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CODE OF ETHICS
 
(Revised October 15, 2007)
 
 
Westwood Management Corporation 
Westwood Trust   
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. 
 
Each Registered Investment Company or series thereof (each of which is considered to be 
a Company for this purpose) for which the company listed above presently or hereafter 
provides investment advisory services, other than a money market fund or a fund that 
does not invest in Securities. 
 
 
I.  Introduction 
 
The purpose of this Code of Ethics is to promote honest and ethical conduct, focus the 
Board of Directors and management of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. on areas of 
ethical risk, provide guidance to directors, officers and employees to help them recognize 
and deal with ethical issues, provide mechanisms to report unethical conduct and help to 
preserve the culture of honesty and accountability at the Company. 
 
This Code of Ethics establishes rules of conduct for persons who are associated with the 
companies named above or with the registered investment companies for which such 
companies provide investment advisory or principal underwriter services. The Code 
governs their personal investment and other investment-related activities. 
 
The basic rule is very simple: put the client’s interests first. The rest of the rules 
elaborate this principle. This Code is intended to assist the companies in fulfilling their 
obligations under the law. Article I lays out who the Code applies to, Article II deals 
with personal investment activities, Article III deals with other sensitive business 
practices, and subsequent parts deal with reporting and administrative procedures. 
 
The Code is very important to the companies and their employees. Violations can not 
only cause the companies embarrassment, loss of business, legal restrictions, fines and 
other punishments, but for employees can lead to demotion, suspension, firing, ejection 
from the securities business, and very large fines. 
 
II.  Applicability 
 
  (A)  The Code applies to each of the following: 
 
    1.  The Companies named or described at the top of page one of the 
      Code and all entities that are under common management with 


           these Companies or otherwise agree to be subject to the Code 
           (“Affiliates”). A listing of the Affiliates, which is periodically 
           updated, is attached as Exhibit A. 
 
         2.         Any officer, director or employee of any Company, Affiliate or 
           Fund Client (as defined below). 
 
         3.         With respect to all of the Companies, Affiliates and Fund Clients 
           except Westwood Management Corporation, any natural person 
           who controls any of the Companies, Affiliates or Fund Clients and 
           who obtains information regarding the Company’s or the 
           Affiliates’ investment recommendations or decisions. However, a 
           person whose control arises only as a result of his official position 
           with such entity is excluded. Disinterested directors of Fund 
           Clients and independent directors of the Companies (excluding 
           Westwood Management Corporation) for example, are excluded 
           from coverage under this item. 
 
         4.         Any director, officer, general partner or person performing a 
           similar function even if he has no knowledge of and is not involved 
           in the investment process. Disinterested directors of Fund Clients 
           and independent directors of the Companies (excluding Westwood 
           Management Corporation) are included in coverage under this 
           item. 
 
         5.         As an exception, the Code does not apply to any director, officer or 
           employee of any fund Client (such as certain of The Gabelli 
           Westwood Funds) with respect to which the Companies’ services 
           do not involve the formulation or making of investment 
           recommendations or decisions or the execution of portfolio 
           transactions if that person is also a director, officer or employee of 
           any entity that does perform such services (such as Westwood 
           Management Corp.). These individuals are covered by codes of 
           ethics adopted by such entities. 
 
       (B)         Definitions 
 
         1.         Access Persons. The Companies and the persons described in 
           items (A)2 and (A)3 above other than those excluded by item (A)5 
           above. 
 
         2.         Access Person Account. Includes all advisory, brokerage, trust or 
           other accounts or forms of direct beneficial ownership in which one 
           or more Access Person and/or one or more members of an Access 
           Person’s immediate family have a substantial proportionate 
           economic interest. Immediate family includes an Access Person’s 

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         spouse and minor children and any family member living in the 
         same household as the Access Person. A substantial proportionate 
         economic interest will generally be 10% of the equity in the 
         account in the case of an Access Person and 25% of the equity in 
         the account in the case of all Access Persons in the aggregate 
         whichever is first applicable. Investment partnerships and similar 
         indirect means of ownership other than registered open-end 
         investment companies are also treated as accounts. 
 
         As an exception, accounts in which one or more Access Persons 
         and/or their immediate family have a substantial proportionate 
         interest which are maintained with persons who have no affiliation 
         with the companies and with respect to which no Access Person 
         has, in the judgment of the Compliance Officer after reviewing the 
         terms and circumstances, any direct or indirect influence or control 
         over the investment or portfolio execution process are not Access 
         Person Accounts.   
 
