The Fund’s policy is to require that all employees, financial professionals and companies providing services on its behalf keep client information confidential. The Fund maintains safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect investor information. The Fund restricts access to the personal and account information of investors to those employees who need to know that information in the course of their job responsibilities. Third parties with whom the Fund shares investor information must agree to follow appropriate standards of security and confidentiality. The Fund’s privacy policy applies to both current and former investors. The Fund may disclose nonpublic personal information about a former investor to the same extent as for a current investor.