange. ETFs are considered to be a Security for the purposes of this Code.

"G7"

is a group of seven industrialised nations. The group includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

"Gift"

means an item of value given to/by a Mondrian Employee (whether or not including spouse or other guest) by/to a business related contact (whether or not including spouse or other guest). Examples might include:

A company that Mondrian is researching gives a product sample to an Investment Professional for their personal use which they keep

A broker gives a Trader a case of wine at Christmas

A Mondrian Client Services Officer gives a client Trustee or a consultant tickets to a sporting event

"High Quality Short-Term Debt Instruments"

means any instrument that has a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by an internationally recognised statistical rating organisation.

"Investment Professional"

means any Employee who, in connection with his/her regular functions or duties, makes or participates in, the making of investment decisions affecting a client. Investment Professional includes portfolio managers, research analysts and anyone that assists them directly in the execution of their duties e.g. implementation staff and assistant portfolio managers. Secretarial support staff working within the investment teams are not included in this definition.

"Managed Accounts"

means an account that is professionally managed by a third party on a discretionary basis. For clarification purposes, this is intended to cover accounts where the Beneficial Owner's investment decisions in Securities caught by the Code has been delegated to that third party. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not cover investment in U.K. unit trusts, U.S. mutual funds, OEICs, or ICVCs, unless such instruments are advised or sub-advised by Mondrian.

"Meals"

means:

evening restaurant meals offered by brokers and other service providers

Invitations of hospitality at the homes of brokers and other service providers

"Mondrian"

means Mondrian Investment Partners Limited and Mondrian Investment Partners (U.S.), Inc.

"Named Portfolio Manager"

means the Portfolio Manager(s) named in the RIC Portfolio Managers document maintained on the Compliance & Risk page of the intranet.

"Physical Commodity"

means the actual commodity that is delivered to a futures contract buyer when the expiration of the commodity contract occurs. Metals such as copper, gold, and silver and agricultural products such as cattle, wheat, and soybeans are examples of physical commodities.

"Private Placement"

means a  funding round  of  securities  which are sold not through a  public offering,  but rather through a private offering, mostly to a small number of chosen investors. Private placements include investments in crowd funding (i.e. crowdcube) and investments in friends' businesses.

"PTA Connect"

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means the web-based system used by Mondrian to manage the approval, reporting and record keeping processes associated with personal account trading and Gifts and Entertainment.

"Security"

(Important Note: If you are uncertain as to whether a holding or position falls within the definition of a Security you should assume it is included unless advised otherwise by the Compliance & Risk team.)

is as set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 which provides a very broad ranging definition of a security. In addition, the purchase, sale or exercise of a Derivative shall constitute the purchase or sale of the underlying Security or exposure.

The following instruments are excluded:

Securities issued or guaranteed by Supranationals and their agencies:

Securities issued by a G7 government, and in the case of the government of the United States or any of its federal agencies, bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, High Quality Short-term Debt Instruments including repurchase agreements

securities issued by governmental agencies or government guaranteed entities of a G7 country

Unit investment trusts (UIT)

U.K. unit trusts

U.K. open-ended investment companies (OEICs)

European investment company with variable capital (ICVCs)

European undertaking for collective investments in transferable securities (UCITS) (Daily Priced)

(that are not advised or sub-advised by Mondrian, but see the following inclusions section for UCITS ETFs)

Shares of open-end registered investment companies (that are not advised or sub-advised by Mondrian)

Municipal fund securities

U.S. 529 Plans

Digital currencies

To help clarify the above exclusions the following instruments are not excluded (and therefore are subject to the restrictions of this Code)

Mutual funds, unit investment trusts, OEICs, UCITS (Daily Priced), U.K. unit trusts, of which Mondrian is the adviser and/or sub-adviser. See Appendix E on the Compliance &Risk page of the Intranet for a list of these Funds

U.K. registered Investment Trusts

Exchange traded funds (ETF)

UIT exchange traded funds

UCITS exchange traded funds

"Security being "considered for purchase or sale" or "being purchased or sold""

means when a recommendation to purchase or sell the Security has been made and communicated to the Trading Desk and with respect to the person making the recommendation, when such person seriously considers making, or when such person knows or should know that another person is seriously considering making, such a recommendation.

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Appendix D Exemptions to Code Rules

The following requirements of this Code do not apply to investments in the Exempted Securities described below:

1.Trade Preclearance

2.The three day blackout period rule

3.The 60-day minimum hold rule

Note that the maximum of twenty (20) Security transactions per calendar month rule still applies to transactions in these Exempted Securities.

EXEMPTED DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

As described in Appendix C, the Mondrian definition of derivatives includes futures, options, contracts for differences, spread betting or any other device that provides exposure to profits or losses from any financial instrument or index (NB: this is intended to cover a wide range of financial exposures e.g. it includes interest rates and currencies).

1.Derivative positions which track or provide exposure to the following indices:

MSCI EAFE

MSCI Emerging Markets

MSCI World

Dow Jones Industrial Average

S&P 500 Index

S&P 100 Index

NASDAQ 100 Index

Russell 2000 Index

EUROTOP 100 Index

Financial Times Stock Exchange (FT-SE) 100 Index

2.Derivative positions that pair any of the following currencies:

Sterling

U.S. Dollar

Euro

Japanese Yen

3.Derivative positions on interest rates.

4.Derivative positions which track indices or provide exposure to bonds issued by G7 governments.

5.Derivative positions which track a physical commodity index or provide exposure to physical commodities e.g. foods, grains, metals & oil

6.Derivative positions on digital currencies.

DE MINIMIS TRANSACTION EXEMPTION

De minimis transaction (as defined in Appendix C) in any security can be exempted from the Code requirements listed in A above where specifically agreed in advance with the Chief Compliance Officer (or his/her designate).

Please remember that:

All other requirements of the Code of Ethics may still apply including the need to report transactions in these instruments and the maximum loss restriction.

Employees are responsible for ensuring that their PTA Connect accounts reflect all holdings in Securities covered by this Code i.e. you need to update your account to show transactions in the exempted securities

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GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL

GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES LLC

GS INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, LLC

GSAM STABLE VALUE, LLC

APTITUDE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.

ROCATON INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

GSAM STRATEGIST PORTFOLIOS, LLC.

GOLDMAN SACHS INVESTMENT STRATEGIES CANADA INC.

CODE OF ETHICS

Effective Date: August 29, 2019

Revision History

I.DEFINITIONS

A."Access Person" with respect to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("GS&Co.") and Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") the principal underwriters of any

Investment Company (as defined below), means any director, officer or general partner who, in the ordinary course of business, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities by any Investment Company or whose functions or duties in the ordinary course of business relate to the making of any recommendation to the Investment Company regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities.

"Access Person" with respect to Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and GSAM related entities other than GS&Co. and GSI ("GSAM") means any of their

Supervised Persons (as defined below) who: (1) has access to (a) non-public information regarding any client's purchase or sale of securities, or (b) non-public information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Reportable Fund (as defined below) or (2) is involved in making securities recommendations to clients or who has access to such recommendations that are non-public. For these purposes, all GSAM directors, officers and partners are considered to be Access Persons. In addition, "Access Person" means (1) any employee of GSAM (and any director, officer, general partner or employee of any company in a control relationship to GSAM) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of a Covered Security by an Investment Company, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales; and (2) any natural person in a control relationship to the Adviser who obtains information concerning the recommendations made to an Investment Company with regard to the purchase or sale of a Covered Security by an Investment Company.

B."Adviser" means each GSAM related entity so long as it serves as investment adviser, sub-adviser, or principal underwriter to any Investment Company.

C."Automatic Investment Plan" means a program in which regular periodic purchases or withdrawals are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation. An Automatic Investment Plan includes a dividend reinvestment plan.

D."Beneficial Ownership" of a security shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be under Rule 16a-1 (a) (2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities Exchange Act"), in determining whether a person is the beneficial owner of a security for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

E."Board of Trustees" means the board of trustees, directors or managers, including a majority of the disinterested trustees/directors/managers, of any Investment Company for which an Adviser serves as an investment adviser, sub-adviser or principal underwriter.

F."Control" shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). Section 2(a)(9) generally provides that "control" means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company.

G."Covered Security" means a security as defined in Section 202(a)(18) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Advisers Act") or

Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act, and open-end ETF shares and UIT ETF shares, except that it does not include: (1) direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (2) banker's acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments (any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that is in one of the two highest rating categories of a nationally recognized statistical rating organization), including repurchase agreements; (3) shares issued by money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act; (4) shares issued by open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act other than Reportable Funds; and (5) shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act, none of which are Reportable Funds (6) qualified tuition programs established pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of1986 ("529 Plans"), including interests in pre-paid tuition 529 plans and college savings 529 plans.

H."Exchange-traded fund (ETF)" means an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act as a unit investment trust ("UIT ETF") or as an

open-end investment company ("open-end ETF") that is comprised of a basket of securities to replicate a securities index or subset of securities underlying an index. ETFs are traded on securities exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets intra-day at negotiated prices.

I."Federal Securities Laws" means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities

Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act, the Investment Advisers Act, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to investment companies and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder by the Commission or the Department of the Treasury.

J."Initial Public Offering" means an offering of securities registered under the

Securities Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act.

K."Investment Company" means a company registered as such under the Investment Company Act, or any series thereof, for which the Adviser is the investment adviser, sub-adviser or principal underwriter.

L."Investment Personnel" of the Adviser means (i) any employee of the Adviser (or of any company in a control relationship to the Adviser) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes or participates in making recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of securities by an Investment Company or (ii) any natural person who controls the Adviser and who obtains information concerning recommendations made to an Investment Company regarding the purchase or sale of securities by an Investment Company.

M.A "Limited Offering" means an offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2) or Section 4(6) or pursuant to Rule 504, Rule 505 or Rule 506 under the Securities Act of 1933.

N."Purchase or sale of Covered Security" includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell a Covered Security or any security that is exchangeable for or convertible into another Covered Security.

O."Reportable Fund" means any investment company registered under the Investment

Company Act for which the Adviser serves as an investment adviser as defined in Section 2(a)(20) of the Investment Company Act or any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act whose investment adviser or principal underwriter controls the Adviser, is controlled by the Adviser or is under common control with the Adviser.

P."Review Officer" means the officer of the Adviser designated from time to time by the Adviser to receive and review reports of purchases and sales by Access

Persons. The term "Alternative Review Officer" means the officer of the Adviser designated from time to time by the Adviser to receive and review reports of purchases and sales by the Review Officer, and who shall act in all respects in the manner prescribed herein for the Review Officer. It is recognized that a different Review Officer and Alternative Review Officer may be designated with respect to each Adviser.

Q."Supervised Person" means any partner, officer, director (or other person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), or employee of GSAM or other person who provides investment advice on behalf of GSAM and is subject to the supervision and control of GSAM.

R.A security is "being considered for purchase or sale" when a recommendation to purchase or sell a security has been made and communicated and, with respect to the person making the recommendation, when such person seriously considers making such a recommendation. With respect to an analyst of the Adviser, the foregoing period shall commence on the day that he or she decides to recommend the purchase or sale of the security to the Adviser for an Investment Company.

S.A security is "held or to be acquired" if within the most recent 15 days it (1) is or has been held by the Investment Company, or (2) is being or has been considered by the Adviser for purchase by the Investment Company, and (3) includes any option to purchase or sell and any security convertible into or exchangeable for a security described in (1) or (2).

II.LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

Section 17(j) of the Investment Company Act provides, among other things, that it is unlawful for any affiliated person of the Adviser to engage in any act, practice or course of business in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such affiliated person of any security held or to be acquired by an Investment Company in contravention of such rules and regulations as the Commission may adopt to define and prescribe means reasonably necessary to prevent such acts, practices or courses of business as are fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative. Pursuant to Section 17(j), the Commission has adopted Rule 17j-1 which provides, among other things, that it is unlawful for any affiliated person of the Adviser in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such person of a Covered Security held or to be acquired by an Investment Company:

(1)To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud such Investment Company;

(2)To make any untrue statement of a material fact to such Investment Company or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the

statements made to such Investment Company, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

(3)To engage in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any such Investment Company;or

(4)To engage in any manipulative practice with respect to such Investment Company.

Similarly, Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act provides that it is unlawful for any investment adviser, directly or indirectly:

(1)To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any client or prospective client;

(2)To engage in any transaction, practice or course of business which operates as a fraud or deceit upon anyclient or prospective client; or

(3)To engage in any act, practice or course of business which is fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative.

In addition, Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act requires the Adviser to establish written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse in violation of the Investment Advisers Act or Securities Exchange Act or rules or regulations thereunder of material, non-public information by the Adviser or any person associated with the Adviser. Pursuant to Section 204A, the Commission has adopted Rule 204A-1 which requires the Adviser to maintain and enforce a written code of ethics.

III.STATEMENT OF POLICY

It is the policy of the Adviser that the Adviser and its Supervised Persons shall comply with applicable Federal Securities Laws and that no Supervised Person shall engage in any act, practice or course of conduct that would violate the provisions of Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act or Sections 204 and 206 of the Investment Advisers Act. No Supervised Person shall engage in, or permit anyone within his or her control to engage in, any act, practice or course of conduct which would operate as a fraud or deceit upon, or constitute a manipulative practice with respect to, an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients or an issuer of any security owned by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients. In addition, the fundamental position of the Adviser is, and has been, that each Access Person shall place at all times the interests of each Investment Company and its shareholders and all other investment advisory clients first in conducting personal securities transactions. Accordingly, private securities transactions by Access Persons of the Adviser must be conducted in a manner consistent with this Code and so as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an Access Person's position of trust and responsibility. Further, Access Persons should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions with, or relationship to, any Investment Company, any other investment advisory client, the Adviser or any affiliated company.

Without limiting in any manner the fiduciary duty owed by Access Persons to the Investment Companies under the provisions of this Code, it should be noted that purchases and sales may be made by Access Persons in the marketplace of securities owned by the Investment Companies; provided, however, that such securities transactions comply with the spirit of, and the specific restrictions and limitations set forth in, this Code. Such personal securities transactions should also be made in amounts consistent with the normal investment practice of the person involved and with an investment, rather than a trading, outlook. Not only does this policy encourage investment freedom and result in investment experience, but it also fosters a continuing personal interest in such investments by those responsible for the continuous supervision of the Investment Companies' portfolios. It is also evidence of confidence in the investments made. In making personal investment decisions with respect to any security, however, extreme care must be exercised by Access Persons to ensure that the prohibitions of this Code are not violated. Further, personal investing by an Access Person should be conducted in such a manner so as to eliminate the possibility that the Access Person's time and attention is being devoted to his or her personal investments at the expense of time and attention that should be devoted to management of an Investment Company's or other investment advisory client's portfolio. It bears emphasis that technical compliance with the procedures, prohibitions and limitations of this Code will not automatically insulate from scrutiny personal securities transactions which show a pattern of abuse by an Access Person of his or her fiduciary duty to any Investment Company or other investment advisory clients.

Every Supervised Person shall promptly report any violation of this Code of Ethics to the Adviser's chief compliance officer and the Review Officer.

IV. EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS

The Statement of Policy set forth above shall be deemed not to be violated by and the prohibitions of Section V.A(1) and (2) of this Code shall not apply to:

A.Purchases or sales of securities effected for, or held in, any account over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control;

B.Purchases or sales of securities which are not eligible for purchase or sale by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients;

C.Purchases or sales of securities which are non-volitional on the part of the Access Person, an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients;

D.Purchases or sales of securities which are part of an Automatic Investment Plan provided that no adjustment is made by the Access Person to the rate at which securities are purchased or sold, as the case may be, under such a plan during any period in which the security is being considered for purchase or sale by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients;

E.Purchases of securities effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

F.Tenders of securities pursuant to tender offers which are expressly conditioned on the tender offer's acquisition of all of the securities of the same class;

G.Purchases or sales of publicly-traded shares of companies that have a market capitalization in excess of $5 billion;

H.Chief Investment Officer ("CIO") signature approved de minimis per day purchases or sales ($50,000 or less) of publicly traded shares of companies that have a 10-day average daily trading volume of at least $1 million, subject to the following additional parameters:

(1)Access Persons must submit a current (same day) printout of a Yahoo Finance, Bridge or Bloomberg (or similar service) screen with the minimum 10-day average daily trading volume information indicated;

(2)No Access Person (together with related accounts) may own more than ½ of 1% of the outstanding securities of anissuer;

(3)Multiple trades of up to $50,000 on different days are permitted so long as each day the trade is approved; and

(4)A security purchased pursuant to this exemption must be held for a minimum of 360 days prior to sale unless it appears on the Adviser's "$5 billion" Self Pre-Clearance Securities List or normal pre-clearance pursuant to Section VII of this Code is obtained, in which case the security must be held for at least 30 days prior to sale.

I.Purchases or sales of securities with respect to which neither an Access Person, nor any member of his or her immediate family as defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act, has any direct or indirect influence, control or prior knowledge, which purchases or sales are effected for, or held in, a "blind account." For this purpose, a "blind account" is an account over which an investment adviser exercises full investment discretion (subject to account guidelines) and does not consult with or seek the approval of the Access Person, or any member of his or her immediate family, with respect to such purchases and sales; and

J.Other purchases or sales which, due to factors determined by the Adviser, only remotely potentially impact the interests of an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients because the securities transaction involves a small number of shares of an issuer with a large market capitalization and high average

daily trading volume or would otherwise be very unlikely to affect a highly institutional market.

K.Transactions within a 529 Plan

V.PROHIBITED PURCHASES AND SALES

A.While the scope of actions which may violate the Statement of Policy set forth above cannot be exactly defined, such actions would always include at least the following prohibited activities:

(1)No Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership and which to his or her actual knowledge at the time of such purchase or sale the Covered Security:

(i)is being considered for purchase or sale by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients; or

(ii)is being purchased or sold by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients.

(2)No Access Person shall enter an order for the purchase or sale of a Covered Security which an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients is purchasing or selling or considering for purchase or sale until the later of (i) the day after the Investment Company's or other investment advisory clients' transaction in that Covered Security is completed or (ii) such time as the Investment Company or other investment advisory clients is no longer considering the security for purchase or sale, unless the Review Officer determines that it is clear that, in view of the nature of the Covered Security and the market for such Covered Security, the order of the Access Person will not adversely affect the price paid or received by the Investment Company or other investment advisory clients. Any securities transactions by an Access Person in violation of this Subsection 2 must be unwound, if possible, and the profits, if any, will be subject to disgorgement based on the assessment of the appropriate remedy as determined by the Adviser.

The preceding restrictions of this Section V.A(2) are not applicable to particular Access Persons with respect to transactions by Investment Companies or other advisory clients whose trading and holdings information is unavailable to such Access Persons due to the presence of an information barrier. Access Persons in GSAM's AIMS group for example, are generally "walled off" from non-public trading and holdings information of GSAM's direct investing businesses, such as GSAM's

Fixed Income or Fundamental Equity business. As a result, these Access Persons would not be subject to the restrictions of Section V.A(2) with respect to those particular client accounts.

(3)No Access Person shall, in the absence of prior approval by the Review Officer, sell any Covered Security that was purchased, or purchase a Covered Security that was sold, within the prior 30 calendar days (measured on a last-in first-out basis).

B.In addition to the foregoing, the following provisions will apply to Access Persons of the Adviser:

(1)No Access Person shall reveal to any other person (except in the normal course of his or her duties on behalf of an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients) any information regarding securities transactions by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients or consideration by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients or the Adviser of any such securities transaction.

(2)Access Persons must, as a regulatory requirement and as a requirement of this Code, obtain prior approval before directly or indirectly acquiring beneficial ownership in any securities in an Initial Public Offering or in a Limited Offering. In addition, Access Persons must comply with any additional restrictions or prohibitions that may be adopted by the Adviser from time to time.

C.In addition to the foregoing, the following provision will apply to Investment Personnel of the Adviser:

(1)No Investment Personnel shall serve on the board of directors of any publicly traded company, absent prior written authorization and determination by the Review Officer that the board service would be consistent with the interests of the Investment Companies and their shareholders or other investment advisory clients. Such interested Investment Personnel may not participate in the decision for any Investment Company or other investment advisory clients to purchase and sell securities of such company.

VI. BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS

Access Persons are required to direct their brokers to supply for the Review Officer on a timely basis duplicate copies of confirmations of all securities transactions in which the Access Person has a beneficial ownership interest and related periodic statements, whether or not one of the exemptions listed in Section IV applies. If an Access Person is unable to arrange for duplicate copies of confirmations and periodic account statements to be sent to the Review Officer, he or she must immediately notify the Review Officer.

VII. PRECLEARANCE PROCEDURE

With such exceptions and conditions as the Adviser deems to be appropriate from time to time and consistent with the purposes of this Code (for example, exceptions based on an issuer's market capitalization, the amount of public trading activity in a security, the size of a particular transaction or other factors), prior to effecting any securities transactions in which an Access Person has a beneficial ownership interest, the Access Person must receive approval by the Adviser. Any approval is valid only for such number of day(s) as may be determined from time to time by the Adviser. If an Access Person is unable to effect the securities transaction during such period, he or she must re-obtain approval prior to effecting the securities transaction.

The Adviser will decide whether to approve a personal securities transaction for an Access Person after considering the specific restrictions and limitations set forth in, and the spirit of, this Code of Ethics, including whether the security at issue is being considered for purchase or sale for an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients (taking into account the Access Person's access to information regarding the transactions and holdings of such Investment Company or other investment advisory client). The Adviser is not required to give any explanation for refusing to approve a securities transaction.

VIII. REPORTING

A.Every Access Person shall report to the Review Officer the information: (1) described in Section VIII-C of this Code with respect to transactions in any Covered Security in which such Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires or disposes of, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Covered Security, and (2) described in Sections VIII-D or VIII-E of this Code with respect to securities holdings beneficially owned by the Access Person.

B.Notwithstanding Section VIII-A of this Code, an Access Person need not make a report to the extent the information in the report would duplicate information recorded pursuant to Rule 204-2(a)(13) under the Investment Advisers Act or if the report would duplicate information contained in broker trade confirmations or account statements so long as the Adviser receives confirmations or statements no later than 30 days after the end of the applicable calendar quarter. The quarterly transaction reports required under Section VIII-A(1) shall be deemed made with respect to (1) any account where the Access Person has made provision for transmittal of all daily trading information regarding the account to be delivered to the designated Review Officer for his or her review or (2) any account maintained with the Adviser or an affiliate. With respect to Investment Companies for which the Adviser does not act as investment adviser or sub-adviser, reports required to be furnished by officers and trustees or managers of such Investment Companies who are Access Persons of the Adviser must be made under Section VIII-C of this Code and furnished to the designated review officer of the relevant investment adviser.

C.Quarterly Transaction and New Account Reports. Unless quarterly transaction reports are deemed to have been made under Section VIII-B of this Code, every quarterly transaction report shall be made not later than 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

(1)The date of the transaction, the title, and as applicable the exchange ticker or CUSIP number, the interest rate and maturity date, class and the number of shares, and the principal amount of each Covered Security involved;

(2)The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(3)The price of the Covered Security at which the transaction was effected;

(4)The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected;

(5)The date that the report was submitted by the Access Person;and

(6)With respect to any account established by an Access Person in which any securities were held during the quarter for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person:

(a)The name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person established the account;

(b)The date the account was established; and

(c)The date that the report was submitted by the AccessPerson.

D.Initial Holdings Reports. No later than 10 days after becoming an Access Person, each Access Person must submit a report containing the following information (which information must be current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date the person becomes an Access Person):

(1)The title and type of security, and as applicable the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

(2)The name of any broker, dealer or bank with which the Access Person maintained an account in which any securities (not just Covered Securities) were held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

(3)The date that the report is submitted by the AccessPerson.

E.Annual Holdings Reports. On an annual basis, every Access Person shall submit the following information (which information must be current as of a date no more than 45 days before the report is submitted):

(1)The title and type of security, and as applicable the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

(2)The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintains an account in which any securities (not just Covered Securities) are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

(3)The date that the report is submitted by the AccessPerson.

F.These reporting requirements shall apply whether or not one of the exemptions listed in Section IV applies except that: (1) an Access Person shall not be required to make a report with respect to securities transactions effected for, and any Covered Securities held in, any account over which such Access Person does not have any direct or indirect influence or control; and (2) an Access Person need not make a quarterly transaction report with respect to the transactions effected pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan or a 529 Plan.

G.Any such report may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the person making such report that (1) he or she has or had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Covered Security to which the report relates

(a "Subject Security") or (2) he or she knew or should have known that the Subject

Security was being purchased or sold, or considered for purchase or sale, by an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients on the same day.

IX. APPROVAL OF CODE OF ETHICS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ETHICS

The Board of Trustees of each Investment Company shall approve this Code of Ethics. Any material amendments to this Code of Ethics must be approved by the Board of Trustees of each Investment Company no later than six months after the adoption of the material change.

Before their approval of this Code of Ethics and any material amendments hereto, the Adviser shall provide a certification to the Board of Trustees of each such Investment Company that the Adviser has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating the Code of Ethics.

X.ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

Each Supervised Person shall certify to the Review Officer annually on the form annexed hereto as Form A that he or she (A) has read and understands this Code of Ethics and any procedures that are adopted by the Adviser relating to this Code, and recognizes that he or she is subject thereto; (B) has complied with the requirements of this Code of Ethics and such procedures; and (C) if an Access Person, has disclosed or reported all personal securities transactions and beneficial holdings in Covered Securities required to be disclosed or reported pursuant to the requirements of this Code of Ethics and any related procedures.

XI. CONFIDENTIALITY

All reports of securities transactions, holding reports and any other information filed with the Adviser pursuant to this Code shall be treated as confidential, except that reports of securities transactions and holdings reports hereunder will be made available to the Investment Companies and to the Commission or any other regulatory or self-regulatory organization to the extent required by law or regulation or to the extent the Adviser considers necessary or advisable in cooperating with an investigation or inquiry by the Commission or any other regulatory or self-regulatory organization.

XII. REVIEW OF REPORTS

A.The Review Officer shall be responsible for the review of the quarterly transaction reports required under VIII-C, and the initial and annual holdings reports required under Sections VIII-D and VIII-E, respectively, of this Code of Ethics. In connection with the review of these reports, the Review Officer or the Alternative Review Officer shall take appropriate measures to determine whether each reporting person has complied with the provisions of this Code of Ethics and any related procedures adopted by the Adviser. Any violations of the Code of Ethics shall be reported promptly to the Adviser's chief compliance officer by the Review Officer, or Alternate Review Officer, as applicable.

B.On an annual basis, the Review Officer shall prepare for the Board of Trustees of each Investment Company and the Board of Trustees of each Investment Company shall consider:

(1)A report which describes any issues arising under this Code or any related procedures adopted by the Adviser including without limitation information about material violations of the Code and sanctions imposed in response to material violations. An Alternative Review Officer shall prepare reports with respect to compliance by the Review Officer;

(2)A report identifying any recommended changes to existing restrictions or procedures based upon the Adviser's experience under this Code, evolving industry practices and developments in applicable laws or regulations; and

(3)A report certifying to the Board of Trustees that the Adviser has adopted procedures that are reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating this Code of Ethics.

XIII. SANCTIONS

Upon discovering a violation of this Code, the Adviser may impose such sanction(s) as it deems appropriate, including, among other things, a letter of censure, suspension or termination of the employment of the violator and/or restitution to the affected Investment Company or other investment advisory client of an amount equal to the advantage that the offending person gained by reason of such violation. In addition, as part of any sanction, the Adviser may require the Access Person or other individual involved to reverse the trade(s) at issue and forfeit any profit or absorb any loss from the trade. It is noted that violations of this Code may also result in criminal prosecution or civil action. All material violations of this Code and any sanctions imposed with respect thereto shall be reported periodically to the Board of Trustees of the Investment Company with respect to whose securities the violation occurred.

XIV. INTERPRETATION OF PROVISIONS

The Adviser may from time to time adopt such interpretations of this Code as it deems appropriate.

XV. IDENTIFICATION OF ACCESS PERSONS AND INVESTMENT PERSONNEL; ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION TO SUPERVISED PERSONS

The Adviser shall identify all persons who are considered to be Access Persons and Investment Personnel, and shall inform such persons of their respective duties and provide them with copies of this Code and any related procedures or amendments to this Code adopted by the Adviser. In addition, all Supervised Persons shall be provided with a copy of this Code and all amendments. All Supervised Persons (including Access Persons) shall provide the Review Officer with a written acknowledgment of their receipt of the Code and any amendments.

XVI. EXCEPTIONS TO THE CODE

Although exceptions to the Code will rarely, if ever, be granted, a designated Officer of the Adviser, after consultation with the Review Officer, may make exceptions on a case by case basis, from any of the provisions of this Code upon a determination that the conduct at issue involves a negligible opportunity for abuse or otherwise merits an exception from the Code. All such exceptions must be received in writing by the person requesting the exception before becoming effective. The Review Officer shall report any exception to the Board of Trustees of the Investment Company with respect to which the exception applies at its next regularly scheduled Board meeting.

XVII. RECORDS

The Adviser shall maintain records in the manner and to the extent set forth below, which records may be maintained using micrographic or electronic storage medium under the conditions described in Rule 204-2(g) of the Investment Advisers Act and Rule 31a-2(f)(1) and Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act, and shall be available for examination by representatives of the Commission.

A.A copy of this Code and any other code which is, or at any time within the past five years has been, in effect shall be preserved for a period of not less than five years in an easily accessible place;

B.A record of any violation of this Code and of any action taken as a result of such violation shall be preserved in an easily accessible place for a period of not less than five years following the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs;

C.A copy of each initial holdings report, annual holdings report and quarterly transaction report made by an Access Person pursuant to this Code (including any brokerage confirmation or account statements provided in lieu of the reports) shall be preserved for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which it is made, the first two years in an easilyaccessible place;

D.A record of the names of all persons who are, or within the past five years have been, required to make initial holdings, annual holdings or quarterly transaction reports pursuant to this Code shall be maintained in an easily accessible place;

E.A record of all written acknowledgements for each person who is currently, or within the past five years was, required to acknowledge their receipt of this Code and any amendments thereto. All acknowledgements for a person must be kept for the period such person is a Supervised Person of the Adviser and until five years after the person ceases to be a Supervised Person of the Adviser.

F.A record of the names of all persons, currently or within the past five years who are or were responsible for reviewing initial holdings, annual holdings or quarterly transaction reports shall be maintained in an easily accessibleplace;

G.A record of any decision and the reason supporting the decision to approve the acquisition by Access Person of Initial Public Offerings and Limited Offerings shall be maintained for at least five years after the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted; and

H.A copy of each report required by Section XII-B of this Code shall be maintained for at least five years after the end of the fiscal year in which it was made, the first two years in an easily accessible place.

XVIII. SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND REVIEW PROCEDURES

The Adviser may establish, in its discretion, supplemental compliance and review procedures (the "Procedures") that are in addition to those set forth in this Code in order to provide additional assurance that the purposes of this Code are fulfilled and/or assist the Adviser in the administration of this Code. The Procedures may be more, but shall not be less, restrictive than the provisions of this Code. The Procedures, and any amendments thereto, do not require the approval of the Board of Trustees of an Investment Company or other investment advisory clients.

Revision History

August 29, 2019 (Updated to reflect the name change of Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services to GSAM Strategist Portfolios, LLC)

August 20, 2019 (Updated to specify additional GSAM related entities)

February 14, 2019 (Updated to add Goldman Sachs International)

January 10, 2018 (Minor corrections to fix typos, formatting adjustments)

April 28, 2017 (Updated to reflect Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC new legal entity name)

December 5, 2014 (Reviewed and re-approved without change)

February 6, 2012

November 17, 2010

January 15, 2010

May 12, 2009

January 23, 2007

June 15, 2006

February 23, 2005 (first web posting)

January 23, 1991 (original date)

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Code of Ethics

Part 1. General Principles

Payden & Rygel's Code of Ethics is designed to set the tone for the conduct and professionalism of our employees, officers and directors. The ethical culture of a firm is critically important to its day-to-day operations and all employees should know that our Code of Ethics is supported and endorsed by our President, Joan Payden, and all fifteen Managing Principals of the firm.

The following principles, which are the foundation of our Code of Ethics, are designed to emphasize Payden & Rygel's overarching fiduciary duty to our clients and the obligation of every employee to uphold that fundamental duty. These principles include:

1.The duty always to place the interest of our clients first;

2.The requirement that all personal securities transactions of every employee shall be conducted in such a manner as (a) to be consistent with the Code of Ethics, and

(b) to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest, or any abuse of an employee's position of trust and responsibility.

3.The principle that no employee shall take inappropriate advantage of his or her position.

4.The fiduciary principle that information concerning the identity of security holdings and financial circumstances of clients is confidential; and

5.The principle that independence in the investment decision-making process is paramount.

6.Payden & Rygel's good reputation is dependent every day upon each employee conducting himself or herself in a manner deserving of the trust each client gives to the firm, and the employee's understanding that any breach of that trust can, and will, irreparably harm that good reputation.

Finally, all employees should remember two things. First, the general principles just discussed govern all conduct, whether or not the conduct is also covered by more specific standards and procedures discussed elsewhere in this Code of Ethics. Second, failure to comply with this Code of Ethics may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Part 2. Persons Covered by the Code

All employees, officers and directors of Payden & Rygel are covered by this Code of Ethics. In addition, however, for purposes of the "Personal Securities Transactions" rules (See Part 3, Section D, below) and "Standards of Business Conduct – Conflicts of Interests" rules (See Part 3, Section B, below) only, an employee's spouse, minor children and relatives resident in the employee's home, as well as another person if by reason of any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement or other arrangement the employee obtains benefits substantially

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equivalent to those of ownership (individually, an "Affiliated Access Person," and collectively, "Affiliated Access Persons") are subject to the terms of this Code of Ethics.

Part 3. Standards of Business Conduct

A. Compliance with Laws and Regulations

All employees are required to comply with all applicable federal securities laws, including in particular the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), and the regulations pursuant to the Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the regulations pursuant to the 1940 Act, and Regulation S-P (with respect to privacy requirements).

As a part of this requirement, no employee, in connection with the purchase or sale (directly or indirectly) of a security held, or to be acquired, by a client of the firm, shall be permitted:

1.To defraud such client in any manner;

2.To mislead such client, including by making a statement that omits material facts;

3.To engage in any act, practice or course of conduct that operates, or would operate, as a fraud or deceit upon such client;

4.To engage in any manipulative practice with respect to such client; or

5.To engage in any manipulative practice with respect to securities, including price manipulation.

B.Conflicts of Interest

As a fiduciary, Payden & Rygel has an affirmative duty of care, loyalty, honesty and good faith to act in the best interests of its clients. Compliance with this duty can be achieved by trying to avoid conflicts of interest and by fully disclosing all material facts concerning any conflict that does arise with respect to any client. This policy establishes only the framework within which Payden & Rygel operates its business. Thus, if an employee is uncertain whether a conflict of interest exists, the employee should always seek further clarification by contacting Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer.

1.Conflicts Among Client Accounts. Conflicts of interest may arise where Payden & Rygel or its employees have reason to favor the interests of one client over another, e.g., larger accounts over smaller accounts, or accounts compensated by performance fees over accounts not so compensated). In such a situation, Payden & Rygel and its employees are specifically prohibited from engaging in any inappropriate favoritism of one client over another client that would constitute a breach of fiduciary duty.

2.Competing with Client Trades. Any employee and Affiliated Access Person (as defined above in Part 2) is prohibited from using knowledge about pending or currently considered securities transactions for clients to profit personally, directly or indirectly, as a result of such transactions, including by purchasing or selling such securities. Conflicts raised by personal securities transactions are addressed more specifically in Part 3, D, below.

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3.Disclosure of Personal Interest. Any employee who is involved is involved in recommending, implementing or considering any securities transaction for a client is prohibited from engaging in that decision-making process unless the employee discloses to

Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer any material beneficial ownership, business or personal relationship or other material interest that the employee or any Affiliated Access Person has in the issuer or its affiliates. If the Chief Compliance Officer deems the disclosed interest to present a material conflict, the employee may not participate in any decision- making process about the securities of that issuer.

4.Vendors and Suppliers. All employees are required to disclose to Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer any personal investments, or other interests, by the employee or any Affiliated Access Person in vendors or suppliers with respect to which the employee negotiates or makes decisions on behalf of the firm. Further, the employee with such interests is prohibited from negotiating or making decisions regarding the firm's business with those companies.

C."Insider Trading"

"Insider trading" is a top enforcement priority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the United States Attorneys across the country. In 1988 the President signed into law the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act (the "Act"), which has had a far-reaching impact on all public companies and especially those engaged in the securities brokerage or investment advisory industries, including directors, executive officers and other controlling persons of such companies. While the Act does not provide a statutory definition of "insider trading," it has effected major changes to the previous law.

One major change added new sections to the Federal securities laws that require brokers, dealers and investment advisers to establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information by such persons. As a result, Payden & Rygel adopted its "Insider Trading Policy" (the "Policy"), which prohibits any of the firm's employees, officers, or directors from trading, either personally or on behalf of others (including mutual funds and private accounts), on material nonpublic information or communicating material nonpublic information to others in violation of the Federal securities laws. The full policy is found in the firm's "Employee Manual" and all employees should read it thoroughly. The following briefly summarizes some of the key elements of the Policy.

1.The Basic Insider Trading Prohibition. In general, the "insider trading" doctrine under the Federal securities laws prohibits any person (including investment advisers) from: (a) trading on the basis of material, nonpublic information; (b) tipping such information to others; (c) recommending the purchase or sale of securities on the basis of such information; (d) assisting someone who is engaged in any of the above activities; or (e) trading a security, which is the subject of an actual or impending tender offer when in possession of material nonpublic information relating to the offer.

Thus, "insider trading" is not limited to insiders. It also applies to non-insiders, such as investment analysts and stockbrokers. In addition, it is not limited to persons who trade. It

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also covers persons who tip material nonpublic information or recommend securities on the basis of such information.

2.Sanctions. Penalties for trading on material nonpublic information are severe, both for the individuals involved in such unlawful conduct and their employers. An employee of Payden & Rygel who violates the insider trading laws can be subject to some or all of the penalties below, even if the employee does not personally benefit from the violation. Penalties include:

(a) injunctions; (b) treble damages or $1,000,000, whichever is greater; (c) disgorgement of profits; (d) jail sentences; and (e) fines for the person who committed the violation (which would, under normal circumstances, be the employee and not the firm) of up to three times the profit gained or loss avoided, whether or not the individual actually benefited

In addition, any violation of the Policy can be expected to result in serious sanctions being imposed by Payden & Rygel, including dismissal of the persons involved.

3.If An Employee Receives Material Nonpublic Information. Whenever an employee receives material nonpublic information, the employee should not: (a) trade in securities to which that information relates; (b) tip the information to others; (c) recommend purchases or sales on the basis of that information; or (d) disclose that information to anyone, except Payden & Rygel's President or Chief Compliance Officer.

D.Personal Securities Transactions

Payden & Rygel, pursuant to the requirements of Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act"), has adopted the following policies and procedures for personal securities transactions ("Personal Securities Transactions Policy") by its officers, directors and employees, which are designed to prevent designated persons from engaging in inappropriate personal securities transactions and to require reports from such persons of certain purchases and sales of securities.