         As a further exception, subject to the provisions of Article III(I)6, 
         bona fide market making accounts of Gabelli & Company are not 
         Access Person Accounts. 
 
         As a further exception, subject to the provisions of Article III(I)6, 
         bona fide error accounts of the Companies and the Affiliates are 
         not Access Person Accounts. 
 
       3.        Clients. Investment advisory accounts maintained with any of the 
        Companies or Affiliates by any person, other than Access Person 
        Accounts. However, Fund Clients covered by item (A)5 above are 
        considered Client accounts only with respect to employees 
        specifically identified by the Compliance Officer as having regular 
        information regarding investment recommendations or decisions or 
         portfolio transactions for such Fund Clients. 
 
       4.         Companies. The companies named or described at the top of page 
         one of the Code.   
 
       5.         Compliance Officer. The person designated as Westwood’s Chief 
         Compliance Officer.   
 
       6.        Covered Persons. The Companies, the Access Persons and the 
         persons described in item (A)4 above. 
 
       7.         Executive Manager. The CEO or President of Westwood 
         Management Corp.   

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           8.  Fund Clients. Clients that are registered investment companies or 
      series thereof.   
 
           9.  Portfolio Managers. Access Persons who are principally 
      responsible for investment decisions with respect to any Client 
      accounts.   
 
           10.  Security. Any financial instruments treated as a security for 
      investment purposes and any related instruments such as futures, 
      forward or swap contracts entered into with respect to one or more 
      securities. However, the term security does not include securities 
      issued by the Government of the United States, bankers’ 
      acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and 
      high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase 
      agreements, or units of bank regulated commingled funds. 
 
       III.  Restrictions on Personal Investing Activities 
 
         (A)  Basic Restriction on Investing Activities 
 
    If a Security is owned in any Client account, such Security or any related 
    Security (such as an option, warrant or convertible security) may not be 
    purchased or sold for any Access Person Account subject to the previously 
    owned related Security exception set forth in paragraph (B) below. If an 
    Access Person owns a Security that is subsequently purchased in any 
    Client account, the Access Person may not sell such Security until it is 
    sold out of all Client accounts. If a purchase or sale order is pending for 
    any Client account by any Company or Affiliate, any request to purchase 
    or sell such Security or any related Security (such as an option, warrant or 
    convertible security) for an Access Person Account will be denied. If a 
    Security is under active consideration for purchase in any Client account 
    by any Company or Affiliate, any request to purchase or sell such Security 
    or any related Security (such as an option, warrant or convertible security) 
    for an Access Person Account may be denied at the discretion of the 
    Compliance Officer and the Executive Manager. 
 
         (B)  Investments owned prior to employment. 
 
    If a Security is owned by an Access Person when such person becomes a 
    new employee, such Access Person will not be asked to sell their position 
    in the Security, but all future transactions in such Security will be subject 
    to paragraph A.   
 
    In the case of a related Security (such as an option, warrant or convertible 
    security) that is owned by an Access Person when such person becomes a 
    new employee, the Access Person may not exercise/convert such related 

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         Security if a purchase or sale order is pending for any Client account by 
         any Company or Affiliate. If the Security is under active consideration for 
         purchase or sale in any Client account, any request to exercise/convert a 
         related Security may be denied at the discretion of the Compliance Officer 
         and the Executive Manager. 
 
       (C)         Initial Public Offerings 
 
         No Security or related Security may be acquired in an initial public 
         offering for any Access Person Account. 
 
       (D)         Blackout Period 
 
         No Security or related Security may be bought, sold or exercised for any 
         Access Person Account during the period commencing seven (7) calendar 
         days prior to and ending seven (7) calendar days after the purchase or sale 
         (or entry of an order for the purchase or sale) of that Security or any 
         related Security for the account of any Client. 
 
       (E)         Short-term Trading 
 
         No Security or related Security may, within a 60-day period, be bought 
         and sold or sold and bought at a profit for any Access Person Account. 
 
       (F)         Exempt Transactions. The following transactions are exempt from the 
         restrictions set forth in paragraphs (A), (B) and (D) above and do not 
         require pre-clearance under paragraph (H) below: 
         1.  Participation in an ongoing basis in an automatic investment plan 
    including 401K plans or an issuer’s dividend reinvestment or stock 
    purchase plan, 
         2.  Participation in any transaction over which no Access Person had 
    any direct or indirect influence or control, involuntary transactions 
    (such as mergers, inheritances, gifts, etc.), 
         3.  Shares of registered open-end investment companies other than 
    shares of investment companies advised by the firm or its affiliates 
           or subadvised by the firm, 
         4.  Securities transactions processed for an Access Person Account 
    that has been formed for the sole purpose of product development. 
         5.  Non-convertible fixed income Securities rated at least “A”, and 
         6.  Municipal Securities. 
 
