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May, 2000
Alex. Brown Investment Management ("ABIM")
PERSONAL SECURITIES TRADING
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
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I. INTRODUCTION
ABIM recognizes the desirability of permitting Employees and members of
their immediate families the opportunity to engage in normal investment
practices for their personal accounts and accounts in which they have a
beneficial interest. The legitimate investment objectives of Employees, however,
must be balanced against the interests of clients as well as ABIM's regulatory
responsibilities.
ABIM's policies and procedures regarding personal securities trading
have been developed in response to various securities laws and rules and
regulations of self-regulatory agencies. These procedures include many of the
recommendations made by a special advisory group formed by the Investment
Company Institute to review practices and standards governing personal
investing. These procedures have been submitted to the Board of Directors of the
Flag Investors Family of mutual funds (the "Funds"), and shall serve as the Code
of Ethics required in connection with ABIM's services as investment advisor to
the Funds.
Each Employee is expected to adhere to these policies and procedures so
as to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest, or situations in
which an individual may be accused of having abused a position of trust and
responsibility. Any questions regarding the application of these policies and
procedures should be directed to the Chief Executive Officer or the designated
ABIM compliance officer.
II. DEFINITIONS
Employee - For purposes of these policies and procedures, the term
Employee will refer to all Employees of ABIM and members of their
immediate families.
Immediate Family - Immediate Family shall include spouse, minor
children, dependents and other relatives who share the same house and
depend on the Employee for support.
Employee Related Accounts - The term " Employee Related Account" shall
mean any account held in the name of an Employee or in which the
Employee has a Beneficial Interest. In addition, such accounts include
accounts held in the name(s) of any member(s) of the Employee's
Immediate Family as well as any account in which those persons have a
Beneficial Interest.
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Beneficial Ownership - Beneficial Ownership of a security is to be
determined in the same manner as it is for purposes of Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This means that an Employee or
immediate family member should generally consider himself or herself
the beneficial owner of any securities of which he or she shares in the
profits, even if he or she has no influence on voting or disposition of
the securities. Examples include, but are not limited to, accounts for
trusts, partnerships and corporations in which an Employee or immediate
family member maintains an interest or derives a benefit.
Discretionary Accounts - An Employee Related Account where full
investment discretion has been granted to an investment manager,
trustee or outside bank where neither the Employee nor a close relative
participates in the investment decisions or is informed in advance of
transactions in the account.
III. POLICIES/PROCEDURES
A. Substantive Restrictions on Personal Investing
1. Initial Public Offerings
ABIM Employees are prohibited from acquiring shares of an
issuer in an initial public offering.
2. Private Securities Transactions
ABIM Employees may engage in such transactions after having
obtained the prior written approval of the Chief Executive
Officer or the designated ABIM compliance officer. Attached as
Exhibit A is a copy of the general policy and the appropriate
form for making such request. Among the factors in considering
the request by a senior officer are: 1) whether the
opportunity is being made available to the Employee due to the
Employee's position within ABIM; 2) whether the transaction
would appear to conflict with clients' interests; and, 3)
whether the security being offered is an appropriate
investment to be made on behalf of clients.
Employees who received approval to engage in a private
securities transaction must disclose that investment in the
event they become involved in any subsequent consideration of
the issuer as a potential investment for the Funds or other
clients. In such circumstances, a final decision to invest on
behalf of clients should be made after independent review by
personnel with no personal interest in the issuer.
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3. Blackout Periods
a. Pending Trades - Employees are prohibited from executing a
transaction in an Employee Related Account when ABIM
clients of their respective business unit have pending
"buy" or "sell" orders in the same security. This
prohibition will remain in effect until such orders are
executed or withdrawn.
b. Fund Trades - Employees are prohibited from trading in a
security for a period of at least seven calendar days
before, and three calendar days after, any transaction by
a Fund Account advised by ABIM in the same security. This
blackout period would be inapplicable where 1) the market
capitalization of the security exceeded $2 billion; and 2)
trades of the respective business unit of ABIM do not
exceed 10% of the daily average trading volume for the
prior 15 days.
c. Discretionary Accounts - The Blackout Periods described
above do not apply to Discretionary Accounts.
