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Appendix B
 
BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS, INC. 
CODE OF ETHICS

INTRODUCTION 
 
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc. (the “Firm”) has adopted this Code of Ethics ("Code") in 
compliance with the requirements of Sections 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the 
"Advisers Act") and Section 17j of the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Code was adopted on 
November 28, 1983 and last amended on December 31, 2009. This Code of Ethics requires the Firm’s 
supervised Persons to comply with the federal securities laws, sets forth standards of conduct expected of 
the Firm’s supervised Persons and addresses conflicts that arise from personal trading by Access 
Persons. The policies and procedures outlined in the Code of Ethics are intended to promote compliance 
with fiduciary standards by the Firm and its supervised Persons. As a fiduciary, the Firm has the 
responsibility to render professional, continuous and unbiased investment advice, owes its clients a duty of 
honesty, good faith and fair dealing, must act at all times in the best interests of clients and must avoid or 
disclose conflicts of interest. 
 
This code of ethics is designed to: 

n Protect the Firm’s clients by deterring misconduct; 
nEducate our employees regarding the Firm’s expectations and the laws governing their 
  conduct; 
n Remind employees that they are in a position of trust and must act with complete 
   propriety at all times; 
n Protect the reputation of the Firm; 
n Guard against violations of the securities laws; and 
n Establish procedures for employees to follow so that the Firm may determine whether 
   employees are complying with its ethical principals. 

This Code of Ethics is based upon the principle that the directors, officers and employees of the Firm owe 
a fiduciary duty to, among others, the clients of the Firm to conduct their affairs, including their personal 
securities transactions, in such a manner as to avoid: 

n Serving their own personal interests ahead of clients; 
n Taking inappropriate advantage of their position with the Firm; and 
n Any actual or potential conflicts of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and 
   responsibility. 

This fiduciary duty includes the duty of the Chief Compliance Officer of the Firm to periodically review and 
amend this Code of Ethics, report material violations of this Code to the Firm’s Board of Directors and any 
U.S. registered investment company client for which the Firm acts as adviser or sub-adviser. 
 
This Code contains provisions reasonably necessary to prevent supervised persons from engaging in acts 
in violation of the above standards, and procedures reasonably necessary to prevent violations of the 
Code. Each employee at the commencement of their employment and as an Access Person must certify, 
by their signature on Exhibit A, they have read and understand the Code’s requirements and their 
acknowledgement to abide by all of the Code’s provisions. Each employee must re-certify understanding 
and acknowledgement of the Code any time the Code is amended and/or annually. 



A.  DEFINITIONS 
 
(1)  "Access Personmeans any director, officer, general partner, advisory person, 
             investment personnel, portfolio manager, or employee of the firm.
 
(2)  "Advisory Personmeans any natural person in a control relationship to the 
  Firm who obtains information concerning recommendations made to the Firm 
  with regard to the purchase or sale of a Security by the Firm 

(3)  Affiliated Company” means a company which is an affiliate of the Firm through 
  the Old Mutual U.S. Holdings, Inc. relationship. 
 
(4)  A security is "Being Considered for Purchase or Sale" or is "Being Purchased 
  or Sold" when a recommendation to purchase or sell the security has been made 
  and communicated, which includes when the Firm has a pending "buy" or "sell" 
  order with respect to a Security, and, with respect to the person making the 
  recommendation, when such person seriously considers making such a 
  recommendation. 
 
(5)  "Beneficial Ownership" shall be as defined in, and 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 hereunder which, generally speaking, encompasses those 
  situations where the beneficial owner has the right to enjoy some economic 
  benefit from the ownership of the Security. An Access Person is presumed to be 
  the beneficial owner of an account where he/she has direct or indirect beneficial 
  interest, and Securities held by his/her immediate family member sharing the 
  same household. 
 
(6)  "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. Any Person who owns beneficially, either 
  directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25 per centum 
  of the voting securities of a company shall be presumed to control such company. 
  Any Person who does not so own more than 25 per centum of the voting 
  securities of any company shall be presumed not to control such company. A 
  natural Person shall be presumed not to be a control Person. 
 