       (G)         Permitted Exceptions 

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         Purchases and sales of the following Securities for Access Person 
         Accounts are exempt from the restrictions set forth in paragraphs A, C and 
         D above if such purchases and sales comply with the preclearance 
         requirements of paragraph (H) below: 
 
 
         1.  Shares of registered open-end investment companies advised by the 
    firm or its affiliates or subadvised by the firm, and 
         2.  Exchange traded funds. 
 
         In addition, the exercise of rights that were received pro rata with other 
         security holders is exempt if the preclearance procedures are satisfied. 
 
       (H)         Pre-Clearance of Personal Securities Transactions 
 
         No Security or related Security (such as an option, warrant or convertible 
         security) may be bought, sold or exercised for an Access Person Account 
         unless (i) the Access Person obtains prior approval from an Executive 
         Manager and the Compliance Officer, or in the absence of the Compliance 
         Officer, from a designee of the Compliance Officer; (ii) the approved 
         transaction is completed on the same day approval is received; and (iii) the 
         Compliance Officer or an Executive Manager does not rescind such 
         approval prior to execution of the transaction. (See paragraph J below for 
         details of the Pre-Clearance Process.) 
 
       (I)         Private Placements 
 
         The purchases or sale of Securities that are not publicly traded will not be 
         approved unless the Access Person provides full details of the proposed 
         transaction (including written certification that the investment opportunity 
         did not arise by virtue of such person’s activities on behalf of any Client) 
         and the Compliance Officer and an Executive Manager conclude, after 
         consultation with one or more of the relevant Portfolio Managers, that the 
         Companies would have no foreseeable interest in investing in such 
         Security or any related Security for the account of any Client. 

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       (J)         Pre-Clearance Process 
 
         1.         No Security may be purchased or sold for any Access Person 
           Account unless the particular transaction has been approved in 
           writing by an Executive Manager and the Compliance Officer, or in 
           the absence of the Compliance Officer, a designee of the 
           Compliance Officer. The Compliance Officer shall review, not less 
           frequently than weekly, confirmations from brokers to assure that 
           all transactions effected for Access Person Accounts are effected in 
           compliance with this Code. 
 
         2.         Access Persons must direct brokerage and other firms with which 
           they have Access Person Accounts to furnish to the Compliance 
           Officer on a timely basis duplicate copies of confirmations of, and 
           account statements concerning, all personal Securities transactions. 
 
         3.         A Trading Approval Form, attached as Exhibit B, must be 
           completed and submitted to the Compliance Officer for approval 
           by the Compliance Officer and an Executive Manager prior to 
           entry of an order. 
 
         4.         After reviewing the proposed trade and the level of potential 
           investment interest on behalf of Clients in the Security in question, 
           the Compliance Officer and an Executive Manager shall approve 
           (or disapprove) a trading order on behalf of an Access Person as 
           expeditiously as possible. Transactions described in paragraph (G) 
           above will generally be approved unless it is believed for any 
           reason that the Access Person Account should not trade in such 
           Security at such time. 
 
         5.         Once an Access Person’s Trading Approval Form is approved, the 
           transaction must be executed on the same day. If the Access 
           Person’s trading order request is not approved, or is not executed 
           on the same day it is approved, the clearance lapses although such 
           trading order request may be resubmitted at a later date. 
 
         6.         Trading approval for the Compliance Officer must be obtained 
           from the CEO or President of Westwood Management Corp., and 
           trading approval for the CEO and the President must be obtained 
           from the Compliance Officer. 
 
         7.         The Compliance Officer shall review all Trading Approval Forms, 
           all initial, quarterly and annual disclosure certifications and the 
           trading activities on behalf of all Client accounts with a view to 
           ensuring that all Covered Persons are complying with the spirit as 
           well as the detailed requirements of this Code. 

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IV.  Other Investment-Related Restrictions 
 
  (A)  Conflicts of Interest 
 
    Access Persons are prohibited from engaging in any activity, practice, or 
    act which conflicts with, or appears to conflict with, the interests of the 
    companies, its customers, or vendors. Covered Persons are required to 
    fully disclose any potential conflict of interest to your supervisor/manager. 
 
