EX-99.(P)(1) 5 d816572dex99p1.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CODE OF ETHICS FOR GREEN CENTURY FUNDS Amended and Restated Code of Ethics for Green Century Funds

AMENDED AND RESTATED CODE OF ETHICS FOR

GREEN CENTURY FUNDS

Effective date November 13, 2018

The Green Century Funds, on behalf of its current and future series (the “Investment Company”) has determined to adopt this Amended and Restated Code of Ethics (the “Code”) to specify and prohibit certain types of personal securities transactions deemed to create a conflict of interest and to establish reporting requirements and preventative procedures pursuant to the provisions of Rule 17j-1(b)(1) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).

 

I.

DEFINITIONS

 

  A.

An “Access Person” means (i) any trustee, director, officer or Advisory Person (as defined below) of the Investment Company or any investment adviser thereof, or (ii) any director or officer of a principal underwriter of the Investment Company who, in the ordinary course of his or her business, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of securities for the Investment Company for which the principal underwriter so acts or whose functions or duties as part of the ordinary course of his or her business relate to the making of any recommendation to the Investment Company regarding the purchase or sale of securities.

 

  B.

An “Advisory Person” means (i) any trustee, director, officer or employee of the Investment Company or any investment adviser thereof (or of any company in a control relationship to the Investment Company or such investment adviser), who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of securities by the Investment Company or whose functions relate to any recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales and (ii) any natural person in a control relationship with the Investment Company or adviser who obtains information regarding recommendations made to the Investment Company with regard to the purchase or sale of securities by the Investment Company.

 

  C.

“Access Persons,” “Advisory Persons” and “Portfolio Managers” shall not include any individual who is required to file quarterly reports with any investment adviser, subadviser, administrator or the principal underwriter pursuant to a code of ethics described in Section V and found by the Trustees to be substantially in conformity with Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act.

 

  D.

“Affiliated Fund” is any registered, open-end investment company (or any series thereof) that is administered or advised by the adviser or administrator to the Investment Company (or any series thereof), any sub-adviser to the Investment Company (or any series thereof), or any adviser or administrator of any registered investment company in which the Investment Company (or any series thereof) invests all or substantially all of its assets.

 

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  E.

“Automatic Investment Plan” means any 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.

 

  F.

“Beneficial Ownership” shall be interpreted subject to the provisions of Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 16a-1(a)(2) specifies that, to have beneficial ownership, a person must have a “direct or indirect pecuniary interest,” which is the opportunity to profit directly or indirectly from a transaction in securities. For purposes of this Code, an Access Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership in securities held by members of his or her immediate family sharing the same household (spouse, minor children and relatives resident in the employee’s home), or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations or other arrangements.

 

  G.

“Control” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act.

 

  H.

“Disinterested Trustee” means a Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Investment Company within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. An “interested person” includes any person who is a trustee, director, officer or employee of any investment adviser of the Investment Company, or owner of 5% or more of the outstanding stock of any investment adviser of the Investment Company. Affiliates of brokers or dealers are also “interested persons”, except as provided in Rule 2(a)(19)(1) under the 1940 Act.

 

  I.

“Review Officer” is the person designated by the Investment Company’s Board of Trustees to monitor the overall compliance with this Code. In the absence of any such designation the Review Officer shall be the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Investment Company.

 

  J.

“Preclearance Officer” is the person designated by the Investment Company’s Board of Trustees to provide preclearance of any personal security transaction as required by this Code.

 

  K.

“Purchase or sale of a security” includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell a security or the purchase or sale of a future or index on a security or option thereon.

 

  L.

“Security” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the 1940 Act (in effect, all securities), except that it shall not include (a) bank accounts, (b) direct obligations of the Government of the United States, (c) bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements, or (d) shares of registered open-end investment companies (or any series thereof) unless those shares are of the Investment Company or any Affiliated Fund.

 

  M.

A security is “being considered for purchase or sale” when a recommendation to purchase or sell the security has been made and communicated and, with respect to the person making the recommendation, when such person seriously considers making such a recommendation.

 

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  N.

A security “held or to be acquired” by the Investment Company means (i) a security which, within the most recent fifteen (15) days (1) is or has been held by the Investment Company or (2) is being or has been considered by the Investment Company or its investment adviser for purchase by the Investment Company and (ii) any option to purchase or sell, and any security convertible into or exchangeable for, a security described in clause (i) of this definition.

 

II.

STATEMENT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES

The following general fiduciary principles shall govern the personal investment activities of all Access Persons.

