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Additional Shareholder Information
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Employees of TIFF Advisory Services, LLC (“TAS”) and trustees or directors of TIP, TAS, and TIFF Charitable Foundation (“TCF”) who are “qualified clients” as defined in Rule 205-3(d) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, may establish one or more individual retirement accounts (IRA) for the purpose of investing in the Fund. Such accounts are subject to minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts and an annual IRA maintenance fee charged by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the IRA Custodian. An IRA account holder who ceases to be an employee of TAS or a trustee or director of TIP, TAS, or TCF may continue to maintain his or her IRA account(s) in the Fund provided he or she continues to be a qualified client. An IRA account holder who ceases to be a qualified client as a result of termination of his or her employment or TAS directorship, will be required, and beneficiaries who inherit IRA accounts established under this program should expect to be required, to redeem the Fund shares held in the IRA account(s) and transfer the redemption proceeds to another IRA custodian. Additional information about IRA accounts may be obtained by calling TIP at 1-610-684-8200.
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Additional Tax Considerations
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For shareholders who are not non-profit organizations, the following supplements the information under the heading Tax Considerations in the prospectus.
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). As a regulated investment company, the Fund generally pays no federal income tax on the income and gains it distributes to shareholders. In general, for shareholders who are taxable investors, the Fund expects, based on its investment objective and strategies, that its distributions, if any, will be taxable to such shareholders as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both.
For federal income tax purposes, Fund distributions of short-term capital gains are taxable as ordinary income. Fund distributions of long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term capital gains no matter how long a shareholder has owned the shares. Fund distributions characterized as a return of capital, if any, will decrease a shareholder’s tax basis in Fund shares (but not below zero). A portion of income dividends reported by the Fund may be qualified dividend income eligible for taxation by individual shareholders at long-term capital gain rates, provided certain holding period requirements are met.
The use of derivatives by the Fund may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gains, distributions from which are taxable to individual shareholders at ordinary income tax rates rather than at the more favorable tax rates for long-term capital gains.
If the Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so, then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be passed through to you as a foreign tax credit.
If a taxable shareholder invests in the Fund shortly before the record date of a capital gains or ordinary income distribution, the distribution will lower the value of the Fund’s shares by the amount of the distribution and, except to the extent the distribution represents a return of capital for tax purposes, the shareholder will receive some of his or her investment back in the form of a taxable distribution. This is sometimes referred to as “buying a dividend.”
Every year, shareholders who are taxable investors will receive a statement that shows the tax status of distributions received the previous calendar year. The Fund may reclassify income after tax reporting statements have been mailed to shareholders. Prior to issuing tax statements, the Fund makes every effort to search for reclassified income to reduce the number of corrected forms mailed to shareholders. However, when necessary, the Fund will send corrected Forms 1099-DIV to reflect reclassified information or to adjust the cost basis of any covered shares (defined below) sold.
A sale or redemption of Fund shares is a taxable event and, accordingly, a capital gain or loss may be recognized.