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Important Legal Information

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Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as they explain certain restrictions on accessing and distributing this information. By accessing, browsing and/or using this website, you acknowledge you have read, understood and agree to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions and consent to the setting of cookies on this machine. Please review how Artisan Partners uses cookies on this site: Cookie Policy on Artisan Partners' Sites. To turn off or reject cookies, please modify your browser settings. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not access, browse or use this website. Information on this site is intended for persons who have agreed to these Terms and Conditions and may not be redistributed without the prior written consent of the Artisan Partners Legal Department.

Institutional Investors

The information on this site is designed for Institutional Investors and is published for informational purposes only. In particular, the information is directed at only informing persons falling within one or more of the following categories:

  1. A government, local authority or public authority;
  2. A bank or insurance company;
  3. A pension fund or charity;
  4. Persons whose ordinary activities involve them, as principal or as agent, acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments for the purposes of a business carried on by them or whom it is reasonable to expect will, acquire, manage or dispose of investments for the purpose of such a business;
  5. Persons whose ordinary business involves the giving of advice, which may lead to another person acquiring or disposing of an investment or refraining from so doing;
  6. Representatives of the media for corporate and background information about Artisan Partners; or
  7. A person or entity who has been granted explicit permission to access to this site by Artisan Partners.

Persons who do not fall into one of the above categories should not act upon the information contained herein.

The information provided in this website does not constitute investment, tax, legal, or regulatory advice and should not be considered a solicitation or an offering of any securities, products or services to those persons in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful. Information from this website must not be used in any jurisdiction where prohibited by law and must not be used in a way that would be contrary to local law or legislation. An investment in products or services described in this website is not available to investors in all jurisdictions.

US Citizens or Residents

The information provided on this site is not intended for U.S. citizens, U.S. residents or U.S. companies established under the laws of the United States. For information regarding products and services available to U.S. investors, please visit: www.artisanpartners.com.

Other Jurisdictions

Artisan Partners is not permitted to offer its products and services in all countries. It is the responsibility of any prospective investor to inform themselves of and to observe all applicable laws and regulations of any relevant jurisdictions, including the legal requirements and tax consequences within the countries of their citizenship, residence, domicile and place of business with respect to the acquisition, holding or disposal of shares or securities, and any foreign exchange restrictions that may be relevant thereto. The products and services referred to in this website are not offered to any person or entity in any jurisdiction where the advertisement, offer or sale of such products and services is restricted or prohibited by law or regulation or where Artisan Partners would be subject to any registration or licensing requirement not currently held by Artisan Partners.

Use of Cookies

By accessing this site, you consent to Artisan Partners collecting information by way of cookies.

Artisan Partners' sites utilize a few different technologies to collect, store, and aggregate data about usage of our websites. We use electronic tags or identifiers (often called "cookies" so that is how we will refer to them in this notice) to help us understand and analyze use of our sites. This work is either performed directly by us or by a third party we've hired to assist us. We collect information about which pages have been accessed and for how long, the country you are accessing a site from, and certain technical information regarding your computer and operating systems, such as your Internet Protocol address (IP address), domain name and browser, etc.

Certain sections of Artisan Partners' sites require cookies to be enabled to enhance site performance. For example, cookies provide a secure way for us to verify your identity during your online session and any return visits, they enable us to personalize your experience on our sites, and they help enhance site navigation. Cookies also help us to understand how people use our sites so we can improve site functionality.

We use two types of cookies on our sites, temporary cookies and persistent cookies. Temporary cookies are used to store information during a browser session and will expire shortly after concluding a visit to one of our sites. Persistent cookies are used to store information between visits to one of our sites and are stored permanently or for a specified length of time. Persistent cookies are used by Artisan Partners to facilitate easier navigation within our sites and provide a higher level of convenience for the visitor.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. Your management of cookies generally is handled through your browser's settings (e.g., Internet Explorer). You should review your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

Provider Cookie Name Type Uses Duration
Artisan Partners sfmc_id Persistent Tracking—used to distinguish users and analyse user behaviour on our website. One year
JSESSIONID
login-token
Session Session Management—helps deliver correct content to users. Browser Session
authflag
locality
Persistent Personalization—helps deliver correct content to users. One year
Amazon Web Services AWSELB
AWSELBCORS
Session Session Management—enables AWS to distribute requests for webpages across multiple servers to improve performance of the website. Browser Session
Google Analytics _ga Persistent Tracking—used to distinguish users and analyse user behaviour on our website. Two years
_gid Session Tracking—used to distinguish users and analyse user behaviour on our website. 24 hours
_gat
_dc_gtm_*
Session Tracking—used to throttle request rate sent to Google Analytics. One minute
_gali Session Tracking—used to distinguish links on a page. 30 seconds
Google Tag Manager _ga_gtag_* Session Tracking—used by Google Tag Manager to control uploading of a Google Analytics script tag. One minute

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, learn more about the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

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As of: April 2020