4. Outside Securities Accounts
a. General
Except in extraordinary circumstances, ABIM prohibits the
maintenance of Employee Related Accounts with
broker/dealers outside of DBAB. The Chief Executive
Officer or the designated ABIM compliance officer approves
any requests by Employees for such accounts. If such
outside securities accounts are approved, ABIM must
receive duplicate copies of confirmations and statements.
Before engaging in any transactions, the Employee must
confirm that: i) the account has been approved; and, ii)
that firm has been instructed to provide duplicate
confirmations and statements. Attached as Exhibit B, is a
copy of the general policy and the appropriate form for
making such request. All such accounts are subject to
prior approval and record keeping requirements as will be
described below.
b. Exceptions
ABIM has determined that the following outside accounts
are exempt from the prior approval requirements:
(i) accounts maintained directly with an investment
company in which shares of open-end investment
companies only can be purchased; and
(ii) Discretionary Accounts.
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c. Transfer
Outside accounts which are not exempt under Section 4.b.
must be transferred to DBAB within forty-five (45) days of
the Employee's hire date.
5. Ban on Short-Term Trading Profits
In addition to the blackout periods noted above, and in the
absence of appropriate extenuating circumstances, ABIM
Employees are prohibited from profiting in the purchase and
sale, or sale and purchase, of the same (or equivalent)
securities within 60 calendar days. Profits realized from
trades within the proscribed period will be required to be
forfeited to the appropriate ABIM business unit. Under limited
and appropriate circumstances, an Employee may request an
exception to this restriction. Such requests may only be made
to the appropriate Chief Executive Officer or the designated
ABIM compliance officer.
6. Outside Business Affiliations, Employment or Compensation
ABIM Employees may not maintain outside affiliations (e.g.
officer or director, governor, trustee, etc.) without the
prior written approval of the appropriate senior officer of
their respective business units. Attached as Exhibit C is a
copy of the general policy and the appropriate form for making
such request. Service on Boards of publicly traded companies
should be limited to a small number of instances. However,
such service may be undertaken based upon a determination that
these activities are consistent with the interest of ABIM and
its clients. Employees serving as directors will not be
permitted to participate in the process of making investment
decisions on behalf of clients which involve the subject
company.
7. Gifts
ABIM restricts the making or receiving of gifts and gratuities
to ensure the highest standards of employee integrity and
conduct, and to ensure compliance with rules of the various
self-regulatory organizations. ABIM Employees are expected to
report and receive prior approval for any such gifts or
gratuities, except for gifts of de minimis value. De minimis
is defined as the annual receipt of gifts from the same source
valued at $100 or less.
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B. Procedures for Personal Investing
1. Transaction Approval
All ABIM Employees must receive prior approval of personal
securities transactions in Employee Related Accounts. All
prior approval requests must be made in writing to the
appropriate person designated for such approvals. Approvals of
transactions are good for the day they are given and must be
reinstated the next day if not executed or withdrawn.
Attached, as Exhibit D is a copy of the Personal Securities
Transaction Approval Form to be completed by ABIM Employees.
Only after receiving approval may the ABIM Employees contact
their registered representative to enter the order.
Requests for approval of trades by ABIM Employees (and the
accompanying approval form) are to be directed to the Chief
Executive Officer, or his designee, and a copy of the
completed form will be maintained centrally at ABIM.
ABIM has determined that certain securities transactions are
exempt from the prior approval requirements as follows:
o Trading activity in Discretionary Accounts;
o Shares of open-end investment companies registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
o Shares purchased under an issuer sponsored dividend
reinvestment program;
o Purchases and sales of securities issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. government or its agencies and bank
certificates of deposit;
o To the extent acquired from the issuer, purchases
effected upon the exercise of rights issued pro rata to
holders of a class of securities; and
o Securities purchased under an employer sponsored stock
purchase plan or upon the exercise of employee stock
options. Any sale of securities acquired pursuant to
the exercise of employee stock options remains subject
to the pre-clearance procedures.