1. Definitions

For purposes of this Personal Securities Transactions Policy, the following terms have the following meanings:

a. Access Person. The term "Access Person" means any director, officer or employee of Payden & Rygel.

b. Advisory Person. The term "Advisory Person" means any director, officer or employee of Payden & Rygel. In the event that any individual or company should be in a control relationship to Payden & Rygel, the term "Advisory Person" would include such an individual or any employee of such a company to the same extent as an employee of Payden & Rygel.

c. Affiliated Access Person. The term "Affiliated Access Person" means a spouse, minor children and relatives resident in an Access Person's home, as well as another person if by reason of any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement or other arrangement the Access Person obtains therefrom benefits substantially equivalent to those of ownership.

d. Automatic Investment Plan. An automatic investment plan means a program in which regular periodic purchases (or withdrawals) are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation. An automatic investment plan includes a dividend reinvestment plan.

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e. Beneficial Ownership. "Beneficial ownership" has the same meaning as would be used in determining whether an employee is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations thereunder. "Beneficial ownership" includes accounts of a spouse, minor children and relatives resident in the Access Person's home, as well as accounts of another person if by reason of any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement or other arrangement the Access Person obtains benefits substantially equivalent to those of ownership. A copy of a Release issued by the Securities and

Exchange Commission on the meaning of the term "beneficial ownership" is available upon request and should be studied carefully by any employee concerned with this definition before preparing any report required hereunder.

f. Considered for Purchase or Sale. A security is "being considered for purchase or sale" when a recommendation to purchase or sell such security has been made and communicated by any Access Person in the course of his or her duties and, with respect to the person making the recommendation, when such person seriously considers making such a recommendation.

g. Control. The term "control" has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act").

h. Disinterested Trustee. The term "disinterested trustee" means a trustee of any investment company who is not an "interested person" of the investment company within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

i. Covered Security. The term "Covered Security" means a security as defined in Section

2(a)(36) of the 1940 Act, except that it does not include: (i) Direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (ii) Bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high-quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; (iii)Shares issued by money market Funds; (iv) Shares issued by open-end Funds; and (v) Shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end Funds, none of which are Reportable Funds. Any prohibition or reporting obligation relating to a Covered Security applies to any option, warrant or right to purchase or sell such Covered Security and any security convertible into or exchangeable for such Covered Security. Further, the term "security" is very broad and includes items such as limited partnerships, foreign unit investment trusts and foreign mutual funds and private investment funds, hedge funds and investment clubs.

j. Fund. The Term "Fund" means an investment company registered under the 1940 Act.

k. Initial Public Offering. The term "initial public offering" means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

l. Limited Offering. The term "limited offering" means an offering that is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act, pursuant to section 4(2) or section 4(6), or pursuant to sections 230.504, 230.505 or 230.506 of the regulations under the Advisers Act.

m. Reportable Fund. The term "Reportable Fund" means: (i) Any Fund for which Payden & Rygel serves as an investment adviser as defined in section 2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act; or (ii) Any Fund whose investment adviser or principal underwriter controls Payden & Rygel, is controlled by Payden & Rygel, or is under common control with Payden & Rygel.

n. Reportable Security. The term "Reportable Security" means any Covered Security, including any Reportable Fund.

o. Short-term Trading. "Short-term trading" is defined as a purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same (or equivalent) securities, which both occur within any 30-day period.

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2.Personal Securities Transactions

a. Pre-Approval of Covered Securities Transactions. To avoid any appearance of conflict of interest, Payden & Rygel has determined that any Access Person must seek prior approval of all Covered Securities transactions to be entered into by the Access Person or any Affiliated Access Person, except for "Exempt Covered Securities Transactions" specifically listed in paragraph 2.c, below. An Access Person does this by accessing the automated Payden & Rygel Personal Trading Compliance System to determine if a proposed Covered Securities transaction will be approved. This automated process is maintained on Payden & Rygel's in-house Juneau system.

Following receipt of approval, the Access Person has two business days to execute the Covered Securities transaction. If the trade is not executed within two business days, the approval lapses and the Access Person will again need to seek approval, if he or she still wishes to transact the trade.

b. Prohibited Covered Securities Transactions. Unless the Access Person has obtained specific prior written approval (see the Prohibited Covered Securities Transaction: Approval of Exemption Procedures in paragraph 2.d, below), an Access Person may not engage in any of the following prohibited securities transactions:

(i)No Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security

(a "Restricted Covered Security") in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership and which to his or her actual knowledge at the time of such purchase or sale is being purchased or sold by Payden & Rygel on behalf of any client of Payden & Rygel, or is being considered for such purchase or sale. This prohibition shall continue until seven days after the time that Payden & Rygel completes the purchase or sale of the Restricted Covered Security, or determines not to make the purchase or sale. Any profits realized by the Access Persons in violation of this provision shall be disgorged to the client of Payden & Rygel. The automated Payden & Rygel Personal Trading Compliance System is programmed to identify such Restricted Covered Securities.

(ii)No Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security

(a "Client Covered Security") in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership and which Client Covered Security is issued by a company that (i) is an investment advisory client of Payden & Rygel, and

(ii)any Access Person has in the course of providing investment advisory services or otherwise come into possession of material nonpublic information about the company. Any profits realized by Access Persons in violation of this provision shall be disgorged to the investment advisory client of Payden & Rygel. The automated Payden & Rygel Personal Trading Compliance System is programmed to identify such Client Covered Securities.

(iii)Access Persons are prohibited from purchasing any Covered Security in an initial public offering, or in a limited offering, except with the prior written approval of the President of Payden & Rygel, or the Chief Compliance Officer of Payden & Rygel, who shall consult with senior Advisory Persons of Payden & Rygel who have no personal interest in the issuer prior to granting such approval. Any Advisory Person obtaining such approval shall fully disclose to any affected client of Payden & Rygel his or her

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investment when playing a part in the investment consideration of, or the actual investment in, such an initial public offering or in a limited offering.

(iv)No Access Person shall engage in short-term trading of any Covered Security. Any profits realized by the Access Person from short-term trading of the security shall be disgorged to the affected client of Payden & Rygel.

c.Exempt Covered Securities Transactions.

(i)The following Covered Securities transactions are exempt from the (1) "Pre-Approval of Covered Securities Transactions" procedures in paragraph 2.a, above, (2) the "Prohibited Covered Securities Transactions" limitations set forth in paragraph 2.b, above, and (3) the "Reporting Requirements" procedures in paragraph 2.e, below:

1.Covered Securities transactions effected in any account over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control, or in any account of the Access Person which is managed on a discretionary basis by a person other than the Access Person and with respect to which the Access Person does not in fact influence or control such transactions.

2.Transactions that are part of an automatic investment plan.

3.Exchange-traded derivatives on broad-based indices, interest rates, or currencies, including for example futures and options. Also included in this category are "iShares" or similar securities that represent exchange-traded funds that are open-end funds.

(ii)The following Covered Securities transactions are exempt from the (1) "Pre-Approval of Covered Securities Transactions" procedures in paragraph 2.a, above, (2) the

"Prohibited Covered Securities Transactions" limitations set forth in paragraph 2.b, above, and (3) the reporting of quarterly transactions under the "Reporting Requirements" procedures in paragraph 2.e, below. However, the securities themselves must still be reported on the Initial Holdings Report and on the Annual Holdings Report:

1.Purchases or sales that are non-volitional on the part of either the Access Person or any client of Payden & Rygel.

2.Purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by the issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired.

Following receipt of approval, the Access Person has two business days to execute the trade. If the trade is not executed within two business days, the approval lapses and the Access Person will again need to seek approval, if he or she still wishes to transact the trade.

d. Prohibited Covered Securities Transaction: Approval of Exemption Procedures. If an Access Person desires to engage in a Prohibited Covered Securities Transaction (see paragraph 2.b, above), the Access Person must have the prior written approval of Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer, or in his absence, the prior written approval of (i) Brian W. Matthews, a Managing Principal of Payden & Rygel, or (ii) Payden & Rygel's Vice President, Risk Management. Such approval may be granted only on the basis that (i) the transaction is not likely to be harmful to a Payden & Rygel Covered Client, or to a Fund advised by Payden & Rygel, and (ii) the decision to buy or sell the security is not based on material non-public information concerning the issuer.

Payden & Rygel Compliance Policy No. I.B.2.

Revised 09/03/19

To obtain prior approval to engage in a Prohibited Covered Securities Transaction, the Access Person must:

(i)Complete a Prohibited Covered Securities Transaction: Approval of Exemption form. This form may be accessed as a part of the automated Payden & Rygel Personal Trading Compliance System.

(ii)(ii) Present the completed form to Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer, or in his absence, (i) Brian Matthews, a Managing Principal of Payden & Rygel, or

(ii)Payden & Rygel's Vice President, Risk Management, to obtain written approval before executing the trade.

The form must be completed and the written approval obtained before the transaction may be completed.

(iii)Deliver the completed form with the written approval to Payden & Rygel's Compliance Department.

Once the Access Person obtains exemption approval, he or she will have two business days to execute the trade. If the trade is not executed within two business days, the approval lapses and the Access Person will again need to seek approval, if he or she still wishes to transact the trade.

e.Reporting Requirements.

(i)Disinterested Trustees. A disinterested trustee of any Fund client of Payden & Rygel shall report any Covered Security Transaction in a security if such trustee, at the time of the transaction, knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a trustee of the Fund client, should have known that, during the 15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of the transaction by the trustee, such security is or was purchases or sold by the Fund client or is or was considered for purchase or sale.

(ii)Access Persons (other than disinterested trustees). To ensure that all Access Persons and their Affiliated Access Persons adhere to the Payden & Rygel Personal Trading Policies and Procedures, all Access Persons, on behalf of themselves and any Affiliated Access Persons, must provide the following information:

1.Initial Holdings Report. Upon being hired, all Access Persons are required to complete a Disclosure of Personal Reportable Securities Holdings – Initial Report and submit the completed report within ten (10) days of their first day of employment. This report lists the title, number of shares and principal amount of each Reportable Security, other than Exempt Covered Securities (see paragraph 2.c.(i), above), in which the Access Person and any Affiliated Access Persons have any direct or indirect beneficial ownership at the time the Access Person joins Payden & Rygel. It also lists the name of any broker-dealer or bank at which the Access Person or Affiliated Access Person maintains an account for the Reportable Securities.

2.Annual Holdings Report. No later than February 14 of each year, all Access Persons are required to complete a Disclosure of Personal Reportable Securities Holdings – Annual Report. This report lists the title, number of shares and principal amount of each Reportable Security, other than Exempt Covered Securities (see paragraph 2.c.(i), above), in which the Access Person and any Affiliated Access Person has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of December 31 of the

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preceding year. It also lists the name of any broker-dealer or bank at which the Access Person or Affiliated Access Person maintains an account for the Reportable Securities.

3.Quarterly Transactions Report. All Access Persons, on behalf of themselves and any Affiliated Access Persons, are required to complete a Quarterly Report of Personal Reportable Securities Transactions within the first thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter providing information regarding the Reportable Securities transactions in which they engaged during the preceding quarter.

This report is submitted electronically through the Payden & Rygel Personal Trading Compliance System, which is accessed through the firm's Juneau system.

For Reportable Securities transactions, other than Exempt Covered Securities Transactions listed in paragraph 2.c.(i) and (ii), above, this report lists the date of the transaction, the security, the ticker symbol or CUSIP number of the security, the quantity (e.g., number of shares), the nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition), the share price at which the transaction was effected, the total dollar amount of the transaction, the name of the broker-dealer or bank through which the transaction was effected, and the account number at the brokerdealer or bank.

In addition, with respect to any account established by the Access Person or any Affiliated Access Person in which securities, other than Exempt Covered Securities listed in paragraph 2.c.(i) and (ii), above, were held during the quarter, the name of the broker-dealer or bank with whom the account was established, the date the account was established, the account number and such other information on the account as may be requested by Payden & Rygel.

Each Access Person must complete this form, even if the Access Person or any Affiliated Access Person did not have any reportable transactions during the preceding quarter.

4.Duplicate Confirmations. Each Access Person must advise Payden & Rygel's Compliance Department of the name, address and contact person at any broker/dealer or bank at which the Access Person, or any Affiliated Access Person, has any securities accounts, other than accounts containing only Exempt Covered Securities listed in paragraph 2.c.(i) and (ii), above.

This information is required so that Payden & Rygel's Compliance Department may request the broker/dealer or bank to provide Payden & Rygel with duplicate confirmation statements or monthly/quarterly account statements for any Reportable Securities transactions by the Access Person or any Affiliated Access Person. (iv) Review of Reports. The initial holdings report, annual holdings report and quarterly transactions reports for each Access Person will be reviewed quarterly and annually, as the case may be, or more frequently, if necessary, by the Compliance Department to ensure compliance with the Payden & Rygel Personal Securities Transactions Policy.

Payden & Rygel Compliance Policy No. I.B.2.

Revised 09/03/19

3. Consequences

The policies and procedures outlined above have been established to ensure that all Access Persons and their Affiliated Access Persons adhere to the highest standards in their personal securities trading. Failure to comply with these policies and procedures constitutes a violation of this Code of Ethics. Any material violations are reported to the Board of Directors of Payden & Rygel and to the Board of Trustees of any Fund for which Payden & Rygel is an investment adviser. Payden & Rygel's Board of Directors or the Board of Trustees of any Fund client may impose any sanctions it deems appropriate under the circumstances, including censure, suspension, or termination of employment.

E. Gifts and Entertainment

1.General Statement. A conflict of interest occurs when the personal interests of employees interfere, or could potentially interfere, with their responsibilities to Payden & Rygel and its clients. The overriding principle is that employees should not accept inappropriate gifts, favors, entertainment, special accommodations, or other things of material value that could influence their decision-making or make them feel beholden to a person or firm. Similarly, employees should not offer gifts, favors, entertainment or other things of value that could be viewed as overly generous or aimed at influencing decision-making or making a client feel beholden to Payden & Rygel or the employee.

2.Gifts. No employee may receive any gift, service or other thing of more than $100 in value from any person or entity that does business with or on behalf of Payden & Rygel without the prior approval of the Chief Compliance Officer. No employee may give or offer any gift of more than $100 in value to existing clients, prospective clients, or any entity that does business with or on behalf of Payden & Rygel without the prior approval of the Chief Compliance Officer.

3.Cash. No employee may give or accept cash gifts or cash equivalents to or from a client, prospective client or any entity that does business with or on behalf of Payden & Rygel.

4.Entertainment. No employee may provide or accept extravagant or excessive entertainment to or from a client, prospective client or any person or entity that does or seeks to do business with or on behalf of Payden & Rygel. Employees may provide or accept a business entertainment event, such as lunch, dinner or a sporting event, of reasonable value, if the person or entity providing the entertainment is present.

5.Pre-Clearance. An employee must obtain the prior approval of his supervising Managing Principal or of the Chief Compliance Officer before the employee may accept any offer of business entertainment event costs that involve travel expenses, hotel accommodations, registration fees or the like associated with events such as industry conferences or the like.

6.Quarterly Reporting. No later than thirty (30) days following the end of each quarter, all employees must file a "Gifts and Entertainment Received" report listing the gifts and entertainment received by the employee during the preceding quarter, and if no such gifts or entertainment were received, the employee must still file the report, indicating "None."

F.Confidentiality

In the course of employment, employees may acquire knowledge or information of a secret, confidential or proprietary nature relating to the business, finances, operations of Payden

&Rygel, its clients, or of any third party with whom it is doing business that has not been previously publicly released by duly authorized representatives of Payden & Rygel or such third

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party ("Confidential Information"). Examples of such Confidential Information include, but are not limited to, financial figures, employee lists, vendor information, information regarding the personal and financial matters of third parties with whom Payden & Rygel is negotiating or doing business, methods of operations, or any other papers or documents, used by Payden & Rygel and made known to the employee by Payden & Rygel or any of its officers or other employees, or learned by the employee while in the employment of Payden & Rygel. This obligation to maintain strict confidentiality exists during employment and continues after the employee leaves Payden & Rygel's employ.

All employees are required to sign a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement as a condition of employment. Any employee who breaches Payden & Rygel's confidentiality policy or who discloses Confidential Information will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including immediate discharge. Such employees also may be subject to legal action, even if they do not actually benefit from the disclosed information.

A more detailed description of the procedures to be observed to safeguard Confidential Information is contained in Payden & Rygel's Employee Manual.

G. Service as a Director of a Publicly Traded Company

Payden & Rygel recognizes the potential for conflicts or interest and for insider trading problems that may arise if a member of the firm serves as a director of a publicly traded company. As a result, any employee must seek the prior authorization of Payden & Rygel's President before accepting a position as a director of a publicly traded company, and in deciding the issue, the President shall consider the recommendation of Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer on the matter.

A more detailed discussion of the procedures to be observed on this matter is contained in Payden & Rygel's Employee Manual.

H. Obligation to Report Any Violations of the Code of Ethics

Every Access Person is obligated to report any violations of this Code of Ethics promptly to Payden & Rygel's Chief Compliance Officer, or in his absence to the Chief Executive Officer.

I. Certification of Compliance

1.Initial Certification. Upon joining Payden & Rygel, each employee shall be provided a copy of this Code of Ethics and the Payden & Rygel Employee Manual, which contains related compliance policies and procedures. At that time, the employee shall certify in writing that he (a) has received a copy of the Code of Ethics and the Payden & Rygel Employee Manual, (b) has read and understands all provisions of the Code of Ethics and related compliance policies and procedures contained in the Payden & Rygel Employee Manual, and (c) agrees to comply with the terms of the Code of Ethics and such related compliance policies and procedures.

2.Acknowledgement of Amendments. Payden & Rygel shall provide all employees with any amendments to this Code of Ethics and at such time each employee shall submit a written acknowledgement that he has received, read and understands such amendments to the Code of Ethics.

3.Annual Certification. On an annual basis, all employees shall certify that they have read, understand and complied with the Code of Ethics and any related compliance policies and procedures contained in the Payden & Rygel Employee Manual.

Payden & Rygel Compliance Policy No. I.B.2.

Revised 09/03/19

MFS® Code of Ethics Policy

December 16, 2019

Applies to

AllMFSfull-time,part-timeand temporaryemployeesglobally

All MFS contractors, interns and co-opswhohavebeennotifiedby Compliancethattheyaresubject to thispolicy

All MFS entities

Questions?

 [email protected] 

Compliance Helpline, x54290

Ryan Erickson, x54430

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For more information on administration such as regulatory authority, supervision, interpretation and escalation,monitoring,relatedpolicies, amendment or recordkeeping please click this link.

Personal Investing

TheinherentnatureofMFS'servicesinselectingandtradingsecuritieshas the potential to create a real or apparent conflict of interest with your personal investingactivities.Asaresult,everyindividualsubjecttothispolicyhasa fiduciarydutytoavoidtakingpersonaladvantageofanyknowledgeofour clients' investmentactivities.

Followingtheletterandspiritoftherulesinthispolicyiscentraltomeeting client expectations and ensuring that we remain a trusted and respected firm.

Rules That Apply toEveryone

Your fiduciaryduty

Alwaysplaceclientinterestsaheadofyourown.Youmust

never:

TakeadvantageofyourpositionatMFStomisappropriate investment opportunities from MFS clients.

SeektodefraudanMFSclientordoanythingthatcouldhavethe effect of creating fraud or manipulation.

Mislead a client.

Account reporting obligations

Make sure you understand which accounts are reportable accounts. To determine whether an account is reportable, ask the

following questions:

1Istheaccountoneofthefollowing?

- A brokerageaccount.

Anyothertypeofaccount(suchasemployeestockoptionor stock purchase plans)in which you have the ability to hold or trade reportable securities (see the list of reportable securities on page7).

Anyaccount,includingMFS-sponsoredretirementorbenefit plans,thatholdsareportablefund(seedefinitionofreportable fund on page 7 and a list of these funds on iComply).

2Is any of the following true?

You beneficially own the account.

Theaccountisbeneficiallyownedbyyourspouseor domestic partner.

Theaccountisbeneficiallyownedbyanothermemberofyour householdsuchasaparent,siblingorchildforwhomyou providefinancialsupport,suchassharingofhousehold expenses.

Theaccountisbeneficiallyownedbyanyonewhoyouclaimas a tax deduction.

Theaccountiscontrolledbyyouoranothermemberofyour household(otherthantofulfilldutiesofemployment)for whom you provide financial support, such as sharing of household expenses.

If you answered "yes" to both questions, the account is reportable.

HELPFUL TO KNOW

Beneficial ownership

The concept of beneficial ownership is broader than that of outright ownership. Anyone who is in a position to benefit from the gains or income from, or who controls, an account or investment is considered to have beneficial ownership. This means that this policy applies not only to you, but to others that share beneficial ownership in these accounts or securities. See examples on page 6. Frequently Asked Questions on the topic can be found here .

Ensure that MFS receives account statements for all your reportableaccounts.Dependingonthetypeofaccountoryour

location,youmayneedtoprovidethemtoCompliancedirectly.

Promptlyreportanynewlyopenedreportableaccountorany existing account that has become reportable (including those at an approved broker). This includes accounts that become

reportableaccountsthroughlifeevents,suchasmarriage,divorce, power of attorney or inheritance.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR US EMPLOYEES

Does not include interns, contractors, co-ops, or temporary employees

Maintain your reportable accounts at an approved broker.

WhenyoujoinMFS,ifyouhaveaccountsatnon-approvedbrokers you must close them or move them to an approved broker (list available on iComply).

Inrarecases,ifyoufilearequestthatincludesvalidreasonsforan exception,wemaypermityoutomaintainareportableaccountat abrokernotontheapprovedbrokerlist(forinstance,ifyouhavea fully discretionary account).

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HELPFUL TO KNOW

Discretionary accounts and automatic investment plans

Discretionaryaccounts(accountsthataremanagedforyoubyathird-party registeredinvestmentadviserorbankortrustcompany)andtransactions made under an automatic investment plan (such as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan) are reportable, but with approval from Compliance they are:

exempt from quarterly transaction and annual holdings certifications (though you must still provideaccount statements).

exempt from the Access Person and Research Analyst/Portfolio Manager tradingrules(suchastherulesconcerningpre-clearanceandthe60-day holdingperiod)(pp.4–5),butyoustillmustobtainpre-approvalbefore your advisor participates in an IPO or private placement.

exempt from certain "Ethical Personal Investing" trading rules such as excessive trading and trading of MFS funds (p. 3).

Request approval for these accounts using the Account Exception form found in iComply.

Securities reporting obligations

Make sure you understand which securities are reportable securities.Thisincludesmoststocks,bonds,MFSfunds,exchange-

traded funds (ETFs), futures, options, structured products, private placements and other unregistered securities even if they are not held in a reportable account. See the table on page 7.

Report all applicable accounts, transactions and holdings timely. Use the iComply system and submit all reports by these

deadlines:

InitialAccounts&Holdingsreports:Submitwithin10calendardays ofhireoruponanaccesslevelchange.Informationaboutthese holdingsmust be no morethan45 daysold when submitted.

Quarterly Personal Transaction Report: Submit within 30 days

of the end of each calendar quarter.

AnnualHoldingsReport:Submitwithin30daysoftheendof each calendaryear.

Note that you must submit each report even if no transactions or other changes occurred during the time period.

TheQuarterlyPersonalTransactionReportsdonotneedtoinclude:

Transactionsor holdings in non-reportable securities.

Transactionsorholdingsindiscretionaryaccountsforwhich there is an approval on file with Compliance.

Involuntary transactions, such as automatic investment plans, dividendreinvestments,etc.TheAnnualHoldingsReport,however, must reflect these transactions.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTED

REPRESENTATIVES IN SINGAPORE

Provide a copy of the contract note for any trade of any security,includingreportablesecuritiesandnon-reportable securities,toSingaporeCompliance,within7daysofthetrade. CheckwithSingaporeComplianceontheinformationyoumust provide.

Ethical Personal Investing

Never trade securities based on the improper use of information,andneverhelpanyoneelsetodoso.Thisincludes

any trade based on:

InformationabouttheinvestmentsofanyMFSclient,including front-runningandtailgating(tradingjustbeforeorjustaftera similar trade for a client account).

Confidential information orinside information (information about theissuerofasecurity,orthesecurityitself,thatisbothmaterial and non-public).

Donottradeexcessively.AtMFS,personaltradingisaprivilege,not a right.It shouldnever interferewithyourjob performance.

MFSmaylimitthenumberoftradesyouareallowedduringagiven period,ormaydisciplineyoufortradingexcessively.Inaddition, frequent trading in MFS funds may trigger other penalties, as described in the relevant fund prospectuses.

Do not accept investment discretion over accounts that are not yours.Inlimitedcircumstances,andwithadvanceapprovalfrom Compliance, you may be allowed to assume power of attorney relating to financial or investment matters for another person or entity.

If you become an executor or trustee of an estate and it involves controloverasecuritiesaccount,youmustnotifyComplianceupon assuming the role, and you must meet any reporting or pre-clearance obligations thatapply.

Do not participate in any investment contest or club. This applies

whether or not any compensation or prize is awarded.

Do not trade securities that MFS has restricted. Follow MFS' instructionswhenyouarenotifiedofarestrictionindesignated securities.

DonotinvestinMFS-sub-advisedETFs.Forafulllistofthese

funds, see the iComply system.

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Only make investments in MFS open-end funds directly through MFS(oranotherentityMFSmaydesignate)unlessyouhavereceived

an exception from Compliance.

Do not participate ininitialpublicofferings (IPOs)or other limitedofferingsofsecuritiesexceptwithadvanceapproval

from MFS. This rule includes initial, secondary and follow-on offerings of equity securities and closed-end funds and new issues of corporate debtsecurities.

To request approval for an IPO or secondary offering, enter an Initial Public Offering Request using the form found on iComply. Note that approval is not typically granted, and when granted often involves strictlimits.

Never use a derivative, or any other instrument or technique, to getaroundarule.Ifaninvestmenttransactionisprohibited,then

youarealsoprohibitedfromeffectivelyaccomplishingthesame

thingbyusingfutures,options,ETFsoranyothertypeoffinancial instrument.

DonotinvestinContractsforDifferenceorengageinspread betting on financial markets. This includes any wagering on market

spreads or behaviors and any off-exchange trading.

HELPFUL TO KNOW

Changes in job status and life events

When changing jobs within MFS, ensure that you understand the rules that applytoyou.ConfirmwithyournewmanagerandCompliancewhatyour accesslevel is and what restrictionsand requirementsapply to you.

Whengoingonleave,youmustcontinuetocomplywiththispolicy unlessotherwiseapprovedbyCompliance.Whenyoureturnfrom leave you must complete any outstanding obligations.

Be cognizant of reporting obligations under this policy when life events occursuchasmarriage,divorceorinheritanceofanaccount.Consult with Compliance when uncertain.

Rules that Apply Only to Access Persons

Pre-clearing personal trades

WHICH ACCESS LEVEL ARE YOU?

Access Persons Most MFS personnel, including all officers and directors, are designated as Access Persons. You should consider yourself an Access Person unless it has been communicated to you by Compliance that you are not.

Research Analysts and Portfolio Managers In addition to the rules for Access Persons, these individuals are subject to additional rules, as noted on the following pages.

Compliance may designate other personnel as Access Persons. This may include consultants, contractors or interns who provide services to MFS, and employees of Sun Life Financial Inc.

Makesureyouunderstandwhichsecuritiesrequirepre- clearance. Notethatthere aresome differences between which

securitiesrequirepre-clearanceandwhichmustbereported. See the table on page 7 of this policy.

Pre-clearallpersonaltradesinapplicablesecurities.Request

pre-clearanceonthedayyouwanttoplacethetradebyenteringyour

requestintheiComplysystem.Rememberthatyoumustpre-clear tradesforallofyourreportableaccounts(suchasthoseofaspouseor domesticpartner)aswellasforsecuritiesnotheldinanaccount.

Onceyouhaverequestedpre-clearance,waitforaresponse.DoNOT placeanytradeorderuntilyouhavereceivednoticeofapprovalfor thattrade.Notethatpre-clearancerequestscanbedeniedatany time and for any reason.

Pre-clearanceapprovalsexpireattheendofthetradingdayonwhich they areissued.

Obtain advance approval for any private investments or other unregistered securities. This includes private placements

(investments in private companies), private investment in public equity securities (PIPES), hedge funds or other private funds, "crowdfunding" or "crowdsourcing" investments, peer-to-peer lending,pooledvehicles(suchaspartnerships),InitialCoinOfferings (ICO's),Security Tokens and other similar investments.

Before investing, enter a Private Placement/Unregistered Securities ApprovalRequestfoundoniComply,anddonotactuntilyouhave received approval.

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HELPFUL TO KNOW

Not recommended: Good 'til canceled orders and buying on margin

These practices can create significant risk of policy violations.

Good 'til canceled orders may execute after your pre-clearance approval has expired. Placing day orders avoids this risk. With margin, you might not be able to receive pre-clearance approval for those securities you wish to sell to meet a margincall

Limits to personal investmentpractices

Do not take an uncovered short position. This includes selling

securitiesshort,buyingputswithoutacorrespondinglongposition and writing nakedcalls.

Do not buy and then sell (or sell and then buy) at a profit the same or equivalent reportable security within 60 calendar days.MFSmayinterpretthisruleverybroadly.Forexample,itmay

lookattransactionsacrossallofyourreportableaccountsandmay matchtradesthat arenotofthesamesize,securitytypeortax lot. Anygainsrealized inconnection withthese transactionsmustbe surrendered.Notethatthisruledoesnotapplytosecuritiesthatare not subject to pre-clearance, to accounts where a registered investment adviser has investment discretion, or to involuntary transactions. Japan-based personnel: See rule with higher

standard below.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH ANALYSTS

including Research Associates and Portfolio Managers who may write research notes

Nevertrade(ortransferownershipof)reportablesecurities personallywhileinpossessionofmaterialinformationabout an issuer you have researched or been assigned to research

unless you have already communicated the information in a research note. Japan-based personnel: See rule with higher standard

below.

Understand and fulfill your duties with regard to research recommendations. You have an affirmative duty to provide

unbiased and timely research recommendations in a research note. You must:

Disclosetradingopportunitiesforclientaccountspriortotrading personally in any securities of that issuer.

Providearesearchrecommendationifasecurityissuitableforthe client accounts even if you have already traded the security

personallyorifmakingsucharecommendationwouldcreatethe appearanceofaconflictofinterest.NotifyCompliancepromptly of any apparent conflicts, but do not refrain from making a research recommendation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

including Research Analysts assigned to a fund as a portfolio manager

Never personally trade (or transfer ownership of) a reportable securitywithinsevencalendardaysbeforeorafteratradein any security or derivative of the same issuer in any client account that you manage. In practice, this means:

Contacting Compliance promptly when deciding to make a portfoliotradeinanysecurityyouhavepersonallytradedwithin thepastsevencalendardays(butdonotrefrainfrommakinga tradethatissuitableforaclientaccountevenifyouhavetraded the securitypersonally).

Refraining from personally trading any reportable securities you thinkanyofyourclientaccountsmightwishtotradewithinthe next seven calendardays.

Delayingpersonaltradesinanyreportablesecuritiesyourclient accountshavetradeduntiltheeighthcalendardayafterthemost recent trade by a client account (or longer, to be certain of avoiding any appearance of conflict of interest).

Notethatthisruledoesnotapplytosecuritiesthatarenotsubjectto pre-clearance,toaccountswherearegisteredinvestmentadviser has investment discretion or to involuntary transactions.

Neverbuyand then sell(orselland then buy),within 14 calendar days, any shares of a fund you manage.

Contact Compliance before any fund you manage invests in anysecuritiesofanissuerwhoseprivatesecuritiesyouownor iftheprivateentityentersintoamaterialtransactionwitha publicissuer.Youwillneedtodiscloseyourprivateinterestand

assist Compliance in performing review.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR JAPAN-BASED

PERSONNEL

Do not buy and then sell (orsell and then buy)the same or equivalent reportable security within six months.

Nevertradepersonallyinanysecurityyouhaveresearchedin the prior 30 days or are scheduled to research in the future.

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Additional Information for all Personnel Subject to this Policy

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP: PRACTICAL EXAMPLES

Accounts of parents or children

Youshare ahousehold withoneor bothparents,but you donot provideany financial support to the parent(s): You are not a beneficial owner of the parents' accounts andsecurities.

Youshareahouseholdwithoneormoreofyourchildren,whetherminoror adult, and you provide financial support to the child: You are a beneficial owner of the child's accounts and securities.

Youhaveachildwholiveselsewherewhomyouclaimasadependentfortax purposes: You are a beneficial owner of the child's accounts and securities.

Accounts of domestic partners or roommates

You are a joint owner or named beneficiary on an account of which a domesticpartnerisanowner:Youareabeneficialownerofthedomestic partner's accounts andsecurities.

Youprovide financialsupportto adomesticpartner,eitherdirectlyor by paying any portion of household costs: You are a beneficial owner of the domestic partner's accounts and securities.

Youhavearoommate:Generally,roommatesarepresumedtobetemporary andto have nobeneficial interest in oneanother's accounts andsecurities.

UGMA/UTMA accounts

Eitheryou or your spouseisthecustodian of aUniformGift/ Trust toMinor Account (UGMA/UTMA) for a minor, and one or both of you is a parent of theminor:Youareabeneficialowneroftheaccount.(Ifsomeoneelseisthe custodian, you are not a beneficial owner.)

EitheryouoryourspouseisthebeneficiaryofanUGMA/UTMA accountand isof majority age (for instance, 18years orolder in Massachusetts): You are a beneficial owner of the account.

Transfer on death (TOD) accounts

Youautomaticallybecometheregisteredowneruponthedeathoftheprior account owner: You are a beneficial owneras of the date the account is re- registered in your name, but not before.

Trusts

You are a trustee for an account whose beneficiaries are not immediate family members: Beneficial ownership is determined on a case-by-case basis,including whetherit constitutes anoutsidebusiness activity(seethe Outside Activities & Affiliations Policy).

Youareatrusteeforanaccount andyouorafamilymemberisabeneficiary: You are a beneficial owner of the account.

Youareabeneficiaryoftheaccountandcanmakeinvestmentdecisions withoutconsultingatrustee:Youareabeneficialowneroftheaccount.

Youareabeneficiaryoftheaccountbuthavenoinvestmentcontrol:Youare a beneficial owner as of the date the trust is distributed, but not before.

Youarethesettlorofarevocabletrust:Youareabeneficialowneroftheaccount.

Yourspouseordomesticpartnerisatrusteeandabeneficiary: Beneficial ownership is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Investment powers over an account

Youhavepowerofattorneyoveranaccount:Youareabeneficialownerasof the date you assume control of the trading or investment decisions on the account, but notbefore.

Youhave investment discretion over an account that holds, or could hold, reportablesecurities:Youareabeneficialowneroftheaccount,regardless ofthelocation,accounttypeortheregisteredowner(s)(otherthantofulfill duties of employment).

Youareservinginarolethatallowsorrequiresyoutodelegateinvestment discretion to an independent third party: Beneficial ownership is determined on a case-by-case basis.

HELPFUL TO KNOW

How we enforce this policy

Compliance is responsible for interpreting and enforcing this policy. Exceptions may only be granted by Compliance. In that capacity, Compliance reviews and monitors transactions and reports and also investigates potential violations.

The Employee Conduct Oversight Committee reviews potential violations, and where it determines that a violation has occurred, it usually imposes a penalty. These may range from a violation notice toa requirement to surrender profitsto atermination of employment, among other possibilities.

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Additional Information for all Personnel Subject to this Policy

Securitytypesandtransactionsthatmustbereportedand/orpre-cleared

Report

Pre-clear

All personnel

Accesspersonsonly

 

 

 

 

Note: Securities terminology varies widely in global markets. If a security type is not listed here or you are unsure how a security is treated under this policy, please contact Compliance directly.

Funds

Moneymarketfunds(MFSorother)

No

No

 

 

 

Open-end funds that are advised or sub-advised by MFS (and are not money market funds)

Yes

No

 

 

 

Open-end funds that are not advised or sub-advised by MFS

No

No

 

 

 

529 Plans holding MFS advised or sub-advised funds

Yes

No

 

 

 

Closed-endfunds(includingventurecapitaltrusts,investmenttrustsandMFSclosed-endfunds)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Exchange-tradedfunds(ETFs)andexchange-tradednotes(ETNs),includingoptions,futures,structurednotesandother

Yes

No

derivatives related to these exchange-traded securities¹

 

 

 

 

 

Private funds

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

SunLife Financial Inc. (publicly traded shares)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Equitysecurities,includingrealestateinvestmenttrusts(REITS),andincludingoptions,futures,structurednotesor

Yes

Yes

other derivatives on equities

 

 

Fixed income

 

 

 

 

 

Corporateandmunicipalbondsecurities,includingoptions,futuresorotherderivatives

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

US Treasurysecurities and other obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the US government

No

No

 

 

 

US government agency debt obligations that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the US government (such as

Yes

Yes

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Farm Credit Banks and Tennessee Valley Authority)

 

 

Non-USgovernmentsecurities,andoptions,futuresorotherderivativesonthesesecurities.

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Moneymarketinstruments,suchascertificatesofdepositandcommercialpaper

No

No

 

 

 

Other types of assets

 

 

 

 

 

Initialandsubsequentinvestments(includingcapitalcalls)inanyprivateplacementorotherunregisteredsecurities (including real estate limited partnerships or cooperatives)

Private MFS stock and private shares of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc. Limitedofferings,IPOs,secondaryofferings

Derivatives(such as options,futures or swaps) onsecurity indexes

Derivatives(suchasoptions,futuresorswaps)oncommoditiesandcurrencies,includingvirtualcurrencies

Other types of transactions

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Only if notified by

 

Compliance

 

Involuntary transactions (see definition below)

No

No

 

 

 

Giftsofsecurities,includingcharitabledonations,transfersofownership,andinheritances

Yes

No

¹

 

 

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Terms with special meanings

Within this policy, the following terms carry the specific meanings indicated below.

contract for difference A contract for difference (CFD) is a contract between an investor and an investment bank or a spread-betting firm. At the end of the contract, the parties exchange the difference between the opening and closing prices of a specified financial instrument, including shares or commodities.

involuntary transaction Transactions that are not under your direct or indirect influence or control, such as inheritances, gifts received, automatic investment plans, dividends and dividend reinvestments, corporate actions (such as stock splits, reverse splits, mergers, consolidations, spin-offs and reorganizations), exercise of a conversion or redemption right or automatic expiration of an option.

reportable funds Any fund for which MFS acts as investment advisor, sub-advisor, or principal underwriter including MFS retail funds, MFS Variable Insurance Trust and MFS Meridian funds. See the iComply system Policies & Procedures page for a current list of reportable funds.

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CODE OF ETHICS

PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC

January 1, 2020

 

Table of Contents

I.Overview

II. Standards of Business Conduct

III. Personal Securities Transactions Policy and Procedures

A.Definitions

B.Applicability of the Policy

1.Who is Covered

2.What Accounts are Covered

C.Rules Applicable to All Access Persons

1.Use of a Designated Broker

2.Prohibited Practices

3.Preclearance Requirements

4.Exempt Transactions

5.Restricted Transactions

6.Reporting Requirements

7.Managed Accounts

D.Additional Rules Applicable to Seattle Investment Personnel

1.Requirement to Pre-Notify CCO of Personal Securities Transactions

2.Blackout Periods and Restricted Securities Lists

E.Additional Rules Applicable to EV Access Persons

1.Types of Securities

2.Preclearance Requirements

3.Restrictions

4.Provisions Applicable to all EV Access Persons that May Restrict Personal Securities Transactions

5.Personal Securities Transactions Excluded from the Preclearance and Approval Requirement

6.Additional Requirements – EV Access Portfolio Persons

7.Additional Requirements – EV Access Research Analysts

F.Administration

1.Maintenance of List of Access Persons

2.Review of Securities Reports

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3.Certifications by Access Persons

4.Reports to Management and Trustees of Registered Investment Company Clients

5.Recordkeeping Requirements

6.Confidentiality

IV. Consequences for Violations of this Code

Appendix A EV Access Persons

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I. Overview

Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC ("Parametric") is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Parametric has adopted this written Code of Ethics (this "Code") in accordance with Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act and Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act.

