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(x) Registrant. The term Registrant shall mean an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) or a business development company as defined by section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(48)). (xi) Sponsoring Insurance Company. The term Sponsoring Insurance Company of a Fund that is a separate account shall mean the insurance company that establishes and maintains the separate account and that owns the assets of the separate account. (xii) Subsidiary. The term Subsidiary shall mean an affiliated person of a specified person who is controlled by the specified person directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries. (2) [Reserved] (3) General disclosure. Furnish the following information in the proxy statement of a Fund or Funds: (i) State the name and address of the Fund's investment adviser, principal underwriter, and Administrator. (ii) When a Fund proxy statement solicits a vote on proposals affecting more than one Fund or class of securities of a Fund (unless the proposal or proposals are the same and affect all Fund or class shareholders), present a summary of all of the proposals in tabular form on one of the first three pages of the proxy statement and indicate which Fund or class shareholders are solicited with respect to each proposal. (iii) Unless the proxy statement is accompanied by a copy of the Fund's most recent annual report, state prominently in the proxy statement that the Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of the annual report and the most recent semi-annual report succeeding the annual report, if any, to a shareholder upon request, providing the name, address, and toll-free telephone number of the person to whom such request shall be directed (or, if no toll-free telephone number is provided, a self-addressed postage paid card for requesting the annual report). The Fund should provide a copy of the annual report and the most recent semi-annual report succeeding the annual report, if any, to the requesting shareholder by first class mail, or other means designed to assure prompt delivery, within three business days of the request. (iv) If the action to be taken would, directly or indirectly, establish a new fee or expense or increase any existing fee or expense to be paid by the Fund or its shareholders, provide a table showing the current and pro forma fees (with the required examples) using the format prescribed in the appropriate registration statement form under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (for open-end management investment companies, Item 3 of Form N-1A ( 239.15A); for closed-end management investment companies, Item 3 of Form N-2 ( 239.14); and for separate accounts that offer variable annuity contracts, Item 4 of Form N-3 ( 239.17a)).