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2. Records of Securities Transactions
a. General
Each ABIM Employee is responsible for confirming that all
Employee Related Accounts are set up in such a way that
designated supervisory personnel receive records of
securities transactions as follows:
(i) In the case of accounts maintained at DBAB, a report
system (the Firm Insider Trade Report System) has
been developed which will provide designated
supervisory personnel a weekly summary report of
securities transactions in Employee Related
Accounts. At the time an account is approved,
Employees must provide the account name and number
to the person in their respective business unit
responsible for maintaining the report system.
(ii) In the case of outside securities accounts, ABIM
must receive duplicate copies of confirmations and
statements. Before engaging in any transactions, the
Employee must confirm that: i) the account has been
approved; and, ii) that firm has been instructed to
provide duplicate confirmations and statements.
b. Exemptions
(i) Accounts maintained directly with an investment
company in which shares of open-end investment
companies only can be purchased are exempt from the
records requirements, provided that the requisite
information regarding the account is disclosed in
the Employee's Initial Holdings Report and Annual
Holdings Report, as described in paragraph 4.a.
below.
(ii) Discretionary Accounts are exempt from the records
requirements, provided that the requisite
information regarding the account is disclosed as
described in paragraph 4.b. below.
3. Post-Trade Monitoring
ABIM supervisory personnel will conduct periodic reviews of
the trading activities of ABIM Employees to monitor compliance
with these procedures so as to ensure that the interests of
ABIM and its clients are not compromised.
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4. Certification/Disclosure of Accounts and Holdings
a. Employee Related Accounts
All ABIM Employees will, at time of hire and annually
thereafter, be provided with a copy of these policies and
procedures and will be requested to certify annually that
they have read and understand them.
(i) Initial Holdings Report
Within 10 days of the Employee's hire date, each
Employee shall make an Initial Holdings Report in
the form of Exhibit E.
(ii) Annual Holdings Report
On an annual basis, each Employee shall make an
Annual Holdings Report in the form of Exhibit F. The
Annual Holdings Report shall contain information
which is current as of a date which is no more than
30 days before the report is submitted.
b. Discretionary Accounts
Each ABIM Employee with an outside Discretionary Account
will, at the time of hire and annually thereafter, provide
Chief Executive Officer or the designated ABIM compliance
officer with a certification from their investment
manager, trustee or outside bank, as applicable, as to the
discretionary status of the account. The certification
form is attached as Exhibit G.
C. Sanctions
Persons violating the provisions of these Personal Trading Policies
and Procedures may be subject to the following sanctions:
When a violation occurs, a committee consisting of ABIM senior
management will review the violation. The committee will determine
appropriate sanctions, which may include (but are not limited to) a
letter of censure, monetary penalties, restrictions on the
violator's personal securities transactions, unwinding of the
transaction and disgorgement of profits and suspension or
termination of employment.
The proceeds of any monetary penalties recovered in connection with
the sanctions described above shall be donated to the United Way.
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EXHIBIT A
PRIVATE SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
Private Securities Transactions are those which are not transacted
through a brokerage firm and/or not reflected on records of accounts maintained
at such brokerage firms. ABIM Employees and members of their immediate family
may not purchase or sell any security (except those exempt under these Personal
Securities Policies and Procedures) in a private securities transaction unless
the Employee has received the prior written approval of the senior officer of
their respective business unit. Requests for approval must be made on the
Request for Approval of Private Securities Transaction Form (a copy of which is
provided with this Code).
The definition of a private securities transaction should be construed
broadly. Any questions regarding such transactions should be directed to the
senior officer of the respective business unit.
PLEASE SEE THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF PRIVATE SECURITIES
TRANSACTION FORM BEGINNING ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE
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REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF
PRIVATE SECURITIES TRANSACTION
To: J. Dorsey Brown, III (Chief Executive Officer)
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The undersigned requests approval of the following securities transaction:
Issuer:_______________________________________________________________________
Is Issuer a publicly traded company? Yes __________ No __________
Buy: _____ Sell: ______ Anticipated Date of Transaction:__________________
Description of Securities:_____________________________________________________
Number of Shares/Units: _______________________ Cost/Proceeds ______________
Name of person from whom I propose to purchase or to whom I propose to sell:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Is this person a client of the Firm? Yes __________ No __________
If yes, what is nature of the client relationship between that person and the
firm?
