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FTSE Russell

FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”) © FTSE [year]*. “FTSE®” is a trademark of the London Stock Exchange Group companies and is used by FTSE International Limited under licence. The trade names Fundamental Index® and RAFI® are registered trademarks of Research Affiliates, LLC. The FTSE RAFI® Index Series is calculated by FTSE in conjunction with Research Affiliates LLC. All intellectual property rights in the Index vest in FTSE. Neither FTSE nor its licensors accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the FTSE indices and / or FTSE ratings or underlying data. No further distribution of FTSE Data is permitted without FTSE’s express written consent.

Where ICB data is used – The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) and all rights in it are owned by and vest in FTSE and/or its licensors. FTSE® is a trademark of the London Stock Exchange Group companies and is used by FTSE International Limited under licence. Neither FTSE, nor its licensors accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the ICB. No further distribution of ICB is permitted without FTSE’s express written consent.

Where RAFI indices are used – The relevant fund or product is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (“LSEG”), or by Research Affiliates LLC (“RA”) (collectively the “Licensor Parties”), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the relevant FTSE Index (the “Index”) and/or the figure at which the said Index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by FTSE in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.

FTSE® is a trademark of LSEG. The trade names Fundamental Index® and RAFI® are registered trademarks of Research Affiliates, LLC.

Where EPRA Nareit indices are used – Source: London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings, including FTSE International Limited (collectively, the “LSE Group”), European Public Real Estate Association ("EPRA”), and the National Association of Real Estate Investments Trusts (“Nareit”) (and together the “Licensor Parties”). © LSE Group [year]*.FTSE Russell is a trading name of certain LSE Group companies. “FTSE®” and “Russell®” are a trademark(s) of the relevant LSE Group companies and are used by any other LSE Group company under license. “Nareit®” is a trademark of Nareit, "EPRA®" is a trademark of EPRA and all are used by the LSE Group under license. All rights in the applicable index(es) or data vest in the Licensor Parties. The Licensor Parties do not accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the indexes or data and no party may rely on any indexes or data contained in this communication. No further distribution of data from the LSE Group is permitted without the relevant LSE Group company’s express written consent. The Licensor Parties do not promote, sponsor or endorse the content of this communication.

MSCI Inc

The MSCI information may only be used for your internal use, may not be reproduced or redisseminated in any form and may not be used as a basis for or a component of any financial instruments or products or indices. None of the MSCI information is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of investment decision and may not be relied on as such. Historical data and analysis should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance analysis, forecast or prediction. The MSCI information is provided on an “as is” basis and the user of this information assumes the entire risk of any use made of this information. MSCI, each of its affiliates and each other person involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating any MSCI information (collectively, the “MSCI Parties”) expressly disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to this information. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any MSCI Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including, without limitation, lost profits) or any other damages. (www.msci.com).

MSCI ESG

This report contains certain information (the “Information”) sourced from MSCI ESG Research LLC, or its affiliates or information providers (the “ESG Parties”). The Information may only be used for your internal use, may not be reproduced or redisseminated in any form and may not be used as a basis for or a component of any financial instrument or products or indices. Although they obtain information from sources they consider reliable, none of the ESG Parties warrants or guarantees the originality, accuracy and/or completeness, of any data herein and expressly disclaim all express or implied warranties, including those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. None of the MSCI information is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of investment decision and may not be relied on as such, nor should it be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance, analysis, forecast or prediction. None of the ESG Parties shall have any liability for any errors or omissions in connection with any data herein, or any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

MSCI IPD

© [year]* MSCI Inc. All rights reserved. MSCI has no liability to any person for any loss, damage, cost or expense suffered as a result of any use of or reliance on any of the information.

For non IPD measured funds – IPD data was used for benchmarking purposes, but the fund performance was not covered by IPD.

