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1. General

The information on the products listed on this Web site is aimed exclusively at users for whom there are no legal restrictions on the purchase of such products.

2. Restriction by nationality and due to membership of another legal group

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1. Suitability of investing in the fund

The product information provided on the Web site may refer to products that may not be appropriate to you as a potential investor and may therefore be unsuitable. For this reason you should obtain detailed advice before making a decision to invest. Under no circumstances should you make your investment decision on the basis of the information provided here.

2. Definition of institutional/professional investor and private investor as users

"Institutional investors" are such users of the Web site that would be classified as professional customers by the German Securities Trading Law (WpHG). As such, it can be assumed that you have enough experience, knowledge and specialist expertise with regard to investing in financial instruments and can appropriately assess the associated risks. Such professional customers as defined by the German Securities Trading Law (WpHG) are therefore

1. Companies that are

• Securities service companies,
• Other authorised or supervised financial institutions,
• Insurance companies,
• Organisations for joint investments and their management companies,
• Pension funds and their management companies,
• Companies that trade in derivatives,
• Stock market traders and goods derivatives traders,
• Other institutional investors whose main activity is not recorded by those stated above.

Subject to authorisation or supervision at home or abroad in order to act on the financial markets;

2. Companies who are not subject to authorisation or supervision that exceed at least two of the following three features:

• €20,000,000 balance sheet total
• €40,000,000 turnover,
• €2,000,000 own funds;

3. National and regional governments and public debt administration offices;

4. Central banks, international and cross-state organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank and other comparable international organisations;

5. Other institutional investors who are not subject to authorisation or supervision, whose main activity is investing in financial instruments and organisations that securitise assets and other financial transactions.

Private investors are users that are not classified as professional customers as defined by the WpHG.

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The information published on the Web site also does not represent investment advice or a recommendation to purchase or sell the products described on the Web site.