(7)  "Investment Personnel" means: (a) any Portfolio Manager of the Firm as 
  defined in (10) below; and (b) securities analysts, traders and other personnel 
  who provide information and advice to the Portfolio Manager or who help execute 
  the Portfolio Manager's decisions. 
 
(8)  “Nonresident Director” means any director of the Firm who: (a) is not an 
  officer, employee or shareholder of the Firm; (b) does not maintain a business 
  address at the Firm and (c) who does not, in the ordinary course of his business, 
  receive or have access to current information regarding the purchase or sale of 
  Securities by the Firm, information regarding recommendations concerning the 
  purchase or sale of Securities by the Firm or information regarding Securities 
  being considered for purchase or sale by the Firm. 
 
(9)  “Person” means any natural Person or a company. 
 
(10)  "Portfolio Manager" means an employee of the Firm entrusted with the direct 
  responsibility and authority to make investment decisions. 



(11)  “Reportable Fund” means any Fund for which the Firm serves as an Investment 
  Adviser or Sub-Adviser. 
 
(12) "Security" means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, unit trust- 
  ETFs, 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 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. Security shall 
  not include: direct obligations of the Government of the United States, high quality 
  short-term debt instruments, bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, 
  commercial paper, repurchase agreements, and shares of registered open-end 
  investment companies, other than shares of Reportable Funds, open-end ETFs, 
  and UITs that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end fund (none of 
  which are Reportable Funds.) 
 
B.  POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING 
 
  In compliance with Section 204A of the Advisers Act the Firm forbids any officer, director 
  or employee from trading, either personally or on behalf of others, including accounts 
  managed by the Firm, on material nonpublic information or communicating material 
  nonpublic information to others in violation of the law, frequently referred to as "insider 
  trading." The Firm's insider trading policy applies to every officer, director and employee 
  and extends to activities within and outside their duties at the Firm, and any questions 
  regarding this policy and procedures should be referred to the Firm’s Chief Compliance 
  Officer.   
 
  The term "insider trading" is not defined in the federal securities laws, but generally is 
  used to refer to the use of material nonpublic information to trade in Securities (whether or 
  not one is an "insider") or to communications of material nonpublic information to others. 
  While the law concerning insider trading is not static, it is generally understood that the 
  law prohibits: 
 
  (1)  Trading by an insider, while in possession of material nonpublic information; or 
  (2)  Trading by a non-insider, while in possession of material nonpublic information, 
    where the information either was disclosed to the non-insider in violation of an 
    insider's duty to keep it confidential or was misappropriated; or 
  (3)  Communicating material nonpublic information to others in a breach of fiduciary 
    duty. 
 
  Trading on inside information is not a basis for liability unless the information is 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 whether it is determined factual or spreading a 
  rumor. Information that officers, directors and employees should consider material 
  includes, but is not limited to: dividend changes, earnings estimates, changes in 
  previously released earnings estimates, significant merger or acquisition proposals or 
  agreements, major litigation, debt service and liquidation problems, extraordinary 
  management developments, write-downs or write-offs of assets, additions to reserves for 
  bad debts, new product/services announcements, criminal, civil and government 



investigations and indictments. Material information does not have to relate to a 
company’s business. For example, material information about the contents of any 
upcoming newspaper column may affect the price of a Security, and therefore be 
considered material. Disclosure of a registered investment company client’s holdings or 
any client’s holdings that are not publicly available may be considered material 
information and therefore must be kept confidential. All employees of BHMS are subject 
to the Duty of Confidentiality, Item C of this Code. 
 
Information is nonpublic until it has been effectively communicated to the marketplace. 
One must be able to point to some fact to show that the information is generally public. 
For example, information found in a report filed with the SEC, or appearing in the media 
or other publications of general circulation would be considered public. One should be 
particularly careful with information received from client contacts at public companies. 
 
Each Person must consider the following before trading for themselves or others in the 
Securities of a company about which one has potential inside information: 

¨  Is the information material? Is this information that an investor would 
  consider important in making his or her investment decisions? Is this 
  information that would substantially affect the market price of the 
  Securities if generally disclosed? 
¨  Is the information nonpublic? To whom has this information been 
  provided? Has the information been effectively communicated to the 
  marketplace? 