ICE LIBOR

Please see the notice and disclaimer from ICE Benchmark Administration Limited at the following address:
https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/IBA_Benchmark_Other_Information_Notice_Disclaimer.pdf

ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch

ICE DATA, ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND RESPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS AND/OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, INCLUDING THE INDICES, INDEX DATA AND ANY DATA INCLUDED IN, RELATED TO, OR DERIVED THEREFROM. NEITHER ICE DATA, ITS AFFILIATES NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INDICES OR THE INDEX DATA OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, AND THE INDICES AND INDEX DATA AND ALL COMPONENTS THEREOF ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND YOUR USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ICE DATA, ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS DO NOT SPONSOR, ENDORSE, OR RECOMMEND TOWERS WATSON LIMITED, OR ANY OF ITS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable but J.P. Morgan does not warrant its completeness or accuracy. The relevant index level data is used with permission. The relevant index level data may not be copied, used, or distributed without J.P. Morgan’s prior written approval. Copyright [year]*, JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.

Bloomberg Index Services Limited

BLOOMBERG® is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance LP. and its affiliates (collectively “Bloomberg”). BARCLAYS® is a trademark and service mark of Barclays Bank Plc (collectively with its affiliates, “Barclays”), used under license. Bloomberg or Bloomberg’s licensors, including Barclays, own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Barclays Indices. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays approves or endorses this material, or guarantees the accuracy or completeness of any information herein, or makes any warranty, express or implied, as to the results to be obtained therefrom and, to the maximum extent allowed by law, neither shall have any liability or responsibility for injury or damages arising in connection therewith.

Hedge Fund Research Inc

The relevant HFR Licensed Index is being used under license from Hedge Fund Research, Inc., which does not approve of or endorse any of the products discussed in this communication and/or the contents of this report.

S&P Dow Jones

The relevant S&P index (“Index”) is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by Willis Towers Watson. Copyright © [year]* S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, Inc. and/ or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Redistribution or reproduction in whole or in part are prohibited without written permission of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. For more information on any of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC’s indices please visit www.spdji.com. S&P® is a registered trademark of S&P Global and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC, their affiliates nor their third party licensors make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the ability of any index to accurately represent the asset class or market sector that it purports to represent and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC, their affiliates nor their third party licensors shall have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of any index or the data included therein.

Markit Group Limited

NEITHER MARKIT GROUP LIMITED, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY DATA PROVIDER MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA OR SERVICES OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE ATTAINED BY CUSTOMER OR OTHERS FROM THE USE OF THE DATA OR SERVICES, AND THERE ARE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, MARKIT GROUP LIMITED, ITS AFFILIATES AND DATA PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY CONDITION OF QUALITY AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED UPON ANY WARRANTY, GUARANTY OR REPRESENTATION MADE BY MARKIT GROUP LIMITED, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY DATA PROVIDER.

NEITHER MARKIT GROUP LIMITED, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL IN ANY WAY BE LIABLE TO THE USER OF THIS DATA (OR DOCUMENT) OR ANY CLIENT OF SUCH USER FOR ANY INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE, IN THE DATA AVAILABLE ON THIS DOCUMENT OR FOR ANY DAMAGES (WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT) RESULTING THEREFROM. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL MARKIT GROUP LIMITED, ITS AFFILIATES AND DATA PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR LOST PROFITS DAMAGES WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THIS DATA (OR DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE HEREIN), REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES COULD HAVE BEEN FORESEEN OR PREVENTED.

Factset

FACTSET AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE PROVISION OF SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE, TIMELY, COMPLETE OR ACCURATE, NOR DO FACTSET OR SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE AND THERE ARE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOTHING IN THE SERVICE CONSTITUTES INVESTMENT ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ACCORDINGLY, FACTSET AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT IN ANY WAY BE LIABLE FOR INACCURACIES, ERRORS, OMISSIONS, DELAYS, DAMAGES, CLAIMS, LIABILITIES OR LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE, IN OR ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE. YOU MAY NOT USE ANY PART OF THE SERVICE (E.G., INDEX VALUES) TO CREATE A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT OR INDEX, A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT BASED ON THAT INDEX, OR ANY MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX TO CREATE OR DERIVE PRICES OF BONDS.

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