All Parametric directors, officers, employees and interns are considered to be Access Persons of Parametric and are subject to this Code unless determined otherwise by the CCO. In addition, any supervised person, such as a consultant, contractor or temporary employee who has access to nonpublic information regarding the purchase or sale of securities in Parametric client portfolios or is involved in making securities recommendations, is considered an Access Person and is subject to this Code.

In certain circumstances, Parametric employees may also be deemed an EV Access Person1 and subject to provisions under the EV Code which does not include Parametric. This is typically in cases where the Parametric employee resides in an Eaton Vance office and/or primarily utilizes or has access to Eaton Vance systems and/or investment research. Such employees are referred to herein as EV Access Persons. Parametric employees in the Parametric departments listed on Appendix A are considered EV Access Persons. Parametric employees that are EV Access Persons are subject to Sections I, II, III.A, III.B., III.C.1, III.C.2.a, III.C.2.b, III.C.2.c, III.C.2.d, III.C.2.f, III.C.3, III.C.5.c, III.C.5.d, III.C.6, III.C.7, III.E, III.F and IV of this Code but are not subject to Sections III.C.2.e, III.C.2.g, III.C.4, III.C.5.a, III.C.5.b, III.C.5.e, and III.D of this Code.

II. Standards of Business Conduct

Parametric is committed to setting the highest ethical standards with regard to the business conduct of its employees. Parametric has adopted the following standards to promote an environment committed to ethical and professional excellence. By adhering to these standards and this Code, you will enable Parametric to develop and maintain the valued trust and confidence of its Clients and prospective clients.

As an Access Person subject to this Code, you are expected to comply with the following standards of business conduct:

You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including federal securities laws;

You must comply with the fiduciary obligations outlined below; and

You must comply with this Code.

You have a duty to promptly report any violation or apparent violation of this Code to the CCO or a member of the Compliance department. This duty exists whether the violation or apparent violation is yours or that of another person subject to this Code. Retaliation against individuals who report violations or apparent violations of this Code in good faith is not permitted. Violators of this Code are subject to sanctions.

Nothing in this Code restricts or prohibits you from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing confidential information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including without limitation, the U.S. Equal

1Capitalized terms in this section are defined in section III.A - Definitions.

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Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Congress, any other federal, state or local governmental agency or commission, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the "Regulators"), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state or local law or regulation. This Code does not limit your right to receive an award from any Regulator that provides awards for information relating to a potential violation of law. You do not need prior authorization to engage in conduct protected by this paragraph, and do not need to notify the CCO that you have engaged in such conduct. You recognize and agree that, in connection with any such activity outlined above, you must inform the Regulators, your attorney, a court or a government official that the information you are providing is confidential. Despite the foregoing, you are not permitted to reveal to any third-party, including any governmental, law enforcement, or regulatory authority, information you came to learn during the course of your employment that is protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege, including but not limited to the attorney-client privilege and/or attorney work product doctrine. Parametric and its affiliates do not waive any applicable privileges or the right to continue to protect privileged attorney-client information, attorney work product, and other privileged information.

Please take notice that federal law provides criminal and civil immunity from federal and state claims for trade secret misappropriation to individuals who disclose a trade secret to their attorney, a court, or a government official in certain, confidential circumstances that are set forth at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1833(b)(1) and 1833(b)(2), related to the reporting or investigation of a suspected violation of the law, or in connection with a lawsuit for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of the law.

Fiduciary Obligations

You have a duty to act in utmost good faith with respect to each Client, particularly where the interests of Parametric may be in conflict with those of a Client. Parametric has a duty to deal fairly and act in the best interests of its Clients at all times. The following fiduciary principles govern your activities and the interpretation/administration of these rules:

The interests of Clients must be placed first at all times.

All of your personal Securities Transactions must be conducted consistent with the rules contained in this Code and in such manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of your position of trust and responsibility.

You should never use your position with Parametric, or information acquired through your employment, in your personal trading in a manner that may create a conflict—or the appearance of a conflict—between your personal interests and the interests of Parametric or its Clients. If such a conflict or potential conflict arises, you must report it immediately to the CCO.

In connection with providing investment advisory services to Clients, this includes avoiding any activity which directly or indirectly:

Defrauds a Client in any manner.

Misleads a Client, including any statement that omits material facts.

Operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on a Client.

Functions as a manipulative practice with respect to a Client.

Functions as a manipulative practice with respect to securities.

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These rules do not identify all possible conflicts of interest, and literal compliance with each of the specific provisions of this Code will not shield you from liability for personal trading or other conduct that is designed to circumvent its restrictions or violates a fiduciary duty to Clients.

III. Personal Securities Transactions Policy and Procedures

A.Definitions

Access Person includes (i) all directors and officers of Parametric; and (ii) any supervised person, such as an employee, intern, consultant, contractor and temporary employee, who has access to nonpublic information regarding the purchase or sale of securities in Client portfolios, or is involved in making securities recommendations, as determined at the discretion of the CCO.

Affiliated Fund includes each investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for which Parametric acts as the investment adviser or sub-adviser. Parametric's list of Affiliated Funds is maintained in StarCompliance. Please consult StarCompliance for the most current list of Affiliated Funds.

Automatic Investment Plan means a program in which regular periodic purchases (or withdrawals) are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation. An Automatic Investment Plan includes a dividend reinvestment plan.

Beneficial Interest with respect to Securities or a Securities Account generally means an interest where you or a member of your Immediate Family, directly or indirectly, (i) have investment discretion or the ability (including joint ability or discretion) to purchase or sell Securities or direct the disposition of Securities; (ii) have voting power over Securities, or the right to direct the voting of Securities; or (iii) have a direct or indirect financial interest in Securities (or other benefit substantially equivalent to ownership of Securities). For purposes of this Code, "beneficial ownership" shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be under Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

CCO means the Chief Compliance Officer of Parametric unless otherwise indicated.

Client is any person or entity to which Parametric provides investment advisory or sub-advisory services.

Closed-End Fund means any fund with a fixed number of shares and which does not issue and redeem shares on a continuous basis. While Closed-End Funds are often listed and trade on stock exchanges, they are not "Exchange Traded Funds" as defined below.

Compliance/Compliance Department means a member of the compliance team.

Control means with respect to (i) an entity, the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the entity, unless such power is solely the result of an official position of such entity, (ii) an account, having investment discretion over the account, and (iii) an issuer (including an Affiliated Fund), a Beneficial Interest in more than 25% of the voting securities of the issuer.

CRM means Calvert Research and Management, a subsidiary of EVC and an affiliate of Parametric.

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Cryptocurrency means any virtual or digital representation of value, token or other asset in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of such assets and to verify the transfer of assets, which is not a Security or otherwise characterized as a security under the relevant law. Cryptocurrencies that have been deemed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to be a Security are reportable under this Code and must be held with a Designated Broker.

Derivative mean (1) any Futures (as defined below); and (2) a forward contract, a "swap", a "cap", a "collar", a "floor" and an over-the-counter option. Questions regarding whether a particular instrument or transaction is a Derivatives for purposes of the Code should be directed to the CCO. For avoidance of doubt, a Derivative on a Cryptocurrency is considered to be a "Derivative" for purposes of the Code.

Designated Broker means any one of the following broker-dealer firms that provide electronic data feeds to StarCompliance: Ameriprise Financial; Betterment; Charles Schwab; Citigroup; E*Trade; Edward Jones; Fidelity; Interactive Brokers; JP Morgan Chase; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley; Raymond James; RBC Wealth Management; Stifel Financial; TD Ameritrade; UBS; USAA; Vanguard; and Wells Fargo. Additional broker-dealers may be added or removed from this list over time. Please consult the Compliance Department for the current list of Designated Brokers, which are also accessible through StarCompliance and on the Parametric Intranet.

Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity means each of the following EVC subsidiaries: Eaton Vance Management; Boston Management and Research; CRM; Eaton Vance Advisers International Limited.; and Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited.

Eaton Vance Closed-End Fund – means any closed-end Fund advised by an Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity. See www.eatonvance.com for a list of Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds.

Eaton Vance Distributor Entity - means Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. and Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited.

EV Access Person is a Parametric employee that works in one of the departments listed on Appendix A. All EV Access Persons will be notified of such designation by the CCO or designee.

EV Access Portfolio Person is an EV Access Person who: (1) provides information or advice with respect to the purchase or sale of a Financial Instrument for a Client or EV Client, such as a portfolio manager, an investment counselor or, in some cases, an EV Access Research Analyst; or (2) helps execute the investment decisions of a portfolio manager, investment counselor or, where applicable, EV Access Research Analyst on behalf of a Client or EV Client. This term only applies to EV Access Persons. All EV Access Portfolio Persons will be notified of such designation by the CCO or designee.

EV Access Research Analyst is an EV Access Person that: (1) performs financial, qualitative and/or quantitative analysis of Financial Instruments or their issuers that result in a recommendation or conclusion to a portfolio manager or investment counselor regarding investments for a EV Client; or (2) is involved in the construction or rebalancing of any Calvert Index. This term only applies to EV Access Persons. All EV Access Research Analysts will be notified of such designation by the CCO or designee.

EVC means Eaton Vance Corp.

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EVD means Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.

EV Client is any client that has an investment advisory or sub-advisory agreement with any Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity or an account managed by an EV Access Person.

Exchange Traded Fund is a registered open-end investment company or unit investment trust that can be traded on an exchange throughout the day like a stock. Examples of Exchange Traded Funds include SPDR S&P 500 ETF (ticker: SPY), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (ticker: EEM), and PowerShares QQQ (ticker: QQQ).

Exchange Traded Note is a debt security traded on a national securities exchange that is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Examples of Exchange Traded Notes include SPDR Gold Shares (ticker: GLD) or iShares Silver Trust (ticker: SLV), grantor trusts, or exchange-traded limited partnerships.

Financial Instrument means, with respect to EV Access Persons, Securities, a Derivative, securities index, commodity or currency as an investment, but does not include Cryptocurrencies. For the avoidance of doubt, Futures on Cryptocurrencies are "Financial Instruments" for purposes of the Code.

Futures means a futures contract and an option on a futures contract traded on a U.S. or non U.S. board of trade, such as the Chicago Board of Trade or the London International Financial Futures Exchange.

Immediate Family of any person includes his or her spouse, domestic partner, children and relatives living in his or her primary residence, excluding temporary house guests.

Initial Public Offering means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. As used in this Code, the term "Initial Public Offering" shall also mean a one-time offering of stock to the public by the issuer of such stock which is not an initial public offering.

Managed Account is an investment account in which you and your Immediate Family have no investment discretion, or direct or indirect influence nor control. No direct or indirect influence or control exists over an account where, for example, (a) you or your Immediate Family member is a grantor or beneficiary of a trust managed by a third-party trustee and he or she has limited involvement in trust affairs, or (b) the third-party manager (or other financial intermediary) acting as a third-party manager has discretionary investment authority over the account. However, direct or indirect influence or control will be deemed to exist where you or your Immediate Family member has discussions with the trustee or third-party manager that go beyond a summary, description or explanation of account positioning and/or activity. For example, any of the following actions by you or your Immediate Family member would qualify as direct or indirect influence or control over the account: (i) suggesting purchases or sales of investments to the trustee or third-party manager; (ii) directing the purchase or sale of Securities; or (iii) consulting with the trustee or third-party manager as to the purchase or sale of investments to be made in the account (including situations where the trustee or third-party manager requests input and/or permission from you or your Immediate Family member before entering into a transaction). Managed Accounts must be approved as such by the CCO or designee (see section III.C.7 - Managed Accounts).

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Mid/Large Cap Issuer is an issuer of Securities with an equity market capitalization of $3 billion or more.

Mutual Fund means open-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (and does not include closed-end investment companies). For the avoidance of doubt, Exchange Traded Funds and Closed-End Funds are not considered to be Mutual Funds under this Code.

Private Placement means an offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2) or Section 4(5) or pursuant to Rule 504, Rule 505 or Rule 506 under the Securities Act of 1933. A Private Placement thus includes any offer to you to purchase any securities, whether stock, debt securities, or partnership interests from any entity, unless those securities are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Investment Company Act of 1940 (that is, are publicly offered/publicly traded securities).

Related Financial Instrument means, with respect to EV Access Persons, any Derivative directly tied to an underlying Financial Instrument, including, but not limited to, any swap, option or warrant to purchase or sell that underlying Financial Instrument, any Derivative convertible into or exchangeable for that same underlying Financial Instrument.

Seattle Investment Personnel includes employees in the Portfolio Management, Trading and Strategy & Research departments in Parametric's Seattle office. Seattle office employees in other departments who may have access to pre-execution model portfolio transaction information may also be deemed Seattle Investment Personnel by the CCO for purposes of this Code. All Seattle Investment Personnel will be notified of such designation by the CCO.

Securities shall include anything that is considered a "security" as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, including most kinds of investment instruments, including:

Stocks & bonds

Shares of Exchange Traded Funds

Shares of Closed-End Funds

Shares of Affiliated Funds

Shares of Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds

Exchange Traded Notes

Options on securities, on indexes and on currencies

Investments in all kinds of limited partnerships

Investments in unit investment trusts

Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs)

Investments in private investment funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds

Units and shares of non-U.S. unit trusts and non-U.S. funds

Cryptocurrencies that have been deemed to be a Security by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

For purposes of this Code, the term "Securities" does not include:

Direct obligations of the U.S. government

Money-market instruments, including bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt obligations, including repurchase agreements

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Shares of money-market funds

Shares of Mutual Funds, other than shares of Affiliated Funds

Units of a unit investment trust, if the investment trust is invested exclusively in unaffiliated Mutual Funds (e.g., variable insurance products)

Currencies and currency forwards

Physical commodities

Shares of/interests in regulated collective investment schemes or an AUT and/or OEIC that is governed by the UK Financial Services and Market Act 2000 and subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority, unless the AUT or OEIC is (1) advised or sub-advised by Parametric or (2) distributed by an Eaton Vance Distributor Entity and administered and/or advised or sub- advised by an Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity.

Securities Account means, with respect to any Access Person, an account with a broker, dealer or bank in which Securities are held and traded and the Access Person or a member of his or her Immediate Family has a Beneficial Interest and/or Control.

Securities Transaction means a transaction (whether a purchase, sale or other type of acquisition or disposition, including a gift) in a Security in which the Access Person or a member of his or her Immediate Family has or acquires a Beneficial Interest and/or Control.

Small Cap Issuer is an issuer of Securities with an equity market capitalization of less than $3 billion.

StarCompliance shall mean the online application utilized for administering the Code of Ethics and monitoring personal securities trading by Access Persons.

B.Applicability of the Policy

1. Who is Covered

This Policy applies to all Access Persons and covers not only your personal Securities Transactions, but also those of your Immediate Family.

2. What Accounts are Covered

Unless the CCO determines otherwise based on your specific facts and circumstances, this Policy applies to Securities Transactions and holdings in: (i) all accounts in which you or members of your Immediate Family have a direct or indirect Beneficial Interest; and (ii) all accounts that are directly or indirectly under your Control or the Control of a member of your Immediate Family.

Accounts that are generally covered by this Policy are referred to hereafter as Securities Accounts and include accounts that are:

in your name;

in the name of a member of your Immediate Family;

of a partnership in which you or a member of your Immediate Family have a Beneficial Interest, or are a partner with direct or indirect investment discretion;

a trust of which you or a member of your Immediate Family are a beneficiary and/or a trustee with direct or indirect investment discretion (on a sole or joint basis);

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of a closely held corporation, limited liability company or similar legal entity in which you or a member of your Immediate Family are a Controlling shareholder and have direct or indirect investment discretion over Securities held by such entity;

an account or trust holding Securities where you or a member of your Immediate Family have sole or shared investment discretion, or are otherwise deemed to have Control over the account; and

Schwab One brokerage accounts established for you upon hire for the purpose of receiving EVC equity award shares and/or Eaton Vance Employee Stock Purchase Plan shares.

Accounts that are not covered by this Policy include:

Accounts that may only hold Mutual Funds, other than Affiliated Funds;

Qualified tuition program accounts established pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 ("529 Plans"); and

Eaton Vance Employee Retirement Plan accounts.

C. Rules Applicable to All Access Persons2

The following rules will be enforced for all Access Persons unless otherwise individually exempted or preapproved in writing by the CCO. EV Access Persons are only subject to the rules in subsections I, 2.a, 2.b, 2.c, 2.d and 2.f of this section.

1.Use of a Designated Broker

All Securities Accounts must be maintained with a Designated Broker, unless:

the account is a Managed Account and has been approved as such by the CCO or designee;

the account is subject to a code of ethics or similar policy applicable to a member of your Immediate Family requiring an account be held at an entity other than a Designated Broker, in which case you must provide Securities Transactions and holdings information for such account to Compliance no less than quarterly and within 30 calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter; or

you are located in Parametric's Australia office, in which case you must provide Securities Transactions and holdings information for each Securities Account to Compliance no less than quarterly and within 30 calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter.

You must initiate movement of all pre-established Securities Accounts to a Designated Broker within 30 calendar days after your employment date or the date you become an Access Person.3

2.Prohibited Practices

You are prohibited from engaging in the following transactions and practices.

2Reminder: When this Policy refers to "you" or your transactions, it includes your Immediate Family and Securities Accounts in which you and/or they have a direct or indirect Beneficial Interest.

3Additional brokers, dealers or banks may be considered.

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a)Insider Trading

You are prohibited from purchasing or selling any security, either personally or for a Client, or, in the case of an EV Access Person, an EV Client, while in possession of material, non-public information concerning the security or its issuer. Please refer to the Insider Trading Policy4.

b)Front Running

Front Running is the practice of effecting the purchase or sale of a Security for personal benefit based on the knowledge of one or more impending Client or EV Client transaction(s) in the same or equivalent Security. (Example: A Portfolio Manager mentions that Parametric is selling all of its holdings of Company X and you know that the large trade will negatively affect the stock, so you put in a personal order to sell your shares of Company X before the Parametric order is sent to the market.)

c)Market Manipulation

Transactions intended to raise, lower or maintain the price of any security or to create a false appearance of active trading are prohibited.

d)Derivatives and Options Trading

Derivatives transactions, including options, futures and swaps, are prohibited.

e)Short-Term Trading

You may not sell a Security until at least 60 calendar days after the most recent purchase trade date of the same or equivalent Security. You may not repurchase a Security until at least 60 calendar days after the most recent sale trade date of the same or equivalent Security. You may not trade partial positions or use FIFO principles to enter into or trade out of positions of the same Security. (NOTE: Exempt Transactions below are not subject to this prohibition.)

f)Investment Clubs

You may not be a member of an investment club that trades in and owns Securities in which members have an interest. Such an investment club is regarded by this Code as your personal account, and it is usually impracticable for you to comply with the rules of this Code with respect to that investment club.

g)Public Company Ownership Limit

You may not own more than 0.5% of the outstanding shares of any one public company without written approval from the CCO.

4EV Access Persons should consult Eaton Vance's Policy and Procedures in Prevention of Insider Trading. The insider trading prohibition described above also applies to material non-public information received with respect to Affiliated Funds. Non-public information regarding an open-end mutual fund is material non-public information if such information could materially impact that fund's net asset value.

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3.Preclearance Requirements

You are prohibited from engaging in the following transactions without written preapproval as indicated. Preclearance requests for the following transactions must be submitted via StarCompliance.

a)EVC Securities

You must preclear all transactions in publicly traded Securities issued by EVC , except that you do not have to preclear (i) purchases pursuant to the EVC Employee Stock Purchase Plan or to the exercise of any EVC stock option agreement, (ii) bona fide gifts of such EVC Securities that you may receive, or (iii) automatic, non-voluntary transactions involving such EVC Securities, such as stock dividends, stock splits, or automatic dividend reinvestments, or certain non- voluntary transactions initiated by a broker, dealer or bank with respect to such EVC Securities deposited in a margin account. Once obtained, approval is valid only for the day on which it is granted. (NOTE: The purchase or sale of publicly traded options on EVC Securities is prohibited.)

There are times when transactions in EVC Securities are routinely prohibited, such as prior to releases of EVC earnings information. You will normally be notified of these blackout periods, during which time trading in EVC Securities is prohibited.

Failure to preclear transactions in EVC Securities may result in remedial actions. Such remedial actions may include, but are not limited to, full or partial disgorgement of the profits you earned on an investment transaction, restricting personal trading, consideration of such violation during your year-end performance and discretionary compensation review, censure, demotion, suspension or dismissal, or any other sanction or remedial action required or permitted by law, rule or regulation. As part of any remedial action, you may be required to reverse an investment transaction and forfeit any profit or absorb any loss from the transactions as well as additional sanctions as outlined below in section IV. - Consequences for Violations of this Code.

b)Initial Public Offerings

You may not purchase or otherwise acquire any Security in an Initial Public Offering, except with prior written approval from the CCO or designee. Requests to purchase Securities in an Initial Public Offering will generally be denied by the CCO. Approval may be granted only in rare cases that involve extraordinary circumstances. Accordingly, Parametric discourages such applications. You may be given approval to purchase a Security in an Initial Public Offering, for example, pursuant to the exercise of rights you have as an existing bank depositor or insurance policyholder to acquire the Security in connection with the bank's conversion from mutual or cooperative form to stock form, or the insurance company's conversion from mutual to stock form.

Participation in an initial or secondary offering of a Cryptocurrency (sometimes referred to as an initial coin offering (ICO) or a secondary coin offering (SCO)) requires preclearance and approval by the CCO or designee under this Code.

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c)Private Placements

You may not purchase or otherwise acquire any Security in a Private Placement, except with prior written approval from the CCO or designee. (Note that a Private Placement includes virtually any Security that is not a publicly traded/listed Security.) Such approval will only be granted where you establish that there is no conflict or appearance of conflict with any Client (or, in the case of an EV Access Person, an EV Client) or other possible impropriety (such as when your participation in the Private Placement is suggested by a person who has a business relationship with Parametric or its affiliates or expects to establish such a relationship). Examples where approval may be granted, subject to the particular facts and circumstances, are a personal investment in a private fund or limited partnership in which you would have no involvement in making recommendations or decisions, or your investment in a closely held corporation or partnership started by a family member or friend.

4.Exempt Transactions

The following transactions are exempt from sections III.C.5 - Restricted Transactions, III.C.6 - Reporting Requirements and III.C.2.e Short-Term Trading prohibition of this Code, unless noted otherwise:

The purchase of Securities effected pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan (the sale of Securities acquired under an automated investment plan is exempt from the Short-Term Trading prohibition but is subject to all other rules herein);

Transactions effected by exercise of rights issued to the holders of a class of Securities pro rata, to the extent they are issued with respect to Securities of which you have Beneficial Interest;

Acquisitions or dispositions of Securities as the result of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, merger, consolidation, spin-off or other similar corporate distribution or reorganization applicable to all holders of a class of Securities of which you have Beneficial Interest;

Purchases or sales of Securities issued in qualified tuition programs established pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code;

Transactions that are non-volitional by the Access Person or his/her Immediate Family, including purchases or sales of Securities in which such Access Person has no advance knowledge of the transaction (e.g., the required liquidation of a Security when rolling over a 401(k) plan);

Transactions effected in an approved Managed Account (note that there are reporting requirements and other restrictions related to Managed Accounts, as outlined below in section III.C.7 - Managed Accounts); and

The acquisition of Securities, such as stock grants and employee stock options, received as compensation from an employer or the purchase of stock through an employer's stock purchase plan ("ESPP"). (NOTE: The sale of Securities received from an employer or purchased via an ESPP is exempt from the Short-Term Trading prohibition but is subject to all other provisions of this Code.) This provision does not apply to EVC Securities Transactions, which you are required to preclear.

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5.Restricted Transactions

The following Securities Transactions are restricted as indicated, but do not require preclearance. These restrictions do not apply to Exempt Transactions of this Code, unless specified otherwise.

a)Daily Transaction Value Limits5

For fixed income securities, you may purchase or sell up to $100,000 per day per issuer.

For Exchange Traded Notes, you may purchase or sell up to $100,000 per day per issuer.

For Exchange Traded Funds, you may purchase or sell up to $100,000 per day per Exchange Traded Fund.

For Closed-End Funds, you may purchase or sell up to $10,000 per day per Closed-End Fund.

For equities and REITs, you may purchase or sell up to $50,000 per day per Mid/Large Cap Issuer and up to $10,000 per day per Small Cap Issuer (as defined at time of transaction).

b)Short Sales

You may not sell short any Security, except that you may sell short a Security if you own at least the same amount of the Security you sell short (i.e., selling short "against the box").

c)Same-Day Model Transactions

You may not transact in a Security when you have actual knowledge that a same-day proprietary model and/or third-party investment manager model trade will occur in the same or equivalent Security and in the same direction (i.e., purchase or sale).

d)Blackout Periods and Restricted Securities Transactions

At the discretion of the CCO or designee, you may from time to time be temporarily restricted from all personal Securities trading (a "blackout period"). You may also be temporarily or indefinitely restricted from transacting in certain specific Securities or types of Securities based on your job responsibilities and access to certain information. You will be notified of all such personal Securities trading blackout periods and restricted Securities transactions in writing by the CCO.

e)Trade Orders

All Securities trade orders must be same-day orders. Securities trade orders that are open for longer than one trading day (i.e., good-till-cancelled (GTC) and other carry-over orders are prohibited.

5The daily transaction value limits are based on your local currency and apply across all of your reportable Securities Accounts.

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6.Reporting Requirements

a)Initial Holdings Report

Within 10 calendar days of your employment date and/or initial designation as an Access Person, you must submit to Compliance a report of your personal Securities holdings, including the title, type, exchange ticker or CUSIP number (if applicable), number of shares and principal amount of each Security held as of a date not more than 45 calendar days before you became an Access Person. Your report must also include the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom you maintain an account for trading or holding any type of Securities, whether stocks, bonds, funds, or other types and the date on which you submit the report to Compliance. The Initial Holdings Report is administered via StarCompliance. Persons who previously submitted a completed initial holdings report to an EV Affiliated Entity pursuant to such entity's code of ethics are not required to complete an Initial Holdings Report upon their designation as an Access Person or EV Access Person.

b)Annual Holdings Report

Within 30 calendar days after each calendar year end, you must submit to Compliance a report of your personal Securities holdings, including the same Security information required for the Initial Holdings Report. The Annual Holdings Report is combined with the Q4 Transactions Report and is administered via StarCompliance.

c)Quarterly Transactions Report

Within 30 calendar days after each calendar quarter end, you must submit to Compliance a report of your Securities Transactions during the prior calendar quarter, including the date of the transaction, the title, type, exchange ticker or CUSIP number (if applicable), the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), and the number of shares and principal amount of each Security in the transaction, the nature of the transaction (whether a purchase, sale or other type of acquisition or disposition, including a gift), the price of the Security at which the transaction was effected, and the name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the transaction was effected. The Quarterly Transactions Report is administered via StarCompliance.

d)New Accounts

You must report new Securities Accounts to Compliance within 10 calendar days of establishing the account. You may do so by entering the account in StarCompliance or notifying Compliance in writing. You may not purchase or sell Securities in the new account until the electronic data feed for the account has been established in StarCompliance.

New Securities Accounts (not including Managed Accounts) of Access Persons registered with FINRA through EVD are automatically approved for purposes of FINRA Rule 3210, if they are established with a Designated Broker. Any exception whereby an Access Person registered with FINRA maintains a Securities Account with a broker, dealer or bank other than a Designated Broker requires written consent of the EVD Chief Compliance Officer or designee.

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e)Changes in Your Immediate Family Members

You must notify Compliance of any change to your Immediate Family members (e.g., as a result of a marriage, divorce, legal separation, death, adoption, movement from your household or change in dependent status) that may affect the Personal Securities Accounts for which you have reporting or other responsibilities.

7.Managed Accounts6

Managed Accounts must be approved as such in writing by the CCO or designee. The CCO's approval of a Managed Account is contingent upon the provision of a signed letter from the broker, financial advisor, trustee or other control person other than you or your Immediate Family members (the "Discretionary Manager") on the Discretionary Manager's letterhead containing the following representations7:

Neither you nor your Immediate Family members have investment discretion or direct or indirect influence or control over the account, and in particular you do not:

o Direct or suggest the purchase or sale of securities to the Discretionary Manager; or

o Consult with the Discretionary Manager as to the particular allocation of specific Securities investments to be made in the account (including situations where the Discretionary Manager requests input and/or permission from you or your Immediate Family member prior to transacting).

The relationship between the Discretionary Manager and you and your Immediate Family member is limited to a professional, client-adviser relationship (i.e., the Discretionary Manager is not a family member or close personal friend, and no Immediate Family member of yours is employed by the Discretionary Manager).

All transactions in EVC Securities will either be restricted from being purchased or sold in the Managed Account or will be precleared pursuant to this Code.

You must also acknowledge the above representations in writing to the CCO and agree to immediately notify the CCO if any of the above representations are no longer accurate.

Securities Transactions in approved Managed Accounts are exempt from the Short-Term Trading prohibition and section III.C.5 - Restricted Transactions8, but are still subject to section III.C.3 – Preclearance Requirements (Initial Public Offerings, Private Placements and EVC Securities transactions in approved Managed Accounts still require written preapproval). However, you must ensure the Discretionary Manager provides account holdings and transactions information to Compliance either electronically via StarCompliance, if possible, or via annual account statements within 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year. Securities Transactions in Managed Accounts will be subject to review from time to time by the CCO or designee to determine if any

 

6See section III.A - Definitions above.

7If the letter from the Discretionary Manager does not include all of the above representations above, the CCO may determine via other means at his or her discretion, including via a signed certification and acknowledgement from the employee, the account qualifies as a Managed Account.

8Managed Accounts for EV Access Persons are also addressed in section III.E.5 – Personal Securities Transactions Excluded from the Preclearance and Approval Requirement.

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purchase or sale of a Security would have been prohibited pursuant to this Code, absent relying on the exemption provided herein.

Annually, within 30 calendar days of each calendar year end, you must re-certify in writing to the CCO the above representations regarding each Managed Account. Failure to do so will result in the account no longer qualifying as a Managed Account under this Code. This annual re- certification is part of the Combined Annual Holdings & Q4 Transactions Certification administered via StarCompliance.

NOTE: There is no exemption from preclearance for Initial Public Offerings or Private Placements, even when such transactions are effected through a Managed Account. You should ensure the Discretionary Manager of your Managed Account(s) is aware of this restriction.

D.Additional Rules Applicable to Seattle Investment Personnel9

1.Requirement to Pre-Notify CCO of Personal Securities Transactions

Seattle Investment Personnel are required to pre-notify the CCO of intended personal Securities Transactions (including those of Immediate Family members) one business day prior to transacting via StarCompliance.

2.Blackout Periods and Restricted Securities Lists

Seattle Investment Personnel may be temporarily restricted from all personal Securities trading by the CCO during significant model portfolio rebalance and index reconstitution events. Seattle Investment Personnel may also be temporarily restricted from transacting in specific Securities during significant model portfolio rebalance or index reconstitution events as determined by the CCO. Seattle Investment Personnel will be notified of all such personal trading blackout periods and restricted securities lists in writing by the CCO.

E.Additional Rules Applicable to EV Access Persons

The provisions in this section III.E apply only to EV Access Persons.

1.Types of Securities

EV Access Persons are typically limited to buying and selling the following publicly traded securities (with certain limited exceptions):

Common stock

Exchange Traded Funds

Open-end funds, including Mutual Funds

Closed-End Funds

NextSharesTM

Unit investment trust

Municipal bonds

Corporate bonds

Preferred securities

Asset backed securities

9Seattle Investment Personnel is defined in section III.A - Definitions above.

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EV Access Persons are prohibited from transacting in Derivatives (including options and Futures).

2.Preclearance Requirements

EV Access Persons (including Immediate Family members) are required to preclear and receive prior approval for all personal Securities Transactions (including EVC stock, Eaton Vance Closed- End Funds and Exchange Traded Funds), unless an exemption is available. Preclearance requests must be submitted via StarCompliance. Once obtained, approval is valid only for the day on which it is granted.

3.Restrictions

Personal transactions may be restricted by the following:

Blackout periods for EVC stock

Blackout Periods for Eaton Vance Closed-end Funds

Blackout periods triggered by EV Client orders or pending orders in the same Security or a Related Financial Instrument

Blackout periods triggered by an internal analyst recommendation or ratings change in the same Security or a Related Financial Instrument

Blackout periods related to the reconstitution or rebalancing of a Calvert index

Securities on Eaton Vance's restricted securities list

Section 16 holding periods

EV Access Portfolio Persons are subject to further restrictions noted in section E.6 – Additional Requirements – EV Access Portfolio Persons.

4.Provisions Applicable to all EV Access Persons that May Restrict Personal Securities Transactions

If your personal Securities Transaction is required to be precleared pursuant to section E.2 – Preclearance Requirements of this Code and falls within one of the following categories, your preclearance request will generally be denied by Compliance. It is your responsibility to initially determine if any of the following categories apply to your situation or transaction:

Client Orders and Pending Orders. If on the day you seek preclearance and approval to enter into a personal Securities Transaction, (a) the Security or a Related Financial Instrument has been purchased or sold by an EV Client; or (b) there is a pending EV Client order in the Security or a Related Financial Instrument, then you CANNOT trade the Security and your preclearance request will be denied. This prohibition is in addition to any other requirements or prohibitions in this Code that may be applicable.

Research Recommendations or Conclusions. If within the 5 calendar days prior to and including the day you seek preclearance and approval to enter into a personal Securities Transaction, (a) that Security or a Related Financial Instrument has been added to or removed from Eaton Vance's Analyst Select Portfolio ("ASP") or Counselors Focus Portfolio, or an existing position in the ASP or Counselors Focus Portfolio has been increased or decreased, (b) the WPP of that Security or a Related Financial Instrument

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has been changed on Code Red/FactSet RMS,10 or (c) for purposes of CRM, that Security (or its issuer) has been designated as "eligible" or "ineligible" or its designation as a "eligible" or "ineligible" has changed, then you CANNOT trade the Security and your preclearance request will be denied. This prohibition is in addition to any other requirements or prohibitions in this Code that may be applicable.

Restricted Securities List. Various restricted securities lists are maintained by or with respect to the EV Affiliated Entities that contain certain securities that may not be traded by certain EV Access Persons. Requests to purchase or sell any Security on such a restricted securities list applicable to an EV Access Person will be denied.

Limitations on Certain Types of Investment Instruments and Transactions. You may not enter into personal Securities Transactions in Derivatives (including options and Futures). If you or any members of your Immediate Family members (a) holds any of these instruments for investment purposes as of September 30, 2018, or (b) receives any of these instruments as a bona fide gift or as the result of a dividend, merger, consolidation, spin-off or other similar corporate distribution or reorganization, you may continue to hold the instrument for investment purposes but you may not add to the holding. When you wish to sell the holding, you must contact Compliance to preclear the sale and obtain prior approval.

Limitations on Short Sales. You may not sell any Security short.

Short-Term Trading. You are strongly discouraged from engaging in excessive short- term trading of Securities. The purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same or equivalent Securities within 60 calendar days are generally regarded as short-term trading. Such transactions are subject to preclearance and prior approval.

Initial Public Offerings, Private Placements and Investments in Hedge Funds. As a general matter, you should expect that most preclearance requests involving initial public offerings will be denied. If your proposed transaction is an initial public offering, a private placement, or an investment in a hedge fund, Compliance will determine whether the investment opportunity should be reserved for EV Clients.11

5.Personal Securities Transactions Excluded from the Preclearance and Approval Requirement (but still subject to the Reporting Requirements)

Except as otherwise provided below, EV Access Persons are not required to preclear and receive prior approval for the following personal Securities Transactions, although EV Access Persons are still responsible for complying with the reporting requirements of section III.C.6 of this Code for these transactions (each, an "Exempt Reportable Transaction"):

the acquisition or disposition of a Security or other Financial Instrument as the result of a stock split, reverse stock split, merger, consolidation, spin-off or other similar corporate distribution or reorganization;

the receipt of a Security or other Financial Instrument as a bona fide gift that you receive;

the disposition of a Security as a bona fide gift that you make to a nonprofit organization;

 

10The WPP is the "weighted price potential" of the Security as determined by a research analyst in the Eaton Vance Management or Eaton Vance Advisers International Limited Equity Department. The amount the WPP must change in order to trigger the restriction in section III.E.4 of this Code will be determined from time to time by the Eaton Vance Chief Equity Investment Officer.

11This restriction also applies to a one-time offering of a Security to the public by the issuer which is not the initial public offering of such Security.

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transactions in Mutual Funds, advised or sub-advised by an Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity (including those held through a variable insurance product account) (i.e., transactions in shares of Funds do not need to be precleared but must be reported, including those in an Eaton Vance pension/retirement savings account, such as your Eaton Vance Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan account);

transactions in NextSharesTM

transactions in funds that are recognized by an European Union member state as an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (commonly referred to as an "UCITS") (i.e., transactions in shares of an UCITS fund do not need to be precleared but must be reported, including those in an Eaton Vance pension/retirement savings account, such as your Eaton Vance Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan account);12

transactions in any Managed Account. You must still report the account, including the name of any broker, dealer or bank with which you have an account. You must contact

Compliance if you have this type of account and complete certain certifications before trading in the account commences;

transactions pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan, except that transactions overriding the Automatic Investment Plan's predetermined schedule and allocation must be precleared and approved. You must contact Compliance if you have this type of account;

transactions in accounts held on automated asset allocation platforms over which neither you nor any Immediate Family member exercises any investment discretion, including with respect to the Financial Instruments involved in such transactions and the allocation percentages utilized within the asset allocation platform. You must contact Compliance if you have this type of account and complete certain certifications before trading commences; and

the following Personal Securities Transactions in EVC securities:

i.purchases pursuant to the EVC Employee Stock Purchase Plan or to the exercise of any EVC stock option agreement;

ii.bona fide gifts of EVC Securities that you receive;

iii.bona fide gifts of EVC Securities that you make to Nonprofit Organizations, provided it is not a EVC Securities blackout period;

iv.the acquisition or disposition of EVC Securities as the result of non-voluntary transactions such as dividends, stock splits, or automatic dividend reinvestments; or

v.non-voluntary transactions initiated by a broker, dealer or bank with respect to EVC Securities deposited in a margin account.

12A Personal Securities Transaction in regulated collective investment schemes, or units or shares of an UCITS that is an U.K.- authorized unit trust (commonly referred to as an "AUT") or an open-ended investment company (commonly referred to as an "OEIC") that is governed by the Open-Ended Companies Regulations 2001 under the U.K.'s Financial Services and Market Act 2000 and under control by the Financial Conduct Authority (or any successor) are Exempt Transactions under section III.A of this Code and exempt from the reporting requirements in section III.C.6 of this Code provided that such AUT or OEIC is not (i) distributed by an Eaton Vance Distributor Entity and administered and/or advised by an Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity or (ii) sub- advised by an Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity).

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6.Additional Requirements – EV Access Portfolio Person

If you are an EV Access Portfolio Person with respect to an EV Client, you and your Immediate Family members are subject to the blackout periods listed below. The blackout periods are intended to allow EV Clients the opportunity to trade before you do for yourself.

