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Overview
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Received this Code and any amendments to this Code;
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Read and understood this Code and recognizes s/he is subject to its provisions; and
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Complied with the applicable provisions of this Code and has reported all personal Securities transactions and holdings required to
be reported under Section III of this policy.
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| II. |
Standards of Conduct
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Core Principles
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Access Persons are required to comply with Federal Securities Laws. Adherence to BCM’s
compliance policy manual and guidance provided by the CCO will assist Access Persons in complying with this important requirement;
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The interests of Clients, and the Trust’s shareholders are required to be placed ahead of those of all others;
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Access Persons are prohibited from taking inappropriate advantage of their position with BCM or the Trust (as applicable);
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Access Persons should attempt to avoid any actual conflict of interest with any Client;
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Access Persons should bring any actual or potential conflicts of interest to the attention of the CCO;
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Personal Securities transactions are required to be conducted in a manner consistent with the content and spirit of this Code, and
should not adversely impact a Client’s account; and
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BCM and the Trust will strive to foster a healthy culture of compliance.
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| B. |
General Prohibitions
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Use any device, scheme or artifice to defraud a Client;
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Make any untrue statement of a material fact to a Client or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made to a Client not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they are made;
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Engage in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as fraud or deceit on a Client; or
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Engage in any manipulative practice with respect to a Client.
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| C. |
Personal Conduct
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Acceptance of Gifts and Receipt of Business Entertainment
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Acceptance of Gifts
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Receipt of Business Entertainment
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Giving of Gifts and Business Entertainment
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Giving of Gifts
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Charitable Contributions
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Political Contributions
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Service on Company Boards (For Profit and Not-For-Profit)
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Outside Business Activities
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Protection of Non-Public Information
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Access Persons are expected to exercise diligence and care in maintaining and protecting Client
and Trust shareholder non-public information as outlined in BCM’s Privacy Policy.
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Access Persons are also expected to not divulge information regarding BCM’s Securities
recommendations or Client Securities holdings to any individual outside of the firm, except as approved by the CCO.
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Access Persons may not purchase or sell a security, on behalf of the firm or themselves, while in possession of material, non-public
information, as outlined in BCM’s Insider Trading Policy.
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Access Persons are expected to adhere to any Advised Mutual Fund’s policy on the disclosure
of mutual fund holdings.
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| III. |
Personal Trading Policy
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Prohibited Transactions
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All Access Persons
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Is purchasing or selling in Client accounts;
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Has recommended for purchase or sale in Client accounts;
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Has decided to purchase or sell in Client accounts but has not yet made the recommendation; or
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Has a current model buy or sell signal but has not yet made a final decision related to such Security.
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Derivatives and Options: Access Persons may not purchase or sell derivatives or options when a personal security transaction
(or pre-clearance request) in its underlying Security would be denied, regardless of whether or not the derivatives or options are being traded by BCM.
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Single-Stock Exchange-Traded Fund (“Single-Stock ETF"): Access Persons may not purchase or sell a Single-Stock ETF.
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Short Term Trading: Access Persons may not purchase and sell or sell and purchase the same or equivalent Securities, including Advised Mutual Funds and Advised ETFs within 60 calendar days (the “Short Term Trading
Restriction”).
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Advised Mutual Funds and Advised ETFs Distributions: Access Persons may not sell the Advised Mutual Funds or Advised ETFs from November 1st until one business
day after the dividend record date for the Advised Mutual Funds or Advised ETFs. The CCO, at her discretion, may halt personal Securities transactions in the Advised Mutual Funds or Advised ETFs at other times when appropriate.
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Excessive Trading: Access Persons may not engage in excessive personal trading, or any other personal trading that interferes
with duties for Clients, as determined by the CCO and/or BCM’s President.
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| 2. |
Investment Management Team (“IMT”) Restrictions
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Personal Trading Restrictions
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Initial Public Offerings (IPO), Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and Private Placements (Limited Offerings)
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Holdings at the Time of Becoming an Access Person
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Holdings at Approved Brokerage Firms
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Pre-Clearance of Personal Securities Transactions
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Shares of registered open-end investment companies including Advised Mutual Funds;
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Futures contracts, stock index options/futures or derivatives or options of the underlying futures contract, stock index
options/futures;
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Direct obligations of the United States Government;
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Bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and other high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements;
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Shares issued by any money market fund;
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Shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-ended investment companies, including Advised
Mutual Funds;
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Transactions in accounts not managed by BCM, in which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control, including Managed Accounts;
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Master Limited Partnerships (“MLP”);
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Consumer credit notes (i.e. Securities that correspond to fractions of loans) or real estate notes;
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Securities acquired through stock dividends, automatic dividend reinvestments, stock splits, reverse stock splits, mergers,
consolidations, spin-offs or other similar corporate reorganizations or distributions generally applicable to all holders of the same class of Securities. Please note, if the corporate action
includes a selection between cash and Securities, the action must be pre-cleared if opting for Securities; and
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Transactions effected pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan.