Each Access Person shall:

 

  A.

at all times, place the interests of the Investment Company before his or her personal interests;

 

  B.

conduct all personal securities transactions in a manner consistent with this Code, so as to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest, or an abuse of position of trust and responsibility; and

 

  C.

not take inappropriate advantage of his or her position with or on behalf of the Investment Company.

 

III.

RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONAL INVESTING ACTIVITIES.

 

  A.

Unlawful Actions

No Access Person shall, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such person of a security held or to be acquired by the Investment Company:

 

  1.

employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Investment Company;

 

  2.

make to the Investment Company any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state to the Investment Company 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 would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the Investment Company; or

 

  4.

engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Investment Company.

 

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  B.

Blackout Periods

 

  1.

No Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership on a day during which he or she knows or should have known the Investment Company has a pending “buy” or “sell” order in that same security until that order is executed or withdrawn.

 

  2.

No Advisory Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership within at least seven calendar days before and after the Investment Company trades (or has traded) in that security.

 

  3.

An Access Person shall not be permitted to sell or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, shares of the Investment Company or an Affiliated Fund for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase or acquisition of those shares of the Investment Company or Affiliated Fund.

 

  C.

Initial Public Offerings

No Advisory Person shall acquire any security in an initial public offering for his or her personal account.

 

  D.

Private Placements

With regard to private placements, each Advisory Person shall:

 

  1.

obtain express prior written approval from the Review Officer for any acquisition of securities in a private placement (the Review Officer, in making such determination, shall consider, among other factors, whether the investment opportunity should be reserved for the Investment Company, and whether such opportunity is being offered to such Advisory Person by virtue of his or her position with the Investment Company); and

 

  2.

after authorization to acquire securities in a private placement has been obtained, disclose such personal investment with respect to any subsequent consideration by the Investment Company (or any other investment company for which he or she acts in a capacity as an Advisory Person) for investment in that issuer.

If the Investment Company decides to purchase securities of an issuer, the shares of which have been previously obtained for personal investment by an Advisory Person, that decision shall be subject to an independent review by Advisory Persons with no personal interest in the issuer.

 

  E.

Short-Term Trading Profits

No Advisory Person shall profit from the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same (or equivalent) securities of which such Advisory Person has beneficial ownership within 90 calendar days. Any profit so realized shall, unless the Investment Company’s Board of Trustees approves otherwise, be disgorged as directed by the Investment Company’s Board of Trustees.

 

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  F.

Gifts

No Advisory Person shall receive any gift or other items of more than de minimis value from any person or entity that does business with or on behalf of the Investment Company.

 

  G.

Service as a Director or Trustee

No Advisory Person shall serve on a board of directors or trustees of a publicly traded company.

 

  H.

Exempted Transactions

The prohibitions of Section III (other than Section III.A, Section III.C and Section III.D) shall not apply to:

 

  1.

purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control;

 

  2.

purchases or sales that are non-volitional on the part of the Access Person or the Investment Company, including mergers, recapitalizations or similar transactions;

 

  3.

purchases which 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; and

 

  5.

purchases and sales that receive prior approval in writing by the Review Officer as (a) only remotely potentially harmful to the Investment company because they would be very unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, (b) clearly not economically related to the securities to be purchased, sold or held by the Investment Company or client, and (c) not representing any danger of the abuses proscribed by Rule 17j-1, but only if in each case the prospective purchaser or seller has identified to the Review Officer all factors of which he or she is aware which are potentially relevant to a conflict of interest analysis, including the existence of any substantial economic relationship between his or her transaction and securities held or to be held by the Investment Company.

 

IV.

COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES

 

  A.

Pre-clearance

An Access Person (other than a Disinterested Trustee) may not, directly or indirectly, acquire or dispose of beneficial ownership of a security except as provided below unless:

 

  1.

such purchase or sale has been approved by the Review Officer;

 

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  2.

the approved transaction is completed on the same day approval is received; and

 

  3.

the Review Officer has not rescinded such approval prior to execution of the transaction.

Each Access Person may effect total purchases and sales of up to $25,000 of securities listed on a national securities exchange within any six month period without preclearance from the Board of Trustees or the Review Officer provided that:

 

  1)

The six month period is a “rolling” period, i.e., the limit is applicable between any two dates which are six months apart;

 

  2)

Transactions in options and futures, other than options or futures on commodities, will be included for purposes of calculating whether the $25,000 limit has been exceeded. Such transactions will be measured by the value of the securities underlying the options and futures; and

 

  3)

Although preclearance is not required for personal transactions in securities which fall into this de minimis exception, these trades must still be reported pursuant to Section IV.B.2. hereunder, if such transactions are reportable.