    A conflict of interest exists when you, knowingly or unknowingly, engage 
    in any activity that may compromise you, another employee, or the 
    company in its relationship with a customer, vendor, or competitor. 
 
    1.  Gifts & Entertainment. Potential conflicts of interest with a 
      customer, vendor, or competitor may include soliciting business for 
      personal gain, accepting gifts other than those of nominal value 
      (not more than $100), or requesting favors, discounts, or services. 
      a.  No Access Person shall accept any gift or other item of 
        more than $100 in value from any client, competitor, or any 
        person or entity that does business with or on behalf of any 
        client. If you are offered, receive, or anticipate receiving 
        something of value from any of the named entities, you 
        must disclose the matter to your supervisor/manager. 
      b.  Access Persons shall report offers of entertainment (dinners, 
        sports/concert events from any person or entity that does 
        business with or on behalf of any Client. 
 
    2.  Service as a Director. No Access Person shall commence service 
      on the Board of Directors of a publicly traded company or any 
      company in which any Client account has an interest without prior 
      authorization from the Chief Compliance Officer based upon a 
      determination that the Board service would not be inconsistent with 
      the interests of the Clients. 
 
  (B)  Disclosure of Conflicts 
    Full disclosure to your supervisor/manager of any potential conflict of 
    interest is required as soon as such potential conflict is discovered. If you 
    believe that unusual circumstances justify your engaging in an activity that 
    may result in a conflict of interest, you may request in writing that your 
    supervisor/manager or Compliance Department review the situation and 
    grant an exception. 
 
 
V.  Reports and Additional Compliance Procedures 

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       (A)         Quarterly Transaction Reports 
 
          Every Covered Person, except independent directors of Affiliates of the 
          Companies, must submit a Transaction Report (Exhibit C) containing the 
          information set forth in paragraph (C) below with respect to transactions 
          in any Security in which such Covered Person has or by reason of such 
          transactions acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as 
          defined in Exhibit D) in the Security; and with respect to any account 
          established by the Covered Person in which any Securities were held for 
          the direct or indirect benefit of the Covered Person subject to the 
         exceptions listed below in paragraph (B). 
 
         1.  The Transaction Report must be submitted to the Compliance 
    Officer no later than 10 days after the end of the calendar quarter in 
    which the transaction or account to which the report relates was 
    effected or established, and the report must contain the date that the 
           report is submitted. 
 
         2.         A Transaction report must contain the following information: 
 
           a.  The date of the transaction, the title and number of shares and 
      the principal amount of each Security involved; 
 
           b.  The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other 
             type of acquisition or disposition); 
 
           c.  The price at which the transaction was effected; and 
 
           d.  The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom 
      the transaction was effected. 
 
         3.  This report must contain the following information with respect to 
           accounts established: 
 
           a.  The name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the 
             account was established; and 
           b.  The date the account was established. 
 
       (B)         Transaction Report Exceptions 
 
        A Covered Person is not required to submit a report in the following 
         instances:   
 
         1.  A Covered Person who is required to make reports only because he 
    is a director of one of the Fund Clients and who is a “disinterested” 
    director thereof need not make a report with respect to any 

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    transactions other than those where he knew or should have known 
    in the course of his duties as a director that any Fund Client of 
    which he is a director has made or makes a purchase or sale of the 
    same or a related Security within 15 days before or after the 
    purchase or sale of such Security or related Security by such 
    director. 
 
         2.  A Covered Person need not make a report with respect to any 
    transactions effected for, and Securities held in, any account over 
    which such person does not have any direct or indirect influence or 
    control; and 
 
         3.  A Covered Person need not make a report with respect to any 
    transactions effected pursuant to an automatic investment plan (this 
    includes dividend reinvestment plans), 
 
       (C)         Ownership Admission 
 
          Any report submitted to comply with the requirements of this Article V 
          may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an 
          admission by the person making such report that he has any direct or 
          indirect benefit ownership in the Security to which the report relates. A 
          person need not make any report under this Article V with respect to 
          transaction effected for, and Securities held in, any account over which the 
         person has no direct or indirect influence or control. 
 