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| IV. |
Reporting Requirements (excluding the Trust’s Independent Trustees)
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Quarterly Transaction Report
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Timing of Report
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Content of Report
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Each Quarterly Transaction Report must include the following information about transactions in Securities in which the Access Person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership:
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Date of Transaction
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Name of Security
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Ticker Symbol or CUSIP Number, as applicable
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Interest Rate and Maturity Date, as applicable
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Number of Shares or Par
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Principal Amount
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Nature of Transaction (i.e., Purchase or Sale)
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Price of Security
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Name of Broker
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Date of the Report
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Transactions in the following Securities are not required to be reported:
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Shares of registered open-end investment companies that are not Advised Mutual Funds (note: transactions in the Advised Mutual Funds within the BCM 401k Plan are required to be reported). (ETFs, including Advised ETFs are not considered open-end investment companies for
purposes of this Code, and therefore must be reported);
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Direct obligations of the United States Government;
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Bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, and other high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements;
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Shares issued by any money market fund;
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Shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end investment companies, none of which are Advised
Mutual Funds.
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Transactions in accounts not managed by BCM, in which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control, including Managed Accounts; and
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Transactions effected pursuant to an Automatic Investment Plan.
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Access Persons must also indicate on the Quarterly Transaction Report whether they established any new accounts during the previous
quarter.
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Access Persons are required to provide investment statements that contain all the required information described above in hard copy or
an electronic format for accounts that are not on a direct data feed into BCM’s electronic personal trading module. Access Persons are required to maintain accounts at brokerage firms approved by BCM
as described in Section III.B.3. above.
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Regardless of whether the Access Person had reportable transactions, all Access Persons
must submit a Quarterly Transaction Report.
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Initial and Annual Holdings Report
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Timing of Report
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Access Persons are required to submit an Initial and Annual Portfolio Holdings Report to the CCO, or CCO’s designee, through BCM’s
electronic personal trading module (or hard copy if the CCO has approved an exception to Section III.B.3. above) indicating all personal Securities holdings within 10 calendar days upon becoming an Access Person of BCM and on an annual basis thereafter, within 30 days of calendar year-end. The CCO will submit his/her Initial and Annual Portfolio Holdings Report as required. The President will
review the CCO’s holdings on an annual basis.
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Content of Report
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Each Holdings Report must be current as of a date not more than 45 calendar days prior to submission and include the following information about the Securities in which the Access Person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership:
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Name and Type of Security
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Ticker Symbol or CUSIP number
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Number of Shares or Par
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Principal Amount
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Broker or Bank Name
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Date of the Report
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Access Persons do not have to include the following Securities on their Holdings Report:
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Direct obligations of the United States government;
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Bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and other high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements;
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Shares issued by any money market fund;
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Shares of registered open-end investment companies, except Advised Mutual Funds, which are required to be reported (ETFs, including Advised ETFs are not considered open-end investment companies for purposes of this Code, and therefore must be reported);
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Shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end investment companies, none of which are Advised
Mutual Funds; and
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Holdings in accounts not managed by BCM, in which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control, including Managed Accounts.
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Regardless of whether an Access Person has reportable holdings all Access Persons must
submit an Initial and Annual Portfolio Holdings Report.
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Managed Accounts
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Review of Personal Securities Reports
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Reporting to the Trust’s Board of Trustees
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Describes any issues arising under the Code or procedures since the last report to the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including, but not limited to, information about material
violations of the Code or procedures and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; and
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Certifies that BCM or the Trust, respectively, has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating
the Code.
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Requirements of the Trust’s Independent Trustees
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Requirements for Exempt- Access Persons
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Reporting of Violations
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Sanctions
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Board of Trustee Approval
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| XI. |
Record Keeping Requirements
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Current and historic copies of the Code;
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Access Persons’ written acknowledgement of receipt of the Code;
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Historic listings of all Access Persons subject to the Code;
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Violations of the Code, and records of action taken as a result of the violations;
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All personal Securities transactions and Holdings Reports made by Access Persons and/or
copies of investment account confirmations and statements;
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All pre‑clearance requests and approvals/disapprovals of personal Security trading by Access
Persons, including documentation of the reasons for the approval/disapproval; and
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Any reports made to an Advised Mutual Fund’s Board of Directors.