 

  B.

Reporting

 

  1.

Unless excepted by paragraph 2 of this Section IV.B, every Access Person of the Investment Company must report to the Review Officer as described below.

 

  a.

Initial Holdings Reports. Not later than 10 days after the person becomes an Access Person (which information must be current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date the person becomes an Access Person), the following information:

 

   

the title and type of security, and as applicable the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, number of shares and principal amount of each security in which the Access Person has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

 

   

the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintained an account in which any securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

 

   

the date that the report is signed and submitted by the Access Person.

 

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  b.

Quarterly Transaction Reports. Not later than twenty (20) days after the end of each calendar quarter, the following information:

(i) With respect to any transaction during the quarter in a security in which the Access Person had, or as a result of the transaction acquired, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership:

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

the price of the security at which the transaction was effected;

 

   

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

 

   

the date that the report is signed and submitted by the Access Person.

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

 

   

the name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person established the account;

 

   

the date that the account was established; and

 

   

the date that the report is signed and submitted by the Access Person.

(iii) In the event that no reportable transactions occurred during the quarter, the report should be so noted and returned signed and dated.

 

  c.

Annual Holdings Reports. Not later than each January 31st, the following information (which information must be current as of the immediately preceding December 31st):

 

   

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

 

   

the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintains an account in which any securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

 

   

the date on which the report is signed and submitted by the Access Person.

 

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  2.

The following are the exceptions to the reporting requirements outlined in Section IV.B.1:

 

  a.

A person need not make any report required under Section IV.B.1 with respect to: (i) transactions effected for, and securities held in, any account over which the person has no direct or indirect influence or control, including such an account in which the person has any beneficial ownership, or (ii) transactions effected pursuant to an automatic dividend reinvestment plan.

 

  b.

A Disinterested Trustee who would be required to make the reports required under Section IV.B.1 solely by reason of being a trustee of the Investment Company need not make:

(i) an initial holdings report or an annual holdings report under Section IV.B.1; or

(ii) a quarterly transaction report under Section IV.B.1 unless the Disinterested Trustee knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a Trustee of the Investment Company, should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately before or after the Trustee’s transaction in a security, the Investment Company purchased or sold the security or the Investment Company or its investment adviser considered purchasing or selling the security.

 

  3.

Any report delivered pursuant to Section IV.B.1 may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the person making such report that he or she has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities to which the report relates.

 

  4.

Each Access Person must certify annually (no later than each January 31st) that he or she has read and understands this Code of Ethics and has complied with its provisions. Such certificates and reports are to be given to the Review Officer.

 

  C.

Review

The Review Officer shall review all of the reports delivered under Section IV.B to determine whether a violation of this Code of Ethics may have occurred and shall take into account the exemptions allowed under Section III.H hereunder. Before making a determination that a violation has been committed by an Access Person, the Review Officer shall give such person an opportunity to supply additional information regarding the transaction in question.

 

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V.

INVESTMENT ADVISER’S, ADMINISTRATOR’S OR PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER’S CODE OF ETHICS

This Code of Ethics does not apply to “access persons” (as defined in Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act) of any investment adviser, subadviser, administrator or principal underwriter of the Investment Company who are not otherwise Access Persons as defined herein, provided that such investment adviser (including where applicable, subadviser), administrator (if any) or principal underwriter of the Investment Company shall:

 

  A.

submit to the Board of Trustees of the Investment Company a copy of its Code of Ethics adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1;

 

  B.

promptly report to the Investment Company in writing any material amendments to its Code of Ethics;

 

  C.

promptly furnish to the Investment Company upon request copies of any reports made pursuant to such Code of Ethics by any person who is an Access Person of the Investment Company; and

 

  D.

immediately furnish to the Investment Company, without request, all material information regarding any violation of such Code of Ethics by any person who is an Access Person of the Investment Company.

 

VI.

REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Each of the Review Officer of the Investment Company and the Investment Company’s investment advisers, subadvisers, administrator and principal underwriter shall furnish a written report to the Board of Trustees, at least annually, that:

 

  A.

describes any issues arising under the Code of Ethics or procedures of such entity since the last report to the Board of Trustees, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of its Code of Ethics or procedures and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; and

 

  B.

certifies that the Investment Company, investment adviser, subadviser, administrator or principal underwriter, as applicable, has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent its Access Persons from violating its Code of Ethics.