       (D)         Initial Holdings Report 
 
          No later than 10 days after beginning employment with any of the 
          Companies or Affiliates or otherwise becoming a Covered Person, each 
          Covered Person (except for a “disinterested” director of the Fund Client or 
          an “independent” director of the Companies (other than Westwood 
          Management Corporation) who is required to submit reports solely by 
          reason of being such a director) must submit an Initial Holdings Report 
         (Exhibit E) containing the following information: 
 
         1.  The title, number of shares and principal amount of each Security in 
    which the Covered Person had any direct or indirect beneficial 
                                ownership when the person became a Covered Person;
 
         2.  The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Covered 
    Person maintained an account in which any Securities were held for 
    the direct or indirect benefit of the Covered Person as of the date the 
    person became a Covered Person; and 
 
         3.  The date that the report is submitted. 

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       (E)         Annual Certification 
 
         Annually each Covered Person must certify that he has read and 
         understood the Code and recognizes that he is subject to such Code. In 
         addition, annually each Covered Person must certify that he has disclosed 
         or reported all personal Securities transactions required to be disclosed or 
         reported under the Code and that he is not subject to any regulatory 
         disability described in the annual certification form. Furthermore, each 
         Covered Person (except for a “disinterested” director of the Fund Client or 
         an “independent” director of any of the companies (other than Westwood 
         Management Corporation) who is required to submit reports solely by 
         reason of being such a director) annually must submit a report containing 
         the following information (which information must be current as of a date 
         no more than 30 days before the report is submitted): 
 
         1.  The title, number of shares and principal amount of each Security 
    in which the Covered Person had any direct or indirect beneficial 
    ownership; 
 
         2.  The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Covered 
    Person maintains an account in which any Securities are held for 
    the direct or indirect benefit of the Covered Person; and 
 
         3.  The date that the report is submitted. 
 
         The form of such certification and report is attached as Exhibits F and G. 
 
       (F)         Duplicate Brokerage Statements in lieu of Reports 
 
         A Covered Person will be deemed to have complied with the quarterly 
         transaction report requirements of this Article V insofar as the Compliance 
         Officer receives in a timely fashion duplicate monthly or quarterly 
         brokerage statements on which all transactions required to be reported 
         hereunder are described. 
 
       (G)         Reporting of Violations 
         1.  Violations of the Code of Ethics must be promptly reported to the 
           Chief Compliance Officer. 
           a.  Anonymous reporting is acceptable. 
           b.  All violations will be reviewed by the Trade Monitoring and 
      Compliance Committee. 
 
 
       (H)         Board Report   

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    At least annually (or quarterly in the case of Items 4 and 5 below), each of 
    the Companies that has a Fund Client or that provides principal 
    underwriting services for a Fund Client shall, together with each Fund 
    Client, furnish a written report to the Board of Directors of the Fund Client 
    that:   
 
    1.  Describes any issues arising under the Code since the last report. 
 
    2.  Certifies that Companies have developed procedures concerning 
      Covered Persons’ personal trading activities and reporting 
      requirements relevant to such Fund Clients that are reasonably 
                                           necessary to prevent violations of the Code;
 
    3.  Recommends changes, if any, to the Fund Clients’ or the 
      Companies’ Codes of Ethics or procedures; 
 
    4.  Provided a summary of any material or substantive violations of 
      this Code by Covered Persons with respect to such Fund Clients 
      which occurred during the past quarter and the nature of any 
      remedial action taken; and 
 
    5.  Describes any material or significant exceptions to any provisions 
      of this code of Ethics as determined under Article VI below. 
 
The Compliance Officer shall notify each employee of any of the Companies or Affiliates 
as to whether such person is considered to be an Access Person or Covered Person and 
shall notify each other that is considered to be an Access Person or Covered Person. 
 
VI.  Sanctions   
 
  Upon discovering that a Covered Person has not complied with the requirements 
  of this Code, the Board of Directors of the relevant Company or of the relevant 
  Fund Client, whichever is most appropriate under the circumstances, may impose 
  on that person whatever sanctions the Board deems appropriate, including, among 
  other things, disgorgement of profit, censure, suspension or termination of 
  employment. Material violations of requirements of this Code by employees of 
  Covered Persons and any sanctions imposed in connection therewith shall be 
  reported not less frequently than quarterly to the Board of Directors of any 
  relevant Company or Fund Client, as applicable. 
 
VII.  Exceptions   
  (A)  The Trade Monitoring Compliance Committee (the “TMCC”) of the 
    Companies reserves the right to decide, on a case-by-case basis, 
    exceptions to any provisions under this Code. Any exceptions made 
    hereunder will be maintained in writing by the TMCC. 