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Access Person means any employee, director/trustee, or officer of BCM or the Trust;
any other person the CCO or CCO’s designee has determined to be an Access Person because he or she is involved in making securities
recommendations to Clients or has access to non‑public information regarding (i) purchases or sales of securities, (ii) Security recommendations, (iii) portfolio holdings or (iv) works closely with staff that has access to such information.
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Advised Mutual Fund means any open-ended mutual fund for which BCM serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser, as defined in Section
2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act.
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Advised ETF means any ETF for which BCM serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser, as defined in Section 2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act.
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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. An Automatic Investment Plan includes a dividend reinvestment plan.
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Beneficial Ownership has the same meaning as in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934
Act”) except that the term applies to both debt and equity securities. As a general matter, “beneficial ownership” will be attributed to an Access Person who has or shares a direct or indirect Monetary interest in a Security, including through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise or who has investment control over the
account in which the Access Person is beneficiary. An Access Person is
not considered to have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest by virtue of a power of attorney, trusteeship or executorship unless the Access Person or a member of his or her immediate family sharing the same household has a vested interest in the securities held in, or the income of, the assets of the account, trust or estate.
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Securities held in a person’s own name;
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Securities held with another in joint ownership arrangements;
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Securities held by a bank or broker as nominee or custodian on such person’s behalf or pledged as collateral for a loan;
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Securities held by immediate family members sharing the same household (“immediate family” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse,
sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships); and
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Securities owned by a corporation which is directly or indirectly controlled by, or under common control with, such person.
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Client means any person or entity for which BCM serves as an investment adviser or sub-adviser, including the Trust.
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Exempt-Access Person is an individual who falls under the definition of Access Person that
the CCO or CCO’s designee has determined: (1) does not have access to nonpublic information with respect to Client
holdings, transactions or securities recommendations; and (2) is not involved in the recommendation process. Exempt-Access
Persons must, prior to being so designated and at least annually thereafter, certify to the CCO or CCO’s designee, as to the relevant facts and circumstances that formed the basis of the above-described
determination.
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Federal Securities Laws means the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”), the 1934 Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, Title V of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to
investment companies and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder by the SEC or the Department of Treasury.
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Independent Trustee means a trustee of the Trust who is not an “interested person” of the Trust within
the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
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Initial Coin Offering (“ICO”) is the first sale of a digital asset to the public conducted for the purpose of raising funds.
Investors often exchange traditional currency or cryptocurrency for the newly formed coin or token. After the ICO, the coins or tokens typically trade in a secondary market.
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Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) means an offering of securities registered under the 1933 Act, the issuer of which, immediately before
the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
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Limited Offering, including a Private Placement, is defined as any security of a non-public
company which is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) or Section 4(5) under the 1933 Act, or Rule 504, 505 or 506 under said Act.
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Managed Account is an investment account managed by an external entity in which the Access Person
has no discretion over the specific securities purchased or sold within the investment account. An account managed by a Robo-Adviser where the Access Person
does not direct the Robo-Adviser to buy or sell specific securities is considered a Managed Account.
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Monetary interest has the same meaning as “pecuniary interest” as described in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the 1934 Act; the opportunity to
directly or indirectly profit or share in any profit derived from a Security transaction.
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Private Placement has the same meaning as “Limited Offering”.
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Purchase or sale of a security includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell a Security, the conversion of a convertible Security, and the exercise of a warrant for the purchase of a Security.
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A Robo-Adviser is a digital platform that provides automated, algorithm-driven financial planning services and investment
recommendations with little to no human supervision. Robo-Advisers typically obtain information from clients through an online survey and then use that data to provide advice and automatically invest
for clients.
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Security has the same meaning as set forth in Section 202(a)(18) of the Advisers Act. Some of the more common instruments included
in this definition are any note, stock, treasury stock, bond debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, interest in a Private Placement,
or any put, call, straddle or option on any Security or on any group or index of securities. Please note that shares of closed-end funds and derivatives and options of Securities are included in the definition of Security. Furthermore, all shares of ETFs, whether organized as open-end funds or otherwise, are considered Securities for purposes of this Code.
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