An EV Access Portfolio Person may not enter into a personal Securities Transaction in a Security prior to, and including, 5 calendar days before or after transacting in the same Security or a Related Financial Instrument for that EV Client. Similarly, an EV Access Portfolio Person may not enter into a personal Securities Transaction in a Security prior to, and including, 5 calendar days before or after an EV Client if the EV Access Portfolio Person knows of another EV Access Portfolio Person's intention to transact in the same Security or a Related Financial Instrument for that EV Client. Thus, if you personally transact in a Security within 5 calendar days before or after (inclusive) of an EV Client trade in the same Security or a Related Financial Instrument, your personal Securities Transaction will be considered a violation of this Code unless the client trade was directed by someone else without your knowledge or you obtained prior approved from Compliance.

If you are an EV Access Portfolio Person, prior to entering into a personal Securities Transaction, you must represent in your preclearance request that you are not aware of any pending trades or proposed trades in the same Security or a Related Financial Instrument for any EV Client in the next 5 calendar days. Please consider the timing of your personal trades carefully.

7.Additional Requirements – EV Access Research Analyst

If you are an EV Access Research Analyst, you are subject to the requirements and restrictions listed below. Note that you may be both an EV Access Research Analyst and an EV Access Portfolio Person. If you are both, you must comply with the requirements of section III.E.6 and III.E.7 of this Code. You are responsible for avoiding all prohibited transactions described in this section III.E.7 and you may not rely upon the preclearance and prior approval process to prevent you from violating these rules. You may not delay communicating your recommendations and conclusions regarding securities in your coverage area in order to avoid potential adverse consequences in connection with your own personal Securities Transactions.

The blackout periods described below are intended to allow EV Clients the opportunity to act upon your recommendations and research conclusions regarding a Financial Instrument before you do for yourself. Transactions that do not require preclearance under sections III.A and III.E.5 of this Code are not subject to these blackout periods. Regardless of whether you are required to preclear your trade, you must not take inappropriate advantage of your position as an EV Access Research Analyst in violation of this Code.

Restrictions on Personal Securities Transactions for Securities in Your Coverage Area. If you are an EV Access Research Analyst, you may not enter into a personal Securities Transaction in any Security for which you have coverage responsibility:

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if you are in the process of making a new or changed recommendation or conclusion for the Security or a Related Financial Instrument, but you have not yet broadly communicated your new or changed recommendation or conclusion to the EV Access Portfolio Persons in your department;

until the 5th calendar day after you have broadly communicated your new or changed recommendation or research conclusion throughout the relevant investment group; or

you have first determined, with the prior concurrence of Compliance, that investment in that Security or a Related Financial Instrument is not suitable for any EV Client.

If you have any questions about the scope of your coverage responsibilities for purposes of this Code, contact Compliance.

Disclose Beneficial Interests. If you are an EV Access Research Analyst, before you make a recommendation that a Financial Instrument be purchased, sold or held by an EV Client, you must disclose to any EV Access Portfolio Person to whom you make the recommendation any direct or indirect Beneficial Interest you may have in that Financial Instrument.

EV Access Research Analyst Required Representations. If you are an EV Access Research

Analyst, prior to entering into a personal Securities Transaction, you must represent in your preclearance request that you are not aware of any pending trades or proposed trades in the same Financial Instrument or a Related Financial Instrument for any EV Client to occur in the next 5 calendar days. Please consider the timing of your personal trades carefully.

F.Administration

1.Maintenance of List of Access Persons

Compliance shall maintain a current and complete list of all Access Persons. In addition, Compliance shall ensure each Access Person is aware of their status under the Code and receives a copy of this Code.

2.Review of Securities Reports

Compliance shall ensure that all Initial and Annual Holdings Reports and Quarterly Transactions Reports are reviewed in accordance with this Code.

3.Certifications by Access Persons

Each Access Person must certify at the time of hire or at the time he or she initially becomes an Access Person of Parametric or an Eaton Vance Affiliated Entity and annually thereafter (within the timeframe established by Compliance) that he or she has read and understood the Code of Ethics, as revised (if applicable), and has complied and will comply with its provisions. In addition, upon any material revision to the Code of Ethics, each Access Person must certify that he or she has read the Code, as revised, and understands and agrees to comply with its provisions.

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4.Reports to Management and Trustees of Registered Investment Company Clients

At least annually, the CCO shall submit to the Parametric Executive Committee ("EC") and upon request the Board of Trustees of mutual fund Clients a written report that (i) describes any issues arising under this Code since the last report to the EC and/or the Board, including information about material violations and the sanctions imposed in response to material violations, and (ii) certifies that Parametric has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating this Code.

5.Recordkeeping Requirements

Parametric shall maintain the following records in an easily accessible place and make these records available to applicable regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), or any representative thereof at any time and from time to time for reasonable periodic, special or other examination:

Copies of the Parametric Code of Ethics currently in effect and in effect at any time within the past seven years;

A record of any violation of the Code of Ethics and of any action taken as a result of the violation, to be maintained for at least seven years after the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurred;

Copies of Access Persons' Quarterly Transactions Reports and Initial and Annual Holdings Reports, to be maintained for at least seven years after the end of the fiscal year in which the report is made or information provided;

A record of any approval to acquire a Security in an Initial Public Offering or in a Private Placement with the reasons supporting the approval, for at least seven years after the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted;

A record of all Access Persons, currently and within the past seven fiscal years, who are or were required to make reports referred to in section III.C.6 - Reporting Requirements;

Copies of each certification referred to in paragraph 3 of this Administration section made by a person who currently is, or in the past five years was, subject to this Code, to be maintained for at least seven years after the fiscal year in which the certification was made; and

Copies of each report referred to in paragraph 4 of this Administration section above, to be maintained for at least seven years after the end of the fiscal year in which it was made.

6.Confidentiality

All reports and other documents and information supplied by any Access Person in accordance with the requirements of this Code shall be treated as confidential, but are subject to review as provided herein by Compliance, by senior management of Parametric, Eaton Vance Compliance, representatives of the SEC, or otherwise as required by law, regulation, or court order.

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IV. Consequences for Violations of this Code

Any Access Person who violates any provision of this Code may be subject to sanction, including, but not limited to, censure, a temporary or permanent ban on personal securities trading, disgorgement of any profit or taking of any loss, fines, consideration of such violation during the year-end performance and discretionary compensation review process, demotion, suspension or termination of employment or any other sanction or remedial action required or permitted by law, rule or regulation. As part of any remedial action, you may be required to reverse an investment transaction and forfeit any profit or absorb any loss from the transaction. Each sanction shall be approved by the CCO. In the event the CCO violates any provisions of this Code, the CEO shall recommend the sanction to be imposed for approval by the EC and the Eaton Vance Management CCO.

The CCO shall have the authority to determine whether you have violated this Code and, if so, to impose the remedial actions they consider appropriate or required by law, rule or regulation. In making a determination, the CCO may consider, among other factors, the gravity of your violation, the frequency of your violations, whether any violation caused harm or the potential of harm to a Client or to the Firm or its reputation, your efforts to cooperate with the CCO's investigation, and your efforts to correct any conduct that led to a violation.

In adopting and approving this Code of Ethics, Parametric does not intend that a violation of this Code of Ethics necessarily is or should be considered to be a violation of Rule 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act or Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act.

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Appendix A

As of 1/1/2020, Parametric employees that are part of the following departments are considered EV Access Persons.

Parametric Departments

Location - Name

 

 

 

1.

Client Relations & Activity

Boston, MA

2.

Fixed Income Corporate Ladders

Boston, MA

3.

Fixed Income Solutions Municipal SMA (TABS)

New York, NY

4.

Investment Operations

Boston, MA

5.

Investment Reporting (GIPS Performance Group)

Boston, MA

6.

Fixed Income Solution System Support (IT)

Boston, MA

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-Code of Ethics - American Century

 

 

 

 

Applicable Entities / Rules

 

 

Applicable Entities: Enterprise wide policy, including American Century Investment

 

 

Management, Inc., Registered Investment Companies, Schedule A,

 

 

American Century Investment Services, Inc., American Century

 

 

Services, LLC

 

Statutory/Regulatory: Investment Company Act § 17(j), Rule 17j-1; Investment Advisers

 

 

Act § 204A, 206, Rule 204A-1 and 204-2(12)

 

 

Effective Date(s): October 29, 1999, Last Revised April 2, 2020

 

Policy or Summary: Policy

 

 

Related Summary: Code of Ethics Policies and Procedures

 

Related Documents: Business Code of Conduct; Insider Trading Policy

 

Table of Contents

 

Snapshot of the Policy .................................................................................................................................................

2

Requirements for All Employees..................................................................................................................................

2

Requirements for Access Persons, Investment and Portfolio Persons .......................................................................

2

Trading Prohibitions .....................................................................................................................................................

2

I.

Purpose of Code ...............................................................................................................................................

3

II.

Why Do We Have a Code of Ethics? ................................................................................................................

3

III.

Does the Code of Ethics Apply to You?............................................................................................................

4

IV.

Restrictions on Personal Investing Activities ....................................................................................................

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V.

Reporting Requirements .................................................................................................................................

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VI.

Can there be any exceptions to the restrictions?............................................................................................

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VII.

Confidential Information ..................................................................................................................................

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VIII.

Conflicts of Interest .........................................................................................................................................

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IX.

What happens if you violate the rules in the Code of Ethics?.........................................................................

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X.

ACI's Quarterly Report to Fund Directors/Trustees ........................................................................................

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APPENDIX 1: DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................................

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APPENDIX 2: WHAT IS "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP"? ..........................................................................................

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APPENDIX 3: CODE-EXEMPT SECURITIES..........................................................................................................

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APPENDIX 4: HOW THE PRECLEARANCE PROCESS WORKS..........................................................................

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SCHEDULE A: BOARD APPROVAL DATES...........................................................................................................

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SCHEDULE B: SUBADVISED FUNDS ....................................................................................................................

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SCHEDULE C: APPROVED ELECTRONIC BROKERS..........................................................................................

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Snapshot of the Policy

The Code of Ethics is a comprehensive policy which provides the standards for personal investing by American Century Investments (ACI) employees. Each employee has a Code of Ethics classification based on their job responsibilities and the ability to access nonpublic information about ACI client portfolios' security holdings and trading activities. The restrictions on personal investing contained in the Code vary by classification. The Code of Ethics also applies to accounts and securities that ACI employees beneficially own (i.e. owned by immediate family sharing your household, your domestic partner, or those you have power of attorney over, etc.).

It is important that you understand the Code and the restrictions on investing in personal securities and reportable mutual funds. This page contains a summary of the Code requirements. Please review the full text of the Code to fully understand your responsibilities. Contact Compliance if you have questions about the policy and how it applies to your situation. The Code of Ethics system  (http://coe/)  is the primary tool for performing your duties under the Code. All reporting and preclearance is performed in the Code of Ethics system.

Requirements for All Employees

Non-Access Persons, Access Persons, Investment Persons, and Portfolio Persons must

Place our client's interest first

Comply with federal securities laws

Report violations to Compliance

Acknowledge that you have read and understand the Code of Ethics

Disclose reportable brokerage accounts and reportable mutual fund accounts

Transfer reportable brokerage accounts to a broker that provides electronic trade confirmations (See Schedule C)

Comply with short-term trading restrictions for ACI client portfolios

Obtain written approval to enter into an arrangement or agreement that could create a conflictof interest with ACI activities (i.e. serving on the board of directors of a publicly traded company)

Requirements for Access Persons, Investment and Portfolio Persons

Access Persons, Investment Persons, Portfolio Persons must

Disclose holdings within 10 days of designation and annually, thereafter

Disclose personal security transactions on a quarterly basis

Disclose conflicts of interest annually

Obtain approval (preclearance) to trade in reportable securities

Trading Prohibitions

Investment Persons and Portfolio Persons cannot participate in an Initial Public Offering.

Investment Persons and Portfolio Persons cannot profit on short-term reportable security trades within 60 calendar days.

Portfolio Persons cannot trade within seven days before and after transactions of a fund you manage.

Portfolio Persons cannot sell a security which is held by your assigned fund or buy a security held as a short position in your assigned funds.

Portfolio Persons that manage a Semi-Transparent Active Exchange Traded Fund (STA ETF) are required to obtain pre-approval prior to trading in shares of the STA ETF. They are also restricted from selling shares of the STA ETF managed by them within 30 days after purchase.

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I.Purpose of Code

The Code of Ethics guides the personal investment activities of American Century Investments (ACI) employees (including full and part-time employees, contract and temporary employees, officers and directors), and members of their immediate family.1 The Code of Ethics aids in the elimination and detection of personal securities transactions by employees that might be viewed as fraudulent or might conflict with the interests of our client portfolios. Such transactions may include:

the misuse of client trading information for personal benefit (including so-called "front- running"),

the misappropriation of investment opportunities that may be appropriate for client portfolios,

and excessive personal trading that may affect our ability to provide services to our clients.

Violations of this Code must be promptly reported to the Chief Compliance Officer.

II.Why Do We Have a Code of Ethics?

A.Investors have placed their trust in ACI

As an investment advisor, ACI is entrusted with the assets of our clients for investment purposes. Our employees' personal trading activities and the administration of the Code are governed by these general fiduciary principles:

The interests of our clients must be placed before our own.

Any personal securities transactions must be conducted consistent with this Code and in a manner as to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Complying with these principles is how we earn and keep our clients' trust. To protect this trust, we will hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards.

B.ACI wants to give you flexible investing options

Management believes that ACI's own mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles provide a broad range of investment alternatives in virtually every segment of the securities market. We encourage ACI employees to use these vehicles for their personal

 

1The directors or trustees of Fund Clients who are not "interested persons" (the "Independent Directors") are covered under a separate Code applicable only to them.

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investments. We do not encourage active trading by our employees. We recognize, however, that individual needs differ and that there are other attractive investment opportunities. As a result, this Code is intended to give you and your family flexibility to invest, without jeopardizing relationships with our clients.

Our employees are able to undertake personal transactions in stocks and other individual securities subject to the terms of this Code. All employees are required to report their personal security transactions in their own and in beneficially owned securities under this Code. Additionally, Portfolio, Investment and Access Persons are required to receive preclearance of transactions and further limitations are placed on the transactions of Portfolio and Investment Persons.

C.Federal law requires that we have a Code of Ethics

The Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 require that we have safeguards in place to prevent personal investment activities that might take inappropriate advantage of our fiduciary position. These safeguards are embodied in this Code of Ethics.2

III.Does the Code of Ethics Apply to You?

Yes! All ACI employees and contract personnel must observe the principles contained in this Code of Ethics. This Code applies to your personal investments, as well as those for which you are a beneficial owner. However, there are different requirements for different categories of employees. The category in which you have been placed generally depends on your job function, although circumstances may prompt us to place you in a different category. The range of categories is as follows:

Fewest

 

 

 

Most

Restrictions

 

 

 

Restrictions

Non-Access Person

Access Person

Investment Person

Portfolio Person

 

 

 

 

 

The standard profile for each of the categories is described below:

A.Portfolio Persons

Portfolio Persons include portfolio managers and equity investment analysts and any other Investment Persons (as defined below) with authority to enter purchase/sale orders on behalf of client portfolios.

B.Investment Persons

Investment Persons include:

 

 

2Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 serve as a basis for much of what is contained in this Code of Ethics.

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Any supervised persons that have access to nonpublic information regarding any

 

 

 

client portfolio's securities trading, securities recommendations, or portfolio

 

 

 

holdings or are involved in making securities recommendations that arenonpublic;

 

 

 

and

 

 

Any officers and directors of an investment advisor.

 

C.

Access Persons

 

 

Access Persons are persons who, in connection with their regular function and duties,

 

 

consistently obtain information regarding current purchase and sale recommendations

 

 

and daily transaction and holdings information concerning client portfolios. Examples of

 

 

persons that may be considered Access Persons include:

 

 

Persons who are directly involved in the execution, clearance, and settlement of

 

 

 

purchases and sales of securities (e.g. certain investment operations personnel);

 

 

Persons whose function requires them to evaluate trading activity on a real-time

 

 

 

basis (e.g. attorneys, accountants, portfolio compliance personnel);

 

 

Persons who assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of investment

 

 

 

management technology systems (e.g. certain I/T personnel, including

 

 

 

contractors);

 

 

Support staff and supervisors of the above if they are required to obtain such

 

 

 

information as a part of their regular function and duties; and

 

 

An officer or "interested" director of our Fund Clients.

 

 

Single, infrequent, or inadvertent instances of access to current recommendations or real-

 

 

time trading information or the opportunity to obtain such information through casual

 

 

observance or bundled data security access may not be sufficient to qualify you as an

 

 

Access Person.

 

D.

Non-Access Persons

 

 

If you are an ACI officer, director, or employee and you do not fit into any of the above

 

 

categories, you are a Non-Access Person. Contractors and temporary employees may

 

 

be considered Non-Access Persons depending on their role. While your trading is not

 

 

subject to preclearance and other restrictions applicable to Portfolio, Investment, and

 

 

Access Persons, you are still subject to the remaining provisions of the Code.

IV.

Restrictions on Personal Investing Activities

 

A.

Principles of Personal Investing

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All ACI employees, officers, and directors, and members of their immediate family, must comply with the federal securities laws and other governmental rules and regulations, and maintain ACI's high ethical standards when making personal securities transactions. You must not misuse nonpublic information about client security holdings or contemplated, pending, or completed portfolio transactions for your personal benefit or the benefit of others. Likewise, you may not cause a client portfolio to take action, or fail to take action, for your personal benefit.

In addition, investment opportunities appropriate for client portfolios should not be retained for the personal benefit of yourself or others. Investment opportunities arising as a result of ACI investment management activities must first be considered for inclusion in our client portfolios.

B.Trading on Inside Information

Federal law prohibits you from trading based on material nonpublic information received from any source or communicating this information to others. This could include confidential information received by employees regarding securities that are, or maybe considered as potential portfolio investments. You are expected to abide by the highest ethical and legal standards in conducting your personal investment activities. For more information regarding what to do when you believe you are in possession of material nonpublic information, please consult ACI's Insider Trading Policy.

C.Trading in ACI Mutual Funds

Excessive, short-term trading of ACI client portfolios and other abusive trading practices (such as time zone arbitrage) may disrupt portfolio management strategies and harm fund performance. These practices can cause funds to maintain higher-than-normal cash balances and incur increased trading costs. Short-term and other abusive trading strategies can also cause unjust dilution of shareholder value if such trading is based on information not accurately reflected in the price of the fund.

You may not engage in short-term trading or other abusive trading strategies with respect to any ACI client portfolio. For purposes of this Code, ACI client portfolios include any mutual fund, variable annuity, institutional, or other account advised or subadvised by ACI.3

Seven-Day Holding Period. You will be deemed to have engaged in short-term trading if you have purchased shares or otherwise invested in a variable-priced (non-money market) ACI client portfolio and redeem shares or otherwise withdraw assets from that portfolio within seven days. In other words, if you make an investment in an ACI client portfolio, you may not redeem shares from that fund before the completion of the seventh day following the purchase date.

3See Schedule A for a list of Fund Clients. See Schedule B for a list of subadvised funds.

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Limited Trading Within 30 Days. We realize that abusive trading is not limited to a seven- day window. As a result, we may deem the sale of all or a substantial portion of an employee's purchase in an ACI client portfolio to be abusive if the sale is made within 30 days, and it happens more than once every rolling twelve months.

These trading restrictions are applicable to any account for which you have the authority to direct trades or of which you are a beneficial owner, including brokerage accounts,

direct shareholder accounts, retirement plans, subadvised accounts, or accounts held through an intermediary.

Transactions NOT Subject to Limitations. Automatic investments such as AMIs, dividend reinvestments, employer plan contributions, and payroll deductions are not considered transactions for purposes of the holding requirements. Redemptions in variable-priced funds that allow check writing privileges will not be considered redemptions for purposes of the holding requirements.

Information to be Provided. You may be required to provide certain information regarding mutual fund accounts beneficially owned by you and transactions in reportable mutual funds. See the Reporting Requirements for your applicable Code of Ethics classification.

D.Preclearance of Personal Securities Transactions [Portfolio, Investment, and Access Persons]

Preclearance of personal securities transactions allows ACI to prevent certain trades that may conflict with client trading activities. The nature of securities markets makes it impossible to predict all conflicts. As a consequence, even trades that are precleared can result in potential conflicts between your trades and those affected for client portfolios. You are responsible for avoiding such conflicts with any client portfolios for which you make investment recommendations. You have an obligation to ACI and its clients to avoid even a perception of a conflict of interest with respect to personal trading activities.

All Portfolio, Investment, and Access Persons must comply with the following preclearance procedures prior to entering into (i) the purchase or sale of a security for your own account or (ii) the purchase or sale of a security for an account for which you are a beneficial owner.4

1.Is the security a "Code-Exempt Security"?

Check Appendix 3 to see if the security is listed as a code-exempt security. If it is, then you may execute the transaction. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

4See Appendix 2 for an explanation of beneficial ownership.

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2.Preclear the transaction with Compliance by5 accessing the Code of Ethics system and entering your request at the Preclearance Request Entry screen. If you are outside of ACI's office, you may e-mail your request to CE - [email protected].  You will be required to provide the following:

Broker and account number used for the transaction;

Issuer name;

Security identifier (Ticker symbol, CUSIP number, etc.);

Currency;

Type of security (stock, bond, note, etc.);

Number of shares; and

Nature of transaction (purchase or sale).

3.The request will be reviewed through our preclearance process. You will receive an e-mail informing you of your approval or denial within 48 hours of entering your request.

4.If you receive preclearance for the transaction,6 you may execute the approved transaction the day your preclearance is granted and the following two (2) business days (the "Preclearance Period"). For example, if preclearance is granted at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, you have until the close of the market on Friday to execute the trade. If you do not execute the approved transaction within the Preclearance Period, you must repeat the preclearance procedure prior to executing the transaction.

ACI reserves the right to restrict the purchase or sale by Portfolio, Investment, and Access Persons of any security at any time. Such restrictions are imposed through the use of a Restricted List that will cause the Code of Ethics system to deny the approval of preclearance to transact in the security. Securities may be restricted for a variety of reasons including without limitation, the possession of material nonpublic information by ACI or its employees.

 

5If you are the Chief Investment Officer of an investment advisor, your preclearance request must be approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or his or her designee.

6See Appendix 4 for a description of the preclearance process.

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E.Additional Trading Restrictions [Portfolio and Investment Persons]

The following additional trading restrictions apply if you are a Portfolio or Investment Person:

1.Initial Public Offerings You may not acquire securities issued in an initial public offering.

2.Private Placements Before you acquire any securities in a private placement, you must obtain approval. from the Chief Investment Officer. Request preclearance by entering your request in the Private Placement Preclearance Request Entry screen in the Code of Ethics system or by emailing your request to CE-Code of Ethics (or  [email protected]    if emailing from outside of ACI's email systems). While your preclearance request is pending or if you own or beneficially own the privately-placed security, you may not participate in any consideration of an investment in securities of the private placement issuer for any client portfolios.

3.60-Day Rule (Short-Term Trading Profits) You may not profit from any purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same (or equivalent) securities other than code-exempt securities within sixty (60) calendar days.

F.Seven-Day Blackout Period [Portfolio Persons]

If you are a Portfolio Person, you may not purchase or sell a security other than a code exempt security during the seven calendar days before and after the day it has been traded in a client portfolio that you manage (i.e., if a client portfolio transacts in a security on Monday, the Portfolio Persons managing the client portfolio must not personally trade in the security from the Monday before until the Monday after the client portfolio transaction.

G.Securities held in your funds [Portfolio Persons]

Personally investing in the same securities held by the client portfolios you manage may result in a conflict of interest. To mitigate this risk, you may not sell a security in which your client portfolio has a long position or purchase a security in which your client portfolio has a short position.

H.Trading in Semi-Transparent Active ETFs (STA ETF) that you manage [Portfolio Persons]

Trading shares of an ACI STA ETF while in possession of information regarding STA ETF security transactions not fully disseminated in the market is prohibited. As a result, you

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are required to obtain preclearance to transact in the STA ETFs for which you have portfolio manager or trade order authority assigned through the order-trade system. You will only be allowed to execute the trade on the day following your approved preclearance. In addition, you are limited from selling shares of the STA ETF for 30 calendar days after your last purchase.

To preclear a transaction in an ACI STA ETF for which you have portfolio manager or trade order authority, please email the broker and account number, the ticker, the number of shares and the transaction (buy/sell) to [email protected] .

V.Reporting Requirements

You are required to file complete, accurate, and timely reports of all required information under this Code. All reported information is subject to review for indications of abusive trading, misappropriation of information, or failure to adhere to the requirements of this Code.

A.Reporting Requirements Applicable to All Employees

1.Code Acknowledgement

Upon employment, any amendment of the Code, and not less than annually thereafter, you will be required to acknowledge that you have received, read, and will comply with this Code. Compliance will notify you when you must provide this information.

2.Brokerage Accounts and Duplicate Confirmations

You are required to report ALL reportable brokerage accounts that you own or beneficially own in the Code of Ethics system using the Account Maintenance page or the Account Reporting page (initial and year-end reporting) as soon as the account has been established.

To aid with required recordkeeping requirements and streamline operations, employees must hold all reportable brokerage accounts at a firm that provides electronic trade confirmations to ACI. "Reportable brokerage accounts" include both brokerage accounts maintained by you and brokerage accounts maintained by a person whose trades you must report because you are a beneficial owner. See Schedule C for a list of firms that provide electronic trade confirmations to ACI. New reportable brokerage accounts must be opened with a firm that provides electronic trade confirmations to ACI.

New employees are required to move existing reportable brokerage accounts that they own or beneficially own to an electronic broker within 90 days of the start of their employment. Limited exemptions may be granted to hold a reportable brokerage account at firms that do not provide electronic trade

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confirmations. You MUST contact Compliance at CE--

[email protected] to obtain an account exemption.

Exemptions may be requested for Managed Accounts and Blind Trusts. Please refer to page 12 of this Code, section F. Managed Account/Blind Trust Exemption.

3.Reporting of Mutual Fund Accounts

a)Employee-owned ACI Direct Accounts/ ACI Retirement Plans

You are not required to report ACI Direct and ACI Retirement Plan accounts held under your own Social Security number. Trading in these accounts will be monitored based on information contained on our transfer agency and retirement plan systems.

b)Beneficially Owned Direct Accounts

You must report the following information for ACI Direct accounts in which you have a beneficial ownership interest held under a taxpayer identification or Social Security number other than your own (so-called

"beneficially owned direct accounts"):

Account number; and

Name(s) of record owner(s) of the account.

Trading in these accounts will be monitored based on information contained on our transfer agency system.

c)Certain third-party accounts invested in funds managed by ACI.

You are required to report other accounts invested in funds managed by ACI such as those invested in (i) any subadvised fund (see Schedule B of this Code for a list of subadvised funds); and (ii) non-ACI retirement plan, unit investment trust, variable annuity, or similar accounts in which you own or beneficially own reportable mutual funds. The following information must be reported for these accounts:

Name of the financial institution where held;

Account number; and

Name(s) of the record owner(s) of the account.

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In addition, you must provide either account statements or confirmations of all trading activity in reportable third-party accounts to Compliance within 30 calendar days of the end of each calendar quarter.

B.Additional Reporting Requirements [Portfolio, Investment, and Access Persons]

1.Holdings Report

Within ten calendar days of becoming a Portfolio, Investment, or Access Person, and annually, thereafter, you must submit a Holdings Report. You will be notified by e-mail of the dates and requirements for filing the report(s). The information submitted must be current as of a date no more than 45 calendar days before the report is filed and include the following:

A list of all securities, other than certain code-exempt securities 7, that you own or in which you have a beneficial ownership interest. This listing must include the financial institution, account number, security identifier and description, number of shares, currency, and principal amount of each covered security.

A summary of your relationships that may conflict with the interests of ACI, such as outside employment, relationships with competitors, suppliers, vendors, independent contractors or consultants of ACI, or relationships with directors or trustees in outside organizations other than community charitable activities, education activities, or dissimilar family business.

Portfolio and Investment Persons must also provide a list of all reportable mutual fund holdings owned or in which they have a beneficial ownership interest. This list must include investments held directly through ACI, investments in any subadvised fund, holdings in a reportable brokerage account, and holdings in non-ACI retirement plans, unit investment trusts, variable annuity, or similar accounts.

2.Quarterly Transactions Report

Within 30 calendar days of the end of each calendar quarter, all Portfolio, Investment, and Access Persons must submit a Quarterly Transactions Report. Compliance will notify you of the dates and requirements for filing the report. A report of the transactions for which we have received your trade confirmations during the quarter will be provided for your review. It is your responsibility to review the completeness and accuracy of this report, provide any necessary changes, and certify its contents when submitted.

 

7See Appendix 3 for a listing of code-exempt securities that must be reported.

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a)The Quarterly Transactions Report must contain the following information about each personal securities transaction undertaken during the quarter other than those in certain code exempt securities:

The financial institution's name and account number in which the transaction was executed;

The date of the transaction, the security identifier and description and number of shares or the principal amount of each security involved;

The nature of the transaction, that is, purchase, sale, or any other type of acquisition or disposition; and

The transaction price, currency and amount.

In addition, information regarding your reportable brokerage and other accounts should be verified at this time.

b)Portfolio and Investment Persons are also required to report transactions in reportable mutual funds. The Quarterly Transactions Report for such persons must contain the following information about each transaction during the quarter:

The date of the transaction, the fund identifier and description and number of shares or units of each trade involved;

The nature of the transaction, that is, purchase, sale, or any other type of acquisition or disposition;

The transaction price, and amount; and

The financial institution's name and account number in which the trade was executed.

Transactions of reportable mutual funds that do not need to be reported by Portfolio and Investment Persons on the Quarterly Transaction Report include:

Reinvested dividends;

Transactions in ACI retirement plan accounts;

Transactions in mutual fund accounts held directly through ACI under your Social Security number;

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Transactions in beneficially-owned Direct accounts if the account has been previously reported under this Code; and

Transactions in reportable third-party accounts for which the account statements or confirmations are provided to Compliance within 30 days of the end of the calendar quarter in which the transactions took place.

VI.

Can there be any exceptions to the restrictions?

Yes. The Chief Compliance Officer or his or her designee may grant limited exemptions to specific provisions of the Code on a case-by-case basis.

A.How to Request an Exemption

Request an exemption by e-mailing a written request to -CE-Code of Ethics (or CE - [email protected]  if emailing from outside ACI's email system) detailing your situation.

B.Factors Considered

In considering your request, the Chief Compliance Officer or his or her designee may grant your exemption request if he or she is satisfied that:

Your request addresses an undue personal hardship imposed on you by the Code of Ethics;

Your situation is not in conflict with the Code; and

Your exemption, if granted, would be consistent with the achievement of the objectives of the Code of Ethics.

C.Exemption Reporting

All exemptions must be reported to the Boards of Directors/Trustees of our Fund Clients at the next regular meeting following the initial grant of the exemption. Subsequent grants of an exemption of a type previously reported to the Boards may be affected without reporting. The Boards of Directors/Trustees may choose to delegate the task of receiving and reviewing reports to a committee comprised of Independent Directors/Trustees.

D.Thirty-Day Denial Exemption on Sales

An exemption may be requested when a request to sell a security has been denied once a week over a 30-day timeframe. The covered person must be able to verify that they have periodically entered a preclearance request to sell a security in the Code of Ethics system at least four times over a 30-day period. A written request must be e-mailed to

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"CE-Code of Ethics" to request the exemption. The Chief Compliance Officer or his or her designee will review the request and determine if the exemption is warranted. If approval is granted, compliance will designate a short trading window during which the sale can take place.

E.Non-volitional Transaction Exemption

Certain non-volitional purchase and sale transactions are exempt from the preclearance requirements of the Code. These transactions include stock splits, stock dividends, exchanges and conversions, mandatory tenders, pro rata distributions to all holders of a class of securities, receipt of securities as gifts, the giving of securities, inheritances, margin/ maintenance calls (where the securities to be sold are not directed by the covered person), dividend reinvestment plans, and employer sponsored payroll deduction plans. These purchase and sale transactions, however, shall be reported in the Quarterly Transaction Report and Annual Holdings Report.

F.Blind Trust/Managed Account Exemption

An exemption from the preclearance and reporting requirements of the Code may be requested for securities that are held in a blind or quasi-blind trust arrangement or a managed (discretionary) account. For the exemption to be available, you or a member of your immediate family must not have authority to advise or direct securities transactions of the trust or managed account. A written request must be emailed to "CE-Code of Ethics" with a copy of the management agreement to request the exemption. The request will only be granted once the covered person and/or the investment advisor for the trust or managed account certify that the covered person or members of their immediate family will not advise or direct transactions. ACI may require that statements or trade confirmations be received for the trust or managed account. The employee and/or advisor may be requested by Compliance to re-certify the trust arrangement.

VII. Confidential Information

All information about clients' securities transactions and portfolio holdings is confidential. You must not disclose, except as required by the duties of your employment, actual or contemplated securities transactions, portfolio holdings, portfolio characteristics or other nonpublic information about Clients, or the contents of any written or oral communication, study, report or opinion concerning any security. Employees should consult the Portfolio Holdings and Characteristics Disclosure and the Confidential Information Asset Security policies before disseminating information to individuals that otherwise do not have access to the information. This does not apply to information which has already been publicly disclosed.

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VIII. Conflicts of Interest

You must receive prior written approval from ACI's General Counsel or his or her designee, as appropriate, to do any of the following:

Negotiate or enter into any agreement on a client's behalf with any business concern doing or seeking to do business with the client if you, or a person related to you, has a substantial interest in the business concern;

Enter into an agreement, negotiate or otherwise do business on the client's behalf with a personal friend or a person related to you; or

Serve on the board of directors of, or act as consultant to, any publicly traded corporation.

Please note that ACI's Business Code of Conduct also contains limitations on outside employment and directorships.

IX. What happens if you violate the rules in the Code of Ethics?

If you violate the requirements of the Code of Ethics, you may be subject to serious penalties. Violations of the Code and proposed sanctions are documented by Compliance and submitted to the Code of Ethics Review Committee. The Committee consists of representatives of the investment advisor and the Compliance and Legal departments of ACI. The Committee is responsible for determining the materiality of Code violations and appropriate sanctions.

A.Materiality of Violation

In determining the materiality of a violation, the Committee considers:

Evidence of violation of law;

Indicia of fraud, neglect, or indifference to Code provisions;

Frequency of violations;

Monetary value of the violation in question; and

Level of influence of the violator.

B.Penalty Factors

In assessing the appropriate penalties, the Committee will consider the foregoing in addition to any other factors they deem applicable, such as:

Extent of harm to client interests;

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Extent of unjust enrichment;

Tenure and prior record of the violator;

The degree to which there is a personal benefit from unique knowledge obtained through employment with ACI;

The level of accurate, honest and timely cooperation from the covered person; and

Any mitigating circumstances.

C. The penalties which may be imposed include, but are not limited to:

1.Non-material violation

a)Warning (notice sent to manager) and/or

b)Attendance at a Code of Ethics training session and/or

c)Suspension of trading privileges.

2.Penalties for material or more frequent non-material violations will be based on the circumstances of the violation. These penalties could include, but are not limited to

a)Suspension of trading privileges and/or

b)Suspension or termination of employment.

In addition, you may be required to surrender to ACI any profit realized from any transaction(s) in violation of this Code of Ethics.

X.ACI's Quarterly Report to Fund Directors/Trustees

ACI will prepare a quarterly report to the Board of Directors/Trustees of each Fund Client of any material violation of this Code of Ethics.

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APPENDIX 1: DEFINITIONS

1."Automatic Investment Plan"

"Automatic investment plan" means a program in which regular periodic purchases, exchanges or redemptions are made automatically in or from investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation including dividend reinvestment plans.

2."Beneficial Ownership" or "Beneficially Owned" See "Appendix 2: What is Beneficial Ownership?"

3."Code-Exempt Security"

A "code-exempt security" is a security in which you may invest without preclearing the transaction with ACI. The list of code-exempt securities appears in Appendix 3.

4."Federal Securities Law"

"Federal securities law" means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Commission under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to funds and investment advisors, and any rules adopted by the Commission or the Department of Treasury.

5."Fund Clients"

Fund clients includes each Fund Client listed on Schedule A.

6."Initial Public Offering"

"Initial public offering" means an offering of securities for which a registration statement has not previously been filed with the SEC and for which there is no active public market.

7."Investment Advisor"

"Investment advisor" includes each investment advisor listed on Schedule A

8."Member of Your Immediate Family"

A "member of your immediate family" means any of the following:

Your spouse or domestic partner;

Your minor children; or

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A relative who shares your home.

For the purpose of determining whether any of the foregoing relationships exist, a legally adopted child of a person is considered a child of such person.

9."Private Placement"

"Private placement" means an offering of securities in which the issuer relies on an exemption from the registration provisions of the Federal Securities Laws, and usually involves a limited number of sophisticated investors and a restriction on resale of the securities.

10."Reportable Brokerage Accounts"

A "reportable brokerage account" includes any account in which securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of any person subject to this Code of Ethics.

11."Reportable Mutual Fund"

A "reportable mutual fund" includes any mutual fund issued by a Fund Client (as listed on

Schedule A) and any subadvised funds (as listed on Schedule B).

12."Security"

A "security" includes a large number of investment vehicles. However, for purposes of this Code of Ethics, "security"(or "securities") includes any of the following:

Note;

Stock, (including stock acquired in private placements and restricted stock in nonpublic companies received through an employee stock ownership program);

Treasury stock;

Bond;

Debenture;

Derivative security;

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) or similar securities;

Unit Investment Trusts (UIT);

Shares of open-end mutual funds;

Shares of closed-end mutual funds;

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Evidence of indebtedness;

Certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement;

Collateral-trust certificate;

Preorganization certificate or subscription;

Transferable share;

Investment contract;

Voting-trust certificate;

Certificate of deposit for a security;

Interests in private investment companies, hedge funds, or other unregistered collective investment vehicles;

Fractional undivided interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights;

Any put, call, straddle, option, future, or privilege on any security or other financial instrument (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), including stock options received from an employer or through a retirement plan;

Any put, call, straddle, option, future, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency;

In general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a "security;" or

Any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, future on or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.

13."Subadvised Fund"

A "subadvised fund" means any mutual fund or portfolio listed on Schedule B.

14."Supervised Person"

A "supervised person" means any partner, officer, director (or other person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), or employee of an investment advisor, or other person who provides investment advice on behalf of an investment advisor and is subject to the supervision and control of the investment advisor.

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APPENDIX 2: WHAT IS "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP"?

A "beneficial owner" of a security is any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise, has or shares in the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from a purchase or sale of the security.

1.Are securities held by immediate family members or domestic partners "beneficially owned" by me?

Yes. As a general rule, you are regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of

A member of your immediate family OR

Any other person IF you obtain from such securities benefits substantially similar to those of ownership. For example, if you receive or benefit from some of the income from the securities held by your spouse, or domestic partner, you are the beneficial owner; OR

You hold an option or other contractual rights to obtain title to the securities now or in the future.

2.Must I report accounts for which I am listed as a joint owner or have power of attorney?

Yes. As a general rule, you are regarded as an owner of any accounts for which you are listed as a joint owner or have power of attorney.

3.Am I deemed to beneficially own securities in accounts owned by a relative for whom I am listed as beneficiary upon death?

Probably not. Unless you have power of attorney to transact in such accounts or are listed as a joint owner, you likely do not beneficially own the account or securities contained in the account until ownership has been passed to you.

4.Are securities held by a company I own an interest in also "beneficially owned" by me?

Probably not. Owning the securities of a company does not mean you "beneficially own" the securities that the company itself owns. However, you will be deemed to "beneficially own" the securities owned by the company if:

You directly or beneficially own a controlling interest in or otherwise control the company;

OR

The company is merely a medium through which you, members of your immediate family, or others in a small group invest or trade in securities and the company has no other substantial business.