The role of the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer is critical to the implementation and 
maintenance of the Firm's policy and procedures against insider trading. If, after 
consideration of the above, a Person believes that the information is material and 
nonpublic, or if a Person has questions as to whether the information is material and 
nonpublic, he/she should take the following steps: 

¨  Report the matter immediately to the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. 
¨  Do not purchase or sell the Securities on behalf of oneself or others. 
¨  Do not communicate the information inside or outside the Firm, other 
  than to the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. 
¨  The Firm may determine to restrict trading in the securities personally or 
  for clients’ portfolios. 
¨  After the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer has reviewed the issue, he/she 
  will be instructed to continue the prohibitions against trading and 
  communication, or he/she will be allowed to trade and communicate the 
  information. 

“Insider information” may not be communicated to anyone, including persons within the 
Firm, except as provided above. In addition, care should be taken so that such 
information is secure. For example, files containing material nonpublic information should 
be sealed; access to computer files containing material nonpublic information should be 
restricted. 

C.  DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY 
 
  Employees of the Firm shall keep confidential at all times any nonpublic information they 
  may obtain in the course of their employment at the Firm. This information includes but is 
  not limited to: 
 
  (1)  Information on the clients accounts, including account holdings, recent or 
    impending Securities transactions by the clients and recommendations or 
    activities of the Portfolio Managers for the clients’ accounts; 



(2)  Information on the Firm’s clients and prospective clients investments and account 
  transactions; 
(3)  Information on other Firm personnel, including their pay, benefits, position level 
  and performance rating; and 
(4)  Information on the Firm’s business activities, including new services, products, 
  technologies and business initiatives. 
 
The Firm’s personnel have the highest fiduciary obligation not to reveal confidential 
company information to any party that does not have a clear and compelling need to know 
such information and to safeguard all client information. Our Privacy Policy for 
safeguarding clients’ personal information is detailed in its entirety in our Compliance 
Policies and Procedures, item 14, and is disclosed in our Form ADV Part II Schedule F. 

D.  RESTRICTIONS FOR ACCESS PERSONS 
 
  (1)  General Restrictions for Access Persons. As defined by this Code, all 
    employees of the Firm are identified as Access Persons and are subject to the 
    following restrictions with respect to their personal transactions: 
 
    (a)  Prohibition on accepting gifts of more than de minimis value. 
      Access Persons are prohibited from accepting 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 Firm; for the purpose of this Code, de minimis 
      shall be considered to be the annual receipt of gifts from the same 
      source valued at up to $100 per individual recipient, when the gifts are in 
      relation to the conduct of the Firm’s business. A gift does not include 
      participation in lunches, dinners, cocktail parties, sporting activities or 
      similar gatherings conducted for business purposes. 
 
    (b)  Prohibition on service as a director or public official. Investment 
      Personnel are prohibited from serving on the board of directors of any 
      publicly traded company without prior authorization of the President or 
      other duly authorized officer of the Firm. Any such authorization shall be 
      based upon a determination that the board service would be consistent 
      with the interests of the Firm's clients. Authorization of board service 
      shall be subject to the implementation by the Firm of a "Chinese Wall" or 
      other procedures to isolate such Investment Personnel from making 
      decisions about trading in that company's securities. 
 
    (c)  Prohibition on initial public offerings. Access Persons, who are not 
      Nonresident Directors, are prohibited from acquiring Securities in an 
      initial public offering. Nonresident Directors must receive pre-clearance 
to purchase Securities in an initial public offering.
 
    (d)  Prohibition on private placements. Access Persons are prohibited 
      from acquiring Securities in a private placement without prior approval 
      from the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. In the event an Access 
      Person receives approval to purchase Securities in a private placement, 
      the Access Person must disclose that investment if he or she plays any 
      part in the Firm’s later consideration of an investment in the issuer. 
 
    (e)  Prohibition on options. Access Persons, who are not Nonresident 
      Directors, are prohibited from acquiring or selling any option on any 
      Security. 