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  (B)  Personal Trading. Requests for exceptions to the personal investing 
    restrictions set forth in Article III of this Code must be submitted in 
    writing to the Chief Compliance Officer along with any Trading Approval 
    Form required for the transaction. Following are guidelines that the 
    TMCC will consider when reviewing requests for personal trading 
    restriction exceptions: 
    1.  Access to research/analyst information: an employee requesting an 
      exception should have little or no access to research/analyst 
      information; 
    2.  De minimus trade: if an employee requests an exception for a 
      transaction in a security that is held in a Client Account, the 
      transaction must, in the opinion of the Chief Compliance Officer, 
      be a de minimus trade, i.e. a small number of shares in a security 
      with a large market cap and a high average trading volume that is 
      not likely to adversely affect the price of the security; or 
    3.  Expiration of stock options: the exercise of stock options granted 
                                                    by a previous employer that are about to expire.
 
VIII.  Preservation of Documents 
 
  This Code, a copy of each report by a Covered Person, any written report made 
  hereunder by the Companies or the Compliance Officer, lists of all persons 
  required to make reports, a list of any exceptions, and the reasons therefore, with 
  respect to Article II.C, and any records under Article II.H with respect to 
  purchases pursuant to Article II.I above, shall be preserved with the records of the 
  relevant Company and any relevant Fund Client for the period required by Rule 
  17j-l.   
 
IX.  Other Laws, Rules and Statements of Policy 
 
  Nothing contained in this Code shall be interpreted as relieving any Covered 
  Person from acting in accordance with the provision of any applicable law, rule or 
  regulation or any other statement of policy or procedure governing the conduct of 
  such person adopted by the Companies, the Affiliates or the Fund Clients. 
 
  All activities of the company must be conducted in full compliance with all 
  applicable laws and regulations. Senior management should be informed 
  regarding all matters pertinent to the company’s position regarding such laws and 
  regulations. The company expects all employees to follow the spirit as well as the 
  letter of the law. In addition, Covered Persons are expected to fully comply with 
  the company’s Amended and Restated Insider Trading Policy that prohibits illegal 
  insider trading and the use of material non-public information. All employees are 
  expected to cooperate fully with the company’s internal and outside auditors, 
  attorneys, and regulatory examiners 
 
X.  Future Information 

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If any person has any question with regard to the applicability of the provisions of this Code generally or with regard to any Securities transaction or transactions, he should consult the Chief Compliance Officer.

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  Exhibit A 
 
 
                               LIST OF AFFILIATES OF THE COMPANIES   
 
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.   
Westwood Trust   
 
Affiliated mutual funds:   
WHG LargeCap Value Fund   
WHG SMidCap Fund   
WHG Income Opportunity Fund   
WHG Balanced Fund   
WHG SmallCap Value Fund   
Gabelli Westwood Equity Fund   
Gabelli Westwood Balanced Fund   
Gabelli Westwood Intermediate Bond Fund   
UBS PACE Large Company Value Equity Investments   
The Timothy Plan Large/Mid-Cap Value Fund   
The Timothy Plan Small-Cap Value Fund   


                                                                        Exhibit B 
PRE-CLEARANCE TRADING APPROVAL FORM
 
I, __________________________________________________(name), am an Access 
                   Person or authorized officer thereof and seek pre-clearance to engage in the 

                   transaction described below; for the benefit of myself or another access person: 

 

Acquisition or Disposition (circle one)   
Name of Account:   
 
Account Number:   
 
Date of Request:   
 
Security:   
 
Amount or # of Shares:   
 
Broker:   
 
If the transaction involves a Security that is not publicly traded, a description of proposed 
transaction, source of investment opportunity and any potential conflicts of interest: 
 
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the transaction described herein is not 
prohibited by the Code of Ethics and that the opportunity to engage in the transaction did 
not arise by virtue of my activities on behalf of any Client. 
Signature:________________________ 

 

Print Name:________________________ 

 
Approved or Disapproved (circle one)   

 

Date of Approval _____________________________

 

 

Signature:_________________________ 

Print Name:_________________________ 

 

Compliance Officer Approval:______________________________ 



                                                                                                                                                          Exhibit C 
 
                                                                       TRANSACTION REPORT 
 
 
Report Submitted by:  _________________________________________________
                                                                         Print Your Name 
 
 
This transaction report (the “Report”) is submitted pursuant to Section IV(B) of the Code 
of Ethics of the Companies and supplies information with respect to transactions in any 
Security in which you may be deemed to have, or by reason of such transaction acquire, 
any direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest, and with respect to accounts 
established by you in which any Securities were held for your direct or indirect benefit, 
for the period specified below. If you were not employed by or affiliated with us during 
this entire period, amend the dates specified below to cover your period of employment. 
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in the Report shall have the same 
meaning as set forth in the Code of Ethics. 
 