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5.Are securities held in trust "beneficially owned" by me?

Maybe. You are deemed to "beneficially own" securities held in trust if you or a member of your immediate family are:

A trustee; or

Have a vested interest in the income or corpus of the trust; or

A settlor or grantor of the trust and have the power to revoke the trust without obtaining the consent of all the beneficiaries.

A blind trust exemption from the preclearance and reporting requirements of the Code may be requested if you or members or your immediate family do not have authority to advise or direct securities transactions of the trust.

6.Are securities in pension or retirement plans "beneficially owned" by me?

Maybe. Beneficial ownership does not include indirect interest by any person in portfolio securities held by a pension or retirement plan of a company whose employees generally are the beneficiaries of the plan.

However, your participation in a pension or retirement plan is considered beneficial ownership of the portfolio securities if you can withdraw and trade the securities without withdrawing from the plan or you can direct the trading of the securities within the plan (IRAs, 401(k)s, etc.).

7.Examples of Beneficial Ownership

a)Securities Held by Family Members or Domestic Partners

Example 1: Tom and Mary are married. Although Mary has an independent source of income from a family inheritance and segregates her funds from those of her husband, Mary contributes to the maintenance of the family home. Tom and Mary have engaged in joint estate planning and have the same financial advisor. Since Tom and Mary's resources are clearly significantly directed towards their common property, they shall be deemed to be the beneficial owners of each other's securities.

Example 2: Mike's adult son David lives in Mike's home. David is self-supporting and contributes to household expenses. Mike is a beneficial owner of David's securities.

Example 3: Joe's mother Margaret lives alone and is financially independent. Joe has power of attorney over his mother's estate, pays all her bills and manages her investment affairs. Joe borrows freely from Margaret without being required to pay back funds with interest, if at all. Joe takes out personal loans from Margaret's bank in Margaret's name, the interest from such loans being paid from Margaret's account. Joe is a beneficial owner of Margaret's estate.

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Example 4: Bob and Nancy are in a relationship. The house they share is still in Nancy's name only. They have separate checking accounts with an informal understanding that both individuals contribute to the mortgage payments and other common expenses. Nancy is the beneficial owner of Bob's securities.

b)Securities Held by a Company

Example 5: ABC Company is a holding company with five shareholders owning equal shares in the company. Although ABC Company has no business of its own, it has several wholly-owned subsidiaries that invest in securities. Stan is a shareholder of ABC Company. Stan has a beneficial interest in the securities owned by ABC Company's subsidiaries.

Example 6: XYZ Company is a large manufacturing company with many shareholders. Stan is a shareholder of XYZ Company. As a part of its cash management function, XYZ Company invests in securities. Neither Stan nor any members of his immediate family are employed by XYZ Company. Stan does not beneficially own the securities held by XYZ Company.

c)Securities Held in Trust

Example 7: John is trustee of a trust created for his two minor children. When both of John's children reach 21, each shall receive an equal share of the corpus of the trust. John is a beneficial owner of any securities owned by the trust.

Example 8: Jane placed securities held by her in a trust for the benefit of her church. Jane can revoke the trust during her lifetime. Jane is a beneficial owner of any securities owned by the trust.

Example 9: Jim is trustee of an irrevocable trust for his 21-year-old daughter (who does not share his home). The daughter is entitled to the income of the trust until she is 25 years old, and is then entitled to the corpus. If the daughter dies before reaching 25, Jim is entitled to the corpus. Jim is a beneficial owner of any securities owned by the trust.

Example 10: Joan's father (who does not share her home) placed securities in an irrevocable trust for Joan's minor children. Neither Joan nor any member of her immediate family is the trustee of the trust. Joan is a beneficial owner of the securities owned by the trust. She may, however, be eligible for the blind trust exemption to the preclearance and reporting of the trust securities.

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APPENDIX 3: CODE-EXEMPT SECURITIES

Because they do not pose a likelihood for abuse, code-exempt securities are exempt from the Code's preclearance requirements. However, confirmations of transactions in reportable brokerage accounts are required in all cases and some code-exempt securities must also be disclosed on your Quarterly Transactions, Initial, and Annual Holdings Reports.

1.Code-Exempt Securities Not Subject to Disclosure on your Quarterly Transactions, Initial and Annual Holdings Reports:

Open-end mutual funds that are not considered a reportable mutual fund;

Reportable mutual funds (Access Persons only);

Reportable mutual fund shares purchased through an automatic investment plan (including reinvested dividends);

Money market mutual funds;

Bank Certificates of Deposit;

U.S. government Treasury and Government National Mortgage Association securities;

Commercial paper;

Bankers acceptances;

High quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements. A "high quality short-term debt instrument" means any instrument that has a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating organization.

2.Code-Exempt Securities Subject to Disclosure on your Quarterly Transactions, Initial and Annual Holdings Reports:

Reportable mutual fund shares purchased other than through an automatic investment plan (Portfolio and Investment Persons only)

Exchange Traded Products*, Closed-End Funds and Unit Investment Trusts

Securities which are acquired through an employer-sponsored automatic payroll deduction plan (only the acquisition of the security is exempt, NOT the sale)

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Securities other than open-end mutual funds purchased through dividend reinvestment programs (only the re-investment of dividends in the security is exempt, NOT the sale or other purchases)

Futures contracts on the following:

Standard & Poor's 500 or 100 Index, NASDAQ 100 Index, and DOW 30 Industrials futures contracts only. Futures contracts for other financial instruments are not Code-exempt.

Commodity futures contracts for agricultural products (corn, soybeans, wheat, etc.) only. Futures contracts on precious metals or energy resources are not Code- exempt.

*ACI STA ETF transactions require preclearance by the Portfolio Persons who have been granted portfolio manager or trade order access in the order-trade system (See Restrictions on Personal Investing Section H). [Portfolio Persons only]

We may modify this list of securities at any time, please send an e-mail to "LG-Personal Security Trades" to request the most current list.

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APPENDIX 4: HOW THE PRECLEARANCE PROCESS WORKS

 

 
 

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After your request is entered into our preclearance system, it is then subjected to the following tests.

Step 1: Restricted Security List

Is the security on the Restricted Security list?

If "YES", the system will send a message to you DENYING the personal trade request.

If "NO", then your request is subject to Step 2.

Step 2: De Minimis Transaction Test

Is the security issuer's market capitalization greater than $7.5 billion?

Will your proposed transaction, together with your other preclearance requests in the security for the current calendar quarter, be less than $50,000?

If the answer to either of these questions is "NO", then your request is subject to Step 3.

Step 3: Client Trades Test

Have there been any transactions in the past 24 hours or is there an open order for that security for any Client?

If "YES", the system will send a message to you DENYING the personal trade request.

If "NO", then your request is subject to Step 4.

Step 4: Follow List Test

Does any account or Fund own the security?

Does the security appear on the computerized list of stocks ACI is considering to purchase for a Client?

If the answer to BOTH of these questions is "NO", the system will send a message to you APPROVING your proposed transaction.

If the answer to EITHER of these questions is "YES", then your request is subject to Step 5.

Step 5: Present Intentions Test

A message is sent to portfolio teams that own or are following the security described in your preclearance request. The portfolio teams will be asked if they intend to buy or sell the security within the next three (3) business days.

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If ALL of the portfolio management teams respond "NO", your request will be APPROVED. If ANY of the portfolio management teams respond "YES", your request will be DENIED.

If ANY of the portfolio teams do not respond, your request will be DENIED.

The preclearance process can be changed at any time to ensure that the goals of this Code of Ethics are met.

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SCHEDULE A: BOARD APPROVAL DATES

This Code of Ethics was most recently approved by the Board of Directors/Trustees of the following Companies as of the dates indicated:

Investment Advisor

Most Recent Approval Date

American Century Investment Management, Inc.

January 1, 2018

 

 

Principal Underwriter

Most Recent Approval Date

American Century Investment Services, Inc.

January 1, 2018

 

 

Fund Clients

Most Recent Approval Date

American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc.

December 1, 2017

 

 

American Century California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds

December 14, 2017

American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc.

December 1, 2017

 

 

American Century ETF Trust

December 20, 2017

American Century Government Income Trust

December 14, 2017

 

 

American Century Growth Funds, Inc.

December 1, 2017

American Century International Bond Funds

December 14, 2017

 

 

American Century Investment Trust

December 14, 2017

American Century Municipal Trust

December 14, 2017

 

 

American Century Mutual Funds, Inc.

December 1, 2017

American Century Quantitative Equity Funds, Inc.

December 14, 2017

 

 

American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc.

December 1, 2017

American Century Target Maturities Trust

December 14, 2017

 

 

American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.

December 1, 2017

American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.

December 14, 2017

 

 

American Century World Mutual Funds, Inc.

December 1, 2017

 

 

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SCHEDULE B: SUBADVISED FUNDS

(Last updated December 20, 2019)

This Code of Ethics applies to the following funds which are subadvised by an investment advisor. This list of affiliated funds will be updated on a regular basis.

CIBC Balanced Fund

CIBC Global Equity Growth Pool

CIBC Global Monthly Income Fund

CIBC International Equity Fund

CIBC International Small Companies Fund

CIBC Monthly Income Fund

CIBC U.S. Equity Value Pool

Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II: CTIVP-American Century Diversified Bond Fund

EQ Advisors Trust: EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value Portfolio

EQ Advisors Trust – Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio

EQ Advisors Trust / American Century Moderate Growth Allocation Fund

GuideStone Funds: Defensive Market Strategies Fund

GuideStone Funds: Value Equity Fund

Imperial International Equity Pool

Imperial Overseas Equity Pool

Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Program

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust – LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

MassMutual Select Funds: MassMutual Select Mid-Cap Value Fund

MassMutual Select Funds: MassMutual Select Small Company Value Fund

Mercer Funds: Mercer Non-U.S. Core Equity Fund

Mercer Global Investments Canada Limited: Mercer International Equity Fund

MML Series Investment Fund: MML Mid Cap Value Fund

Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust: American Century NVIT Multi Cap Value Fund

Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust: NVIT Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund

Nomura – ACI Advanced Medical Impact Investment Mother Fund

Nomura – ACI Global REIT Mother Fund

Nomura Institutional Fund Select – American Century Global Growth Fund

Nomura U.S. Municipal General Obligation Bond Mother Fund

Nomura U.S. Value Strategy Mother Fund

Nomura Currency Fund – U.S. Growth Equity Fund

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.: Inflation Protection Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.: Large Company Value Portfolio

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.: Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Penn Series Funds, Inc.: Mid Core Value Fund

PrivilEdge – American Century Emerging Markets Equity

Renaissance Canadian Balanced Fund

Renaissance Canadian Monthly Income Fund

Renaissance Global Focus Fund

Renaissance International Equity Private Pool

Renaissance Private Pools – Renaissance Global Equity Private Pool

Renaissance U.S. Equity Income Fund

Schwab Capital Trust: Laudus International MarketMasters Fund

Seasons Series Trust: SA Multi-Managed Large Cap Value Portfolio

Voya Partners, Inc.: VY American Century Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio

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SCHEDULE C: APPROVED ELECTRONIC BROKERS

(Last updated October 3, 2019)

The following brokers have entered into an agreement with ACI to provide trade confirmations

electronically. Employees are prohibited from holding accounts at firms that do not provide electronic trade confirmations unless an account exemption has been given. Please send a message  [email protected]    to request an account exemption.

American Century Brokerage

American Century Personal Financial Solutions (held at Pershing)

Ameriprise

Charles Schwab

Edward Jones

ETRADE

Fidelity

Interactive Broker

JP Morgan Private Bank

LPL

Merrill Lynch

Morgan Stanley

Northern Trust

Northwestern Mutual

Raymond James

RBC

TD Ameritrade

UBS

USAA Brokerage

Vanguard

Wells Fargo

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APPENDIX H

CODE OF ETHICS

I.Introduction

This Code of Ethics (the "Code") has been adopted by Shenkman with respect to Shenkman's investment advisory services to all of its clients (each, a "Client"), including U.S. registered investment companies or series thereof advised or sub-advised by Shenkman (each, a "Shenkman Managed Registered Fund"). The Code establishes standards and procedures for the detection and prevention of inappropriate personal securities transactions by persons having knowledge of the investments and investment intentions of a Client and addresses other situations involving a potential conflict of interest. Definitions of underlined terms are included in Annex 1.

This Code is intended to ensure that persons subject to the Code conduct themselves in accordance with the following principles:

(i)the duty at all times to place first the interests of Clients;

(ii)the requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted consistent with this Code and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or perceived conflict of interest or any abuse of an individual's responsibility and position of trust;

(iii)the fundamental standard that Shenkman Supervised Persons not take inappropriate advantage of their positions; and

(iv)the duty at all times to comply with all applicable state and federal securities laws.

II.Who is Covered by this Code

This Code applies to all directors, officers and Supervised Persons of Shenkman.1 Certain provisions apply only to Access Persons. Shenkman forbids any Access Person from engaging in any conduct that is contrary to this Code or Shenkman's Policy and Procedures to Detect and Prevent Insider Trading and similar or related policies and procedures. All Access Persons are subject to the Code's restrictions and requirements regarding opening securities accounts, effecting securities transactions, reporting securities transactions, maintaining information and documents in a confidential manner, and other matters. Shenkman's Access Persons are identified as such on Schedule I of the Compliance Manual.

Any Supervised Person who becomes aware of a violation of this Code by any other Supervised Person must promptly report such violation to the CCO. Failure to comply with this Code is a very serious matter and may result in disciplinary action, including, among other things, monetary fines, profit disgorgement, and suspension or termination of employment.

   

1Interns, temporary and or contract employees may be considered access persons based on their duties and responsibilities as determined by the CCO.

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III.Pre-Clearance Requirement

All Access Persons must obtain prior written approval from the CCO before engaging in any personal securities transactions involving the following instruments, each of which is a Covered Security: (i) the securities of any company; (ii) shares of a Shenkman Managed Registered Fund; (iii) an initial public offering; (iv) a private placement of securities; and (v) an investment opportunity of limited availability.

FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, ALL ACCESS PERSONS ARE REQUIRED TO PRE- CLEAR ALL PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS. Notwithstanding anything stated otherwise herein, this pre-clearance requirement does not apply to transactions involving municipal bonds, sovereign bonds, treasury bonds, closed-end funds (CEFs), exchange traded funds (ETFs), exchange traded notes (ETNs), and mutual funds other than a Shenkman Managed Registered Fund. If Shenkman trades or anticipates trading any CEFs, ETFs or ETNs, the CCO may thereafter prohibit Supervised Persons from trading in all or certain CEFs, ETFs or ETNs if it is believed that permitting such activity would adversely conflict with Shenkman's client's interests. Notwithstanding anything stated otherwise herein, the CCO may exempt additional securities or types of securities or transaction from these preclearance requirements upon prior written notice to Access Persons.

Approvals will generally be valid until the close of business on the next business day after approval is granted.

Preclearance and reporting required under this Code is to be made through Shenkman's compliance reporting system, unless otherwise approved in writing by the CCO.

IV. Restricted Activities

(a)All Directors, Officers and Supervised Persons:

(i)Prohibition Against Fraudulent Conduct. No director, officer or Supervised Person may use any information concerning an instrument security held or to be acquired for a Client account or his or her ability to influence any investment decisions, for personal gain or in a manner detrimental to the interests of a Client or in violation of applicable law. In addition, no director, officer or Supervised Person shall, directly or indirectly:

(1)employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud a Client or engage in any manipulative practice with respect to a Client;

(2)make to a Client, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state to a Client a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

(3)engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a Client; or

(4)engage in any manipulative practice with respect to a Client.

(ii)Confidentiality. Except as required in the normal course of carrying out their business responsibilities, no director, officer or Supervised Person shall reveal information relating to the investment intentions or activities of any Client, or securities that are being considered for purchase or sale on behalf of any Client Account.

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(b)Access Persons. In addition to the restrictions in Section IV(a), Access Persons are subject to the following restrictions:

(i)Prohibited Investments. Access Persons shall not purchase, in a transaction over which such Access Person has direct or indirect influence or control, any Covered Security or any other instrument of an issuer that is (i) on Shenkman's

Approved List; (ii) on Shenkman's Restricted List; or (iii) is held in a Client

Account. Access Persons may sell (long) a Covered Security or other instrument of an issuer on the Approved List1 with prior written approval and only after the Compliance Team has received confirmation from a Portfolio Manager from each strategy that there is no intent to transact in the issuer in the next 2 business days. Access Persons further may not directly or indirectly acquire any high yield or "cross over" debt instruments. High yield debt instruments include bonds, convertible securities and leveraged loans that have a credit rating equal to or lower than BB+ or Ba1 or are not rated, but have a non-investment grade credit profile.

(1)Prohibited Investment Exclusions. The following transactions shall not be prohibited by this Code and are not subject to the pre-clearance requirements of Section III or the limitations of Section IV(b):

(A)purchases or sales over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control, such as a blind trust or an account managed by a third-party who has full and sole discretion (for this purpose, you are deemed to have direct or indirect influence or control over the accounts of a spouse, minor children and relatives residing in the Access Person's home);

(B)purchases which are part of an automatic reinvestment plan;

(C)purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the part of the Access Person, such as mergers and tender offers; and

(D)purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer.

(ii)Undue Influence. Access Persons shall not cause or attempt to cause any Client Account to purchase, sell or hold any instrument in a manner calculated to create

any personal benefit to them and shall not recommend any securities transactions for a Client Account without having disclosed their interest, if any, in such 

   

1While Supervised Persons may not purchase a security or instrument of an issuer on the Approved List, a Supervised Person may hold such an issuer in cases where it was acquired prior to joining Shenkman, it was acquired prior to the issuer being added to the Approved List or prior to purchase by a client account, or it was acquired in such other way and continuing to hold such instrument is approved by the CCO (e.g., a bequest, a gift, or a purchase by a third-party manager with full investment discretion).

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securities or the issuer thereof, including, without limitation: (i) Beneficial Ownership of any securities of such issuer; (ii) any position with such issuer or its affiliates; and (iii) any present or proposed business relationship between the Access Person (or any party in which he or she has a significant interest) and such issuer or its affiliates.

(iii)Corporate Opportunities. Access Persons shall not take personal advantage of any opportunity properly belonging to a Client.

(iv)Other Prohibited Transactions. Access Persons shall not:

(1)induce or cause a Client Account to take actions or to fail to take action, for personal benefit rather than for the benefit of the Client Account;

(2)establish or maintain an account at a broker-dealer, bank or other entity through which securities transactions may be effected without written notice to the CCO prior to or promptly after establishing such an account;

(3)use knowledge of portfolio transactions of a Client Account for their personal benefit or the personal benefit of others; or

(4)violate the provisions of the federal or state securities laws.

(c)Initial Public Offerings. Access Persons may not directly or indirectly acquire securities in an initial public offering without prior written approval from the CCO, which must be sought in accordance with the pre-clearance requirements of this section.

(d)Private Placements. Access Persons may not directly or indirectly acquire securities in a private placement unless the CCO determines whether the investment opportunity is appropriate, and therefore should be reserved, for a Client, and whether such opportunity is being offered to the Access Persons by virtue of Shenkman's relationship with the Client. Any Access Persons who has taken a personal position through a private placement will be under an affirmative obligation to disclose that position in writing to the CCO if he or she plays a material role in the Client's subsequent investment decision regarding the same issuer; this separate disclosure must be made even though the Access Persons has previously disclosed the ownership of the privately placed security in compliance with the pre-clearance requirements of this section. Once disclosure is given, an independent review of the Client's investment decision will be made.

(e)Outside Business Activities; Familial Relationships; Service as a Director. Access Persons must disclose any outside business interests, ownership interests of 10% or more of a company, or directorships and whether an immediate family member, spouse or significant other is an officer or director of a public company, has an ownership interest of 10% of more of a company or works for a financial industry firm (including without limitation, brokerage firm, hedge fund, or investment adviser, publicly traded company or any issuer of high yield debt) to the CCO, who will identify any potential conflicts. In the event that a resolution to the conflict cannot be reached, the Access Person may be asked to terminate either the outside business activity or their position with Shenkman. Access Persons, however, are prohibited from serving on the board of directors of publicly traded companies, any issuer of high yield securities or loans and any issuer on Shenkman's Approved List, absent prior authorization based upon a determination by

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the CCO that the board service would not conflict with the interests of any Client.

V.Reporting Requirements

(a)Reporting. Access Persons must report to the CCO the information described in this Section with respect to transactions in any Covered Security in which they have, or by reason of such transaction acquire, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership.

(b)Exclusions from Reporting. Purchases or sales in Covered Securities in an account in which the Access Person has no direct or indirect control or with respect to transactions effected pursuant to an automatic investment plan are not subject to the reporting requirements of this Section. As a matter of general practice, Access Persons are required to disclose to the CCO all securities accounts, including accounts managed by third parties. Third-party managed accounts are generally not exempt from these reporting requirements unless the CCO determine that the Access Person does not have any indirect control over the account. The CCO shall document and maintain the determination that an Access Person does not have any indirect control over their account(s).

(c)Initial Holding Reports. No later than ten (10) days after a Supervised Person becomes an Access Person, he or she must report the following information, which must be current as of a date that is forty-five (45) days prior to the date he or she became an Access Person:

(i)the title, ticker or CUSIP, number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security (whether or not publicly traded) in which the Access Person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership as of the date he or she became subject to this Code;

(ii)the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintained an account in which any securities were held for the Access Person's direct or indirect benefit as of the date he or she became subject to this Code; and

(iii)the date that the report is submitted.

(d)Quarterly Transaction Reports. No later than thirty (30) days after the end of a calendar quarter, Access Persons must report the following information:

(i)with respect to any transaction during the quarter in a Covered Security (whether or not publicly traded) in which the Access Person has (or had), or by reason of such transaction acquired, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership:

(1)the date of the transaction, the title, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), the number of shares and the principal amount of each Covered Security involved;

(2)the nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(3)the price of the Covered Security at which the transaction was effected;

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(4)the name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through which the transaction was effected; and

(5)the date that the report is submitted.

(ii)with respect to any new account established by the Access Person in which any Covered Securities (whether or not publicly traded) were held during the quarter for your direct or indirect benefit:

(1)the name of the broker, dealer or bank which established the account;

(2)the date the account was established; and

(3)the date that the report is submitted.

(e)Annual Holdings Reports. Annually, all Access Persons must report the following information (which information must be current as of a date no more than thirty (30) days before the report is submitted):

(i)the title, ticker or CUSIP, number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security (whether or not publicly traded) in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

(ii) the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom you maintain an account in which any securities are held for his or her direct or indirect benefit; and

(iii) the date that the report is submitted.

 

(f)

Certification of Compliance. All Access Persons are required to certify annually (in the

 

 

form of Appendix T to the Manual) that they have received, read and understood the

 

 

Code (and any amendments hereto) and recognize that they are subject to the Code.

 

 

Further, all Access Persons are required to certify annually that they have complied with

 

 

all the requirements of the Code and have disclosed or reported all personal securities

 

 

transactions pursuant to the requirements of the Code.

 

(g)

Alternative Reporting. The submission to the CCO of duplicate broker trade

 

 

confirmations and/or statements on all securities transactions shall satisfy the reporting

 

 

requirements of the Code. For the avoidance of doubt, the CCO is permitted to appoint a

 

 

third-party service provider to be the recipient of, and to maintain all required records of,

 

 

such duplicate broker trade confirmations and/or statements.

 

(h)

Report Qualification. Any report may contain a statement that the report shall not be

 

 

construed as an admission by the person making the report that he or she has any direct or

 

 

indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Covered Securities to which the report relates.

 

(i)

Account Opening Procedures. All Access Persons shall provide written notice to the

 

 

CCO prior to or promptly after opening any account with any entity through which a

 

 

Covered Securities transaction may be effected.

VI.

Authority to Exempt Transactions

 

 

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The CCO has the authority to exempt any Access Person or any personal securities transaction of an Access Person from any or all of the provisions of this Code if the CCO determines that such exemption would not be against any interests of a Client or violate any of the federal securities laws. The CCO shall document any exemption granted, describing the circumstances and reasons for the exemption.

VII. Oversight of the Code

(a)The CCO shall:

(i)review all securities transaction and holdings reports and maintain the names of persons responsible for reviewing these reports;

(ii)identify all persons subject to this Code who are required to make these reports and promptly inform each person of the requirements of this Code;

(iii)compare, on a quarterly basis, all Covered Securities transactions with each Client's completed portfolio transactions to determine whether a Code violation may have occurred;

(iv)maintain or cause to be maintained a signed acknowledgement by each person who is then subject to this Code; and

(v)identify persons who are Access Persons and inform those persons of their requirements to obtain prior written approval from the CCO prior to directly or indirectly acquiring ownership of a security that is subject to the pre-clearance requirements of this Code.

(b)Potential Trade Conflict. When there appears to be a transaction that conflicts with the Code, the CCO may request a written explanation of the person's transaction. If after post-trade review, it is determined that there has been a material violation of the Code, the CCO will direct the Supervised Person to take appropriate remedial action.

(c)The CCO. The CCO is subject in all respects to this Code. A delegate of the CCO shall be responsible for reviewing the CCO's pre-clearance requests and his securities transaction and holdings reports. Any issues relating to the CCO shall be raised directly with the President or another member of senior management.

(d)Required Records. The CCO shall maintain or cause to be maintained:

(i)a copy of any code of ethics adopted by Shenkman which has been in effect during the previous six (6) years in an easily accessible place;

(ii)a record of any violation of any code of ethics and of any actions taken as a result of such violation, in an easily accessible place for at least six (6) years after the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs;

(iii)a copy of each report made by anyone subject to this Code as required by Section 4 for at least six (6) years after the end of the fiscal year in which the report is made, the first three (3) calendar years plus the calendar year-to-date in an easily accessible place;

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(iv)a list of all persons who are, or within the past six (6) years have been, required to make reports or who were responsible for reviewing these reports pursuant to any code of ethics adopted by Shenkman, in an easily accessible place;

(v)a copy of each written report and certification required pursuant to Section 6(e) of this Code for at least six (6) years after the end of the fiscal year in which it is made, the first three (3) calendar years plus the calendar year-to-date in an easily accessible place; and

(vi)a record of any decision, and the reasons supporting the decisions, approving the acquisition by Access Persons of privately placed securities for at least six (6) years after the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted.

(e)Post-Trade Review Process. Following receipt of trade confirms and statements, transactions will be screened for violations of the Code, which may include any or all of the following:

(i)failure to preclear: transactions by Access Persons that were subject to the pre- clearance requirements of Section III, but which were not properly pre-cleared by the Access Person.

(ii)potential conflicts: transactions by Access Persons in securities, which are or have been held by a Client Account or are being or have been considered by Shenkman for purchase by a Client Account.

(iii)other activities: transactions which may give the appearance that an Access Person has executed transactions not in accordance with this Code.

(f)Submission to Fund Board. The CCO shall at least annually prepare a written report to the Board of Directors of a Shenkman Registered Fund listed in Annex 2 that:

(i)describes any issues under this Code or its procedures since the last report to the Directors, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the code or procedures and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; and

(ii)certifies that Shenkman has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent its Access Persons from violating this Code.

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CODE OF ETHICS

ANNEX 1: DEFINITIONS

(a)Access Person means:

(i)each director1 or officer of Shenkman, any Supervised Person or agent of Shenkman, or any company in a control relationship to Shenkman who, in connection with the person's regular functions or duties, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities by Shenkman on behalf of a Client Account, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales;

(ii)any director or Supervised Person of Shenkman, or other person, who provides investment advice on behalf of Shenkman and is subject to the supervision and control of Shenkman who: (a) has access to non-public information regarding any Clients' purchase or sale of securities, or non-public information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Fund; or (b) who is involved in making securities recommendations to Clients, or who has access to such recommendations that are non-public; and

(iii)any natural person in a control relationship to Shenkman who obtains information concerning recommendations made to a Client by Shenkman with regard to the purchase or sale of Covered Securities by Shenkman on behalf of a Client Account.

(b)Beneficial Ownership shall have the meaning as that set forth in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except that the determination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership shall apply to all Covered Securities which an Access Person owns or acquires. Beneficial Ownership includes ownership by any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares a direct or indirect pecuniary interest (the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction in the subject securities) in a security.

(c)Indirect pecuniary interest in a security includes securities held by a person's immediate family sharing the same household. Immediate family means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in- law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships).

(d)Control means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless this power is solely the result of an official position with the company.

Ownership of 25% or more of a company's outstanding voting securities is presumed to give the

1Shenkman has conducted an analysis and deemed its outside directors to not be Access Persons because they are not involved in day-to-day management or investment decisions with regard to any separate accounts or funds managed by Shenkman or any of its affiliates or relying advisers. More specifically, they do not have access to nonpublic information regarding any clients' purchase or sale transactions, or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any separately managed account or private fund and they are not involved in making investment recommendations to clients or have access to such recommendations that are nonpublic.

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holder thereof control over the company. This presumption may be rebutted by the CCO based upon the facts and circumstances of a given situation.

(e)Covered Security2 means any security except:

(i)direct obligations of the Government of the United States;

(ii)banker's acceptances and bank certificates of deposits;

(iii)commercial paper and debt instruments with a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;

(iv)repurchase agreements covering any of the foregoing; and

(v)shares of registered open-end investment companies other than a Fund.

(f)Purchase or sale includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell or the writing, or purchase, of a derivative.

(g)Security held or to be acquired by a Client Account means:

(i)any Covered Security which, within the most recent 15 days (x) is or has been held by the applicable Client Account or (y) is being or has been considered by the Client or its investment adviser for purchase by the applicable Client;

(ii)any option to purchase or sell, and any security convertible into or exchangeable for, a Covered Security; and

(iii)any derivative that itself is a, any derivative whose reference asset is a, and any security convertible into or exchangeable for, a Covered Security.

   

2Note that "coins", "tokens", or similar instruments (e.g., bitcoins) are not Covered Securities as the SEC's current definition of "security" does not include "coins" and "tokens." However, this may change in the future and, in the event that the SEC deems "coins", "tokens", or similar instruments to be a "security," such instruments will also be Covered Securities. Please contact the CCO if you are uncertain of whether an instrument is a "security" prior to engaging in any such investment.

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CODE OF ETHICS

ANNEX 2

List of Funds

As of December 2019

1)Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund

TICKER: Inst:HYFAX

Inv:HYFIX

Admin: HYFRX

2)Harbor Convertible Fund

TICKER: Inst:HACSX

Inv:HICSX

Admin: HRCSX

3)Guidestone Funds Defensive Market Strategies Fund

TICKER: Inst:GDMYX

Retail: GDMZX

4)Shenkman Short Duration High Income Fund

TICKER: Inst:SCFIX

Wrap:SCFFX

Retail: SCFAX

Retail: SCFCX

5)Shenkman Floating Rate High Income Fund

TICKER: Inst:SFHIX

Wrap:SFHFX

Code of Business Conduct

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Code of Ethics

ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. HOLDINGS

and subsidiaries

ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA

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Effective: April 1, 2013. Amended December 12, 2016. Amended October 16, 2018.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT

A.

Compliance

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B.

Certifications

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II.CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT

A.

Fiduciary Duty of our Investment Advisers

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B.

General Obligations of all Covered Persons

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C.

Insider Trading Policies and Procedures

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D.

Anti-Corruption

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E.

Gifts and Business Entertainment Policy

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F.

Charitable Contributions

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G.

Political Contributions

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H.

Outside Business Activities

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I.

Service as Director of any Unaffiliated Organization

17

J.

Privacy

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K.

Policy for Reporting Suspicious Activities and Concerns

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III.CODE OF ETHICS

A. Global Personal Account Dealing Policy

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I. GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT

The Code has been adopted by Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. ("AAMA LP"), Allianz Asset Management of America LLC ("AAMA LLC"), Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC ("AGI U.S. Holdings"), Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC ("AGI U.S."), Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC ("AGID") and Allianz Capital Partners of America LLC ("ACP") (each, a "Company") and is applicable to all partners, officers, directors, and employees of the Company, interns and Temporary Employees (i.e., temp, consultant or contractor) (collectively, "Covered Persons"). The Code is based on the principle that in addition to the fiduciary obligations of the Company, you owe a fiduciary duty to the shareholders of the registered investment companies (the "Funds"), other clients for which the Company serves as an adviser or sub-adviser (the "Advisory Clients"), and customers of our broker-dealer ("Customers" and together with Funds and Advisory Clients, "Clients"). Accordingly, you must avoid activities, interests and relationships that could interfere or appear to interfere with making decisions in the best interests of Clients.

A.COMPLIANCE

Compliance with the Code is considered a basic condition of employment with the Company. We take this Code and your obligations under it very seriously. A failure to comply with the Code may constitute grounds for remedial actions, which may include, but are not limited to, a letter of caution, warning or censure, recertification of the Code, disgorgement of profits, suspension of trading privileges, termination of officer title, and/or suspension or termination of employment. Situations that are questionable may be resolved against your personal interests. Violations of this Code may also constitute violations of law, which could result in criminal or civil penalties for you and/or the Company.

In addition, the Federal Securities Laws1 require companies and individual supervisors to reasonably supervise Covered Persons with a view toward preventing violations of law and violations of a company's Code. As a result, all Covered Persons who have supervisory responsibility should endeavor to ensure that those individuals that they supervise, including Temporary Employees, are familiar with and remain in compliance with its requirements.

Further, Covered Persons must refrain from any intentional act or omission, which is illegal under applicable laws or regulations, and which may result in an actual or potential loss of Company assets or revenue or harm of reputation.

B.CERTIFICATIONS

Covered Persons are required to certify their receipt and understanding of and compliance with the Code within ten days of becoming a Covered Person. On an annual basis, all Covered Persons are required to re-certify their understanding of and compliance with the Code. You will be provided with timely notification of these certification requirements and directions on how to complete them by the Code of Ethics Office. Other reporting and certification requirements are set forth in the Gifts and Business Entertainment Policy, Political Contributions Policy, and Personal Securities Transactions Policy.

1Including without limitation, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act"), the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"), the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and other regulatory bodies under these statutes, the U.S.A. Patriot Act and Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to mutual funds and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder by the SEC or the Department of Treasury.

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II. CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT

A.FIDUCIARY DUTY OF OUR INVESTMENT ADVISERS

Our investment advisers owe a fiduciary duty to the Clients for which they serve as an adviser or sub- adviser. Covered Persons of our investment advisers must avoid activities, interests, and relationships that could interfere or appear to interfere with our advisers' fiduciary duties. Accordingly, at all times, Covered Persons must place the interests of Clients first and scrupulously avoid serving their own personal interests ahead of the interests of Clients. Covered Persons may not cause a Client to take action, or not to take action, for their personal benefit rather than for the benefit of the Client. For example, you would violate the Code if you caused a Client to purchase a Security2 you owned for the purpose of increasing the price of that Security. If you are an Investment Person3 of the Company, you would also violate this Code if you made a personal investment in a Security that might be an appropriate investment for a Client without first considering the Security as an investment for the Client. Investment opportunities of limited availability that are suitable for Clients also must be considered for purchase for such Clients before an Investment Person may personally trade in them. Such opportunities include, but are not limited to, investments in initial public offerings and private placements.

B.GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF ALL COVERED PERSONS

At all times, Covered Persons must:

1.Conduct personal securities transactions in full compliance with the Code including the Insider Trading Policy and Personal Securities Transactions Policy. The Company encourages you and your family to develop personal investment programs. However, you must not take any action in connection with your personal investments that could cause even the appearance of unfairness or impropriety.

2.Avoid taking inappropriate advantage of your position. The receipt of investment opportunities, gifts or gratuities from persons seeking business with the Company directly or on behalf of a Client of the Company could call into question the independence of your business judgment. In addition, information concerning the identity of security holdings and financial circumstances of a Client is confidential. You may not use personal or account information of any Client of the Company except as permitted by the Company's Privacy policies (See section III. J on Privacy).

3.Comply with applicable Federal Securities Laws and regulations. You are not permitted to: (i) defraud a Client in any manner; (ii) mislead a Client, including making a statement that omits material facts; (iii) engage in any act, practice or course of conduct which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a Client; (iv) engage in any manipulative practice with respect to a Client; (v) engage in any manipulative practices with respect to securities, including price manipulation; or (vi) otherwise violate applicable Federal Securities Laws and regulations. AGID Covered Persons and/or AGID Registered Representatives2 must also comply with applicable NASD/FINRA and MSRB rules and AGI U.S. Covered Persons must also comply with applicable

2 As defined in the Personal Securities Transactions Policy.

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") regulations. In the event that you are unsure of any such laws or regulations, consult your Legal Department.

A potential violation of the Code may result in remedial actions, which may include but are not limited to, a letter of caution, warning or censure, recertification of the Code, disgorgement of profits, suspension of trading privileges, termination of officer title, and/or suspension or termination of employment. Situations that are questionable may be resolved against your personal interests.

C.INSIDER TRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

SECTION I. POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING

The Company forbids any of its partners, officers, directors, and employees, including interns and Temporary Employees (i.e., temp, consultant or contractor) (collectively, "Covered Persons") from trading, either personally or on behalf of others (such as, the Clients), on the basis of material non-public information or communicating material non-public information to others in violation of the law. This conduct is frequently referred to as "insider trading."

The law related to prohibitions on insider trading is based on the broad anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act which were enacted after the United States market crash of 1929. The Exchange Act addressed insider trading directly through Section 16(b) and indirectly through Section 10(b).3

While the law concerning insider trading is not static, it is generally understood that the law prohibits:

(1)trading by an insider, while aware of material, non-public information;

(2)trading by a non-insider, while aware of material, non-public information, where the information was disclosed to the non-insider in violation of an insider's duty to keep it confidential; or

(3)communicating material, non-public information to others in breach of a duty of trust or confidence.

Any questions regarding this policy statement and the related procedures set forth herein should be referred to your Company's Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Legal Officer, or to the AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel.

Please note that Covered Persons are subject to other Company policies that prohibit or restrict the disclosure or use of material, non-public information regarding Clients and their investments, regardless of whether the disclosure or use gives rise to insider trading. For instance, the selective disclosure of portfolio holdings or related information regarding Clients to third parties is generally prohibited except in limited circumstances in accordance with applicable Company or Fund policies. In addition, the

3Section 16(b) prohibits short-swing profits by corporate insiders in their own corporation's stock, except in very limited circumstances. It applies only to directors or officers of the corporation and those holding greater than 10% of the stock and is designed to prevent insider trading by those most likely to be privy to important corporate information. Section 10(b) makes it unlawful for any person to use or employ in the connection with the purchase or sale of any security registered on a national securities exchange or any security not so registered, any manipulative or deceptive device or in contravention of such rules and regulations as the SEC may prescribe.

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Affiliated Closed-End Funds4 have adopted policies under Regulation FD which govern and severely restrict circumstances under which a Covered Person acting on behalf of the Affiliated Closed-End Funds (i.e., an "insider") may selectively disclose material non-public information regarding the funds to certain categories of third parties (e.g., broker-dealers, analysts, investment advisers, funds and shareholders). If you have any questions, you should consult with the individuals noted in the prior paragraph before disclosing or using material, non-public information regarding Clients and their investments under any circumstances.

1.TO WHOM DOES THE INSIDER TRADING POLICY APPLY?

This policy applies to Covered Persons and extends to activities within and outside their duties at the Company. This policy also applies to any transactions in any securities by family members, trusts or corporations controlled by such persons.

In particular, this policy applies to securities transactions by (but not limited to):

the Covered Person's spouse;

the Covered Person's minor children;

any other relatives living in the Covered Person's household;

a trust in which the Covered Person has a beneficial interest, unless such person has no direct or indirect control over the trust;

a trust for which the Covered Person is a trustee;

a revocable trust for which the Covered Person is a settlor;

a corporation of which the Covered Person is an officer, director or 10% or greater stockholder; or

a partnership of which the Covered Person is a partner (including most investment clubs) unless the Covered Person has no direct or indirect control over the partnership.