(f)  Prohibition on short-selling. Access Persons, who are not Nonresident 
  Directors, are prohibited from selling any Security that the Access Person 
  does not own, or otherwise engaging in “short-selling” activities. 
 
(g)  Prohibition on short-term trading profits. Access Persons, who are 
  not Nonresident Directors, are prohibited from profiting in the purchase 
  and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same (or related) securities within 
  sixty (60) calendar days. Trades made in violation of this prohibition 
  should be unwound, if possible. Otherwise, any profits realized on such 
  short-term trades shall be subject to disgorgement. 
 
(h)  Prohibition on short-term trading of Reportable funds. Access 
  Persons, who are not Nonresident Directors, are prohibited from short- 
  term trading of any Reportable Fund shares. “Short-term trading” defined 
  as a purchase and redemption/sell of a fund’s shares within a thirty-day 
  period. This prohibition does not cover purchases and 
  redemptions/sales: (i) into or out of money market funds or short term 
  bond funds; (ii) purchases effected on a regular periodic basis by 
  automated means, such as 401(k) purchases and Voluntary Deferral 
  Plan “VDP” contributions. 
 
(i)  Prohibition on certain political contributions. Access Person and 
  their family members may not make political contributions in the name of 
  the firm or personally for the purpose of obtaining or retaining advisory 
  contracts with government entities or for any other business purpose. 
  One also may not consider any of the firm’s current or anticipated 
  business relationships as a factor in soliciting or making political or 
  charitable donations. One may not make charitable contributions in the 
  name of the firm or personally for the purpose of obtaining or retaining 
  advisory contracts or for any other business purpose. An exception to this 
  policy is that charitable contributions made as part of the firm’s formal 
  charitable efforts may be made in the name of the firm payable directly to 
  the tax-exempt charitable organization. 

(2)  Blackout Restrictions for Access Persons. All Access Persons, who are not 
  Nonresident Directors, are subject to the following restrictions when their purchases 
  and sales of Securities coincide with trades by any client of the Firm: 
 
  (a)  Purchases and sales within three days following a trade by a client. 
    Access Persons are prohibited from purchasing or selling any Security 
    within three calendar days after any client has traded in the same (or a 
    related) Security. In the event that an Access Person makes a prohibited 
    purchase or sale within the three-day period, the access Person must 
    unwind the transaction and relinquish to the Firm any gain from the 
    transaction. 
 
  (b)  Purchases within seven days before a purchase by a client. Any 
    Access Person who purchases a Security within seven calendar days 
    before any client purchases the same (or a related) Security is prohibited 
    from selling the Security for a period of six months following the client’s 
    trade. In the event that an Access Person makes a prohibited sale within 
    the six-month period, the Access Person must relinquish to the Firm any 
    gain from the transaction. 
 
  (c)  Sales within seven days before a sale by a client. Any Access Person 
    who sells a Security within seven days before any client sells the same 
    (or a related) Security must relinquish to the Firm the difference between 



  the Access Person’s sale price and the client portfolio(s) sale price 
  (assuming the Access Person’s sale price is higher). 
 
(d)  Disgorgement. A charity shall be selected by the Firm to receive any 
  disgorged or relinquished amounts due to personal trading violations. 

E.  EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS 
 
  The prohibitions of Sections D (1)(f) and (g) and D (2)(a),(b), and (c) 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; an Access Person is presumed to be a 
    beneficial owner of Securities that are held by his/her immediate family 
    member(s) sharing the Access Person’s household; 
 
  (2)  Purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the part of either the Access 
    Person or the Firm; 
 
  (3)  Purchases which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan or an 
    automatic investment plan, such as 401(k) purchases; and 
 
  (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. 
 
F.  COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES 
 
  (1)  Use of Sungard Protegent PTA system. All Access Persons should use the 
    Sungard Protegent PTA (“PTA”) system for general reporting requirements under 
    this Code, certain transactions may require written reporting on Code Exhibits A, 
    B, C, or D, and these forms may be obtained from the Chief Compliance Officer. 
 