If you have no reportable transactions or new accounts, sign and return this page only. If 
you have reportable transactions or new accounts, complete, sign and return page 2 and 
any attachments. 
 
 
 
 
I HAD NO REPORTABLE SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS DURING THE PERIOD 
____________________ THROUGH _____ ____________. I CERTIFY THAT I 
AM FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS AND THAT TO THE BEST 
OF MY KNOWLEDGE THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN THIS REPORT IS 
TRUE AND CORRECT. 
 
 
Signature:  ___________________________________
 
Position:  ____________________________________
 
Date:  _______________________________________


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    TRANSACTION REPORT     
 
 
 
Report Submitted by:  ___________________________________________________________________  
      Print Your Name     
 
              The following tables supply the information required by Section IV(B) of the 
Code of Ethics for the period specified below. Transactions reported on brokerage 
statements or duplicate confirmations actually received by the Compliance Officer do not 
have to be listed although it is your responsibility to make sure that such statements or 
confirmations are complete and have been received in a timely fashion.   
 
 
    TRANSACTIONS       



 
    Whether      Name of the   
    Purchase, Sale,      Broker/Dealer   
    Short Sale, or      with or through   
Securities    Other Type of    Price Per  whom the  Nature of 
(Name and  Date of  Disposition or  Quantity of  Share or  Transaction  Ownership of 
Symbol)  Transaction  Acquisition  Securities  Other Unit  was Effected  Securities 
 
 
 
 
    NEW ACCOUNTS ESTABLISHED       



 
Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank    Account Number    Date Account Established 
 
 
 
 
I CERTIFY THAT I AM FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS AND 
THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN 
THIS REPORT IS TRUE AND CORRECT FOR THE PERIOD OF 
__________________________ THROUGH __________________________.
 
 
 
 
Signature:      Date:       
 
 
 
 
Position:             
 
 


                                                                                                                                                                       Exhibit D

  BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

For purposes of the attached Code of Ethics, “beneficial ownership” shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be in determining whether a person is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, except the determination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership shall apply to all securities that a Covered Person has or acquires. The term “beneficial ownership” of securities would include not only ownership of securities held by a Covered Person for his own benefit, whether in bearer form or registered in his name or otherwise, but also ownership of securities held for his benefit by other (regardless of whether or how they are registered) such as custodians, brokers, executors, administrators, or trustees (including trusts in which he has only a remainder interest), and securities held for his account by pledges, securities owned by a partnership in which he is a member if he may exercise a controlling influence over the purchase, sale or voting of such securities, and securities owned by any corporation or similar entity in which he owns securities if the shareholder is a controlling shareholder of the entity and has or shares investment control over the entity’s portfolio.

Ordinarily, this term would not include securities held by executors or administrators of estates in which a Covered Person is a legatee or beneficiary unless there is a specified legacy to such person of such securities or such person is the sole legatee or beneficiary and there are other assets in the estate sufficient to pay debts ranking ahead of such legacy, or the securities are held in the estate more than a year after the decedent’s death.

Securities held in the name of another should be considered as “beneficially” owned by a Covered Person where such person enjoys “financial benefits substantially equivalent to ownership.” The Securities and Exchange Commission has said that although the final determination of beneficial ownership is a question to be determined in the light of the facts of the particular case, generally a person is regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of his or her spouse and their minor children. Absent special circumstances such relationship ordinarily results in such person obtaining financial benefits substantially equivalent to ownership, e.q., application of the income derived from such securities to maintain a common home, or to meet expenses that such person otherwise would meet from other sources, or the ability to exercises a controlling influence over the purchase, sale or voting of such securities.

A Covered Person also may be regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of another person, if by reason of any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement, or other agreement, he obtains therefrom financial benefits substantially equivalent to those of ownership.

A Covered Person also may be regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of a spouse, minor children or other person, even though he does not obtain therefrom the aforementioned benefits of ownership, if he can vest or revest title in himself at once or at some future time.