 

VII.

SANCTIONS

 

  A.

Sanctions for Violations by Access Persons

If the Review Officer determines that a violation of this Code has occurred, he or she shall so advise the Board of Trustees and the Board may impose such sanctions as it deems appropriate, including, inter alia, disgorgement of profits, censure, suspension or termination of the employment of the violator. All material violations of the Code and any sanctions imposed as a result thereto shall be reported periodically to the Board of Trustees and the Chief Compliance Officer.

 

  B.

Sanctions for Violations by Disinterested Trustees

If the Review Officer determines that any Disinterested Trustee has violated this Code, he or she shall so advise the Chief Compliance Officer and the President of the Investment Company and also a committee consisting of the Disinterested Trustees (other than the person whose transaction is at issue) and shall provide the committee with a report, including the record of pertinent

 

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actual or contemplated portfolio transactions of the Investment Company and any additional information supplied by the person whose transaction is at issue. The committee, at its option, shall either impose such sanctions as it deems appropriate or refer the matter to the full Board of Trustees of the Investment Company, which shall impose such sanctions as it deems appropriate.

 

VIII.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

  A.

Access Persons

The Review Officer of the Investment Company will identify all Access Persons who are under a duty to make reports to the Investment Company and will inform such persons of such duty. Any failure by the Review Officer to notify any person of his or her duties under this Code shall not relieve such person of his or her obligations hereunder.

 

  B.

Records

The Investment Company’s administrator shall maintain records in the manner and to the extent set forth below, which records may be maintained on microfilm under the conditions described in Rule 31a-2(f) under the 1940 Act, and shall be available for examination by representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”):

 

  1.

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 in an easily accessible place;

 

  2.

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, the first two years in an appropriate office of the investment adviser and administrator of the Investment Company (such office shall be an easily accessible place);

 

  3.

a copy of each report made pursuant to this Code shall be preserved in an easily accessible place 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 appropriate office of the investment adviser and administrator of the Investment Company (such office shall be an easily accessible place);

 

  4.

a list of all persons who are required, or within the past five years have been required, to make reports pursuant to this Code shall be maintained in an easily accessible place;

 

  5.

a copy of each report required under Section VI shall be preserved in an easily accessible place 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 appropriate office of the investment adviser and administrator of the Investment Company (such office shall bean easily accessible place); and

 

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  6.

a record of any decision, and the reasons supporting the decision, to approve the acquisition by Advisory Persons of securities under Section III.D shall be preserved for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted.

 

  C.

Confidentiality

All reports of securities transactions and any other information filed pursuant to this Code shall be treated as confidential, except to the extent required by law.

 

  D.

Interpretation of Provisions

The Board of Trustees of the Investment Company may from time to time adopt such interpretations of this Code as it deems appropriate.

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS

QUARTERLY TRANSACTIONS REPORT

To:                                  , Review Officer

From:                                                       .

(Your Name)

This Transaction Report (the “Report”) is submitted pursuant to Section IV of the Amended and Restated Code of Ethics (the “Code”) of Green Century Funds (an “Investment Company”) and supplies (below) information with respect to transactions in any security in which I may be deemed to have, or by reason of such transaction acquire, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest (whether or not such security is a security held or to be acquired by an Investment Company) for the calendar quarter ended                         .

Unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in the Report shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Code.

For purposes of the Report, beneficial ownership shall be interpreted subject to the provisions of the Code and Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Title of
Securities*

   Date of
Securities
   Nature of
Transaction
(Whether
Purchase,
Sale, or
Other Type of
Disposition
Transaction)
   Principal
Amount of
Securities
Acquired or
Or Acquisition
   Price At
Which the
Transaction
Disposed Of
   Name of the
Broker, Dealer
Or Bank With
Whom the
Transaction
Was Effected
   Nature Of
Ownership of
Was Effected**

 

 

*

Include type of securities, and, as applicable, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number.

**

If appropriate, you may disclaim beneficial ownership of any security listed in this report.

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I (1) HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE CODE OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY, DATED NOVEMBER 2018, (2) RECOGNIZE THAT I AM SUBJECT TO THE CODE, (3) HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE OVER THE PAST YEAR*, (4) HAVE DISCLOSED ALL PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR* REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED BY THE CODE, (5) HAVE SOUGHT AND OBTAINED PRECLEARANCE WHENEVER REQUIRED BY THE CODE AND (6) CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN THIS REPORT IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

 

NAME (Print)        
SIGNATURE        
DATE        

(*) OR PORTION THEREOF DURING WHICH THE CODE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT.