  (2)  Records of Securities transactions. All Access Persons must notify the Firm’s 
    Chief Compliance Officer if they have opened or intend to open a brokerage or 
    Securities account. Access Persons must direct their brokers to supply the 
    Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer with duplicate brokerage confirmations of their 
    Securities transactions and duplicate statements of their Securities account(s). 
 
  (3)  Pre-clearance of Securities transactions. All Access Persons, who are not 
    Nonresident Directors, shall receive prior written approval from the Firm’s Chief 
    Compliance Officer, or other officer designated by the Board of Directors, before 
    purchasing or selling Securities or any Reportable Fund. Pre-clearance for 
    Securities owned or traded by the Firm is valid for that trading day. Pre-clearance 
    for Securities not owned or traded by the Firm and any Reportable Fund is valid 
    for five concurrent trading sessions. Personal Securities transactions should be 
    pre-cleared using the PTA system, for certain reportable funds or other 
    investment employees should use form attached, Exhibit D. 
 
  (4)  Pre-clearance of any transaction in a Reportable fund. All Access Persons, 
    who are not Nonresident Directors, shall receive prior written approval from the 
    Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer, or other officer designated by the Board of 
    Directors, before purchasing or selling any Reportable Fund. Pre-clearance for 
    Reportable Funds is valid for that trading day. This prohibition does not cover 
    purchases and redemptions/sales: (a) into or out of money market funds or short 
    term bond funds; or (b) effected on a regular periodic basis by automated means, 
    such as 401(k) purchases. 



(5)  Disclosure of Personal Holdings, and Certification of Compliance with the 
  Code of Ethics. All Access Persons shall disclose to the Firm’s Chief 
  Compliance Officer all personal Securities holdings and all Reportable Funds 
  holdings upon the later of commencement of employment or adoption of this 
  Code and thereafter on an annual basis as of December 31. Every Access 
  Person shall certify on the designated forms on the PTA system: 
 
  (a)  They have read and understand the Code and recognize that they are 
    subject to all provisions of the Code and they have reported all personal 
    Securities and Reportable Funds holdings; 
 
  (b)  They have complied with the requirements of the Code and reported all 
    personal Securities and Reportable Funds holdings; 
 
  (c)  They have reported all personal Securities and Reportable Funds 
    transactions, and any Securities account(s) opened during the quarter; 
 
  (d)  Initial holdings report shall be made within ten days of hire, and annual 
    holdings reports and quarterly transaction reports shall be made within 
    ten business days of quarter-end and year-end, as identified above. 

(6)  Reporting Requirements 
 
  (a)  The Chief Compliance Officer of the Firm shall notify each Access 
    Person that he or she is subject to these reporting requirements, shall 
    deliver a copy of this Code to each such person upon their date of 
    employment and upon such time as any amendment is made to this 
    Code, and shall train each person on appropriate compliance matters 
    and usage of the PTA system for personal reporting and shall. 
 
  (b)  Reports, personal trades and holdings, and other information, submitted 
    to the Chief Compliance Officer of the Firm pursuant to this Code shall be 
    reviewed by the Chief Compliance Officer, be kept confidential, and shall 
    be provided only to the officers and directors of the Firm, Firm counsel or 
    regulatory authorities upon appropriate request. 
 
  (c)  Every Access Person shall report to the Chief Compliance Officer of the 
    Firm all brokerage/investment account(s) currently open at the time of 
    their initial employment, and any new brokerage/investment account 
    opened, including the name of the bank or brokerage, the account 
    number and date the account was opened, and must disclose the new 
    account with their quarterly transaction report. Chief Compliance Officer 
    will direct the brokerage or bank to send duplicate statements and 
    confirms to BHMS pursuant to this Code and NYSE Rule 407. 
 
  (d)  Every Access Person shall report to the Chief Compliance Officer of the 
    Firm any/all personal securities/investment account(s) and any/all 
    personal Securities holdings at the time of their initial employment with 
    the Firm. A report shall be made on the PTA system or designated form, 
    Exhibit A with account statements attached containing the following 
    information: 
 
    (i)  Name of the Security and ticker or cusip, number of shares, and 
                                                         principal amount of each personal holding.
 