                                                                                                                                                                 Exhibit E 
 
INITIAL HOLDINGS REPORT
 
 
Report submitted by:_______________________________________________________ 
Print Name
 
 
 
This initial holdings report (the “Report”) is submitted pursuant to Section IV (D) of the 
Code of Ethics of the Companies and supplies information with respect to any Security in 
which you may be deemed to have any direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest and 
any accounts established by you in which any Securities were held for your direct or 
indirect benefit, as of the date you became subject to the Code of Ethics. 
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in the Report shall have the same 
meaning as set forth in the Code of Ethics. 
 
If you have no reportable Securities or accounts, sign and return this page only. If you 
have reportable Securities or accounts, complete, sign and return Page 2 and any 
attachments. 
 
 
 
 
I HAVE NO REPORTABLE SECURITIES OR ACCOUNTS AS OF 
____________________. I CERTIFY THAT I AM FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE 
CODE OF ETHICS AND THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE 
INFORMATION FURNISHED IN THIS REPORT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. 
 
Signature:______________________________ 
 
 
Position:_______________________________ 
 
 
Date:__________________________________ 


      Page 2 
  INITIAL HOLDINGS REPORT   
Report submitted by:_______________________________________________________ 
                                Print Name   
The Following tables supply the information required by Section IV (D) of the Code of 

Ethics as of the date you became subject to the Code. 

 

 
  SECURITIES HOLDINGS   



   

Name of Broker/Dealer

Nature of Ownership of 
Securities (Name and Symbol)  Quantity of Securities  Where Securities Are Held  Securities 
 
 
ACCOUNTS



Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank    Account Number   
 
 
I CERTIFY THAT I AM FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS AND 
THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE INFORMATION FURNISHED 
IN THIS REPORT IS TRUE AND CORRECT AS OF _________________________.
 

 

Signature:______________________________ 

 

 

Position:_______________________________ 

 

 

Date:__________________________________ 

 


                                                                                                                                                              Exhibit F 
 
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CODE OF ETHICS
 
 
A.  I (a Covered Person) hereby certify that I have read and understand the firm’s 
  Code of Ethics, and recognize that I am subject to its provisions. In addition, I 
  hereby certify that I have disclosed or reported all personal Securities transactions 
  required to be disclosed or reported under the Code of Ethics; 
 
B.  Within the last ten years there have been no complaints or disciplinary actions 
  filed against me by any regulated securities or commodities exchange, any self- 
  regulatory securities or commodities organization, any attorney general, or any 
  governmental office or agency regulating insurance securities, commodities or 
  financial transactions in the United States, in any state of the United States, or in 
  any other country; 
 
C.  I have not within the last ten years been convicted of or acknowledged 
  commission of any felony or misdemeanor arising out of my conduct as an 
  employee, salesperson, officer, director, insurance agent, broker, dealer, 
  underwriter, investment manager or investment advisor; and 
 
D.  I have not been denied permission or otherwise enjoined by order, judgment or 
  decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, regulated securities or commodities 
  exchange, self-regulatory securities or commodities organization or other federal 
  or state regulatory authority from acting as an investment advisor, securities or 
  commodities broker or dealer, commodity pool operator or trading advisor, or as 
  an affiliated person or employee of any investment company, bank, insurance 
  company or commodity broker, dealer, pool operator or trading advisor, or from 
  engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with any such 
  activity or the purchase or sale of any security. 
 
E.  Unless I am exempt from filing an Annual Holdings Report (as a “disinterested” 
  director of a Fund Client or an independent director of an Affiliate), I have 
  attached a completed Annual Holdings Report which is accurate as of a date no 
  more than 30 days ago. 
 
 
  Signature:  __________________________________________
 
 
  Print Name:  _________________________________________
 
 
  Date:  ______________________________________________


      EXHIBIT
  ANNUAL HOLDINGS REPORT   
Report submitted by:_______________________________________________________ 
  Print Name   

 

The Following tables supply the information required by Section IV (E) of the Code of 

Ethics as of the date you became subject to the Code.   

 

SECURITIES HOLDINGS   



    Name of Broker/Dealer Nature of Ownership of 
Securities (Name and Symbol)  Quantity of Securities  Where Securities Are Held  Securities 
 
 
    ACCOUNTS   



Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank Account Number   
 
 
I CERTIFY THAT I AM FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS AND 
THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE INFORMATION FURNISHED 
IN THIS REPORT IS TRUE AND CORRECT AS OF DECEMBER 31, ________. 
 

 

Signature:______________________________ 

 

 

Position:_______________________________ 

 

 

Date:__________________________________