Legal Statement: Terms and Conditions of Use

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Goodwin Capital Advisers, Inc. (Goodwin) is a New York corporation registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment advisor pursuant to the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Goodwin specializes in providing investment services for fixed income investments for institutional clients.

Information on This Web Site

Goodwin does not claim that the products or services in this site are available in any particular jurisdiction or appropriate for any particular investor. If you choose to access this website from a location other than the United States, you do so on your own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.

The information contained on this site does not constitute an offer or solicitation for the sale of any security or any other product or service by Goodwin. Nor does it constitute a complete description of our investment services or performance. Content is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a substitute for legal or financial advice from a professional advisor. Check with your professional advisor for service availability.

Restrictions on Use

The use of the materials on this site, including content, documents, products, software, graphics and text, and all software, design, programming techniques and documentation used to operate and support the site, is subject to these terms. You may download material displayed on this site to your personal computer and you may print one copy of the information contained on this site solely for your own personal use provided you do not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices contained on the materials. Except as authorized in writing by Goodwin, no materials from this site or any Web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Goodwin may be copied, reproduced, duplicated, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, hyperlinked or distributed in any way.

All rights, title and interests in and to the site and its materials, including, but not limited to, all patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, logos, site marks and other inherent proprietary rights, are retained by Goodwin or its licensors. Except as expressly authorized by Goodwin herein, you agree not to make, copy, display, modify, rent, lease, license, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works of the site or its materials in whole or in part. Any modification of the site or its materials for any purpose is in violation of these terms.

Disclaimer of Warranties

This site and its materials are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of accuracy, completeness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, including, without limitation, whether any service described on the site is appropriate to meet your needs.

Without limitation of the foregoing, Goodwin makes no warranty that (i) the site will meet your requirements; (ii) the site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; (iii) the results that may be obtained from use of the site will be accurate or reliable; (iv) the quality of any products, sites, information, or other material obtained by you through the site will meet your expectations; or (v) any errors in the site will be corrected. Any material viewed, downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the site is done solely at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the viewing or download of any such material. No information provided to you through this site shall be the basis for any warranty between you and Goodwin.

Modification of This Site and Materials

Goodwin may, at any time and for any reason, stop making this site available and/or remove and discard any materials within it. Further, Goodwin shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the site.

Links

This site may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other Web sites or resources. Goodwin has no control over such sites and resources and is not responsible for their availability. Goodwin does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from them. Goodwin shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of such sites or resources. Your use of such sites or resources shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by them.

Limitations of Liability and Indemnification

Goodwin and its officers, directors, employees, consultants and contractors shall not be liable for any damages, losses, costs or injuries suffered as a result of or in relation to this site or its materials, your use of either of the foregoing, or your breach of these terms or restrictions. In no event shall Goodwin be liable for any indirect, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages as a result of or in relation to this site or its materials (including, without limitation, loss of sales, business, revenue, profit, use, data or other economic advantage), however it arises, whether for breach of contract or in tort, even if Goodwin has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Goodwin be liable to you for damages greater than $50 in aggregate.

You shall indemnify, defend and hold Goodwin harmless from and against all claims, actions, liabilities, damages, losses, debts, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to (i) your use or modification of this site or its materials; (ii) any information content or materials submitted or provided by you in connection with this site; or (iii) your breach of any of these terms or restrictions.

Submissions

To avoid any misunderstandings as to ownership or compensation, this site should not be used to submit ideas, suggestions or materials (collectively, submissions) to Goodwin. While you may believe that your submissions are novel or unique, it is possible that they are otherwise known by Goodwin or within the financial or other industries. If, despite our request, you submit any submissions to Goodwin via this site, such submissions shall become the property of Goodwin and you hereby assign to Goodwin, without further consideration, all of your rights, title and interests in and to the same, including, without limitation, any pertinent copyright, trade secret, patent and any other intellectual property rights. Any additional or different terms of ownership or use submitted by you in connection with any such submission shall be void. In addition, Goodwin shall be under no obligation of confidence with respect to any such submission and shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of the same.

Copyright and Copyright Agents

Goodwin respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Goodwin's Copyright Agent the following information:

• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
• A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
• Your address, telephone number and email address;
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Goodwin's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site is:

General Information

You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use subsidiaries' sites, third-party content or third-party software. These terms and the relationship between you and Goodwin shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and controlling United States federal law without regard to conflict of law provisions. The failure of Goodwin to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these terms shall remain in full force and effect.

The section titles included in this statement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Our Privacy Policy

Goodwin is firmly committed to maintaining the privacy of all visitors to our site. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.

Changes to Terms

Goodwin reserves the right, in its sole discretion at any time, to change, modify, add to or delete portions of these terms and/or the Privacy Policy. You are bound by any such revisions and should periodically visit this page to review the most recent terms. Your continuing use of this site following the posting of any such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall constitute your acceptance of and assent to the same. If you decide to purchase services that are referred to on the site, the terms and conditions specified in the applicable policy or other agreement with Goodwin will apply.

Securities Disclaimer

Conning & Company is the parent of Conning Inc., Goodwin Capital Advisers, Inc., and Conning Investment Products, Inc., and an affiliate of Conning Asset Management Limited and Conning Asset Management (Europe) Limited (together, "Conning"). Conning is a portfolio company of the funds managed by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (a New York -based private equity firm,) with offices in Hartford, New York, Dublin, London, Cologne and Hong Kong.

Conning firms are registered with the Securities Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Ontario Securities Commission, the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority, and Ireland's Central Bank of Ireland under Regulation 11 of the MiFID Regulations. Conning primarily provides asset management services for third-party assets. Conning predominantly invests client portfolios in fixed income strategies in accordance with guidelines supplied by its institutional clients.

Conning Inc. and Goodwin Capital Advisers, Inc. are registered as Investment Advisers with the SEC and have noticed other jurisdictions that they are conducting securities advisory business when required by law. In any other jurisdictions where they have not provided notice and are not exempt or excluded from those laws, they cannot transact business as an investment adviser and may not be able to respond to individual inquiries if the response could potentially lead to a transaction in securities.

Conning Investment Products, Inc. is a FINRA registered broker/dealer and a Member of SIPC.

For complete details regarding Conning and its services, you should refer to Form ADV Part 2A, which is required to be filed in accordance with SEC regulations. You may obtain a copy by contacting Odette Morin at (860) 299-2340 or email odette.morin@conning.com.