_______________________________________________________________________________
To your knowledge, is this investment being offered to others? Yes ____ No ____
Are you providing any service or advice to this Issuer? Yes _____ No ______
If yes, please describe the service or advice:_________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________
(Name of Person Requesting Approval)
_________________________ ___________________________________
(Date) (Signature)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
IT IS THE FIRM'S POLICY THAT EMPLOYEES MAY NOT SOLICIT OR RECOMMEND TO
ANY CLIENT OF THE FIRM THE PURCHASE OF ANY SECURITY UNLESS SUCH PURCHASE IS MADE
THROUGH THE FIRM. MOREOVER, THE RECEIPT BY ANY EMPLOYEE OF A "FINDER'S FEE" OR
OTHER COMPENSATION FROM A PERSON OR COMPANY UNRELATED TO THE FIRM FOR REFERRALS
OF PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IS PROHIBITED.
To: J. Dorsey Brown, III, Chief Executive Officer
I have reviewed and approved this request for permission to engage in
the private securities transaction described. In connection with this request, I
have the following comments:
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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J. Dorsey Brown, III
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(Name of Branch/Department Manager)
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(Date) (Signature of Branch/Department Manager)
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To: ______________________________________ (Person Requesting Approval)
Your request for permission to engage in the private securities
transaction described on the front of this form has been approved. If any of the
details of that transaction change, please advise Mutual Funds Compliance before
the transaction is completed.
_________________ _____________________________________________
(Date) J. Dorsey Brown, III, Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT B
OUTSIDE SECURITIES ACCOUNTS
It is the Firm's policy that all Employee Related Accounts be
maintained at DBAB. Such accounts may be maintained at outside firms only in
extraordinary circumstances. Any such requests for an outside securities account
must be made in writing on a Request for Approval of an Outside Brokerage
Account Form (a copy of which is provided with these procedures) and approved in
advance by the appropriate senior officer of the respective business unit.
Approval will be granted only if:
o The other firm offers products of services not available through
DBAB; or,
o Other extenuating needs or circumstances exist and are demonstrated.
PLEASE SEE THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF OUTSIDE BROKERAGE
ACCOUNT FORM BEGINNING ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE
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REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN OUTSIDE BROKERAGE ACCOUNT
To: J. Dorsey Brown, III From: __________________
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Branch/Department Manager
The undersigned requests approval to maintain the outside brokerage account
described below.
Name & Address _______________________________________________________________
of Broker Dealer _____________________________________________________________
Investment Representative for A/C: ___________________________________________
A/C #: __________________ A/C Title: __________________________
Reason for Request: __________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
I understand that if my request is approved, I must:
1) Comply with the Firm's procedures requiring prior approval by my
supervisor of All transactions in this account; and
2) Make the necessary arrangements for my supervisor to receive duplicate
confirmations and monthly statements for this account.
____________________________________ _________________________________________
(Name of Person Requesting Approval) (Signature of Person Requesting Approval)
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To: Mutual Funds Compliance Date: __________________
I have reviewed and approved this request for the above outside
brokerage account.
____________________________________ _________________________________________
(Name of Branch/Department Manager) (Signature of Branch/Department Manager)
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EXHIBIT C
OUTSIDE BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS,
EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION
General Policy
No ABIM Employee may maintain outside affiliations (directorships,
governorships or trusteeships) with business organizations, outside employment
or receive compensation from any source, without the prior approval of the Chief
Executive Officer or the designated ABIM compliance officer. In addition, some
instances may require approval by the New York Stock Exchange as well. Requests
for approval must be made on the Outside Business Affiliation, Employment or
Compensation Form (a copy of which is provided with these procedures).
Termination of such affiliations must also be reported.
