Definitions
Access person means any supervised person of the Adviser who (a) has access to
nonpublic information regarding any client’s purchase or sale of securities or nonpublic
information regarding the portfolio holdings of any reportable fund, or (b) is involved in
making securities recommendations to clients, or who has access to such
recommendations that are nonpublic.
Automatic investment plan means a program in which regular periodic purchases (or
withdrawals) are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with
a predetermined schedule and allocation, including a dividend reinvestment plan.
Beneficial ownership means ownership by any person who, directly or indirectly, through
any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise, has or shares a
direct or indirect financial interest, other than the receipt of an advisory fee. Beneficial
ownership of an account or Security by an access person includes ownership of an
account or Security by:
oThe access person’s spouse (other than a legally separated or divorced spouse of
the person) and minor children;
oAny immediate family member who lives in the access person’s household,
including stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents,
brothers, sisters, parents-in-law, sons-in-laws, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law,
sisters-in-law, and adoptive relationships;
oAny persons to whom the access person provides primary financial support and
either (i) whose financial affairs the access person controls or (ii) for whom the
access person provides discretionary advisory services; and
oAny partnership, corporation, or other entity of which the access person has a
25% or greater interest or exercises effective control (provided, however, that
the following entities are not deemed to be beneficially owned by an access
person: Braddock Partners, LP; Braddock Partners Offshore, Ltd.; and Braddock
Partners Offshore, LP).
Control means the same as it does under in Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. Section 2(a)(9)
provides that "control" means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the
management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official
position with such company. Ownership of more than 25% of a company's outstanding
voting securities is presumed to give the holder of such securities control over the
company. This presumption may be countered by the facts and circumstances of a given
situation.
Federal securities laws mean the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy
Act as it applies to funds and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder.
Initial public offering (IPO) means an offering of securities registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately before registration, was not subject to the