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS

(an “Investment Company”)

PERSONAL TRADING REQUEST AND AUTHORIZATION

Personal Trading Request (to be completed by Access Person prior to any personal trade):

 

Name:     

 

Date of proposed transaction:     

Name of the issuer and dollar amount or number of securities of the issuer to be purchased or sold:

 

           

Nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale):1

 

           

Are you or a member of your immediate family an officer or director of the issuer of the securities or of any affiliate2 of the issuer?    Yes               No             

 

If yes, please describe:

    
      

Describe the nature of any direct or indirect professional or business relationship that you may have with the issuer of the securities.3

 

           

 

1 

If other than market order, please describe any proposed limits.

2 

For purposes of this question, “affiliate” includes (i) any entity that directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer and (ii) any entity under common control with the issuer.

3 

A “professional relationship” includes, for example, the provision of legal counsel or accounting services. A “business relationship” includes, for example, the provision of consulting services or insurance coverage.

 

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Do you have any material nonpublic information concerning the issuer?

Yes           No         

Do you beneficially own more than 12 of 1% of the outstanding equity securities of the issuer?

Yes           No         

If yes, please report the name of the issuer and the total number of shares “beneficially owned”:

 

           

Are you aware of any facts regarding the proposed transaction, including the existence of any substantial economic relationship between the proposed transaction and any securities held or to be acquired by an Investment Company, that may be relevant to a determination of the existence of a potential conflict of interest?4

Yes           No         

If yes, please describe:

 

           

To the best of your knowledge and belief, the answers that you have provided above are true and correct.

 

            

 

  Signature

 

4 

Facts that would be responsive to this question include, for example (i) receipt of “special favors” from a stock promoter, including participation in a private placement or initial public offering as an inducement to purchase other securities for the Investment Company, or (ii) investment in securities of a limited partnership that in turn owns warrants of a company formed for the purpose of effecting a leveraged buy-out, in circumstances where the Investment Company might invest in securities related to the leveraged buy-out. The foregoing are only examples of pertinent facts and in no way limit the types of facts that may be responsive to this question.

 

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Approval or Disapproval of Personal Trading Request (to be completed by Review Officer):

 

        

I confirm that the above-described proposed transaction appears to be consistent with the policies described in the Code, and that the conditions necessary5 for approval of the proposed transaction have been satisfied.

 

        

I do not believe the above-described proposed transaction is consistent with the policies described in the Code, or that the conditions necessary for approval of the proposed transaction have been satisfied.

 

Signature    Date   
           
Title      

 

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In the case of a personal securities transaction by an Access Person of the Investment Company (other than Disinterested Trustees), the Code of Ethics requires that the Review Officer determine that the proposed personal securities transaction (i) is not potentially harmful to the Investment Company (ii) would be unlikely to affect the market in which the Investment Company’s portfolio securities are traded, and (iii) is not related economically to securities to be purchased, sold, or held by the Investment Company. In addition, the Code requires that the Review Officer determine that the decision to purchase or sell the security at issue is not the result of information obtained in the course of the Access Person’s relationship with the Investment Company.

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS

ANNUAL HOLDINGS REPORT

FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 20    

This report is to be signed, dated and returned within thirty-one days of the end of the calendar year.

To: Review Officer

As of December 31, 20    ,which date shall be within 31 days of the date of submitting this report, I have direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the following securities which are required to be reported pursuant to the Code of Ethics of the Green Century Funds.

 

SECURITY (INCLUDE FULL
NAME AND TYPE OF
ISSUER, WITH EXCHANGE
TICKER SYMBOL OR CUSIP
NUMBER IF APPLICABLE)

  

NUMBER OF SHARES

  

DOLLAR AMOUNT

OF SECURITIES

  

NAME OF
BROKER/DEALER OR
BANK WHO MAINTAINS
THESE SECURITIES

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

This report (i) excludes transactions effected for or securities held in any account over which I had no direct influence or control, (ii) excludes other transactions not required to be reported, and (iii) is not an admission that I have or had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities listed above.

By signing this report, I certify that I have read and understand the Code of Ethics of the Green Century Funds and that I have to the best of my knowledge complied with the provisions of the Code.

 

  Signature:        
         Printed name:         
  Date:        

Return by January 31, 20     to Amy Puffer, Review Officer, Green Century Funds, 114 State Street, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02109. Questions regarding this form may be directed to Amy Puffer at 617-482-0800 or 1-800-93-GREEN.

Date Submitted to Review Officer:                                              .

 

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