Service on Board of Eleemosynary Organizations
ABIM Employees are encouraged not only to provide monetary support to
charitable and civic organizations in their communities, but also to be generous
with their time and effort. ABIM is justifiably proud that many Employees serve
as officers, directors, trustees or fund-raisers for numerous eleemosynary
organizations.
From time to time, such organizations may need to procure, either
directly or indirectly, brokerage or investment management services that DBAB
provides, and the Employee associated with such an organization may expect
either to provide those services on behalf of DBAB, or be compensated by DBAB as
a result of the use of these services, or to be directed business by an
unrelated service provider recommended by the Employee to that organization.
For the benefit of the eleemosynary organization, DBAB and the ABIM
Employee associated with the eleemosynary organization, the following guidelines
apply whenever DBAB is providing or is expected to provide services, directly or
indirectly, to the organization with which the employee is associated:
1. The Employee must disclose his or her employment by ABIM; and,
2. If the Employee expects to be compensated by DBAB in connection
with or as a result of, the services provided by DBAB or an
unrelated service provider recommended by the Employee, the
Employee must disclose this fact; and,
3. If the Employee is a member of the body which decides whether to
employ DBAB, the Employee must abstain from participating in the
selection of the service provider; and,
4. All of the foregoing must be memorialized in writing to the
appropriate officer of the board of the eleemosynary organization
or in the minutes of the applicable meeting(s) of the governing
body at which the selection of the service provider is made.
PLEASE SEE THE APPROVAL OF OUTSIDE BUSINESS AFFILIATION,
EMPLOYMENT OR COMPENSATION FORM ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE
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OUTSIDE BUSINESS AFFILIATION, EMPLOYMENT OR COMPENSATION
FIRM POLICY
No Employee may maintain any outside affiliations (e.g. officer or
director, governor, or trustee etc.) with any business organization, outside
employment, or receive compensation from any source without prior approval of
the individual's Branch/Department Manager and Mutual Funds Compliance.
Outside affiliation relationships with non-business organizations (e.g.
church, civic organization, etc.) do not require prior approval unless the
Employee wants to establish and handle an account for the organization.
Generally, Employee's may not serve as trustee for any such accounts while they
also serve as IR.
Please provide the information requested below, sign on the back, and
submit the form to you Branch/Department Manager for approval. You will be
informed if approval is granted.
1. Employee Name: _________________________________________________________
2. Organization with which you wish to become affiliated, or organization or
person by whom you wish to be employed or compensated:
a. Name: ____________________________________________________________
b. Address: _________________________________________________________
c. Nature of Business: ______________________________________________
d. Does the organization have publicly traded securities? ___________
e. If so, where are they traded? ____________________________________
f. Does the organization have a brokerage account at the Firm? ______
g. If so, what is the account number and who is the IR? _____________
3. State the nature of your proposed affiliation or employment, or the nature
of the services for which you will be compensated, and briefly describe your
duties: ____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
4. On what date will your proposed affiliation, employment or compensation
begin?________________________
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5. a. Will you be compensated? _____________________________________________
b. If so, how much? _____________________________________________________
6. State the nature and extent of your financial interest, if any, in the
organization: ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
7. State the amount of time you will devote to the organization's business and
indicate whether you will devote any time to the organization's business
during normal working hours:______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
8. State the reasons why you have been asked to become affiliated with the
organization (social contact, knowledge of the industry, etc.)____________
____________________________________________________________________________
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To: J. Dorsey Brown, III (Chief Executive Officer)
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The undersigned requests approval of the outside business affiliation,
employment or compensation described on the reverse side of this request.
________________________________________
(Name of Person Requesting Approval)
_____________________ _________________________________________
(Date) (Signature of Person Requesting Approval)
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To: Mutual Funds Compliance
I have reviewed and approved this request for the outside business
affiliation, employment or compensation described on the reverse side of this
request. In connection with this request, I have the following comments:_______
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________
(Name of Branch/Department Manager)
_____________________ _________________________________________
(Date) (Signature of Branch/Department Manager)
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To: ____________________________________________ (Person Requesting Approval)
The outside business affiliation, employment or compensation described
on the reverse side of this request has been approved. Please advise your
Manager and the Legal/Compliance Department in writing if any of the information
on the reverse side of this request changes materially.