2.WHAT IS MATERIAL INFORMATION?

Trading on inside information is not a basis for liability unless the information is deemed to be material. "Material Information" generally is defined as information for which there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would consider it important in making his or her investment decisions, or information that is reasonably certain to have a substantial effect on the price of a company's securities.

Although there is no precise, generally accepted definition of materiality, information is likely to be material if it relates to significant changes affecting such matters as:

dividend or earnings expectations;

write-downs or write-offs of assets;

additions to reserves for bad debts or contingent liabilities;

expansion or curtailment of company or major division operations;

proposals or agreements involving a joint venture, merger, acquisition, divestiture, or leveraged buy-out;

new products or services;

exploratory, discovery or research developments;

4Closed-end funds that are advised or sub-advised by AllianzGI U.S. or any of its affiliates (excluding Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) and PIMCO Investments LLC).

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criminal indictments, civil litigation or government investigations;

disputes with major suppliers or customers or significant changes in the relationships with such parties;

labor disputes including strikes or lockouts;

substantial changes in accounting methods;

major litigation developments;

major personnel changes;

debt service or liquidity problems;

bankruptcy or insolvency;

extraordinary management developments;

public offerings or private sales of debt or equity securities;

calls, redemptions or purchases of a company's own stock;

issuer tender offers; or

recapitalizations.

Information provided by a company could be material because of its expected effect on a particular class of the company's securities, all of the company's securities, the securities of another company, or the securities of several companies. Moreover, the resulting prohibition against the misuses of Material Information reaches all types of securities (whether stock or other equity interests, corporate debt, government or municipal obligations, or commercial paper) as well as any option related to that security (such as a put, call or index security).

Material Information does not have to relate to a company's business. For example, in Carpenter v. U.S., 108 U.S. 316 (1987), the Supreme Court considered as material certain information about the contents of a forthcoming newspaper column that was expected to affect the market price of a security. In that case, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal was found criminally liable for disclosing to others the dates that reports on various companies would appear in The Wall Street Journal and whether those reports would be favorable or not.

Material Information may no longer be considered material due to the passage of time or other factors. Material Non-Public Information (as defined below) ceases to be subject to insider trading restrictions once it is no longer deemed material. Careful consideration should be used when determining whether Material Information should no longer be deemed material.

3.WHAT IS NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION?

In order for issues concerning insider trading to arise, information must not only be material, it must be "non-public". "Non-Public Information" is information which has not been made available to investors generally. Information received in circumstances indicating that it is not yet in general circulation or where the recipient knows or should know that the information could only have been provided by an "insider" is also deemed Non-Public Information.

At such time as Material Non-Public Information has been effectively distributed to the investing public, it is no longer subject to insider trading restrictions. However, for Non-Public Information to become public information, it must be disseminated through recognized channels of distribution designed to reach the securities marketplace.

To show that Material Information is public, you should be able to point to some fact verifying that the information has become generally available, for example, disclosure in a national business and financial wire service (Dow Jones or Reuters), a national news service (AP or UPI), a national newspaper (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times or The Financial Times), or a publicly disseminated disclosure document (a proxy statement or prospectus). The circulation of rumors or "talk on the street", even if

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accurate, widespread and reported in the media or social media does not constitute the requisite public disclosure. The information must not only be publicly disclosed, there must also be adequate time for the market as a whole to digest the information.

Material Non-Public Information is not made public by selective dissemination. Material Information improperly disclosed only to institutional investors or to a fund analyst or a favored group of analysts retains its status as Non-Public Information which must not be disclosed or otherwise misused. Similarly, partial disclosure does not constitute public dissemination. So long as any material component of the "inside" information possessed by the Company has yet to be publicly disclosed, the information is deemed "non-public" and may not be misused.

Information Provided in Confidence. It is possible that one or more Covered Persons of the Company may become temporary "insiders" because of a duty of trust or confidence. A duty of trust or confidence can arise: (1) whenever a person agrees to maintain information in confidence; (2) when two people have a history, pattern, or practice of sharing confidences such that the recipient of the information knows or reasonably should know that the person communicating the Material Non-Public Information expects that the recipient will maintain its confidentiality; or (3) whenever a person receives or obtains Material Non-Public Information from certain close family members such as spouses, parents, children and siblings. For example, personnel at the Company may become insiders when an external source, such as a company whose securities are held by one or more of the accounts managed by the Company, discloses Material Non-Public Information to the Company's portfolio managers or analysts with the expectation that the information will remain confidential.

As an "insider", the Company and any applicable Covered Person has a duty not to breach the trust of the party that has communicated the Material Non-Public Information by misusing that information. This duty may arise because the Company has entered or has been invited to enter into a commercial relationship with a company, Client or prospective Client and has been given access to confidential information solely for the corporate purposes of that company, Client or prospective Client. This duty remains whether or not the Company ultimately participates in the transaction.

Information Disclosed in Breach of a Duty. Analysts and portfolio managers at the Company must be especially wary of Material Non-Public Information disclosed in breach of corporate insider's duty of trust or confidence that he or she owes the corporation and shareholders. Even where there is no expectation of confidentiality, a person may become an "insider" upon receiving material, non-public information in circumstances where a person knows, or should know, that a corporate insider is disclosing information in breach of a duty of trust and confidence that he or she owes the corporation and its shareholders. Whether the disclosure is an improper "tip" that renders the recipient a "tippee" depends on whether the corporate insider expects to benefit personally, either directly or indirectly, from the disclosure. In the context of an improper disclosure by a corporate insider, the requisite "personal benefit" may not be limited to a present or future monetary gain. Rather, a prohibited personal benefit could include a reputational benefit, an expectation of a "quid pro quo" from the recipient or the recipient's employer by a gift of the "inside" information.

A person may, depending on the circumstances, also become an "insider" or "tippee" when he or she obtains Material Non-Public Information by happenstance, including information derived from social situations, business gatherings, overheard conversations, misplaced documents, and "tips" from insiders or other third parties.

Investment Information Relating to our Clients is Non-Public Inside Information. In the course of your employment, Covered Persons may learn about the current or pending investment activities of our

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Clients (e.g. actual or pending purchases and sales of securities). Using or sharing this information other than in connection with the investment of Client accounts is considered acting on inside information and therefore prohibited. The Boards of the Funds (both proprietary and third party sub-advised) have adopted Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policies to prevent the misuse of Material Non-Public Information relating to the Funds and to ensure all shareholders of the Funds have equal access to portfolio holdings information. In that regard, Covered Persons must follow the Funds' policies on disclosure of non-public portfolio holdings information unless disclosure is specifically permitted under other sharing of investment-related information.

4.IDENTIFYING MATERIAL INFORMATION

Before trading for yourself or others, including investment companies or private accounts managed by the Company, in the securities of a company about which you may have potential Material Non-Public Information, ask yourself the following questions:

i.Is this information that an investor could consider important in making his or her investment decisions? Is this information that could substantially affect the market price of the securities if generally disclosed?

ii.To whom has this information been provided? Has the information been effectively communicated to the marketplace by being published in The Financial Times, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal or other publications of general circulation?

Given the potentially severe regulatory, civil and criminal sanctions to which you, the Company and its personnel could be subject, any Covered Persons uncertain as to whether the information he or she possesses is Material Non-Public Information should immediately take the following steps:

i.Report the matter immediately to the Company's Compliance department, or the AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel;

ii.Unless otherwise permitted by the AllianzGI Global Investors Global Confidential Information Policy (where applicable), do not purchase or sell the securities on behalf of yourself, clients or others; and

iii.Unless otherwise permitted by the applicable Legal and Compliance department, do not communicate the information inside or outside the Company, other than to the Company's Legal and Compliance department, or the AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel.

5.PENALTIES FOR INSIDER TRADING

Penalties for trading on or communicating Material Non-Public Information are severe, both for individuals involved in such unlawful conduct and their employers. A person can be subject to some or all of the penalties below even if he or she does not personally benefit from the violation. Penalties include: civil injunctions, treble damages, disgorgement of profits, jail sentences, fines for the person who committed the violation of up to three times the profit gained or loss avoided, whether or not the person actually benefited, and fines for the employer or other controlling person of up to the greater of $1,000,000 or three times the amount of the profit gained or loss avoided.

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In addition, any violation of this policy statement can be expected to result in serious sanctions by the Company, including possible dismissal of the persons involved.

SECTION II. PROCEDURES TO PREVENT INSIDER TRADING

The following procedures have been established to aid Covered Persons of the Company in avoiding insider trading, and to aid the Company in preventing, detecting and imposing sanctions against insider trading. Every Covered Person of the Company must follow these procedures or risk serious sanctions, including dismissal, substantial personal liability and criminal penalties. Also refer to your Company's compliance policies and procedures for detailed procedures.

1.TRADING RESTRICTIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

a.No Covered Person of the Company shall engage in a securities transaction with respect to the securities of Allianz SE, except in accordance with the specific procedures published from time to time by the Company. Notwithstanding, no Covered Person of the Company who is aware of Material Non-Public Information relating to the Company, including Allianz SE, may buy or sell any securities of the Company, including Allianz SE, or engage in any other action to take advantage of, or pass on to others, such Material Non-Public Information.

b.Unless otherwise permitted by the AllianzGI Global Investors Global Confidential Information Policy (where applicable), no Covered Person of the Company who is aware of Material Non- Public Information may buy or sell securities of the relevant issuer or otherwise take advantage of, or pass on to others, such Material Non-Public Information.

c.No Covered Person shall engage in a personal securities transaction with respect to any securities of any other company, except in accordance with the specific procedures set forth in the Company's Global Personal Account Dealing Policy. Covered Persons shall submit reports concerning each security transaction in accordance with the terms of the Company's Personal

Securities Transactions Policy and verify their personal ownership of securities in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Company's Global Personal Account Dealing Policy.

d.Inadvertent disclosure of Material Non-Public Information to others can lead to significant legal difficulties. Therefore, Covered Persons of the Company should not discuss any Material Non- Public Information concerning the Company or other companies, including other Covered Persons, except as specifically required in the performance of their duties or as permitted by the applicable Legal and Compliance department.

e.Covered Persons managing the work of Temporary Employees who have access to Material Non- Public Information are responsible for ensuring that Temporary Employees are aware of this procedure and the consequences of non-compliance.

f.If a Covered Person reasonably believes that there has been or potentially will be an insider trading violation, such Covered Person must notify the Company's Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Legal Officer or report through the applicable whistleblowing procedures. Such reporting should be done even if the Covered Person knows or has reason to believe that the violation or potential violation has already been reported by other Covered Persons.

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2.INFORMATION BARRIER PROCEDURES

The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act in the U.S. requires the establishment and strict enforcement of procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of "inside" information. Accordingly, you should not discuss Material Non-Public Information about the Company or other companies with anyone, including other Covered Persons, except as required in the performance of your regular duties or as permitted by the AllianzGI Global Investors Global Confidential Information Policy (where applicable). In addition, care should be taken so that such information is secure. For example, files containing Material Non-Public Information should be sealed; access to computer files containing Material Non-Public Information should be restricted. For additional information, please refer to your Company's compliance policies and procedures, including the AllianzGI Global Investors Global Confidential Information Policy (where applicable).

3.INTERNAL WALL CROSSINGS AND MARKET SOUNDING PROCEDURES

For information regarding internal wall crossing and market sounding procedures, please refer to your Company's compliance policies and procedures, including the AllianzGI Global Investors Global Confidential Information Policy (where applicable).

4.EXPERT NETWORK CONSULTANTS PROCEDURES

Covered Persons may from time to time make use of paid investment research consultant firms or expert networks ("Investment Research Consultant Firms")5 which may gather and summarize information for the Company or which may maintain a network of individual consultants ("Consultants")6 that are made available to the Company. Investment Research Consultant Firms and Consultants will typically gather, analyze and provide information that may assist in providing the basis for investment decisions by the Company and its employees. Covered Persons should actively seek to prevent the disclosure of Material Non-Public Information to them by Investment Research Consultant Firms and Consultants. In the event that a Covered Person receives Material Non-Public Information, the Covered Person may not share the Material Non-Public Information inside or outside the firm, other than with Legal and Compliance, or execute trades in securities based on the Material Non-Public Information on behalf of any Client account or for his or her own personal accounts. For additional information, please refer to your Company's compliance policies and procedures.

5.RESOLVING ISSUES CONCERNING INSIDER TRADING

The Federal Securities Laws, including the U.S. laws governing insider trading, are complex. If you have any doubts or questions as to the materiality or non-public nature of information in your possession or as to any of the applicability or interpretation of any of the foregoing procedures or as to the propriety of any action, you should contact your Company's Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Legal Officer, or AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel. Until advised to the contrary by your

5For purposes of these procedures, "Investment Research Consultant Firms" are firms that employ or have similar arrangements with professionals in various fields of expertise to conduct, analyze, review and/or provide specialized information and research services for third parties. Investment Research Consultant Firms do not include entities whose employees provide generally available market and/or securities analysis or information.

6For purposes of these procedures, "Consultants" include individuals who provide, analyze and/or research information for third parties pursuant to their employment or other arrangement with an Investment Research Consultant Firm.

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Company's Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Legal Officer, or AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel, you should presume that the information is Material Non-Public Information and you should not trade in the securities or disclose this information to anyone.

D.ANTI-CORRUPTION

The Company does not tolerate any form of corruption. Federal and State laws, and laws of other countries, prohibit the payment or receipt of bribes, kickbacks, inducements, facilitation payments, non- monetary benefits, or other illegal gratuities or payments by or on behalf of any of our Companies or Covered Persons in connection with our businesses. For example, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it a crime to corruptly give, promise or authorize payment, in cash or in kind, for any service to a foreign government official or political party in connection with obtaining or retaining business. The U.K. Bribery Act prohibits corruption of public officials as well as business-to-business corruption. Each Company, through its policies and practices, is committed to comply fully with these and other anti- corruption laws. If you or any member of your household is solicited to make or receive an illegal payment, or have any questions regarding whether any solicitation to receive or make a payment is illegal, contact your Company's Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Legal Officer, or AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel. For additional information, please refer to your Company's compliance policies and procedures.

E.GIFTS AND BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT POLICY

The Company is committed to having policies and procedures designed to ensure that Covered Persons do not attempt to improperly influence Clients or prospective Clients with gifts or business entertainment and are not unduly influenced themselves by the receipt of gifts or business entertainment. The Company's policies are designed to prohibit Covered Persons who purchase products and services as part of their job responsibilities from using their position for their own benefit.

Providing gifts or business entertainment is improper when a Covered Person's giving of a gift or business entertainment is or appears to be an attempt to obtain business through inappropriate means or to gain a special advantage in a business relationship. It is important for Covered Persons to keep in mind that these activities may create the appearance of a conflict and in certain cases may implicate regulations applicable to Clients and the Company. Similarly, accepting gifts or business entertainment is improper when it would compromise, or could be reasonably viewed as compromising, a Covered Person's ability to make objective and fair business decisions. Finally, government, union and ERISA plan officials may be subject to additional prohibitions and limits that apply whether or not there is a real or perceived conflict of interest.

Definitions

Government Official – any government employee, any government plan trustee or staff member, any consultant to a government plan if the consultant meeting is intended to focus on a specific government client or plan, or an immediate family member of any of these individuals.

Restricted Recipient – any union official, or ERISA plan official, any consultant to a union or ERISA plan if the consultant meeting is intended to focus on a specific union or ERISA client or plan, or an immediate family member of any of these individuals.

Other Business Contact – any individual employed by a Client, prospective Client, vendor, service provider, media representative or any consultant to the extent the consultant meeting is intended to be for the furtherance of a general relationship between the company and the consultant rather than in connection with any specific client or plan.

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Providing Gifts and Business Entertainment

General Principles

Gifts and business entertainment should be provided in a manner that does not create a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest. Covered Persons should use common sense and avoid providing extravagant, lavish or frequent gifts or business entertainment to any recipient.

Business entertainment should only be provided at an appropriate venue (Covered Persons should consult their supervisor or the Code of Ethics Office if guidance is required).

Covered Persons must accompany a recipient to a meal, sporting or cultural event for the event to be considered "business entertainment." Unaccompanied attendance would be treated as a gift.

No gift or business entertainment should be provided with the intention to influence decision making by the recipient.

Gifts or business entertainment should be provided in a way that does not attempt to hide the fact that they have been provided.

Covered Persons may not give cash or cash equivalent gifts (e.g., American Express or Amazon Gift Card) of any value. Gift Cards and Gift Certificates redeemable only with a specific vendor (e.g., iTunes or Starbucks) are acceptable.

In general, gifts should be valued at the higher of cost or market value.

Providing Gifts and Business Entertainment to Government Officials

Covered Persons must obtain approval from the Code of Ethics Office prior to giving a gift or providing business entertainment to a Government Official. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

Providing Gifts and Business Entertainment to Restricted Recipients

Whenever feasible, Covered Persons must obtain approval from the Code of Ethics Office prior to giving a gift or providing business entertainment to a Restricted Recipient. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

If a situation arises where it is not possible to obtain pre-approval – e.g., an impromptu cup of coffee – Covered Persons must exercise sound judgment and comply with prescribed limits, but should notify the Code of Ethics Office promptly after the fact.

The combined, companywide value of all gifts and business entertainment provided to a Restricted Recipient by all Covered Persons must be less than $250 per Restricted Recipient, per calendar year.

With pre-approval from the Code of Ethics Office, reimbursement of expenses related to attendance at an educational event may be allowed and will not count toward the $250 annual policy limit.

Providing Gifts and Business Entertainment to Other Business Contacts (persons other than Government Officials and Restricted Recipients)

The combined, companywide value of all gifts provided to a Business Contact by all Covered Persons must not exceed $100 per Business Contact, per calendar year.

Gifts of nominal value that include our logo, such as golf balls, towels, pens and desk ornaments, do not count toward the annual $100 limit as long as they are infrequent and the value of the item does not exceed $50.

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Covered Persons may provide business entertainment up to $250 per person, per business entertainment event, with a $1,000 cumulative limit per person entertained, per calendar year. (Note: dinner and a show would be considered one business entertainment event.)

Covered Persons are required to report gifts and business entertainment provided in accordance with the Company's expense policies and procedures.

Covered Persons must obtain approval from the Code of Ethics Office prior to giving a gift or providing business entertainment to a Client or prospective Client located outside of the U.S. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

Exceptions to these spending limits must be pre-approved by a Managing Director and the Code of Ethics Office. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

Receiving Gifts

Covered Persons (including any immediate family members) may not accept gifts worth more than $100, in the aggregate, from any one Business Contact per calendar year.

Gifts of nominal value that include the Business Contact's company logo, such as golf balls, towels, pens and desk ornaments, do not count toward the annual $100 limit so long as they are infrequent and the value of the item does not exceed $50.

In general, gifts should be valued at the higher of cost or market value.

Covered Persons may not accept cash or cash equivalent gifts (e.g., American Express or Amazon Gift card) of any value. Gift Cards and Gift Certificates redeemable only with a specific vendor (e.g., iTunes or Starbucks) are acceptable. Covered Persons may not accept preferential discounts of any value from a Business Contact.

Any gift(s) with a value of more than $100 must be refused or returned. If it is not practical to return a gift, provide it to the Human Resources Department for donation. In the case of a perishable item worth more than $100, the gift may be shared with the Covered Person's entire department.

If the Covered Person wishes to accept a gift that exceeds this policy's individual employee limits, approval from the Code of Ethics Office must be obtained. The gift may then be distributed to employees, through a raffle or otherwise. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

Covered Persons are required to report all gifts received, excluding logoed items worth less than $50, within thirty days of receiving the gift through the personal trading system.

Receiving Business Entertainment

Covered Persons must be accompanied to a meal, sporting or cultural event by a Business

Contact for the event to be considered "business entertainment." Unaccompanied attendance would be treated as a gift.

The reason for attending an event must be, in large part, to further a business relationship.

Covered Persons should use common sense and good judgment and avoid extravagant, lavish or frequent business entertainment from a Business Contact (e.g., do not accept out-of-town transportation or accommodations, excessive lunches, dinners, or paid outings).

Covered Persons are required to report business entertainment received that exceeds $100 in the aggregate per Business Contact per calendar quarter within thirty days after the quarter-end through the personal trading system.

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The following requirements only apply to Gifts and Business Entertainment provided by broker/dealers to investment professionals.

Investment professionals may accept meals (lunches and dinners) provided by a broker/dealer if the event is related to research or other company business (e.g., meetings with company management, industry experts, analysts or traders).

Investment professionals (other than those who work in a trading function) may accept meals (lunches and dinners) provided by a broker/dealer that are not related to research or other company business. All such entertainment must be promptly reported to the Compliance Department. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

Investment professionals (other than those who work in a trading function) may accept other forms of entertainment such as golf tournaments, baseball games and shows. Any single event whose value is in excess of US$100 requires the approval of the regional asset class CIO or Director of Research (for analysts). Records of the approvals are required to be maintained by the investment professionals. All such entertainment must be promptly reported to the Compliance Department. A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system.

Investment professionals may not accept any gifts, other than those that are token in nature (e.g., items with company logos). All other gifts should be returned to the broker. If that is not possible, the gift should be forwarded to HR or Compliance.

F.CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

The Company may from time to time be solicited to make contributions to charitable organizations by Clients or prospective Clients. These may be in the form of hosting a table at a dinner or lunch, sponsoring a golf outing or part thereof, or in other forms. A charitable contribution may be made under certain circumstances at the request of an existing Client. It is prohibited to make a charitable contribution on behalf of the Company at the request of a prospective Client. Forms for pre-approval of charitable contributions are located in the personal trading system.

A contribution may be made on behalf of the Company to a charitable organization of up to $5,000 per Client per year with prior approval of the Covered Person's supervisor and the Code of Ethics Office. This includes direct contributions to Clients (i.e., the Client is a charitable organization).

Any contribution in excess of $5,000 per Client per year must be pre-approved by senior Sales management and the relevant Company's Chief Legal Officer or Chief Compliance Officer, or to the AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel.

Amounts greater than EUR 10,000 (or the USD equivalent value) per charitable organization, per year, require additional reporting and/or approvals pursuant to applicable global policies.

Contributions to large, well-known organizations and/or bona fide 501(c)(3) charitable organizations are preferred.

A close connection between the Client and the charity or a perceived benefit to the Client will be evaluated carefully in the approval process.

Charitable contributions must be reasonable and must not have or appear to have the likely effect of influencing a Client's decision to do business with the Company.

It is the Company's policy to not contribute to an organization's religious or political activities. For example, the Company's Political Contributions Policy prohibits contributions to another organization such as certain non-profits if there are indications that the organization makes

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election-related contributions or expenditures. This may even include paying a conference fee to an organization where such indicia exist.

Charitable contributions made on behalf of the Company should be paid for by the Company and not personally by the Covered Person.

G.POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

In support of the democratic process, Covered Persons are encouraged to exercise their rights as citizens by voting in all elections. Certain state and federal restrictions and obligations, however, are placed on our Companies and Covered Persons, including Covered Persons' spouses and dependent children ("Family Members"), in connection with their political contributions and solicitation activities. For example, our investment advisers must comply with Investment Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-5 (hereinafter, "Rule 206(4)-5"), and our broker-dealer must comply with MSRB Rule G-37. These and other rules are intended to prevent companies from obtaining business from state and local government entities in return for Political Contributions or fundraising. Among other consequences, failure to comply with

Rule 206(4)-5 may trigger a ban on receiving compensation for Investment Advisory Services Business for two years, and failure to comply with MSRB Rule G-37 may prohibit our broker-dealer from engaging in municipal securities business (i.e., offering Section 529 Plans) with an issuer for two years.

All Covered Persons must abide by the requirements of the Political Contributions Policy, which can be found on the Compliance tab of the Company Intranet.

H.OUTSIDE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Your outside business activities must not reflect adversely on the Company or give rise to a real or apparent conflict of interest with your duties to the Company or its Clients. You must be alert to potential conflicts of interest and be aware that you may be asked to discontinue an outside business activity if a potential conflict arises. You may not, directly or indirectly:

(a)Accept a business opportunity from someone doing business or seeking to do business with the Company that is made available to you because of your position within the Company;

(b)Take for oneself a business opportunity belonging to the Company; or

(c)Engage in a business opportunity that competes with any of the Company's businesses.

You are required to disclose any existing outside business activities at the time of hire.

You must obtain pre-approval from your immediate supervisor and your Company's Chief Compliance Officer (or designee) for any outside business activities.

Outside business activities requiring pre-approval include but are not limited to:

Outside business activity for which you will be paid, including a second job;

Any affiliation with another public or private company, regardless of whether that company is a for profit or not-for-profit business, or a political organization as a director, officer, advisory board member, general partner, owner, consultant, holder of a percentage of the business voting equity interests or in any similar position;

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Any governmental position, including as an elected official or as an appointee or member, director, officer or employee of a governmental agency, authority, advisory board, or other board (e.g., school or library board); and

Candidate for elective office.

A form for this purpose is located in the personal trading system. You must seek new clearance for a previously approved activity whenever there is any material change in relevant circumstances, whether arising from a change in your job, association, or role with respect to that activity or organization. You must also notify each of the parties referenced above regarding any material change in the terms of your outside activity or when your outside activity terminates. On an annual basis you are required to provide an update related to any approved activity.

I.SERVICE AS DIRECTOR OF ANY UNAFFILIATED ORGANIZATION

You may not serve on the board of directors or other governing board of any unaffiliated organization unless you have received the prior written approval of your Company's Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Legal Officer, or the AAMA LP General Counsel or AGI U.S. Holdings General Counsel. Approval will not be given unless a determination is made that your service on the board would be consistent with the interests of Clients. If you are permitted to serve on the board of a public company, you may also be subject to additional requirements.7

J.PRIVACY

The Company considers the protection of Client and employee non-public personal information to be a fundamental aspect of sound business practice and is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of such information in accordance with applicable law. In support of this commitment, the Company has developed policies and procedures, including a Written Information

Security Program Governing the Protection of Non-Public Personal Information, that protect the

confidentiality of non-public personal information while allowing for the continuous needs of Clients and employees to be served. All Covered Persons, including Temporary Employees, who have access to non-

public personal information, are subject to the applicable requirements set forth in the Company's

privacy program. Covered Persons are required to report to their Privacy Officer or Privacy Committee any suspicious or unauthorized use of Client or employee non-public personal information or non- compliance with the privacy program by employees of the Company. The Written Information Security Program can be found on the respective Compliance tab of the Company Intranet. The Privacy Policy for

Allianz

Global

Investors

U.S.

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subsidiaries

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at:

 http://us.allianzgi.com/Pages/PrivacyPolicy.aspx 

K."SPEAK UP" REPORTING AND ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY / POLICY FOR REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES AND CONCERNS

This section summarizes the "Speak Up" Reporting and Anti-Retaliation Policy for Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings and subsidiaries (collectively, "AllianzGI") and the Policy for Reporting Suspicious Activities and Concerns for AAMA.

7See your Company's compliance policies and procedures.

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Reporting Responsibility

Covered Persons should promptly report their good faith concern regarding potentially illegal, fraudulent, or unethical conduct relating to our business activities.

Examples of conduct that should be reported include, as applicable:

Potential violations of applicable laws, rules, and regulations;

Fraudulent, illegal, or unethical acts involving any aspect of the Company's business;

Material misstatements and/or false statements made in regulatory filings, internal books and records, financial reports, or client records and reports;

Activity that is harmful to clients;

Material deviations from required controls and procedures, including violations of the Company compliance policies or accounting standards;

Bribery;

Theft or embezzlement of Company resources; and

Retaliatory conduct.

How to Report

Covered Persons have several options for reporting information, including:

Calling the toll-free number (877) 628-7486 (anonymous)

Accessing the related internet site at https://allianzgi-us.alertline.com (anonymous)

Contacting your Company's Chief Compliance Officer or General Counsel

Information that relates to suspected violations of Human Resources policies and employment related violations may also be reported to the Human Resources Department.

Suspected violations involving the Funds should be reported in accordance with the Funds' Policy for Reporting Suspicious Activities and Concerns.

Covered Persons should be as detailed as possible when submitting their concerns. Any information that could help the Company determine what actions need to be taken should be included.

The Company's Response

The Company is committed to promoting an ethical and complaint workplace and will take any appropriate action it deems necessary to respond to every reported concern. Potential actions include investigating the details of the concern, interviewing the person under investigation, reporting the concern to appropriate management and taking remedial action.

Anti-Retaliation

The Company will not tolerate retaliation of any kind towards a Covered Person who in good faith reports a violation or suspected violation pursuant to this section. Retaliation is any conduct by the

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Company or any Covered Persons that would reasonably dissuade a Covered Person from raising or reporting good faith concerns through the Company's internal reporting channels or with any governmental body, or from participating in or cooperating with an investigation of such concerns.

Links

For the full policies and details specific to your Company and the Funds' Policy for Reporting Suspicious Activities and Concerns, please see:

AAM Intranet for the Policy for Reporting Suspicious Activities and Concerns http://intranet/aam-functions/us/LegalandCompliance/Pages/SuspiciousActivities_Concerns.aspx

AllianzGI Intranet for the Speak Up Reporting and Anti-Retaliation Policy http://intranet.allianzgi- intra.com/global/news/Documents/Speak%20Up%20Reporting%20and%20Anti- Retaliation%20Policy%20FINAL%20July%202015.pdf

Funds' Policy for Reporting Suspicious Activities and Concerns http://intranet.cn.us1.1corp.org/Compliance/Policies%20and%20Procedures%20of%20AGI%20Funds/F. %20%20%20Fund%20Governance/04.%20Policy%20for%20Reporting%20Suspicious%20Activities%20an d%20Concerns/04.%20Policy%20for%20Reporting%20Suspicious%20Activities%20and%20Concerns.pdf

III. CODE OF ETHICS

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A.GLOBAL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS DEALING POLICY

ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS

Global Personal Account Dealing Policy

Legal & Compliance

Effective date for AP (ex-Korea) : 1 July 2016

Effective date US: 12 December 2016

Effective date for Europe: 3 April 2017

Confidentiality Disclaimer: This document is for internal use or intended recipient's reference only and may contain confidential information. You must not distribute this document to any external third party without the relevant owner's (or their delegate's) consent.

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Document Information:

Document

Global Personal Account Dealing Policy

 

 

Version

1.0

 

 

Effective Date

Asia Pacific ex-Korea: 1 July 2016

 

U.S.: 12 December 2016

 

Europe: 3 April 2017

Owner

Global Head of Compliance

 

 

Author / Contact

Global Head of Compliance

 

 

Department

Legal & Compliance

 

 

Doc. Location

 

 

 

Amendments or Changes:

 

 

Description of

 

Authorized

Version

Date

Amendments

Authors

By

1.0

12 April 2016

NEW

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GEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Document Review Period:

Semi-annual

Annual

On need basis

Others (please specify)

Last Review Date: ______________

Review by: ________________

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Contents

I. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................

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II. Classification Under this Policy: Categories of Covered Persons ............................................................

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III. Fully Exempt Transactions .....................................................................................................................

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IV. Transactions Exempt from Pre-Clearance BUT Subject to Reporting....................................................

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V. Pre-Clearance Procedures ......................................................................................................................

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VI. Blackout Periods – Client Orders and Trades.........................................................................................

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VII. Liquidation Exemption from the Blackout Periods...............................................................................

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VIII. Blackout Periods - Allianz SE and Affiliated Securities.........................................................................

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IX. Short-Term Trading Restriction and Holding Periods ............................................................................

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X. Restricted / Watch Lists ..........................................................................................................................

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XI. Private Placements ................................................................................................................................

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XII. Public Offerings.....................................................................................................................................

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XIII. Reportable Accounts............................................................................................................................

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XIV. Report of Personal Securities Transactions .........................................................................................

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XV. Initial and Annual Report of Holdings...................................................................................................

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XVI. Initial and Annual Certification Requirements ....................................................................................

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XVII. Exemptions from this Policy ...............................................................................................................

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XVIII. Consequences of Violations of this Policy .........................................................................................

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XIX. Questions Concerning this Policy.........................................................................................................

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XX. Glossary of Terms .................................................................................................................................

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Appendix .....................................................................................................................................................

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I. Introduction

Allianz Global Investors (the "Company") has adopted this Global Personal Account Dealing Policy

(the "Policy") under each region's Code of Ethics for its Covered Persons8 (all officers, directors and employees of the Company, including Temporary Employees).

The Company's reputation for integrity and ethics is one of our most important assets. In order to safeguard this reputation, we believe it is essential not only to comply with relevant laws and regulations but also to maintain high standards of personal and professional conduct at all times. The Company has established this Policy in order to ensure that our conduct is consistent with these standards, with our fiduciary obligation to our Clients, and with industry and regulatory standards for investment managers, investment companies and broker-dealers.

The Company owes a fiduciary duty to its Clients. Covered Persons must avoid activities, interests, and relationships that could interfere or appear to interfere with our fiduciary duties. Accordingly, at all times, Covered Persons must place the interests of Clients first and scrupulously avoid serving their own personal interests ahead of the interests of Clients.

The Policy is designed to prevent and detect inappropriate personal account dealing practices and activities by Covered Persons. Personal account dealings refer to any transactions initiated by Covered Persons, or transactions over which Covered Persons have Beneficial Interest, that are not in connection with their professional duties for the Company. The restrictions on personal account dealings are stringent because they address both insider trading prohibitions and the fiduciary duty to place the interests of our Clients ahead of personal investment interests. The rules regarding personal account dealings that are contained in this Policy are designed to address or mitigate potential conflicts of interest and to minimize any potential appearance of impropriety.

All Covered Persons must:

1.Review and understand this Policy and conduct their activities in accordance with the general principles embodied in this Policy;

2.Obtain any pre-clearance required under the Policy prior to engaging in personal securities transactions;

3.Provide to the Compliance Department all relevant information and documentation required pursuant to this policy in a timely manner; and

4.Contact the Compliance Department immediately if the Covered Person becomes aware of any violation or potential violation of this Policy.

Supervisors within the Company are expected to reasonably supervise Covered Persons with a view toward preventing violations of law and violations of a company's Code of Ethics, including its personal account dealing policy. As a result, all Covered Persons who have supervisory responsibility should endeavor to ensure that the Covered Persons they supervise, including Temporary Employees, are familiar with and remain in compliance with the requirements of this Policy.

II. Classification Under this Policy: Categories of Covered Persons

Different requirements and limitations on Covered Persons are based on their activities and roles within the Company. Covered Persons are assigned one of the categories below for purposes of administration of this Policy. Covered Persons must comply with this Policy according to such designation.

8 All terms in italics are defined in section XX Glossary of Terms.

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Please note your category under this Policy may change if your position within the Company changes or if you are transferred to another department or entity.

A. Access Person

Access Persons generally include any Covered Person who: (1) has access to nonpublic information regarding any Clients' purchase or sale of securities; (2) has access to nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Clients; (3) may be involved in making securities recommendations to Clients; (4) has access to securities recommendations to Clients that are nonpublic; or (5) is an Investment Person as defined below. Note, however, that the Compliance Department may designate all or some Covered Persons in a particular region or office as Access Persons due to the size and / or layout of the office, even if such Covered Persons do not otherwise meet these criteria.

B. Investment Person

Investment Persons are a subset of Access Persons who, in connection with their regular functions and duties: (1) make, or participate in making recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of securities on behalf of any Client; (2) provide information or advice with respect to a purchase or sale of securities to a portfolio manager; or (3) help to execute a portfolio manager's investment recommendations. Generally, Investment Persons include, but are not limited to, portfolio managers, research analysts and traders.

As with the designation of Access Persons, the Compliance Department may designate all or some Covered Persons in a particular region or office as Investment Persons due to the size and / or layout of the office, even if such Covered Persons do not necessarily meet these criteria.

Note that because Investment Persons may have advance knowledge of investment decisions that the Company will make on behalf of Clients, they are held to additional and more stringent restrictions than ordinary Access Persons, as explained in more detail below under the section for Blackout Periods.

Access Persons / Investment Persons are subject to all provisions of this Policy, including but not limited to:

1.Pre-clearance of personal securities transactions;

2.Adherence to Blackout Periods and Short-Term Trading Restrictions;

3.Reporting of personal securities transactions and holdings where applicable; and

4.Certification requirements applicable to Access Persons and Investment Persons.

Note that the provisions of this Policy concerning reporting and prior approval cover transactions in investments in which you have a direct or indirect Beneficial Interest. Additional guidance pertaining to the treatment of various investment types can be found in the Appendix to this Policy.

C. Non-Access Person

A Non-Access Person generally includes any Covered Person of the Company who does not satisfy the definition of Access Person / Investment Person above. Non-Access Persons are only subject to the Initial and Annual Certification Requirements of this Policy. Note: Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC ("AGID") Covered Persons and/or AGID Registered Representatives categorized as Non-Access Persons are required to obtain prior approval for private placement investments.

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III. Fully Exempt Transactions

The following types of transactions are exempt from all provisions of this Policy, including (but not limited to) the Pre-Clearance, Short-Term Trading Restriction and Reporting requirements under this Policy ("Fully Exempt Transactions"):

1.Purchases and sales of shares of unaffiliated open-end funds and unit trusts, if the purchase or sale is not executed on an exchange9;

2.Purchases and sales of money market instruments;

3.Purchases and sales of shares of money market funds, including money market funds that are advised or distributed by the Company;10

4.Purchases and sales of physical commodities;

5.Purchases and sales of currencies;

6.Purchases and sales of securities held in an account that is fully managed by a third party.11 Note: Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to initially notify the Compliance Department of such an account. Refer to the section "Reportable Accounts" for additional information; and

7.Purchases and sales of products offered as part of the "Allianz Fund Invest" program for

Access Persons / Investment Persons located in Europe.

Similarly, this Policy does not apply to trades in securities / derivatives based on any of the above Fully Exempt Transactions.

IV. Transactions Exempt from Pre-Clearance BUT Subject to Reporting

The following types of transactions are not subject to the pre-clearance requirements of this Policy

(Pre-Clearance Exempt Transactions)12. You are not required to pre-clear transactions for which you do not exercise investment discretion at the time of the transactions ("non-volitional transactions") or certain other automated transactions. The transactions listed below are, however, required to be reported through your trade confirmations, contract notes and/or account statements, unless noted

otherwise13.

1.Purchases and sales of Affiliated Open-End Funds. Note: This exemption does not apply and therefore pre-clearance is still required for Covered Persons in Taiwan for any funds managed by AllianzGI Taiwan;

2.Shares of unaffiliated open-end funds and unit trusts, if the purchase or sale is executed on an exchange14;

9Note: if the purchase or sale is executed on an exchange, the transaction is only exempt from pre-clearance and still must be reported.

10Except for Covered Persons located in Taiwan where any fund managed by AllianzGI Taiwan is subject to pre-clearance.

11Restrictions may be placed on the trading of particular securities within a fully managed account due to regulatory requirements for certain Covered Persons. Covered Persons subject to this requirement will be notified by the Compliance Department.

12Note: Sales of the French Funds (FCPE) invested exclusively in Allianz SE shares acquired in the context of a "Plan d'Epargne Enterprise" (PEE) or a "Plan d'Epargne Groupe" (PEG) are not exempt from pre-clearance.

13Note that for items 7 through 10, transactions are not subject to transaction reporting but are subject to holdings reporting where applicable.

14Note: if the purchase or sale is not executed on an exchange, the transaction is fully exempt.