    (ii)  Name and account number of the brokerage or bank account 
      where the Security is held. 



(e)  Every Access Person shall report to the Chief Compliance Officer of the 
  Firm the information described in sub-paragraph (5)(d) of this Section 
  with respect to transactions in any Security or Reportable Fund in which 
  such person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or 
  indirect beneficial ownership in the Security; an Access Person is 
  presumed to be a beneficial owner of Securities that are held by his/her 
  immediate family member(s) sharing the Access Person’s household. 
 
(f)  Reports required to be made under this Paragraph (5) shall be made no 
  later than 10 business days after the end of the calendar quarter in which 
  the transaction to which the report relates was effected. Every Access 
  Person and Nonresident Director shall be required to submit a report for 
  all periods, including those periods in which no Securities transactions 
  were effected. A report shall be made on the PTA system or designated 
  form, Exhibit C or on any other form containing the following information: 
 
  (i)  The date of the transaction, the Security name and/or cusip, the 
    number of shares, and the principal amount of each Security 
    transacted; 
  (ii)  The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase or sale); 
  (iii)  The price at which the transaction was effected; and 
  (iv)  The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the 
    transaction was effected. Duplicate copies of the Securities 
    transaction confirmation of all personal transactions and copies 
    of periodic statements for all Securities accounts may be 
    appended to Exhibit C to fulfill the reporting requirement. 
  (v)  Any such report 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 Security to which the report relates. 
 
(g)  Chief Compliance Officer shall periodically review the reports provided by 
  the Firm’s Access Persons. Review shall include personal transactions 
  and brokerage activity, personal brokerage statements and holdings, 
  among other things. 

  (7)  Conflict of Interest 
 
    Every Access Person shall notify the Chief Compliance Officer of the Firm of any 
    personal conflict of interest relationship which may involve the Firm's clients, such 
    as the existence of any economic relationship between their transactions and 
    Securities held or to be acquired by any portfolio of the Firm. Such notification 
    shall occur in the pre-clearance process. 
 
G.  REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS 
 
  (1)  Any employee of the Firm who becomes aware of a violation of the Code must 
    promptly report such violation to the Chief Compliance Officer. 
 
  (2)  The Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer shall promptly report to the Board of 
    Directors all material violations of this Code and the reporting requirements there- 
    under. Material violations shall be reported to the Chief Compliance Officer of 
    any Investment Company client. 
 
  (3)  When the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer finds that a transaction otherwise 
    reportable to the Board of Directors under Paragraph (2) of this Section could not 



    reasonably be found to have resulted in a fraud, deceit or manipulative practice in 
    violation of Section 206 of the Advisers Act or Rule 17j-1 of the Investment 
    Company Act, she may, in her discretion, write a memorandum of such finding 
    and the reasons therefore with the reports made pursuant to this Code, in lieu of 
    reporting the transaction to the Board of Directors. 
 
  (4)  The Board of Directors or Chief Compliance Officer shall consider reports made 
    to the Board of Directors hereunder and shall determine whether or not this Code 
                                has been violated and what sanctions, if any, should be imposed.
 
H.  ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
 
  The Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer shall prepare an annual report relating to this Code 
  to the Board of Directors. Such annual report shall: 
 
  (1)  Summarize existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes 
    in the procedures made during the past year; 
  (2)  Identify any violations requiring significant remedial action during the past year; 
    and 
  (3)  Identify any recommended changes in the existing restrictions or procedures 
    based upon the Firm's experience under its Code, evolving industry practices or 
    developments in applicable laws or regulations. 
 
I.  SANCTIONS 
 
  Upon discovering a violation of this Code, the Board of Directors may impose such 
  sanctions as they deem appropriate, including, among other things, a letter of censure or 
  suspension or termination of the employment of the violator. 
 
J.  RETENTION OF RECORDS 
 
  This Code, a list of all Persons subject to its provisions and prohibitions, a copy of each 
  report made by each Access Person hereunder, each memorandum made by the Firm’s 
  Chief Compliance Officer hereunder, and a record of any violation hereof and any action 
  taken as a result of such violation, shall be maintained by the Firm.