SCHEDULE 3REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS

General

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1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), every open-ended investment company must keep a register of persons who hold shares in the company.

2

Except to the extent that the aggregate numbers of shares mentioned in paragraphs 5(1)(b) and 7 include bearer shares, nothing in this Schedule requires any entry to be made in the register in respect of bearer shares.

2

The register of shareholders is prima facie evidence of any matters which are by these Regulations directed or authorised to be contained in it.

3

No notice of any trust, express, implied or constructive, is to be entered on the company’s register or be receivable by the company.

4

A company must exercise all due diligence and take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained in the register is at all times complete and up to date.