_____________________ _________________________________________
(Date) (Mutual Funds Compliance)
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EXHIBIT D
ABIM EMPLOYEE TRANSACTION APPROVAL FORM
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EMPLOYEE NAME
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NAME OF SECURITY
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BUY or SELL/ # OF SHARES
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TRADE DATE
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ACCOUNT #
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BROKER / BROKERAGE
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Are you aware of any fund trades of the securities named above in the past 3
days or of the intention of any fund manager to trade the securities named above
within the next 7 days? o YES o NO
If the transaction described above is a purchase, does it involve the
acquisition of shares of an issuer in an initial public offering? o YES o NO
(Purchases of shares of an issuer in an initial public offering are prohibited.)
If the transaction described above is a transaction for profit, have you held
your position in the securities for more than 60 days? o YES o NO
(If transaction is for profit, position must be held a minimum of sixty (60)
days prior to sale.)
Approval _____________________________
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FOR COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
-Market cap: ____ over $2 billion ____ under $2 billion
-Fund trades do not exceed 10% of Issuer's average daily trading volume for
last 15 days: ____ yes ____ no
-Blackout period applies: ____ yes ____ no
_____ Initials
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EXHIBIT E
ALEX. BROWN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
INITIAL HOLDINGS REPORT
Name of Reporting Person: ____________________________________________________
Date Person Became an Access Person: _________________________________________
Information in Report Dated As Of: ___________________________________________
Date Report Due (within 10 days of becoming an Access Person): _______________
Date Report Submitted: _______________________________________________________
Securities Holdings
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Name of Issuer and Title of Principal Amount, Maturity Date and Interest
Security Rate (if applicable)
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If you have no securities holdings to report, please check here:___________
If you do not want this report to be construed as an admission that you have
beneficial ownership of one or more securities reported above, please describe
below and indicate which securities are at issue: ___________________________
Securities Accounts
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Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank Name(s) and Type of Account
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If you have no securities accounts to report, please check here:_________
I certify that I have included on this report all securities holdings and
accounts required to be reported pursuant to the Code of Ethics of Alex. Brown
Investment Management.
____________________________ ___________________
Signature Date
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EXHIBIT F
ALEX. BROWN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
ANNUAL HOLDINGS REPORT
Name of Reporting Person: ____________________________________________________
Information in Report Dated as have (no more than 30 days before date report is
submitted): __________________________________________________________________
Date Report Due: _____________________________________________________________
Date Report Submitted: _______________________________________________________
Year Ended: __________________________________________________________________
Securities Holdings
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Name of Issuer and Title of Security Principal Amount, Maturity Date and
Interest Rate (if applicable)
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If you have no securities holdings to report for the year, please check
here: _____________
If you do not want this report to be construed as an admission that you have
beneficial ownership of one or more securities reported above, please describe
below and indicate which securities are at issue:____________________________
Securities Accounts
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Name of Broker, Dealer or Date Account Was Name(s) and Type of Account
Bank Established
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If you have no securities accounts to report for the year, please check
here: ________________
I certify that I have included on this report all securities holdings and
accounts required to be reported pursuant to the Code of Ethics of Alex. Brown
Investment Management.
______________________ ____________________
Signature Date
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EXHIBIT G
DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION FORM
I, ____________________ hereby certify that I am a representative of
the investment manager, trustee or outside bank at which the account described
below is maintained:
ACCOUNT NAME: ___________________________________________
ACCOUNT NUMBER: ___________________________________________
FIRM AT WHICH
MAINTAINED: ___________________________________________
BENEFICIARY(IES): ___________________________________________
I further certify that neither the Beneficiary named above nor any
close relative of the Beneficiary exercises investment discretion over the
account, participates in investment decisions with respect to the account or is
informed in advance of transactions in the account.
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(Signature)
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(Name)
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(Title)