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3.Purchases and sales of index options and index futures or other securities with an index as underlying (e.g. unaffiliated exchange traded notes ("ETN"));

4.Purchases and sales of unaffiliated exchange traded funds and options thereon;

5.Purchases and sales of unaffiliated closed-end funds;

6.Purchases and sales of instruments issued by the national governments of the G8 member countries (i.e. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States), as well as Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, and the related derivatives;

7.Purchases and sales of securities in accordance with a pre-set amount or pre-determined schedule effected through an automatic investment plan or dividend reinvestment plan. This includes regular saving plans, pension schemes, the automatic reinvestment of dividends, income or interest received from a security in such plans or any other type of account;

8.Acquisitions or dispositions of securities as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, merger consolidation, spin-off or other similar corporate distribution or reorganization applicable to holders of a class of securities of which you have Beneficial Interest;

9.Purchases of securities by exercise of rights issued to holders of a class of securities pro rata, to the extent they are issued with respect to securities of which you have Beneficial Interest;

10.The automatic exercise or liquidation by an exchange of an in-the-money derivative instrument upon expiration, the delivery of securities pursuant to a written option that is exercised against you and the assignment of options;

11.The deliberate exercise of a derivative instrument, prior to expiration.

12.Transactions in Section 529 College Savings Plans. Note: Transactions in 529 Plans that are not distributed by Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC are not reportable; and

13.Transactions in variable annuity accounts.

V. Pre-Clearance Procedures

Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to obtain pre-clearance for personal trades initiated or executed by themselves or by other individuals in all reportable accounts as described in Chapter XIII. Reportable Accounts (with the exception of accounts that are fully managed by a third party), in accordance with specific procedures as described below.

Failure to adhere to the following pre-clearance requirements is a serious breach of this Policy and may be considered a violation. It is important to obtain pre-clearance approval for a personal securities transaction prior to placing the trade. In the event that you fail to pre-clear a transaction, you may be required to cancel, liquidate or otherwise unwind your trade and / or disgorge any profits realized in connection with the trade, as permissible by law.

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A.Personal Account Dealing System

Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to pre-clear all personal transactions in securities through the Company's personal account dealing system, with the exception of Fully Exempt Transactions and Pre-Clearance Exempt Transactions.

Upon submitting a pre-clearance request through the personal trading system, you will receive an approval or denial message in connection with your request.

B.Pre-Clearance Approval Timeframe

Provided the market on which the security trades is open at the time of pre-clearance, the pre- clearance approval is valid for the day of pre-clearance only in your region. If the market is already closed at the time of your pre-clearance request, the pre-clearance approval will be valid for the next day in your region.

C.Limit, GTC and Stop Loss Orders

In the case of limit, good-till-cancelled ("GTC") and stop loss orders (and other similar orders), Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to obtain a new pre-clearance approval each business day the order remains open. In the event that a pre-clearance denial is received related to such an order, the order must be cancelled.

VI. Blackout Periods – Client Orders and Trades

Potential conflicts of interest are of particular concern when an Access Person / Investment Person buys or sells a security at or near the same time as the Company buys or sells that security or an Equivalent Security for Client accounts.

To reduce the potential for conflicts of interest and the potential appearance of impropriety that can arise in such situations, this Policy prohibits Access Persons / Investment Persons from trading during a certain period before and after trades on behalf of Clients. The period during which personal securities transactions are prohibited is referred to herein as a "Blackout Period." The applicable Blackout Period depends on (1) whether your transaction is classified as a De Minimis Transaction as defined below; and (2) whether you are an Access Person or an Investment Person. The Blackout Periods do not apply to: (1) Fully Exempt Transactions; or (2) Pre-Clearance Exempt Transactions.

If your personal transaction in a particular security is executed within the applicable Blackout Period, you may be required to cancel, liquidate or otherwise unwind the transaction and/or disgorge any profits realized in connection with the transaction, as permissible by law.

A.De Minimis Transactions

The following types of transactions are defined as "De Minimis Transactions" under this Policy and are not subject to the Blackout Periods. De Minimis Transactions are required to be pre-cleared, reported and are subject to the Short-Term Trading Restriction. Note: The exception for De Minimis Transactions does not apply to Covered Persons located in Japan and Access Persons / Investment Persons located in Taiwan due to local regulations. All transactions by such persons are subject to the applicable Blackout Periods for non-De Minimis Transactions.

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1.Purchases and sales of a security or an Equivalent Security that, in the aggregate, do not exceed 5,000 shares in a rolling 30 day period per issuer with a total market capitalization of EUR 10 billion or greater at the time of investment15.

2.Purchases and sales up to 5,000 shares in a rolling 30 day period of a security or an Equivalent Security with a market cap below EUR 10 billion, if the security or the underlying is a constituent of one of the below listed indices and if the 6-month average daily trading volume is greater than 1 million shares.

Indices:

Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong)

Hang Seng China Enterprise Index (Hong Kong)

Straits Times Index (Singapore)

DAX 30 (Germany)

FTSE 100 (UK)

CAC 40 (France)

S&P 500 Index (US)

B. Blackout Periods for Investment Persons

De Minimis Transactions

Investment Persons are not subject to a blackout period for De Minimis Transactions.

Non-De Minimis Transactions

Investment Persons may not purchase or sell securities if:

1.the same security or an Equivalent Security has been purchased or sold on behalf of Clients within the 7 calendar days prior to the day of pre-clearance;

2.there is a pending buy or sell order in the same security or an Equivalent Security on behalf of Clients on the day of pre-clearance;

3.the same security or an Equivalent Security is purchased or sold on behalf of Clients on the day of pre-clearance; or

4.the same security or an Equivalent Security is purchased or sold on behalf of Clients for which

the Investment Person, or a member of the Investment Person's Team16, has discretion, within the 7 calendar days after the day of pre-clearance.

15Note that issuer market capitalization amounts may change from time to time. Accordingly, you may purchase a security that has a market capitalization of greater than EUR 10 billion only to find out that you cannot sell the security at a later date because the market capitalization has fallen below EUR 10 billion and your trade is during a Blackout Period in connection with a Client order or trade in the same security or Equivalent Security.

16A list of Teams can be found on the landing page of the personal account dealing system.

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Summary of Blackout Periods for Investment Persons

 

Time Period

 

 

De Minimis Transactions

 

 

Non-De Minimis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Calendar Days Prior to

 

None

 

Trades for Clients

 

Day of Pre-Clearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day of Pre-Clearance

 

None

 

Orders / Trades for Clients

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Calendar Days After Day

 

 

 

 

Trades for Clients for which

 

 

None

 

the IP, or a member of the

 

of Pre-Clearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP's Team, has discretion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Blackout Periods for Access Persons (other than Investment Persons)

De Minimis Transactions

Access Persons are not subject to a blackout period for De Minimis Transactions.

Non-De Minimis Transactions

Access Persons may not purchase or sell Securities if, at the time of pre-clearance:

(1)there is a pending buy or sell order on behalf of Clients in the same security or an Equivalent Security; or

(2)the same security or an Equivalent Security is purchased or sold on behalf of Clients during the period beginning 7 calendar days before the day on which the Access Person requests pre- clearance to trade in the security, and ending on the day the Access Person requests pre- clearance, up until the time of pre-clearance.

Summary of Blackout Periods for Access Persons

 

Time Period

 

 

De Minimis Transactions

 

 

Non-De Minimis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Calendar Days Prior to

 

None

 

Trades for Clients

 

Day of Pre-Clearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orders / Trades for Clients,

 

Day of Pre-Clearance

 

None

 

up until the time of Pre-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Calendar Days After Day

 

None

 

None

 

of Pre-Clearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.Blackout Periods – Portfolio Holdings – Taiwan

For Access Persons / Investment Persons located in Taiwan, all transactions will be deemed non-De Minimis Transactions. Furthermore, the Blackout Period rules for Investment Persons will apply for both Access Persons / Investment Persons.

Senior Management, Department Heads and Portfolio Managers located in Taiwan are prohibited from purchasing or selling a security that is held by a Client portfolio or a local fund for which AllianzGI Taiwan serves as a portfolio manager.

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C.Special Restriction – Japan

Research Analysts located in Japan may not purchase or sell a security if the Research Analyst covers the same or an Equivalent Security of the issuer within one month prior to the day of pre- clearance, on the day of pre-clearance or within 7 calendar days after the day of pre-clearance.

VII. Liquidation Exemption from the Blackout Periods17

Access Persons / Investment Persons may sell up to 5,000 shares of any security, and not be subject to the applicable Blackout Periods described in this section, provided the following conditions are satisfied:

1.Such transactions may only be executed on dates pre-determined by the Company;

2.A written notification of such trades must be submitted to the Compliance Department via email at least 2 weeks prior to the pre-determined trade dates;

3.If the order is not completed by the bank, broker or financial advisor on the pre-determined trade date, the employee must cancel the remaining uncompleted order; and

4.Access Persons / Investment Persons may only provide such notification for up to 6 transactions each calendar year regardless of whether or not the orders are executed.

On the pre-determined trade date, you are required to pre-clear the transaction through the personal trading system. Compliance will review your request and approve it provided there are no conflicts with any other provisions of the Policy other than the Blackout Periods described in this section (e.g. Short-Term Trading Restriction).

Note that a liquidation exemption approval does not mean you are obligated to execute the trade.

VIII. Blackout Periods - Allianz SE and Affiliated Securities

Access Persons / Investment Persons are prohibited from trading in Allianz SE shares (including ADRs) during certain periods of the year, generally surrounding the release of annual financial statements and quarterly results. This restriction also applies to debt instruments issued or guaranteed by Allianz SE, derivatives and other financial instruments linked to the above, as well as cash settled options or any kind of rights granted under compensation or incentive programs, which completely or in part refer to Allianz SE or other listed Allianz Group company shares or derivatives thereon.

The sale of shares from an Allianz ESPP account requires pre-clearance. Access Persons / Investment Persons are not permitted to sell shares of Allianz SE stock from an Allianz ESPP account during the blackout periods.

IX. Short-Term Trading Restriction and Holding Periods

Personal account dealings should focus on long-term investment and not on reaping the benefits of short-term price fluctuations by frequently executing transactions and counter transactions. Frequent personal trading can cause distraction from your responsibilities to the Company and, in turn, conflict with your fiduciary duty to the Company's Clients. Short-term trading also involves higher risks of front running and abuse of confidential information.

17 This Liquidation Exemption does not apply to Access Persons / Investment Persons located in Taiwan.

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The intraday trading prohibition, short-term trading restriction and holding periods described below are applicable across all of your reportable accounts and applicable to transactions in the same security. A series of purchases and sales is measured on a last-in, first-out basis ("LIFO" accounting method).

A.Intraday Trading Prohibition

Access Persons / Investment Persons are prohibited from the purchase and sale, and sale and purchase, of the same security, on the same day ("intraday trading"). This prohibition does not apply to Fully Exempt Transactions. Exceptions to this prohibition will only be granted in the case of extraordinary personal circumstances and subject to prior approval by Compliance.

B.Short-Term Trading Restriction18

In addition to the Intraday Trading Prohibition listed above, Access Persons / Investment Persons are prohibited from profiting from the purchase and sale (or in the case of short sales or similar transactions, the sale and purchase) of the same securities within 30 calendar days. If the purchase of a security is considered to be made on day 1, day 31 is the first day a sale of the security may be made at a profit.

Access Persons / Investment Persons are prohibited from opening a long position or a short position in an option or other security with an expiration date that is within 30 days from the opening date.

Unlike a holding period which requires you to hold a security for a certain time period, you may sell securities at a loss within 30 calendar days, however not intraday, (subject to pre-clearance, where applicable) without violating this restriction. Securities may also be repurchased within 30 calendar

days of a sale provided there are no additional conflicts with this Policy19.

Any short-term trade that violates this restriction may be required to be unwound and / or any profits realized on the transaction may be required to be disgorged, as permissible by law.

The prohibition on short-term trading profits does not apply to Fully Exempt Transactions or Pre- Clearance Exempt Transactions.

C.Japan – 6 Months Holding Period

Covered Persons located in Japan are prohibited from the purchase and sale (or in the case of short sales or similar transactions, the sale and purchase) of the same security within 6 months (i.e. 180 calendar days). Securities may be repurchased within six months of a sale provided there are no additional conflicts with this Policy.

D.Trading in Affiliated Open-End Funds

Access Persons / Investment Persons may not engage in transactions that are in violation of an Affiliated Open-End Fund's stated policy as disclosed in its prospectus, statement of additional information, or other disclosure document, as applicable. This includes excessive trading in Affiliated Open-End Funds which is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the respective fund's disclosure documents for further information.

18The section on Short-Term Trading Restriction does not apply to Covered Persons located in Japan.

19Note that Access Persons / Investment Persons located in Taiwan are prohibited from repurchasing a security within 30 calendar days of a sale.

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X. Restricted / Watch Lists

From time to time, the Company may place restrictions on the personal trading activities of its Access Persons / Investment Persons in a security, including but not limited to ad hoc restrictions for securities of an issuer or shares of a fund and dividend blackout periods for Affiliated Closed-End

Funds.

XI. Private Placements

Acquisitions of securities in a private placement are subject to special pre-clearance procedures. A private placement is the sale of securities to a relatively small number of select investors as a way of raising capital. A private placement is the opposite of a public issue, in which securities are made available for sale on the open market. Investments in hedge funds, private equity and private investments in public equities (PIPEs) are considered to be private placements.

Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to obtain prior approval for private placement investments. AGID Covered Persons and/or AGID Registered Representatives categorized as Non- Acess Persons are also required to obtain prior approval for private placement investments. Approval will not be given if: (1) the investment opportunity is suitable for Clients; (2) the opportunity to invest has been offered to you solely by virtue of your position with the Company; or (3) the opportunity to invest could be considered a favor or gift designed to influence your judgment in the performance of your job duties or as compensation for services rendered to the issuer.

You must provide documentation supporting your investment in the private placement to the Compliance Department upon completion of your investment. You must also notify Compliance if there are any changes in the circumstances of your private placement investment (e.g. liquidation of the investment or dissolution of the Company). Additional contributions to an existing private placement must be pre-cleared as a new private placement investment. For initial public offerings stemming from an existing private placement, refer to the Chapter XII. Public Offerings.

XII. Public Offerings

Acquisitions of securities in a public offering are subject to special pre-clearance procedures. A form for pre-clearance of the purchase of securities that are the subject of public offerings is located in the personal account dealing system.

Public offerings give rise to potential conflicts of interest that are greater than those present in other types of personal securities transactions since such offerings are generally only offered to institutional and retail investors who have a relationship with the underwriters involved in the offering. In order to preclude the possibility of Access Persons / Investment Persons profiting from his / her position with the Company, the following rules apply to public offerings, with the exception of Covered Persons located in Japan where participation in all public offerings is prohibited.

A.U.S. Initial Public Offerings – Equity Securities

You are prohibited from purchasing equity and equity-related securities in initial public offerings ("IPOs") of those securities in the U.S., whether or not the Company is participating in the offering on behalf of its Client accounts.

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B.Non-U.S. Initial Public Offerings – Equity Securities

Subject to pre-clearance approval, you are generally permitted to purchase equity and equity-related securities in IPOs of those securities outside of the U.S., if a retail tranche of such IPOs is available and such a subscription does not result in any potential conflicts with our Clients' interests.

C.Secondary Offerings – Equity Securities

Subject to pre-clearance approval, you are generally permitted to purchase equity and equity-related securities in secondary offerings of those securities if the Company does not hold the security on behalf of its Client accounts, and if no portfolio manager of the Company wishes to participate in the offering for Client accounts.

D.Debt Offerings

Subject to pre-clearance approval, you are permitted to purchase debt securities in public offerings of those securities, unless the Company is participating in that offering on behalf of its Client accounts.

E.Exceptions to the above provisions regarding Offerings

The above provisions do not apply to: (1) participation in offerings based on the issue of rights, allocated pro rata, to existing shareholders; (2) investments in public offerings by a spouse, provided the investment pertains to the spouse's firm of employment; or (3) investments in public offerings if such an investment is available to you as a result of your existing investment in a private placement.

XIII. Reportable Accounts

Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to disclose their brokerage accounts, and any other accounts that they maintain in connection with their personal account dealings to the Compliance Department within 10 calendar days (1) of hire with the Company; (2) of becoming an Access Person / Investment Person due to a category change under Chapter II of this Policy; and (3)

of opening a new account20.

The following personal accounts are required to be reported under this Policy:

1.Accounts in the name of, or for the direct or indirect benefit of (1) you; or (2) a closely connected person, such as your spouse, domestic partner, minor children and other relatives living in the same household, as well as (3) accounts over which you exercise, or have the legal ability to exercise, investment discretion or trading authority, regardless of Beneficial Interest;

2.Accounts that are fully managed by a third party where you do not have discretion over investment selections for the account through recommendation, advice, pre-approval or otherwise. You may be asked to provide verification that the account is fully managed by the third party;

3.Accounts that you may use to hold reportable securities under the Policy, even if the account currently only holds Fully Exempt Transactions;

20 Please refer to the Appendix for a reportable accounts guide.

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4.Allianz Plan accounts (e.g. Allianz Employee Stock Purchase Plan) in locations in which there are separate accounts for that purpose; and

5.Accounts of Investment Clubs of which you are a member.

A. Designated Banks / Broker-Dealers

A "Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer" is one for which the Compliance Department receives automated electronic trade confirmations and / or account statements directly from the bank / broker-dealer, thereby eliminating the need for you or your broker-dealer to submit copies of these documents in paper format.

A list of available Designated Banks / Broker-Dealers applicable to Access Persons / Investment Persons by region, where applicable, can be found on the landing page of the personal account dealing system.

Note that if you open a new account with a Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer, you must promptly notify the Compliance Department in writing of the new account and provide the account details in order to ensure that the account is linked to the Company's electronic feed.

B.U.S. – Non-Designated Banks / Broker-Dealers

Access Persons / Investment Persons located in the U.S. are required to maintain their reportable accounts with a Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer, unless they have submitted an exception request in writing and received approval from the Compliance Department to maintain the account(s) with a non- Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer. Temporary Employees, however, are not subject to this requirement and may hold accounts outside of the Designated Bank / Broker-Dealers without obtaining prior approval.

Certain limited exceptions may be granted that would allow you to maintain a reportable account with a non-Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer.

You must submit a request in writing to the Compliance Department if you want to open or report a new account with a non-Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer, prior to opening the account. The notification must include the name of your bank / broker-dealer, the type of account and the reason(s) for requesting the exception. If you are a new Access Person / Investment Person, you are required to transfer your reportable accounts to a Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer within a reasonable period of time from the commencement of your employment with the Company or from the date you become an Access Person / Investment Person resulting from a change in your category classification, unless you have been granted an exception for the account(s).

If the circumstances of the non-Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer account change in any way, it is your responsibility to notify the Compliance Department immediately. Please note that the nature of the change in circumstances reported may cause the Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer exception to be revoked. Also note that an exception request must be made for each account to the Compliance Department. You may not assume that because an exception was granted in one instance that you would necessarily be permitted to open a new account with the same non-Designated Bank / Broker- Dealer or another non-Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer.

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C.Europe and Asia Pacific – Non-Designated Banks / Broker-Dealers

Access Persons / Investment Persons need to disclose to Compliance any brokerage accounts that are reportable under this Policy. To this effect, Access Persons / Investment Persons will use the account set-up functionality in the personal account dealing system in order to report such accounts. You will find instructions regarding the set-up of a trading account on the landing page of the personal account dealing system.

D.Note on Accounts with Non-Designated Banks / Broker-Dealers

Compliance reserves the right to refuse new account openings which are deemed inappropriate.

XIV. Report of Personal Securities Transactions

Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to authorize their bank, broker or financial advisor to systematically report any and all transactions in reportable accounts to the Compliance Department, unless such bank, broker or financial advisor is considered a Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer as described above. In the event that the bank, broker or financial advisor is unable to fulfill this requirement and the Access Person / Investment Person was nevertheless permitted to keep the account, it is the responsibility of the Access Person / Investment Person to promptly provide transaction confirmations, contract notes and statements (as applicable) to the Compliance Department.

Compliance may only use the information provided to monitor Personal Account Dealings. Compliance will not provide access to the information to other employees within the Company unless it is necessary to address a potential conflict with or breach of this Policy. In such cases, the information may be shared with the Access Person's / Investment Person's manager(s), Members of the Board, Audit, or the Human Resources Department. The information will not be disclosed to any third party unless the Company is compelled to disclose the information pursuant to applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal or regulatory process (e.g., in response to a request by the Company's regulator). The personal account dealing system vendor may access such data as part of its technical service function.

A.U.S. – Report of Personal Securities Transactions

Access Persons / Investment Persons are required to provide quarterly reports of personal securities transactions no later than 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter. With respect to accounts held with a Designated Bank / Broker-Dealer, no action is required by you. With respect to accounts held with a Non-Designated Broker-Dealer, you are required to submit duplicate trade confirmations and / or account statements, either on monthly or on a quarterly basis (depending on the time frame for which a statement is generated by the broker-dealer), to the Compliance Department no later than 30 days after the end of the calendar month or calendar quarter, as applicable. In the event that the broker-dealer is unable to routinely mail the documents to the Company, you are required to provide the documents to the Compliance Department by the deadline.

B.Europe – Report of Personal Securities Transactions

Access Persons / Investment Persons carrying out transactions related to their reportable accounts, as defined above, must ensure that banks / brokers systematically report reportable transactions in these accounts to Compliance. Where this is not possible for legal reasons, Access Persons / Investment

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Persons will report such transactions immediately after execution to Compliance and provide Compliance with an annual list of transactions issued by their bank or broker.

In addition, it is the responsibility of Access Persons / Investment Persons to input their reportable personal account trades into the personal account dealing system promptly upon receipt of the contract note. You will find respective instructions on the landing page of the personal account dealing system.

In addition, Associated Persons of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC ("AllianzGI U.S.") and selected other Access Persons / Investment Persons may be requested by Compliance to provide Quarterly Transaction Reports not later than 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter in which the transaction takes place.

C.Asia Pacific – Report of Personal Securities Transactions

Access Persons / Investment Persons carrying out transactions related to their reportable accounts, as defined above, must ensure that banks / brokers systematically report reportable transactions in these accounts to Compliance. With respect to trading accounts with banks / brokers which do not provide automatic duplicate contract notes and regular statements to Compliance, Access Persons / Investment Persons are obliged to provide a copy of the contract notes and regular statements to Compliance on a timely basis.

In addition, it is the responsibility of Access Persons / Investment Persons to input their reportable personal account trades into the personal account dealing system promptly upon receipt of the contract note. You will find respective instructions on the landing page of the personal account dealing system.

Access Persons / Investment Persons located in Asia Pacific are required to confirm and certify the personal securities transactions through the personal account dealing system on a quarterly basis no later than 30 calendar days after the close of the calendar quarter.

For Taiwan, this is a monthly requirement which must be completed within 10 calendar days after the month end, if there were reportable transactions during the respective month.

For Korea, reports of detailed transactions are required on a monthly basis for Investment Persons and on a quarterly basis for Access Persons other than Investment Persons.

XV. Initial and Annual Report of Holdings

Access Persons / Investment Persons located in the U.S. and Asia Pacific as well as Associated Persons of AllianzGI U.S. located in Europe are required to disclose to their respective Compliance Departments their personal securities holdings (1) within 10 days of hire with the Company; (2) within 10 days of becoming an Access Person / Investment Person due to a category change under Chapter

IIof this Policy; (3) within 10 days of becoming an Associated Persons of AllianzGI U.S.; and (4) on an annual basis within 45 calendar days after each year end.

XVI. Initial and Annual Certification Requirements

The Company provides each Covered Person with a copy of this Policy, at a minimum, upon hire and whenever material changes are made to the Policy. Covered Persons may be required to acknowledge receipt of the Policy. In addition, Covered Persons are required to annually certify their compliance with the provisions contained herein.

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In addition to compliance with this Policy, there are other annual attestations required to be completed by you pertaining to this Policy which may vary by region. Your local Compliance Department will provide you with notification of, and instructions pertaining to, your annual certification requirements.

XVII. Exemptions from this Policy

You may apply for an exemption from a provision of this Policy by making a request in writing to the Compliance Department.

No exemptions may be granted for those sections of this Policy that are mandated by regulation.

XVIII. Consequences of Violations of this Policy

Compliance with this Policy is considered a basic condition of employment with the Company. We take this Policy and your obligations under it very seriously. A potential violation of this Policy may constitute grounds for remedial actions, which may include, but are not limited to, a letter of caution, warning or censure, recertification of the Code of Ethics (including this Policy), disgorgement of profits, suspension of trading privileges, termination of officer title, and / or suspension or termination of employment, as permissible by law. Situations that are questionable may be resolved against your personal interests. Violations of this Policy may also constitute violations of law, which could result in criminal or civil penalties for you and the Company.

XIX. Questions Concerning this Policy

Given the seriousness of the potential consequences of violations of this Policy, all employees are urged to seek guidance with respect to issues that may arise. Determining whether a particular situation may create a potential conflict of interest, or the appearance of such a conflict, may not always be easy, and situations inevitably arise from time to time that require interpretation of this Policy as related to particular circumstances. If you are unsure whether a proposed transaction is consistent with this Policy, please contact the Compliance Department before initiating the transaction.

XX. Glossary of Terms

The following definitions apply to terms that appear in this Policy.

Affiliated Closed-End Funds

Includes all Closed-End Funds launched or managed by the Company. "Closed-End" means that the fund does have restrictions on the amount of shares it will issue. Closed-End Funds launched or managed by Pacific Investment Management LLC ("PIMCO") are not included for purposes of this definition.

Affiliated Funds

Includes all funds launched or managed by the Company, including but not limited to, open-end funds and closed-end funds. Funds launched or managed by PIMCO are not included for purposes of this definition.

Affiliated Open-End Funds Includes all open-end funds does not have restrictions managed by PIMCO are not

launched or managed by the Company. "Open-End" means that the fund on the amount of shares it will issue. Open-end funds launched or included for purposes of this definition.

Affiliated U.S. Registered Closed-End Funds

Closed-end funds that are advised by AllianzGI U.S., and/or distributed by AGID.

AGID Registered Representative

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A Covered Person who is a Registered Representative of AGID. A "registered representative" (also called a general securities representative) is licensed to sell Securities in the U.S and generally involves Covered Persons engaged in sales, trading and investment banking activities. A registered representative must be sponsored by a broker-dealer and pass the FINRA-administered Series 7 examination (known as the General Securities Representative Exam) or another Limited Representative Qualifications Exam. Some state laws and broker-dealer policies also require the Series 63 examination.

Associated Person

Associated Persons of AllianzGI U.S. include Allianz Global Investors GmbH ("AllianzGI GmbH"), Allianz Global Investors Singapore Limited ("AllianzGI Singapore"), Allianz Global Investors Japan Co., Ltd. ("AllianzGI Japan"), Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited ("AllianzGI AP"), risklab GmbH ("risklab") and personnel of AllianzGI GmbH, AllianzGI Singapore, AllianzGI Japan, AllianzGI AP and risklab whose functions or duties relate to the determination and recommendations that AllianzGI U.S. makes to its U.S. Clients or who have access to any information concerning which securities are being recommended to U.S. Clients of AllianzGI U.S. prior to the effective dissemination of the recommendations. Covered Persons will be informed by the local Compliance Department if they are deemed to be an Associated Person of AllianzGI U.S.

Beneficial Interest

You will generally be deemed to have beneficial interest of securities held by closely connected persons to you (such as members of your immediate family sharing the same household and other individuals for whom you provide significant economic support), and securities held in investment vehicles for which you serve as general partner or managing member. You are also considered to have beneficial interest of securities held in a trust where (1) you act as trustee and either you or members of your immediate family have a vested interest in the principal or income of the trust; or (2) you act as settlor of a trust, unless the consent of all of the beneficiaries is required in order for you to revoke the trust.

In general, you may be deemed to have beneficial interest of a security if you have the power to sell or transfer the security or you have the power to direct the sale or transfer, if you have the power to vote the security or direct the power of the vote, or if you have an economic interest in the security.

The terms "beneficial interest" and "beneficial ownership" are defined in relevant securities laws and can be complicated. Whether a Covered Person has beneficial interest should be determined on the facts and circumstances of a particular transaction, and not simply on the basis of the legal form of the interest derived from such transaction.

Clients

Accounts and funds that are managed, advised and sub-advised by the Company.

Covered Persons

All officers, directors and employees of the Company, including Temporary Employees.

Equivalent Security

For purposes of the blackout period in connection with Client orders and trades, "equivalent security" means any option, warrant, preferred stock, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege at a price related to the value of the underlying security, or similar securities with a price derived from the value of the underlying security, or different share classes of the same issuer. As examples, Allianz SE common shares and an Allianz SE call option are deemed to be equivalent securities, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A shares and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B shares are deemed to be equivalent securities. However, note that different corporate bonds and government bonds are not considered equivalent securities for purposes of the blackout period as they are viewed by each issue individually and not by the issuer of the bond. A corporate bond and a stock of the same issuer are not considered equivalent securities.

Team

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A Team refers to a group of Investment Professionals who have direct responsibility for the implementation of a strategy or exercise direct discretion over an account or subaccount.

Temporary Employees

Includes interns, temps, consultants and contractors on assignment with the Company.

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Appendix

Quick Reference Guide for Securities subject to Pre-Clearance, Reporting and Short-

Term Trading Restrictions

The following chart describes certain types of securities and whether such securities are subject to the pre-clearance, reporting and Short-Term Trading Restriction under this Policy. Please note that this list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every type of security.

Abbreviations used in table below:

"AP": Access Person, see Chapter II for details

"AsiaPac": Asia Pacific

"Associated Person": Associated Person of AllianzGI U.S.

"CP": Covered Person, see Chapter XX for details

"EU": Europe

"IP": Investment Person, see Chapter II for details

"JP": Japan

"STTR": Short-Term Trading Restriction, see Chapter IX for details

"TW": Taiwan

"US": United States

 

Description

 

 

Pre-Clearance, see

 

Reporting, see

 

STTR, see Chapter IX

 

 

 

 

Chapter IV and V

 

Chapter XIII - XV

 

note the local

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

requirements for JP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and TW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADRs (American Depositary Receipt)

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Closed-End Funds

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Open-End Funds

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US / EU: No

 

Yes

 

US / EU: No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AsiaPac: Yes for CP

 

 

 

AsiaPac: Yes for CP

 

 

 

 

located in TW where

 

 

 

located in TW where

 

 

 

 

any fund managed by

 

 

 

any fund managed by

 

 

 

 

AllianzGI TW is subject

 

 

 

AllianzGI TW is subject

 

 

 

 

to Pre-Clearance, No

 

 

 

to STTR, No for all

 

 

 

 

for all others

 

 

 

others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agency Securities (FNMA, GNMA, FHLMC, etc.)

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allianz Fund Invest products (available in Europe only)

 

No

 

No

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset / Mortgage / Credit Backed Securities

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bankers' Acceptances

 

 

No

 

No

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of Deposit

 

 

No

 

No

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Description

Pre-Clearance, see

Reporting, see

STTR, see Chapter IX

 

Chapter IV and V

Chapter XIII - XV

note the local

 

 

 

requirements for JP

 

 

 

and TW

 

 

 

 

Commercial Paper

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

Commodities, Commodities Futures, Commodities

No

No

No

Options, and Currency Futures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock and derivatives thereon

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Contracts for Differences or spread bets linked to a

Depending on

Depending on

Depending on

security or other financial instrument

underlying

underlying

underlying

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Enterprise Investment Schemes (UK only)

No

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

Equity Linked Notes on single stocks

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Options

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

GDR (Global Depositary Receipt)

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Index Options, Index Futures and other securities with

No

Yes

No

an index as underlying, e.g. unaffiliated Exchange

 

 

 

Traded Notes (ETN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Note: prohibited in JP

Note: prohibited in JP

Note: prohibited in JP

 

 

 

 

Instruments issued by the national governments of the

No

Yes

No

G8 member countries, (Canada, France, Germany,

 

 

 

Italy, Japan, Russia U.K. and the U.S.) as well as Hong

 

 

 

Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, and the related

 

 

 

derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Funds, including Affiliated Money

No

No

No

Market Funds

 

 

 

 

TW CP: Yes for funds

TW CP: Yes for funds

TW CP: Yes for funds

 

managed by AllianzGI

managed by AllianzGI

managed by AllianzGI

 

TW

TW

TW

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Shares and derivatives thereon

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

"Plan d'Epargne Entreprise" (PEE) or a "Plan

Yes (sale only)

Yes

Yes

d'Epargne Groupe" (PEG): Sales of the French Funds

 

 

 

(FCPE) invested exclusively in Allianz SE shares

 

 

 

acquired in the context of a PEE or PEG (France only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock and derivatives thereon

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Private Placements (including hedge funds, Private

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

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Description

Pre-Clearance, see

Reporting, see

STTR, see Chapter IX

 

Chapter IV and V

Chapter XIII - XV

note the local

 

 

 

requirements for JP

 

 

 

and TW

 

 

 

 

Equity and PIPEs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

Secondary Offerings and Debt Offerings

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Supranational Bonds

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

UK Investment Trusts (affiliated and unaffiliated)

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Closed-End Funds

No

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Exchange-Traded Funds (Unaffiliated

No

Yes

No

ETFs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Open-End Funds if the purchase or sale is

No

No

No

not executed on an exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Open-End Funds if the purchase or sale is

No

Yes

No

executed on an exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Savings Bonds

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

Warrants

Depending on

Depending on

Depending on

 

underlying

underlying

underlying

 

 

 

 

Zertifikate (e.g. Indexzertifikat, Bonuszertifikat,

Depending on

Depending on

Depending on

Aktienanleihe etc.)

underlying

underlying

underlying

 

 

 

 

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Quick Reference Guide for Reportable Accounts

The following chart describes certain types of accounts and whether such accounts are subject to the reporting provisions under this Policy. Please note that this list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every type of account in every location.

Account Type

Reportable

Additional considerations

All regions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts that are fully managed by a third party where you do

Yes

Note that you need to inform Compliance of such

not have discretion

 

accounts. However, transactions in such accounts

 

 

are not reportable.

 

 

Restrictions may be placed on the trading of

 

 

particular securities within a fully managed account

 

 

due to regulatory requirements for certain Covered

 

 

Persons.

Covered Persons subject to this

 

 

requirement will be notified by the Compliance

 

 

Department.

 

Accounts that you may use to hold reportable securities even if

Yes

 

 

the account currently only holds Fully Exempt positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allianz Equity Incentive

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allianz Plan Accounts (e.g. Allianz Employee Stock Purchase

Yes

 

 

Plan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Investment Plans

Yes

In locations where such plans are separate from

 

 

other brokerage accounts. Includes Direct Stock

 

 

Purchase Plans and Dividend Reinvestment Plans

 

 

(DRIPs).

 

 

 

 

Accounts for the direct or indirect benefit of you or a closely

Yes

Only accounts for dealing in financial instruments

connected person

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts over which you exercise or have the legal ability to

Yes

This includes Custodial Accounts and Trust Accounts

exercise investment discretion or trading authority, regardless

 

 

 

of Beneficial Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Club accounts

Yes

Only accounts for dealing in financial instruments

 

 

 

Checking / Current Accounts

No

Provided the account has no brokerage capability

 

 

 

Commodities Accounts that trade futures and options on a

No

In locations where such accounts are separate from

commodities exchange

 

other brokerage accounts

 

 

 

Deferral into Funds Plan

Yes

Transactions in Affiliated Funds in the Deferral into

 

 

Funds Plan are not required to be reported directly

 

 

by Covered Persons, however statements of such

 

 

accounts may be reviewed by Compliance. In

 

 

Europe, this review will be limited to accounts of

 

 

Associated Persons of AllianzGI U.S.

 

 

 

 

Deferred Compensation Plan Accounts (Non-Allianz)

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plans (Non-Allianz)

Yes

In locations where such accounts are separate from

 

 

other brokerage accounts. Includes accounts that

 

 

can only hold a company's restricted shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US specific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. 401(k) Plan

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Account Type

Reportable

Additional considerations

Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. Roth 401(k) Plan

Yes

 

 

 

 

Allianz Asset Executive Deferred Compensation Plan Account

Yes

 

("DCP Account")

 

 

 

 

 

AllianzGI Class A Shares Purchase Program (through BFDS)

Yes

 

 

 

 

AllianzGI Institutional Shares Purchase Program (through

Yes

 

BFDS)

 

 

 

 

 

Allianz Institutional Shares Purchase Program (through

Yes

 

Charles Schwab)

 

 

 

 

 

Allianz Personal Choice Retirement Account ("PCRA Account")

Yes

 

 

 

 

CollegeAccess 529 Plan distributed by AGID

Yes

 

 

 

 

MI 529 Advisor Plan distributed by AGID

Yes

 

 

 

 

OklahomaDream 529 Plan distributed by AGID

Yes

 

 

 

 

401(k) Plans and other Retirement and Savings Accounts

Yes

 

(Non-Allianz)

 

 

 

 

 

529 Plans (Non-Allianz)

No

 

 

 

 

Fixed Annuity Accounts

No

 

 

 

 

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), including but not limited

Yes

 

to: Rollover IRAs, Contributory IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP IRAs

 

 

and SIMPLE IRA Accounts

 

 

 

 

 

Variable Annuity Accounts

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany specific

 

 

Allianz Fund Invest accounts

No

 

Riester-Rente

No

Irrespective of type

 

 

 

R÷rup-Rente

No

Irrespective of type

 

 

 

UK specific

 

 

Enterprise Investment Scheme ("EIS")

Yes

 

 

 

 

Individual Savings Accounts ("ISAs") including Junior ISAs and

Yes

 

Lifetime ISAs

 

 

 

 

 

Self-invested Personal Pensions ("SIPPs")

Yes

 

 

 

 

France specific

 

 

PEE (Plan d'Epargne Entreprise) or PEG (Plan d'Epargne

Yes

 

Groupe), when FCPE contained in is fully invested in Allianz

 

 

shares (namely FCPE "Actions Allianz")

 

 

 

 

 

PEE (Plan d'Epargne Entreprise), when SICAV or FCPE

No

 

contained in are not fully invested in Allianz shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy specific

 

 

Accounts for mutual funds positions

Yes

Only for Affiliated Funds or unaffiliated funds traded

 

 

on an exchange

 

 

 

Hong Kong specific

 

 

 

 

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Account Type

 

Reportable

Additional considerations

AllianzGI retirement schemes (i.e. Mandatory Provident Fund

No

 

("MPF")/Occupational

Retirement Scheme Ordinance

 

 

("ORSO") Scheme)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan specific

 

 

 

Nippon Individual Saving Accounts ("NISAs") including Junior

Yes

 

NISAs

 

 

 

Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit pension schemes

No

 

and any other pension schemes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Korea specific

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Savings Accounts ("ISAs")

Yes

 

Defined Contribution pension scheme

No

 

Employee Fund Savings Plan

Yes

 

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Harris Associates L.P., Harris Associates Securities L.P. and Harris Associates Investment Trust Code of Ethics and Statement on Insider Trading

As Amended, Effective as of September 30, 2019

I. DEFINITIONS

A. Firm or Harris. The term "Firm" or "Harris" shall include Harris Associates L.P. ("HALP") and Harris Associates Securities L.P. ("HASLP").

B. Trust. The term "Trust" shall mean Harris Associates Investment Trust, including any series of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust (each, a "Fund").

C. Employee. The term "Employee" shall include any person employed by the Firm, whether on a full or part-time basis and all partners, officers, shareholders and directors (other than Non-Access Directors (as defined below)) of the Firm.

D. Access Person. The term "Access Person" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 17j- 1(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder (the "Act") and Section 204A-1(e)(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act").

Accordingly, Access Person includes any director, officer, partner (or managing member) or Advisory Person (as defined below) of the Trust or HALP, and any director, officer or partner of the Trust, HALP or HASLP who has access to nonpublic information regarding any Client's purchase or sale of securities, or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Reportable Fund or who is involved in making securities recommendations to a Client, or who has access to such recommendations that are non-public, but shall not include (1) any trustee of the Trust who is not an "interested person" of the Trust1; (2) any trustee of the Trust who is designated an "interested person", as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, but who is not a director, officer, general partner or Advisory Person of HALP, HASLP or Harris Associates, Inc.; and (3) any Non-Access Director.

E. Advisory Person. The term "Advisory Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17j-1(a)(2) of the Act. Accordingly, Advisory Person includes any Employee of the Firm, who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in, or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities (as defined below) by a Client (as defined below), or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to purchases and sales, and any natural person in a control relationship to a Fund or HALP who obtains information concerning recommendations made to a Fund with regard to the purchase or sale of Covered Securities by the Fund. For the

1 Independent trustees of the Trust are subject to a separate code of ethics.

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purpose of this Code, each Employee of the Firm with an office at the Firm's principal place of business shall be deemed to be an Advisory Person. In addition, the term "Advisory Person" shall include any contractor, consultant, temporary employee or intern (or similar person) engaged by the Firm or employed by the Trust who is designated as an Advisory Person by the Chief Compliance Officer2 as a result of such person's access to information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities.

F.Persons Subject to this Code. Each Employee, Access Person and such other individuals as are specifically identified in writing by the Trust's or HALP's Chief Compliance Officer as being subject to this Code will be subject to this Code. Non-Access Directors are subject to the following provisions of this Code: II.A, II.B, II.C.i., II.J, and III (except for III.B.3 and the last sentence of III.B.4).

G.Covered Security. The term "Covered Security" shall have the same meaning as "security" that is set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the Act,3 including any right to acquire such security, except that it shall not include securities which are direct obligations of the Government of the United States, bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, high quality short-term debt instruments (including repurchase agreements), and shares issued by open-end investment companies other than Reportable Funds and ETFs (defined below).

Securities which are direct obligations of the national government of any country other than the United States shall be treated as Covered Securities for reporting purposes only

("Reportable Government Bonds").

All exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and Reportable Funds, whether registered as open-end management companies or unit investment trusts, shall be treated as Covered Securities for reporting purposes only. Derivative instruments where the reference asset(s) is a broad- based securities index or an ETF shall be treated as Covered Securities for reporting purposes only.

Digital currency shall be treated as Covered Securities when and only when they are to be purchased in an initial offering. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the holding of digital currency nor secondary trading in digital currency implicates this Code.4 Derivative

2The Chief Compliance Officer may delegate any responsibilities assigned to him or her hereunder to one or more delegates.

3Sec. 2(a)(36) "Security" means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre- organization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a "security," or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.

4Given the evolving regulatory environment around digital currency generally, Persons Subject to this Code should contact the Compliance Department before trading in digital currency if they are unsure about how such trading is treated under this Code.

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instruments where the reference asset(s) is a digital currency shall be treated as Covered Securities for reporting purposes only.

H.Reportable Fund. The term "Reportable Fund" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 204A-1(e)(9) of the Advisers Act. Reportable Fund means any investment company registered under the Act that is advised or sub-advised or distributed by the Firm or any entity that controls HALP, that is controlled by HALP or that is under common control with HALP (e.g. Natixis Asset Management Advisers, Loomis Sayles) other than money market funds. A current list of Reportable Funds is maintained on the Compliance page of the Firm's intranet site.

I.Beneficial Interest or Ownership. The term "beneficial interest or ownership" shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be under Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in determining whether a person is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules thereunder, which includes any interest in which a person, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares a direct or indirect pecuniary interest.

A pecuniary interest is the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from any transaction.

You will be presumed, unless such presumption is determined to have been rebutted by the

Firm's General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (or their designee(s)), to have a pecuniary interest, and therefore, beneficial interest or ownership, in all securities held by you or by a member of your "immediate family" (which shall include any of your children, stepchildren, grandchildren,  parents,  stepparents, grandparents, siblings, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law and your spouse, mother-in-law, father- in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships) with whom you share the same household and in all accounts through which any such person or you obtain the substantial equivalent of ownership, such as trusts in which he or she is a trustee or beneficiary, partnerships in which he or she is the general partner, corporations in which he or she is a controlling shareholder or any other similar arrangement. For these purposes, the term "spouse" includes any live-in/domestic partner who shares your household and who combines his or her financial resources with you in a manner similar to that of married persons.

Any questions an Employee may have about whether an interest in a security or an account constitutes beneficial interest or ownership should be directed to the Firm's General Counsel or Compliance Department. Non-exhaustive examples of beneficial interest or ownership are attached as Appendix A.

J.Client. The term "Client" shall mean any client of HALP, including any Fund.

K.Non-Access Director. The term "Non-Access Director" shall mean any person who is a

Director of Harris Associates, Inc., the corporate general partner of HALP and HASLP, but

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who is not an officer or employee of any of HALP, HASLP or Harris Associates, Inc. and who meets all of the following conditions:

i.He or she, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, does not make, participate in or obtain information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities by a registered investment company, and whose functions do not relate to the making of recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales;

ii.He or she does not have access to nonpublic information regarding any Client's purchases or sales of securities (other than information contained in standard account statements or reports that the Firm may furnish to such person in his or her capacity as a Client), or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Reportable Fund; and

iii.He or she is not involved in making securities recommendations to Clients, and does not have access to such recommendations that are nonpublic (other than information contained in standard account statements or reports that the Firm may furnish to such person in his or her capacity as a Client).

L.Discretionary Accounts. The term "Discretionary Account" shall mean any account in which you have a beneficial interest or ownership, but over which you have no direct or indirect influence or control. You may be deemed to have direct or indirect influence or control over an account if your adviser consults you, or seeks your input, regarding potential or current investments in the account or if you suggest investments to the individual or institution with influence or control.

Persons Subject to this Code should obtain the written approval of the Chief Compliance Officer regarding a Discretionary Account before relying on the reporting and other exceptions provided herein for the Discretionary Account.

Exceptions: Notwithstanding the above, a "Discretionary Account" shall not include any account in which a Person Subject to this Code has delegated investment discretion to any other Person(s) Subject to this Code.

Assessment of Discretionary Accounts: The Chief Compliance Officer may make inquiries to a Person Subject to this Code and/or such person's investment professional at any time

(including before or after any approval of the Discretionary Account has been provided) in its assessment of whether an account should be treated as, or remains, a Discretionary Account. In doing so, the Chief Compliance Officer may request such person and/or such person's adviser to certify that such person has no direct or indirect influence or control over the account. Such person shall respond to, or, as requested, arrange for such person's adviser to respond to, any such inquiries and shall make, or, as requested, arrange for such person's adviser to make, any such certifications.

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II.CODE OF ETHICS

A.GENERAL STATEMENT

Harris seeks to foster a reputation for integrity and professionalism. That reputation is a vital business asset. The confidence and trust placed in us by Clients is something that is highly valued and must be protected. The Firm owes a fiduciary duty to its Clients, and the fundamental principle of the Firm is that the Firm should not inappropriately put its interests ahead of its Clients.

The Investment Company Act and rules make it illegal for any person covered by the Code, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of a security held or to be acquired by a registered investment company that is advised or sub-advised by the Firm (a

"RIC") to:

i.) employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud a RIC;

ii.) make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of circumstances under which they are made, not misleading or in any way mislead a RIC regarding a material fact;

iii.) engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a RIC; or

iv.) engage in any manipulative practice with respect to a RIC.

The restrictions on personal securities transactions contained in this Code are intended to help the Firm monitor for compliance with these prohibitions. To attempt to ensure that each Person Subject to this Code satisfies this Code and the Firm satisfies the relevant record keeping obligations, the Firm has developed the following rules relating to personal securities trading, outside employment, personal investments with external investment managers and confidentiality.

The General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, [acting in concert], have the authority to grant written waivers of the provisions of this Code in instances they determine appropriate in their discretion.5

The Firm expects all Persons Subject to this Code to comply with the spirit of the Code as well as the specific rules contained in the Code. Any violations of the Code must be reported promptly to the Firm's Chief Compliance Officer.

5In performing their various responsibilities under this Code, the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and others assigned powers and/or duties under this Code may consult with the Firm's President to the extent they deem necessary or desirable.

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B.COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS

More generally, Persons Subject to this Code are required to comply with applicable federal securities laws at all times. Examples of applicable federal securities laws include:

i.)

the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and

 

Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules thereunder;

ii.)

the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC rules thereunder;

iii.)

the Investment Company Act of 1940 and SEC rules thereunder;

iv.)

Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (privacy and security of client non-public

 

information); and

v.)

the Bank Secrecy Act, as it applies to mutual funds and investment advisers, and SEC and

 

Department of the Treasury rules thereunder.

C.RESTRICTIONS ON TRADING

It is desirable for Persons Subject to this Code to avoid a transaction in any Covered Security which is also the subject of a Client portfolio purchase or sale if that transaction would be to the disadvantage of that Client. To seek to effect that result, the following specific restrictions apply to all trading activity in Covered Securities in accounts in which a Person Subject to this Code has a beneficial interest or ownership other than Discretionary Accounts:

i.) Any transaction in a Covered Security in anticipation of Client orders ("frontrunning") is prohibited;

ii.) Any transaction in a Covered Security which is the subject of approval by one of the Firm's stock selection groups for addition to an approved list is prohibited until the tenth business day following the dissemination of that recommendation, or any longer period specified in this Code;

iii.) Any transaction in a Covered Security which the Person Subject to this Code knows or has reason to believe is being purchased or sold or considered for purchase or sale6 by the Firm on behalf of any Client is prohibited until, subject to extension under II.E., the transaction by such Client has been completed or consideration of such transaction has been abandoned;

6A security is "being considered for purchase or sale" when the earlier of, a recommendation to purchase or sell has been made and communicated to SSG or the security is placed on the research project list and, with respect to the person making the recommendation, when such person seriously considers making such a recommendation.

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iv.) Any transaction in a security within two business days after any Client has a pending or actual transaction is prohibited. Additionally, if an Access Person places an order for a security prior to a Portfolio Manager or Fund Manager placing a Client order for the same security that day, the Access Person's order may be cancelled if practicable after notice and if, in the judgment of the General Counsel or Chief Compliance Officer, such cancellation will prevent Client harm;

v.) Any transaction in derivative instruments that are Covered Securities other than where the reference asset(s) (i) includes only one or more equity securities with a de minimis market capitalization7, (ii) is a broad-based securities index or an ETF or (iii) is a digital currency (together "Permissible Derivative Investments");

vi.) The purchase of any Covered Security in an initial public offering; and

vii.) Such other transactions in Covered Securities as the Chief Compliance Officer or General Counsel shall determine in each of their discretion from time to time to effect the purposes of this Code of Ethics.

Additionally, no Person Subject to this Code shall knowingly sell to or purchase from the Funds any security or other property except, in the case of the Funds, securities issued by the Funds. Neither shall the Firm nor any Person Subject to this Code share in the profits or losses in any account of a Client carried by the Firm or any other FINRA member, except to the extent provided for by Rule 205-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and/or FINRA Rule 2150, as applicable.

D.PRIVATE INVESTMENT POOLS AND OTHER PRIVATE PLACEMENTS.

No non-Discretionary Account in which an Access Person has a beneficial interest or ownership shall acquire any security issued by a private investment pool (such as a hedge fund, commodity pool, or private equity fund), including by committing capital to an external investment manager's investment vehicle, or invest in any other limited offering (i.e., a securities offering exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) or 4(a)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rules 504 or 506 thereunder) without the prior approval of the Firm's Chief Compliance Officer. For the avoidance of doubt, this prohibition shall not apply to non-securities offerings, such as (i) direct investments or holdings in real estate (buildings, apartments, residences, or other similar investments that are not securities), (ii) a note secured bya mortgage on a home, (iii) a short-term note secured by a lien on a small business or some of its assets or (iv) an ownership interest in an enterprise whose profits, if any, will come primarily from the Access Person's own efforts.

In deciding whether to grant approval to a request to purchase a private investment pool or other private placement, consideration will be given to whether the investment (i) is consistent with the

7An issuer of an equity security has a de minimis market capitalization if the issuer has a market capitalization below the level at which Harris ordinarily invests for client accounts.

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Firm's investment philosophy and guidelines, (ii) is a Firm opportunity that is appropriate for and should be offered to Clients and (iii) creates an actual conflict or the appearance of a conflict of interest for the Firm with respect to its Client(s). An Access Person who holds a security acquired in a private investment pool or in another private placement must disclose that investment to the Firm's Chief Compliance Officer if such Access Person later participates in the consideration of that issuer for inclusion on any list of securities approved for purchase or sale by Clients.

E.ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION ON FUND MANAGERS OF INVESTMENT COMPANY ACCOUNTS.

Any Access Person who is a fund manager of any RIC is, to the extent the trade is otherwise permitted under this Code, prohibited from buying or selling a covered security for an account in which he or she has a beneficial interest or ownership or as to which he or she has investment discretion within fifteen calendar days before and after the investment company that he/she manages trades in that security. Any profits realized on trades effected within the proscribed periods in violation of this Code shall be required to be disgorged. Any losses realized on a sale within the proscribed periods where the sale is required by the Firm because the purchase was in violation of this Code shall be borne by the fund manager if it was the fund manager's actions which caused the violation.8

F.CLIENT ACCOUNTS EXEMPT FROM REQUIREMENTS OF CODE.

Any Client accounts (including open-end investment companies and limited partnerships) for which the Firm acts as investment adviser or general partner shall be managed in accordance with the Firm's trading procedures for a Client account. Any account owned in whole or in part by

Persons Subject to this Code shall nonetheless be a Client account and exempt from the provisions of Sections C, D, E and G of Part II of this Code if: (1) the account has been seeded by the Firm or affiliated persons of the Firm and is being managed in anticipation of investments by persons not affiliated with the Firm; or (2) unaffiliated persons of the Firm are also invested in the account; or (3) the account is operated as a model portfolio in contemplation of management of Client accounts in the same or a similar strategy.

G.REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT TRADING RESTRICTIONS AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONS.

1.Trading in Non-Discretionary Accounts in which an Advisory Person has a Beneficial Interest or Ownership.

Limitation on Non-Discretionary Accounts. All Advisory Persons who have non-Discretionary Accounts that hold or can hold Covered Securities and in which the Advisory Person has a

8Any profits required to be disgorged hereunder shall be donated to a charity designated by the Firm or as otherwise directed by the Chief Compliance Officer.

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beneficial interest or ownership may maintain such accounts at Pershing LLC ("Pershing", the Firm's prime broker) or at any other approved broker-dealer or bank ("Approved Firms").9

Transactions in Covered Securities, other than mutual funds, ETFs, and Reportable Government Bonds (see below), in any non-Discretionary Account in which an Advisory Person has a beneficial interest or ownership (other than accounts held with Pershing) are permitted only after the Advisory Person has (i) obtained the written pre-approval of the Chief Compliance Officer to open the account or place an initial order in the account with such other broker-dealer or bank and

(ii)provided such other broker-dealer or bank with a written notice of the Advisory Person's affiliation with Harris and secured the obligation of such other broker-dealer or bank to send copies of confirmations and all periodic statements to the Compliance Department if information is not received through a direct broker feed.

Pre-Approval of Transactions in Covered Securities. Except for those transactions listed below, you must receive pre-approval for every transaction in a Covered Security in any account in which you have a beneficial interest. This requirement applies to purchases, sales, short sales and exposures obtained through entering into derivative instruments where a Covered Security is a reference asset.

Notwithstanding the above, transactions in the following do not require pre-approval:

Mutual Funds;

ETFs;

Derivative instruments where the reference asset(s) is a broad-based securities index;

Reportable Government Bonds;

Discretionary Accounts10;

Digital currencies unless it is a purchase in an initial offering;

Dividend reinvestment plans or systematic purchase plans; or

Securities, or options on securities, of an issuer at which an immediate family member is (or was) employed and that such immediate family member receives as compensation as part of his or her employment, when such transaction is conducted pursuant to a plan specified under Rule

9Contact Compliance for the list of approved firms. As a general matter trading through non-Approved Firms is not permitted except in unusual cases, such as when a new employee is hired and cannot practically move an account to an Approved Firm.

10Discretionary Accounts must be pre-approved before relying on any exception for Discretionary Accounts. See the definition of "Discretionary Account" above.

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10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or similar plan) ("Employee Compensation Plans").11

Required Provision of Confirmation. If an Advisory Person has obtained approval to open or hold

anon-Discretionary Account at a broker-dealer or bank other than with Pershing or another Approved Firm, the Advisory Person must also, after each transaction in that account in Covered Securities other than Reportable Funds, ETFs or Reportable Government Bonds, promptly present Compliance with a confirmation reflecting the details of the transaction completed. Compliance will reconcile the trade confirmations it receives with the pre-clearance requests processed within the automated personal trading system.

Discretionary Application of Pre-Approval Requirement to Non-Advisory Persons. In addition to requiring pre-approval for transactions in Covered Securities by Advisory Persons (as described above), Compliance may require any trade by a Person Subject to this Code to be pre-cleared if such a trade could reasonably be viewed to give rise to, or appear to give rise to, any breach of fiduciary duty owed to any Client or create any actual or potential conflict of interest, or the appearance thereof, between any Client, on the one hand, and the Firm or any Person Subject to this Code, on the other hand.

2.Monitoring of Trades

Transactions for an account of an Advisory Person that are executed through the Firm's trading desk are to be monitored by Compliance and reviewed against pre-approval requests processed by the Chief Compliance Officer (or such party to whom he or she delegates). These transactions are non- discretionary transactions for the trading desk, but may not be executed if the trading desk believes they are in conflict with Harris' discretionary orders for Clients.

The Firm's Compliance Department obtains and monitors a daily data feed of trade information from Pershing and Approved Firms (including the title and exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number of each Covered Security, the date of the transaction, the interest rate and maturity rate (if applicable), the number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security involved, the nature of the transaction (i.e. buy/sell), the price at which the transaction was effected, and the name of any broker-dealer or bank through which the transaction was effected).

Transactions in non-discretionary accounts at brokers or banks other than Pershing and Approved Firms are to be monitored by the Compliance Department. To accomplish this, all Advisory Persons shall submit to the Compliance Department within thirty days after the month end in which any transaction occurred a statement which includes the title and exchange ticker or CUSIP number of the Covered Security, Reportable Fund, ETF, the date of the transaction, the interest rate and maturity rate (if applicable), the number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security, Reportable Fund, ETF, or Reportable Government Bond involved, the nature of the transaction (i.e.

11Such transactions are also not subject to the Restrictions on Trading in Section II.C. Persons subject to this Code are encouraged to provide the Firm's Chief Compliance Officer with advance notice of any participation of an Immediate Family

Member in an Employee Compensation Plan.

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buy/sell), the price at which the transaction was effected, the name of any broker-dealer or bank through which the transaction was effected and the date on which the report is submitted. This requirement may be satisfied by opening or maintaining the account(s) at Pershing or an Approved Firm or by having the broker-dealer or bank send the Firm duplicate copies of trade confirmations and all periodic statements, provided that such confirmations and periodic statements contain all of the information required to be provided in the report. The Compliance Department will maintain copies of all such transaction reports.

3.Cancellation of Trades.

Any transaction for an account of an Advisory Person is subject to cancellation or reversal if it is determined by the Chief Compliance Officer (or such party to whom he or she delegates) – in his or her absolute discretion – that the transaction is or was in conflict with the Code or any applicable trade restriction. A trader may also prevent the execution of orders for an Advisory Person's account if it appears to the trader that the trade may have to be cancelled or reversed for failure to comply with this Code.

4.Participation in Dividend Reinvestment Plans and Systematic Purchase Plans.

Advisory Persons may purchase Covered Securities through dividend reinvestment plans or systematic purchase plans without processing such transactions through the Firm's automated personal trading system or obtaining pre-approval. Purchases through such plans are permitted only if the Advisory Person properly obtained any necessary approvals under the Code prior to opening the relevant account and placing the initial purchase of the Covered Security.

5.Reporting of Securities Transactions Not Otherwise Reported.

Any transaction in a Covered Security through a non-Discretionary Account in which an Access Person has any beneficial interest or ownership, other than a transaction effected pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or systematic purchase plan, must be reported to the Compliance Department. Where such a transaction is effected through neither (i) Pershing or an Approved Firm for which the Firm receives a daily data feed of trade information nor (ii) a broker-dealer or bank that sends the Firm duplicate copies of trade confirmations and all periodic statements (e.g., the transaction is in Covered Securities held at stock transfer companies such as Computershare), the Access Person shall submit to the Compliance Department a report within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter and include: the title and exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number of each Covered Security involved, the date of the transaction, the interest rate and maturity rate (if applicable), the number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security involved, the nature of the transaction (i.e. buy/sell), the price at which the transaction was effected, the name of any broker-dealer or bank through which the transaction was effected, and the date on which the report is submitted. This report may be in any form, including a copy of a confirmation or monthly or other periodic statement.

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6.Initial, Quarterly and Annual Reporting Requirements; Questionnaires.

Each Access Person shall initially disclose in writing to the Compliance Department within ten days of becoming an Access Person, and annually thereafter, within forty-five days after each calendar year-end, the title and exchange ticker or CUSIP number, type of security, number of shares and principal amount12 of all Covered Securities beneficially owned by such Access Person in a non-Discretionary Account, and the date the Access Person submits the report, with information as of a date that is no more than forty-five days from the date of becoming a Access Person, or as of the preceding December 31 for annual reporting, and the name of each broker- dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintains an account in which he or she has beneficial ownership of any security.

Additionally, each Access Person shall submit responses to quarterly questionnaires requested by Compliance no later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The questionnaires are intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 17j-1(d)(ii) under the Act and Rule 204A- 1(b)(2) under the Advisers Act by requiring each Access Person to confirm and, as necessary, supplement the information that the Firm receives from Pershing and Approved Firms through a daily data feed of trade information and from other broker-dealers and banks through the duplicate copies of trade confirmations and periodic statements. Quarterly transaction reports and responses to quarterly questionnaires need not include transactions effected pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or systematic purchase plan.

H.CONFIDENTIALITY & OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEES

During the period of employment with the Firm an Employee will have access to certain "confidential information" concerning the Firm and its Clients. This information is a valuable asset and the sole property of the Firm and may not be misappropriated and used outside of the Firm by an Employee or former Employee. "Confidential Information", defined as all information not publicly available about the business of the Firm, may include, but is not limited to, Client and prospect names and records, research, trading and portfolio information and systems, information concerning externally managed entities or accounts which have been considered or made on behalf of fee paying Clients, and the financial records of the Firm and/or its Employees. In order to protect the interests of the Firm, an Employee or ex-Employee shall not, without the express written consent of the Firm's Chief Compliance Officer or General Counsel, disclose directly or indirectly confidential information to anyone outside of the Firm other than as necessary or appropriate to carry out the Firm's normal business operations (e.g., disclosure to a third-party vendor of the Firm or a Fund). An Employee should be extremely careful to avoid inadvertent disclosures and to exercise maximum effort to keep confidential information confidential. Any questions concerning the confidentiality of information should be directed to the Chief Compliance Officer or the General Counsel. An abuse of the Firm's policy of confidentiality could subject an

12It shall not be deemed a violation of this Code for any report required hereunder not to include the principal amount of a Covered Security; provided, however, that the Compliance Department may request or require such information where it determines that it is necessary to effect the purposes of this Code.

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Employee to immediate disciplinary action that may include dismissal from the Firm. Nothing in this Code is intended to prevent an Employee from reporting a violation of applicable laws or regulations to an appropriate regulatory authority.

I. OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT, ASSOCIATIONS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; REPORTING OF POSITIONS OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS

Harris requires that all Advisory Persons make their positions with the Firm their primary employment. The approval of Harris (and, in some cases, the approval of FINRA) is required before any Advisory Person may hold any outside position with any business organization (for- profit or not-for-profit), or enter into any relationship, or activity, where such outside position, relationship, or activity could influence the investment activities of the Firm or present a conflict of interest with the Advisory Person's employment with the Firm. All outside positions, regardless of whether such position is compensated or not, must be discussed with Compliance in advance of accepting such a position to assess the existence of a conflict of interest. Any such outside position, relationship, or activity must be approved in advance in writing by the Chief Compliance Officer and the Advisory Person's supervisor, and a copy of such approval shall be submitted and maintained by the Compliance Department. Any change in the status of such approved position, relationship, investment, or activity must be reported in writing to the Compliance Department and the Advisory Person's supervisor within the quarter that the change in status occurred or within the certification cutoff period for the quarter. Any income or compensation received by an Advisory Person for serving in such position must be paid in full to the Firm, unless a waiver is granted by the Chief Compliance Officer and the Advisory Person's supervisor. Under no circumstance may an Advisory Person represent or suggest that Harris has approved or recommended the business activities of the outside organization or any person associated with it. Associations with entities, such as charitable/volunteer and non-profit organizations where the activity is voluntary in nature (e.g., school or condominium board member, Scout leader, Parent/Teacher Association) and does not involve securities-related activities (such as the selection of investments for endowments and foundations), will generally be granted a written exemption (e.g., email) from this section's pre-approval requirement, and as such will not require written approval nor will it appear in the quarterly certification of outside activities.

An Advisory Person shall not be deemed to be engaged in securities-related activities as the result of the grant of a durable or conditional power of attorney over an investment account until such time as the power of attorney is exercised or the condition has been met.

Reporting of Positions of Immediate Family Members that Involve Conflicts of Interest. To identify actual or potential conflicts of interest, each Advisory Person must disclose in writing to the Compliance Department any position, relationship, investment, or activity that an immediate family member has that to the Advisory Person's knowledge could present a conflict of interest for the Advisory Person in his or role with the Firm. If an Advisory Person has any questions about any activities and the need for disclosure, the Advisory Person should be cautious and direct any questions to the Firm's General Counsel or ComplianceDepartment.

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J.Certification of Compliance by Access Persons.

In addition to new-hire training on the Code, each Access Person will receive annual training over certain aspects of the Code. The Firm shall distribute the Code to each Employee and Non-Access Director upon inception of employment and whenever the Code is amended, but no less frequently than annually. Each Access Person and Non-Access Director is required to certify in writing annually that (i) he or she has received, read and understands the Code, (ii) recognizes that he or she is subject to the Code, and, in the case of Access Persons, (iii) he or she has disclosed or reported all transactions in which the Access Person has a beneficial interest or ownership that are required to be disclosed or reported under the Code or, alternatively, that the Access Person has not engaged in any personal securities transactions during the preceding year for which a report was required to be filed pursuant to the Code.

K.Annual Report to the Trust's Board of Trustees.

HALP, as the adviser to the Trust, shall prepare an annual report to the board of trustees of the Trust that:

i.) summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in those procedures during the past year;

ii.) describes issues that arose during the previous year under the Code or procedures concerning personal investing, including but not limited to information about material violations of the Code and sanctions imposed;

iii.) certifies to the board that the Trust, the Trust's adviser (HALP), and the Trust's principal distributor (HASLP) have adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent their Access Persons from violating the Code; and

iv.) identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based upon experience under the Code, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws or regulations.

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III.POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING

A.BACKGROUND

Trading securities while in possession of material, nonpublic information or improperly communicating that information to others may expose you to stringent penalties. Criminal sanctions may include a fine of up to $1,000,000 and/or ten years imprisonment. The SEC can recover the profits gained or losses avoided through the violative trading, obtain a penalty of up to three times the illicit windfall and issue an order permanently barring you from the securities industry. Finally, you may be sued by investors seeking to recover damages for insider trading violations.

Regardless of whether a government inquiry occurs, Harris views seriously any violation of this Policy Statement. Such violations constitute potential grounds for disciplinary sanctions, including dismissal.

Cautionary note: The law of insider trading is unsettled; an individual legitimately may be uncertain about the application of the Policy Statement in a particular circumstance. Often, a single question can prevent a violation of law or forestall disciplinary action or complex legal problems. You should direct any questions relating to the Policy Statement to the General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer or, in their absence, their respective deputies. You also must notify the General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer or, in their absence, their respective deputies immediately if you have any reason to believe that a violation of the Policy Statement has occurred or is about to occur.

B.POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING

Generally, no person to whom this Policy Statement applies may trade, either personally or on behalf of others (such as Clients), while in possession of material, nonpublic information and in breach of a duty of trust or confidence that is owed to the issuer of the security, the shareholders of the issuer, or to any other person who is the source of the material nonpublic information; nor may such persons communicate material, nonpublic information to others in breach of a duty of confidentiality or in violation of the law. This Policy Statement applies to securities trading and information handling by all Employees (including their spouse or domestic/live-in partner, minor children and adult members of their households).

The section below reviews principles important to this Policy Statement.

1.What is Material Information?

Information is "material" when there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would consider it important in making his or her investment decisions. Generally, this is information whose disclosure will have a substantial effect on the price of a company's securities. No simple "bright line" test exists to determine when information is material; assessments of materiality involve a highly fact-specific inquiry. For this reason, you

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should direct any questions about whether information is material to the General Counsel or Chief Compliance Officer.

Material information often relates to a company's results and operations including, for example, dividend changes, earnings results, changes in previously released earnings estimates, significant merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, major litigation, liquidation problems, and extraordinary management developments.

Material information also may relate to the market for a company's securities. Information about a significant order to purchase or sell securities may, in some contexts, be deemed material.

Similarly, prepublication information regarding reports in the financial press also may be deemed material.

2.What is Nonpublic Information?

Information is "nonpublic" until it has been disseminated broadly to investors in the marketplace. Tangible evidence of such dissemination is the best indication that the information is public. For example, information is public after it has become available to the general public through a public filing with the SEC or some other governmental agency, the Dow Jones "tape" or the WALL STREET JOURNAL or some other publication of general circulation, and after sufficient time has passed so that the information has been disseminated widely.

3.Identifying Inside Information

Before executing any trade for yourself or others, including Clients, you must determine whether you have access to material, nonpublic information. If you think that you might have access to material, nonpublic information, you should take the following steps:

i.) Immediately alert the Trading Department to restrict trading in the security. No reason or explanation should be given to the Trading Department for the restriction.

ii.) Report the information and proposed trade immediately to the General Counsel or the Chief Compliance Officer.

iii.) Do not purchase or sell the securities on behalf of yourself or others, including Clients.

iv.) Do not communicate the information inside or outside Harris other than to the above individuals.

v.) After the above individuals have reviewed the issue, the Firm will determine whether the information is material and nonpublic and, if so, what action(s) the Firm should take.

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4.Contacts with Public Companies

For Harris, contacts with public companies represent an important part of our research efforts. Harris may make investment decisions on the basis of the Firm's conclusions formed through such contacts and analysis of publicly-available information. Difficult legal issues arise, however, when, in the course of these contacts, an Employee becomes aware of material, nonpublic information. This could happen, for example, if acompany's Chief Financial Officer prematurely discloses quarterly results to an analyst or an investor relations representative makes a selective disclosure of adverse news to a handful of investors. In such situations, Harris must make a judgment as to its further conduct. To protect yourself, Clients and the Firm, you should contact the General Counsel or the Chief Compliance Officer immediately if you believe that you may have received material, nonpublic information.

5.Tender Offers

Tender offers represent a particular concern in the law of insider trading for two reasons. First, tender offer activity often produces extraordinary gyrations in the price of the target company's securities. Trading during this time period is more likely to attract regulatory attention (and produces a disproportionate percentage of insider trading cases). Second, the SEC has adopted a rule which expressly forbids trading and "tipping" while in possession of material, nonpublic information regarding a tender offer received from the tender offeror, the target company or anyone acting on behalf of either. Employees should exercise particular caution any time they become aware of nonpublic information relating to a tender offer.

C.PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER

TRADING

1.Personal Securities Trading

The restrictions on Employee trading and procedures to implement those restrictions and the Firm's reporting obligations, which are set forth in Section II above and in the Procedures for Personal Trading, constitute the procedures to implement this Policy Statement. Review those procedures carefully and direct any questions about their scope or applicability to the General Counsel or the Compliance Department.

2.Restrictions on Disclosures

Employees shall not disclose any nonpublic information (whether or not it is material) relating to Harris or its securities transactions to any person outside Harris (unless such disclosure has been authorized by Harris). Material, nonpublic information may not be communicated to anyone, including persons within Harris, except as provided in Section

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III(B)(3) above. Such information must be secured. For example, access to files containing material, nonpublic information and computer files containing such information should be restricted, and conversations containing such information, if appropriate at all, should be conducted in private.

IV. RETENTION OF RECORDS

The Compliance Department or the Secretary of the Trust will maintain the records listed below for a period of five years. Such records shall be maintained at the Firm's principal place of business in an easily accessible place:

i.)

a list of all Persons Subject to this Code during that period;

ii.)

receipts signed by all Persons Subject to this Code acknowledging receipt of

 

copies of the Code and acknowledging that they are subject to it;

iii.) a copy of each Code of Ethics that has been in effect at any time during the period;

iv.) a copy of each report filed pursuant to the Code and a record of any known violations and actions taken as a result thereof during the period as well as a record of all persons responsible for reviewing these reports;

v.)

a copy of any decision and the reasons supporting the decision, to approve the

 

acquisition of Limited Offerings; and

vi.)

a copy of each report required by II.K of this Code.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF CODE OF ETHICS AND STATEMENT

ON INSIDER TRADING

Code of Ethics.

Harris Associates L.P. ("HALP"), Harris Associates Securities L.P. ("HASLP") and Harris Associates Investment Trust (the "Trust") have adopted a written Code of Ethics and Statement on Insider Trading (the "Code") and Procedures for Personal Trading to address potential conflicts of interest by HALP and HASLP personnel and to govern the use and handling of material non-public information. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Code. Copies of the Code and the Procedures for Personal Trading are attached to this acknowledgement. As a condition of your continued employment with HALP and HASLP, and/or the retention of your position, if any, as an officer of the Trust or a member of the board of HALP's general partner, you are required to read, understand and abide by the Code and the Procedures for Personal Trading.

Compliance Program.

The Code requires that all Access Persons furnish to the Compliance Department information regarding any investment account in which you have a "beneficial interest or ownership" other than Discretionary Accounts. You are also required to furnish to the Compliance Department copies of your monthly or quarterly account statements, or other documents, showing all purchases or sales, other than those effected pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or systematic purchase plan, of securities in any such account. Additionally, you are required to furnish a report of your personal securities holdings in Covered Securities within ten calendar days of commencement of your employment with HALP or HASLP and annually thereafter. These requirements apply to any investment account, such as an account at a brokerage house, trust account at a bank, custodial account or similar types of accounts, other than Discretionary Accounts.

This compliance program also requires that Employees report any contact with any securities issuer, government or its personnel, or others, that, in the usual course of business, might involve receipt of what the Employee believes might be material non-public financial information. The Code requires that Employees bring to the attention of the General Counsel or the Chief Compliance Officer any information they receive from any source, which they believe might be material non-public information.

Any questions concerning the Code or Procedures for Personal Trading should be directed to the General Counsel or the Compliance Department.

I affirm that I have received new-hire training covering certain key aspects of the Code and Procedures for Personal Trading from Compliance, and have read and understand the Code and Procedures for Personal Trading. I agree to the terms and conditions set forth in the Code and Procedures for Personal Trading.

If I am acting in the capacity as a contractor, consultant, temporary employee or intern (or similar person) to Harris, I acknowledge that all references to "Employee" in the Code and Procedures for Personal Trading refer to me and shall be construed to mean "agent" and that I may be designated as an Advisory Person and therefore an Access Person as a result of my access to information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities. My agreement and affirmation are made in the capacity as an agent, and not as an employee of Harris, and are not intended to impact my status as an independent contractor.

ANNUAL AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE FOR ACCESS PERSONS AND NON-

ACCESS DIRECTORS

Signature

Date

ANNUAL AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE FOR ACCESS PERSONS AND NON-

ACCESS DIRECTORS

I affirm that:

1.I have received annual training pertaining to certain aspects of the Code of Ethics and Statement of Insider Trading (the "Code") and Procedures for Personal Trading, and have again read and, to the best of my knowledge, have complied with provisions of the Code and Procedures for Personal Trading that pertain to me during the past year. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Code.

2.I have provided to the Compliance Department the names and addresses of each investment account, other than Discretionary Accounts, in which I have a beneficial interest or ownership, as defined in the Code, including, but not limited to, those with broker-dealers, banks and others. (List of known accounts attached.) (Access Persons only)

3.I have provided to the Compliance Department copies of account statements or other reports showing each and every transaction in any Covered Security in any non- Discretionary Account in which I have a beneficial interest or ownership, as defined in the Code, during the most recently ended calendar year

or

during the most recent calendar year there were no transactions in any security in which I had a beneficial interest or ownership required to be reported pursuant to the Code. (Access Persons only)

4.I have provided to the Compliance Department a report of my personal securities holdings in Covered Securities in all non-Discretionary Accounts in which I have a beneficial interest or ownership, as defined in the Code, as of the end of the most recent calendar year, including all required information for each Covered Security in which I have any direct or indirect beneficial ownership. (Access Persons only)

5.With respect to the activities conducted at Harris, I am unaware of any violations of applicable laws or regulations that have not otherwise been reported to the Chief Compliance Officer or an appropriate regulatory authority.

6.If I am acting in the capacity as a contractor, consultant, temporary employee or intern (or similar person) to Harris, I acknowledge that all references to "Employee" in the Code and Procedures for Personal Trading refer to me and shall be construed to mean "agent" and that

I may be designated as an Advisory Person and therefore an Access Person as a result of my access to information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities. My agreement and affirmation made herein are made in the capacity as an agent, and not as an employee of Harris, and are not intended to impact my independent contractor status.

ANNUAL AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE FOR ACCESS PERSONS AND NON-

ACCESS DIRECTORS

Signature

Date

APPENDIX A

Examples of Beneficial Interest

For purposes of the Code, you will be deemed to have a beneficial interest in a security if you have the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction in the security. Examples of beneficial ownership under this definition include:

osecurities you own, no matter how they are registered, and including securities held for you by others (for example, by a custodian or broker, or by a relative, executor or administrator) or that you have pledged to another (as security for a loan, for example);

osecurities held by a trust of which you are a beneficiary (except that, if your interest is a remainder interest and you do not have or participate in investment control of trust assets, you will not be deemed to have a beneficial interest in securities held by the trust);

osecurities held by you as trustee or co-trustee, where either you or any member of your immediate family has a beneficial interest (using these rules) in the trust.

osecurities held by a trust of which you are the settlor, if you have the power to revoke the trust without obtaining the consent of all the beneficiaries and have or participate in investment control;

osecurities held by any partnership in which you are a general partner, to the extent of your interest in the greater of partnership capital or profits;

osecurities held by a personal holding company controlled by you alone or jointly withothers;

osecurities held, directly or through a trust, by a member of your immediate family who is sharing your home, even if the securities were not received from you and the income from the securities is not actually used for the maintenance of your household; or

osecurities you have the right to acquire (for example, through the exercise of a derivative security), even if the right is not presently exercisable, or securities as to which, through any other type of arrangement, you obtain benefits substantially equivalent to those of ownership.

You will not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities in the following situations:

oportfolio securities held by a limited partnership in which you do not have a controlling interest and do not have or share investment control over the partnership's portfolio; and

osecurities held by a foundation of which you are a trustee and donor, provided that the beneficiaries are exclusivelycharitable and you have no right to revoke the gift.

These examples are not exclusive. There are other circumstances in which you may be deemed to have a beneficial interest in a security. Any questions about whether you have a beneficial interest should be directed to the General Counsel or Compliance Department.



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